Nazarene Israelite Two House Congregation of Port Elizabeth
What are the Oracles of Elohim?
The important message fundamental to the Set-apart Feast of Shavuot or Pentecost, the most neglected of the three Festivals of YHVH commanded to be kept in Leviticus 23 has been totally misconstrued by Churchianity, whereby they also mislaid the main requirements for entry into Elohim’s Kingdom. Because Churchianity initially comprised of only the lost ten tribes of Israel scattered into Europe, have been in captivity by Esau or more specifically Rome for almost 2000 years, they have been deceived to believe that they are nothing but Gentiles and have lost their language, their faith and culture and have adopted the cultures and beliefs of the people amongst whom they were dispersed. Consequently, they have lost the knowledge about the oracles of Elohim, so important to attaining eternal life.
We read about the Oracles of Elohim in the Renewed Covenant from Romans 3: 1 & 2, as follows: ‘Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?’ (2) Great in every respect. First of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of Elohim.’ We may deny it, as much as we like, it is as Yahshua confirmed in the last part of John 4: 22, saying: ‘for salvation is from the Jews.’ Yes, it means that He our Savior was a Jew, but it also means that He came to reconcile a remnant of the lost ten tribes of Israel to the house of Judah and ultimately to our heavenly Father, by bringing us back to the covenant our forefathers made with YHVH at Mount Sinai. Rav Shaul, foreseeing the resistance of the average returnee from the house of Israel against the so-called ‘carnal unbelieving Jew’, he seals the imperishability of this statement for the future in verses 3 & 4 of Romans 3, saying: ‘What then? If some (of the Jews) did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of Elohim, will it? (3) 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.” This is in fact an unbroken commitment since Elohim gave the commonwealth of Israel His Torah teachings at Mount Sinai, right through to what is yet in the future. YHVH our Elohim has revealed His Eternal Plan for the success and future of Israel, but eventually also for the rest of humanity, in His instructions to educate the united nation of Israel so that their observance of, and obedience to His requirements, could serve as an example to the nations of the world, as confirmed in Deuteronomy 4: 6 – 10, in this way: “So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation (the commonwealth of Israel) is a wise and understanding people. (7) For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is YHVH our Elohim whenever we call on Him? (8) Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today? (9) Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. (10) Remember the day you stood before YHVH your Elohim at Horeb, when YHVH said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
The congregation of Elohim was started by YHVH at Mount Sinai and that is where He first gave His Oracles to the commonwealth of Israel, as Philip attested to in Acts 7: 37 & 38, saying: “This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘ELOHIM SHALL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.’ (38) This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.” This is talking about the Oracles of Elohim, but also about Yahshua who had and still has a major role to fulfil for the house of Israel. We read a further confirmation from Psalm 147: 19 & 20, about the time before the united nation of Israel ruled by King David, was split in two because of idolatry, as follows: ‘He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. (20) He has not dealt thus with any nation; and as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Praise YHVH!’ We are all aware that after the house of Judah was in captivity in Babylon for 70 years, for mainly neglecting to keep the land Sabbath, they returned to the Promised Land under the leadership of Ezra, Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, whereas the house of Israel did not return from their captivity to this day. We read accordingly from the book of Nehemiah 9: 14 that the house of Judah, have ever since their return from Babylon remained loyal to YHVH, in this way: “So Thou didst make known to them Thy holy Sabbath, and didst lay down for them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Thy servant Moses.” It is for this reason that Yahshua our Messiah came to reconcile us from the lost ten tribes back to the Father and the covenant we entered into with Him, together with the house of Judah as Rav Shaul clearly showed in Ephesians 2: 11 – 16, saying: ‘Therefore remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh (Israelites from the lost ten tribes who used to believe they are Gentiles), who are called “Un-circumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” (the Jews), which is performed in the flesh by human hands— (12) remember that you were at that time separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise (made with Abraham that he and his descendants will live eternally as spiritual children of Elohim in the Promised land, but also the covenant made with David, that he and his descendants will one day rule over the re-established kingdom of Israel), having no hope and without Elohim in the world. (13) But now in Messiah Yahshua you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Messiah. (14) For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, (15) by abolishing in His flesh the enmity (punishment due for our sins), which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances (judgments payable for disobeying Torah), that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, (16) and might reconcile them both in one body (the congregation of YHVH or body of Messiah) to Elohim through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.’
