August 2015 – Beth Elohenu

WHY WAS MESSIAH YESHUA RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD TO LIFE AGAIN?

Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033

Shalom. Our teaching this morning from The Word of GOD in The Law of Moses that is written in the first five Books of The Bible will come from Leviticus 23.9-14. And The Title of our message is, “WHY WAS MESSIAH YESHUA RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD TO LIFE AGAIN?”

And with that said, let’s read Leviticus 23.9-14.

LEVITICUS 23.9-10 Our teaching from Leviticus 23 is about the Festivals of The LORD, and GOD’S Laws for His Festivals.

The Festivals of The LORD are the Saturday Sabbath, Passover, The Festival of Shavu’ot, or Weeks, also called Pentecost, The Blowing of Shofars, or as Judaism calls this Festival, Rosh Ha Shannah, The New Year. Followed by Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, and Sukkot, The Festival of Tabernacles.

LEVITICUS 23.9-10 The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Children Of Israel, and say to them, when you come into the Land which I give to you”. The Land that GOD gave to the Children Of Israel for an everlasting possession is the land of Canaan that is now the Land of Israel.

After the death of Moses, The LORD spoke to Joshua, Moses’ minister and said, Moses My Servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all the People to the Land which I give to them, even the Children Of Israel.

Everyplace that the sole of your foot treads upon, that have I given to you as I said to Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea, (the Mediterranean Sea), toward the going down of the sun shall be your coast.

There shall not be any man that will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you. I will not fail you, nor forsake you. Be strong and of a good courage, for unto this People shall you divide for an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Only be strong and very courageous that you observe to do according to all the Law which Moses My Servant commanded you and the People. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that you may prosper wherever you go.

This book of The Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night that you observe to do according to all that is written in it.

For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage. Do not be afraid, neither be dismayed, for the LORD YOUR GOD is with you wherever you go. JOSHUA 1.1-9

The land of Canaan was west of the Euphrates River, north of Damascus, and up to The Mediterranean Sea. GOD gave Israel all that land. NUMBERS 34.1-12

(VERSE 8) Hamath is north of Damascus.

The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the land of Canaan prior to Israel’s conquest under Joshua. And Canaan is the land that GOD promised and gave to the Jewish People for an everlasting possession. Everlasting in Hebrew is OLAM meaning forever, and always, without any interruptions.

And The Land Of Israel has been the Jewish Homeland for some 3,325 years that GOD calls a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

GOD first made His Covenant with Abraham to give the land of Canaan to the Jewish People while Abraham and Sarah were living in Canaan. GOD’S Covenant with Abraham is, that GOD will give the land of Canaan to Abraham’s descendants. The descendants of Abraham are through the line of his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob that became the Israelite People who are the Jewish People. GOD’s Covenant with Abraham took place some 790 years before Israel conquered Canaan.

And GOD told Moses at the burning bush at Mt. Horeb which is Mt. Sinai that He would bring the Children Of Israel to the land of Canaan. And He would send an Angel before the People to guard them in the way, and bring them into the land which GOD had prepared. And GOD warned Moses to obey that certain Angel’s Voice because My Name is in Him, The LORD said. That certain Angel was GOD Himself, Ha Shem, Yeshua The Messiah. And do not worship their gods, The LORD told Moses. Have nothing to do with the Canaanites.

And GOD is The Father of the Jewish People. Meaning GOD is Jewish. EXODUS 4.22, EXODUS 5.1

GENESIS 17.7-8, GENESIS 15.13-21, EZEKIEL 20.6, EXODUS 3.8, 16-17, EXODUS 23.20-25, EXODUS 34.11-17, GENESIS 24.1-4, GENESIS 28.5-9

Back to LEVITICUS 23, VERSES 10-11. GOD said to Moses, Speak to the Children Of Israel and say to them, when you come into the land which I give to you, and shall harvest the crops of the land, then you shall bring a sheaf to the Priest. A sheaf in Hebrew is an omer, a bundle of newly harvested barley grain. And the Priest shall wave the bundle of newly harvested grain before The LORD to be accepted for you, for the Jewish People, on the day after the Sabbath. The day after the Sabbath is Sunday. The Priest shall wave it.

The Hebrew word for wave as in the Priest shall wave the bundle of newly harvested grain is NOOF meaning to wave up and down.

I believe the waving up and down of the firstfruits by the Priest before The LORD is prophetic of the Resurrection of The Jewish Messiah Yeshua Who was killed for our atonement on a Thursday. He was in the grave Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and raised from the dead to life again at daybreak on Sunday the day after the Sabbath. MARK 16.9

Also, I believe that the waving of the firstfruits by the Priest before The LORD is also prophetic of the future Resurrection of the Just. That is to say, the Righteous.

I believe that the Resurrection of the Just, those having atonement in Messiah Yeshua according to The Law of Moses, and those Gentiles who have blessed Israel and the Jewish People will be Resurrected. And those who are Alive having atonement in Messiah according to Torah will be Raised all on the same Sunday. And we will be caught up together to meet the LORD in the air to be with Messiah forever. To come with the LORD in the clouds of Heaven with His Mighty Angels to The Messianic Kingdom in Israel that will be as the Garden of Eden for one thousand years, and throughout eternity in Heaven forever.

And I believe the Return of The LORD to establish His Messianic Kingdom in Israel will take place on that same Sunday, the day after the Sabbath. And I am not a prophet. Genesis 12.3, Matthew 25.31-46

LEVITICUS 23.12-13 Special sacrificial offerings were made the day the wave offering was waved up and down by the Priest because of its importance in prophesy. The Resurrection of Messiah, the Resurrection on The Last Day, and the Return of The LORD. JOHN 11.24

The animal sacrifices during the days of the Tabernacle and Temple remind the Jewish People and all mankind of the critical need for Atonement lest those without their sins forgiven will be blotted out of GOD’S Book Of Life. EXODUS 32.33, 1 JOHN 3.4

And Atonement can only be accomplished through Messiah Yeshua. ISAIAH 53.10

LEVITICUS 23.14 My understanding of this verse is this. Leavened bread cannot be eaten during the seven days of Passover until the close of The Festival. Leviticus 23.6. And an offering must be made to The LORD. It is a Statute forever, GOD says.

A sacrificial offering was made to The LORD every day, twice a day. Numbers 28.3-4, 9-10.

Again, we are reminded by The LORD GOD, even without The Temple and the Sacrificial system, all mankind require Atonement for their sins. And sin is breaking The Law of Moses. 1 John 3.4. Atonement is only available by the sacrificial offering of The Messiah Yeshua, Ha Shem in the flesh. Followed by obedience to GOD’S Law Of Moses that prevents us from sinning against The LORD. Isaiah 53.10, Leviticus 17.8-9, and The New Testament.

The Title of our message is, WHY WAS MESSIAH YESHUA RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD TO LIFE AGAIN?

Messiah Yeshua was resurrected from the dead to life again for a number of reasons. And those reasons are as follows;

To further confirm that Yeshua The Messiah is The Promised Jewish Messiah according to the prophesies of The Resurrection of The Messiah written in TNAKH, The Old Testament Scriptures.

PSALM 16.10 For you will not leave My Soul in hell. Neither will You deliver Your Holy One to see corruption.

Soul in Hebrew is NEHFESH meaning soul and body. In this prophesy, Messiah’s dead body.

GOD raised Messiah, His Holy One, the third day after His death. MATTHEW 16.21

ISAIAH 53.8-10 GOD raised Messiah Yeshua to life again after His Death as prophesied in these Scriptures that speak exclusively of The Jewish Messiah Yeshua.

