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Sermons Series 3:1C, 17 September 2005
Yom Kippur 2005
The Birth of Josephite Messianic Israel
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By the grace of our Heavenly Father we have gathered here today on this new sabbath having passed through the ordeal of Yom Kippur. Judging by all the talk that has been going on this was a joyous time that profoundly changed many of our people for the better. For some it was high adventure itself with both sorrows and triumphs. And if there is one thing I am absolutely sure of we, as a people will never be the same again.
My sermon to you this week is about the new fellowship that is being born amongst us even as I speak to you now. My purpose today, then, is to explain to you the form we are going to take as Sukkot begins tomorrow evening and we enter a new dispensation that reflects the fullness of our Father in Heaven's Heart.
From the very beginning of time when Yahweh-Elohim created the first man and woman on the earth, the family unit has been dear to His heart. He commanded our first parents to "be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it" (Gen.9:7, NIV). We all know the story of the first family - the family of Adam - of its tragedies and successes. This family, with Adam as its patriarch or head, was the first kehilah or congregation, and what we have regrettably come, through the Latin language, to call a 'church'. If we are to understand the basic unit of the Assembly of Yahweh and the form that He wants us to take, we have to start here and take a look at it. In this arrangement, the husband and father was the family cohen, priest, overseer or pastor. It was his responsibilty to teach his family in the ways of the Elohim and to govern it as an elohim or judge himself. He was Yahweh's physical representative on the earth. He was not only given the commission to be that family's head but was also to set the example of how Yahweh wanted His people to be. And because of this position of responsibility, this patriarch was also a steward and therefore accountable. He would be judged for the success or failure of his family enterprise, not his wife or children.
The family of Elohim did not, however, begin and end with Adam. His sons and daughters married and those boys started their own families. Cain started his family and Seth started his. And then something signifcant happened. Cain murdered his brother and was cast out of the family to become a vagabond on the earth. He no longer lived with his father. He went and established his own family, and his descendants started a clan which expanded to be a tribe. They did not, however, have fellowship with Yahweh but with Satan. They began a society that dwelt in darkness and which expanded to engulf the whole inhabited earth until they were wiped out by the flood. They gathered together into city states and appointed kings, the first of which was Nimrod. These cities bred even more evil and the societies that lived in them became dictatorships of darkness. The kind of demonic society that Satan inspired Nimrod to build still remains with us today in a wide variety of forms, whether as fascist or communist dictatorships, secular neo-pagan liberal democracies or false religious theocracies. Though we may think they are widely different, their foundation is not truth but the laws and precepts of men inspired by the god of this world.
Seth raised a family and remained with his father Adam. And this, brethren, is a key that must not be missed. He did not journey off into some far off land like Cain but started the first clan. Now a clan is a group of people related by ancestory and marriage. A clan typically has a common surname and a common ancestor. And as you well know, a speciel emphasis is laid on clans by the Scots and Irish even today, some of which are quite famous. However, a clan is not only distinguished by ancestory and marriage but by common characteristics, goals and interests. So when I am talking to you today about clans I have all of these in mind.
After the flood, Yahweh had to begin all over again with the family of Noah. Wickedness once again arose on the earth, the families and clans began to once again be united by blood and marriage, but also by common pagan interests. From this fallen society Yahweh started a new clan through the patriarch Abraham and it is from him that we trace our descent through his grandson Jacob who was renamed Israel. Like Adam, Abraham started raising a family but that family did not just consist of his own blood descendants nor of those married in from other families. You will recall that he had servants and that one of them, a Syrian named Eliezer, he adopted as his own son until Isaac, who was born in Abraham's old age, could be appointed his successor. But even after this, Eliezer and his family became a part of the Kehilah Abraham - the congregation of Abraham - and joined the clan. Therefore we see that clans are formed by birth, by marriage, and by adoption. Throughout the history of Yahweh's people we see this principle in operation.