Rav Kepha also warned the aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia (as per verse 1 of 1 Peter 1), saying in chapter 4: 11 (KJV): ‘If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of Elohim; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which Elohim giveth: that Elohim in all things may be glorified through Yahshua Messiah, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amein.’ Since like today, there were people in the congregation of Elohim, who continually argue about the timing of the Feast Days of Elohim, Rav Shaul also had to admonish believers 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 principles of the oracles of Elohim, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.’ But what are these ‘Oracles’ that seem to be so important for a believer and which is often neglected by those whom YHVH is calling to return to from the churches of the world. The Oxford Dictionary defines the word Oracle as: ‘a place, a person, a prophet or thing which is regarded as an infallible guide, or source of divine inspiration and revelation.’ The Renewed Covenant uses the word in the four instances quoted so far in this teaching. The Tanach uses this word in 16 instances, and in each of these instances refer to the chamber in the Temple of Jerusalem, known as the Holy of Holies transliterated in Hebrew as the ‘D’vier’. The Hebrew word ‘D’vier’ comes from the root word ‘Davar’ meaning the Word and has been translated in English (KJV) as ‘Oracle’. The first permanent Temple was built by King Solomon in Jerusalem, around 950 BCE, about 480 years after the Exodus from Egypt. This Temple replaced the Tabernacle used by ancient Israel in the wilderness from Egypt to the Promised Land known as Israel. This impressive structure consisted of three chambers, namely: the court of the Tabernacle, the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies or ‘D’vier’.
The Holy of Holies house the Ark of the Covenant, a wooden structure containing two stone tablets inscribed with the commandments of YHVH, which was given to Moses by YHVH on Mount Sinai, referred to as the ‘Oracle’ in Acts 7: 38 quoted before. The Ark of the Covenant with its contents, the Torah, was itself the inner power and source of the Oracle (of the Most Holy Chamber). The Complete Hebrew Dictionary provides the following alternative Hebrew translations for the word ‘Oracle’ – ‘Word of HaShem, Prophecy, Prophet, Tanach, Temple, Covenant, Holy of Holies.’ The pertinent meaning and requirements for a believer in YHVH the Elohim of Israel, of the ‘Oracles of YHVH’ is therefore depicted by the Holy of Holies of the Temple with its ‘life-giving’ contents, namely The Torah in the Ark of the Covenant was committed to Elohim to the house of Judah (consisting of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) to preserve for the rest of the ten tribes of Israel and is the source or place of delivery of Elohim’s plan and announcements of YHVH. Without this source, the Temple becomes empty of the Spirit of Elohim and is rendered useless for service to Him. We read how the Ark of the Covenant with its contents was brought into the Holy of Holies of the Temple which Solomon had completed in 1 Kings 8: 10 & 11, as follows: ‘And it came about when the priests came from the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of YHVH, (11) so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHVH filled the house of YHVH.’ This was the same cloud that lead Israel out of Egypt to show the way to the Promised Land and to protect them. It took ‘possession’ of the Temple as soon as the Ark of the Covenant was placed within the Holy of Holies. Years later, when it became known that the Temple would be destroyed, the Ark of the Covenant was removed from the Holy of Holies and placed elsewhere for safe keeping and the Temple became devoid of the Glory of YHVH which departed from it. Not long after the Jews were taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Temple was completely destroyed.
The Ark of the Covenant has been ‘lost’ to this day. In fact we read from 2 Maccabees 2: 1 – 8 what happened to the Ark of the Covenant, in this way: ‘We find in the archives that the prophet Jeremiah, when he had given the deportees the order to take the fire, as we have described, (2) in giving them the Law warned the deportees never to forget (YHVH)’s precepts, nor to let their thought be tempted by the sight of gold and silver statues or the finery adorning them. (3) Among other similar admonitions he urged them not to let the Law depart from their hearts. (4) The document also described how the prophet, warned by an oracle, gave orders for the tabernacle and the ark to go with him when he set out for the Mountain which Moses had climbed to survey Elohim’s heritage. (5) On his arrival Jeremiah found a cave-dwelling, into which he brought the tabernacle, the ark and the altar of incense, afterwards blocking up the entrance. (6) Some of his companions came up to mark out the way, but were unable to find it. (7) When Jeremiah learned this, he reproached them: ‘The place is to remain unknown’ he said ‘until Elohim gathers His people together again and show them His mercy. (8) Then YHVH will bring these things once more to light, and the glory of YHVH will be seen, and so will the cloud, as it was revealed in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the Holy Place might be gloriously hallowed.’ Nevertheless, the Temple was rebuilt after the 70 year exile to Babylon. The rebuilding of the 2nd Temple faced great opposition from neighboring enemies and was desecrated time after time by invading conquerors over Israel. During the time of the Maccabees and the great persecution of 167BCE the decrees abolishing the Oracles kept by the house of Judah was instituted by Rome and the establishment of the cult Zeus in the Temple of YHVH with pagan sacrificing on the altar. However, during all this time the Temple was devoid of the Ark of the Covenant which meant that the Presence of YHVH (cloud) was absent together with the blessing and protection over Israel as a nation.