PSALM 110.1 The LORD said to My LORD, Sit at My Right Hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

After Messiah’s Resurrection, and forty days later, He went up into Heaven, and sat at the Right Hand Of GOD. MARK 16.19, ACTS 1.3

Yeshua asked the Pharisees, “What do you think of Messiah? Whose Son is He?” MATTHEW 22.41-46

The Son, or The Son of GOD is Yeshua The Messiah. And Yeshua The Messiah is HA SHEM, ELOHIM, GOD ALMIGHTY. The LORD Yeshua The Messiah, seeing there is only ONE LORD, is The ONE GOD. He is The Father, The Son, The Messiah, The Spirit, The Holy Spirit, and much more. DEUTERONOMY 6.4,MARK 12.29

Messiah Yeshua is The Son of David because in the flesh, as a human being He descended from The Tribe of Judah from the line of David. MATTHEW 1.1, ISAIAH 9.6. HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5

And of course, another Resurrection Prophesy in TNAKH, The Old Testament Scriptures is the wave offering of the Priest waving the firstfruits up and down before The LORD. Leviticus 23.11

Thus The Jewish Messiah Yeshua was Resurrected for added confirmmation That He is The Promised Messiah.

Another reason Messiah was Resurrected to life again is because of our Righteousness and our Hope. Our Hope of being Resurrected from death to Eternal Life.

Righteousness has extraordinary importance in The Bible. Righteousness means that our sins are atoned for in Messiah Yeshua. And GOD’S Torah, His Law of Moses is in our heart, and we obey them. Righteousness also means that we delight in The Law of The LORD. And we are doers of The Law Of The LORD.

Righteousness in Hebrew is STAH’DEEK meaning Just, Justified, Righteous and Lawful. Lawful because we obey Torah, GOD’S Law of Moses.

ACTS 24.14-15 There shall be a Resurrection of the dead, both of the just, and unjust.

Our Resurrection when the time comes from death to eternal life will be because of our Righteousness.

LUKE 14.14 Messiah confirms that the Resurrection is for The Just. Those who believe in Messiah, and live by Torah, His Law of Moses Are The Just, The Righteous, and The Law Abiding.

1 THESSALONIANS 4.13-18 Only The Righteous, The Just who sleep in Messiah Yeshua, who are the dead in Messiah Yeshua will GOD bring with Him.

A person is not Righteous or Just rejecting GOD’S Law of Moses that is written in the first five Books of The Bible. A person is not Righteous or Just rejecting all GOD’S Laws, Teachings and Instructions that are written in The Law Of Moses. A person is not Righteous or Just believing in the trinity of three different gods, each being a different, distinct and separate god. That is paganism.

Those people must repent and turn to THE LORD GOD and obey His Law. And do what GOD says, and not what their pastor says. EZEKIEL 18.21

Here are some Scriptures that teach the meaning of Righteousness, and the blessings for being Righteous. For Messiah says, You shall be repaid at the Resurrection Of The Righteous. LUKE 14.14. PSALM 1.1-6, ISAIAH 51.7, PROVERBS 10.16, 24, 25, 28, MATTHEW 13.41-43, ROMANS 2.13

Thus The Messiah Yeshua was Resurrected from death to life again because of our Righteousness, giving us Hope that we also will be Resurrected to Eternal Life.

Another reason The Messiah Yeshua was Resurrected from death to life again is so for The Messiah to sit on His throne in The Kingdom of GOD. ACTS 2.30, JEREMIAH 23.5-8

And Messiah was Resurrected to deliver His Jewish People from death to eternal life at The Resurrection. To bring them into the Land of Israel into The Messianic Kingdom along with those Gentiles in Messiah who join themselves to The LORD according to Torah. EZEKIEL 37.9-14, ISAIAH 56.6-7, DANIEL 12.1-3, PSALM 17.15, PSALM 49.15, HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 49.16, PSALM 71.20, LUKE 14.14

So in conclusion, the reasons for Messiah’s Resurrection are:

To further confirm that Yeshua The Messiah is the Promised Jewish Messiah according to the prophesies of His Resurrection that are written in TNAKH, The Old Testament Scriptures.

Another reason Messiah was Resurrected from death to life again is because of our Righteousness, and our Hope for our Resurrection to Eternal Life in The Likeness Of GOD.

Another reason for Messiah’s Resurrection is for The Messiah to sit on His throne in The Kingdom of GOD. In the Messianic Kingdom in Israel for a thousand years, and in Heaven forever and ever.

Messiah was Resurrected to deliver His Jewish People and His Gentile People who have joined themselves to The LORD according to Torah, to be Resurrected from death to Eternal Life. Along with those who are alive in Messiah according to Torah. Where GOD will dwell with us, and we will be His People, and GOD HIMSELF will be with us, and be our GOD. And GOD will wipe away all our tears from our eyes. And there will be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying. Neither will there be any more pain, for the former things will have passed away. And The LORD will make all things new.

Shalom. Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PASSOVER LAMB.

Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033

Shalom. Our teaching this morning will continue in The Word Of GOD from Torah, The Law of Moses in Leviticus 23.1-8. And The Title of our message is, THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PASSOVER LAMB.

And with that said, let’s read Leviticus 23.1-8.

LEVITICUS 23.1-3 We have been teaching The Word of GOD from The Torah, The Law of Moses from Genesis 1.1 which reads, “In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth.” And last Saturday we began in Leviticus 23 teaching The Laws of the Saturday Sabbath. And we will continue in the following weeks teaching GOD’S Laws for His other annual Festivals that The LORD commanded Moses for the Children of Israel to observe.

The Festivals of The LORD are the Saturday Sabbath, Passover, Pentecost, The Blowing of Shofars that Judaism calls Rosh Ha Shannah, The New Year, and Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles.

And since GOD is The GOD of The Jewish People, and the Gentiles, as Paul teaches in Romans 3.29, The Festivals of The LORD are for all mankind including the Saturday Sabbath.

There is only One Law for Jewish People, and for Gentiles, and that Law is The Law of Moses that has all GOD’S Laws, Teachings and Instructions, including His Festivals written in it.

And The Law of Moses is The Word of GOD for all mankind to follow. NUMBERS 15.16

The Festivals of The LORD are Holy Convocations, or Sacred Occasions, set apart for The LORD. A time for people to come together for a Service dedicated to The LORD our GOD. And a time to refresh our minds and bodies, setting aside our daily labors of life by concentrating on and worshipping The LORD. And a time to honor GOD and show Him our respect and love by obeying His Commandments, Laws and Teachings that He has given us in The Bible. JOHN 14.15

And a Holy Convocation is a rehearsal for when The LORD returns to set up His Messianic Kingdom in Israel. Because we will celebrate all GOD’S Festivals forever in The Kingdom of GOD in Israel, and throughout eternity in Heaven.

The first Festival of The LORD is the weekly Sabbath on Saturday. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day (Saturday) is The Sabbath of rest, a Holy Convocation, The LORD says.

LEVITICUS 23.4 Thus Leviticus 23 teaches the Laws of the six Festivals of The LORD, including the weekly Sabbath on Saturday. They are Holy Convocations. They are The Word of GOD.

LEVITICUS 23.5 The fourteenth day of the first Hebrew month Nisan at evening, usually around March or April, is The LORD’S Passover, and the beginning of Passover. Most Jewish People hold their Passover Seder, The Passover dinner and Service, on the evening of the fourteenth day of Nisan, the beginning of Passover. Yeshua The Messiah held His Passover Seder on the evening of the fourteenth day of Nisan, the beginning of Passover.

The Hebrew word seder means order or arrangement.

LEVITICUS 23.6 The fourteenth day of the first Hebrew month Nisan at evening is The LORD’S Passover. And the following day, the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, or The Feast of Matzah unto The LORD. Seven days we must eat matzah, The LORD commands. Meaning no leavened bread or leavened products are allowed in our homes, or eaten outside of our homes during the seven days of Passover.

So, there are two Festivals in Passover. The first day is Passover, and the next day is The Festival of Matzah. But Jewish tradition calls both Festivals, Passover.