By the time we come to the fourth generation of Abraham's descendants we arrive at the beginnings of the divine tribal system. Yahweh ordained that Jacob should raise up twelve sons through his four wives and that these should form twelve tribal divisions in all eternity. The gates of the Celestial City, the New Jerusalem, are inscribed with the names of these sons. A tribe is a social division of people defined in terms of common descent, territory and culture. It is also a political or administratibe division. The ideal and goal was established for this tribal system, however, not in terms of blood but in terms of spirituality, even though blood does have an important part to play. The whole tribal system of Israel did not receive divine approval until the head of that system, the patriarch Jacob, had overcome his carnal nature. I have spoken much about this man to you in the past. You know of his sinful disposition as a deceiver and how, in the course of time, Yahweh burned and refined him, culminating in a battle with His angel at the River Jabokk. Only when he had finally conquered his sinful disposition did he obtain the name 'Israel' which is a compound of two words, Yisra and El, meaning 'ruling with El' or 'ruling with Yahweh'. And this is the whole point of what I am trying to drive at today: Jacob did not become the head of Yahweh's Theocratic Tribal System until he had overcome his carnal disposition and no man can head the divine system until he has done the same. Indeed, it is the calling of every husband and father to become an 'Israel' for only then can he rule in Yahweh's name in everything that he does. Blood is not enough. Baptism is not enough. There has to be heart-change.
As we know from the history of the twelve tribes in the Book of Genesis, Reuben should have been the patriarch to have led the tribes once his father Israel died. This is called the firstborn right because he was the oldest son. But this is not the sole determining factor in succession. Sometimes younger brothers are called to lead and rule because they possess the spiritual qualifications that older ones, who have not sought the spiritual life, do not possess. Reuben disgraced himself many times - he was involved in the plot to destroy his half-brother Joseph because of jealosy. He took part in the deception and slaughter of the Shechemites. And finally, the most painful blow to his father's heart, he committed adultery with one of his father's wives. Indeed this was the chief of his sins for which he was reminded in his dying father's patriarchal blessing.
"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honour, excelling in power. Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father's bed, onto my couch and defiled it" (Gen.49:3-4, NIV).
Reuben is a classical example of a man unequipped to lead as an 'Israel'. This 'turbulence' or 'instability' denotes a character not founded on the solid rock of truth but upon passion. And whilst passion is important in the drive of any man, it cannot lead. And the man who possessed the right characteristics to lead was Joseph, the eleventh son. His two greatest and redeeming virtues were a total committment to truth and a burning love of Yahweh and his brethren. He, therefore, of the twelve brothers, was the only one capable of being an 'Israel', a ruler with Elohim.
We see the same pattern repeating many times in history, as I have mentioned to you before. The carnal but older Ishmael was sidestepped by Yahweh for rulership which was given to Isaac. The carnal but older Esau was sidestepped by Yahweh for rulership which was given to Jacob. And in the immediate generations of Israel we discover that the older Manasseh was side-stepped by Yahweh for rulership which was given through Jacob to Ephraim.
Recently I was contacted by a man who claimed that in these last days Yahweh's people would consist of families living independently of one another under the headship of husbands and fathers. He rejected the notion of a higher order or firstborn tribal and national heads. He is not the first. There are many immature and young-spirited men who think they can step right in to the shoes of an Abraham or an Israel and rule independely without any sort of accountability. That suggestion would be much like the twelve tribal heads each going their own separate ways and with no accountability to a higher authority other than 'God', as Judah indeed tried but came home with his tail between his legs. As we have seen, however, this is not Yahweh's system. He never told us that we were to return to the situation that pertained to Abraham, correct though it was when his was the only godly family on the earth, but that we were to retain the Israelite one. The New Testament itself reminds us not only that all believers are grafted into Israel as His continuing theocratic nation on the earth (even if it is currently landless) but that all restoration involves the bringing back of believers into the twelve tribes. The head of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the Tribe of Joseph through Ephraim. It was then and it is today. Yahweh has not changed His decrees. And the head or prince of Ephraim-Jacob is the de jure head of all Messianic Israel. There are many who call themselves 'Messianic Jews' who are under the delusion that the Prince of Judah is to be the head of Restored Israel, but this is not scriptural. Yahweh certainly designates Joseph-Ephraim and Judah as the two prominant leaders and indeed the twelve tribes are divided into two parts, one under the leadership of Joseph-Ephraim (also significantly called 'Israel') and one under the leadership of Judah. The calling of Judah was to cling onto Torah when Joseph-Israel descended into apostacy and to bring forth the Messiah, both of which he did before he too descended into apostacy. Today Judah has been teaching us Torah and we who are of Joseph have been gratefully receiving it. We in our turn have been sharing the Messiah that Judah rejected and crucified. And now, finally, we are receiving our commission to lead 12-Tribed Israel, something which I know offends Judah, a character defect and vice that he must learn to overcome, and submit like our ancestor Jacob.
