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Jewish Heritage Revival
One Heritage United by Messiah
Jewish Heritage Revival's Statement of Beliefs:
What
Jewish Heritage Revival believes:
| One God | One Messiah | One Book | One Heritage | One Body of Believers | One Way | One Purpose |
"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Ephesians 4:4 - 6
The
Power of One
- One God
From before the beginning of time
God was one.
Comprised of three very distinct manifestations, each individual, yet one God – A
plurality.
| “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 |
| "And God said "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." Genesis 2:24 |
| “One
God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Ephesians
4:6 |
| “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake” John 14:10 - 11 |
Our God – the Son, our Messiah who tabernacled (dwelt) among us, is worshipped as God and is our Passover Lamb, for the remission of our sins and those of the world:
| “And Simon Peter answered and said “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 |
| "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Yeshua the Messiah: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation. and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in the earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Lord to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:5 - 11 |
| "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved" John 3:16 - 17 |
| "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, and you are unleavened. For even Yeshua, our Passover is sacrificed for us." 1 Corinthinans 5:7 |
| "The next day John seeing Yeshua coming unto him, and says "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world."" John 1:29 |
Our God – the Holy Spirit (Ruach Hakodesh), who resides with us, lives inside of every believer - the power that brought to life, everything created.
| "And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters" Genesis 1:2 |
| "And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."" Genesis 1:26 |
| "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul" Genesis 2:7 |
Before our Messiah’s ascension God’s Holy Spirit fell upon those who were anointed by God (Samson, David, Moses) – an outward anointing.
| "Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a kid (goat) and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done." Judges 14:5 - 6 |
| "And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle..." Judges 14:19 |
| "And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them and shall be turned into another man"...."And when they came there to the hill, behold a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied with them. 1 Samuel 10:6 & 10:10 (Saul) |
| "Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel said, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, "the rock of Israel spoke to me, he that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God" 2 Samuel 23:1 - 3 |
| "And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. 1 Kings 18:12 (Elijah) |
| "And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus says the Lord, "Why transgress the commandments of the Lord, that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you."" 2 Chronicles 24:20 |
| "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isaiah 61:1 |
Today, as believers, our bodies are where God’s Holy Spirit resides – an inward anointing. Guiding us, teaching us, sealing us:
| "And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you forever. Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you." John 14:16 - 17 |
| "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you." John 14:26 |
| Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you in all truth: for He shall not speak: and He will show you things to come. He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of mine, and shall show it to you." John 16:13 - 14 |
| "But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."...."And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance" Acts 1:8 & 2:4 |
| "But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Messiah, He is not of Him." Romans 8:9 |
| "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, the are also the sons of God. For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." Romans 8:14 - 16 |
| "And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed until the day of redemption." Ephesians 4:30 |
| "Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yeshua the Messiah, for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2:38 |
- One
Messiah
Who:
- Was
born of a virgin
- Lived
a sinless life as deemed by God’s Word, given to the children of Israel
- Was
falsely accused and sentenced to death
- Suffered
greatly
- Died
a painful death on a Roman Cross
- Was
the first fruit of the resurrection
- Ascended
to Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God
- Has promised to return again
To see these and other prophecies fulfilled by our Messiah, please view our article on Prophecies Fulfilled by Yeshua
No other person in history comes close to fulfilling the promises of the Messiah, as found in scripture, by our Messiah Yeshua. Therefore, He is and can be the only one promised by God.
Many prophecies have yet to be fulfilled, but, that will be accomplished with our Messiah's second coming. Our Messiah has promised to return again:
| "Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas said to Him, Lord, we know not where you go and how can we know the way? Messiah said to him, I am the way, the truth and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me." John 14:1 - 6 |
| "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." 1 Corinthians 15:51 - 53 |
| "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Messiah will God bring with him. For this we say to you, by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not precede them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Messiah will rise first. Then, we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - 18 |
- One
Book
God's Word, comprised of the Jewish Bible - Tenach (old testament), that includes Torah, Haftorah (history, prophets and wisdom books) and the Brith Hadoshah - Messianic writings (new testament). Both are equally valid today as they were 2000 years ago. Portions of the Jewish Bible have been fulfilled by our Messiah, in terms of the requirements for the remission of our sin through His blood sacrifice, once and for all, who accept. Many of God's commands still apply today. First commanded to Israel as they were to enter their land, and now for all believers in Messiah.
| And this is the Instruction - the laws and the rules - that the Lord your God has commanded me to impart to you, to be observed in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy, so that you and your children and your children's children may revere the Lord your God and follow as long as you live, and His laws and commandments that I enjoin upon you, to the end that you may long endure. Obey, O Israel, willingly and faithfully that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, spoke to you. Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, and when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead, inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. When the Lord your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to assign to you - great and flourishing cities that you did not build, houses full of all good things that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant - and you eat your fill, take heed that you do not forget the Lord who freed you from the land of Egypt, the house of bondage. Revere only the Lord your God and worship Him alone, and swear only by His name. Do not follow other gods, any gods of the peoples about you - for the Lord your God in your midst is an impassioned God - lest the anger of the Lord your God blaze forth against you and He wipe you off the face of the earth.. Deuteronomy 6:1 - 15 |
| "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 (anything taken out of context can be misapplied - including God's Word) |
| "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Timothy 3:16 - 17 (At the time of this writing, Paul was referring to the Tenach, for there were no New Testament writings at the time. However, this does apply to the Messianic Writings we have today, in that they have been inspired by God.) |
| "Behold, the days come says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband unto them, says the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, "Know the Lord:" For they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sins no more." Jeremiah 31:31 - 34 |
The Messianic writings refer / quote the Tenach hundreds of times. The Tenach is the text for which the New Testament's foundation is applied. In essence, the New Testament writings are our application notes.