LEVITICUS 23.7-8 In the first day of Passover is a Holy Convocation. You shall do no work in it. But, The LORD says, We shall offer an offering made by fire unto The LORD seven days. And we will get back to that offering in a moment.

In the seventh day of Passover is a Holy Convocation. You shall do no work in it. The seventh day of Passover is a Sabbath.

Now, getting back to the offering made by fire that is offered to The LORD seven days;

The offering of a sacrifice made by fire and offered to The LORD was a Law and Requirement of GOD during Tabernacle and Temple times. However, without the Temple in Jerusalem, The LORD GOD forbids animal sacrifices. But the shed blood is always required for atonement. And today, even without the animal sacrifice, the offerings made by fire REMIND US that GOD requires atonement for our sins. It is Torah. And we know from The Word of GOD that Messiah Yeshua’s sacrificial death and shed blood is our Atonement. There is no other atonement available. LEVITICUS 17.8-9, 11, ISAIAH 53.10

Sin is breaking The Law of Moses. And every person has sinned against GOD by breaking some Law or Laws of GOD.

Therefore it is crucial for everyone to have atonement. Why? Because The LORD said to Moses, Whosoever has sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My Book Of Life. And for that reason, The LORD GOD ordained HIMSELF, Messiah Yeshua to be our Atonement.

GOD ALMIGHTY, YESHUA THE MESSIAH, HA SHEM IN THE FLESH AS A HUMAN BEING OFFERED HIMSELF TO BE OUR ATONEMENT, THE NEW COVENANT TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS. ISAIAH 55.9, 1 JOHN 3.4, EXODUS 32.33, JEREMIAH 31-31-34, JOHN 12.45, JOHN 14.9, ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29

Yeshua The Messiah fulfills the Prophesy of The New Covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of Judah prophesied in Jeremiah 31.31-34. And the New Testament portion of the Bible explains Messiah Yeshua’s first coming, and His mission. To give His Life for our atonement. 1 JOHN 3.4, ECCLESIASTES 7.20, PSALM 51.5, HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 51. 7

Every Festival of The LORD, including the weekly Saturday Sabbath, GOD required animal sacrifices for the atonement of His People during Tabernacle and Temple times. Additionally, The LORD GOD required animal sacrifices daily for atonement.

The need for Atonement is Torah. It is The Law Of GOD.

And The New Covenant or The New Testament focuses on The Jewish Messiah Yeshua Who is our Atonement for Jewish People and all mankind to those who receive Him according to Torah. NUMBERS 28.1-4, 9-10

Let’s return to the Passover. The Passover commemorates the Exodus of the Children of Israel out of Egypt from 400 years of enslavement under the Egyptian Pharaohs. And GOD led His People, some three million Jewish People and a mixed multitude safely through the wilderness for forty years. Ending with the Children of Israel defeating the Canaanites with the great help of The LORD Their GOD. And possessing the land of Canaan that GOD renamed The Land of Israel after Jacob whom GOD named Israel. Genesis 32.28.

The GOD-given borders of Israel extend to the Euphrates River in Iraq and Syria. Genesis 15.18-21.

The Exodus was 3,385 years ago. Thus the Jewish People are in GOD’S debt. We owe our very existence to The LORD Our GOD. Paul writes in Romans 9.4-5, that GOD has adopted the Jewish People, and shown us His Glory, and given us His Covenants. And GOD gave us His Law, The Law of Moses, and the service of GOD. And The LORD has given us His promises. And concerning the flesh, Messiah Yeshua comes from the Jewish People.

Thus Messiah says, “Salvation is of the Jews.” John 4.22

GOD gives Salvation to those who live by every Word, Law, Commandment and Teaching that GOD has given to the Jewish People along with faith in The Jewish Messiah Yeshua for Atonement.

Every gift that GOD has given to the Jewish People is an act of grace, undeserved grace. GOD has declared the Jewish People to be a Holy People unto Himself. He has chosen us to be a special People unto Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 7.6 And GOD has chosen The Jewish People to be His witnesses and His servant to know and believe The LORD, and understand that before GOD there was no GOD formed, neither will there be after Him. That The LORD is LORD and beside Him there is no Savior. Isaiah 43.10-11.

GOD’S adoption of the Jewish People and the extraordinary gifts that GOD has given His People are not a reward for Israel’s righteousness, but the fulfillment of a Sovereign Everlasting Covenant that GOD made with Abraham. That Covenant is GOD is our GOD and we are His people. And The LORD Our GOD has given the Jewish People all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession to be the Jewish Homeland. That is The Land Of Israel that extends to the Euphrates River. Genesis 17.7-8

It is Biblical teaching that the only way for non-Jewish people to join The LORD, aside from blessing the Jewish People and Israel, Genesis 12.3, Matthew 25.31-46 and receive the gift of Salvation and eternal life, is to keep GOD’S Sabbath on Saturday, and not pollute it. Taking hold of GOD’S Covenant, The Word of GOD, and His Law of Moses, and Faith in The Jewish Messiah Yeshua for Atonement. Then all the gifts and promises that GOD has given to the Jewish People belong to you along with eternal life in Heaven. That is Biblical teaching. ROMANS 9.4-5, ISAIAH 56.6-7, PSALM 105.8-10

The Title of our message is, The Jewish Messiah Yeshua is very similar to the Passover lamb. So let’s confirm that from the Passover Chapter, Exodus 12.

EXODUS 12.1-5 After 400 years, while still under Pharaoh, enslaved in Egypt, GOD commanded the Children of Israel to take a lamb for their families on the TENTH DAY of the Passover month Nisan. Your lamb, GOD said, shall be without blemish.

In the days of Messiah Yeshua in Jerusalem, some 1,400 years after the Exodus, on the TENTH DAY of the Passover month Nisan, Messiah Yeshua, Who is Ha Shem, GOD ALMIGHTY, Perfect and without blemish, came to Jerusalem on a donkey. And a huge number of Jewish People took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they cried out in Hebrew, HOSHEEAH-NA, or Hosanna, meaning, Please deliver us. Blessed is The King of Israel that comes in The Name of The LORD.

The King of Israel came to His Jewish People sitting on a donkey having Salvation. Yeshua in Hebrew is Salvation. JOHN 12.1, 12-15, ZECHARIAH 9.9

(John 12.12) The next day was the TENTH DAY of the Passover month Nisan. Exodus 12.3

EXODUS 12.6 And GOD commanded the Children of Israel to kill their Passover lamb in the evening on the FOURTEENTH DAY of the same month. That was the first day of the first Passover.

Yeshua The Messiah, Ha Shem in the flesh was also killed on the FOURTEENTH DAY of Nisan, the first day of Passover.

Messiah held His Passover Seder, The Last Supper as Christians call it, on the evening of the FOURTEENTH DAY of Nisan, the first day of Passover. And as all the world knows, Messiah was killed the following afternoon, the first day of Passover, the FOURTEENTH DAY of the Passover month Nisan. MATTHEW 26.26-30, 47, MATTHEW 27.1, 45-50

(MATTHEW 27.1) As in Egypt, so in Jerusalem. Instead of the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel killing their Passover lamb in Egypt, the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court in Israel sentenced The Messiah to death. That was ordained by GOD and the fulfillment of GOD’S plan for Jewish Atonement, and Atonement for all mankind.

FOR WITHOUT MESSIAH YESHUA’S DEATH, THERE IS NO ATONEMENT.

And Messiah Yeshua is GOD Almighty, then in the flesh, Ha Shem. JOHN 19.34

The blood that makes Atonement for our souls as written in Torah in Leviticus 17.11

EXODUS 12.7-11 At His Passover Seder, Messiah told His disciples, and the world through The Jewish Bible that He is to be our atonement that will replace the animal sacrifices.