It was to this Temple, devoid of the Presence of YHVH that Yahshua the Jewish Messiah (whom Christianity misrepresent as ‘Jesus Christ’) came about 2000 years ago in fulfilment of the prophecy of Malachi in Malachi 3: 1, as follows: “Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And Adonai, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says YHVH of hosts.” A second witness comes from Haggai 2: 7, in this way: ‘And I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations (meaning the lost ten tribes dispersed among the nations); and I will fill the house with glory, says YHVH of Hosts.’ According to the covenant that YHVH made with the children of Israel at Mount Sinai, the ancient Tabernacle and Temple had a Most Holy inner chamber where the stone tablets containing the Law were stored in the Ark of the Covenant. According to the Renewed Covenant, the body of believers forms the Temple of Elohim to dwell in, with the Law of YHVH now written on ‘the tablets of the hearts’, in the inner chamber of the body. The Jews, because they have been obeying Torah since their return from Babylon have the Torah written on their hearts already, and those who know and obey Torah habitually have Elohim’s Spirit indwelling them, because of obedience (as witnessed in Ezekiel 18: 23 and Acts 5: 32). Yahshua is also busy writing the Torah on those returnees from the house of Israel whom YHVH is busy calling out of the world, but He will only complete doing so when He returns one day in the near future, as witnessed in Ezekiel 11: 16 - 20, and Jeremiah 31: 31 – 33, respectively, as follows:
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Ezekiel 11: 16 - 20: “Therefore say, ’Thus says YHVH Elohim, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’ (17) Therefore say, ‘Thus says YHVH Elohim, “I shall gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I shall give you the land of Israel.”’ (18) When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it. (19) And I shall give them one heart, and shall put a new spirit within them. And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, (20) that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their Elohim.”
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Jeremiah 31: 31 – 33: “Behold, days are coming,” declares YHVH, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, (32) 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 YHVH. (33) But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares YHVH, “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”
Note how being ‘their Elohim’ is conditional upon the Law (Oracle) being written on the hearts of Israel and practiced by them, like Judah is presently doing. The presence of Elohim’s Set-apart Spirit in them causes them to practice His Law. Just as His Spiritual Presence in the Temple of Jerusalem required the actual presence of His Oracles (the stone tablets in the Ark of the Covenant), so His Spiritual indwelling in the heart of a believer is conditional on His Laws being present in the human body of a believer. The second temple in Jerusalem, devoid of the Ark of the Covenant was an abomination to Elohim, but so is a believer who does not strive to practice the Law of YHVH in their lives, an abomination to Elohim. Those who teach that the Law has been abolished and nailed to the cross, because they were saved by grace, are causing Israelites to be an abomination to YHVH. To understand what the ‘seal’ of approval was which YHVH gave the people 2000 years ago on Shavuot, we have to understand what the Feast of Shavuot (or Pentecost) means and what it depicts in Elohim’s master plan for the salvation of mankind.
