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Sermons Series 3:7, 15 October 2007
The Garden of Yahweh
Angels, Patriarchy, Pre-Existence, Torah and Satan
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I welcome you all back in Yah'shua the Messiah's (Jesus Christ's) Name to the seventh in our series on the Garden of Yahweh. Each week I come here I have a lot more to tell you as Yahweh's revelation on this important subject expands. Sometimes we learn so much that it is quite simply impossible to write it all down, so my purpose here will continue to be to lay out the theological foundation and explain what happens in the simplest way I know how, so that this will be of benefit to everyone, and especially to those who have not yet shared in the experiences I am speaking of. I do want to remind everyone that just because you may not have had a visionary experience of the Garden neither means that you are not in it nor that you have somehow been 'left behind'. As of this date eleven souls have entered the Garden and many of them describe many people within in who have not 'seen' these things. The important thing, as always, is that Yahweh speaks to your heart in whatever way He chooses and that you continue faithfully on the Way, for our salvation is not dependent upon entering the Garden in a visual way but in adhering to Yah'shua (Jesus) in all things and in obeying the commandments. The writer of Proverbs was therefore absolutely right, then, when he said: "He that turns away his ear from hearing the Torah (Law), even his prayer is an abomination" (Ibid., HRV). So in all our excitement and jubilation over what is happening, let us not forget the most important things. Study your Scriptures daily, do not neglect your prayers, and be about your daily affairs in Torah-obedience so that your garden remains watered by the Word always. Just because you are in your husband's or father's garden does not necessarily mean that you are right with Yahweh - it simply means that you are loved by him and are partaking of the fruit of his love. Many have been surprised to find themselves outside the garden without being aware of it because they were careless and negligent of their duties to El Elyon.
A number of people have asked me what Yah'shua has said about theology in the Garden and whether it has agreed or disagreed with what we have been teaching over the years so I thought I would spend a little time sharing the things that some of our people have experienced.What makes this particularly interesting is that the people concerned are new believers and have had little exposure to New Covenant Christian teachings so it cannot be said that they were 'prepped' beforehand. So far we have only been shown to be wrong in one area of teaching: previously I had taught that there were both male and female malakim or angels. In conversations with Yahweh's angels, all of whom were tested in the scriptural manner, we learned that there are no female angels yet - they are all male. Actually, we have had some wonderful times with Yahweh's angels - they are very much like us in so many very different ways. They don't say very much, they only say what Yahweh tells them to say, they have a sense of humour like us, they appreciate us when we acknowledge them, and truly love Yahweh and His people. They all sing and yet have different assignments - some are warrior angels (and carry swords when they go to battle with the demonic), others are readers of Torah, some comfort, some bring Yahweh's messages, and all protect. They do not have literal wings and appear to be like us outwardly. Though they appear to be dressed in white because of the light coming out of them, when you get close you can sometimes see colour in their clothing. They do not live in 'houses' or anything like that and are constantly on duty. They sing and rejoice when souls come to Yah'shua (Jesus) and love the company of the righteous. I have to say that I in particular love them very much having, as many of you know, not treated them well in the past. They have hearts just like us and, though they have supernatural powers, have needs not unlike ours too. When they live in our Gardens it is because we have welcomed them there and are loving them. I know that Yah'shua (Jesus) delights when we love them and that they appreciate it. We have sorely neglected them, possibly out of fear that we might worship them as John the Apostle tried to in the Book of Revelation once (Rev.22:8), which thing grieves their hearts. Any angel accepting worship is beyond question a demon. Moreover, they are not offended if you test them, or even Yah'shua (Jesus) Himself, for that matter. For one thing we have noticed is that Satan has not been slow to get his demons to imitate aspects of the Garden to deceive. Therefore for those not familiar with the Ruach (Spirit), testing is important. Yahweh's angels love to do battle with demons - when a demon is conquered there is satisfaction and exhilaration in their faces. They are therefore passionate beings in the things of righteousness.
I said that they love righteous humans. On one occasion in a garden Yah'shua invited us to bring along all those whom we loved to a communion meal by way of an invitation to those who are already saved to celebrate Him and for those who are not to partake of his love. Many loved ones who are not saved came, some drew close and then turned away, and so we experienced great hope on that day. One of the angel guests spilled his drink which both amused Yah'shua and us - poor fellow - and yet we loved him. So you see, angels have personality and, as we know from the angel revolt, have the potential to rebel. Every angel we met was 100% loyal to Yahweh and though we sometimes unjustly pressed them for information they were not allowed to give, they were always obedient to El Elyon. I am grateful for that and hope they will forgive us for our occasional presumptuousness.
I can confirm that we all of us have what is traditionally called a 'guardian angel' and that this teaching is therefore true. We can, however, call upon other angels for support at any time. They outnumber demons 2:1. However, they are often needed in large numbers for battles with different demons so they must 'switch fronts', as it were, on a more or less continual basis. They tarry for as long as they are needed, especially with souls who are new in faith or weak, but are then reassigned different duties.