When Messiah took matzah, and blessed it, and broke it , and gave it to His disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is My Body.” That was symbolic of the Passover lambs in Egypt that were killed, prepared, and eaten by the Jewish families. And all the animal sacrifices for atonement that were prepared and eaten by the Priests and their families. Messiah’s message at His Seder, He will replace the animal sacrifice for atonement by His sacrificial death and shed blood that would take place the following afternoon. The disciples certainly did not understand nor did they know what was about to follow. John 10.17-18.

The Passover lamb in Egypt was miraculously used by GOD for the deliverance of His People out of Egypt, as Messiah Yeshua miraculously delivers us from our sins.

And the cup of wine that Messiah took, and gave thanks, and gave it to His disciples to drink, saying, Drink all of it, for this is My Blood of the New Covenant which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins. That was both symbolic of the blood of the Passover lamb in Egypt that delivered the Children of Israel from death, GOD forgiving His People their sins, and Messiah’s blood that was to be shed the following afternoon for our Atonement, for the forgiveness of our sins, and all mankind.

Yeshua The Messiah is certainly our Passover Lamb, The New Covenant for our Atonement. Jeremiah 31.31-34

EXODUS 12.12-13 The LORD GOD forgave the sins of His Jewish People in Egypt when He had them smear the blood of their Passover lambs on the doorposts of their homes. And The LORD OUR GOD then delivered the Children of Israel from death to freedom.

Messiah Yeshua’s shed blood also delivers us from death to freedom. Freedom to serve The LORD OUR GOD, YESHUA THE MESSIAH. And freedom to Obey His Torah. Because sin results in death unless our sins are atoned for by the sacrificial death and shed blood of The Messiah Yeshua. And living by Torah prevents us from sinning against The LORD Our GOD.

EXODUS 12.46 Not a bone of the Passover lamb was allowed to be broken in Egypt. And not a bone of The Messiah Yeshua was allowed to be broken. JOHN 19.36

EXODUS 12.49-51 (VERSE 49) One Law is for the Jewish People and the non-Jewish People who dwell among you, GOD says. The person who does not obey GOD’S Law, His Law of Moses, does not join himself or herself to The LORD. Neither is the sacrificial death and shed blood of Messiah Yeshua accepted by The LORD for their atonement.

To be accepted by The LORD GOD, as written in The Word of GOD, one must receive and live by GOD’S One Law, The Law of Moses, and have Atonement in Messiah Yeshua by Faith in Him. That is The Word of GOD written in ISAIAH 56.6-7, MATTHEW 5.18

(Matthew 5.18) The Law Of Moses for all mankind never ends. The word FULFILLED in Greek is GINOMAI meaning ENDED. Messiah said, “For I say unto you, till Heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from The Law Of Moses till all is ENDED.” All will never end for eternity is forever. As GOD is Forever, so is His Law Of Moses Forever.

WHEN THE LORD GOD FREED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE, THE LORD GAVE HIS PEOPLE LAWS, STATUTES, TEACHINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CALLED THE LAW OF MOSES TO OBEY THEM AND LIVE BY THEM FOR THEIR GOOD.

WHEN GOD FREES US FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN AND DEATH THROUGH ATONEMENT IN MESSIAH YESHUA, GOD ALSO GIVES US HIS LAWS, STATUTES, TEACHINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CALLED THE LAW OF MOSES TO OBEY THEM AND LIVE BY THEM FOR OUR SALVATION.

Obeying GOD’S Law Of Moses prevents us from sinning against GOD. For sin is the transgression of The Law of Moses. And obeying GOD’S Law of Moses is pleasing to GOD. And we are doing the will of GOD.

So, what does The LORD your GOD require of you? But to fear The LORD your GOD, to walk in all of His Ways. And to love Him, and to serve The LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul. To keep the Commandments of The LORD, all His Laws, Teachings and Instructions that are written in The Law of Moses that GOD commands us to do for our good, and for the good of our families. Deuteronomy 10.12-13.

And Messiah Yeshua will say to you, Well done My good and faithful servant. Enter into The Kingdom of Heaven.

So in conclusion, The Jewish Messiah Yeshua is certainly similar to the Passover lamb, even our Passover Lamb Who sets us free from the bondage of sin and death, and gives us His Holy Spirit to obey His Torah, The Law of Moses, Acts 5.32, that leads to eternal life in His Messianic Kingdom in Israel, and in Heaven forever and ever.

Shalom. Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD.

Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV.

Our teaching this morning from Torah, The Law of Moses will come from Leviticus 23.1-3. And the Title of our message is, “SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD”.

And with that said, let’s read Leviticus 23.1-3.

LEVITICUS 23.1-2 Contrary to popular belief, the Jewish Holidays that are written in Leviticus Chapter 23, The Sabbath, Passover, Pentecost, The Blowing of Trumpets that Judaism calls Rosh Ha Shannah, the new year, and Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles are not Jewish Holidays but The Appointed Festivals Of The LORD.

The Jewish Publication Society Tnakh Bible of 1917 calls GOD’S Appointed Festivals The Appointed Seasons Of The LORD. The Jewish Publication Society Tnakh Bible of 1999 calls The Appointed Festivals Of The LORD, The Fixed Times Of The LORD. The Stone Edition Tnakh, The Torah, Prophets, and Writings, calls GOD’S Appointed Festivals, Ha Shem’s Appointed Festivals. The Jerusalem Bible calls The Festivals Of The LORD, The Feasts Of The LORD. And The Complete Jewish Bible calls The Appointed Festivals Of The LORD, The Designated Times Of Adonai.

While the Christian Bibles call The Appointed Festivals Of The LORD, The Feasts Of The LORD, The Appointed Feasts Of The LORD, The Appointed Times Of Yud Hay Vav Hay, The Annual Festivals Of The LORD, The Appointed Seasons Of The LORD, The LORD’S Appointed Times, and The LORD’S Appointed Festivals.

Even These Are MY Festivals, Saith The LORD. Leviticus 23.2

Paul teaches in Romans, Is He The GOD of the Jews only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, Paul writes, of the Gentiles also. ROMANS 3.29

So why are the Gentiles not observing The Appointed Festivals Of The LORD their GOD? Because the people listen to the words of their Pastors and not The Words Of GOD.

Let’s return to LEVITICUS 23.1-2.

GOD’S Appointed Festivals are Holy Convocations, or as some Bibles read, Sacred Occasions. In Hebrew, MEEKRAH’AY KODESH. Meaning, a time set apart for The LORD for a gathering to attend a Service dedicated to The LORD. And to observe the day as Holy to The LORD. A day that GOD has set apart for man to put aside his and her labors of life to concentrate on The LORD to refresh our souls.

All The Appointed Festivals Of The LORD are also rehearsals for the great future event when The LORD Ha Shem Yeshua The Messiah returns from Heaven to establish His Messianic Kingdom in Israel to the Euphrates River for 1,000 years. Where all GOD’S Appointed Festivals will be observed even throughout eternity forever. For The LORD Our GOD says, “Even these are My Festivals”.

LEVITICUS 23.3 The Saturday Sabbath Of The LORD is proof that most people listen to the words of their Pastors and not The Words Of GOD.

The Sabbath Of The LORD is on Saturday the seventh day of the week, and not Sunday, or any day they so choose. The Sabbath Of The LORD is from sundown on Friday, to sundown on Saturday.

The LORD Our GOD says, Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a Holy Convocation, or a Sacred Occasion. You shall do no work in it. It is the Sabbath Of The LORD in all your dwellings. Meaning, Saturday is The Sabbath of The LORD wherever you live. In Israel, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Paris, or Hong Kong. Saturday is The Sabbath of The LORD. And no work is to be done on The Sabbath. Thus saith The LORD.

The Sabbath is an Appointed Festival Of The LORD. A twenty-four hour period set apart for The LORD. And designated by GOD for a gathering of the people to attend a Service where we can concentrate on The LORD and refresh our minds.

