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Spiritual principles
The
universe is created by the Most
High and by Him is created everything
it. Each man is created by Him,
He creates all the laws both physical
and spiritual. When we investigate
Jewish Holy Scriptures we can find
out that Gods plan of forgiveness
of our sins and establishment of
the close relations with Him can
be stated in 5 spiritual principles.
1.
God has created the man in a manner
that he could have affinity with
Him and had much fruit of His life!
2.
The sin separates you from God
and His life. The sin results in
spiritual death (Ezek. 18:4, Isaiah
59:2).
3. You
cannot be cleared of sins relying
on your own strength. The sin can
be expiated only by faith in mercy
of the Most High by blood
of animals (Leviticus 17:11
or Vayicra). All this was carried
out in the Temple. Now the Temple
is not present, offerings are not
present. Can we receive blood
of purification by faith
today? What kind of blood?
4. Today
God has given the
blood of purification through
the Perfect Offering, through the
One Whom the Jewish book Tanach
names "Mashiah" (Messiah).
5.
The man has the right of a choice
to invite Messiah in his heart
to find blood
of expiation,
to establish the close relations
with God, to have hope for rescue.
Only
one man in history has completed
all these prophecies. He has opened
a new era and has changed a course
of a history. And millions Jews
and non-Jews have put on Him the
hope in receiving of redemption.
The repentance is a decision to
change your way of life and to
live with God in heart, with the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
through redemptive offering of
Mashiah Yeshua.
If you
wish to find peace with God, you
can pray a simple prayer with faith
in heart and He will hear and will
forgive: " My
God, God of our fathers, God of
Abraham, Isaac and Israel,I recognize
that has sinned against you and
I repent in it. Through blood Yeshua
haMashiah, His redemptive blood,
forgive me; enter into my heart
and life. I thank you that you
do it in the performance of The
Word. Amen. "
Is
Yeshua the Messiah?*
To
some, Yeshua (Jesus of Nazareth)
seems like an unlikely candidate
for the promised Messiah of Israel.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, he was
executed by Roman crucifixion after
being rejected by the ruling council
in Israel. His followers claimed
he rose from the dead, fulfilling
prophecy in the Tanakh. He then
departed from Israel (and the rest
of the world) but with a promise
to return.
Messianic
hope has centered around God's
Anointed One being a political
deliverer who would free Israel
from gentile oppression and usher
in a never-ending period of Israeli
(and worldwide) peace. If Yeshua
was the Messiah, he certainly did
not fulfill that hope. How, then,
could he possibly be G-d's Anointed?
Another
way to pose the question is to
ask: Did God give any scriptural
evidence that the Messiah would
initially be rejected by Israel,
then depart from her for a long
span of time, and finally return
as her Redeemer?
Interestingly,
the lives of two prominent Hebrews
closely fit such a pattern ...
Joseph
was rejected by his brothers, the
sons of Israel. As a result of
this rejection, he was separated
from them for many years. When
they saw him again, the sons of
Israel did not initially recognize
him as one of their own, but rather
as merely a gentile ruler. And
the one whom they had rejected
became their savior in the end,
making provision for the entire
house of Israel during a time of
great famine. Joseph concluded
that what his brothers had meant
for evil, G-d had meant for good.
Moses'
life followed a similar pattern.
The children of Israel considered
him merely a gentile ruler, and
not as one of their own. He, too,
like Joseph, was initially rejected.
As a result, he went away for many
years and was separated from his
people. When he finally returned
to them, G-d used him as their
redeemer, freeing them from Egyptian
bondage.
Are
G-d's back-to-back accounts of
the lives of Joseph (Genesis 37-41)
and Moses (Exodus 1-12) merely
coincidental in their similarity?
Both men were initially rejected
by Israel; both were separated
from their people for many years;
both were used by G-d to redeem
Israel in a time of great need.
Could not G-d have been using the
lives of Joseph and Moses to point
to the ultimate Redeemer of Israel?
The
biblical accounts of Joseph and
Moses would explain how the true
Messiah of Israel could be rejected
by His own people, leave them for
many years and yet one day return
as their national Deliverer. The
life of Yeshua of Nazareth fits
that scenario, closely paralleling
the lives of Joseph and Moses.
