one which defines reality in terms of feelings and experience. Reality is not, however, feelings, and pragmatism will not save you. Doing Yahweh's will and trusting Yah'shua does. Many think that because they feel strong emotions within that this is 'love' or because they have a bagfull of intellectual facts in their head that this is 'truth'. It is not. True love is the works of love whether you have lovely feelings or not. When Yah'shua was dying on the Cross for our eternal redemption, was He having wonderful feelings inside? No, but what He was doing was the epitome of true love. The joy came afterwards when the Great Work of Love had been accomplished. This was what kept Him going throughout His life for though He knew of the terror that awaited Him at Golgotha He also knew what that would mean for Him, his Father, and for mankind if He saw it through. Therefore we can triumphantly proclaim with Paul:
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Yah'shuas, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim" (Heb.12:1-2., NKJV).
No Fantasy
This is no make-believe, pie-in-the-sky fantasy. We proclaim these things because they are living truth for us, not some wishy-washy intellectual concept or because we are fleeing from the responsibilities and challenges of life in search of babyish comfort. We have been, and are, in the world like the rest of humanity, sharing in its sufferings, but the difference is that we have a testable meaning and a goal that was not set by out own fallibility and vague emotional yearnings but by the Eternal One who knows us intimately and knows what is best for us. Fantasy does not sustain you in extreme trial not give you inner peace. The test of the pudding which is the Gospel is in the eating.
A Wider Horizon
We in this ministry are realists but our horizon is far deeper than that of the secularists - we know what's on the other side of it because we are already being sustained by it. We don't measure life by our own short noses but take the hand of the Creator of all and are content to be led by Him, knowing that He is reliable and consistent. We work hard, raise families, have jobs, and act responsibly. We are not red-eyed fanatics nor are we some 'Heaven's Gate' cult waiting to be whisked away by UFOs. We are not hiding from the world but at the same time we are not swimming in its filth either. We are apart from it and set-apart to Yahweh. We seek a city that is not just located in another dimension, place or time but is within us in the here-and-now. We deal with ultimate relatity and not just the temporary, shapeless sort that vapouises when you try to hold it. Happiness comes not in finding a meaning in life but the meaning of life. And that meaning is found exclusively in the Person of Yah'shua the Messiah, who is our 'Bozrah Breakout' from the futility and meaninglessness of man-made systems.
Conclusion
If you don't know Him personally we invite you to ask Him to 'break you out' of your place of inner imprisonment and show you what life is really about. You just have to cry out to Him, with real intent, and with willingness to surrender your life to Him. Though you may try to picture this in your mind's eye you can never even vaguely approach it until you have appropriated it for real. This means repenting of your sins, surrendering to Yah'shua, trusting Him and obeying His commandments.
We have a real Bozrah Deliverer in Yah'shua. For myself, I have not only expressed the initial deliverance of salvation which in my life occurred in 1977 but in continual deliverance. We know that He is real because we are able to endure suffering and loss with joy - indeed this is one of the hallmarks of a genuine Christian. It creates in the believer real patience (Rom.5:3), a willingness to lose on earth for "an enduring possession...in heaven" (Heb.10:34, NKJV). We have "received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Ruach haQodesh, so that [we] became examples" (1 Thess.1:6-7, NKJV). This is what I meant earlier when I spoke of character development. Therefore we are able to be "sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things" (2 Cor.6:10, NKJV). And this joy no man can take away from us (Jn.16:22). Amen.
Endnotes
1
See Carbon Dioxide, 666, and the Global Warming Religion of Al Gore
2
Alfred Lambremont Webre, Two Researchers Attribute Norway Light to HAARP, Ant-ET Space-Based Weapon of Mass Destruction
3
See Lev's Daily Devotionals
4
See Rapture When?
