a) This is what the sovereign LORD, the Holy one of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it”. Isaiah 30:15
b) “If you, Israel, want to come back,” says YAHWEH, “if you want to come back to Me you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray. You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, ‘As surely as YAHWEH lives!’ If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting.” Yes, YAHWEH has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives.
Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to YAHWEH and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.” Jeremiah 4:1-4
c) When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people, if My people, who belong to Me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chro 7:13-14
d) “Come now, and let us reason together,” says YAHWEH, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool. Isaiah 1:18
e) “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares YAHWEH. Isaiah 59:20
2. TO RECEIVE BY HEART, SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY
YESHUA Hamessiah, (YAHSHUAH haMASSIACH)
The SON of the Living ELOHIM, The anointed Saviour of Israel and mankind.
The Lion of Judah, the coming King of Kings.
Israel’s only Saviour
But now, this is what YAHWEH says – He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you O Israel; ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name ; you are mine. Isaiah 45:15
Truly you are ELOHIMwho hides Himself, O ELOHIMand Savior of Israel.
‘It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing Do not fear; let your hands be strong.’ "For thus says YAHWEH of hosts, ‘Just as I purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says YAHWEH of hosts, ‘and I have not relented. Zech 8:13-14
“ From this man’s descendants ELOHIMhas brought to Israel the Savior Yeshua (YAHSHUAH haMASSIACH}as He promised. Acts 13:23
3. BE GRAFTED – IN TO THE OLIVE TREE
Return to the Jewish Root of our faith, to the Jewish Messiah
5 KINDS OF OLIVE BRANCHES
(Romans 11)
a) The Broken Off – The unbelieving Jews to their Messiah.
• Rom 11:17 “But if some of the branches were broken off… v. 20… because of unbelief.”
• These are those Jews in haMASSIACH’s time and even in our present time, which persistently reject Yeshua.
b) The Wild – The Gentiles (Non-Jews) throughout the nations of the world.
• Rom 11:17b … “and you, being a wild olive (branch),”
• These are those Gentiles in Paul’s time and in our time, which do not care about the Law of Moses or the Jewish Messiah.
c) The Unbroken Branch – The believing remnants that welcomed Yeshua at His first coming. They remained in the Olive tree.
• Rom 11:24b – “…these, which are the natural branches.”
• These are those Jews in haMASSIACH’s first coming who were waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of ELOHIMand received Yeshua as their Messiah.
d) The Wild But Grafted In – The believing Gentiles who believed in Yeshua.
• Rom 11:17 “… you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, … v.20 and you stand by your faith.”
• These are the believing Gentiles in the past and in our time that received the Messiah and became partakers of ELOHIM’s Covenant promises with Israel.
e) The Grafted Back In – The Jews who came to acknowledge Yeshua after being broken off.
• Rom 11:23 “ They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for ELOHIMis able to graft them in again.
• These are those who after rejecting or ignoring Yeshua had repented and received Him as their Messiah. They are the Messianic Jews.
4. TO WORSHIP ELOHIMIN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH
a) But the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. John 4:23
ELOHIMis a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth. John 4:24
b) Now you know that “ELOHIMdoes not hear sinners’, but if anyone is a worshiper of ELOHIMand does His will He hears Him. John 9:31
c) Oh, come let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before YAHWEH our maker, for He is our maker. Psalms 95:6
5. TO OBEY THE VOICE OF ELOHIMAND KEEP HIS COVENANT
a) “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 22:18
b) Now, therefore, If you will indeed obey my voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to be above all people; for all the earth is mine. Exodus 19:5
c) “Be on your guard before Him and obey His voice; do not be rebellious toward Him, for He will not pardon your transgression, since My name is in him. Exodus 23:21
d) “But if you truly obey His voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Exodus 23:22
e) Then ELOHIMspoke all these words, saying, "I am YAHWEH your ELOHIM, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, YAHWEH your ELOHIM, am a jealous ELOHIM, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing loving kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
"You shall not take the name of YAHWEH your ELOHIMin vain, for YAHWEH will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. "Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of YAHWEH your ELOHIM; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. "For in six days YAHWEH made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore YAHWEH blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which YAHWEH your ELOHIMgives you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” Exo. 20:1-17
6. TO LOVE YAHWEH YOUR ELOHIMWITH ALL YOUR HEART WITH ALL
YOUR STRENGTH
a) Love YAHWEH Your ELOHIM. These are the commands, decrees and laws YAHWEH your ELOHIMdirected me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Deuteronomy 6:1
b) Love YAHWEH your ELOHIMwith all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5
c) Yeshua (YAHSHUAH haMASSIACH) replied, Love YAHWEH your ELOHIMwith all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Matt. 22:27
d) Trust in YAHWEH with all your heart. And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Prov. 3:5-6
e) He answered. Love YAHWEH your ELOHIMwith all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and Love your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27
7. TO SERVE ELOHIMIN HUMILITY WITH LOVE AND MERCY AND BE A
BLESSING TO THE NATIONS
To teach His commands, statues and precepts
a) Fear YAHWEH your ELOHIM, serve him only and take your oaths in His name. Deut. 6:13
b) Fear YAHWEH. And now, O Israel, what does YAHWEH your ELOHIMask of you but to fear YAHWEH your ELOHIM, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve YAHWEHyour ELOHIMwith all your heart and with all your soul. Deut. 10:12
c) Now it will come about that In the last days, the mountain of the house of YAHWEH will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of YAHWEH, To the house of the ELOHIMof Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of YAHWEH from Jerusalem. And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war. Isaiah 2:2-4
