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Statements
of Faith
I. YHWH / Yahweh (Our Heavenly Father)
We
believe that YHWH is Echad (one). We believe in "Ein
Sof," the Incomprehensible One, Eternal, Almighty, All
Gracious, and All Wise Yahweh: Abba Father. That the Father
is the sole Master Designer of all creation, which was carried
out through His Son at the beginning of His creation, Proverbs
8:22, 31; Revelation 3:14; Colossians 1:15-17. The Heavenly
Father's name as given in the original inspired Scripture
is Yahweh, Psalm 68:4; Isaiah42:8; Jeremiah 16:21; and Yahweh
is His name forever, Exodus 3:14-15; Isaiah 63:12; 66:5. His
majestic name has been revealed to the entire family of Yahweh,
Psalm 22:22; John 17:11; Ephesians 3:14-15. He is the source
of all power and authority, and all thanks and reverence is
to be directed to Him, Matthew 4:10; 6:9; Colossians 1:12;
James 1:17; 1Peter 2:5. Yahweh is spirit, John 4:24; and all
worship centers on Him through His Son YahShua the Messiah,
John 14:6, Ephesians 5:20. We believe that He is the giver
of life and He alone is Most High. He is worthy of exclusive
devotion. Our allegiance is to Him and His Law, His will.
II. YAHSHUA / the Only Begotten Son / the Express Image of Yahweh / Messiah
We
believe in Messiah YahShua (that the world knows as Jesus),
his virgin birth; sinless life; miracles; substitutionary,
atoning death; bodily resurrection & ascension; present,
effectual High Priesthood; personal, pre-millennial return;
eternal reign as King. That YahShua is the Torah manifested,
the Living Word of Yahweh, David's promised Messianic heir;
our personal Lord & Savior, through whom the Father created,
redeemed, sustains, and renews His Universe. That YahShua
is the Adam Kadmon, the express image of the Father, the Only
Begotten of the Father, the Messiah.
YahShua
is the correct name of the Savior, a contraction of the combination
of "Yahweh" and "HoSHUA," the same as
given to Joshua the son of Nun by Moses, Numbers 13:16. YahShua
means "Yahweh is Salvation," for He is the salvation
that Yahweh has provided for mankind, Acts 4:12. We joyfully
accept the names revealed by our glorious Heavenly Father
Yahweh and His wonderful Son, our Savior YahShua the Messiah.
YahShua
is the Spokesman, Torah belPey, Logos or Living Word (Hebrew
Davar) Who eminated from and was with Yahweh the Father, Genesis
1:26;John 1:1-3; 8:58; 13:3; 1Corinthians 10:4; Colossians
He emptied Himself of His celestial glory, making Himself
of no reputation and took upon Himself the form of a human,
a servant, John 17:5; Philippians 2:5-7; Hebrews 2:6-14; was
born of a virgin by the power of Yahweh, Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah
9:6; Matthew 1:18, 23; Luke 1:26-38; came in His Father's
Name, YAH-shua, John 5:43. He lived a sinless life; Isaiah
53:9; 1Peter 2:22, and was resurrected from the dead by the
Father
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three days and three nights according to the Scriptures, Matthew
12:40; Acts 3:15; 1Corinthians 15:3-4; and has ascended into
heaven is sitting on the right hand of Yahweh our Father,
Luke 24:51; Hebrews 1:13.
He
is now our Advocate, our Mediator and High Priest, Hebrews
3:1; Hebrews 4:14; through Him only can we approach the Heavenly
Father, John 14:6. That He lived in total submission to His
Fathers will. He, therefore was without sin and not deserving
of the payment of death. Death on a tree was the ultimate
insult for a Yahudim (Jew). He paid the full price of ransom
for man. He lives and those walking in His footsteps will
also live through resurrection into everlasting life. That
YahShua's perfect sacrifice has made it possible for us to
be healed of our illnesses, Isaiah 53:5; James 5:13-20. Through
the anointing of the sick by the Elders of the assembly, the
healing of our afflictions is possible by turning to Yahweh
first in prayer, relying on Him and His guidance, in the authority
of YahShua.
That
Messiah did not start a new religion. Since YahShua is the
expression of Yahweh, who gave all things holy unto Israel
Romans 3, He did not come to reject Israel or to take back
the Everlasting Covenants, but to fulfill what was promised.
He came to make Israel a better Israel, a more inclusive nation,
called his "Miqra," which means His "called
out ones," the Commonwealth of Israel Jeremiah 31:31.