Like Eliezer of Damascus, the servant and adopted son of Abraham, there are lots of people who are being grafted into Israel today. In the end, Yahweh is no respector of persons, race or culture. Jacob was called not because all his ancestors had racially superior genes but because his ancestor Abraham was a man with a right heart and because Jacob himself fought and trumphed over his carnal tendencies. That is the only qualification in Messianic Israel. The purpose of blood is for such overcomers to raise up a godly seed by passing down this instruction and virtue to their descendants by precept and example. A blood line remains sanctified only as long as those that bear this blood walk in the truth, love and holiness of Yahweh through His Son Yah'shua (Jesus). Those whom Yahweh 'chooses' to become a 'chosen people' are so by virtue of their spiritual victory over the flesh and for no other reason. And the responsibilty of the patriarchs is to preserve, multiply and pass on this holiness and cut-off and send away, as Adam and Abraham did, any sons who refuse to go the way of truth. Cain was not a 'chosen' one simply because he was related by blood to Adam for he was rejected. He was cast out of the Kehilah Adam.
Those who exalt the flesh in any form cannot be a part of Messianic Israel. Nevertheless, Yahweh has ordained that His Kingdom in its outward manifestation is to be organised as families, clans and tribes. Every Kehilah or Congregation of Israel belongs to a clan which has a clan head, and every clan belong to a tribe which has a tribal head. And finally, all the tribes come under the headship of the Tribe of Joseph-Ephraim and its tribal head, who is known as the Prince of Israel.
It is in the nature of the fallen carnal disposition that lots of men who have not been called by Yahweh will stand forward and make headship claims. This has happened since the very beginning.. Even the apostles, you will remember, were arguing as to who should be the chief amongst them. Yah'shua (Jesus') reply to them was a gentle rebuke: "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matt.18:3, KJV). Or as a more modern translation puts it better: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (NIV). Or as the original Aramaic puts it with even great clarity: "... Unless you repent ..." (HRV).
Now there are a lot of unredeemed men who are no more than spiritual boys out there who want to become little kings and lord it over their wives and children as tyrants, puffed up in their egos as they are, who have not become an Israel but who are still flesh-deceivers as Jacob was. That is why we have, spiritually-speaking, fathers (of families), grand-fathers (of clans), great grandfathers (of tribes) and a presiding great grandfather (the Prince of Israel) in Yahweh's Theocratic System. These are what one might call spiritual hierarchies based not primarily on blood or age (though good blood lines and age do make a signifficiant difference) but on wisdom. It is no accident, therefore, that Yahweh is called the Elohim of three generations of patriarchs - He Himself says: "I am the Elohim (God) of your father, the Elohim (God) of Abraham, the Elohim (God) of Isaac and the Elohim (God) of Jacob" (Ex.3:6, NIV), a designation Yah'shua (Jesus) (Mt.22:32; Mk.12:26) and the apostles (Ac.3:13; 7:32) use. Yahweh, is the Elohim or God of three generations of rulers at any one time because that is usually the number of generations that is alive. Thus in the perfect theocratic system there are always three generations of rulers.
