The Bible that Yahshua (AKA Jesus) Used & Yahwism vs. Christianity
The Bible that Yahshua (AKA Jesus) Used
You probably think that the title for this article is silly because you believe you have Yahshua's (Jesus') Bible already. Well, the fact is you probably don’t! You are not reading the same Bible in your church that was read in the Hebrew Synagogues of the First Century CE. Questions to think about:
Question: Who has had the greatest influence in pointing you in the direction of your current religious
belief and why?
Question: What is the name of your current religious belief and why is it called that?
Question: If you call yourself a “Christian” what is it that specifically led you to choose Christianity over
all the other available religion around?
Question: Which Bible should be used as the ultimate authority for your belief and why?
Question: Do you believe that the Religious Belief of every Christian should be as close as possible to
the Religious Belief that Yahshua the Messiah (commonly known as Jesus the Christ) held?
Question: Wouldn't it be absolutely insane for a Christian to have a Religious Belief that was not only in
opposition to, but also an insult to that Bible Yahshua (Jesus) believed in and he taught from?
I ask you, if you are a Christian, to face reality as it is presented here to you. After reading this document I will ask you to consider making whatever changes are necessary for you to be in harmony with the Bible that Yahshua also used. First let’s examine some important points you first need to know.
Yahshua’s Only Bible
The first step in assuring ourselves that we have the same Religious Belief Yahshua used is to determine what Bible Yahshua used as the authority for his beliefs. The Bible of the Israelite descendants living in Palestine during the first century CE consisted of 12-20 ancient scrolls of varying lengths. None of these scrolls however, contained the writings that are now considered the Roman-Catholic-Constantine-Pauline "Greek New Testament." More Questions to think about:
Question: Why did the unknown writers of the Gospels (yes, all the authors of the New Testament are
unknown) decide to wait so many years to even record the words of Yahshua if they were so important?
Question: Even more important, why were Yahshua's words not considered on the same level as the
Hebrew Bible at that time? Why are there no writings from the Prophet Yahshua known to be in existence?
Question: If the words of the Prophet Yahshua were so important why were they not recorded
immediately by his followers? Why did they wait so many years after his execution to write them? The only accounts we do have were mostly written by people that only knew “about Yahshua” but most were not a direct witnesses to hear him speak and most never even saw him.
It might be a surprise you, but it would be more than fifteen years or so after Yahshua’s execution before even Paul/Saul the Pharisee would write his first epistle. That means Paul/Saul began to write his epistles about 50-55 CE which is well after the execution of Yahshua.
Question: What then did the new fledgling Messianic Communities use as their Bibles during this time
period, a period when there was no Greek New Testament Bible at all in existence?
Question: What Bible did the Apostles carry with them as they went into "the world" to preach the
Gospel (Good News) to every nation, Matt. 28: 19-20? And wasn’t this completed and preached to “every
Creature which is under heaven” according to Paul/Saul’s own epistle to the Colossians, in Col. 1: 23?
The truth is, the early followers of Yahshua did not have a New Testament. Many scholars believe that it was almost 50-60 years after Paul/Saul's writings were in circulation that the unknown author of the book we call Mark decided to write his Gospel. This would be after 70 CE, well after the Romans destroyed the
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Second Temple. The Gospels called Matthew, Luke, and John would follow after the Gospel of Mark was written making many corrections to the Gospel called Mark. Again, this might surprise you, but it would be another 70 years after that before anyone would decide that a collection of writings from the Messianic Community should be gathered together as a rival authority for Israel's Tan’akh (the Hebrew Bible). This all began by a fellow named Marcion a wealthy Greek heretic who would combine (most probably) the Gospel of Luke with some of Paul/Saul's writings that would eventually lead into becoming the replacement for Yahshua's Hebrew Bible. Presto, we now have a new Canon (a standard) and a new authority that would eventually replace the authority of Yahshua's Bible for the young and new developing Messianic Community of the First Century CE.
So, what is the purpose of a new Canon (a new Standard)?
It is a well known fact that a religion has a difficult time to exist without a new revelation. The Bible is a book that contains many "revelations" which are authoritative and adopted by religious theocratic communities. Today, there are many such religious communities, so there must be many “Bibles” It is through some ones new revelation that a religious community develops its understanding of a particular god and his requirements for them. The one having received the revelation then becomes the authority for the new religion.
But man is still limited in his knowledge of the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Yahweh (God of the Hebrew Bible and it is by revelations that man receives knowledge of Yahweh that is outside of mans natural ability to know or discern. The major obstacle confronting man in his search for Yahweh (Israel’s Mighty One, is the reality that Yahweh is way beyond discernment through man's simple senses. Man's knowledge is limited to the information that he receives from his sensory organs: hear, taste, touch, feel, and see. But when we begin talking about the “super-natural” realm and not the natural realm everything changes. Man does not have the capability to penetrate into Yahweh's dimension at will. For this reason, many men will attempt to develop their own substitute god, a new god that is based upon their own fabrications and upon their own limit of understanding.
What we know of Yahweh (Israel’s Mighty One) is simply because Yahweh desired to reveal it to Ancient Israel through His selected individuals anointed to become His spokes-men. It is Yahweh and not man, who determines when and where and how or to whom contact is to be made with His creation. Our knowledge about Yahweh is limited to the information that Yahweh chooses to reveal about Himself. After Yahweh makes contact with the natural realm through His messengers, and imparts His message to us, the resultant message is called a "revelation." The accumulation of "revelations" over time becomes the cornerstone of what a community or groups of people come to understand about Yahweh. Such a group of revelations is called the community "Canon" or their "Standard." It is our opinion that today in our modern society we receive no new revelations from Yahweh beyond those found in the Hebrew Bible that Yahshua used. Only through the illumination of Yahweh’s Life-Force essence within us and by His past revelations through Israel’s anointed Prophets as written in the Hebrew Bible has Yahweh revealed Himself to us.
It is easy to see that the Canon of such a community becomes the most important document they may possess, and it is cherished as the ultimate authority for the communities’ religious beliefs. Given enough time, teachings and interpretations from these "received revelations" will accumulate around one's Canon. It is from these interpretations and teachings that the community will gradually build and produce its specific "Religious Belief System." Unfortunately, this is also how errors begin to develop. This simple process can be explained as follows:
2. Man gets a revelation.
3. Men Canonize (or Standardize) the revelation and it becomes their "Bible" (collection).
4. Their “Bible” in turn becomes the authority for the Religious Belief System of their community.
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1. Their Religious Belief System now becomes the "Standard" of measurement for all other religious
data, information, and the acceptable religious practices of the community.
1. The Canon (Standard) becomes the authority to judge and correct all other Canons and all other
religious beliefs (regardless of whether it may be right or wrong, true or false).
1. The Canon over time changes due to opinions, conjecture, and the leadership of the strong willed, and
adapts to the need of the majority.
So who decides what is right or wrong, or true or false?
A newly formed Religious can quickly become the standard which is to be used exclusively to test and evaluate all other religious beliefs. If statements or beliefs agree with the "Established Standard" they are
considered right and true. If they conflict or disagree with the "Established Standard" they are considered
wrong and false, or heretical. There is only one major problem. Who determines the Standard (Canon)?
Unfortunately since the execution of Yahshua on the Roman Stake, the Roman Catholic Constantine Pauline Church has for the most part determined what the "Standard" of Christianity was to be used in evaluating revelations both past and present. Little consideration is given to Yahshua and his teachings as being the true "Standard." Few seem to realize that in reality Yahshua was the "Standard" himself and his
religious Belief (teachings and interpretations) happened to be what is called historical " Yahwism" found
only in the Tan’akh (the Hebrew Bible). The Fact is the Hebrew Bible is the only source for the correct Canon, both yesterday and today, and forever! Deut. 4:2.
We can easily see that a new "Standard" can become a potential source of enormous power for those who control it (as newly organized religions). Priests, preachers, ministers, translators, evangelists, rabbis, etc. have used such new “Standards” to control and manipulate people to do their organization's bidding, even if it may have nothing to do with Yahshua’s Bible or Yahshua’s Standard.
So, let’s make our own Bible, and new Standards for belief?
Often such new "Standards" are challenged by one or more of the following methods:
1. A reinterpretation of words found in the original Canon, then developing these new words into other
meanings by way of new translations which changes the original revelation.
1. Add a small word here or there, maybe change a pronoun, or add the “article” when there was no
article. Sometimes words are added or deleted from the Canon may change the entire meaning. For example: “The” God vs “a” god, or “YHWHi” vs “Lord.”
1. Someone may come up with a completely "new revelation" to “help” correct a so-called prior
revelation error, or to begin a completely new Standard to develop a new religious belief system.
1. The physical destruction of a competitive Canon might occur, in order to facilitate the acceptance for
a new Standard of belief.
1. Often we can see combinations of the above.
History will often provide the details of how the above methods of challenging, and eventually replacing the Canon of the previous authoritative Religious Belief System of Ancient Israel as found only in the Tan’akh developed through translations. It is a false belief system that early in the First Century CE begins to amalgamate both Israelites and non-Israelites into one new religious system. The new religious system will in the span of three hundred years become a Hellenized Greek influenced - Roman Catholic Constantine Religious Belief System that would serve as the replacement foundation for Yahwism, (the original belief of Yahshua). This false and counterfeit replacement Roman Catholic System became
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known as Christianity and still remains in existence today, having a Standard called the New Testament Bible. This has become the foundation for the accepted “new” Canon for Modern Christianity.
As we look back at Yahshua's Hebrew Bible, the source for his Canon, and for his belief, we must examine its foundation through the study of ancient history, culture, and language. Yahshua did not come to First Century CE Israel to announce the creation a new religious belief system. The Israelites already had a religion, a belief system, and a Hebrew Bible good enough for Yahshua to use. But today we have thousands of different sects all of them called Christian. According to the internet, there are some 20,000 to 30,000 Christian denominations all over the globe claiming sole "authority" by the name of Jesus. Let’s examine some undeniable facts that will go a long way in proving this point:
1. Yahshua the Prophet was an Israelite of the tribe of Yahudah from his birth until his last day upon the
earth.
1. Yahshua was a Hebrew Rabbi (a teacher), and an anointed Prophet.
2. Yahshua's only Canon was based upon "Yahwism" (or Israelism) as found in the Tan’akh: Law-
Prophets-and the Writings of the Hebrew Bible.
1. Yahshua never renounced "Yahwism" and he did not join or create another belief system; he did not
usher in a new religion. To do so would have been a sin under the Hebrew Bible.
1. Yahshua was never a Christian, and could not have been, since he became the subject of worship after
his execution.
