Nazarene Israelite Two House Congregation of Port Elizabeth

What is the work of Elohim?

Most of the Churches of the world who claim to have faith in the Jewish Messiah, including the offshoots of the Worldwide Church of G-d, the various branches of the Sacred Name groups, Messianic Judaism and the different groups of Nazarene Jewish/Israelite congregations also claim to be doing the work of Elohim.  In addition some of these groups believe that they are the only ones doing “the work” of Elohim. Even though most of the offshoots of the Church of God, the Sacred Name groups, Messianic Judaism and all Nazarene Jewish/Israelite groups keep the Sabbath and Holy days as recorded in Leviticus 23, the kosher laws recorded in Leviticus 11, and proclaim the gospel of the kingdom of Elohim, none of them see eye-to-eye, and few will admit that the others are also doing “the work.” But, what is the ‘work of Elohim’ that all these Sabbath ‘obedient’ groups claim to do and some in fact by their definition are doing? To most of these Sabbath keeping groups, the ‘work of Elohim’ entails proclaiming or publishing the good news about the coming kingdom of Elohim into the entire world. Even though that is true, since Yahshua commissioned His followers to do just that in amongst other Matthew 24: 14, but how did Yahshua the true Messiah define the work of Elohim? We are given the answer by Yahshua Himself in John 6: 29 saying: “This is the work of Elohim, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” There we have it - the work of Elohim is simply that we believe in Yahshua the Messiah whom the Father sent; meaning that we believe in His saving name Yahshua, the salvation of Yah, and in what He taught and did whilst He was on earth, about 2,000 years ago, bearing in mind the main purpose for His first advent as stated by Him in Matthew 15: 24, saying: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”  But we also need to be mindful of the caveat or forewarning contained in the words ‘believe in Him’, as witnessed in John 3: 36, as follows: “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim abides on him.”

It is clear that the gospel of Elohim proclaimed by Yahshua is and always will be as recorded in Mark 1: 14 and 15, in this way: ‘And after John (the Immerser) had been taken into custody, Yahshua came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of Elohim, (15) and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of Elohim is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”’  The true gospel is consequently not only a message about the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Yahshua as presented in John 3: 16, as many in nominal Christianity teach, but the reality that Yahshua came specifically to rebuild the Tabernacle of David which has fallen, by reconciling the lost sheep of the house of Israel to a remnant of Torah observant Jews and ultimately to YHVH our Elohim, in order to establish the Kingdom of Elohim on earth as it is in heaven. However, this full gospel which includes both houses of Israel as the kingdom of Elohim over Israel, is not what everyone who preaches about the kingdom of Elohim believe – no, some of the groups mentioned previously think that they as a group of returning Israelites are going to be in the kingdom, without the Jews. Some like the Messianic Jews believe that the Jews cannot be in the kingdom, if they do not believe in Yahshua as Messiah at this time. They are clearly  deceived and do not understand or misinterpret Scriptures such as Isaiah 49: 5 & 6, Romans 11, Ephesians 2: 11 – 22, Zechariah 12: 7 – 10 and Ezekiel 37: 15 – 28 and the fact that YHVH has at this time blinded the minds of our Jewish Brothers to the identity of Yahshua to allow those of us whom He is calling from the lost ten tribes out of the religions of the world, to return to Him and His ways, at which time He will save a remnant of both houses of Israel. The fact that Yahshua is returning to come and rule the world from Jerusalem with His bride made up of all twelve tribes of Israel chosen by the Father, also invalidates the belief of nominal Churchianity, who believe that their followers are going to heaven at death to live out eternity doing nothing at all, and that the wicked will be tormented in an everlasting hellfire for all eternity.