Our Messiah actually raised the bar for all who believe in Him...a few examples:
| "You have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shall not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has ought against you; leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." Matthew 5:21 - 24 |
| "You have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shall not commit adultery. But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman with lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart." Matthew 5:27 - 28 |
| "Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time, Thou shall not perjure yourself, but shall perform unto the Lord your oaths. But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne. Nor by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be Yes, yes, No, no, for whatsoever is more than this comes of evil." Matthew 5:33 - 37 |
Our
Messiah quotes from the Torah and the Prophets many times during His 3 1/2 year
ministry in preparing us for the Kingdom of God.
| "Think not that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For surely I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:17 - 20 |
| "Until the day in which He was taken up, after that, He, through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he showed himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." Acts 1:2 - 3 What was our Messiah's text book? It was the Tenach. |
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Heritage
A heritage created by God through His covenant with Abraham that would bring forth our inheritance to the Kingdom of God. This same heritage brought forth the only one who would redeem us of our sins...the Messiah. A heritage that was originally a closed club, for the Jewish people only, is now a heritage for all who believe in the God of Abraham and our Passover Lamb, Jesus, the Messiah.
A heritage that is extensively documented in the Tenach,
A heritage that majestically foretells of our Messiah,
Throughout our Messiah's ministry, He was obedient to God's commandments as found in the Jewish Bible. His obedience included honoring God's Feasts as found in Leviticus 23, as well as the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah).
| The Sabbath - And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore, the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath." Mark 2:27 - 28 |
| Feast of the Dedications - "And it was at Jerusalem, the Feast of the Dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch." John 10:22 - 23 |
| Feast of Passover (also Unleavened Bread)- John 2:13 - 25; Matthew 26; Luke 22; John 13; Mark 14 |
| Feast of Tabernacles - "Now the Feast of Tabernacles was at hand...But, when His brethren were gone up, then he went also to the feast, not openly but in secret" John 7:2 & John 7:10 |
| Unknown Feast - "After this there was a Feast; and Jesus went to Jerusalem". John 5:1 (There are three Feasts that are specifically held in Jerusalem - The Passover (including Unleavened Bread and First Fruits), Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and Feast of Tabernacles. Therefore, by stating our Messiah was in Jerusalem specifically leads us to believe that it was one of these three Feasts. |
As such, we as believers, should continue to honor God through His Feasts, as our Messiah did, faithfully. For the heritage we refer to is the heritage of God...given to the Jewish people first...and now through our Messiah, for everyone who accepts and believes in Him.
As for believers in Messiah who are Jewish, we do not stop being Jewish (or convert to something else as many are lead to believe, through various denominations) because we have accepted, and therefore believe in our Jewish Messiah.
| "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." Romans 2:28 - 29 |
We become born again, as our Messiah teaches Nicodemus:
|
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus, by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said to him: "Surely, I say to you, that unless a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." Nicodemus said to Him: "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered: "Surely, I say to you, that unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. The wind blows where it listeth, and you hear the sound of it, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit." Nicodemus answered and said to Him: "How can these things be?" Jesus answered and said to him: "Are you a master of Israel, and yet you don't know this? Surely, I say to you, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and you receive not our witness. If I told you earthly things, and you didn't believe, how can you believe if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man has ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is from heaven." John 3:1 - 13 |
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Body of Believers
| "For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Messiah. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether we are bound or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many." 1 Corinthians 12:12 - 14 |
| "For you are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Messiah have put on Messiah. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Messiah. And if you are Messiah's, then are you Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3:26 - 29 |
- One
Way
Sin entered the world through one man:
| "And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man saying, of every tree of the garden you may freely eat. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die." Genesis 2:15 - 17 |
| "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave it also to her husband with her, and he did eat." Genesis 3:6 |
| "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken." Genesis 3:22 - 24 |
Therefore if one man has sinned, then we all have sinned, being born into sin.
| "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Messiah unto all and upon all of them that believe because there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God..." Romans 3: 21 - 23 |
God requires a blood sacrifice for the remission of sin:
| "And whatsoever man there is in the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul." Leviticus 17:10 - 11 |
| "But Messiah being come as a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats or calves, but by his own blood He entered in once, into the Holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctified to the purifying of the flesh, How much more shall the blood of Messiah who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself, without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" Hebrews 9:11 - 14 |
Our only hope is through our Messiah's provision for the atonement of our sin. It has always been by faith, from the beginning of time, through Abraham for which God made a covenant that would bring forth the coming of Messiah. And now when we believe in Him, it is also by faith.
| "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Hebrews 11:1 - 3 |
| "Is He the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes of the Gentiles also. Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yes, we establish the law." Romans 8:29 - 31 |
He lived an obedient life, according to the scriptures, and therefore was deemed by God, a worthy and acceptable sacrifice for the remission of our sin. Our Messiah further instructed us to "follow Him". There are no qualifications, as to how we are to follow Him, but rather a simple, yet all inclusive statement - "Follow Me".
| "And Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." And they straightway left their nets, and followed Him." Matthew 4:18 - 20 |
| "Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side. And a certain scribe came and said to Him, Master, I will follow you where so ever you go. And Jesus said to him "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nest; but the Son of man has not where he lies his head." And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go bury my father. But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury the dead." Matthew 8:18 - 22 |
| "And as Jesus passed passed forth from thence, He saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and He said to him "Follow Me" And he arose and followed Him." Matthew 9:9 |
| Jesus said to him (Thomas) "I am the way, the truth and the life: No man comes to the Father, but by Me." John 14:6 |
| "Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me." Matthew 16:24 |
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Purpose
| "Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Matthew 28:19 - 20 |
| I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1 - 2 |