How very different this is from the 'church' or 'messianic synagogue' system. Catholic and Orthodox Priests, Protestant Pastors and Messianic Jewish Rabbis do not look upon their congregations as their 'family' except in a symbolic or spiritual sense only. They do not literally adopt the families of their congregations, much less have any substantial authority over them. They certainly very rarely take care of them as their own children or grandchildren. As a system it is defective and does not reflect the heart of Yahweh. Moreover, if the truth be known, very few modern Christians or Messianics want to come under such a system because they want to retain, as they suppose, their 'independence'. And whilst we must legitimately be on the watch for cultic control and priestcraft and flee from it with all haste, this does not give us the licence to go and do our 'own thing'. The truth is, were any of your modern churches or assemblies to institute the theocratic system, almost all their members would flee and seek something more carnally accommodating.
And that, brethren and sisters, is one reason we have always been so small because the only people who will ever be attracted to such a theocratic system will be those who really love Yahweh with all their might, mind and strength and who see the evidence that there are real patriarch-rulers out there who have the heart and spirit of old, for they will rightly shy away from anything that remotely smacks of male chauvanism and unrighteous dominion.
This church/synagogue system belongs to the old Pentecostal system (not the Protestant denomination) which is now passing away and for us passed away on Wednesday at Yom Kippur. Yahweh knew that this deficient system is what men would choose just as He knew in the days of Samuel that Israel would lust after a monarchy and reject the divinely ordained system of elohim or judges. It is that system of judges, that obtained in the Confederacy of Israel before the Saulite monarchy was established, that we are called to finish restoring. The only monarch capable of ruling us righteously is Yah'shua Himself which He shall do when He returns.
We have had a long journey and many name changes to reflect the changes in that journey. We are today a far cry from the old Independent Church which might as well be in another universe. We recall the little spiritual baby that the New Covenant Christian Fellowship (NCCF) was and we have reached the point now where we have outgrown the clothes of the New Covenant Church of God (NCCG) or B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh (BCAY) which officially passed away at Yom Kippur. Starting Sunday evening and in our main Sukkot sabbath meeting on Monday morning, we shall be celebrating - at last - the birth of what we have always dreamed of - Messianic Israel.
Now there are many others claiming to be Messianic Israel today, most of whom are Messianic Jews who follow in the traditions of Judaism in one way or another. Indeed we are ourselves members of the Messianic Israel Alliance. And no doubt there are many of Yahweh's people currently among them. Accordingly it is necessary that we make a distinction between them and us for the purposes of identity, something easily done in the clan system that is Israel. Since Israelite congregations were always named after presiding heads we shall be doing the same, something we have done in the Chavurat Bekorot or Holy Order since our very beginning, in fact. Accordingly we shall be known as Mishpachah Gan Lev-Tsiyon (Family of the Garden of the Heart of Zion) of Messianic Israel. We shall continue to use NCCG as a secondary name whilst our websites and literature are updated. It will be phased out gradually over time. Congregations abroad, and especially in India where the membership is numerous, will continue to use the old designation for now.
Over the last few months Yahweh has been showing us how to 'organise' on the spiritual, as it were. Some of you who have been in some of our deliverance sessions on-line will know a little of what I am talking about because there, and in private, is where it has all been 'happening'. We have a great deal to share with you, so much, in fact, that it will take a little time. And some of it is too sacred to be revealed except directly by Yahweh Himself to those who are a part of this Mishpachah or Family. So I hope this will serve as an introduction to what I want to talk about this Sukkot. I look forward to seeing you then. Amen.
