Eze. 33:1-6: Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

Friday, April 3, 2015

A letter of note!

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the wayBut they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.  And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.  And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,  Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.  But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is on our part.  (Mark 9:33-40 - emphasis by me)
I received some very welcome, and believe it or not, valuable criticism this week in response to my missives: I have been questioned by a brother on my use of the Name Yeshua instead of Jesus.  I have given him my reasoning for this choice that I have made.  He in return has questioned my motives saying that he himself knows that Jesus' Name is Yeshua, but that it was recorded in the Brit Chadashah  (N/T) as "Jesus" and why do I make an issue of the "translation/alliteration of Yeshua's Name, as this "outrages" the Ruach HaKodesh!....because I am causing division in the Body of Messiah!

This Brother further makes the statement that I am saying that the Personage portrayed in the Brit Chadashah  is a different Deity TO YESHUA

I REJECT BOTH THESE ACCUSATIONS IN THE STRONGEST OF TERMS AND STATE UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO IN ANY WAY SOW DIVISION IN THE TRUE BODY OF MESSIAH YESHUA; AND I BELIEVE UNCONDITIONALLY THAT  JESUS OF THE BRIT CHADASHAH (N/T) IS THE YESHUA PROPHESIED OF IN THE TANAKH (TORAH AND OLD TESTAMENT)! 

HOWEVER:

I STATE JUST AS UNAPOLOGETICALLY & UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THE TEACHING ATTRIBUTED TO THE PERSONAGE OF JESUS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT BY THE DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH SYSTEM, AND CLAIMED BY THEM TO BE CORRECT AND BIBLICAL, CAUSES HIM (JESUS), IN MY OPINION, TO BE REPRESENTED AS A DIFFERENT DEITY TO THE SAVIOUR OF YHWH PROPHESIED OF IN THE TANAKH (O/T)!

Because of the mail which obviously is the subject of today's missive, I have again looked at the history of the use of His Name during Yeshua's tenure on earth.   Having done this I have needed to revise and recant of an opinion which I have publically stated:  My statement was:
"We know HIS Name is Yeshua and that the Name Jesus was not used of HIM whilst HE was on earth!"
However, on reading John 19:19-20 which states that at the crucifixion of Yeshua, HIS Name and Title was attached to the Stake (Cross) in Latin, Greek and Hebrew is a clear indication, which I am afraid I missed in the past, that HE may very well have been referred to by all three Names, Iesus (Latin), Iesous (Greek), Yeshua (Hebrew) - (John 19:19-20), and therefore I can no longer state categorically that The Name Jesus was never used for HIM at the time HE walked on the earth and that I MAY VERY WELL HAVE CAUSED DIVISION IN THE BODY THROUGH THIS INCORRECT STATEMENT.  

I beg that You, YHWH my Elohim, in the Name of Yeshua my Messiah, will forgive me for the sin of arrogance in assuming that I thought I knew better and could pass judgement on the correct application of Your SON's Glorious Name during a period of History for which I am not competent to comment on; and further Abba, because of the arrogance I exhibited I have caused hurt and division to The Body of Messiah Yeshua, Your SON and our Saviour, because Abba I have sinned against You, and harmed my brethren, I am so sorry - please forgive me!

Furthermore please may I ask each of you truly reborn of Messiah Yeshua, also known as Jesus The Christ, that if by this statement, or any other action, I have in any way alienated you; in any way made it seem that I am superior to you; in any way caused you to feel judged, that in the Name of Yeshua HaMashiach also known as Jesus The Christ, you will find it in your heart to forgive me.  I am truly sorry.

I am so thankful for this Brothers "Letter of Note" and I thank him for his forthrightness and counsel.  

Hopefully we can all learn something from this sobering situation:  We can all fight and argue to infinitum BUT it would appear no one group, at this present time and with the information we have at hand right now, can claim absolute authority over another in this matter - so I, for my part, conclude that I, and may I suggest maybe all of us reading this blog, should allow the Ruach HaKodesh to convict each believer of which Name we are to use when calling on HIM; and please, that we do not make a divisive issue of HIS GLORIOUS REDEEMING NAME!  And by this counsel, unless advised otherwise and influenced by many other reasons not listed here, I shall continue to use HIS Name YESHUA whenever I refer to HIM!

I am finding this missive very difficult to write, not because of the subject matter, that was my fault; but because I need to find the correct way of penning this missive - because having said what I have said, there is absolutely no way that  I can compromise on my views as stated above regarding the teachings and doctrines attributed to Jesus (Yeshua) by the Denominations; and thus, as humbly as I am able to, I ask of the truly redeemed Christians, when addressing those of us who feel the need to return to the fullness and obedience of the entire Word, especially the Instruction to Israel (The Bride) given to Moshe;  and who believe in using Hebraic words in certain instance to assist us in the renewing of our mindsets from the overtly Christian ways we were schooled to the more physical Hebraic mindset of the Word, to please heed the advice given by Gamaliel and accepted by the Sanhedrin of the day in  Acts 5:35-40 - but don't flog us!

But being unable to compromise on my views, which I believe I have been led into by The Ruach Of Messiah, does not mean that I have all the Truth at my fingertips either:  We are all a work in progress, and heaven forbid that any one of us think that we are standing, because then we are in fact are already falling! (Rom. 12:1-3; 1 Cor. 10:1-14).  

I too need to remember that I was not only saved, but radically saved in the "wink of the eye" through The Name Of Jesus in 1988.

I sit dumbfounded and speechless because of the absolute horror I experience when I read of the wanton carnage and demonic persecution of the Christian believers in the Middle East and even just a few borders north of where I sit right at this moment, Christians who all seeming call on the Name of Jesus (or their alliterated version of His Latin/Greek Name), and even more to the credit of these martyrs is that in the face of this massive persecution they seemingly do not recant and accept Islam, BUT STAND THEIR GROUND IN THE NAME OF JESUS!  

I would also like to make this appeal to my Torah returning brothers and sisters in Messiah Yeshua:  Yes you are in my very lowly opinion correct in your walk of Teshuvah (Repentance and Return to Torah) but let us never ever forget that to truly LOVE as Torah has intended also includes the circumcision of the heart and the attributes written of in 1 Cor. 13 - especially verse 13!

To my brothers and sisters in Messiah still in the Denominational System, please know this though:  

I cannot and will not accept reconciliation through compromise, deception and error  -  Division because of the Truth is Biblical NO MATTER WHERE WE MAY STAND IN MESSIAH YESHUA!

Dear brother and sister in Messiah Yeshua still in the Denominational System, please know this: 

I SHALL CONTINUE TO BE THE BOND-SERVANT OF YHWH ELOHIM & HIS SON MESSIAH YESHUA; I SHALL CONTINUE TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL TO RETURN; I SHALL CONTINUE TO STAND ON THE WALL AND BLOW MY SHOFAR; and what you do with that is entirely up to you BUT KNOW THIS PLEASE:  I LOVE YOU ALL IN AND THROUGH MESSIAH YESHUA AND HIS ETERNAL SACRIFICE; AND THEREIN LIES TRUE LOVE.

Shabbat shalom.

Bo'az. 


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