The annual cycle of Festivals of Elohim consists of 3 sets of Set-apart Feasts at three seasons in the year. The ancient Israelites were to go up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrate these Feast Days unto YHVH – at the beginning of the agricultural year (March/April), 50 days later for Shavuot, and at the conclusion of the harvest season (in September/October), the Fall Feast Days of Elohim. The Feast Days of Elohim depict the full cycle of Elohim’s plan of salvation for all mankind. The Feast Days of Elohim follow the annual agricultural cycle in Israel and is dependent on the harvest for certain agricultural offerings of grains and fruits. Apart from being religious orientated, they also serve as joyous agricultural festivals. Messiah accordingly compared spiritual growth to the harvest of grain and fruits. The purpose of this particular study is to focus on the middle festival, namely; Shavuot or Pentecost, the most neglected of the Set-apart Festivals of Elohim. Shavuot or the ‘Feast of weeks’ is also known as ‘the Season of the giving of the Law’. It originated during the time of the exodus from Egypt and was first celebrated 50 days after the departure of Israel from Egypt. When they arrived at Mount Sinai on the third day of the third month, YHVH instructed them through Moses to consecrate themselves for two days by washing themselves and their clothing and refrain from marital relations for three days, after which they were to receive the Law written on two tablets of stone on the third day, after his meeting with YHVH on the mountain. Messiah fulfilled the first cycle of the three ordained Feast days of Elohim, by being offered as the Paschal Lamb, exactly on time, at Pesach, when the house of Judah would slaughter the Paschal Lamb on the 14th day of Aviv, in commemoration of their departure from Egypt. At the moment of His death whilst the sun was darkened, the veil to the Holy of Holies tore in two, and those who were standing of the Mount of Olives where He was impaled, saw down into the Temple by the light of the menorah as it happened, as is recorded in Luke 23: 44 – 49, as follows: ‘And it was now about the sixth hour (12 am), and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour (3 pm), (45) the sun being obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. (46) And Yahshua crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, INTO THY HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.” And having said this, He breathed His last. (47) Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising Elohim, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent.” (48) And all the multitudes who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, beating their breasts. (49) And all His acquaintances and the women who accompanied Him from Galilee, were standing at a distance, seeing these things.’ When the curtain was torn in two and the veil to the Torah-less Holy of Holies was torn, it reflected the final discarding by the Most High, of the Oracle-less Temple.
But would this be His final word about the requirements for the Law to be within His Temple in order for Him to possess it by His Set-apart Spirit or Divine Presence? Was He finished with mankind and ready to leave them to their own devices, bereft of Elohim’s Presence? The next fifty days after His death, counting towards Shavuot as the Torah requires, saw His resurrection, communicating with His disciples for the next forty days about the establishment of the coming Kingdom of Elohim over the commonwealth of Israel and ultimately after the second resurrection the rest of mankind, His ascension to heaven, and then exactly on the 50th day, the Day of Shavuot, staggering events took place in the very Temple which Elohim had finally discarded! Acts 2 describes these events during which Elohim’s presence again came down from heaven to start dwelling in those of His people who were law abiding, but also those from the lost ten tribes who were returning to YHVH through Abraham’s one seed Yahshua, by being immersed in His saving name. These events have been smothered by misconceptions which lie covered under misunderstanding of this section of the Scriptures. The fabricated idea that the event took place in a small room of a house in Jerusalem, where a small group of Messianic believers were assembled for Pentecost, is false, since Acts 2 is talking about the assembly of Jews from all over the then known world to keep Shavuot in the Temple or house of Elohim. It is clear from Acts 2 that a great crowd gathered in bewilderment and amazement at the roaring of the wind from heaven and when tongues of fire appeared on the heads of the assembled believers, could not have been in a small room.