1. Yahshua adhered to the Festivals established by YHWH (Yahweh) according to the Tan’akh.
2. Yahshua adhered to the Sabbath (the seventh day rest) according to the Commandments.
3. Yahshua's Apostles were Israelites, and they never renounced their “Hebrew roots."
4. Yahshua's Apostles required converts to accept and keep the Israelite Commandments.
5. The Canon of the Apostles was the exact same Hebrew Bible that Yahshua used.
6. The Apostles did not see the need to make any changes in the Israelite Canon even after Yahshua's death.
Canons, Canons everywhere, so who has the Correct one?
Today we have several basic Canons or Basic "Bibles" groupings that are in existence: Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and "others." Each Bible grouping consists of books, which have been selected by them as authoritative and have become part of a “Canon” by the various powers that be. The books that are found in these Bibles, whether Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant, or "others" fall into several categories:
1. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek books canonized by those having Jewish appointed authorities.
This grouping however eliminates everything from the era begin the First Century CE (no New Testament Greek writings), but adds other pagan derived sources such as the Talmud, the Kabala, and various other manmade traditions. Example: Judaism
1. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek books canonized by those having a Roman Catholic Constantine
appointed authority.
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This Grouping adds to the Hebrew books, and also adds to it selected various (New Testament Greek writings). Example: Roman Catholics.
1. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek books Canonized by those with Protestant appointed authority.
This grouping accepts the traditional Hebrew Bible and also accepts the Roman Catholic Constantine selected New Testament Greek writings. But rely mostly on the Greek writings as their foundational authority. Example: Traditional Christianity.
1. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek books canonized by those in the various "other" categories.
This grouping mostly accepts the writings from the above, but also adds a lot more current era writings that are not recognized by anyone other than those of their own private authorities and the addition of their own books and Standards. Example: Mormons.
1. In the "other" category, are those that accept some of the Hebrew, Aramaic books as authoritative and
may recognize the prophet Yahshua (Jesus) of the NT Greek, but also add their own prophet and books to their Canon, their Standard. Example: Islam.
From this you can quickly see that there are many authorities along with their canons that are recognized today including: Jewish, Roman Catholic Constantine, Protestant, Muslim and many others in a category all their own.
Question: But, which one does YHWH (Yahweh) the Almighty Sovereign Creator of the Hebrew Bible
stand behind?
Question: Does He accept them all, condone all or accept some, or reject all?
Question: How do we account for the differences, the conflicts, and the contradictions between the many
groups?
Question: If Yahweh is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, why can't He keep things straight, or it
maybe it’s that these systems of belief (the Canons) are the ones that cannot keep things straight?
The Hebrew-Israelite Canon (Yahwism), Yahweh’s gift to Man
The Canon of Yahwism (or Israelism) has existed for over 2,900 years. The Hebrew Bible is the foundation of Yahwism, and is the Only Bible that Yahshua used. It is also called the "Tan’akh" it consists of three major groups, which are composed of 38 or 39 books (or scrolls) depending on your viewpoint.
The word Tan’akh (also Tanakh, or Tenak) is an acronym that identifies only the Hebrew Bible (does not the Greek New Testament writings). The acronym is based on the initial Hebrew letters of each of the Hebrew text's three main divisions:
1. The Torah meaning "Instructions". Also called the: "The five" or "The five books of Moses." And
also called the "Pentateuch." The Torah is often referred to as the law.
1. The Nevi’im meaning "Prophets." This term is associated with anything to do with the Prophets.
2. The Ketuvim meaning "Writings" or "Hagiographa" other writings not include in the above.
All these spell "T a N a K h" which is a reference (acronym) in Hebrew to the Hebrew Bible.
1). Torah (Law): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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2). Nevi’im (Prophets): Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
3). Ketuvim (Writings): Psalms, (but not Job), Proverbs, Ruth, (but not Esther) Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Daniel, Nehemiah, and I and II Chronicles.
It is important to note that the Yahwism Religious Belief System gives different levels of authority to each of these three divisions. The Nevi’im (Prophets) is the most authoritative, followed by the Torah (Law) which is followed by the Ketuvim (Writings). Whenever there are two possible courses of action for a particular situation and one is found in the Prophets and the other in one of the lesser two divisions, the one in the Prophets is considered as the most authoritative. The Prophets is the focus of the Tan’akh, the complete Hebrew Bible of Israel.
The New Testament is a competitive Bible to the Hebrew Bible
Marcion (a wealthy Greek) was the first person known to have published a fixed collection of what would in time be called the Greek New Testament Bible. Others may have done so before him, but if true we have no knowledge of them. Marcion rejected the Tan’akh totally as having no relevance or authority for the new “System” of Christianity he was to begin. His collection was designed to be the "New Bible" the new Standard. We wonder what Yahshua would have thought of Marcion's endeavors since Marcion threw out the very Hebrew Bible Yahshua used. It is amazing that before Marcion we find no evidence of the "Assembly - Ecclesia" using or even having a need for any new writings other than the Israelite Hebrew Bible used by Yahshua. Think about that for a minute. The Messianic community after Yahshua's execution did not have a new Canon for well over 110 years, and did not need one.
Question: How did they manage to do that?
Enter the Canon (Standard) Wars
To counteract the authority of Marcion and his proposed "new" Christian Canon, the proto-Roman Catholic Constantine Church (in its infancy) responded by developing a Canon of their own to validate their own Religious Belief System and to refute Marcion's Belief System. The Catholic Canon consisted of two major divisions, which contained many more books than the original 37-39 found in Yahshua's Bible. Notice very carefully that those who were in charge of creating the Roman Catholic Constantine Canon chose to alter the Hebrew Bible of Yahshua, by adding to it, thereby violating Yahweh's law NOT to change or add to His inspired words.
1. They destroyed the primary authority of the Torah by placing all the books of Yahshua's Hebrew
Bible into one group which was then given the title of "Old Testament" thereby implying that Yahweh was going to be giving something "new" to replace the "old."
1. They rearranged the order of the books of Yahshua's Hebrew Bible.
2. They added nine new books to Yahshua's Bible, they are: Tobit, Judith, I and II Maccabees, the Book
of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon.
1. And, as said before, they renamed Yahshua's Hebrew Bible "The Old Testament."
2. They created an entirely new division of Canonical books which they called "The Greek New
Testament" conveniently replacing the authority of the Hebrew Bible Yahshua used with the New Testament Bible that the Constantine’s appointed Priests had approved.
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What Authority changed the Religious Belief System of Yahshua?
Question: Who gave the Roman Catholic Constantine Church the right to decide what books should be
added to Yahshua's Hebrew Bible?
Question: What benefit did they receive from making such changes to Yahshua's Hebrew Bible?
Question: Who decided which books were to be added or deleted, and on what evidence?
Question: Was their Religious Belief System the same as Yahshua's or was it adulterated?
Question: Why was there a need for new books to be added anyway, what was the purpose?
Question: Could Yahshua's disciples adequately preach "deliverance" using Yahshua's Bible?
Question: Why was it necessary to rename Yahshua's Bible the "Old" Testament Bible? Why where the
added books called the "New" Testament Bible?
Question: What was the rationale behind forming a new Canon using this "New" Bible?
Question: Ask yourself why there was a need for Marcion or the Roman Catholic Constantine Church to
create a new Bible and a new Canon?
Remember, a Canon gives a group authority for their revelations and allows them to sanction whatever they wish to do. How else could you "replace" an existing Standard with something else unless you have been given the authority to do so?
Question: And what gave anyone the authority?
You may have guessed it "a new revelation." It would be a "new revelation" based upon an old
revelation that was used to add to, delete, change, reinterpret, and was made the replacement Canon of the Roman Catholic Constantine Church. This would then give them power and authority to replace the religion of Yahshua with the religion of “Jeroboam” which Yahweh hates. Jeroboam developed “substitute god” and idol worship as his religious System, which resulted in the condemnation of the Northern tribes, and the eventual deportation into Assyria 721 BCE. It is this religion of Jeroboam, the mixture of Gentile Paganism with original "Yahwism" that has come down to us today renamed Christianity.
Yahshua most assuredly taught that the Hebrew Israelite Bible was his Bible, and that the words of his Bible should not be changed, Matt. 5:17. From the time of Yahshua's execution, around 33 CE through the lifetime of the last Apostle (John about 68 CE), Yahshua's followers and disciples continued to use the Israelite Bible as their sole Canon. This continued for at least another 44 years until approximately 140
CE when Marcion went about to set in motion the conditions for replacing the religion of Yahwism
(Israelism) with a new religion for non-Israelite pagans, which was eventually named Christianity.
Marcion desired to complete the work of Paul/Saul by divorcing the emerging non-Israelite Church (proto-Roman Catholic Constantine Church) from "Yahwism-Israelism" the religion of Yahshua. Think about this for a moment, it was the Roman Catholic Constantine Church that should have been built "upon" the teachings of Yahshua, but instead it replaced Yahshua's foundation of "Yahwism" with non- Yahwistic paganism. Marcion's attempt to replace Yahshua's belief system was the first known attempt of the proto-Roman Catholic Constantine Church as a fully non-Israelite paganized institution to create a new Canon to replace the Israelite Hebrew Bible and the original Israelite Assembly - Ecclesia. This new Canon eliminated the need for most of Yahshua's Hebrew Bible. Marcion's Canon included only Paul/Saul's writings and the selected portions of Luke's Gospel. Marcion was in the middle of a growing
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anti-Yahwistic-Israelism movement that was sweeping through the Roman Empire in the second century, and continues even to this day.
Although the Roman Catholic Constantine Church rejected Marcion's Canon, they quickly adopted the idea of forming their own Canon to compete with Marcion. They decided to draft their own Canon to help support and to give them their own authority to further their separation as a non-Israelite organization. They went about separating even further from the Hebrew Roots and the belief system of Yahshua. If they were to stand apart as a replacement belief System and avoid the persecutions coming upon Yahwism- Israelism by Rome, then they had to show that they had the authority to do so, and what could be a better authority for such a "revelation" then a new Canon. Around 180 CE, forty years after Marcion and 150 years after Yahshua, we see the emergence of a new Canon for the Roman Catholic Constantine Church that like the religion of Jeroboam would combine Gentile Paganism with “Yahwism.”