The Sabbath is never a time to go to a football game, or wash your car, or go shopping, or watch your kids play baseball, or your grandchildren play soccer. It is not a day for any kind of work. Although here in The United States, or any country outside of Israel, one might be pressured by their employer to work on The Sabbath. The Sabbath however is a commanded Festival Of The LORD to rest, attend a Shabbat Service and concentrate on The LORD and refresh your soul.

However Messiah said, It is lawful to do well on The Sabbath days. MATTHEW 12.9-13

Yeshua referred to a man lifting his only sheep out of a pit after it fell into it on The Sabbath Day as being lawful and doing well on The Sabbath. And He restored a man’s shriveled hand to perfect health on The Sabbath.

So we can draw from Messiah’s acceptable standards of what it means to be lawful, doing well on The Sabbath Day. And Messiah Yeshua is Ha Shem. GOD ALMIGHTY.

And Messiah said, He is LORD Of The Sabbath. What does He mean? MARK 2.27-28

Yeshua The Messiah is LORD Of The Sabbath. Meaning, Yeshua The Messiah is Ha Shem, GOD ALMIGHTY Who created The Sabbath on Saturday for all mankind to rest on The Sabbath Day. To put aside our labors for twenty-four hours, and concentrate on The Mighty GOD to refresh our bodies, our minds and our souls.

And The Messiah says, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for The Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man to rest, and not work.

And man was not created for The Sabbath, Messiah said. Man was created for GOD. GOD created man in the image of GOD, after the likeness of GOD. And GOD blessed man. And GOD created man to Obey Him, and to Love Him. To keep all His Commandments, all His Laws, Teachings, and Instructions that are written in The Law of Moses. And GOD created man to fear The LORD. GENESIS 1.26-28, ECCLESIASTES 12.13, DEUTERONOMY 6.4-5

GOD sets before us a blessing and a curse. A blessing if we observe His Saturday Sabbath, and a curse if we do not observe His Saturday Sabbath.

First, a blessing for observing The Sabbath of The LORD on Saturday. ISAIAH 56.1-7, ISAIAH 58.13-14

To summarize just some of GOD’S blessings for being Shomer Shabbat, keeping The Sabbath, GOD will give you an everlasting name better than of sons and daughters. A name that shall not be cut off. And those who obey GOD’S Covenant, His Word and His Law, GOD will bring to His Holy Mountain, and make you joyful in His House Of Prayer. And He will accept your offering, your Atonement through the sacrificial death of The Messiah Yeshua. And you will delight yourself in The LORD. And you will ride upon the high places of the earth. That is to say, you will enjoy prosperity and good success wherever you go. And you will inherit all that GOD gave Jacob. If you turn away from doing your own pleasure on The Sabbath, GOD’S Holy Day. And call The Sabbath a delight, the Holy Of The LORD, honorable. And shall honor The LORD, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words. For The Mouth of The LORD has spoken it.

And a curse for not keeping The Sabbath of The LORD on Saturday. And it’s not pretty. EXODUS 31.14-15, EXODUS 35.1-2

EXODUS 35.2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day (Saturday) there shall be to you a Holy Day, A Sabbath Of Rest To The LORD. Whosoever does work in it shall be put to death.

So I decided to look into the reason the majority of the church rejects The Sabbath Of The LORD on Saturday. And the church has some very damaging doctrine for its membership.

The church teaches that as Christ is The LORD of The Sabbath, He had the right to change the Saturday Sabbath to Sunday for His church in order that it might become a commemoration of His rising from the dead. That is ridiculous, and nowhere to be found in The Bible. Disobedient.

And the church also teaches that the Saturday Sabbath of The LORD has been done away with completely. And that though man needs one day of rest in seven, the Saturday Sabbath of The LORD, and all the Mosaic Law, The Law of Moses, and the Decalogue, The Ten Commandments are no longer binding. The church points to Paul’s teachings in 2 CORINTHIANS 3.6-11

(2 CORINTHIANS 3.6) YES, THE LETTER, THAT IS TO SAY, THE LAW OF MOSES KILLS IF GOD’S LAW IS NOT OBEYED. Paul is correct. DEUTERONOMY 27.26

(2 CORINTHIANS 3.11) That which is done away with is the letter that kills. THE LAW OF MOSES KILLS IF GOD’S LAW IS NOT OBEYED. HOWEVER, DEATH NO LONGER APPLIES WHEN WE HAVE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS IN MESSIAH YESHUA, AND WE LIVE BY GOD’S LAWS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES. THAT PREVENTS US FROM SINNING AGAINST GOD. FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. 1 JOHN 3.4. THUS, NO LONGER DOES THE LETTER, THE LAW OF MOSES KILL, BUT THE LETTER, THE LAW OF MOSES BLESSES. 2 PETER 3.15-18

The church is on a very dangerous path rejecting the Saturday Sabbath of The LORD, and rejecting GOD’S Laws that are written in The Law of Moses. The church needs to repent. EZEKIEL 18.21

The church and others should be warned that GOD booted Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden for disobeying just one commandment of God. GENESIS 3. 23-24

Let’s change the subject to end times, and look at a Psalm that Moses wrote. PSALM 90.4

For a thousand years in the sight of The LORD, Moses wrote, are but as yesterday. In other words, a thousand years in the sight of The LORD is like yesterday, One Day.

And I believe that Peter learned and end times teaching from those words of Moses. 2 PETER 3.8

But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Judaism has a traditional saying that the world will last 6,000 years, and then the end will come. The saying goes like this. The first 2,000 years of void and emptiness. The next 2,000 years with Torah, The Law of Moses. And the third 2,000 years with Messiah. And yes, The Messiah Yeshua did come at the start of the third 2,000 years. And then the end will come at the end of 6,000 years.

But getting back to Moses and Peter that one day with The LORD is like a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

GOD created a seven day week. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest. Leviticus 23.3. In GOD’S sight, One day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Six thousand years of mountain tops, valleys, work, and sorrow, and then the end comes, which I don’t think is far away. What follows the 6,000 years, or GOD’S week of six days of work? The Sabbath of Rest which is one thousand years with The LORD in His Messianic Kingdom in the GOD-given borders of Israel to the Euphrates River.

And GOD’S Messianic Kingdom will be like the Garden of Eden. And gladness will be found there. Thanksgiving and the voice of melody where The LORD will rejoice over us for good as He rejoiced over Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob our fathers. Where there will be peace without end upon the throne of David. And sitting on the throne of David will be Ha Shem Yeshua Ha Mashiach, King over all the earth. Jerusalem will be a rejoicing, and the People a joy. For we are the seed of the blessed of The LORD, and our offspring, our children with us.

The LORD will be in the midst of us in His Kingdom, and we will not see evil anymore. For The LORD will rejoice over us with singing. And it will be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant in those days, saith The LORD Of Hosts. Should it also be marvelous in My Eyes, saith The LORD Of Hosts? Behold, I will save My people, saith The LORD Of Hosts, and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be My People, and I will be their GOD in truth and in righteousness.

And the ransomed of The LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. And they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you. And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem, saith The LORD. And all nations and tongues will come and see the Glory Of The LORD. And we will come to GOD’S Holy Mountain in Jerusalem. And from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before Me, saith The LORD.

The wolf also will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat. And the calf with the young lion, and the cattle together. And a little child shall lead them.

And the nations shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

And the stranger, the non-Jewish person who dwells among us in The Messianic Kingdom Of GOD shall be as born in Israel among the Children Of Israel. They shall have inheritance with the Jewish People among the tribes of Israel. In what tribe the stranger dwells, there shall they receive their inheritance, saith The LORD GOD.

