THE RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS

By: Frank Guasto

ACTS 3:20 And he shall send Messiah Yeshua, which before was preached unto you.

ACTS 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Once you begin to read this article please treat it as you would an antibiotic that is prescribed to be taken to completion, that is, if you have a serious desire to remove any infection that may be within you causing harm. In this study we hope to bring a clearer scriptural understanding for words such as Witness, Testimony, Son, Pattern, Builder, Israel, Restoration, Restitution, Salvation, Turn, Repentance, Mixing, Iniquity, Meet, Keep, Obey, Paths, Works, Righteousness, Holiness, and Peace. As we continue, we will address these words from their Hebraic context. It is our intent to adequately define the fundamental characteristics of their meanings and, how they apply to the Scriptural redemptive walk taught to us by Messiah Yeshua – Christ Jesus. It is important to have the most accurate meaning of the word coming from YHWH as He first communicated His Words to His people. YHWH created the Hebrew language, for His instructions (Torah) to be made known, and delivered the people that He had chosen. The Hebrew language is directly connected to the people of YHWH and to the culture in which they lived. When we read the Scriptures in the English, or even in the Greek, we may be unaware that we are not receiving the true essence of what was in the mind of YHWH, the original Author. I will be concentrating on key words in the English and doing my utmost in taking these words back to the Hebrew language, as it is the Hebrew language that best defines these words.

This is not to say that all we read in the English or the Greek is in error but it is to say that our understanding will be greatly enhanced by comprehending the historical and cultural context in which the Scriptures were written. Without such an undertaking we will receive a distorted representation of what is being communicated. Even more disconcerting is the fact that the Scriptures have gone through translation upon translation and by this process a natural loss of original meaning has occurred. All linguists agree that through the translating of one language into another the integrity of original meanings have been confused. We can learn the truth of what the writers of the Bible intended for us to know. We can achieve this by going back past 1800 years of denominationalism, factionalism and error and come to knowledge of how the writers of the Bible thought. By birth and ancestry they were Hebrew. Their speech was Hebrew. Their thought patterns were Hebrew. And unless we can, at least, begin to comprehend how they thought, we are lost in our Western, Greek mentality with all of the unbiblical external influences brought into the Church in the second, third, and fourth centuries, and later. Our mission is to try to connect the dots and move in a straight line from Point A to Point B. Scripture tells us that “let this mind be in you, which was also in Messiah Yeshua”.1 The Master adhered to Hebraic thought both in speech as well as by active obedience.

[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing ‘word’ : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter ’word’

Prov 25:2

In the above verse we see the words thing and matter. In the Hebrew the actual word for both of them is dabar, which is Strongs # 01697 and it means word. In context it means YHWH’s word, His Torah. The actual name of the book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew is Devarim which means ‘words’. The book of Devarim is a composite of the first four books of the Bible, sometimes called ‘the repetition of Law or in Hebrew the Torah’. The Torah means YHWH’s teaching and instructions. It is a partial re-statement and expansion of the first four books of Moses. Deuteronomy has been referred to by the Jews as “the five fifths of the Torah”.

For your convenience I have added end notes, chapter and verse that are identified numerically 1,2,3, and in as much detail as possible to provide contextual clarity. All entries are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. Words that are underlined are merely to provide emphasis on a particular word or phrase.

Dose One of Seven

The Gospel of Messiah Yeshua is not merely about personal salvation, for in personal salvation alone, the assurance of total restoration or restitution is not inclusive. However, personal salvation is part of the process of restoration, culminating in the restitution of all things. 2 It is the responsibility of all believers in Yeshua to walk in accordance with His testimony. The restoration process is being mediated by Yeshua, and He alone, is the one who is doing the restoring. We have evangelized people to know about Yeshua, but have not provided a proper discipline for new believers to know Him on an intimate basis. We have misunderstood and misrepresented the redemptive walk of Scripture, and replaced much of it by unlimited and unconditional grace. 3 Yeshua was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Initial salvation is not a final determination. Salvation is a final destination through the process of restoration unto full restitution, all being mediated by the restorer of the breach who is Messiah Yeshua. Restitution in the Hebrew mind carries something more than what the word may imply to our understanding as I will attempt to explain in Dose Seven.