A so began an ongoing struggle that would last over 1,000 years about which books or writings should be included in the new Roman Catholic Constantine Canon. There were at least 19 additional writings that the Roman Catholic leadership refused to include. Thomas was one of the original 12 Apostles whose Gospel of Thomas was accepted by some and was rejected by others. A book entitled Third Corinthians appeared in an early Armenian Canon. By the year 200 CE numerous new Canons were in use. Some were fairly well defined, while others were much more informal. What we find upon examination is that each Canon which was accepted in different regions, reflected local beliefs and traditions unique to that region. Different Canons reflected different beliefs in other areas. We begin to find great diversity of acceptable or rejected beliefs, based upon what was acceptable to the various regions.
Question: What does this have to say for inspiration in the gathering of a universal Canon believed as
given by inspiration of Yahweh in the formation of the Greek New Testament? The truth is that inspiration in gathering the Canon of the New Testament does NOT really exist!
The many variations in Canons produced very erratic religious practices and inconsistencies. The Roman Catholic leaders under the direction of the Emperor Constantine felt they had better take action concerning such diversity. They quickly went to work to decide and identify which writings they felt important to their Canon. This confusion and chaos continued in Christianity for over 300 years. The official Canon of the Roman Catholic Constantine Church began with the Council of Nicaea, in 325 CE over 240 years after Marcion and over 350 years after Yahshua.
Stop and think about this for a moment. It was over 350 years well after the death of Yahshua before men decided to develop a new revelation to replace the revelation given by Yahweh at Sinai! Even after the Roman Catholic Canon was officially closed, new writings continued to appear. The last two books to be admitted to the Roman Catholic Canon were Hebrews and Revelation. The debate over the inclusion alone of Revelation lasted over 600 years, and continues to a large extent even today! The newly created Roman Catholic Constantine Canon provided the only authority for the Roman Catholic Constantine Church to propagate their anti-Yahshua and anti-Yahwistic-Israelite doctrines and dogmas. The power of the Roman government gave the Roman Catholic Constantine Church the power to deal with those who opposed them. At last the embarrassment could stop. Now there was a single Roman Catholic Constantine Canon and it would remain the sole Christian authority for the next 700 years. Important questions should now be asked:
Where was Yahweh’s Leadership through these years?
Question: Why didn't Yahweh protect the Canonization of His Words in the New Testament?
Question: Where was the inspiration in selecting books, deleting books, and re-including books hundreds
of years later?
Question: Why all the conflicts between the denominations making up the Christian belief?
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Question: Doesn’t Yahweh know what He wants to do?
Question: What about all the people who lived and died during these “New Testament” times?
Question: Are the Hebrew people saved even though they did not have a New Testament Bible?
Question: Were believers deprived of the Word of Yahweh by organized religion, or worse, were they
given the words of men instead. Were believers led astray in their worship of Yahweh as they followed a Canon given to them by Roman Catholic Constantine Theology which believed in purgatory, infant baptism for salvation, the mediatorship of the Virgin Mary, Mary as the mother of God, Papal infallibility, the trinity, prayers to the dead, Jesus as incarnate Yahweh, etc.?
Question: What happened to the religion Yahweh gave us, and revealed to us through Yahshua?
Question: How close to the "faith once given to the saints" is your current religious belief?
Question: Whose Religious Belief System do we have today in our churches? Is it "Yahwism, Hebrew
Roots, or Christianity (a non-Yahwism-Israelism) belief system?
The anti-Yahwistic-Israelism Roman Catholic Constantine Church had achieved its goal, it had established itself as "The Absolute Authority" over an ancient Yahwistic-Israelite movement whose ancient origins, Canon, and beliefs were of pure Hebrew Roots. Idolatrous men now interpreted for all men a "New Religious Belief System" the foundation of which WAS NEVER THEIRS. The long awaited and prophesied mission of Yahshua announcing the coming of “The Kingdom of Yahweh” (Matt. 4:17), had now become a non-Messianic replacement theology based on a mixture of truth and primitive pagan lies. The mission of Yahshua was totally "recreated" into becoming a new Roman Catholic Constantine Religious Belief System that was, and still is, in direct opposition to “Yahwism-Israelism” the original Belief System of the ProphetYahshua.
If you are a Protestant or non-denominational believer you have no right to feel comfortable and insulated from such a tragedy, because you are very likely nothing more than a quasi-Roman Catholic Constantine believer yourself, if you have adopted the Roman Catholic Constantine replacement New Testament Bible as well as their modified Religious Belief System. You will have adopted a false religious system of the new age. How did you get to be there? Let's review:
1. The Roman Catholic Constantine Church reinterpreted the words of the original Canon that originated
from the Hebrew Bible of Yahshua.
1. They added words to it and removed words from the Hebrew Bible of Yahshua.
2. They rearranged the books of their Canon, the Hebrew Bible of Yahshua.
3. They declared that their "new revelation” nullified much of Yahshua's Hebrew Bible.
4. They added their "new revelation" to Yahshua's Canon, the “New Testament” Bible.
You will know them by their fruit
Upon a little understanding of what we have shared with you is this, even a blind man could see the tragic results of such gross errors in judgment and practice of the faith once given to the saints. Please look realistically at modern Christianity today (Roman Catholic or Protestant). Just look at the conditions of most Christian communities in the world or in America. It should not take you long to notice that something is desperately wrong with the fruit of such a religious folly.
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The united States of America is known as the Christian center of the world. In the united States of America there are more Christians, more churches, more priests and preachers, and more money spent promoting Christianity than any other place in the world. We, like Yahshua, should expect to find good fruit when we examine our "olive tree." But what do we find? America is no longer known for its righteousness, but rather for its huge consumption of illegal and legally promoted mood altering drugs, alcoholism, suicide, greed, fraud, immorality, abortion, divorce rates, fatherless children, governmental and political corruption, child abuse, homosexuality, incest, murder, theft, rape, and for attacking sovereign countries that pose no direct threat to us.
Question: Why does America today look like Sodom, yet there is a church on every corner and the
message of the non-Yahwistic Church fills the airways and comes from our television sets?
There sure is a lot of God’s so called “word” being broadcast, but is it really His Word, and has it been of any effect?
Question: Maybe instead of it being Yahweh's Word as found in the Hebrew Bible Yahshua used, can
you see that it may instead be a collection of words that took 1,000 years to be established by the Roman Catholic Constantine Church, that was intended to function as a "replacement word" and "another Gospel" in order to nullify the Hebrew Bible and the Canon Yahshua used?
Question: Could this possibly be a contributing factor to the mess we finds ourselves in today?
What should we do now?
Let's get real for a moment. You can tell somewhat if the "Standard" you have been given by the non- Yahwistic Church is working or not by looking at the relationship many Christians have with their spouses, their children, the quality of life they have, the morality their children have acquired, the quality of life that other believers have with whom you fellowship, and the quality of life people live within your own community.
Question: If Christianity returned to the original Canon of Yahshua, and followed it, would the faith and
teachings of Yahshua from his Canon affect the moral and ethical conditions of America and of the world more than the man-made Canon of the Roman Catholic Constantine Church?
Question: Do we continue to hear messages of grace instead of the message of obedience and faithfulness
to the Commandments? Do we get more faith in order to get more from Yahweh, do we give so we can get? The fact is the truth is only found in the Hebrew Bible Yahshua used.
Question: So do we throw out the entire New Testament? Absolutely not! Contained within the pages of
the New Testaments are living words given to us by Yahweh through the Prophet Yahshua, and we also find historical events. However, along with many "trustworthy sayings" are "words of deception" from man's additions, deletions, changes, miss-translations, and hidden agendas, intended to remove us not only from the Hebrew Bible Yahshua used but his religious belief system of “Yahwism-Israelism” as well.
Divorcing the Israelite Assembly from its Hebrew Root heritage has caused many of the problems facing us today. If every Christian believer would return to the original teachings and Religious Belief System of Yahshua from the Hebrew Bible, many of our problem, both individually and corporately would be corrected. We need to return to our Yahwistic-Israelite Roots, those of Yahshua’s faith and discern the parts of the Greek New Testament which are placed there with the intent to deceive and that are removing us from the true faith (from the Yahwistic-Israelite Sinai Religion) of Yahshua. We need our Greek New Testament to accomplish this monumental task, using known history and the teachings from Yahshua. But, we must constantly remember that the words in our Greek New Testament were copied, transmitted, edited, translated, and re-defined by people who had very specific agendas and beliefs in order to replace
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the Hebrew version of true "Yahwism-Israelism" with a purely separated mixture of paganism, and intended to install a new religious System.
We must never forget that the Roman Catholic Constantine model used by Protestantism today is a creation of Romans and non-Hebrew-Bible believers which was forced under the threat of death on the entire “Roman world empire” that was then controlled by the pagan Emperor Constantine, and not by the anointed Israelite Prophet named Yahshua! Let us never forget that many churches of today, unless they are following a return to the true religion of Yahshua are far off the track. Please consider joining other True Israelites, who have dedicated their lives to rediscovering the Hebrew Israelite Yahshua so that we can look at his words and the words of the Hebrew Bible through his eyes and then again have "the mind of Yahshua." To have the "mind of Messiah" is to have the mind “in common with” the will, emotions, attitudes, concepts, conduct, and beliefs of the First Century Prophet to Israel, the man named Yahshua. It is a Yahwistic-Israelite mindset, not a Pagan Greek Roman Constantine mindset.
Can we find our way back to pleasing Yahshua’s “God” and make Him Our God?
It is not too late if we seriously confront the issues addressed and repent when shown and proven of our errors and mistakes.
First, we must return to Yahshua's Hebrew Bible (the Tan’akh), and make it the foundation for our belief
system and our only measuring stick. We must use the Tan’akh as the foundation, or Canon under which we must find the basic principles to judge any “new relations” and the basis for our evaluation. The Torah had primary authority for all men and is still applicable in many areas. Yahweh spoke it to man through His appointed prophets, as recorded throughout the Hebrew Bible! That claim is not ever made by any of the known writers of the Greek New Testament. We must repent and begin keeping Yahweh’s Covenant, the 10 Commandments.
Second, we must arrive at a correct understanding concerning how to arrive at the correct interpretation
of the words found in the Hebrew Bible now commonly called the Old Testament. Since all the writers were most likely Hebrew it stands to reason that for the correct interpretation of what the words meant originally we need to trace their meanings back to the Ancient Hebrew using all available resources. We must learn to study and become experts in using the resources that Yahweh has given us today to help us "rightly (interpret) the Word of Truth” or find those that are willing to help us in our quest to discover the truth for ourselves.
Third, we must rid ourselves of anti-Yahwism-Israelism inherent in many Christians because of the
negative influences from Churches that have rejected its Hebraic heritage for over 2,000 years. Yahshua was an Israelite (of the tribe of Yahudah) and we must look at the words found in the "Israelite" Hebrew Bible through his eyes and not be afraid to admit our errors. Is it not high time for you to return to the original faith and belief of Yahshua and to begin following his teachings, his footsteps and begin using his Hebrew Bible as you’re only Foundation?
