Words mean Things… And when we see or hear the word, “church” a wide variety of ideas and pictures pop into our minds… Some may think of a certain pastor or group of people, others may think of a building, etc… But I bet… when you think of the word “church” you don’t think of YISRAEL? …Most probably think that the “church” is something entirely differentthan Yisrael… And for this reason I believe the word “church” is an extremely divisive term… (let me explain) What if I told you that when you read and see the word “church” (in the English translations of the Scripture) that it is actually referring toYISRAEL… …It is important to understand there is ONE BODY! The So-called “Church” of the Scripture = Redeemed Yisrael Let’s Go to the Scripture and define some key terms: The Greek word that is translated “church” in some versions is ἐκκλησίαEkklessia Strong’s #G1577 Ekklessia is a combination of Ek and Kaleo: ἐκ Ek Strong’s G1537 = out of, from, by, away from Καλέω Kaleo Strong’s G2564 = call, utter in a loud voice, invite, bid Which literally means: CALLED OUT (ones, assembly) Question: Do you recall any people being CALLED OUT in the Scripture? Hint: “When Yisrael was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.” ~Hoshea 11:1 Is Yisrael the Ekklessia (the called out assembly)? Let’s look at Acts 7:37, 38 in the King James Version: “This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear. This is he, that was in the church (ekklessia) in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: ~Acts 7:37, 38 KJV The 1st Time ἐκκλησία Ekklessia is used in the Scripture LXX: “Even the things that happened in the day in which ye stood before the Lord our God in Choreb in the day of the assembly (Ekklessia); for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons.” ~Deuteronomy 4:10 LXX (Brenton Translation) The Hebrew word for Assembly is קהל Kahal Strong’s # H6951 Kahal = Congregation, assembly, company, multitude The Kahal (called out assembly) is to keep the Passover on Day 14 / Month 1. “And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then all the assembly of the congregation of Yisrael shall kill it between the evenings.” ~Exodus 12:6 So we can clearly see from the Scriptures that the Kahal and the Ekklessia are directly linked to Yisrael… So about the word “church“…? Where does it come into the story… …Well here’s where things get a little interesting… Did you know… Tyndale, in his translation, uniformly translated ekklesia as “congregation” and only used the word “churches” to translate Acts 19:37for heathen temples!” “For ye have brought hyther these me whiche are nether robbers of churches nor yet despisers of youre goddes.” ~Tyndale 1536 Acts 19:37 “For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of templesnor blasphemers of your goddess.” ~Acts 19:37 NKJV Compare Matthew 16:18 between the King James Version, The Scripture Version, and with Tyndale’s Translation: “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” ~Matthew 16:18 KJV “And I also say to you that you are Kepha, and on this rock I shall build My assembly, and the gates of the grave shall not overcome it.” ~Matthew 16:18 The Scriptures Version “And I saye also vnto the yt thou arte Peter: and apon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregacion. And the gates of hell shall not prevayle ageynst it.”~Matthew 16:18 William Tyndale Version In the beginning of this post I mentioned that: I believe the word “church” is an extremely divisive term… Many people are now saying that Yah has 2 chosen people?: The Church and Yisrael …Not realizing that Redeemed Yisrael is the Ekklessia (The Called Out Assembly) The Reality is this: There is Only One Body “one body and one Spirit, as you also were called in one expectation of your calling” ~Ephesians 4:4 Messiah didn’t come to start a new religion…He came to RESTORE YISRAEL! The New Covenant is with YISRAEL! (Jeremiah 31:31-33)
From Genesis to Revelation Yah’s people are called Yisrael (Overcomers)! Those CALLED OUT of darkness into His Marvelous Light! Are you apart of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-33) Ekklessia (Called Out Assembly) of Redeemed Yisrael?
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Some “think” Passover occurs in the “afternoon”… However, what does the Scripture teach: ***Note: Yisrael left Rameses on Day 15 / Month 1 (Numbers 33:3), however Yisrael left EGYPT by crossing the “Red Sea” after Sunseton Day 21 / Month 1.
“See, I speak a secret to you: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMPET. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” ~1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 …at the LAST TRUMPET! “LAST TRUMPET” Is the Last Trumpet the 1st Trumpet?