And we will be Priests and Kings unto our GOD, and we shall reign on earth for 1,000 years. And when the 1,000 years are complete, we will live in Heaven, The Holy City New Jerusalem, the new earth forever and ever. ISAIAH 51.3, DEUTERONOMY 30.9, ISAIAH 9.5-6, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6-7, ZECHARIAH 14.9, ISAIAH 65.18-19,23, ZEPHANIAH 3.14-20, ZECHARIAH 8.3-8, ISAIAH 35.10, ISAIAH 66.13-24, ISAIAH 11.6-9, ISAIAH 2.4, EZEKIEL 47.21-23, REVELATION 5.10, REVELATION 21.1-4

Thus Saith The LORD.

Shalom. Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

THE TRINITY IS NOT BIBLICAL.

Beth Elohenu Messianic Congegation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033

Shalom. Our teaching this morning will come from the Word of GOD in the Law of Moses from Leviticus 22.26-33. And the title of our message is, THE TRINITY IS NOT BIBLICAL.

And with that said, let’s read Leviticus 22.26-33.

Three things that intrigued me shortly after I came to faith in Messiah Yeshua were; Did GOD still fill Heaven and earth spiritually while GOD, The Messiah Yeshua was in Israel during New Testament times? And how can GOD be in Heaven and earth bodily at the same time? And since there is only one GOD, and Messiah Yeshua is that one GOD, how is it that The Father and The Messiah Yeshua speak to each other?

I was born into an Orthodox Jewish family. And I have always known that there is only one GOD. That is foundational Jewish teaching. And I knew after coming to faith in Messiah Yeshua that Messiah was GOD, The one GOD of Creation. I knew that Messiah Yeshua was GOD from prophesies in The Old Testament Scriptures such as, The Son born to the Jewish People is The Mighty GOD, The Everlasting Father. And in The New Testament Scriptures, Messiah Yeshua said, he that has seen Me has seen The Father. ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, JOHN 14.9

And shockingly, some 33 years ago when I read in the first chapter of Matthew that Messiah Yeshua, or as it reads in The Christian Bible, that Jesus Christ was Jewish. I was shocked. I had always thought that Jesus Christ was the ring-leader of all the Jew haters. How wrong I was. And not only is Messiah Yeshua Jewish, He is a good Jew, an outstanding Jewish Person with great love for His Jewish People and all People. Now I believe in Him and I love Him.

About two years later, a friend of mine asked me to visit his Congregation, Beth Yeshua in Florida. That’s where I was living at the time. And he said to me, we love Jewish People. Now Tommy was not a funny guy, but that statement sure made me smile. I had never heard that before, that any Gentile loved Jewish People.

So I started attending Beth Yeshua where I learned that Jesus’ Hebrew Name was Yeshua meaning Salvation and Deliverance. And His Title, and not His last Name was Messiah, not Christ. In Hebrew Messiah Yeshua is Yeshua Ha Mashiakh. It took me awhile to remember those Hebrew words. And later my friend Tommy told me that Messiah Yeshua was also GOD. I was happy to hear that because I read earlier in The Old Testament Scriptures that The LORD had appeared to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and so many others. And He appeared to the Jewish People in Israel for a number of years as our Messiah. And since Messiah Yeshua is GOD, it was Yeshua The Messiah Who appeared to all those people in TNAKH, The Old Testament Scriptures.

Yeshua The Messiah is the promised Messiah the Jewish People have been waiting for since Jacob said, “I have waited for your Salvation, O LORD”, or as some Bibles read, “I have waited for your Deliverance O LORD.” GENESIS 49.18

Jacob spoke these words some 1,800 years before GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM came to Israel as The Promised Jewish Messiah, Yeshua Ha Mashiakh. But prophesy also says, “He is despised and rejected of men”. ISAIAH 53.3

As time went by in my walk with Messiah, I began to have some questions, not doubts, but questions that are outside of traditional Jewish teaching, and the answers are not found in a whole lot of places.

Judaism, by rejecting Messiah Yeshua, certainly there are many Jewish people who embrace Messiah Yeshua as I do, but mainstream Judaism by rejecting their Messiah Yeshua cannot know and fully understand Who GOD is.

And Christianity, by rejecting GOD’S Law of Moses, and recognizing the doctrine of the trinity of three different gods has no understanding of GOD.

My questions, as I said earlier, since Yeshua The Messiah is GOD ALMIGHTY, did GOD still fill Heaven and earth spiritually while He was in Israel? And how can GOD be in Heaven and earth bodily at the same time? And be in more then one place bodily at the same time? And GOD speaking to GOD, and there is only one GOD, is puzzling.

Yes, I read The Scriptures in TNAKH, The Old Testament that “The LORD said to My LORD, sit on My right Hand until I make your enemies your footstool.” I know there is only one GOD but I could not understand The Lord said to My Lord.

And again reading in The Psalms, “Therefore GOD, YOUR GOD has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows”. Again, I know there is only one GOD, BUT GOD YOUR GOD? That is not Jewish teaching although it is Jewish teaching written in The Bible.

And in Genesis, “Then The LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from The LORD out of Heaven.”. One GOD. I believed that, and I know that, but how?

And in The New Testament, Yeshua lifted up His eyes to Heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son that your Son may glorify You.”

Yes, I know there is only one GOD, and The Father and Yeshua are that ONE AND THE SAME GOD. But how to explain it LORD? Even to understand it? PSALM 110.1, PSALM 45.7-8, Christian Bible PSALM 45.6-7, GENESIS 19.24, JOHN 17.1

The answer is certainly not the trinity.

The trinity is NOT of GOD. The trinity is nowhere to be found in The Bible. The doctrine of the trinity is each of the three gods is distinct, different, and separate of each other. The father is one god. Jesus is another god. And the spirit and the holy spirit is or are other gods. That is idolatry. Even paganism and polytheism that comes from the ancient Greeks and Romans.

The Bible is filled with many appearances on earth of The one GOD of Creation. GOD created and appeared to Adam and Eve. GOD appeared to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The LORD appeared to Moses numerous times throughout Israel’s 40 year journey in the wilderness. The LORD appeared to Joshua, Gideon, Samuel, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. Melchizedek appeared to Abraham. And Melchizedek is GOD, HA SHEM, Yeshua the Messiah. Hebrews 7.1-3. GOD appeared often as The Angel of GOD, The Angel of The LORD. As The Glory of GOD. The fire in a bush. The cloud and the fire that led the Children of Israel for 40 years. The cloud and the fire were GOD. Moses, Aaron and his two sons, and the 70 elders of Israel saw The GOD of Israel in Mount Sinai. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the body of Heaven in its clearness. And they saw GOD, and did eat and drink. GOD spoke to Moses often Face to face as a friend speaks to his friend. Yeshua The Messiah, The GOD of Israel appeared to all those people.

And of course, The LORD Yeshua Ha Mashiakh appeared to thousands, perhaps millions in Israel during New Testament times. And the angels of Heaven always see the Face of My Father which is in Heaven, Yeshua said. Matthew 18.10

Yeshua The Messiah is Elohim, Yehovah, Jehovah, Yahway, The Father, The Son, The Spirit, The Holy Spirit, Melchizedek, at times The Angel of GOD, The Angel of The LORD. The Glory of GOD, the fire in the tree that Moses approached. The fire and the cloud in the wilderness. All are THE ONE GOD. All are THE SAME GOD. GOD, The GOD of Israel, Yeshua The Messiah, The Creator of Heaven and earth. Yeshua The Messiah is Elohim, Ha Shem. THE ONE GOD.

So the questions are simple. How can GOD be in different places bodily at the same time? And GOD The Messiah speaking to GOD The Father? Both being THE ONE AND THE SAME GOD? How puzzling is that?

First of all, there is only one GOD. That is Biblical teaching from the Lips of GOD. DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29, ETC.

Get it out of your mind that there are three different gods. That is man’s invention, and it’s wrong. There is only one GOD.

