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There is no Yada Yahweh movement--only a respect for what Yahweh actually said and a passion to share it. That is the sole purpose of the book and site. For more on this read:
http://yadayahweh.com/Yada_Yahweh_Genesis.YHWHThere is no New Covenant, only the renewal of the covenant Yahweh established with Abraham. And that covenant is relational, not religious. For more on it read:
http://yadayahweh.com/Ya...weh_Genesis_Beriyth.YHWHFaith is useless. Yahweh accepts trust and reliance. You have to know the evidence and then think your way to God. For more on this read:
http://yadayahweh.com/Ya..._Assemblies_Bikurim.YHWHThere is no Jewish religion in Scripture--at least in a positive sense. God hates religion. Yahushua, not Jesus, proclaimed the message of the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms--He attacked the Jewish religion. For more on this read:
http://yadayahweh.com/Ya...Yahweh_Going_Astray.YHWHChristians are following the Babylonian sun god religion. As such, the Babylonian faith is not lost. That iswhy Yahushua's last instruction to us is to Come out of Babylon, My people. For more on this read:
http://yadayahweh.com/Ya...h_God_Damn_Religion.YHWHWho I am is irrelevent. What Yahweh says is relevent.
I am not the founder of any movement--simply someone doing what Yahweh asked me to do. There are many, I suspect tens of thousands, maybe more, who know the truth regarding Yahweh. And God has always had witnesses throughout the ages. They are always unpopular. While their message is literally life and death, they themselves are meaningless.
I will never have an "adherent," as that would mean that I was placing myself over and above God, as the Roman Catholic Church has done, and that would be an abomination. Yahweh has many who know Him as He revealed Himself, and who have relied on the seven-step path He has provided. That said, according to Yahushua, the vast perponderance of people are lost, going down the wrong path. That would include virtually all Christians and all practicing Catholics.
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Consider this explanation from the Sermon on the Mount:
Before we turn the page, there is one last thought I’d like to leave you with. As an essential element of His Sermon on the Mount, Mattityahu records Yahushua saying: “Therefore (houto) let your light (phos) shine (lampo – brightly) before (emphosthen) men (anthropos – humankind) so that they can see (horao – become acquainted with, experience, and pay attention to) your good (kalos – moral, fitting, advantageous, profitable, generous, beautiful, sound, and important) works (ergon – deeds, actions, that which you attend to, your undertakings and activities which are profitable) and thereby appreciate and honor (doxazo – come to conclude something positive and praiseworthy as a result of thinking judiciously about) your Father in Heaven (ouranos).” (Matthew 5:16)
Throughout His presentation of the celebration of the Passover, Yahuweh, who has referred to Himself as “our Father in Heaven,” has used the Hebrew term for “work,” ‘atah, to implore us to “attend, observe, and perform, gain and profit from” Pesach. He has used the Hebrew word for “good,” towb, to convey that its observance is “good, moral, generous, joyous, beautiful, and pleasing.” And we have heard Him speak of how the Passover celebration led to “halal, radiant cheering and beaming praise,” with the participants “shining brightly with a clear and visible light.” Mattityahu’s recording of Yahushua’s sermon affirms all of these things.
In this context, please consider: “Do not (me) assume (nomizo – suppose or acknowledge, following as a custom or tradition) that (hoti) I have come (erchomai – have arrived and appeared) to weaken, dismantle, invalidate, or abolish (kataluso – loosen, tear down, or dissolve, put an end to, do away with, or annul) the Torah/Law (nomos – prescriptions for living, statutes, ordinances, and duties as written and established in Scripture) or the Prophets (prophetes – those who spoke for God). I have not come to do away with (kataluso – invalidate or abolish) it, but instead (alla – on the other hand) to completely fulfill it (pleroo).” (Mattityahu/Matthew 5:17)
Yahushua came to fulfill the promises made in the Torah and Prophets, but then religious men came along and annulled them—replacing Scripture’s instructions with religious “traditions and customs” which far too many have “assumed” to be valid. Passover was abolished by Catholic clerics, and then it was replaced with the Last Supper, the Eucharist, and Good Friday. Unleavened Bread was annulled by religious clerics as if nothing happened on this day. And then FirstFruits was invalidated to make way for Easter—all in direct contradiction to Yahuweh’s and Yahushua’s testimony. Therefore, if God was telling the truth, the religion of Christianity isn’t.