Author: Lev-Tsiyon
Glossary of MLT Hebraic, Greek and English Terms For other terms and full details please see the Micropedia
A
Adon(ai) = Master, a pagan fertility god, Adonis; used by many Messianics but not MLT
(a)eon(ian) = 7 dispensation- or age-long time periods, not forever (see le-olam-va-ed)
Alef-Tav = Alpha-Omega, A-Z, first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet = Yah'shua
Amen = truly, let it be so, written Amein by some Messianics
Apocrypha = Hebraic Scriptures not a part of the Protestant canon (e.g. Baruch)
Anti-Messiah = Hebraic term for the end-time Antichrist or anyone opposed to the Messiah
antinomian = lawless Christian who disregards all or part of Torah/commandments
Ashkenazi Jew = East European Jew descended from the Turkic-Japhethite Khazars
Assembly = church, congregation, ekklesia, community, fellowship, koinonia, gathering
Azazel = the Yom Kippur scapegoat
B
Baal, Ba'al = any other master than Yahweh, usually demonic in MLT terminology
Bachor(im) = firstborn son(s)
Bar/Bat Mitzvah = Son/Daughter of Commandment, covenant to obey Torah at age 12
being = soul, the whole person (spirit and body), e.g. "my whole being"
Beit, bet, beth = house, e.g. Beit Yisrael (House of Israel), Beth Lechem (House of Bread)
Beit haMikdash = Yahweh's Temple in Yerushalayim
B'rit Chadashah = the New Covenant; B'rit Chadashah Scriptures = New Testament
B'rit Milah = circumcision - abolished in the B'rit Chadashah, replaced by Mikvah
C
canon = authoritative Scripture (Heb. qaneh, Gk. kanôn = measuring instrument)
Catechumen = a serious, covenanted investigator seeking Mikvah or Baptism in MLT
Chag haMatzah = Feast of Unleavened Bread, second of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Chavurat Bekorot = MLT's Priesthood Order, Holy Order and Assembly of the Firstborn
Cohen = priest; Cohen Gadol = High Priest (also spelled Kohen)
Council of Yah's elohim = the heavenly Assembly of the Firstborn or Chavurat Bekorot
D
demon = fallen malek or angel in rebellion against Yahweh (Heb. shad; see Êl-Shaddai)
derech = the Way, Path or Road - Yah'shua and the Gospel are the Way
Drash = moral or homiletic interpretation of Scripture - see PaRDeS
E
Echad = One, Union of two or more in one (as opposed to Yachid) - see Elohim
Echad Godhead Doctrine = Father Yahweh, Son Yah'shua and Sevenfold Ruach (Mother)
Êl, Eloah, Elah = God the Father, Yahweh
Êl-Elyon = Most High God, Yahweh
Êl-Shaddai = Master/Lord over all shads or demons
Elohim = God, the Godhead (Father, Son & Holy Spirit), lit. 'Mighty One(s)', 'Ruler(s)'
elohim = Israelite judges, rulers, angels or gods (false deities, idols, demons)
emunah = faith, actively trusting, clinging or adhering to (especially Yahweh or Yah'shua)
emet = truth, Yah'shua is the Emet
Ephraimite = descendant of the patriarch Ephraim and head of Messsianic Israel
F
Feasts of Yahweh = the 7 annual Moedim (Pesach, Chag haMatzah, Yom haBikkurim, Shavu'ot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot)
G
Gan-Eden = Garden of Eden, Paradise and state of the purified heart in Messiah
goy(im) = nation(s), Israelites or gentiles not born in or converted to the Covenant
H
hallelu-Yah = praise Yah(weh)!