The Garden of Yahweh is, as you know, the Garden of His Love because the Garden is His Heart and your garden is your heart. The gifts you give in your garden to your visitors or residents are therefore your gifts of love to them. The more you give of your love the more your garden is replenished, a principle taught in both the Bible and Olive Branch. Gardens in which love is not given begin to stagnate and experience stunted growth. Yahweh delights when we love according to Torah and gives us many times more as we give. Many people are horrified when parts of their garden start reverting to the way itw as before them came to Yah'shua (Jesus) and that can be for many reasons: because they sin and let in demons who devastate the garden, because they are careless and lazy, or becasue they are selfish and try to hoard all the love Yah'shua (Jesus) gives to them for themselves. Gardens grow at the rate at which we love, and the more loving and giving we are, the more flowers blossom in it and the more fruits they produce to bless the garden's visitors and residents.
Which brings me to another important teaching that people have been independently learning in the garden and which is critical to our understanding of the true Gospel, namely, patriarchy and pre-existance which are, in many ways, intimately connected.
I quoted at the beginning of my sermon a Proverb: "He that turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination". And yet it is amazing how believers pick and choose the commandments they 'like' based on cultural expectations and traditions and carnal lusts. To Yahweh, though, all cultural expressions and all traditions that contradict His Torah are an abomination to Him because they are the spirit of antichrist. They are rooted in lies and are therefore demonic. And in our demonised feministic society these days, nothing is loathed with such passion as divine patriarchy. That Satan has set up this false system is hardly surprising when you understand just what divine (as opposed to false human versions of) patriarchy is about.
We have always taught the patriarchal system here. It is Biblical from Genesis to Reveletaion and yet Christians have willfully blinded themselves to this truth in order to be 'politically correct' and inherited the lawless and demonised Christendom that we have today. Satan has persuaded them to mutilate scriptural translation to make it appear as though Torah has been abolished and, as a secondary device, tried to set the New Testament against the Old as though they were mutually antagonistic and written by different Deities. In this the adversary has been particularly successful as we look around at all the modern occultised churches.
Everything that we learn from Yah'shua and His malakim (angels) confirms the literal teaching of the Bible and repudiates sharply the teachings of men. So it came as a great surprise to one of my adopted daughters in the garden when one day Yah'shua started discoursing to her on the pre-existence. She had never dreamed that she had existed as a spirit being before she was conceived in her mother's womb. This explosion of light and truth in her mind then began answering some of the more agonising questions as to why she had suffered so much in this life. Why had she been born into a satanist family? Why had she been allowed to suffer so much? And then she got answers which greatly shocked her: she had been born into such adverse cicumstances because she had agreed to it in advance. She at first refused to accept that and said she would never have agreed to such a notion, but when Yah'shua insisted that this is precisely what she had done, so that she could being glory to the Name of Yahweh and be the instrument of saving many souls likewise trapped in satanism, she began to reevaluate an old lie she had believed in.
Don't we all wonder about our circumstances? Don't we all wonder about the purpose of suffering? If one thing is abundantly clear from the things Yah'shua (Jesus) has taught people in the garden, and indeed from the revelations we have received before, it is that everything has purpose even if that is not always understood at the beginning or even necessarily in this lifetime. There are greater purposes that we do not understand all at once, made easier to think on when one considers that this lifespan of 75-100 years is but a speck in time compared to the life we had before we came here (the pre-existence) and the life that lies ahead of us (eternity). It seems to us that this life is the 'beginning and the end', as it were, but this is only an illusion created by time itself and our carnal senses which are not spiritual. Life is far vaster than we ever dreamed. This life is a testing-zone for eternity.
Every person coming into the garden has been personally put under the patriarchal authority of a husband or father by Yah'shua (Jesus) Himself and been told to be obedient - every single person, without exception. The obedience demanded of them is to be given by covenant in faith. Additionally, however - and this is important - Yah'shua (Jesus) has assured them that He will not permit these patriarchs to hurt them, meaning that authority is conditional - conditional upon love and the limits granted by His Torah or Law. This is not done for obedience's own sake but because those who are given authority are chosen precisely because they are fathers in the spiritual sense - teachers, admonishers and protectors. Fatherhood is a sacred responsibility and stewardship - the fathers are responsible and are therefore judged more strictly than those who do not have this calling. Not surprisingly there aren't very many of them (1 Cor.4:15) for they must be carefully disciplined in the ways of holiness before they are called. This training, moreover, is tough - the soul called to be a patriarch must pass through various fires of affliction to burn the carnal dross out of him. It is sometimes painful and few there are who endure it but the result is a vessel of obedience and love.