5
See Belgium and the Rebirth of the Holy Roman Empire
6
See Polygamy
7
See Coheadship in Marriage: Exposing a Modern Heresy
8
See A Glimpse into Heaven
9
See Existentialism
Comments from Readers
All of this is my testimony. From what I've experienced, I don't think there are very many at all, even in Christianity or other fellowships or among believers even who truly understand what it means to have the Messiah within who is 100% unchanged Torah that requires walking after His voice in Unconditional Yes Always. I don't personally know of hardly anyone in the churches, 'torah keepers' or people I know who say that Messiah is perfect Torah/law of Spirit (Truth and Spirit) and that is who is dwelling within. To follow only Him and to listen to His voice. They proclaim a Word within or without but deny the truth of the Word which is Torah law or the Spirit of LIfe of it. We know that Life burning within where it is Messiah's very life making Oil. We can't get much Oil if we don't have abundance of both ingredients. Like Epoxy Glue...
What I do hear in my testimony to others and over and over is that the law is done away but they do not realize only the curse is done away because it is impossible to be condemned where we are Walking in remission of sin. We either are or not. Yahushua knows. The knowledge of how to walk does not change the person, it is the Life of it where our Messiah takes us on that path of Life and we become what He desires. So we see believers proclaim to have the Word within but deny He is who He is as Torah/law.
What most people think of believers is what is seen on TV or other media where many are following man's voice and delusions, proclaiming to have Messiah within but are not walking the path of Spirit and Truth. Refusing Torah understanding by Messiah's Life. That is in all fellowships, churches and I've seen worse in torah keepers and groups trying to follow the Torah/law where they say that is what it takes to please YHWH and our Messiah but totally fail to discern the Messiah's life in everything and witness only of Him. I've had some even say to get circumcised to please Messiah. Well I say I already have the real thing and to state that I Hope for Him to come again to give His Life required for being Written into that Covenant of His Book of Life, that Living Covenant, to give His Life again, would be a disgrace to Him right in His temple in His face when I already Am In That Living Covenant. As any redeemed having salvation.
But in it all there are still the Redeemed, those of contrite heart and YHWH has them in His Hand and will not be taken away from Him.
And, in this generation we don't find often anyone telling others to listen to Messiah or even teaching others to learn how to listen only to him. That is the problem. Spirit separated from truth gets a strong delusion. Truth separated from Spirit gets a strong delusion. Without truth, there is chaos and Iniquity. Without Spirit of Life there is the same chaos and iniquity. Equal parts to make Epoxy Glue! Messiah must be allowed to show His being of the Word and we learn to listen and do what He wants step by step.
We take time on Shabbat to rest, to speak of Messiah to witness of Him, to give words to our family and friends. We enjoy that Shalom of Being in Messiah. I know very few who will do that where I live. We even being persecuted for even mentioning it to our family who are christians and start "working on us as sinners since we are under the bondage of the law again". We came out from bondage listening to Messiah one on one and they will not come out unless they learn to listen only to Him as well. They are still holding on to all of that word of man and have a good bible code but have quit listening to Messiah long ago. In general but Messiah knows who is still listening and we have some good fellowship with them as we do here I hope still.
Seems too that many are coming to understand Shabbat and are merely changing one form of doing for another. Not having Life before and not having Life after. Working on a salvation code of trying to do what they think is pleasing to our Father but not getting the Heart changed first. Doesn't matter if we are doing Shabbat rest or not without that Life first, we know. So will there be "Shabbat keepers" winding up going to Hell? I wish not but in reality only Yahushua Keepers will have eternal life. Just mention circumcision of Heart to a Living Covenant in a torah keepers group and that will open some eyes. But that is anywhere there are individuals no matter what affiliation we may call them of.
So, I proclaim a Living Torah dwelling within, the Torah, the law, but of Life of the Spirit where it is impossible to be condemned in remission of sin, and I don't see hardly any Christians understanding that at all nor 'torah keepers'.
That our Messiah, who is Yahushua, leads to know and love the Torah where He reveals His being for renewal of mind where He is the Life of it. And that leads to doing Shabbat where we are witnessing of Him where it is impossible to be condemned in any way possible and that witness of Messiah and for no other purpose. Total freedom where the Heart is set to please our Father in Messiah and He is not ready to send out a lightining bolt for not doing something perfectly. We have the desire to say Yes Unconditional. That not even spoken of those who have said No and refuse to even discover that freedom. But, also there are many not walking even in the Ten Commandments of our 'vows' to the Living Covenant.