Heylel = proper name of Satan or haSatan = the Adversary, the devil
Sabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)
Hochmah = Wisdom, title of the 7-fold Ruach haQodesh
I
IDL = International Date Line, false man-made time division in Pacific Ocean
IDL Zone = Area between the true Divine Date Line (Lake Van/Eden) and the false one
Israeli = citizen of the modern Edomite-Khazar Republic of Israel (not Biblical Israel)
Israelite = citizen of biblical state of Israel or a modern follower of the Messiah
J
Jew = post-biblical term describing descendants of Edomite and Khazar converts to Judaism
Johannine = pertaining to the Apostle Yochanan (e.g. Gospel of John)
Josephite = descendant of the patriarch Joseph, the head of Messianic Israel
Judahite = a person in direct descent from the patriarch Judah, forefather of the Messiah
Judaism = a Talmudic-based religion rejecting Yah'shua the Messiah
Judean = a citizen of the Kingdom or Province of Judah until the 2nd Century diaspora
K
Kadosh la Yahweh = set-apart or dedicated to Yahweh, 'Holiness to the Lord', MLT motto
Karaites = Jews (from 700 AD) who reject the Talmud and accept only the Tanakh
kashrut = keeping kosher, food laws of Yahweh and correspinding lifestyle
Ketuvim = Writings or Hagiographa of the Tanakh
Khazar = a Turkic convert to Judaism ~700 AD forming the Ashkenazi Jewish community
kosher = clean foods authorised by Yahweh for human consumption
L
Lashon Hara = evil-speaking, gossip or slander
legalism = false route to salvation through works (self-salvation)
le-olam-va-ed = dispensation- or age-long, aeonian, not eternal, forever or for eternity
Lev = heart, as in Lev-Tsiyon = heart of Zion
Lev-Tsiyon = Heart of the Fortress [of Yahweh], Hebrew name of MLT's founder
M
Master = Lord, Sir, Adon(ai) - (one in authority, a ruler - a king, husband, prophet, judge)
Malak(im) = Angel(s), heavenly supernatural messenger(s)
manna = wafers of honey, bread from heaven (lit. 'what is this?')
matzah = unleavened bread, see Chag haMatzah
Menorah = 7-armed candlearbra = the 7 annual Moedim and 7-fold Ruach haQodesh
Messiah = Christ; Anti-Messiah = Antichrist
Messianic Community = Body of Christ, sum total of all true believers; all true fellowships
Messianic Israel = all who worship Yahweh, trust in Yah'shua, obey Torah and overcome
Messianic Jew = Messianic convert from Judaism still clinging to Talmudic traditions
Midrash = aggadic interpretation of scripture viâ Drash, a scriptural discussion
Mikvah = baptism by immersion of convert into Yah'shua or of wife into husband
Mishpachah = family: nuclear, congregational, tribal or the whole of Messianic Israel
MLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon = family of the heart of the fortress [of Yahweh]
Mishpat = right-ruling or judgement
mitzvah/mitzvot = commandment(s)
moed(im) = appointment(s) of Yahweh, 7 Annual Feasts, Sabbath and Rosh Chodesh
N
Nefilim, Nephilim = giant offspring of materialised demons and human women
Nevi'im = prophetic writings of the Old Testament or Tanakh
New Birth = spiritual conversion in the Ruach haRishon, being 'born again' with new heart
Nidah = a woman's menstruation period during which no intercourse is permitted
O
Olive Branch = collection of revelations, prophecies and visions published by MLT
P
Paraclete = Comforter, Advocate (NEB), Counsellor, Ruach haQodesh (Gk. paraklêtos)
PaRDeS = method of textual interpretation (homiletics) - see P'shat, Remez, Drash, Sod
Patriarch = a father who is head of his family, clan or tribe (lit. 'father-ruler')
Pentateuch = first five books of the Tanakh (Genesis-Deuteronomy), also called Torah
peribolaion = headcovering worn by daughters/wives in submission to fathers/husbands
Pesach = Passover, first of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Peshitta = an Aramaic version of the Bible
Prototrinitarianism = early, simplified MLT formulation of the Echad Godhead Doctrine
Prush(im) = Pharisee(s)