In fact, a Grecian Jew of the first
century CE, named Stephen, used
the lives of Joseph and Moses as
testimony (two witnesses) before
the Sanhedrin that Yeshua was indeed
the promised Messiah, and that
his life was perfectly foreshadowed
in the Tanakh (see the Book of
Acts, chapters 6 and 7).
Zion
But
what of Yeshua's crucifixion? Did
G-d give any scriptural evidence
that His Anointed One (His Son;
see Psalm 2) might be executed?
An
example that Yeshua himself used
was the bronze snake which Moses
nailed to a pole (Numbers 21:5-9).
Whenever an Israelite was bitten
by a poisonous serpent, he or she
could look at the bronze snake
and live. This event, Yeshua said,
was a foreshadowing of his own
death by crucifixion (being nailed
to a pole). He came "in the
likeness of sinful flesh" (Romans
8:3) and became a sin offering
for us (Isaiah 53). The contrast
to the story in Numbers is that
those who look to Yeshua would
be granted eternal life rather
than physical life.
Even
stronger evidence comes in the
binding of Isaac. Abraham was called
upon to sacrifice his son whom
he loved, his one and only son.
The New Covenant Scriptures use
the exact same language to speak
of the sacrifice of Yeshua. G-d
was sacrificing His one and only
Son (Psalm 2; John 1:14), whom
He loved. And, just as Yeshua carried
the wooden beam for his execution,
Isaac carried the wood that would
be used for his sacrifice. Many
other parallels exist between the
two accounts. Most striking is
that when Isaac asked about the
animal for the offering, Abraham
responded that G-d Himself would
provide the lamb (Genesis 22:8).
G-d indeed stopped Abraham from
going through with the sacrifice
of Isaac and provided an animal
substitute, but the animal was
a ram, not a lamb. Could Abraham's
prophetic word have been fulfilled,
then, by Yeshua the "Lamb
of G-d who takes away the sin of
the world" (John 1:29)?
There
are many scriptures from the Prophets
which Yeshua's life fulfilled.
But we close by considering the
sacrifice system under Moses. This,
like the binding of Isaac, could
have been G-d's way of showing
that the Messiah would be sacrificed.
The Pesach lamb, the kippurim and
the many bulls and goats used as
part of the sacrificial system
show that salvation had to come
by way of sacrificial blood. As
we know, one could not enter G-d's
presence (the Holy of Holies) without
a blood covering. Of Yeshua it
is said ...
"For
Messiah did not enter a holy place
made with hands, a copy of the
true one, but into heaven itself,
now to appear in the presence of
G-d for us; nor was it that He
should offer Himself often, as
the high priest enters the holy
place year by year with blood not
his own. Otherwise, He would have
needed to suffer often since the
foundation of the world; but now
once at the consummation of the
ages He has been manifested to
put away sin by the sacrifice of
Himself." (Hebrews 9:24-26)
Yeshua
of Nazareth is the perfect candidate
for the Messiah of Israel. The
lives of Joseph and Moses are indications
of what the Messiah's life would
look like. The Messiah must be
initially rejected by Israel and
go away for many years before He
will redeem her. Also, the binding
of Isaac and the sacrificial system
are indications of what the Messiah
would do. He must offer His life
for the salvation of others.
"Who
has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His
fists? Who has wrapped the waters
in His garment? Who has established
all the ends of the earth? What
is His name or His Son's name?
Surely you know!" (Proverbs
30:4)
"The
LORD thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet from the midst
of thee, of thy brethren, like
unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;" Deuteronomy
18 :15
" Now
gather thyself in troops, O daughter
of troops: he hath laid siege
against us: they shall smite
the judge of Israel with a rod
upon the cheek. But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou be
little among the thousands of
Judah, yet out of thee shall
he come forth unto me that is
to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of
old, from everlasting. Therefore
will he give them up, until the
time that she which travaileth
hath brought forth: then the
remnant of his brethren shall
return unto the children of Israel.
And he shall stand and feed in
the strength of the LORD, in
the majesty of the name of the
LORD his God; and they shall
abide: for now shall he be great
unto the ends of the earth. And
this man shall be the peace,
when the Assyrian shall come
into our land: and when he shall
tread in our palaces, then shall
we raise against him seven shepherds,
and eight principal men. " - Micah
5:1-5
"Seventy
weeks are determined upon thy
people and upon thy holy city,
to finish the transgression,
and to make an end of sins, and
to make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most
Holy. Know therefore and understand,
that from the going forth of
the commandment to restore and
to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah
the Prince shall be seven weeks,
and threescore and two weeks:
the street shall be built again,
and the wall, even in troublous
times. And after threescore and
two weeks shall Messiah be
cut off, but not for himself:
and the people of the prince
that shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be
with a flood, and unto the end
of the war desolations are determined.