Nonetheless, we see that when Messiah sent out His disciples the first time He instructed them in Matthew 10: 5 – 7, saying: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; (6) but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” This is further confirmed where Messiah taught His disciples how to pray in Matthew 6: 9 & 10, saying: “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. (10) ‘Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’’  It is our duty as latter day descendants of the lost ten tribes, to proclaim (or publish) the good news about the coming Kingdom of Elohim, including the return of Yahshua the Messiah to come and rule His people Israel from Jerusalem for a thousand years, as a witness to all nations. All the Sabbath keeping groups, including our group believe that those who keep the Commandments of Elohim and have their faith in Yahshua will rule with Him for a thousand years. Some of these groups including us believe in the Oneness of Elohim whilst others believe in two Mighty Ones which they refer to as the greater and the lesser YHVH. Some believe that by using the Set-apart names they do not break the 3rd Commandment. Others insist not to use the names for the same reason. Some believe in observing the new moons to assist them in identifying the Set-apart days of YHVH, whilst others including our group believe that the Jews have the Oracles of Elohim and that we should follow them in keeping the Set-apart days. The question is: What keep these very similar groups that is supposed to use the same Scriptures apart?

We need to understand that Satan’s deception spoken about in Revelation 12: 9 is ongoing and will continue until the return of Yahshua the Messiah. Most of the people including some of the believers mentioned earlier will continue to be manipulated by Satan in ways that we cannot imagine. He is the father of lies and has been busy trying to derail true worship, from the very beginning. There are people who are so deceived by Satan and his agents that they cannot tell right from wrong any longer, since they have proven in their own minds that what they are doing is correct. It reminds me of a Messianic/Christian who some time ago, spend about half an hour to explain their belief that Yahshua was in the grave from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning, to justify their keeping of Sunday, not knowing that by saying so, they are in fact denying Yahshua as Messiah, since Messiah Himself told the scribes and Pharisees when they ask him to give them a sign that He is the Messiah, in Matthew 12 : 38, saying in verses 39 & 40: “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; (40) for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Kepha being aware of the problem about Satan and his agents who has deceived the whole world, and are even at this time working hard to deceive even the elect, suitably warned us whilst he was still on earth in 2 Peter 2: 1 – 3, saying: ‘But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying (translated from the Greek word ‘arneomai’ which also means to contradict) the Master who bought (or paid the death penalty due to them for disobeying Elohim’s Torah teachings by dying in their place) them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. (2) And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; (3) and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.’

But, how do these people who have been called out of the churches of the world by YHVH, deny or contradict the Master? Those who believe in two (YHVH)’s like the Churches of G-d and Assemblies of YHVH, or a trinity like the churches of the world do, contradict Yahshua, YHVH in the flesh, since when He was asked by a scribe what the foremost commandment is in Mark 12: 28, He answered in verses 29 – 31, saying: ‘The foremost is ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! YHVH OUR ELOHIM IS ONE YHVH; (30) AND YOU SHALL LOVE YHVH YOUR ELOHIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ (31) The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Yahshua was quoting the Sh’ma here and if He truly was a second lessor YHVH, He would have told the scribe so at this time, but He did not. In fact we see from John 10: 30, He actually told the Jews whilst He was in the temple on Chanukah, also known as the Feast of Dedication (as witnessed in John 10: 22 & 23), saying: “I and the Father are one.” Now, before someone interject here, by telling us that Yahshua meant He and the Father was one in mind and purpose, let’s turn to Isaiah 43: 10 & 11, where YHVH actually confirms Yahshua’s statement, saying: “You are My witnesses (those of us who from the house of Israel and from the house of Judah, who attest to Elohim’s oneness),” declares YHVH, “And My servant whom I have chosen, in order that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He (meaning He is His servant). Before Me there was no Elohim formed, and there will be none after Me. (11) I, even I, am YHVH; and there is no savior besides Me.”  Yahshua also clearly showed that the Pharisees (or the modern day Rabbinical Jews) sit in Moses’ seat and that they have the Oracles of Elohim, or the authority from Elohim to proclaim Elohim’s annual Feast Day calendar, provided it is in the correct season (as per Matthew 23: 2 & 3 and Leviticus 23: 2 & 4).