Pseudepigrapha = Non-canonical Hebrew writings additional to the Apocrypha
P'shat = literal, contextual, philological, exoteric, outer meaning of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Q
Qadosh Qadoshim = Holy of Holies, most sacred set-apart room of the Beit haMikdash
Qodesh, Kodesh = set-apart, holy (see Ruach haQodesh)
R
Rabbi = Teacher, term used by Messianic Jews and some Messianic Israelites = Pastor
Refuge, the 12 Cities of = divinely protected MLT fortresses during the 7-year Tribulation
Remez = hint or allegorical level of Hebraic understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Rosh Chodesh = monthly New Moon appointment of Yahweh
ruach = spirit of a person (lit.'breath')
Ruach Elohim = Spirit of God (the Spirit of the collective Godhead or Elohim)
Ruach haChamashee = 5th Ruach presides over Yom Teruah and Yom Chamashee
Ruach haQodesh = the Sevenfold Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost (lit. 'Set-Apart Breath')
Ruach haRevee = 4th Ruach presides over Shavu'ot, Yom Revee and Bar Mitzvah
Ruach haRishon = 1st Ruach presides over Pesach, Yom Rishon and the New Birth
Ruach haShanee = 2nd Ruach presides over Chag haMatzah and Yom Shanee
Ruach haSheshi = 6th Ruach presides over Yom Kippur and Yom Sheshi
Ruach haShleshi = 3rd Ruach presides over Yom haBikkurim, Yom Shleshi and Mikvah
S
Sabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)
Satan = rebel archangel Heylel, father of lies, devil, chief demon (lit.'Adversary')
Sephardic Jew = West European Jew of mixed blood containing many Judahites
Septuagint = Greek translation of the Tanakh, LXX
Shegal haShabbat = 7th Ruach (Sabbath Queen) presides over Sukkot and Yom Shabbat
Shekinah = Divine Presence and Glory of Yahweh-Elohim
Set-apart = holy, sanctified, consecrated, dedicated, separated (to and by Yahweh)
Shabbat-Shabbaton = High Sabbath (e.g. Yom Kippur)
Shalom = heavenly peace, standard Hebraic greeting invoking Yahweh's peace
Shamash(im) = servant(s), deacon(s), attendant(s)
Shavu'ot = Pentecost or Weeks, fourth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Sheol = grave or pit, euphamism for Hades or hell - also see Tartarus
shofar = ram's horn, blown during Yahweh's Moedim
simcha = joy, keynote of Sukkot
Sod = mystical, anagogic, inner or esoteric understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Sukkot = Tabernacles or Booths, seventh of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Synagogue = Greek word used by Jews and Messianics (but not MLT) for a meeting house
T
talmid(a) = male/female disciple or student
Talmud = scriptures, teachings and commentaries belonging to non-Messianic Judaism
Tanakh = acronym for Old Testament Scriptures - Torah, Nevi'im & Ketuvim
Tartarus = place of imprisonment under the earth for rebellious angels and Nephilim
teshuvah = repentance, remorse and contrition leading back to Torah obedience
Torah = Yahweh's teachings or Law; New Covenant Torah includes Yah'shua's teachings
Tribulation, the Great = the final 7 years of the present aeon when Anti-Messiah rules
Trinity = Catholic Godhead formula - see Echad Godhead Doctrine and Prototrinitarianism
Tsiyon = Zion, a fortress, a name of Jerusalem and a prominent hill
Tzitzit/Tizitziyot = tassel(s) worn by men in remembrance of Torah
U
Universalism = salvation of all at the cosmic Yovel, with different rewards and punishments
Y
Yachid = one, single person or item, as opposed to Echad (many in one, unity)
Yah'shua the Messiah = Jesus Christ (the Son)
Yahudah = Judah - see Judahite
Yahweh, Yah, YHWH = the true Name of our Heavenly Father, also carried by Yah'shua
Yahweh-Elohim = LORD God (the Father, Yahweh as Head of the Godhead or Elohim)
Yahweh haQatan = the sent Yahweh = Yah(weh)'shua, Malak of Yahweh's Presence
Yam Suf = Sea of Reeds, the true Israelite Exodus water crossing, not the Red Sea
Yarden = Jordan River (lit. 'meanderer')
Yerushalayim = Jerusalem