- Daniel
9:24-26.
"Behold,
days are coming," declares
the LORD, "when I will make
a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house
of Judah, not like the covenant
which I made with their fathers
in the day I took them by the
hand to bring them out of the
land of Egypt, My covenant which
they broke, although I was a
husband to them," declares
the LORD. "But this is the
covenant which I will make with
the house of Israel after those
days," declares the LORD, "I
will put My law within them,
and on their heart I will write
it; and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. "And
they shall not teach again, each
man his neighbor and each man
his brother, saying, 'Know the
LORD,' for they shall all know
Me, from the least of them to
the greatest of them," declares
the LORD, "for I will forgive
their iniquity, and their sin
I will remember no more." - Jeremiah
31:31-34
The
people who walk in darkness will
see a great light; those who
live in a dark land, the light
will shine on them. Thou shalt
multiply the nation, Thou shalt
increase their gladness; they
will be glad in Thy presence
as with the gladness of harvest,
as men rejoice when they divide
the spoil. For Thou shalt break
the yoke of their burden and
the staff on their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor, as
at the battle of Midian. For
every boot of the booted warrior
in the battle tumult, and cloak
rolled in blood, will be for
burning, fuel for the fire, for
a Child will be born to us, a
Son will be given to us; and
the government will rest on His
shoulders; and His name will
be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince
of Peace. There will be no end
to the increase of His government
or of peace, on the throne of
David and over his kingdom, to
establish it and to uphold it
with justice and righteousness
from them on and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will accomplish this. - Isaiah
9:2-7
"Therefore
the LORD Himself will give you
a sign: Behold, a virgin will
be with child and bear a Son,
and she will call His name Immanuel." - Isaiah
7:14
Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter
of Jerusalem! Behold, your King
is coming to you; He is just
and endowed with Salvation, humble,
and mounted on a donkey, even
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
And I will cut off the chariot
from Ephraim, and the horse from
Jerusalem; and the bow of war
will be cut off. And He will
speak peace to the nations; and
His dominion will be from sea
to sea, and from the River to
the ends of the earth. - Zechariah
9:9-10
Behold,
My servant will prosper, He will
be high and lifted up, and greatly
exalted. Just as many were astonished
at you, My people, so His appearance
was marred more than any man,
and His form more than the sons
of men. Thus He will sprinkle
many nations, kings will shut
their mouths on account of Him;
for what had not been told them
they will see, and what they
had not heard they will understand. - Isaiah
52:13-15
Who
has believed our message? And
to whom has the arm of the LORD
been revealed? For He grew up
before Him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of parched
ground; He has no stately form
or majesty that we should look
upon Him, nor appearance that
we should be attracted to Him.
He was despised and forsaken
of men, a Man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief; and like
one from whom men hide their
face, He was despised and we
did not esteem Him. Surely our
griefs He Himself bore, and our
sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves
esteemed Him stricken, smitten
of GOD, and afflicted. But He
was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
the chastening for our well-being
fell upon Him, and by His scourging
we are healed. All of us like
sheep have gone astray, each
of us has turned to his own way;
but the LORD has caused the iniquity
of us all to fall on Him. He
was oppressed and He was afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth;
like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
and like a sheep that is silent
before its shearers, so He did
not open His mouth. By oppression
and judgment He was taken away;
and as for His generation, who
considered that He was cut off
out of the land of the living,
for the transgression of my people
to whom the stroke was due? His
grave was assigned with wicked
men, yet He was with a rich man
in His death, because He had
done no violence, nor was there
any deceit in His mouth, but
the LORD was pleased to crush
Him, putting Him to grief; if
He would render Himself as a
guilt offering, He will see His
offspring, He will prolong His
days, and the good pleasure of
the LORD will prosper in His
hand. As a result of the anguish
of His soul, He will see it and
be satisfied; by His knowledge
the Righteous One, My Servant,
will justify the many, as He
will bear their iniquities. Therefore,
I will allot Him a portion with
the great, and He will divide
the booty with the strong; because