GOD is not limited as we human beings are limited. GOD is GOD. He created the Heavens and the earth in six days, and all that is in them. Nothing, absolutely nothing is impossible for GOD, because GOD is GOD. GOD can raise the dead to life. GOD can be in a million different places bodily at the same time because HE is GOD. GOD fills Heaven and earth with His Spirit. And His Spirit is GOD. And GOD The Father, and GOD The Messiah can and do speak to each other because GOD is GOD. GOD is way beyond our understanding, but know this. There is only ONE GOD. The secret things belong to The LORD our GOD. But the things He has revealed belong to us and our children forever that we should do all The Words of His Law, His Law of Moses. DEUTERONOMY 29.29, REVELATION 22.1-4

(Revelation 22.3-4) His servants shall see Him, and they shall see HIS Face. Him and His are singular, ONE.

So in answer to my questions, there is only one GOD. There are no others beside Him. Nothing, absolutely nothing is impossible for GOD. The SPIRIT OF GOD fills Heaven and earth all the time. GOD can be in Heaven and earth bodily at the same time because He is GOD, ELOHIM. And GOD speaks to GOD because He is GOD. It’s that simple. GENESIS 18.14, PSALM 115.3, PSALM 135.6, MATTHEW 19.26, MARK 14.36, LUKE 1.37

Let’s continue with the Laws that GOD gave to the Priests of Israel.

LEVITICUS 22.26-27 The animal is not fit for sacrifice until it is at least eight days old. Then it is acceptable to be offered as a sacrifice to The LORD.

LEVITICUS 22.28 I would like to have Biblical reason for this Law, but there are none. Except GOD’S mercy for the mother of her young, and perhaps for human feelings.

LEVITICUS 22.29-30 The sacrifice of thanksgiving to The LORD was at the individual’s voluntary will. And it was eaten the same day.

Messiah’s offering of Himself for our Atonement was also a voluntary offering. No man takes My Life from Me, Messiah said. But I lay it down of My own free will. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. JOHN 10.18

All the sacrifices and grain offerings are complete and perfect in Messiah’s Atoning death.

Messiah is our free will offering. He gave His Life voluntarily for our Atonement.

Messiah is our peace offering. In Messiah Yeshua we have the peace that passes all understanding, when we put all our faith and trust in Him.

Messiah is also our perfect burnt offering and grain offering because He is a sweet savor to The LORD. Because The LORD said, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I AM well pleased.” And The LORD also said, Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him. He has put Him to grief. When You shall make His Soul An Offering For Sin. He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall Prosper in His Hand. MATTHEW 3.17, ISAIAH 53.10

And Messiah Yeshua is our sin offering, and trespass offering for our Atonement.

LEVITICUS 22.31 Therefore shall you keep My Commandments, and do them. I Am The LORD.

That is foundational teaching here at Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation. To keep GOD’S Commandments, His Law of Moses, for our good, along with our Faith in Ha Shem Yeshua Ha Mashiakh for Atonement. This is the only way to cease from sin, and the sure way to Heaven. I AM The LORD, The LORD GOD says. In other words, do what GOD says. 1 JOHN 3.4, NUMBERS 5.6, ETC.

LEVITICUS 22.32-33 GOD commands His People everywhere to obey every Word He speaks, and every Law He commands. Lest we profane His Holy Name when we disobey GOD’S commandments.

When we obey GOD’S Laws that are written in The Law of Moses, we become Holy as GOD is Holy. Failure to obey His Commandments that are written in The Law of Moses profanes The Name of The LORD.

The question is sometimes asked, what is our purpose in life? Our purpose in life is to Fear GOD and keep His Commandments. All His Laws, Teachings, and Instructions that are written in The Law of Moses. Obeying The LORD’S Torah prevents us from sinning against GOD. But we must have Atonement for our sins. And that is accomplished in The Messiah Yeshua’s sacrificial death. That is the way to everlasting life.

We must also be GOD’S witnesses that there is only one GOD and Yeshua The Messiah, The promised Messiah to the Jewish People is that one GOD. And we must tell people of GOD’S love and His greatness, and eternal life through Yeshua and Torah together.

GOD brought the Jewish People out of Egypt to be The GOD of the Jewish People. And for us, The Jewish People, to tell the world about GOD. Today we teach mankind about GOD and His Messiah Yeshua through The Bible from Genesis through Revelation. And GOD spoke directly to the Jewish People. And on rare occasions to others. “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Shalom. Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader

www.bethelohen.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

NOT EVERYONE THAT SAYS TO ME LORD, LORD, SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.

Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033

Shalom. Our teaching this morning continues from The Word Of God in The Torah, The Law of Moses, written in Leviticus 22.10-25. And the title of our message comes from Messiah Yeshua’s Words, NOT EVERYONE THAT SAYS TO ME LORD, LORD SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.

So with that said, let’s read Leviticus 22.10-25.

We have been teaching The Law of Moses from Genesis 1.1 through today’s teaching in Leviticus 22. And as we all know The Torah contains GOD’S Laws, and GOD’S Laws only. And The Law of Moses is easily found in the first five books of The Bible from Genesis through Deuteronomy.

GOD teaches extensively in The Bible that obedience to His Laws brings blessings. While disobedience to His Laws bring troubles and curses.

Unfortunately, most teachers who teach from The Bible teach and preach that GOD’S Laws are no longer valid. Teaching incorrectly that GOD’S Law of Moses had its validity up until the death of Christ. Since that time, they say, GOD’S Laws that are written in The Law of Moses have no validity in the Christian’s life. That is a huge mistake and a bigger lie.

The following are just a few facts from GOD ALMIGHTY that He spoke concerning His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

And Yeshua The Messiah is GOD ALMIGHTY. He is THE GOD OF ISRAEL Who gave His Laws to Moses Face to face.

“Obey the Statutes that I TEACH YOU, to do them,” GOD says, “THAT YOU MAY LIVE.” DEUTERONOMY 4.1.

Keep The Commandments of The LORD and His Statutes which I command you this day FOR YOUR GOOD. DEUTERONOMY 10.12-13

THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU IF YOU OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND A CURSE IF YOU WILL NOT OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. DEUTERONOMY 11.27-28.

The LORD has declared this day to be your GOD, and to walk in His Ways, and to keep His Statutes, and His Commandments, and His Judgments, and to obey His Voice.

AND HE HAS DECLARED TO YOU THIS DAY TO BE HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE, THAT YOU SHOULD KEEP ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS. AND TO MAKE YOU HIGH ABOVE ALL NATIONS, TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD, AS HE HAS SPOKEN. DEUTERONOMY 26.17-19

It shall come to pass, The LORD says, If you will diligently obey My Voice to observe and do all My Commandments which I command you this day, THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL SET YOU ON HIGH ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS SHALL COME UPON YOU, AND OVERTAKE YOU, IF YOU WILL OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.

BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF YOU WILL NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD TO OBSERVE AND DO ALL HIS COMMANDMNETS AND STATUTES WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, THAT ALL THESE CURSES SHALL COME UPON YOU, AND OVERTAKE YOU. DEUTERONOMY 28.1-68

Keep therefore the Words of this Covenant, and do them, saith The LORD, THAT YOU MAY PROSPER IN ALL THAT YOU DO. DEUTERONOMY 29.9.

GOD’s Covenant is His Word and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses. PSALM 105.8-10

I call Heaven and earth to record this day against you, The LORD says, THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING. THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN MAY LIVE.

That you love The LORD YOUR GOD, and that you obey His Voice, and that you hold fast to Him. FOR HE IS YOUR LIFE AND THE LENGTH OF YOUR DAYS. DEUTERONOMY 30.19-20

Yeshua The Messiah is The Mighty GOD, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. ISAIAH 9.6, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, JOHN 14.9.

He is The Spirit and The Holy Spirit GENESIS 1.1-2, ROMANS 8.9, and He is The Messiah, The Son of GOD. JOHN 4.25-26, PROVERBS 30.4

He is THE ONE GOD Who is all in all. He is GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM YESHUA HA MASHSHIAKH Who gave all His Laws to Moses Face to face.