And so too, of the feasts and other commandments to understand where He is the life of them and is dwelling within seeing everything we do and causes us to be conformed to Him. He looks at our Heart and from there we form every action and thought. I am not a perfect doer outwardly, maybe a practicer as best as I can, but surely never replacing the Faith in Messiah the Living Word and Voice within by my own doings. I can't keep anything else perfectly but Messiah.
So, I've been lectured on Galatians from Christians and from torah keepers. But, few discern where Messiah is the Living Torah and there is a difference in reference to written or living 'law'. It's better to get to the Author's Heart understanding instead of seeing only the shadow of Him and then do all things as a witness of Him in Life not being in bondage to dead Torah understanding as it would be saying, "I hope for Messiah to come to become these things", but to rather say as we know, "Here is Messiah and Look at How Awesome He is Being These Things where there is Life!".
And we can have a live, living witness in those things of Shabbat, Feasts, and a whole new bible to discover where we are not afraid to 'plug in' Messiah into Torah, the Prophets and get some good food to eat and as well have some powerful ways to witness to others and those needing salvation. We also get the Power of the Holy Spirit in ways we would never know. And even today in Shabbat meeting with my family He is so wonderful. Bringing that Shalom we cannot even put into words. And we do know don't we!
In thinking about this path of being set-apart, I've been in the past, even for many months, persecuted almost daily by one family member in particular who even takes offense at just saying Yahushua instead of Jesus because some deluded Yah'shua people came to his church and told them they were going to Hell because they didn't get baptised in the name of Yah'shua. We know the baptism of the Holy Spirit is by that Heart Name of Salvation Yahushua knowing and being known of Him, that of a real experience to know Messiah of the fruits described in the bible of agape love which is charity, peace, sound mind, self-control, etc. We see the walk and fruit of a true experience of Life. But, also see the opposite and those proclaiming they have that Life but have received a delusion. One coming to mind of barking like dogs, etc. That does not line up with scripture nor with that contrite Heart Messiah brings to us.
I've been persecuted because 'christians' attribute deluded Messianic stuff to me they heard on TV and Messanics attributing deluded Church stuff to me, I never said nor believe. We see mud slinging on all sides, between all groups and it really boils down to what YHWH is seeing. Individuals who are either Redeemed or not. Walking His path or not. Loving to share or loving to debate. Not looking at the esteem of man and simply love to be as a true family where we let each part of the body do what they are given to do but we always search everything out one on one with Messiah realizing we need to eat from the vine always and that YHWH does send people to describe some good food at times but we may misunderstand unless we are prompted by Him to seek it out for ourselves. And that is all we can do is describe something of Heart or even we may of learned stuff. But YHWH will always show how Messiah is Being to each one depending upon the place we are at and where we are seeking Him to know Him. And most people think they can tell by someone doing the same things they are doing or not.
Thus, there are many solo individuals who are true believers and followers of Messiah, having their life taken down to bare essentials, losing stuff, knowing we've been slaves, hate the beast system, will not even have a place to stay even our family unless YHWH provides every day, in true distress of Heart and even our bones ache for Messiah to come, who are rejected on all sides, scattered around the world, who have not found a true fellowship home yet, but will hold on to core truths and will not give them up even if they were learned in a church but also have found that truth where Messiah is Being the whole word which that will not come unless there are lifestyle changes. Ready to perish in Messiah if that be necessary and do not care about this present world full of Iniquity, fighting, strife, debate and other fruits of this world. Seeing what is coming even prepared for what may befall our familes and loved ones whom we love dearly. Longing for family togetherness in the body of Messiah but may not see that on large scale until the Kingdom be brought in. (RDR, USA, 9 January 2010)
I remember dreaming about the bozrah exile when I was about 12. It was only about a year ago I realised the dream that shaped the rest of my life was actually literal! (TSP, Ireland, 8 November 2012)
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
OJB = Orthodox Jewish Bible (Phil Goble)
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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