If you thought you were a follower of Yahshua “a” Messiah... Maybe you should look again!
This document is a compilation by many contributors, author of original (if any) is not known Presented by Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade
http://assemblyoftrueisrael.com
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Yahwism vs. Christianity
Presented by the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade, (an Assembly of dispersed “True” Israel)
Introduction to Yahwism vs Christianity
By this document it is our intent to compare the Basic Foundational Beliefs of Yahwism (Israelism) as found
recorded by the anointed Prophets of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible, with the Doctrinal Standards of the Christian
Belief as understood from the Greek New Testament Bible (Greek NT Bible). We will use the Creed named after
Athanasius, (293-373 CE), because it represents and remains the basic original standard for the Christian Belief.
It should be noted here, that the Greek NT Bible was never used by the Prophet Yahshua (Jesus) in First Century Israel. The Yahshua of the Greek NT Bible only used the Hebrew Bible during his ministry on earth since the Greek NT Bible was not in a completed state of existence until sometime after 325 CE. The Modern Doctrines of Christianity still follow the fundamental standards of belief as it was developed using the selected post Yahshua Greek writings that were originally formulated, compiled, and then accepted by a vote of The Council of Nicea in 325 CE by order of the Roman Emperor Caesar Flavius Constantine. Nicea was located in Asia Minor, East of Constantinople. At the Council of Nicea, the pagan Emperor Constantine presided over a group of appointed Roman bishops and other religious appointed leaders to define the nature of God for the religion of Christianity. The intent was to eliminate confusion and controversy within the religious community of the Roman Empire and the Roman Church, and to amalgamate the various pagan theologies of the Roman Empire at that time, with those that were to become the basis for Christianity.
The Council of Nicea chose by vote to accept the major tenants of Christianity which included the concept of the deity and eternal existence of the Jesus Christ from the adopted Greek NT Bible. By their action they made the Prophet “Jesus” and the “God” of the Hebrew Bible into one substance. They then developed the Christian Trinity by making their Father God, their Son God, and their Holy Spirit God, into three co-equal and co-eternal Persons,
becoming the Creed of Athanasius. This simple early act in the ancient city of Nicaea, established a dichotomy
that still exists today, between what is taught in the Hebrew Bible, and what was understood by the primitive Roman church leaders under the influence of the pagan Emperor Constantine. All this developed from an understanding of the documents that the Roman Church had compiled, selected, and then formed into their Greek NT Bible that eventually became the foundation of Christianity.
The only writings originally used to formulate the Greek NT Bible were those that appeared to support the teachings and opinions understood by those appointed by the Roman Emperor Constantine and his Roman Church. The writings used for the new religion included discovered epistles and opinions written by the First Century Pharisee Paul/Saul, who has over time become known by the subsequent believers of the New Testament as the Apostle Paul. Paul wrote about 25-30 years after the Prophet Yahshua is supposed to have taught in First Century Palestine. The person named Paul of the Greek NT Bible is the claimant to about half of the Greek NT.
Definition of Yahwism:
“Yahwism” (Yah´wism) is the term used to refer to the worship system of the One Almighty Sovereign Eternal
Creator Power and Eternal Life-Force of Ancient Israel, who named Himself YHWH1 (Yahweh) (Ex 3:15) in
20. The Hebrew letters YHWH (Yahweh) forms the name of the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power of the Hebrew Bible, and has the
English meaning of “He is” or “He Exists.” It is the Hebrew verb of existence “to be” and contains the past, the present, and the future) in
all the Hebrew tenses. He (Yahweh) says to us “I AM ,” we say and address him as “ HE IS” or refer to Him as “The Ever-Living.”
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accordance with a covenant made between this Power and the ancient Israelites to keep certain commandments, defined in the Hebrew Bible, Deut. 5:1-22. The term Yahwism (aka Israelism) is sometimes used to describe a religious belief which is found in groups that use the proper Biblical names of YHWH (Yahweh) and Yahshua (Jesus) instead of the unscriptural Christian replacement words “God” “Lord” “Jehovah” and “Jesus.” Yahwism
also refers to those who rely on the Tan’akh, an acronym for the Hebrew Bible, “Torah-the Law, Nevi’im- the
Prophets, Ketubim-the Writings“ as their foundational source for their belief, righteous living, and doctrine.
Yahwism describes the original monotheistic belief of the Ancient Israelites as found recorded in the Hebrew Tan’akh. The Tan’akh contains the history of the ancient Hebrews and of their chosen Israelite descendants as well as the revealed knowledge given only to them by the One Almighty Sovereign Creator Power of all things;
the Power named Yahweh. The revealed knowledge found in the Tan’akh (as was given through the Creator’s
messengers) contains an ancient revolutionary system of life with justice that superseded all other man-made systems of government, ideology, and theology. It recognizes only one Almighty Sovereign Creator Power. This one “Life-Force Essence” was the Mighty One of the Hebrew fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and is also recognized by the Hebrew descendants of Jacob renamed Israel. According to the Tan’akh, the Hebrew Bible, (the foundation of our belief) there is no other Sovereign Power besides the ONE Almighty Sovereign Creator Power and Eternal Life-Force of the Hebrew Bible, who is named YHWH (Yahweh). Isa. 45: 5-7, 18, 22.
Definition of Christianity:
There are three universally acceptable Creeds that define Christianity: the Apostles, the Nicene, and the longer Athanasian. We will use the Athanasian Creed so that we will not get accused of “short-cutting” the Christian
belief. This creed is attributed to Athanasius (293-373 CE) the fourth century bishop of Alexandria who
was a strong defender of the Trinity and the divinity of Christ. This Creed defines the Trinity and the nature of Christ in a very concise language as believed in the early Third Century and as believed today.
The Athanasius Creed of Christianity:
Please note: that the term "catholic" with the lower case 'c' is not a reference to the Roman Catholic Church, but is a reference to the “universal Christian faith” since that was originally understood.
Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith. Which faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt, he shall perish everlastingly. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance.
For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. But the godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is all one, the glory equal, the majesty co- eternal.
Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet they are not three eternals, but one Eternal.
As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated, but one Uncreated, and one Incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Spirit Almighty. And yet they are not three almighties, but one Almighty.
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So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. And yet they are not three gods, but one God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord. And yet not three lords, but one Lord.
For as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge each Person by Himself to be both God and Lord, so we are also forbidden by the catholic religion to say that there are three gods or three lords.
The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Spirit is of the Father, neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
So there is one Father, not three fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits. And in the Trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or less than another, but all three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal. So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
He therefore that will be saved must think thus of the Trinity.
Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the right faith is, that we believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and man of the substance of his mother, born in the world; perfect God and perfect man, of a rational soul and human flesh subsisting. Equal to the Father, as touching His godhead; and inferior to the Father, as touching His manhood; who, although He is God and man, yet he is not two, but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into flesh but by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether; not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person. For as the rational soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ; who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, He sits at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence He will come to judge the quick and the dead. At His coming all men will rise again with their bodies and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting; and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
This is the catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved. (End of the Creed)
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Christianity and the Greek New Testament Bible (Greek NT Bible) today
It appears to be much easier for the ordinary modern religious New Testament believer to remain on a broad way pushed along by other ignorant religious masses, rather than seeking, finding, and then stepping onto the narrow way that leads to life. Most Christians are not willing to find: or to bear the discomfort of following a constricted way, and to enter through the strait gate as taught by the Anointed Prophet Yahshua that leads to life. Yahshua
said that, . . .“few there are that will find it.” Matt. 7: 13-14. How true that statement has now become.
It takes a lot of individual time, effort, and research, to separate reliable Scripture from religious fiction or from the fabrications and false traditions developed by men. Of absolute importance is the ability to compare what is taught in the Greek NT Bible with what is taught in the original Hebrew Bible as was used by the anointed
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Prophet Yahshua. Those lacking the time or the ability for required research will tend to place their confidence and build their “faith” upon their own private understanding, or will place their trust and build their faith upon what is taught by a substitute religious authority such as a religious institution. In such cases it is wise to diligently weigh all the evidence that is presented “as truth” with the clear mandate of Scripture regardless of the
source. It would be completely foolish to place your eternal destiny on someone’s biased opinion or on your own
blind conviction, without having evidence from reliable sources to support what you should believe as true.
Countless books have been written, and are being written on religious subjects especially those dealing with Christianity. Christian bookstores are filled with commentaries and opinions prepared by those that appear to know it all, yet many people seem to be most comfortable to believe what someone has taught them from their early childhood rather than taking the time and making the effort to verify and/or to determine whether what they have been taught as a child is really the truth when confirmed directly from the original languages themselves. The tools for doing so are now no longer reserved for the privileged few, but are readily available to everyone, but doing the search on your own requires persistence and lots of time.
Do we of the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade, think we know it all? The answer is no and we will readily admit that we do not. We are, however diligent seekers for the truth and are not afraid to discard clear error or a long held faulty doctrine or belief. We are not afraid to discard doctrines or beliefs based upon what we were told as children by our parents, by tradition, or by some Church denomination when we discover over-whelming scriptural or scientific evidence to the contrary. From the beginning, the reader interested in this document will agree that we of the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade, of True Israel are not “Christian” as the religion has now developed. We believe that Yahwism (aka Israelism) is the true belief that reflects the principles taught in the Hebrew Bible, and were confirmed by the Prophet Yahshua. Yahwism is the original belief of ancient Israel and forms the Basic Foundation for our belief. Not contemporary Christianity as found in the Greek NT Bible.
Important – The Hebrew Bible and the Greek writings record the words of YHWH (Yahweh) to anointed men,
but both also contain and record the words from uninspired men with various uninspired opinions and traditions.
This fact requires diligent Scriptural study in order to separate truth from error. The Hebrew Bible contains
writings from authors that claim inspiration by Yahweh, but the Greek NT Bible authors do not make the claim. Christians are told that the entire Bible2 is the inerrant3 word of Yahweh in its original form. The passage usually
quoted is 2 Tim.3:16. But this passage when correctly stated from Greek reads “All writing given by inspiration
of Theos (God). . . .” Notice that this is a “qualified” statement. It does NOT say that – “All writing is given by
inspiration of Theos (God). . . .” This would be an “unqualified-cover-all” all-writing is inspired statement. In
other words, the word “is” has been deceptively added to the sentence. The concept that everything written is the inspired word of Yahweh or that all writings found in the Bible are the inspired words of Yahweh is false. This simple error of the added word “is” deception leads many to come to false Biblical conclusions that could result in the fabrication or the interpretations of other false doctrines, or concepts.
