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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.
Our God – the Father,
creator of the universe and everything in it:
| “Hear
O Israel: The Lord our God, the
Lord is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4
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| "And
God said "Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness..." Genesis 2:24
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| “One
God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Ephesians
4:6
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| “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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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)
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| "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
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| "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)
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| 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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "And
grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed until the day of
redemption." Ephesians 4:30
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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)
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| "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.)
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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. |
- One
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
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| 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
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| Feast of Passover (also Unleavened Bread)-
John 2:13 - 25; Matthew 26; Luke 22; John 13; Mark 14
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| 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
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| 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:
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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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- One
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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| "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
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| 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 |
- One
Purpose
To Serve God.
| "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
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| 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 |
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