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MR wrote:Dear Yada,
I am writing to offer my testimony and to share some truth with you, brother. First of all I want you to know what a breath of fresh air you have been for my wife and myself. I know you are unqualified and just as unworthy as me, but you need to know that your message has been a major blessing to us. You see, we have literally traveled the world looking for "fellowship" with those who could see and understand things the way that we do. We never found "it". What we found is a world full of religious folks who refuse to see things Yahowah's way. For years we have been telling people that we should be living the way The Father and The Son said we should: "By every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
People would typically say; "Oh yeah!" But when we would challenge their christian or rabbinical traditions, showing them that their doctrines were not found coming out of Yah's mouth, we got rejected every time in a variety of disgusting and dishonorable ways. Nobody is better at rejecting the Truth than religious folks. So, as a result of our position, we have found ourselves without anyone to gather with and celebrate our mighty God and His ways, plan and promises.
When we were referred to Shattering Myths by a friend, and began to hear the affirming things you share, we came to understand that we are not alone. That Yah is saying these things to others, and that we have a family to look forward to flying around with! We thank you for your boldness and courage to step out and expose the failures of religion and politics, to proclaim the supremacy of Yahowah, Yahosha, the set apart wind of Yah, and the things they say to us as Yah's children, and we want you to feel our love and appreciation. And we want to help if we can, and take part in reaching those with eyes to se. I know you won't grow a big head or anything, but a faithful servant should be acknowledged and encouraged. Keep it up.
I have been knowing and understanding the covenant for years now, and I hope you will take a few minutes to read and understand something that I think you are missing in regards to the Covenant. Here's the thing: I don't think you (nor most people who take part in the covenant) are a goyim. I think you are literal Israel. And here is where I get this. Go back to the end of Bereshith and read Yacob's prophecy to the 12 boys...namely the words spoken over Yoseph...The read the crossover blessing given to Ephraim and Manassah, where the Spririt of Yah says that Ephraim will become "The fullness of the goyim" or "a multitude of nations", and that they would be dispersed into every nation on Earth.
It is my understanding that before the Assyrian captivity, the vast majority of the divorced-from-God northern kingdom left the land of Israel and were dispersed into every nation, just like Yacob said...becoming lost sheep of the house of Israel, the same lost sheep that Yahosha came for and sent His disciples to find. Unfortunately, a wolf in sheep's clothing went out and perverted the message. But it was the lost sheep who answered the call, responding to the seeds of understanding and blessing attached to the covenant, but being led astray by false religion.
I have written about this semi-extensively but never met anyone who I thought would care to examine this issue. Maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe it explains allot of things in the world. Because we are talking about not just the Torah, prophets and psalms, but also the single and only material blessing ever given to mankind by God. It is a massive family endowment starting with Abraham, then the stuff taken out of Egypt and then grown by God from there. It is irrevocable and it is huge. And if you simply "follow the money" in this world, you will find the earthly riches of Yah in the hands of apostate Israel, and those who they have fornicated with. You will find "Jews" and "Christians" and all of their thousands of stripes of religion...all distortions of, but connected to Yahowah's word. These are the people who took the covenant with them, but forgot who they were and paganized themselves like Israel always did. They have done "what is right in their own eyes" as sheep gone astray.
I've never heard anyone else talk about this. What do you think? I would love to talk with you about it sometime. On the air if you want. Or I would be happy just to know that I am no longer the only one who sees the beauty and simplicity of Torah Truth. God bless you and keep you.
Sincerely,
MR Yada wrote:MR,
Thank you for sharing your understanding and background with me. I concur with most of what you have written and realize that there are many people around the world like you and your wife who have come to know Yahowah and His Covenant through His Towrah. And thank you for the kind words about Shattering Myths and the online books, especially Yada Yah and Intro To God.
I suspect that there is considerable truth in your perspective. We may in fact represent Yisra'el literally, not just figuratively. And I promise to give it more thought.
The symbolic representation of Yisra'el is essential to understanding who Yahowah is and what He is offering. And that is why I'm prone to defining it as 'Ysh Sarah 'El - Individuals who engage and endure with God. But you could well be right, and there could be a connection between 9 or 10 of the sons (save Yahuwdah, Benyamin, and perhaps Lowy) and not just the known Ephraim connection, but also those of us who engage in the Covenant.
For the next few months, I'm focused upon completing my massive rewrite of Questioning Paul, because few things are more important than making people aware of the wolf. But once that is done, I'll reconsider your proposal.