The factual truth is, that many different authors have contributed to the various “copies of the manuscripts” found in the collection called the Bible (containing both the Hebrew Bible and the Greek NT Bible writings). The Original manuscripts do not exist anymore; all we have available to us are copies of copies. There have been changes made to these writings over many years. There have been revisions, there have been additions, there have been portions removed, and there have been copy errors made. Some portions of the manuscripts are not legible. Some have pieces missing that required “fill-ins” by scholars. The Hebrew script and the Hebrew Alphabet has changed over the years from Early Semitic Pictographic forms (where each letter represented an object or an idea)
⦁ The word “Bible” where used throughout this document is the common term for the book that contains both the Hebrew Bible and the Greek writings. However, we will distinguish the Hebrew Bible from the Greek NT Bible in this document, since we do not believe they should be considered one and the same Bible
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Meaning “without error” in the original manuscripts.
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to Middle Semitic script (an evolved simplified form of the original pictographic forms), to the late Semitic square script that stemmed from the Aramaic script of the Arameans of Babylon. This last change also carried along a lot of Aramaic influence.
When the Israelites of the Southern Kingdom were taken into Babylonian captivity, they adopted the Aramaic square script, which in its basic form is still in use today. Around 1,000 BCE, the Greeks adopted the Middle Semitic script which began to evolve independently over centuries to become the Greek script used today.4 Most of the various books in the Bible that are available to us today (except the prophets) were written by unknown authors, all have unknown dates of origin. There are also concepts and stories within the writings of the Bible that according to any reasonable amount of logic, or scientific evidence, cannot be true. There are stories or events that according to the known history of the time cannot be supported and are therefore most likely false or spurious at best, or at least, the information should never be a reliable source for formulating any accurate conclusions.
We of the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade, believe that the Bible “contains” the inspired words revealed to various authors, the selected anointed Prophets, by and through the messengers (angels) of Yahweh, because that claim is made by the authors of those writings. Having said that, the opposite is also true; the Bible also contains as recorded in writing information by various unknown authors, and the uninspired words of ordinary men that were not Yahweh anointed Prophets or inspired men. The Bible contains a snapshot of the simplified history of Adamic5 man, and the History of Yahweh’s dealings with a particular family of these selected Adamic people called the Israelites.6 Intertwined in our current Bible are writings that contain truth and writings that are clearly false, or have errors. Even though this is clearly evident, it is not a reason to discard the Hebrew Bible, or all of the Greek NT writings. Our Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Life-Force Yahweh did not leave His people Israel without the ability to discover the truth, or how to know His will and His plan for their lives. The truth was always there. It is seen in the Science of Creation (the Almighty’s General revelation) and it is found in the recorded word (the Almighty’s Special revelation). It takes willingness by the religious pilgrim along with faithful prayer and a deliberate quest to find it. With the discovery of the truth, the pilgrim will not only find complete freedom, but along with that newly found truth many old pre-conceived doctrines will have to be thrown aside and discarded or at least placed on an “upper shelf” for further review, as knowledge and truth continue to be revealed to those that will truly seek it.
“Even theologians recognize that the Hebrew Bible did not just fall from heaven, and that the history of its production spans over one thousand years. That knowledge has made it necessary for scholars to give an account of its formation, and one would think that the notion of the Bible as Canon7 would “pop up” at the end of this
current history. Oddly, however, the usual scholarly approach to the study of the formation of the Bible starts with
the concept of a Canon and then tries to account for the history on its terms……” 8
Within the writings of the Tan’akh are the 10 Commandment, Deut. 5: 1-22. The Commandments is the written Covenant/Agreement Yahweh made with Israel at Hor’eb, and a promise that Yahweh made with the descendants of the Israelites. The Commandments is the only known “uni-lateral” written contract that the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power has ever made with His created beings. No people other than the Israelites have a Covenant/Agreement with “The” Almighty Sovereign Creator Power. All True Israelites will believe in keeping (up-holding) the Covenant with their Almighty Sovereign for blessings. The Israelites of the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade, also recognize that the teachings of Yahshua of Natsarith (the First Century Prophet to Israel) are of value since his teachings also follow the principles first established in Tan’akh, the Commandments.
4 From the “Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible” page 14.
5 A word used to denote a reference to the descendants of Adam, excluding all non-Adamic races. The word Adam means to blush i.e.
to show blood in the face, from the color of the new-born white Adamic child. See Strongs #119.
6 The descendants of Jacob renamed Israel by YHWH, (Gen 32: 28); the name means to “overcome, to rule with El.”
7 The word Canon means “a norm” or “a standard.”
8 Who wrote the New Testament, (Creating the Christian Bible), by Burton L. Mack, pg 276.
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There are several “Israelite type” groups with many varying viewpoints. Most are adherents to their own specific beliefs; many without a solid scriptural foundation. Like Christianity, there are differences between them. Not all
these groups are believers in Yahwism since some add man-made customs to the foundational Yahwistic belief.
True Yahwism can only be based on the basic principles found in the Old Testament Hebrew Bible (Tan’akh).
There are those that believe in the Tan’akh as their only authority but reject Yahshua of Natsarith and all of the Greek writings. They call themselves Karaite Jews. Although they are called Jews they are actually True Israelites because they use the Tan’akh as their sole foundation of belief. Christians are taught that all Jews are of the Hebrew family of Jacob/Israel. However, about 90% of the Jews today call themselves Ashkenazi Jews, and about
⦁ call themselves Sephardic Jews. To a great extent their beliefs rely on man-made additions made to the Tan’akh and in opinions developed by Rabbis that are documented in the Jewish Talmud and the Kabala. These documents follow man-made opinions, customs and traditions, and have usurped, replaced, and added to the pure word of Yahweh as found in the foundational Tan’akh. Therefore most Jews are not True Israelites.
True Ashkenazi Jews would have originally descended from Noah’s son Japheth, not from Noah’s son Shem, therefore Ashkenazi Jews cannot be Semites, Gen. 10: 1-3. The Sephardic Jews are a people that came from Assyria. Some Israelites mixed with these other Assyrian races. They were called Samaritans in the Greek writings. Of the remaining 5% of the people called Jews, some may be true descendants of the original tribes of Israel and some may be converts to Jewism.
British Israelism Israelites are Israelites that may have originally been a part of the Diaspora of the Northern Israelite tribes that eventually migrated into the Western European nations and into Great Britain, BCE 721. They keep some of Yahweh’s festivals and appointed times as well as the Sabbath, but most add the entire Greek New Testament writings, and the writings of the False Apostle Saul/Paul to their belief. They also add many modern doctrines developed by Constantine Romanism9 to the mixture of their belief; therefore they are not True Israelites.
We of the “Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade” are adherents to “Yahwism also known as Israelism.” Through thousands of hours of research and diligent study we have discovered that Christianity has from its birth quickly incorporated many pagan concepts and practices in order to be acceptable to gentiles (non-Israelites) through Constantine Romanism. As a result Modern Christianity has veered away from the original foundational Hebraic beliefs of Yahwism that Yahshua Messiah and his chosen Apostles embraced.
We believe that the proper definition of a word and its meaning in the ancient language is always directly related to the culture, or to the customs of the time in which the word is being used. A word may have different meanings depending upon the culture that is using it, and will likely change with time, even throughout the Bible. In order to understand the ancient Hebrew (pre-paleo) language, it is necessary that we also understand the ancient Hebrew customs of the time. For this reason we of the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade, strive to understand the customs and culture of our ancient Hebrew fathers when we study the Tan’akh or the Greek writings when searching for revealed truth. Through this study, major differences have developed between the Yahwism of the Tan’akh and Christianity as founded from the Greek Writings. The major basic differences summarized below are a result of these studies, and present a summary for comparison. We consider ourselves to be Yahwistic-True-Israelites.
9 Constantine Romanism is another name for what has developed into “Modern Christianity.”
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20 Fundamental Differences between Yahwism and Christianity:
⦁ The Foundational Hebrew Bible - Yahwism
Our Statement of Belief is based upon the foundational writings found in the Tan’akh (omitting the
fictional Book of Esther). The Tan’akh is the original source document for Monotheism; the belief in only one Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power named Yahweh. Also acceptable writings (but NOT foundational) are the historical events and the teachings of the First Century Prophet to Israel Yahshua
Messiah commonly known as Jesus the Christ found in the synoptic gospels. We include some
subsequent writings such as the book of James that appear to have been authored by the Apostles of Yahshua. We do not accept the writings of the Pharisee Paul/Saul of Tarsus as reliable or in any way authoritative for formulating doctrine, since he is not numbered among the Twelve Apostles (Acts 1:21-26). We believe the Tan’akh is complete, and contains all the information necessary provided by the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power to His select and chosen people ancient Israel, to live according to His will by keeping the Covenant (10 Commandments), the path to inherit eternal life.
Christianity
Christianity adds to Yahweh’s words by accepting the writings and opinions of those that claim to have received a “newer” revelation. Most of the Christian belief system and doctrinal standards are founded on the Greek writings known as the New Testament. New religions always require “new” revelations in order to have a foundation for authority. The one having “received” the new revelation always becomes the authority for that new “revealed” religion. Like Joseph Smith founder of Mormonism, and Muhammad founder of Islam, the Pharisee Paul/Saul is the founder of modern Christianity because he claims a “new revelation.” Through the writings of Paul/Saul, Christianity has developed a belief system containing many doctrines amalgamated with ancient pagan mythology. This new Pauline religion with its beliefs was attractive to First Century Gentiles (non-Israelites) since many were already familiar with early pagan ideologies, but these new beliefs of Paul/Saul were never those taught by the Prophet Yahshua from the Hebrew Tan’akh.
⦁ Creation - Yahwism
The Tan’akh teaches that the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power of the Universe is YHWH, and that He is the origin of all that exists and will exist. YHWH is without a beginning and without ending. Since the Creator is eternal, the Universe (the mark and evidence of His existence) must also be eternal, and must always have existed in one form or another. As long as the Creator Himself exists, creation exists. Our solar system may have been created in seven phases or ages of unknown duration, but we believe that the scientific physical evidence that rejects the seven literal days of the creation theory is absolute. We believe the Creator is the origin of the scientific record and that He influenced the written record found in the Tan’akh, therefore both must be in perfect harmony with each other. In other words, our Solar system (sun with its planets) was created in six ages of unknown duration, NOT six literal days.