Rav Shaul, who was personally taught by Yahshua for 3 years after He ascended to heaven, wrote accordingly in Romans 3: 1 – 4, saying: ‘Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? (2) Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of Elohim. (3) What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of Elohim, will it? (4) May it never be! Rather, let Elohim be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “THAT THOU MIGHTEST BE JUSTIFIED IN THY WORDS, AND MIGHTEST PREVAIL WHEN THOU ART JUDGED.” Rav Shaul was authenticating the Levites amongst the Jews as the people responsible to determine Elohim’s Set-apart Day calendar, and confirmed this in Romans 9: 3 & 4, saying: ‘For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Messiah for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, (4) who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the (timing of) temple services and the promises.’ Those who insist to keep calendars of their own design, or calendars determined by the Karaite Jews are also contradicting the Master who bought them, and are according to Rav Kepha’s definition false teachers who should familiarize themselves with what the prophet Malachi wrote about their Feast Days in Malachi 2: 1 - 8, saying: “And now, this commandment is for you, O priests. (2) If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says YHVH of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessing; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.(3) Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. (4) Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant may continue with Levi,” says YHVH of hosts. (5) My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he revered Me, and stood in awe of My name. (6) True instruction was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity. (7)  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of YHVH of hosts. (8) But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says YHVH of hosts’. The fact that Elohim’s people will know His name (as He says through Isaiah in Isaiah 52: 6[1]) does not mean that we teach His name to people who will dishonor it, but that we Honor His name by doing exactly what He tells us, and at the times specified. In South Africa YHVH is busy taking the blessings that He gave us as part of the tribes of Israel away, because we have neglected to acknowledge Him in our lives by not doing what He tells us in His word! Be that because those whom He called out of the churches of the world cannot agree about the correct Feast Days to keep, or about the Oneness of Elohim,  but also because the rest of the Israelites refuse to seek and obey Him!

As if totally oblivious of Messiah’s main purpose to bring the two houses of Israel together to establish the kingdom of Elohim, some of the teachers teaching the remnant from the lost ten tribes of Israel continue to major in the minors[2], as Rav Shaul spoke about some in Hebrews 5: 12, saying: ‘For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principle of the oracles of Elohim, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.’  After having been part of the congregation of Elohim, teaching both Torah and believe in the testimony of Yahshua for a number of years, we should be familiar with the Scriptures and should not be deceived so easily, since we should already know the basic tenets of our faith and should not be tossed here and there by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming, that will lead to destruction (as recorded in Ephesians 4: 14 where Rav Shaul gives us the reason YHVH gave us teachers at this time). We read fittingly from Matthew 7: 19 – 27, where Yahshua taught, saying: “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (20) So then, you will know them by their fruits. (21) Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. (22) Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Master, Master, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ (23) And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ (24) Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. (meaning Yahshua) (25) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock. (26) And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. (27) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall.” From what has been happening in South Africa recently, and what has been prophesied, those who are continuing to contradict the Master are in for a stormy ride. 