There are two types of patriarch: patriarch-fathers to sons and daughters and patriarch-husbands to wives. Which leads me back to pre-existence doctrine and to another important truth that we have been teaching for some years which has raised howls of protest from feminists. One woman, when asking about her origin, was told that she was taken out of her husband in the pre-existence just as Eve was taken out of Adam. In other words, before we were born, all women were derived from their eternal husbands just as Eve was from Adam. Therefore they are literally returning to their original substance and must re-align themselves with it. That is why in Torah wives are baptised into their husbands at marriage.
Adam and Eve were physically made of earth and Yahweh breathed His Ruach (Spirit) into that earth to make it alive. But the spiritual part of man was not made then, neither were the spirits of Cain, Abel and Seth made from Adam and Eve's spirits but from their spirit-breathed flesh. We do not have the power to make spirit, only to reproduce and recombine the flesh of our children. Our spirits were made long before this physical universe came into being, as Jeremiah well know when Yahweh told Him:
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations" (Jer.1:5, NIV).
This is one of those passages that interpreters and commentators have tried to 'demythologise', like Adam and Eve themselves, by saying that this was merely a 'knowing in the mind' rather than the intimate knowing of one created being (man) by the uncreated One (Yahweh-Elohim). But I assure you it is quite literal. Jeremiah existed before he was conceived by his mother in her womb and was appointed a prophet before his birth.
We learn, therefore, that all spirits were first created male by Yahweh-Elohim and that at some point female spirits were taken out of male spirits, just as Eve's body substance was physically taken from Adam's rib to remind us of these heavenly spiritual origins and because Yahweh always works in consistent, heavenly patterns. The men that the women were taken out of are their eternal husbands. Why did Yahweh do it this way? Why not make man and woman side by side? Many reasons, would be my answer, but basically because it is perfect and the most loving thing to do, because "Elohim is love" (1 Jn.4:8,16). Therefore I am no longer mystified to learn that angels are all male because it simply means that their wives have not been taken out of them. It is something yet to happen. It also explains why rebellious angels come down to earth and started marrying human females in the days before the flood and why they are still up to their old tricks (Gen.6:1-4). There is a time and season for all things. Our time for marrying began in the pre-mortal worlds and continues in this one - we are supposed to be looking for our soul-mates, the ones we were taken out of in the pre-existence or who were taken out from us, because they are our true companions in the Messiah, ordained by Him for us. Needless to say people on earth do often marry the wrong partners because they are listening to their unredeemed flesh and to demons. Of course, Yahweh can use these wrong unions for His good, even as He uses demons to refine men and women eveywhere. Nevertheless it is better, less painful and more joyful to do things the right way. So seek after the spouses Yahweh has made for you, not what your flesh lusts for.
About a week ago one of my adoptive daughters asked Yah'shua in the Garden why she found reading Torah - the first five books of Moses - so boring. The question evidently amused Him because He laughed. He explained to her that what she had to do was open her heart when she was reading, pretty well confirming the counsel I had given to her earlier to the same question which was that she had to seek the love that was behind what Yahweh has written. All Law is rooted in love and is not, as my daughter afterwards pointed out, like some boring video recorder manual. The Torah is for our protection, revealing the Father's great love for us and how we, in our turn, are to love our brethren.
From this simple revelation to her, which we have been teaching for many years, we deduce the following: if any part of Scripture makes us bored or even revolts us, then the problem lies with us for closing our heart to it. Scripture can only be understood from the heart because it was from the heart of Yahweh-Elohim that it was originally given. If some Scripture therefore disinterests or bothers you, then the chances are you have demonic interference from somewhere which is exploiting some lie you believe. If that's the case, go for deliverance in this area because it is written that "all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of Elohim (God) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Tim.3:16-17, NIV).
Finally, I want to share with you what Yah'shua has taught us about Satan and his fallen angels, the demons. As you know, we have been exploring the idea of universal redemption at some future and distant time based on the Jubillee Principle. This has led us to wonder if, in fact, there is a distant, future hope for the demonic similar to that of people. About a week ago a client of ours, who is an SRA (Satanic Rirual Abuse) victim, actually asked Yah'shua this very question whilst in the Garden. He told her in no uncertain terms that there is no future deliverance for Satan and his demons. Satan is incapable of responding to love because he has no conscience left. Demons do, of course, have feelings - they experience fear and sorrow, but their sorrow is not for their sins but becaise of their inevitable fate. They know they are condemned, they had their free will in the pre-existence (as we do as humans down here on earth, the two being exactly parallel) and they rebelled. Whether Satan and his fallen angels will continue to exist or not after hell is thrown into the lake of fire we still do not know - my own tentative belief is that they will be annihilated rather than tortured for eternity because I cannot conceive that a perfectly restored universe would even possess such a place. However, I may be wrong.
One thing that has to be made clear is that we are not to sympathise with these beings. They are our implaccable enemies. When a client asked if she should hate demons, Yah'shua said that our attitude should be one of extreme revulsion. In other words, there should be a reflexive reaction of drawing away in disgust. If we are attracted to them in any way then we continue to believe in lies about them and come under their influence.
I hope these theological insights from the garden have been a blessing to you. 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
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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