Christianity
Many Christians believe in the six literal 24-hour days of the creation theory against overwhelming scientific and Scriptural evidence to the contrary. Christians believe in a beginning and in an origin or a beginning for all of Creation and for our solar system. Therefore it would also stand that Christians must believe that the Creator Himself had a beginning, for it would be absurd to believe that an all powerful
Creator would exist in eternally “past” without evidence of His existence.
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⦁ Creator - Yahwism
The Tan’akh teaches us that there is only One Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power, and that there
is NO other. The One Creator being Yahweh exists without a physical body and fills all of what is. He alone has exclusive power and control over all His creation and over all His created beings. Although Scripture records His attributes (described by man’s limited knowledge) as many and diverse, He Himself is not divisible into more than one spirit entity. He always remains a unified One and cannot be divided into two or more persons or beings.
He has always existed, as has His entire Universe. He is at the same time past, present, and future, is omnipotent and omnipresent, all powerful, and knowing the first to the future. As a non-physical entity He cannot die, and does not change. The First Commandment is to “Have or hold no other Powers” before Him.
Christianity
Christianity teaches that the “God” of the Bible is actually formed of three persons “in one essence” called “the Trinity.” It is believed that Jesus as “God the Son” has existed along with the first person of the trinity called “God the Father.” Both “God the Father” and “God the Son” exist alongside a third person called “God the Holy Spirit.” These three persons together constitute the “one” Christian God. Since Christianity also believes that “God the Father” is a spirit, Christianity really believes in two “spirit” beings called “God.” Christianity also teaches that the God Jesus died and was resurrected. Having “other” powers before the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Yahweh, and actions such as praying to “Jesus” (as another power) violates the First Commandment.
⦁ The origin of Adam (man) - Yahwism
According to the Genesis account, Adam-man and his wife “Chava” (Chava means living in Hebrew) were formed by the Creator some 6,000+ years ago. Yet, the scientific evidence (which must always be in harmony with the Scriptural), clearly indicates that some form of man-kind has existed hundreds of thousands of years ago in the past history of our planet. The physical evidence also indicates that various races have come and gone throughout the history of planet earth. Some races have a documented and scientific history much longer than the Genesis account of Adam. Therefore Adam-man and Chava his woman cannot be the original parents of all the various races on planet earth, but instead became a new race among those that were existing at the time of their formation, when they received a portion of
Yahweh’s life giving spirit, no other race living at that time had received this.
Christianity
Christianity teaches that Adam was the first man created, and Eve his wife was the first woman created on the planet. It is believed that Adam and Eve are the parents of all the various races and skin colors of people now found on our planet, and that they are the origin of all man-kind. This would also mean that all of the species of man-kind has “evolved” from the one species into the various and diverse races and skin colors now found on the globe beginning with Adam and Eve some 6,000+ years ago. This concept is foolish and false.
⦁ History of Adam (man) - Yahwism
The Tan’akh records the exclusive history of the people (Hebrews) that are the descendants of Adam- man. Although other races are mentioned at times within the Tan’akh, these other races are incidental to the Scriptural history of the descendants of Adam-man and his wife Chava (meaning life giver). This is supported by the physical evidence, that there are other races like the Chinese that have a written uninterrupted history that pre-dates the Scriptural written record of the Adamites.
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Christianity
Christianity teaches that the Tan’akh covers the history of all the various races and people on planet earth, since it is believed that Adam and Eve were the first people on earth from whom all the various Races have their origin. However, this belief contradicts the scientific and scriptural record.
⦁ The flood of Noah’s time - Yahwism
Science indicates that the earth in its ancient history and during its formation was at one time covered
with water, but we do not believe that the flood of Noah’s generation covered the entire globe. The Hebrew word translated “earth” in the Tan’akh has the meaning of “soil” or “ground,” that which is firm and bordered with water. To the ancients when the ground they were living on is covered with water during a flood, it would appear that the whole “earth” is covered. Noah’s flood destroyed a contaminated Adamic people that had become wicked through miscegenation with other races, but spared Noah and his family who were pure in their genealogy. Only the land animals and people living within the flooded land area perished.
Christianity
Christianity teaches that Noah’s flood destroyed all of earth life containing breath on the Globe, and that all of life had a new beginning through Noah, and from the species of animals that were saved on the Ark. Since it is believed that our planet is only some six thousand years old, the ark would have had to accommodate all the species of life existing on the entire globe about 5,000 years ago including all the now extinct species, a physical impossibility. Scientific evidence also confirms that the flood of Noah’s time was regional, not global.
⦁ The proper name of the Almighty - Yahwism
According to the Tan’akh, the proper Hebrew Scriptural name of the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power is “YHWH” pronounced in English as Yah-oo-weh. Yahweh is the name that the Creator Himself has given to us; “YH” (Yah is the short form of this name). This name means “I Am” in Hebrew, (in English we would say the Eternal, or the Existing). He says “I Am”; we would say “He is” or the more accurate “the Ever-living.” Upholding HIS proper name “Yahweh” is the requirement of the Third Commandment.
Christianity
Christianity uses the replacement titles of “God, Gawd” “LORD” or “LORD God” as substitutes for the proper name of the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power Yahweh. These titles are all derived from pagan sources, and are not proper names with Hebrew meanings. Some use the mongrelized hybrid name “Jehovah.” Ignoring and disregarding the proper name of the Almighty Sovereign Creator is a violation of the Third Commandment.
⦁ The name of the Prophet to Israel - Yahwism
The name of the First Century Hebrew Messiah Prophet to Israel is Yahshua, pronounced as Yah-u-shua. This Name in Hebrew means “Yah is Savior, or Yah saves.” According to his own words, as found in the Synoptic Gospel called Matthew, Yahshua was sent only to the lost sheep of the house-hold of Israel, (Matt. 15: 24) like so many prophets that came before him. “Messiah” is the Hebrew word that means anointed. All Hebrew Kings, Priests and Judges designated with specially selected responsibility and appointments were called “messiahs.”
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Christianity
Christians use the name “Christ” or “Jesus” as inter-changeable terms. Some times even as a “first and last” name, such as “Jesus Christ.” Both words are derived from Greek, through Latin, and then into English resulting in a name that has become foreign to the original Hebrew name. The name Jesus does not pass on the original important Hebrew meaning of Yahshua, “Yah is Savior.”
⦁ The Commandments - Yahwism
The 10 Commandments is the Covenant/Contract that Yahweh made with the Israelites, Deut. 5: 2-22. Blessing and life are received by keeping it, curses for ignoring it. Yahshua kept it, the Apostles kept it, and it is for us as True Israelites from the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade to keep it as well. The Commandments have not changed because Yahweh does not change. The Commandments are still in effect today for all Israelites, and for all that desire to become True Israelites, and desire to inherit “life.” The Commandments is the only bi-lateral Covenant/Contract that Yahweh the Almighty Sovereign
Eternal Creator Power has ever made with mortal man that obligates both parties.
Christianity
To most Christians, the Commandments haves become only an idealistic moral code. They reason that the Commandments can’t be kept anyway, so most never even try to keep it. Ignoring the Commandments, the Covenant/Contract with Yahweh eliminates any responsibility that Yahweh has with man, leaving man responsible for his own miserable destiny and ultimate demise.
⦁ The 7th day Sabbath - Yahwism
According to the instructions found in the Tan’akh and the Commandments, the weekly seventh day Sabbath is to be observed as Yahweh’s appointed day of rest. No labor or servitude is permitted on this day. Keeping the Sabbath set-apart is the requirement of the Fourth Commandment.
Christianity
Modern Christianity (Constantine Romanism) has changed Yahweh’s day of rest to the first day of the week. The first day of the week actually honors the pagan “sun-god” (Sunday) and was established by the Roman Emperor Constantine to make his Empire Uniform and to use a day that was already established by Pagan Gentiles as the honored day for their gods. By not keeping the seventh day Sabbath, Christians violate the Fourth Commandment each week.
⦁ Yahweh’s feast days - Yahwism
Four major feasts of Yahweh are observed. They are (1) Passover, also called the Feast of unleavened Bread, (the memorial of Israel’s Exodus out of Egypt). (2) Pentecost, “first fruits” (the memorial of the gift of the covenant/agreement between Israel and Yahweh given at Mt. Sinai. (3) Atonement, (a time of fasting, repentance, and renewal for Israel assembled). (4) Tabernacles (the memorial to Israel’s dwelling in tents before entering into Palestine).
Christianity
Christianity teaches that Yahweh’s appointed times are no longer to be observed. Most of Yahweh’s appointed times (feasts) have been forgotten, ignored, violated, or replaced by such days as Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter, All Saints day, Christ-mass or fabricated sacraments such as holy communion.
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⦁ Satan and the Devil - Yahwism
The Tan’akh, our source document for truth, teaches that there is no “spirit power” called “Devil.” The
belief that “the Devil” or “a devil” is a powerful mystical “spirit being” is simply an “invention” of
primitive religions that has become ignorantly incorporated into Christianity. The Tan’akh teaches us the concept of the “evil inclination” as well as the “inclination for good.” The word "satan" where used in the Hebrew Bible is not the name of a mystical spirit being that can challenge his Creator, but it simply means “accuser, or opponent.” All created beings are under the control of their Creator at all times.” Have no other “Powers” before Yahweh is the First Commandment. In the Hebrew Bible, Devils are objects and idols used for worship, they are not entities.
Christianity
Christianity teaches that Satan (also called the devil) is one and the same being and is an independent
omnipotent and omnipresent power that battles against his own Creator “the Christian God ” for the
souls of people. By recognizing or believing in other spiritual powers, real or fabricated, Christians are placing other “Gods” (Powers) before Yahweh. Jesus, (the Hebrew prophet), like Satan is placed as an equal or a power beside the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Yahweh. Having other “powers” before Yahweh, or to worship “Jesus” as a God is to worship someone other than the Almighty Sovereign
Creator Power Yahweh and therefore violates the First Commandment.
⦁ Idols and images - Yahwism
Yahweh very explicitly states in His Commandments that we are to make no carved images, (three dimensional objects or likeness) of anything which is in the heavens above or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth. An Idol or image is any object or image receiving praise, admiration or worship. “Make no images” is the Second Commandment.
Christianity
Most Christian homes are full of idols (I-dolls) images and other various other three dimensional forms of created things. Most Roman Catholic Constantine Christian Church buildings are full of idols and images receiving worship, or adoration. Making, having, or worshiping idols and images violate the Second Commandment.