YHVH wanted the united nation of Israel to become a model nation to show the other nations around them by example how they will be blessed when they serve and obey Elohim. But, instead of showing these nations how to serve and obey Him, we taught them greed – to want everything their neighbors possess and now that the foot is on the other shoe, they are busy taking every blessing that YHVH gave Israel (since He is punishing us) and are busy destroying the same because of greed, corruption and mismanagement. We always wanted to have the best cars, homes, the most beautiful wives and the cleverest children, and taught it as a way of life to the neighbors amongst whom YHVH has scattered us because of idolatry. We taught these former pagans new paganisms like Xmas and Easter and the carousing, and revelry that go with it. Nothing has changed for the house of Israel, since we were taught  idolatry by Jeroboam, who kept the Feast of Tabernacles a month later than the Feast of YHVH, kept by Judah in the seventh month (as per 1 Kings 12: 32). However, now that those whom we taught around us are following our example, we want to complain! We need to be reminded that they are doing exactly what we taught them and now they want what we graciously received from Elohim (not because of our own strength or brainpower). This is precisely what Yaa’cov warned us about in James 4: 1 & 2, saying: ‘What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? (2) You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.’ People hate other people because of their talents and blessings and want to have what they have, so they either take it from them, or destroy what they cannot have. Satan is also known as Apollyon (in Greek) or Abaddon (in Hebrew) meaning the destroyer – so such people only follow Satan’s lead. The fact that the current round of destruction of farms by arsonists in the Western Cape is going to cause untold misery and famine in South Africa does not matter to the perpetrators for the moment. Similarly during World War II, Germany went to war because they became so jealous of the Jews in Germany, that they wanted to wipe them out as a race. The Germans knew that the Jews were the chosen race of YHVH the Elohim of Israel. Germans considered themselves as the ‘Master Race’ and were envious of the Jews, and the rest is history. Jews are even today one of the most hated nations in the world, because people are jealous of them being the chosen race of Elohim. The truth however, all Israel used to be Elohim’s chosen people, but as King David wrote in Psalm 78: 67 & 68, saying: ‘He (meaning YHVH) also rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, (68) but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.’ This is because the Jews remained faithful to Elohim.  There were a number of times in history during which our Jewish brothers were almost exterminated. That is one of the reasons why we as Nazarene Israel also keep the Jewish Feasts of Chanukah and Purim (the Feast of Esther). If our Jewish brothers were destroyed during either the time of the Maccabees or the time of Queen Esther, we might not have had our Jewish Messiah, to die for our sins.

However, those Israelites whom YHVH is busy calling from the churches of the world need not be jealous of our Jewish brothers any longer, since true to the promises that YHVH made to Abraham, He is graciously busy brining us back to the covenant we entered into with Him, together with our Jewish Brothers  through Abraham’s one seed, namely Yahshua, as witnessed in Roman 11: 5, in this way: ‘In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to Elohim’s gracious choice.’  That means that we are now in exactly the same position as our Jewish Brothers, provided we remain faithful to YHVH and His Torah way of life. Once a believer becomes a true follower of Yahshua, he distinguishes himself from the unbelievers in the world and it was for that reason that Yahshua warned us in Matthew 10: 34 - 38, saying: “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. (35) For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; (36) and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD. (37) He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. (38) And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” If the world accepted Yahshua, there would be no need for the sword, for all would be true disciples of Yahshua and would be united as one. However, this is not so, because individual members of a family or congregation become convicted by their conscience, to stand alone and is eventually compelled to separate themselves from those with whom they associated before. This is when the line of separation is drawn, and the individual stand upon the word of Elohim, whilst the others upon the teachings and traditions of men.

Prior to His impalement Yahshua bestowed upon His disciples His legacy of peace, as we read in John 14: 27, saying: “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” Yahshua gave His disciples the peace that is born of truth; a peace that cannot be extinguished because of division. Yahshua’s heart was full of love and compassion for every human being, and if His love was truly understood by those whom He came to reconcile back to YHVH, they would have accepted that there is no need for the sword. Yahshua’s peace was that which was born of love towards those who were plotting to kill Him. But, He did not compromise, He hated sin and reproved and rebuked transgressors to repent and return to being obedient to the teachings of Elohim. The reason why He was hated by the world is because the world loved unrighteousness and sin. The same will happen to us - those aiming to please Elohim and are preaching truth, are hated and will also be persecuted.  Yahshua warned that this will happen in John 15: 16 – 19, saying: “You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you. (17) This I command you, that you love one another. (18) If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. (19) If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” This is also the main reason for anti-Semitism. The believers in Yahshua may strive for peace and may earnestly desire to overcome the spirit of disagreement, but Satan will stir up his agents to bring strife and division, until he is bound in the abyss for a thousand years, at the beginning of Messiah’s rule. It will be a serious mistake on our part, to compromise the truth for the sake of unity with those who keep Feast Days according to their own design, or who cannot say the Sh’ma because of their believe in more than one Almighty one.  It would be like giving up the peace that Yahshua gave to His disciples and by extension us His modern day disciples, in order to make peace or associate with unbelievers. The sacrifice is too costly for us, the children of Elohim, to make peace with the world and those who compromise the truth, thus dishonoring the word of Elohim.