The "called out" of the Gentiles who trust in him
as Messiah of Israel are to be grafted into the Commonwealth
of Israel by way of the New Covenant. YahShua, our Messiah
came to bear witness to the truth and promised that those
who are of the truth would hear His voice. Believers must
praise, pray, and remain faithful with an open heart to his
voice.
III. RUACH HAKADESH / Holy
Spirit / Spirit of Truth
We believe in the present work of the Ruah HaKadesh, Holy
or Set-Apart Spirit, to effectual call and adopt the elect
(those that have the election of grace) unconditionally into
the King Messiah's own family by faith; to invite all the
non-elect to seek Yahweh (so they will be without excuse);
to teach, motivate, and empower every Believer for fruitful
and gifted ministry and service characterized by growing love,
faith, and hope; and to form all the "saved" into
one holy, glorious, harmonious Body, the perfect Bride the
Son deserves. That the Roah HoKadesh is the invisible dynamic
Person, the force, the power emanating from the Father and
shared by the Son, Luke 24:49; John 3:8; 14:17; 15:26; 1Corinthians
2:10-16. This invisible essence or power, of the Father, is
placed within the believer through the Son, Acts 2:33,Titus
3:6. Through the power of the Roah HaKadesh's being placed
within us, we demonstrate our love for YahShua and the Father
by joyfully keeping the Law, John 14:15;14:21-24; Acts 1:8;
1John 2:5. The Person of Roah HaKadesh is likened to the wind,
John 3:8; Acts 10:45, a dynamic, invisible force. We believe
in the nine gifts of the Spirit and that they should be manifested
in the Body today, and that all Spirit-filled Believers should
earnestly covet the best gifts for the edification of the
Saints who compose Yahweh's House 1 Corinthians 8:11, 14:1.
We believe in the Ecstasy (Immersion of the Spirit which initial
evidence is "speaking with other tongues") Luke
24:49; Acts 1:4-8; I Corinthians 12:1-31; Acts 8:12-17; 10:44-46;
11:14-16; 15:7-9; Acts 2:4; 10:44-47; 19:1-6; I Corinthians
12:4-10,28, fruit, and administration (apostles, prophets,
evangelists, pastors, & teachers, and Ephesians 4:11-16)
of the Spirit and that they sustain the Commonwealth of Israel.
IV.
SACRED NAME
“Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has
gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in
a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?"
Proverbs 30:4 We believe that the personal name of our Heavenly
Father, is Yahweh as revealed by His holy prophet Moshe Rabbinue
(Moses) in Exodus 3:15. “…Elohim said to Moshe,
"Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: "YAHWEH,
the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim
of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you. This
is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.'”
We
believe that the name of His “only begotten son”
is YahShua as revealed in Matthew 1:21. “…you
shall call His name YahShua, for He will save His people from
their sins." The name YahShua means, “Yahweh is
salvation” so the revelation of that name is efficacious
and important to our personal salvation.
"Because
he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall
call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life
I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation." Psalms
91:14-16
V. SACRED SCRIPTURES
We believe the law of YHWH as revealed in the Scriptures is
the good, right, and perfect system of eternal directives
and principles that reflects YHWH'S character and serves as
a means of expressing His love toward man. YHWH'S law teaches
man how to properly worship YHWH, how to love his fellowman,
how to live life abundantly, and, at the same time, how to
prepare for an eternal spiritual life in the family of YHWH.
The law of YHWH is represented in both the Old and the New
Testaments, and is expressed by both physical actions and
spiritual motivations. John 14:15, 21; Romans 7:12; 1 John
5:2-3 We believe that the Scripture is the very Word of Yahweh
and is our written absolute authority for all matters of faith
and practice for life and godliness. That the Scripture is
breathed of Yahweh and reveals knowledge man could not learn
by himself. We are to live by every word that proceeds out
of the mouth of Yahweh, Matthew 4:4. "All Scripture is
given by the breath of Yahweh and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,"
2 Timothy 3:14-16. The Scripture is His truth and is of no
private interpretation, 2 Peter 1:21. We must neither add
to nor take away from Scripture, Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32; Rev.
22:18. We believe in the seven principles of the doctrines
of Messiah Hebrews 6:1,2 with all their connection throughout
the renewed Covenant as revealed by the Roah HaKodesh from
time to time. We believe to “rightly divide the Word
of Truth” (2 Tim. 2:15) we must understand that all
things hang on the Torah (Matt. 22:40). The Torah is the basis
of the “Faith of Yahweh.” We Believe that the
Sacred Scriptures, which includes both the Tanakh [Old Testament]
and the Ketuvim Netzarim (New Testament) is the divinely inspired,
infallible Word of Elohim in its original texts and manuscripts.