The Scriptures do not say that John the Baptist, or anyone else, came into any town saying “believe in your heart Yeshua is Lord and you will be saved.” Also, Yeshua did not say “you will know them by their confession” but rather “you will know them by their fruit.” When Yeshua speaks of fruit, He is speaking to how one lives–by ones action. This is not to dismiss our confession, for it carries with it extreme importance. Our confession is the launching pad that transports us to the next step which is to walk in the footsteps of Messiah. In other words, what one does is the fruit of what one believes, and as such, it is in the doing, not the confession, that true faith can be measured. In the twenty fifth chapter of Matthew in the Parable of the Talents Yeshua said “ well done, good and faithful servant,” not well confessed, good and faithful servant..” Many misunderstand what Paul is saying in the book of Romans. 3A A believing faith carries with it the responsibility of keeping the Father’s works which are contained in His Torah. As the Scripture says, ” but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 4 Our actions should be consistent with our confession. Paul also speaks to Timothy about YHWH’s teaching and instructions in righteousness to all good works. 5 As believers we have an obligation to be His witness. That is, to do what Yeshua did. Witness in the Greek is the word martus and in the English martyr. 6 To be a witness means that we are to carry the testimony of Yeshua, who is the Living Torah, otherwise known as ‘The Living Word.’ This is the same Torah that was contained in the Ark of the Testimony (Covenant). The word martyr really does not represent a proper application to the word witness but does have legitimacy when we understand and consider that many of those who upheld, revered and kept the Torah were actually martyred. Having the testimony of Yeshua is being His witness, and will be developed in greater detail as we continue through this study.

Dose Two of Seven

There are five key words that I will be focusing on in dose two that tie into the word restitution, and they are Israel, restore, son, builder and pattern. The Apostles asked Messiah “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel “? 7 The apostles are not just asking anybody about Israel being restored. They are asking Yeshua. They understood that Yeshua, the Prince of Peace, was the only one who could truly restore the twelve tribes back to their fullness and reestablish the House of David The builder over His house is Yeshua the Son of YHWH. 8 Son in Hebrew is the noun Ben, which means Son, but its verbal action root is Banah which means to build, to rebuild, to restore and, if used figuratively, can speak to Yeshua, as the builder, the one restoring the exiles back into the fullness of the Commonwealth of Israel. This was to be the pattern for the restoration as was given to Moses by YHWH on the mountain for the building of the Tabernacle. 9 Pattern in the Hebrew is Tabniyth with its verbal root word also being Banah. What YHWH is doing here is trying to convey to each of us what is in His mind by using the furnishings in the Tabernacle to show us the walk of Messiah as the restorer, in order that we may walk accordingly. YHWH is revealing to Moses His total plan of redemption by the use of the articles in the Tabernacle just as an architect would show a builder directions from beginning to end through a set of drawings.

YHWH is forming a Holy nation that will be a kingdom of priests and names them Israel. YHWH is telling Moses that if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall become a peculiar treasure unto me above all people. 10 YHWH is describing to us all through the Scriptures who His people are by using the term Israel. Israel is the corporate word for His people and Jacob is the essence of who Israel is. Jacob’s struggle with God is known as the (“Time of Jacob’s Trouble.”) YHWH changes Jacob’s name prophetically to Israel, meaning ‘one who has struggled with YHWH and prevailed.’ 11 The Scriptures often toggle back and forth between the names of Jacob and Israel simply for the sake of semantic parallelism, but often a deeper meaning is implied. Jacob is his mortal name. Israel is his eternal name. Jacob is the name given to him by his father on earth, Israel is the name given to him by his Father in Heaven. Jacob is the name of his flesh and Israel is the name of his spirit. In the book of Romans Paul explains who Israel is ‘they are not all Israel, which are of Israel, but only children of the promise are counted for the seed’. 12 Paul explains in the book of Ephesians how a person becomes a part of Israel. 13 They are those who come through the Great Tribulation, also known as “The time of Jacob’s trouble”. The time of Jacob’s trouble represents the time that Jacob struggled with YHWH, as we have mentioned previously. It points to a time of great tribulation shortly before the return of Messiah Yeshua. The Days of Awe, The Day of the Wrath God, The Indignation, The Great Tribulation and the Birth-pangs of the Messiah are other names associated with this event.