Yahushua was as unequivocal as words allow. He came to earth as a man for the primary purpose of fulfilling the promises He made in the Torah and Prophets. And any intelligent review of His promises and His life leads to the conclusion that foremost on His agenda was the fulfillment of the Miqra’ey of Pesach, Matsah, and Bikurym with His sacrifice as the Passover Lamb on Passover, His journey into sheowl/hades on the Sabbath of Unleavened Bread, and subsequent resurrection on FirstFruits. And yet Christian clerics abrogate the idea that God prioritized the Miqra’ey in this way by suggesting that “to fulfill” means to “do away with and move on to something else.” But not only isn’t that a reasonable connotation of fulfill, their conclusion is in direct conflict with the first half of the passage, and even the first half of the last sentence—“I have not come to do away with it [the Torah and Prophets].
“Truly (amein – this is reliable and trustworthy), I say (lego – affirm and convey meaning with these words) to you, till (hoes) heaven (ouranos) and the earth (ges) pass away (parerchomai) not (ou) one (heis) jot (iota – the smallest letter, or yodh in Hebrew) nor tittle (keraia – the top stroke or horn of Hebrew letters) shall be passed by (parerchomai – be ignored or disobeyed, be disregarded) from (apo) that which was established in the Torah/Law (nomos – prescriptions for living, statues, ordinances, and duties as written in Scripture) until the time and place (hoes) it all (pas) happens (ginomai – comes to exist and takes place, is manifest in public in the context of history).” (Matthew 5:18)
The reference to “jot and tittle” is to Hebrew, as opposed to Greek, Latin, or English. These strokes and details are exclusive to the alphabet of the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms—affirming an essential truth: Scripture was written in Hebrew. In Babylonian Hebrew, Yodh, the first letter in Yahuweh’s name, became a “jot,” a letter which is only one-third of normal height. “Tittles” are the upper extensions on the Hebrew letters: Beth, Daleth, Resh, Veth, He, Phe, Thaw and Qoph.
The Messiyah came for a singular reason, and it wasn’t to start a new religion. He came to completely fulfill that which was written about Him in the Hebrew Scriptures, in the Torah and by the Prophets. He did so by becoming the Passover Lamb, by removing sin from our mortal nature on Unleavened Bread, and by gathering us together and lifting us up to heaven on FirstFruits. It is the message which lies at the heart of the Torah. It is the message foretold by the Prophets.
These past two verses, and the one which follows, completely destroy the foundation of the Christian religion, as well as Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism. “Therefore (oun), whoever (ean) dismisses (luo – does away with, dissolves, invalidates, or abolishes) the least (elachistos – smallest and least significant) of these commandments (entole – precepts, prescriptions, ordinances, and authoritative directions, from entellomai, things which must be accomplished) or teaches (didasko – indoctrinates or instructs) people (anthropos) to do the same (houto – in like manner), they will be called (kaleo – referred to, designated, labeled, and named) the least important (elachistos – so small as to be insignificant, undignified) in (en) the kingdom (basileia – dominion) of heaven (ouranos). And whoever performs (poieomai – accomplishes and celebrates, practices and profits from) them, and teaches (didasko – instructs) them (houtos), they will be called (kaleo – referred to, designated, labeled and named) the greatest and most important (megas – extraordinary and dignified) in (en) the kingdom (basileia – dominion) of heaven (ouranos).” (Mattityahu/Matthew 5:19) It isn’t that the religious deceivers are among the least honored guests in heaven, it’s that those who are in heaven, see them as insignificant and undignified. And this means that they will be excluded from heaven.
“Because (gar) I say (lego – profess and promise) to you, that (hopi) unless (ean) your righteousness (dikaiosyne – integrity, legal standing, uprightness, and adherence to the relationship) is abundantly superior to (perissseuo – substantially greater than and in excess of) and more appropriate than (pleion) the religious teachers, judges, and high-ranking political officials (grammateus – experts, scribes, and scholars) and Pharisees (Pharisaios – members of a fundamentalist political and religious party comprised of hypocritical Jews who coveted authority, were overtly religious, set rules which others had to abide by, established religious rituals and traditions, and interpreted Scripture to their liking), you will never (ou me) move into or experience (eiserchomai) the realm (basileia – or kingdom) of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20) Today, you may rightly consider this list to include: popes, cardinals, bishops, priests, pastors, rabbis, imams, religious scholars and professors, publishers, media professionals, judges, presidents, senators, congressmen, and governors.