We believe all Scripture must be filtered through the Torah,
which proves the harmony of the Scriptures and allows for
sound doctrine. “…holding fast the faithful word
as … has been taught, that [we] may be able, by sound
doctrine, both to exhort and convict those…" Titus
1:9 In the words of YahShua, as well as expressed by His representatives,
the Apostles, we find repeated reference made to the Law,
Prophets, and Psalms; which is in Hebrew, Torah, Naviim, and
Katuvim; which forms the acronym, Tanach. The Tanach saw partial
fulfillment in the accounts that are recorded in the "Books
of Renewal, " while they will find complete fulfillment
in the years that follow the Second Advent of our Savior.
We believe that the Scripture is sound and free from error
in its original Hebraic form. Translations can lead to much
sorrow. Exclusions, inclusions, interpretations and even tone
are made to follow policies set to defend pre-conceived belief
structures. These theories, notions and grand visions distort
the message and create a wound where the infection of false
doctrine can fester. This is why we endeavor to understand
Hebrew and its idioms. We recognize that when YahShua clarified
the Law and the Prophets with the statement, 'Love YHWH with
your whole heart and your neighbor as yourself', the love
He spoke of was an active verb, not a passive one. In the
case of our neighbor or ourselves, we also hold that He was
speaking of tough love', not permissiveness. Permissiveness
is irresponsible and leads to destruction.
VI. SALVATION
We
believe that salvation is freely offered to all mankind through
citizenship in the Commonwealth of Israel and its King - Messiah
YahShua, Ephesians 2:11-22. Yahweh is the Creator of all nations
and has made His house a house of prayer for all people, Isaiah
56:7; Acts 8:27-39; Galatians 3:28 and Colossians 3:11. The
love of Yahweh manifested in the sacrifice of His Son YahShua
the Messiah is available to all who will come, Revelation
3:20; 22:17. We show our love to Him by keeping all His Commandments,
1 John 2:5; 5:3; 2 John 6. We believe that through the death
of Messiah, because of his blood covenant with us, we receive
salvation by way of inheritance. This salvation comes by faith
through grace alone and is not earned by legalistically applying
Torah observance.
VII. COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL
We
believe in the Congregation of YHWH, the spiritual body of
the Messiah. We believe in His irrevocable choice of the Hebrew
People as the Messianic Family; the Land of Israel as His
special place; the City of Jerusalem as His royal capital;
the family of David as His royal dynasty. We believe in the
re-gathering of all Israel from everywhere that the Lord has
scattered us, especially from the land of the north, both
to the Land of Israel and to the King of Israel, never again
to rebel against Him, but to rule with Him forever. We believe
that YahShua Messiah is the foundation and cornerstone of
His Body-the ekklesia, the Assembly-consisting of the "chosen"
& the "called-out" Body of believers since Pentecost
of Acts 2, who have accepted the sacrifice of our beloved
Savior and changed their lives according to Yahweh's word,
Matthew 12:50. Through this body of believers the training
and preparation for the coming Kingdom is being carried out,
1 Peter 2:5 and 9-10; Revelation 1:6, 20:6. It is in the ekklesia
that the spiritual gifts are exercised for the perfecting
of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying
of the Body of Messiah, Ephesians 4:7-13; 1 Corinthians 12:7-10;
28-30. The Assembly is where the spiritual fruits are manifested,
Galatians 5:22-23, and our relationship to the members of
the Body of Messiah is likened to that of YahShua Himself,
Matthew 12:50; 25:40. In
accordance with the established custom of the early assembly
dating as far back as the Apostle Paul, the sisters of the
Assembly are to wear a headcovering on their heads during
worship. Paul cites his reasons for this custom in 1 Corinthians
11:1-16. Yahweh is the Head of everything, including YahShua.
YahShua is now our High Priest and symbolically wears a miter
of that office, Leviticus 21:10. On earth, man reflects Yahweh's
glory and stands bareheaded before Him. Woman, on the other
hand, is the glory of man and therefore is to have her head
covered or veiled [katakaluptos]. (The King James Version
is not a clear rendering of Paul's statements explaining Yahweh's
arrangement.) We strive to be spiritual Israelites who are
grafted into the promise given Israel of Old, Romans 9 and
11. We realize that entrance into New Jerusalem in the future
Kingdom come to earth will be only through one of the 12 tribes
of Israel, Revelation 21:12.
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