Yisrael = Israel (lit. 'ruling with Êl') = true believers under the New Covenant
Yom Chamashee = 5th day of the week (Thursday, Friday in IDL Zone)
Yom Din, Yom haDin = (the) Day of Judgement
Yom haBikkurim = Feast of Firstfruits, third of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yom Revee = 4th day of the week (Wednesday, Thursday in IDL Zone)
Yom Rishon = 1st day of the week (Sunday, Monday in IDL Zone)
Yom Kippur = Day of Atonement, sixth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yom Shabbat = 7th day of the week and Sabbath Rest (Saturday, Sunday in IDL Zone)
Yom Shanee = 2nd day of the week (Monday, Tuesday in IDL Zone)
Yom Sheshi = 6th day of the week (Friday, Saturday in IDL Zone)
Yom Shleshi = 3rd day of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday in IDL Zone)
Yom Teruah = Day of Trumpets, fifth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yosef = Joseph - see Josephite
Yovel = Jubilee or Year of Jubilee
Z
Zaqen(im) = elder(s) of an assembly or congregation, or senior members of a community
Zoë Life = Greek term for spiritual life in the Messiah
Commonly Used MLT Abbreviations
For additional abbreviations and explanations, please see the Micropedia
A
A
Amp.V(er). = Amplified Version of the Bible
Aram. = Aramaic
AV = Authorised Version of the Bible - see KJV
B
BCAY = B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh - see NCCG
BoA = Books of Abraham (e.g. 1Abr., 2Abr., etc.)
C
cp, cf = compare with
CB(Q) = Chavurat Bekorot
CEV = Contemporary English Version of the Bible
ch. = chapter
CJB = Complete Jewish Bible
CLNT = Concordant Literal New Testament
CYe = Council of Yah's elohim
E
Eng. = English
F
ff. = and onwards/forwards
fn = footnote
G
Gk. = Greek
GNB = Good News Bible - see TEV
H
Heb. = Hebrew, Hebraic
HEM = Holy Echad Marriage, eternal marriage
HO = Holy Order - see Chavurat Bekorot
HOC = Holy Order Collection of revelations - see OB
HRV = Hebraic-Roots Version of the Bible
I
ibid. = ibidem (lit. 'in the same place'), referring to a book previously cited
ICJC = Independent Church of Jesus Christ, earlier name of NCCF
ISRV = Institute for Scripture Research Version of the Bible
J
JB = Jerusalem Bible
JBP/Phillips = J.B.Phillips translation of the New Testament
JNT = Jewish New Testament
K
KJV = King James Version of the Bible - see AV
L
LB = Living Bible
lit. = literally or literature
LXX = Septuagint, Greek translation of the OT
M
MLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon
Moff. = Moffatt translation of the Bible
MRC = Messianic Renewed Covenant Version of the NT
MS(S) = Manuscript(s)
N
NASB, NASV = New American Standard Bible/Version
NC&C = New Covenants & Commandments - see OB
NCCF = New Covenant Christian Fellowship, earlier name of NCCG
NCCG = New Covenant Church of God, earlier name of MLT - see BCAY
NCP = New Covenant Press, publishing arm of MLT
NCW = New Covenant Witness, MLT magazine
NEB = New English Bible
NIV = New International Version of the Bible
NKJV = New King James Version of the Bible
Nor. = Norwegian
NT = New Testament, B'rit Chadashah
NWT = New World Translation of the Bible, unreliable Jehovah's Witness version
O
OB = Olive Branch - see NC&C
op.cit. = opere citato (lit. in the work cited)
OT = Old Testament, Tanakh
P
p(p). = page(s)
pl. = plural - see s.
PWNC = Prophetic Words of the New Covenant, revelation cataloging system - see OB
Q
QED = quod erat demonstrandum (lit. which was shown to be proved)
R
RCF = Restoration Christian Fellowship, earlier name of ICJC
RhQ = Ruach haQodesh, Holy Spirit
RSTNE = Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition of the Bible
RSV = Revised Standard Version of the Bible
RV = Revised Version of the Bible
S
s. = singular - see pl.
S&G = Smith & Goodspeed Version of the Bible
T
TEV = Today's English Version of the Bible - see GNB
V
Vulg. = Biblia Vulgata, Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible
W
WEB = World English Bible
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