And that means that there is a way to heaven which bypasses both religion and superlative behavior. I think God spoke of this path in the conclusion to His Sermon on the Mount. Yahushua told us of a passageway which would be opened. “Ask (aiteo – make an earnest request) and it shall be given (didomi – granted as a gift) to you. Seek (zeteo – search for the information and location) and you will discover and experience it (heuriskomai – know the truth and find the place). Knock (krouo – request acceptance at the door) and it will be opened for you (anoigo – you will be granted entrance to the place and given access to understanding). For then (gar) all (pas) who make an earnest request (aiteo – ask) receive (lambano – will be acquired and accepted, will be taken by the hand and carried away). And those who search for the information and location (zeteo – seek and desire to obtain) will know the truth and find the place (heuriskomai – discover and experience it). Those who request acceptance at the door (krouo – knock) will be granted entrance and given access to understanding (anoigo – and it will be opened).” (Mattityahu/Matthew 7:7-8)
At this point, Yahushua tried to put this wonderful gift of eternal life in the company of our Heavenly Father into a human context we could all understand. He said: “What man is there among you, when his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him as stone? Or if he should ask for a fish, would give him a snake? If then you being morally corrupt (poneros – bad, evil, diseased, and guilty, annoying, and prone to laborious harassment) know and understand how to (eimi) give good (agathos – valuable, upright, and generous) gifts to your children, how much more (mallon – by way of contrast) will your Father who is in heaven produce and give (didomi – pay to allow you to experience) valuable, upright, and generous (agathos – good) gifts to those who ask (aiteo) Him? Everything (pas) therefore (oun) to the degree (hosos) or case (ean – possible set of conditions by which) you choose and desire (thelo – propose, decide, want, and wish for) as a result of (hina) the actions and acts (poieomai – practices, performances, work, results, and accomplishments) of men (anthropos – human beings), in like manner (houto) you do (poieomai – bring about) for them.” (Matthew 7:9-12)
Within the context of gifts given by our Heavenly Father, there is none greater than what He did for us when He became the Passover Lamb and ransomed us from the penalty of sin on Unleavened Bread. Through His sacrifice He provided a way home—a path which begins with us attending, accepting and benefiting from Pesach, Matsah, and Bikurym and ends with us answering the summons to participate in Taruw’ah, Kippurym, and Sukah. Here then, is that path…
“For then (gar) this (houtos) is (eimi – was and will be, exists as) the Torah/Law (nomos – prescriptions for living, statutes, ordinances, and duties as written and established) and the Prophets (prophetes – those who spoke for God): enter (eiserchomai – start with and experience the first step in the journey) through (dia – by the way and means of) the (ho) narrow (stenos – exacting and specific requirement) gate (pyle – doorway, portal, and entrance)…” (Mattityahu/ Matthew 7:12-13)
Throughout Yada Yahweh, you will discover that there are a number of consistent themes which permeate Scripture. And very few of them are as essential as the truth imbedded within the Hebrew and Greek words quwm and histemi: “to stand upright so as to enable others to stand.” God stood up for us so that we could stand with Him. In Matthew 7:13, the root of the Greek word stenos, translated “narrow,” is histemi—something it shares with stauros, meaning “upright pillar,” but errantly rendered “cross.” So the message is: just as the lamb’s blood during the first Passover was smeared on the upright pillars and crossbeam of the doorway which led to life, so it was on Mount Mowriyah that the blood of the Lamb of God on the upright pole has become the narrow gate, the place where God stood up for us, meeting the exacting and specific requirements for us to stand with Him.