And Yeshua The Messiah spoke these Words in The New Testament that flat out destroys church doctrine that the Law of Moses is no longer valid. Here are His Words.

“Not everyone that says to Me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that does the will of My Father which is in Heaven. Many shall say to Me in that day, LORD, LORD, have we not prophesied in Your Name? And in Your Name have cast out devils? And in Your Name done many wonderful works? And I will profess to them, I never knew you. Depart from Me you that work lawlessness.” You that violate, transgress, and break The Law of Moses, and reject it. MATTHEW 7.21-23

As a point of information, the word “will” in Greek, when Messiah said, Not everyone that says to Me Lord, Lord shall enter into The Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the “WILL” of My Father which is in Heaven. The Greek word for “WILL” is THELEMA meaning DECREE AND LAW. Thus Messiah is saying, those that do and obey The Law of Moses will enter into Heaven. And those who don’t, won’t.

The Law of Moses includes The Messiah Yeshua. How?

Messiah Yeshua is Elohim, a Hebrew word used thousands of times in The Law for THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Messiah Yeshua is GOD, GOD THE FATHER, THE MESSIAH, THE SPIRIT, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SO MUCH MORE. And when you see The Word GOD in The Law, and in the Prophets and in the Writings, and in The New Testament, GOD IS MESSIAH YESHUA. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD. MESSIAH YESHUA. DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29

I maintain that because of the legions of false Bible teachers vigorously teaching and preaching the lie that GOD’S Laws written in The Law Of Moses are no longer valid, this world has become more and more evil with more crime, wars, murders, killings, diseases, floods, fires, typhoons, deceit, haters of GOD, and homosexuality that GOD calls an abomination. All a judgment of GOD because of disobedience against The LORD and against His Anointed. Leviticus 18.22, Leviticus 20.13, Romans 1.26-28

Let’s look at JAMES 3.1 and see what he says about false teachers.

My brethren, be not many masters knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

The word condemnation in Greek is KRIMA meaning Law and Judgment. The greater condemnation that the false teachers of The Bible receive or will receive is because of their teaching lies that GOD’S LAWS that are written in The Law of Moses are no longer valid. And because these false teachers break GOD’S Laws, and teach others to do so, they are condemned and judged by GOD because they lie about His Law of Moses.

Masters in this verse mean teachers, doctors, and instructors. Those who teach The Bible.

Let’s continue with GOD’S teachings and laws for the Priests of Israel.

LEVITICUS 22.10 No stranger shall eat of the Holy Things. The Holy Things were the portions of food from the animal sacrifices and the grain offerings that were offered to The LORD and eaten by the Priests and their families.

The stranger is not a Priest, nor is the stranger Jewish. A sojourner of the Priests is not a Priest but perhaps employed by the Priest or a tenant living on the Priest’s property. They are not allowed to eat the Holy Things, the portions from the animal sacrifices and grain offerings offered to The LORD.

LEVITICUS 22.11 If a Priest buys a person with his money to be his own, that person is allowed to eat the Priestly portions offered to The LORD. And anyone born in the Priest’s house may also eat the Holy Things.

LEVITICUS 22.12 If the Priest’s daughter is married to a stranger, that is a non-priest or a non-Jewish person, she is not allowed to eat of the Holy Things offered to The LORD. Nor is the stranger she is married to allowed to eat the Holy Things.

GOD is a GOD of Holiness. A GOD of purity and sinlessness. He is perfect, a GOD of truth and without iniquity. Just and right is He. And GOD commands His People everywhere to be Holy, for He says, You shall be Holy for I The LORD Your GOD Am Holy. Leviticus 19.2.

King David told his son Solomon, Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep GOD’S Statutes, His Commandments, and His Judgments as they are written in The Law of Moses that you may prosper in all that you do wheresoever you turn yourself. 1 KINGS 2.1-3

David taught his son Solomon Holiness by keeping the charge of The LORD his GOD. To keep GOD’S Laws and Instructions. To walk in His Ways and obey The Law of Moses. That is Holiness. That is the Will of the Father in Heaven.

And one must be strong to keep The Law of Moses in the face of so much opposition.

LEVITICUS 22.13 But if the Priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and she has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s meat from the Holy Things. But no stranger shall eat of it.

LEVITICUS 22.14 If a person eats of the Holy Things by mistake, he must pay the Priest the full value of the animal, the Holy Thing that was sacrificed, plus 20% of the animal’s value.

LEVITICUS 22.15 When the Priests obey The LORD, they do not profane the Holy Things. The Holy Things are the Tabernacle and the Temple and everything in them including the animal sacrifices and grain offerings.

However, when anyone, including the Priests disobey The LORD by sinning against any of His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses, that person profanes The Name of The LORD GOD OF HEAVEN. They defile GOD’S Name. NUMBERS 5.5-6, 1 JOHN 3.4, ETC.

LEVITICUS 22.16 If the Priest allows the Holy Things to be defiled, the Priest is in sin and responsible for his sin. For GOD says, “I The LORD do sanctify them.”

LEVITICUS 22.17-25

VERSE 23 A freewill offering seems to be less Holy than the other offerings because the freewill offering was allowed to have deformities or other imperfections.

A freewill offering was an animal sacrifice made by an individual as an act of spontaneous devotion to The LORD, distinct from a perfect sacrifice that was Required by The LORD.

Messiah Yeshua’s primary purpose 2,000 years ago was to lay down His Life as a human being to be our perfect sacrifice for our Atonement. As we all know, the animal sacrifices have ended until the third Temple is rebuilt. Messiah Yeshua replaced the perfect animal sacrifice to be our Atonement. LEVITICUS 17.8-9.

Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53 prophesy of Messiah’s death, burial, and resurrection. While in Isaiah 53.10, GOD tells us that Messiah’s Soul is an offering for sin. Messiah Yeshua’s soul is the perfect offering for our Atonement.

There is no other atonement available.

Messiah often predicted His death, burial and resurrection, clearly stating that His death is for our Atonement.

Predicting His death at His final Passover Seder before his death the following day on the first day of Passover, Messiah said, “This is My blood of The New Covenant, or The New Testament which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

Sin is breaking The Law of Moses. MATTHEW 26.28, JEREMIAH 31.31-34, 1 JOHN 3.4, NUMBERS 5.6

Messiah, the Perfect Sacrifice for our Atonement, predicted His death often, but few if any understood except maybe the High Priest Caiaphas who prophesied that Yeshua would die for the Nation Of Israel and all the Children Of GOD. JOHN 11.45-53

Messiah said, He would give His Life a ransom for many. To pay the price for our Atonement by His death. MATTHEW 20.28.

That He would lay His Life down for the sheep. For greater love has no man than this. That a man lay down His Life for His friends. JOHN 10.15, JOHN 15.13

I AM The Good Shepherd, Messiah said. The Good Shepherd gives His Life for the sheep. JOHN 10.11

The hour has come, Messiah said, that The Son of Man should be Glorified. Honored and Magnified. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone. But if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. JOHN 12.23-24

Yes, Messiah’s death is for our Atonement. That’s why He came 2,000 years ago. And that is the Grace Of GOD. But GOD requires us to live our lives in Holiness, in Obedience to all His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses. And by obeying GOD’S Laws, we no longer sin against GOD. That is being a Child of GOD, Special and Holy to The LORD YOUR GOD.

To the church and certain Messianic Jews, remember what Messiah said to those who reject His Law of Moses. “Depart from Me you workers of lawlessness.”

Thus, belief in Messiah Yeshua for Atonement, and obedience to Torah, GOD’S Law of Moses results in your ceasing from sin. That is perfect Salvation to enter into The Kingdom of Heaven. That is the Will of Your Father which is in Heaven. And that is Biblical teaching.

Shalom. Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader

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