From my current perspective, I'm not sure that much changes either way. Yahowah is the same, the Covenant is the same, the Towrah is the same, the Miqra'ey are the same, the Prophets are the same, and so we become Yah's children the same way. And that means that the only real difference, if I understand this, is that many of those who embrace the Covenant may be racially related to Abraham and thus naturally born and not adopted into Yah's Family. But as you say, since this is the most important offer in the universe, understanding its every layer and aspect is in our interests. MR wrote:Yada,
Thank you sir for your prompt and considerate reply. I agree that who comes out of whom is of smaller importance than who is following whom. What came out of Yah's mind and mouth, plus our response to His offer, is all that is going to matter when it's changing time (by the way, I had rejected the "rapture" altogether as just more falsehood from the church, so was quite elated to understand that there will be those who get to miss the hour of temptation and trial for those 7 years).
I just find the dispersion of Israel a fascinating concept...and there is lots of evidence that explains much about the last 3000 years. It's His-story. Hopefully we can talk about it when you finish your rewrite. What you are doing there is extremely important. You go. I am inspired by your work(s) and have lost my fear of isolation and persecution from the wolfpack and the haters out there.
I actually feel that hearing you, and the correct pronunciation of Yahowah's name (I thought it was pronounced Yahway and Yahshua), was a critical piece of the puzzle for me. Now I can say (or sing) what I have to say and know that Abba is pleased to hear the right name proclaimed. So, thanks again, you are making a difference out here. We are with you, man.
May Yah bless your efforts and give you the right words to reach the lost sheep.
MR Yada wrote:Mr, we are on the same page because we are reading the same book and enjoying the same Author. And I suspect that you are right in that there is more to Yisra'el than what the name implies, and that's saying something. So, I promise to invest the time to study it more. I'd love to do a study of every name and every statement made about every name because there is much to learn - but few names hold as much promise as Yisra'el. The Name Volume of www.IntroToGod.org presents the reasons that I have accepted Yahowah as being accurate. I am beginning to think, however, that Yahowsha' ben Yahowah is more a mission statement than a name. I think Yahowsha's name is actually Yahowah. Yada MR wrote:Yada, Indeed, it is refreshing and affirming to understand that Yah is and has been saying the same thing for all these millennia. And unless His words get twisted by self-seeking sheep, the message remains simple and perfect. What we have discovered as we listen and follow His instructions, is that they set you free. They aren't always easy in the sense that you must overcome traditions and fleshly desires and that pesky, adversarial tendency of humans to make God in their own image. What I recognize, is that each one of Yahowah's instructions are steps to perfection as we become more like Him. Indeed, His words ARE Him, and so in that sense, when we follow the examples of Yahosha (The Word become flesh) we are obeying the instruction to "Be ye perfect as I AM perfect). I think that it will take perfected beings to navigate the universe as light, and as such, we should press forward into every Truth set out in the pages of Truth.
That being the case, I will approach cautiously the idea of Yahosha's name being a mission statement. I am not saying you are wrong. But man, if the name given to the Son is not a name packed full with meaning within meanings inside of yots and tittles then....well then I guess its just another religious concept to discard. I just wouldn't want to make that name of no effect (take it in vain) if it means what I think it means to the Father. At this point.
I really appreciate, however, the fact that you (we) remain open to changing your point of view as new information presents itself. We are fools if we think we finally know it all. I sense that we are only scratching the surface now, even with the perfect Towrah God gave us. It's more than we can handle in the flesh, but then the flesh is only a starting place. Know what I mean?
I enjoyed all of the Shattering Myths episodes last week, as well as the Shabat study. Great to hear of JB's recovery. I hope you have a blessed week, and may Yah strengthen you for the battles ahead. The army of light is growing!
MR Yada wrote:M,
How about this perspective: Yahowsha' is the name of Yahowah's role in His children's lives. I say this because Yahowah tells us that He only has one name, one way to be remembered, in all places and for all time. And every reference to our salvation has Yahowah speaking in first person. Every reference to His return is presented as Yahowah. The Son even said that He came in His Father's name. So when we look at the whole picture, the one answer that meets every criterion is Yahowah.
However, as you have noted, we are learning which means that we are far from knowing every answer. I make more than my share of mistakes. But this I know for sure: our focus ought to be on Yahowah. But since you listened to YYR on Friday, you know that I'm not saying this to be confrontational but instead thought provoking. As you have stated, with Yah's Word, all of the pieces fit together. And while I like this fit, I'll back away from it if shown a more accurate interpretation.
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