The narrow gate is Passover. Our path home begins here: “For then this is the Torah and the Prophets: begin by entering through the narrow, exacting, and specific doorway…”
“…because (hoti) the gate (pyle – doorway, portal, and entrance) is wide (platys – crafted and molded to be broad, expansive, open, and unreliable) and the path (hodos – road, way of life, journey, and route) is broad (eurychoros – wide open, ample, spacious, existing as a roomy realm) which leads away (apago – which deceives and influences someone to go astray) to the point of (eis – toward) destruction and perishing (apoleia – wastefully and needlessly destroying, squandering, eliminating from existence, and annihilating something valuable), and most (pleistos – a very great number, the vast preponderance, serving as the superlative of polus, many) are those (eimi – who exist) entering and experiencing (eiserchomai – starting the first step in their journey) through (dia – by way of and on account of) it (autos).” (Matthew 7:13)
Platys, translated “wide” in Matthew 7:13 is based upon the Greek word plasso, from which we derive the English word “plastic.” It means “feigned,” as in “fictitious, not genuine or real.” It conveys the notion that the expansive gate was “formed and molded,” having been “crafted by men from clay and wax,” making it “artificial and unreliable.” The wide gate is symbolic of man made religious schemes.
Apago, which tells us that the “unreliable gate and broad path” “leads away and astray by way of deceptive influences” is a compound word based upon apo and ago. Apo conveys “separation” which is the penalty paid by those who fail to capitalize on the “narrow, specific, and exacting portal” which leads to life with our Heavenly Father. Ago describes the process of “leading someone by taking hold of them, even accompanying them, guiding them” to “apo/separation” from God. And while that is descriptive of clerics and their religious schemes, and ties them to the “fictitious and expansive” gate “they have crafted and molded,” it also facilitates the conveyance of another aspect of apago: “to cause someone to be punished.” While the consequence of trusting man’s expansive religious schemes is the “wasteful destruction and annihilation” of your soul, the “punishment” for doing so is “separation” from God.
Simplified, the second portion of this essential pronouncement reads: “…because the doorway is crafted to be wide, artificial, and unreliable, and the way of life is wide open which deceives and influences someone to go astray to the point of destruction and perishing, needlessly squandering their existence, and the vast preponderance of people start the first step in their journey through it.”
More than any in Scripture, this next verse confirms that popular religions like Catholicism, Orthodox, Protestant, and Evangelical Christianity, Mormonism, and Islam do not lead to life: “The (ho) gate (pyle – doorway, portal, and entrance) is narrow (stenos – exacting and specific) and the path (hodos – road, traveled way of life, journey, and route) goes against the crowd (thlibo – is compressed, restricted, and narrow) which leads to life (zoe), and few (oligos) discover, learn about, attain, and experience (heuriskomai) it.” (Matthew 7:14)
Thlibo’s primary meaning isn’t “narrow” as it is most often translated, but instead “goes against the crowd,” so as to be unpopular. As such, those who take this path through life are often “oppressed,” a secondary connotation of the term. They “suffer hardship” and “are persecuted” because they “cause trouble” for the political, religious, and academic establishment.
There is an implication inherent in heuriskomai, which suggests a “careful examination, scrutiny, and observation which leads to understanding and recognition.” It is not an act of blind faith or the product of belief. Life is awarded to those who come to recognize who Yahuweh is, and what He has done for us, based upon what He has revealed in the Torah and Prophets. As a result of what they come to understand, they pass through the gate which is called Passover.
The final portion of God’s declaration on salvation reveals: “The doorway is exacting and specific, and the way of life is unpopular, which leads to life, and few experience it.”
Bringing it all together, we find the Messiyah Yahushua affirming that Yahuweh’s path as specified in the Torah and Prophets leads to life, while man’s more popular religious route leads to the annihilation of its victim’s souls.
“For then this is the Torah and the Prophets: begin by entering through the narrow, exacting, and specific doorway,…
…because the doorway is artificial and unreliable, and the way of life is wide open which deceives and influences someone to go astray to the point of destruction and perishing, needlessly squandering their existence, and the vast preponderance of people start the first step in their journey through it.
The doorway is exacting and specific, and the way of life is unpopular, which leads to life, and few experience it.”
The “narrow, exacting, and specific doorway” through which we must pass to fellowship with our Heavenly Father leads away from religion. The path to life is smeared with the blood of the Exodus lambs; it is stained by the blood of the Lamb of God on Mount Mowriyah. Our first step home must pass through the gate labeled “Pesach – Passover,” demonstrating our reliance upon the path God Himself has provided