He poured out Himself to death,
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet He Himself bore the sin of
many, and interceded for the
transgressors. - Isaiah
53
But
I am a worm, and not a man, a
reproach of men, and despised
by the people. All who sneer
at me; they separate with the
lip, they wag the head, saying, "Commit
yourself to the LORD; let Him
deliver him; let Him rescue him,
because He delights in him." Yet
Thou art He who didst bring me
forth from the womb; Thou didst
make me trust when upon my mother's
breasts. Upon Thee I was cast
from birth; Thou hast been my
GOD from my mother's womb. Be
not far from me, for trouble
is near; for there is none to
help. Many bulls have surrounded
me; strong bulls of Bashan have
encircled me. They open wide
their mouth at me, as a ravening
and a roaring lion. I am poured
out like water, and all my bones
are out of joint; my heart is
like wax; it is melted within
me. My strength is dried up like
a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves
to my jaws; and Thou dost lay
me in the dust of death. For
dogs have surrounded me; a band
of evildoers has encompassed
me; they pierced my hands and
my feet. I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
they divide my garments among
them, and for my clothing they
cast lots. - Psalm
22:6-18
I
gave My back to those who strike
Me, and My cheeks to those who
pluck out the beard; I did not
cover My face from humiliation
and spitting. For the LORD my
GOD helps Me, therefore, I am
not disgraced; therefore, I have
set My face like flint, and I
know that I shall not be ashamed. - Isaiah
50:6-7
For
Thou wilt not abandon my soul
to Sheol; neither wilt Thou allow
Thy Holy One to undergo decay.
Thou wilt make known to me the
path of life; in Thy presence
is fullness of joy; in Thy right
hand there are pleasures forever. - Psalm
16:10-11
The
LORD says to my LORD: "Sit
at My right hand, until I make
Thine enemies a footstool for
Thy feet." The LORD will
stretch forth Thy strong scepter
from Zion, saying, "Rule
in the midst of Thine enemies." Thy
people will volunteer freely
in the day of Thy power; in holy
array, from the womb of the dawn,
Thy youth are to Thee as the
dew. - Psalm
110:1-3
"I
kept looking in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of
heaven One like a Son of Man
was coming, and He came up to
the Ancient of Days and was presented
before Him. And to Him was given
dominion, glory and a kingdom,
that all the peoples, nations,
and men of every language might
serve Him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion which will
not pass away; and His kingdom
is one which will not be destroyed". - Daniel
7:13, 14
The
stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief corner stone.
This is the LORD's doing; it
is marvelous in our eyes. This
is the day which the LORD has
made; let us rejoice and be glad
in it. O LORD, do save, we beseech
Thee; O LORD, we beseech Thee,
do send prosperity! Blessed is
the one who comes in the name
of the LORD: - Psalm
118:22-26
And
in that day His feet will stand
on the Mount of Olives, which
is in front of Jerusalem on the
east; and the Mount of Olives
will be split in its middle from
east to west by a very large
valley, so that half of the mountain
will move toward the north and
the other half toward the south. - Zechariah
14:4
"And
I will pour out on the house
of David and on the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace
and of supplication, so that
they will look on Me whom they
have pierced; and they will mourn
for Him, as one mourns for an
only son, and they will weep
bitterly over Him, like the bitter
weeping over a first-born. In
that day there will be great
mourning in Jerusalem, like the
mourning of Hadadrimmon in the
plain of Megiddo. And the land
will mourn, every family by itself;
the family of the house of David
by itself, and their wives by
themselves; the family of the
house of Nathan by itself, and
their wives by themselves; the
family of the house of Levi by
itself, and their wives by themselves;
the family of the Shimeites by
itself, and their wives by themselves;
all the families that remain,
every family by itself, and their
wives by themselves." - Zechariah
12:10-14
Surely
I am more stupid than any man,
and I do not have the understanding
of a man. Neither have I learned
wisdom, nor do I have the knowledge
of the Holy One.
Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His Son's name?
Surely you know! - Proverbs
30:2-4
"Ho!
Every one who thirsts, come to
the waters; and you who have
no money come, buy and eat. Come,
buy wine and milk without money
and without cost. Why do you
spend money for what is not bread,
and your wages for what does
not satisfy? Listen carefully
to Me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourself in abundance.
Incline your ear and come to
Me. Listen, that you may live;
and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you."- Isaiah
55:1-3
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