The Temple on such a day would have been a bee-hive of activity; various sacrifices had to be offered. The Festival would have commenced the previous evening after sunset, with the blasts of trumpets by the priests, announcing the beginning of the feast, sounded from the Temple mount. Immediately after mid-night the Temple gates would be opened for receiving and examining the officiating priesthood, of the burnt- and peace offerings of the pilgrims. The festive offering described in Numbers 28: 26 – 30 would be brought – first, the sin-offering, with proper imposition of hands, confession of sin and sprinkling of blood; and similarly the burnt-offerings, with their meat-offerings. The Levites would then chant the ‘Hallel’ or praise Psalm to accompanying music. Then came the peculiar offering of the day, namely: two loaves of bread baked with leaven, with their accompanying sacrifices consisting of seven lambs (without blemish), one young bullock and two rams for a burnt-offering, with their appropriate meat-offerings. This is followed by one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offering. After the ceremony of the wave-loaves, the people brought their own freewill-offerings, each as YHVH had prospered him; the afternoon and evening being spent in the festival meal, to which the stranger, the poor, and the Levite were bidden as (YHVH)’s welcome guests. The multitude of worshippers present in the Temple on this Shavuot heard a sound from heaven, as of a mighty rushing wind, as witnessed in Acts 2: 7 & 8, in this way: ‘And they were amazed and marveled, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? (8) “And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?” From verses 12 & 13 of Acts 2, we see that because this was something totally new, the people did not quite understand what was happening, as follows: ‘And they continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” (13) But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”
This was when Rav Kepha, obviously inspired by the Set-apart Spirit spoke forcefully explaining to all present what happened. It was towards the end of his address that some of the returnees from the house of Israel asked him what they should do to be able to return to the covenant that they have forgotten and neglected after their dispersion into the nations of the world, more than 700 years before. They obviously noticed that the Jews present received the Set-apart Spirit because of Torah obedience and wondered how they could also receive it. In fact, I wonder how many realize that a large number of the members of the lost ten tribes were not even aware of Messiah’s presence in the Promised Land, whilst He was on earth. We read the account from Acts 2: 36 – 39, in this way: “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that Elohim has made Him both Master and Messiah—this Yahshua whom you crucified.” (37) Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Kepha and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” (38) And Kepha said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Yahshua Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Set-apart Spirit. (39) For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off (meaning only members of the lost ten tribes), as many as Elohim shall call to Himself (and not the members of our group of friends and family, whom we would like to be saved at this time).” YHVH confirmed His Oracle and certainly came to His House as was prophesied in Haggai 2: 7. The Oracles of Elohim have been committed to the Jews, until Messiah who was a Jew comes to rule one day in the near future. Messiah confirmed this in Matthew 23: 2 & 3(KJV), when he unambiguously said: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: (3) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe; that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.” Yahshua said this, because like all human beings, the Pharisees did not always do as they say. A typical example today is like a father with a cigarette in his mouth, telling his son not to smoke. Fact remains that smoking is bad for your health. The point is we need to follow the Torah and its application preserved for us by the modern day Pharisees, and not what they do in their daily living.
Unfortunately, the only part of the instruction that Yahshua gave His disciples in Matthew 23, which Christianity absorbed, is the reprimand which follows and which gives them ammunition against the ‘so-called’ hypocritical actions of the Jews. When Yahshua was alive the only Israelites who lived in and around the area where He lived and ministered were from the tribe of Judah, even though the Renewed Covenant or more correctly the ‘Writings of the Nazarenes’ transliterated in Hebrew as the ‘Kituvim Netzarim’ was written primarily for the lost ten tribes to be reconciled to Elohim and His Torah, and not for the Jews at all. Yahshua’s reprimands and warnings recorded in ‘The Writings of the Nazarenes’ are therefore aimed at returnees from the lost ten tribes and not at the Jews at all. Fact is, if you and I fail to realize that, we will never understand the lessons Yahshua aimed at mainly us, the returning members of the lost ten tribes. The Oracles are the source and the place of delivery of the instructions and announcements of YHVH. The Jewish Faith serve as and provide us with this source of Divine Instructions from the Torah, as well as interpretation and proclamation of the ancient Scriptures and its message and the ‘System’ of YHVH. The sublime manifestation of the Oracle of Elohim was/is Yahshua the Messiah, as the word of Elohim made flesh. He embodies the source of life as well as the Power for the house of Israel unto successful fulfillment of life. On that Shavuot 50 days after His ordeal, He filled and empowered His followers with the same Shekinah Glory which filled the Temple of Solomon and the Jews who were present in the Temple on that day. However, His followers could only obtain the Set-apart Spirit by repenting from their neglect of Torah observance and return to YHVH and His Torah through the blood of Messiah, whereas observant Jews received it that day because of obedience, as witnessed in Acts 2: 9 – 11, as follows: ‘Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men, from every nation under heaven. (6) And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because they were each one hearing them speak in his own language. (7) And they were amazed and marveled, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? (8) And how is it that we each hear them on our own language to which we were born? (9) Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, (10) Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, (11) Cretans and Arabs – we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of Elohim.”
The presence of YHVH through His Set-apart Spirit in a believer, like in the ancient Temple of Solomon, is inseparable from His Law. At the occasion of the first Shavuot after Messiah’s death, YHVH confirmed His Renewed Covenant by empowering His followers with His Spirit, with the sole object of ‘writing His Laws on the tablets of their hearts and minds’, to make them a vehicle of delivery of His instructions and announcements. However, He will only complete this process when He remarries both houses of Israel, at His imminent return. Think very carefully about it!