⦁ Sin and Sacrifices – Yahwism
Yahshua, (the Messiah of the Greek writings) an Israelite, was not a Human Sacrifice (human penalty payment). He was not sent to become a Human Sacrifice for the sins of the world. Furthermore, according to his own words, he was only sent to the house-hold of Israel, (Matt. 15:24) to save those that were lost, (Matt. 18:11, Jer. 50:6), to give his life a “ransom” for many, (Matt. 20: 28). Yahshua was not sent for the sins of the world. Even if sin was the reason for his coming (which it was not), it would have been much less dramatic, and just as effective, for Yahshua to forgive sins simply by saying so, since (according to the Greek writings) Yahshua claimed to have that authority, (See Matt. 9:6).
Side Note: Yahweh calls human sacrifice something that He hates, and that it is an abomination to Him.
(Deut. 12:30-31). He tells us that human sacrifice is such a horrible concept to Him that it did not even come into His mind, or to demand it from His creation. This means that Yahweh would never accept the death of a son on a pagan stake as a blood sacrifice (blood payment) in order for Him to feel good and forgive sin (Psalm 106:37-38; Ezekiel 16:20). The very idea of that Yahweh would accept the murder of any human (especially the murder of a righteous man) as pleasing to Him for the forgiveness of sin is not found in the Tan’akh. “Do not commit murder” is the eighth Commandment.
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Christianity
Christianity teaches that Jesus was a sacrifice to God for sin, therefore Christians believe in human sacrifice. However, human sacrifice to the gods is a wicked custom left over from ancient pagan cultures and practice but condemned by the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power Yahweh. To believe that such practice was acceptable and even desired violates all the principles of the Tan’akh and the eighth Commandment.
⦁ Salvation - Yahwism
The Tan’akh teaches that the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power Yahweh is the only Redeemer and Savior of the Commonwealth of Israel. This includes the twelve original tribes of Israel and their descendants that have been scattered among all the nations of the globe. All the tribes of Israel are “lost” to history until their time of redemption/salvation. This salvation will come to individuals and then one day together to the restored dispersed nations (tribes) even though they are living among all the nations of the Globe, (Ezk. 6:8, 11:17; Hosea 1:9-11).
Side Note: Redemption and eternal life is found by wayward man only by turning toward Yahweh,
becoming obedient to His will, by receiving the pardoning of one's sins against Him through sincere repentance, and a return to righteousness. This requires a return toward the correct keeping of Yahweh’s Commandments. By this act the repentant sinner can again become an heir (returning prodigal) to the Covenant/Contract with Yahweh and inherit eternal life (Matt. 19:16-17). Likewise, by receiving and believing in the teachings and instructions of Yahshua (the deliverer to “lost” Israel) will result in a spiritual regeneration and a rebirth (renewing) of one's mind by Yahweh’s Ruach HaKodesh (Life-Force Essence). This re-establishes the violator’s Covenant/Contract with the Almighty Sovereign Eternal Creator Power of Israel, and the promises that came with it.
The Tan’akh teaches that all people outside of the Covenant with Israel who desire to become “Israelites”
must be enjoined into the Covenant with Israel, and thereby become “True Israelites” (Isa. 56). In this manner, the gift and blessing of Yahweh’s salvation can be inherited by all people through their “faithfulness and obedience” toward keeping the covenant/agreement the Commandments. There is NO eternal life out-side of being in the Covenant/Agreement along with Israel.
Christianity
Christianity teaches that Repentance and the sincere belief (faith) that Jesus was sent to die (as the lamb of God, by God) on the cross of Calvary as a sacrifice to please God is what saves you from your sins, and will give you eternal life. Some Christians believe that it is also necessary to become baptized to complete the process. This is considered a gift of God, (by grace) and cannot be earned, so there is nothing additional for you to do to help the process, except maybe to live a righteous life. There is no requirement for “faithfulness.” The substitution of “faith” for “Faithfulness” violates the purpose for the entire Covenant/Contract agreement, the Commandments.
⦁ Hell - Yahwism
Hell is not a physical place of endless torment for the wicked. The Hebrew word “She’ol” is mistakenly translated “hell” by many English translations. This word has become associated with a fabricated place of eternal torment for the wicked. She’ol simply means “to cover,” as in a grave, the place of the dead, or of the unknown. All people die; therefore, all will go to the place of the unknown after death. The bodies of all people both good and bad will go to the “place of the unknown.” The Tan’akh teaches that all will be judged and all will need to be accountable for every work, both good and bad. Yahweh will make the final determination for life or for destruction. According to the Tan’akh, the wicked will perish and become as the dust of the ground. The righteous and those obedient to the will of “the Father” will inherit life. The belief in hell as an eternal place of fire, suffering, and torment, is a residue of primitive belief,
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pagan mysticism, and ignorance of what the Hebrew Bible teaches.
Christianity
Christianity teaches that Hell is a place of eternal suffering and that it is the place that all will go if they
do not believe in the Christian formula for salvation. It does not matter if the person is a decent or good person, or has never heard about Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross for sin. The Christian formula for salvation is very exclusive - all must repent and believe in Jesus dying on the cross for their sin, as the “lamb” of God, and by some be baptized in order to be forgiven, to receive eternal life, and to go to heaven and live with him forever.
Many believe that Baptism must be by immersion to be proper. Because the Christian formula for Salvation is very exclusive, yet very divisive, it is one of reasons that many Christian denominations are “evangelical” and strive to convert those that differ in their beliefs from that of Christianity so they will not go to the mystical invention of eternal suffering in hell fire.
⦁ Heaven - Yahwism
The English word heaven as translated from the Hebrew Bible comes from the Hebrew word “shamayin” meaning “sky.” Although there is some debate as to the exact meaning of this word, it is very clear that the word “shamayin” is most commonly used in conjunction with the word “erets” meaning “land” thereby the combination of these words (Sky and earth) represents the whole of creation and dominion of Yahweh.
The “Kingdom of Yahweh” or “Kingdom of heaven” is not a “place” where the Kingdom is, but “who”
the Kingdom belongs to. All references to a physical place called heaven for the righteous comes from the imagination of mortal men, which, not unlike the natural concept of an eternal “hell” fire for the wicked, would conversely require the natural need for a place of eternal pleasure for the righteous. The concept of a “life” in the here-after in a garden like place of bliss and pleasure for the righteous was clearly longed for by the ancients of the Hebrew Bible, but, Yahweh in His eternal wisdom has not provided us with specific details about this place, or where life exists after physical death.
Christianity
To Christians heaven is a place with mansions for those “saved” by the blood of the lamb, where they
will live eternally. It is thought to be a place where there will be no need, no sickness, no hunger, no sin, or bad things. All of this is an honorable concept, but all comes from the imagination of man not from Scripture. Some believe “heaven” is in some place beyond the sky, others that it will be on earth under the rule of Jesus when he comes again to rule physically on earth. The fact, there is no Bible verse that says that someone “saved” will go to a place called “heaven.” Jesus never promised to take anyone to such a place after death.
⦁ Second Coming – Yahwism
The belief in a “second coming” of “a Messiah” or of “the Messiah” is not found in the Tan’akh. This belief is a relatively new concept even in Christianity. The Bible never speaks of the “end of time” or the
end of history; it speaks of the future “end of the age” after which always comes the beginning of the “age
to come.” The age to come is called the “Kingdom of Yahweh” as was announced by the prophet Yahshua. This “last new age” began during his ministry in the First Century. The word “Kingdom” is an idiom that has the meaning of “counsel” in Aramaic. Hence the phrase has the meaning of an age where the “Counsel of Yahweh” can be found by those that have within them the Life-Force Essence of Yahweh to seek that counsel, which is the Life-Force Essence of truth, the “Life-Force Essence of Yahweh.”
We believe that Yahshua was “a” Messiah and a prophet. However, the Tan’akh is full of Messiahs
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(anointed ones) and prophets, as well as others that are called “son(s) of Yahweh.” Yahshua himself specifically stated (as recorded in the Christian Greek Writings gospel book called John) that his Kingdom was “NOT of this world.”
Christianity
Some in Modern Christianity have developed the belief that there will be a “second coming” of Jesus to earth. This belief is to a large extent based upon the indiscriminate mistranslation of the Greek words “erchomai” and “parousia” found in the Greek Writings which have at times both been translated as “coming” in some English translations, but may have many alternate meanings. There is no passage in Scripture, or in the Greek Writings that specifically states that the Yahshua would be “coming again” to rule as a physical King upon the globe.
Side Notes: Some Christians believe in the assumption that the Book of Revelation (or most of it) is a
forecast of future world events still unfulfilled. This assumption violates what the book of Revelation says about itself and to whom the book was written. In its prologue and epilogue, it states, concerning the whole of its prophecy that it was: “at hand,” “obey-able” and, finally, “not to be sealed up.” Revelation's total relevance (in Old Testament Scripture's Poetic Picture Apocalyptic language) starts and ends in the lifetime of its original hearers and to those to whom the letter was originally addressed, "the seven assemblies that are in Asia", (Rev, 1:4). If you are not one of these Assemblies, living during the times of
the address of this letter, the Prophecy in Revelation is NOT for you. The events in Revelation actually
occurred in 70 AD with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod under the conquest of the Roman army.
⦁ Edible Food - Yahwism
The Almighty Sovereign Creator Power has in His great providence and wisdom provided the necessary information in the Tan’akh for Israelites (and those willing to learn and live a healthy life) to determine which animals where created edible for consumption, and which are not. We as Israelites believe that the Almighty Sovereign Creator Yahweh, the One who also created the animals, would be the absolute undisputed authority for which animals are “clean” for food and which are “unclean” and not be used by us for food. True Israelites avoid eating animals and products that the Yahweh has designated as “unclean” for food.
Christianity
Many Christians through various miss-applications of several Greek passages, and by deliberately ignoring the instructions and advice about food found in the Tan’akh concerning edible animals have mistakenly concluded that all animals are now edible, and fit for food. However, there is nothing in the Bible that would support such a conclusion. Jesus and the apostles always honored the advice found in
the Tan’akh on “clean” and “unclean” animals.
⦁ Passover vs. Communion - Yahwism
Israelites commemorate the appointed feast of Unleavened Bread which includes the Passover (Pesach) dinner once a year at a very specific time in the Hebrew New Year, as directed and appointed by Yahweh. The “breaking of bread” (eating dinner) on the first day of the week, is a dinner celebrated after the end of the Sabbath. This is at Saturday evening (at dusk), when the first of the week (Sunday) begins.