We as Nazarene Israelites, also known as watchmen, are duty bound to warn fellow Israelites about their sins, as we are told by Isaiah in Isaiah 58: 1, saying: “Cry loudly, do not hold back; raise your voice like a trumpet, and declare to My people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.” As watchman we must let the light of Yahshua shine through us. We need to watch over the souls bestowed to us by YHVH and should always praise Him and make intercession for His people, asking Him to save the remnant of Israel including the house of Judah. Believers are not always willing to listen to correction; they prefer to hear smooth words of praise. This is recorded for us in both the Tanach and the Renewed Covenant: We read accordingly from

Isaiah 30: 9 & 10: ‘For this is a rebellious people, false sons, sons who refuse to listen to the instruction of YHVH; (10) who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”; and to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right, speak to us pleasant words, prophesy illusions.” We also read from 2 Timothy 4: 1 – 5: ‘I solemnly charge you in the presence of Elohim and of Messiah Yahshua, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: (2) preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. (3) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; (4) and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths. (5) But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.’ The duty of a Nazarene or watchman is as described in Ezekiel 3: 17 – 21, as follows: “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. (18) When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die’; and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. (19) Yet if you have warned the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself. (20) Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he shall die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. (21) However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”

We need to be aware that the forces against us are the same forces that are against our Jewish brothers, namely lawlessness or at its deepest level nothing less than anti-Semitism. We need to know what Yahshua, who was the Word of Elohim before His ‘human’ birth, had to say about the Jewish faith, when He spoke to  the woman at the well in John 4: 22, saying: “You worship that which you do not know; we worship that which we know, for salvation is from the Jews.” But we also need to be mindful of Yahshua’s words about those who teach new believers falsehood in Matthew 18: 3 – 7, saying: “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children (accepting the word of Elohim as the authority in our lives), you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. (4) Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (5) And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; (6) but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea. (7) Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is in-evitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!”  Yes, this is talking about people who put stumbling blocks in the way of children, such as the belief in Santa Clause and the Easter bunny, but it also refers to people who make new believers in Yahshua the Messiah doubt; about the Oneness of Elohim and when to keep the annual Feast Days of Elohim. Unless we start believing what Yahshua taught and did whilst He was on earth and build our house on Him the rock of our salvation, our house is about to come tumbling down, in the forthcoming storms; be they of a financial or military nature. Things are prophesied to become unbearably hot in the very near future.

Let us therefore continue to do the work of Elohim, and believe in the One whom He has sent. Let us become like the Israel which King David ruled and unite with our Jewish brothers, meaning to do and believe what they say regarding the Torah, kosher laws and the Sabbaths of Elohim. Are we prepared to change and join hands with fellow believers in YHVH and really start doing His end time work? By joining hands we could assist to bring about what is written in Romans 11: 25 - 27. “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; (26) and thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, ‘THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UN-GODLINESS FROM JACOB.’  (27) ‘AND THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.” It is only as a united Ephraim that we will ultimately be one with our brother Judah. We have been given a ministry of reconciliation as we read from 2 Corinthians 5: 18 “Now all these things are from Elohim, who reconciled us to Himself through Messiah, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” When we are united in truth we are empowered by the Set-apart Spirit flowing through us and into the world and the people we are trying to reach with the good news. After all, our bridegroom Yahshua the Messiah will only marry His one bride, chosen by His Father. Think about it!

 

[1] Isaiah 52: 6, ‘Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, “Here I am.’”

[2] Major in the minors: a phrase used by academics when they talk about students who want to qualify in minor subjects that cannot secure them in future jobs, instead on majoring in a specific direction such as Medicine, Engineering, Accountancy, etc. Similarly, these so-called followers of Messiah are more concerned about the absolute correctness of their calendar according to exact phases of the moon using computers and satellite technology. They do not understand that all these fancy tools were not available when YHVH gave Moses the methodology to determine the annual Feast Days calendar, which is even today used by the Jews and which Yahshua kept with His Jewish Brothers when He was on earth.