“And the seven messengers who held the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. And the first messenger sounded, and there came to be hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.” ~Revelation 8:6, 7 Is the Last Trumpet the 2nd Trumpet? “And the second messenger sounded, and what looked like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood, and a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.” ~Revelation 8:8, 9 Is the Last Trumpet the 3rd Trumpet? “And the third messenger sounded, and a great star fell from the heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water, and the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.” ~Revelation 8:10, 11 Is the Last Trumpet the 4th Trumpet? “And the fourth messenger sounded, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And a third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. And I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, crying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those dwelling upon the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three messengers who are about to sound!” ~Revelation 8:12, 13 Is the Last Trumpet the 5th Trumpet? “And the fifth messenger sounded, and I saw a star from the heaven which had fallen to the earth. And the key to the pit of the deep was given to it. And he opened the pit of the deep, and smoke went up out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun was darkened, also the air, because of the smoke of the pit. And out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth, and authority was given to them as the scorpions of the earth possess authority. And it was said to them that they shall not harm the grass of the earth, or any green matter, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of Elohim upon their foreheads. And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but to torture them for five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man. And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall long to die, but death shall flee from them. And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. And they had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle. And they have tails like scorpions, and stings. And in their tails is their authority to harm men five months. And they have over them a sovereign, the messenger of the pit of the deep, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apolluon. The first woe is past. See, two woes are still coming after this. ~Revelation 9:1-12 Is the Last Trumpet the 6th Trumpet? “And the sixth messenger sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before Elohim, saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, “Release the four messengers, those having been bound at the great river Euphrates.” And the four messengers, those having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million, and I heard the number of them. And this is how I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, and hyacinth blue, and sulphur yellow. And the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, and smoke, and sulphur. A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur which came out of their mouths. For the authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents, having heads. And with them they do harm. And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk. And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their drug sorceries, nor of their whoring, nor of their thefts.” ~Revelation 9:13-21 Is the Last Trumpet the 7th Trumpet? “And the seventh messenger sounded, and there came to be loud voices in the heaven, saying, “The reign of this world has become the reign of our Master, and of His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and ever!” And the twenty-four elders sitting before Elohim on their thrones fell on their faces and worshipped Elohim, saying, “We give You thanks, O יהוה El Shaddai, the One who is and who was and who is coming, because You have taken Your great power and reigned. “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Your servants the prophets and to the set-apart ones, and to those who fear Your Name, small and great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” And the Dwelling Place of Elohim was opened in the heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His Dwelling Place. And there came to be lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.” ~Revelation 11:15-19 The New Wine & New WineskinsREVEALED! (Part 2: New Wineskins)In Part 1, we discussed how the New Wine corresponds with the New Covenant / New Life, that Messiah offers us through His shed blood by writing the Torah on our hearts and minds by the Spirit of יהוה. Messiah’s Torah (Instructions for Life) brings us Freedom! “So יהושע said to those Yahudim who believed Him, “If you stay in My Word, you are truly My taught ones, and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” They answered Him, “We are the seed of Abraham, and have been servants to no one at any time. How do you say, ‘You shall become free’?” יהושע answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone doing sin is a servant of sin. “And the servant does not stay in the house forever – a son stays forever. “If, then, the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” ~John 8:31-36 “But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah.” ~James 1:25 New Wine = New Covenant / New Life / THE NEW MAN Old Wine = Traditions of Men / Old Life / THE OLD MAN …So where do we put this New Wine? A look at New and Old Wineskins… Old Wineskins: Brittle and loss of flexibility New Wineskins: Flexible and able to withstand pressure Are we able to put the New Wine (Messiah’s Torah) into the following wineskins? If we are honest…we will have to say, No! Each of the groups above have major problems with Messiah and/or His Torah… These Old Wineskins (religious systems) are not flexible enough to receive the New Wine of Messiah’s Torah! If we try to force New Wine (Messiah’s Torah) into these Old Wineskins the result would be as follows: So where do you put the New Wine? What is the New Wineskins? Well the Scripture gives us the answer! “See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall make a NEW COVENANT with the HOUSE OF YISRAEL and with the HOUSE OF YAHUDAH, not like the covenant I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares יהוה. “For this is the COVENANT I shall make with the HOUSE OF YISRAEL after those days, declares יהוה: I shall put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it on their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be MY PEOPLE.” ~Jeremiah 31:31-33 DID you notice the NEW COVENANT is with YISRAEL (Both Houses)? Messiah’s Mission was and is to RESTORE YISRAEL! Messiah said, “But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” WHILE HE WAS SAYING ALL THIS TO THEM, SEE, a ruler came and bowed down to Him, saying, “My daughter is dead by now… So what does NEW WINE & NEW WINESKINS have-to-do-with healing a woman, raising a dead girl, and opening the eyes of two blind men? The 3 Healings point to the Restoration of Yisrael! The woman who had a flow blood for twelve years = Yisrael Yisreal had become unclean and was/is in need of healing (restoration)… Yisrael will be healed (restored) once she turns back and takes ahold of Messiah’s tzitzit (Torah)! The young daughter raised from the dead = Yisrael “And He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Yisrael. See, they say, ‘Our bones are dry, our expectancy has perished, and we ourselves have been cut off!’ “Therefore prophesy, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, O My people, I am opening your graves, and shall bring you up from your graves, and shall bring you into the land of Yisrael.” ~Ezekiel 37:11, 12 It’s Messiah Mission to raise up the Tribes of Yisrael: “and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Yaaqob, and to bring back the preserved ones of Yisrael? And I shall give You as a light to the gentiles, to be My deliverance to the ends of the earth!” ~Isaiah 49:6 The Two Blind Men = The Two Houses of Yisrael “Who is blind but My servant (Yisrael), or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, and blind as servant of יהוה? “You see much, but do not observe; ears are open, but do not hear.” It has delighted יהוה, for the sake of His righteousness, to make the Torah great and esteemed. But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver – for plunder, and no one to say, “Restore!”Who among you gives ear to this, pays attention and hears for the time to come? Who gave Yaaqob for plunder, and Yisrael to the robbers? Was it not יהוה, He against whom we sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, and they did not obey His Torah! ~Isaiah 42:19-24 Both Houses of Yisrael need to cry out to Messiah:, “Son of Dawid, have compassion on us!” One touch from Messiah is able to Restore Yisrael! Restored Yisrael = New Wineskins! The New Wine (Torah in your heart) goes into the New Wineskins (Restored Yisrael)! Ready to taste the New Wine?
Repent of your sins! Put your Trust in Him! & Follow Him and His Torah! The New Wine and New Wineskins REVEALED! (Part 3) Coming Soon… |
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