The Disciples were to prepare the “Passover” (Luke 22). Yahshua eagerly waited “to eat the Passover” meal. The context of this dinner was to ponder on “their lives” and commune (converse together) as this was to be their last dinner as a unified group of Disciples with their Teacher. The breaking of bread (eating) was a metaphor (a symbolism) for the “breaking” of his body (execution) but not for the eating of
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“human flesh” which would have been a metaphor for Cannibalism. The wine became a metaphor for his shed blood, but not for the “drinking” of human blood. The drinking of blood by Israelites is forbidden in the Tan’akh.
Christianity
The original Passover recorded in the Greek Writings has developed into Christian “Communion,” a somber ritual that is held on a regular basis to celebrate the death of Jesus as the “Passover” Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. This Sacrament is far removed from the feast of Unleavened Bread and the Passover dinner which was one of Yahweh’s appointed feasts containing specific instructions. Some Christians (the.R.C.C., Lutherans, and others) believe that the bread when broken somehow magically turns into the “flesh” of Jesus at consumption, and that the wine (or grape juice) when poured magically turns into the blood of Jesus at consumption. Some Christians believe it is only symbolic of the conversion into flesh and blood. However, even if symbolic of the “eating human flesh” and the “drinking of human blood,” such activity is a pagan/heathen concept. Ancient primitive cultures sometimes believed that eating a piece of the body or the drinking of the blood of a powerful dead person or animal would somehow convey some of that power to them.
Further Considerations
A “Gentile” is by common definition a non-blood Israelite, (a foreigner to the Covenant with Israel) and thereby
also most likely an unbeliever in that same covenant. The distinction between an “ Israelite“ (Hebrew Bible
believer) and a “Gentile” (NT Bible believer) creates a divisive belief system between Israelite Yahwism and
Christianity.
Through the centuries, there has been an on-going “ Gentilization” of the ancient Yahwism faith, a falling-away
(apostasy) from Covenant observance, toward the adoption of heathen pagan terms and observances, customs and cultures. Many began with the writings of the self-appointed false Apostle Saul/Paul. The Sabbath and moed’im (appointed times) were sabotaged and replaced. The Creator’s Proper Name was destroyed and ruined in favor of non-specific, generic references, and adulterated forms. Even after the Protestant Reformation, many of these beliefs are still embraced although there is overwhelming evidence of their pagan origin.
Congregations that separate themselves from the Israelite Yahwism concepts and that choose to adhere to the Paul/Saul false religious concepts are of man-made origin and have produced the “denominationalism” and mass confusion that we see in the hundreds of religious “Christian” denominations. It is no wonder that many intellectuals have chosen to dismiss and/or reject Christianity completely.
Yahwism is NOT Jewism and Israelites are NOT Jews. This misunderstanding becomes a “wall of separation” or a “dividing wall” between Israelites and non-Israelites. Yet, the truth is, that both the (natural born) Israelite and the foreigner as a (non-natural born Israelite) can be brought into the house of Yahweh and can both become
“True” Israelites. It is through keeping the Covenant which requires the observance of the Commandments, that
Gentiles (non-Israelites) can also become “True” Israelites, and members of the House-hold (family) of Yahweh. The corrupted ceremonial laws were abolished with the physical Temple, and the civil laws disappeared with the
“national” identity of Israel, but not the Commandments . Therefore, non-Israelites who convert (choose to obey
the Covenant), and begin keeping the Commandments (and the 7th day Sabbath), and accept and trust in
Yahshua’s words are no longer Gentiles, they in reality become “fellow citizens” of True Israel. By their actions
they become part of the Household of Yahweh, and part of the family. By obedience, faithfulness, and their willingness to serve Yahweh, they become True Israelites.
Isa 56:6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of
Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my
covenant; Isa 56:7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of
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prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
Mat 7:21 “not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he
who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
Yahshua was NOT sent to all the people of the entire globe:
Mat 10:5 Yahshua sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles,
and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans (foreigners).
Mat 10:6 rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (dispersed Israel).
Mat 10:7 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ (Kingdom also means
counsel).
Mat 15:24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Mat 18:11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost. (Read Jer. 50: or who was lost).
The conclusion to draw from these clear writings is that no one who currently obeys the Covenant and keeps the
Sabbath is a “Gentile” (non-Israelite) – they may once have been considered “ Gentiles” but are now members (or
better yet, “citizens” of the collective house-hold (family) of “True Israel.” This is not an allegorized “ spiritual”
Israel as many in Christianity have supposed through other misunderstandings, such as the false doctrine of “Replacement Theology.” While the term “Israel” can be used to apply to a geographic area, in Scripture this term
refers to those who have joined themselves to Yahweh through His Covenant, known as His Commandments, Ten
Declarations or Words). This is what is clearly taught in Isa 56.
Many well meaning “Christians” seem to believe that the “Commandments are too difficult to keep” and if we keep the Commandments of Yahweh, then don’t we become “legalists?” Well, isn’t it better to be legal-ists, than illegal-ists? Read what Israel’s King David wrote about Yahweh’s Commandments:
Psa 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
for your commandments are always with me.
Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
Psa 119:100 I understand more than the aged,
because I have kept your precepts.
Psa 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil way,
that I might observe your word.
Christianity is a religion that is supposedly based on the teachings of Yahshua Ha’Mashiach (the Messiah) but has in reality developed far from what he taught. It has become a mixture of the customs from Babylonian heathen paganism all gelled into Cannons that were solidified under the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine 325 C.E., and became the catholic “Christian” religion of the old Roman Empire. Nothing has changed!
Christianity has become a way of life about the Messiah of Israel, but does not follow the Messiah’s foundational
teachings from the Hebrew Bible. Instead, it has become divided into thousands of sects that all differ over interpreting and miss-interpreting the Bible by using the writings and opinions of Paul/Saul the Pharisee, a Roman citizen who never sat at the feet of Yahshua, and never heard him teach. Christianity has developed its own
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special days of the year adopted from heathen pagan origin symbols and observances . ALL of Yahweh’s
commanded feast days and Sabbaths are neglected (see Lev. 23, Deut. 16) and replaced by a system of beliefs not
based on Messiah’s teaching at all, but instead, are acting in ignorance through false Roman traditions.
True Israelites are those that have a love of the Creator’s Name, and His Covenant. They follow the “way” or “walk” like that of the Messiah, staying faithful to keeping the Covenant without alteration, having received a love of the Commandments in their hearts by the indwelling of the Life-Force Essence of Yahweh. Beliefs and actions are the same thing in their view, and they serve and worship only the Sovereign Power whom they obey.
The Question is asked: “What happens to all the people that think they have acquired eternal life through
Christianity by believing in the human Sacrifice of “Jesus” for their sins, what would be a good answer to them?
The truth is: We do not really know what happens to them. To say that we do is simply wishful thinking, and pure conjecture. We do know (from the Tan’akh) that Yahweh is righteous in His judgment, for we are told that every work will be brought into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or bad, (Ecc.12:13-14). Yahshua hinted at a condition of paradise (a Persian word denoting a park for Persian kings and nobles). Throughout the Hebrew Bible, we see the evidence of fallen man and his need for redemption. The plan for the redemption of man by the Creator is always offered through repentance and obedience all through the Tan’akh, yet deception seems to be much easier for people to accept than the Truth.
Christians accept the Messiah of Israel, while leaving behind his walk, his manner of living, what he taught and his Tan’akh, Matt. 7:21. As the Edomites were “usurpers” claiming the name, rights, and inheritance of True Israel, so we have the modern “usurpers” who claim to be “Spiritual Israel” through their statement of belief in “Jesus” and his sacrifice. The only way to overcome this deceptive manner of living and belief is for individuals to do their own personal research. There is nothing we or anyone can say or write that will convince even one to change, unless they attempt to prove us wrong by doing that personal required research. They are “asleep” and unaware of what they are doing, mostly because they are lulled to sleep every week in their Church assemblies. Knowledge of what they believe and what is taught to them is amazingly shallow. Their misplaced trust in men who they accept as their teachers is their greatest mistake. Christianity today has become a religion based upon emotions rather than Faithfulness. It now requires entertainment and a fully equipted band along with thousands of dollars of electronic equipment to obtain the followers, and of course their money to compete with the competition. What a shame! Yes, emotions have a place in life, but emotions should never substitute for logic or wisdom that leads to truth. It is the truth that will set your soul free, not your emotions
The bottom line is this; most people do not realize they are outside of the Covenant with Yahweh , having never
been “engrafted” into the family of True Israel by faithfully living according to that Covenant. Until they stop and realize this basic fact, they will keep putting up Christmas trees and hunting for Easter eggs. Their faith has become an acceptable “Church Standard” but that standard is not the one that pleases Yahweh. Instead, most Christians follow old Heathen Pagan practices, concealed in new meanings. For those not having joined in the Covenant with Yahweh, a time will come for reckoning. Ecc 12:13-14.
The Covenant, the Commandments Deut. 5:2-22 (see also Exo. 20:1-17)
Deut 5:6 “I YHWH (Yahweh) Mighty One, brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house
of service.”
Deut 5:7 “Have no other Mighty One above me.”
Deut 5:8 “Do not make a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in heaven above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.”
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Deut 5:9 “Do not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your Mighty One, am a
jealous Mighty One, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;
Deut 5:10 and showing kindness to thousands of those who love me and guard my commandments.”
Deut 5:11 “You shall not desecrate the name of Yahweh your Mighty One: for Yahweh will not hold
guiltless who desecrates his name.”
Deut 5:12 “Guard the day of intermission, to observe it, as Yahweh your Mighty One commanded
you.”
Deut 5:13 “Six days work, and do all your obligations;
Deut 5:14 but the seventh day is an intermission to Yahweh your Mighty One , do not work, not
your son, not your daughter, not your male servant, not your female servant, not your ox, not your donkey, not any of your livestock, not the stranger that is within your gate; so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.”
Deut 5:15 “Remember, you were a servant in the land of Mitsrayim, and Yahweh your Mighty One
brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your Mighty One commanded you to guard the day of intermission.”
Deut 5:16 “Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your Mighty One commanded you; that
your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your Mighty One gives you.”
Deut 5:17 “Do not murder.”
Deut 5:18 “Do not adulterate.” (to make impure, by miscegenation)
Deut 5:19 “Do not steal.”
Deut 5:20 “Do not give false testimony against your associate.” (similar to a neighbor)
Deut 5:21 “Do not desire your associate’s wife. Do not wish for your associate’s house, his field, or his
male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your associate’s.”
Deut 5:22 “These words Yahweh spoke to all the assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the
fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more . He wrote them on
two stone tablets, and gave them to me.” (to Moses, and all those that will also accept and keep them)
Mic 6:6. “How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted Mighty One? Shall I
come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? ”
Mic 6:7. “Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
Mic 6:8. “He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your Mighty One?”
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