2003-2004

I am amazed at what is going on in our day right now as we're watching the dividing of the land of Yisra'el. This is very prophetic! We'll know more in the next couple of weeks, and at that time I may share what may be in all our near future.

Getting back to where I left off concerning what was one of the many things Yahshua HaMoshiach did. According to Written Torah, if a married woman is divorced for adultery, she then marries another, and either through divorce or death of the second husband, is unable to remarry her 1st husband. Yahweh says this is an abomination. We see this in:

Deuteronomy 24:1-4

"When a man takes a wife and shall marry her, then it shall be, if she finds no favour in his eyes because he has found a matter of uncoveredness in her, and he shall write her a certificate of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, (2) and if she left his house and went and became another man's wife, (3) and the latter husband shall hate her and write her a certificate of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or when the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, (4) then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be an abomination before Yahweh. And do not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.

Now, we know that Yahweh married Yisra'el at Mt. Sinai, and the Written Torah is the Ketubah or marriage covenant, and that both parties, Yahweh and Yisra'el are bound to it. Forwarding in time remember that since Yahweh gave Ephrayim, the house of Yisra'el, a certificate of divorce, Yahweh is not able to again marry Ephrayim because she went off and wed herself to another (false elohim).

So in order to rectify this, if Ephrayim's first husband died, then she would be free from this, and able to remarry Him. Only with Yahweh is this possible, and not with any other. So therefore Yahweh is Yahshua! If He isn't, then Ephrayim has no hope in partaking in the 2nd marriage with the bridegroom Yahshua! Yet Yahshua said again, He came but for the lost sheep of the house of Yisra'el! So through His death, Ephrayim was released, and Yahudah became a widow. Then Yahudah joins together again with Ephrayim, becoming one (see Ezekiel 37) and will be able to partake of the marriage at the end of the millennial reign.

Now you may have a problem with Yahshua being Yahweh, as many people do. I know I did, but the facts speak for themselves. As I have had a chance to see more and more of what is written in the Aramaic version, also known as the Peshitta, through the Hebrew Roots Version, there are some very eye opening verses that came to light.

So before giving those verses let me explain a little bit about the Aramaic/Peshitta version of the Renewed Covenant or known in the Hebrew as Brit HaChadashah. Hold on a sec, do you see that, the Renewed Covenant? It's the same one, only refreshed, it's not new! The Written Torah again has not been done away with! What we've been led to believe in that everything past Malachi has been called the "New Testament" has been poorly labeled or named.

Anyway, Aramaic was the language of commerce in land of Yahudah, which is very similar to Hebrew. Notice I didn't say Yisra'el, as the land in Yahshua's day and for many centuries wasn't known as Yisra'el, because why? Right you are! The name "Yisra'el" referred only to the 10 northern tribes after the Kingdom was split in two, and then the 10 tribes were carried off between 734-722 BCE. So when you see "Yisra'el" being referred to in the Renewed Covenant, quite often, it's referring to the divorced Northern Kingdom.

Now the Peshitta is within 50 years of the Greek version as I've come to understand it, either before or after. While I'm at it, many scholars today agree that the Brit was originally written almost entirely in Hebrew/Aramaic, with the exception of Luke perhaps, which could have been a rewrite of Matthew into the Greek. For a study on why this is strongly believed, take some time to read this short article:

Hebrew/Aramaic Origin of the New Testament

Now I have to tell you that I didn't set eyes on the HRV The Hebrew Roots Version, until around the beginning of 2005. Within the last year, two of these verses were pointed out to me, and some of these verses, I only found out tonight while searching the Scriptures. So here's some verses referring to Yahshua as Yahweh from the Peshitta/Aramaic:

Luke 2:11 For to you are born today in the city of David the savior, who is YHWH the Messiah.

Acts 2:21 And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of YHWH will have life.

Acts 2:36 Truly therefore, let know all the house of Yisra'el that Eloah has made this Yahshua, whom you crucified YHWH and the Messiah.

Acts 2:38 Shim'on said to them, repent and be immersed, each man of you, in the name of YHWH Yahshua for the remission of sins, that you might receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh.

Acts 10:36 For [this is] the word that He sent to the B'nai Yisra'el and declared to them: Shalom and quiet through Yahshua the Messiah, He is YHWH of all.

1st Corinthians 8:6 But to us ourselves, [there] is one Eloah, the Father, from whom [are] all [things] and by whom we are, and one YHWH, Yahshua the Messiah; by His hand [are] all [things] and by His hand we are also.

1st Corinthians 11:27 Therefore whoever eats of the bread of YHWH and drinks from His cup, and is not worthy, he is indebted to the blood of YHWH and to His body.

1st Corinthians 12:3 Because of this, I make known to you that there is no one who speaks by the Spirit of Eloah and says the Yahshua is accursed. And neither is a man able to say that YHWH is Yahshua except by the Ruach HaKodesh. (Set-Apart Spirit, formerly known as the Holy Spirit)

Philippians 2:11 And every tongue will confess that Yahshua the Messiah is YHWH, to the glory of Eloah His Father.

Can you say WOW on 1st Corinthians 8:6 and Philippians 2:11!

Okay, I'm going to give you one more, which will make you ponder. Now this one comes from the TaNaK. What is the TaNaK you say? It's what's wrongly labeled as the "Old Testament". We'll get into that whole discussion later, but for now simply know that TaNaK is an acronym of the letters: T,N, and K. T=Torah the first five books, N=Nevi'im or the Prophets, and K=Ketuvim or the Writings, like Psalms, Esther, Proverbs, etc.,,,. Now for the verse:

Genesis 19:24 And Yahweh rained sulphur and fire on Sedom and Amorah, from Yahweh out of the heavens.

Now look at that verse closely, you know that Abraham was visited by Yahweh before Sedom and Amorah (Sodom and Gomorrah) were destroyed. Then Yahweh rained down you know what from Yahweh out of the heavens! This is Yahshua, who is Yahweh. There's two Yahwehs! But we know there's only one. He's just extending Himself in order to deal with us. Now lest you think I'm losing it here, there's a verse that states there will once again be one Yahweh, and this is in "The Day of Yahweh", known as "in that day".

Zechariah 14:9 And Yahweh shall be Sovereign over all the earth. In that day there shall be one Yahweh, and His Name one.

Okay it's late, so I'm going to have to wrap it up here. But next time I'm going to share with you some things that happened between my 2nd wife and I, that were very upsetting to us both. We weren't on the same page so to speak in our beliefs during this time frame, and it was one of those times in life that you too may very well face in your future, if you haven't already. But most likely you will at some point because of what Yahshua said He came to bring.

Until next time, May Yahweh Bless You and Guard You,

John