Dose Three of Seven We are Hebrews, descendants (of like faith as Abraham) of the man who has crossed over or belongs to the other side. It is a place YHWH will show us—literally “make us to see,” or perceive. ‘The other side’ would come to be defined as the Land of Israel on an earthly plain. As we cross-over we are in a sense leaving Egypt and are proceeding to the Promised-Land. The spiritual application to crossing-over is being ‘Born Again’ by receiving Messiah as our Savior and as the Master of our lives. Now that we have crossed-over, we should be more concerned that we are defined by where and what we are working towards, than where we came from. Abram believed YHWH and crossed-over from his country to a land that YHWH would show him, being fully persuaded and faithful toward YHWH by a trust-grounded obedience. 14 YHWH counted this obedience to Abraham as righteousness. 15

Most people are unaware that ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Jew’ are not synonymous terms. A Hebrew, by Biblical definition, is one who has crossed-over and is now considered part of “Faithful Israel .” Crossed-over (Hebrew) is analogous to a believer and not given only to a certain nationality or religion. A believer is one who has crossed-over and not only believes in YHWH but also one who believes YHWH. He is one who hears His voice and keeps His commandments. He is not merely an acoustical receiver of the word, but he is also a doer of the word.16 Becoming part of the commonwealth of Israel is not given only to a certain nationality or religion. In other words, you can be a Jew but not a Hebrew, and you could have been a Gentile but, by crossing-over you become a Hebrew. So, a Jew who has crossed-over also qualifies as being a Hebrew. Abraham was not a Jew. He was from the nations, the Ur of Chaldees. A Jew did not exist in Abraham’s time. This is a study for another time as to “Who Is Israel.”

By adding the Hebrew letter ‘Heh’ to Abram’s name, YHWH changed Abram’s name to Abraham. The letter ‘Heh’ means… behold. The concept of behold is that you are shown something that is distinct and clear; what you behold may even answer your question. Each of the verses in the fifth stanza of Psalm 119 (verses 33-40) represented by the letter ‘Heh’ tell how YHWH’s teaching can give us understanding of His statutes. YHWH has revealed Himself to Abraham, and it is received in the heart and in the actions of Abraham with exceeding joy.17 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were obedient servants unto YHWH - but not so with later generations which includes this present generation. Our disobedience started once again after YHWH delivered His people out of Egypt, as the incident with Aaron and the Golden Calf will attest. Mixing God’s ways with other ways - has continued even to this day. The Holy One didn’t intend for it to be this way. He never told us to mix His Word with the wisdom or customs of the nations. YHWH hates mixing. 18 He has warned us by His Torah to be separate from the unholy influences around us. 19 Remember, we said earlier that only YHWH can make something holy

Yeshua said “For many will come in my name, saying I am Messiah; and shall deceive many.” The proper understanding of this is as follows. Many will come in my name and, saying that Yeshua-Jesus is Messiah but they will be presenting “another Yeshua-Jesus” and not the commandment keeping Messiah, who is The Living Torah, also known as The Living Word. Yeshua is the Son of YHWH. He and the Father are one, and they both share the same nature and characteristics. Yeshua warns us that “Many false prophets shall rise deceiving many” And because iniquity (Torahlessness) shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But, he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 20 The Christian Church over time has increasingly been lured by the trappings of the world system. The result of this is the secularization of the body of Messiah. This transformation has been accelerating at an alarming pace, and is in direct opposition to the admonition of not conforming to the patterns of this world. 21 The deception is all around us and is within the church. The ‘Parable of the Wheat and Tares’ should teach us about what is happening. In the next parable, The Parable of the Mustard Seed Yeshua is warning us about deception and allowing leaven into your midst… The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, it becomes the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 22 I believe that what Yeshua is saying here is that the herb referred to is likened to a garden plant which very seldom grows anywhere near the size of a tree. It is an unusual occurrence an unnatural growth that is taking place, and Yeshua is warning us that something abnormal is happening. Also, the birds of the air that are identified in Matthew 13:32 are one and the same as the fowls that come to devour the seed in Matthew 13:4. The seed represents the word of God and it is the seed that the birds of the air are stealing. 23 Birds in Scripture are mostly considered to be demonic spirits. The last of the three parables speaks to leaven being hidden in three measures of meal (wheat) until the whole loaf becomes leavened. Think about it! There is much more that could be added here but that would take another study. However, we will further address the deception that is occurring in the church in Dose Seven.

Dose Four of Seven

Due to the apostasy of King Solomon YHWH said he would rend the kingdom from him and give it to his servant. This came to be so in when Jereboam took 10 tribes with him and formed the Northern Kingdom, mostly referred to in Scripture as the House of Israel or Ephraim. 24 Jeroboam set up two golden calves, one in Bethel and one in Dan for the people to worship. He also changed the time of YHWH’s Festival (mixing) and made priests of those who were the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 25 All of this was prophesied by the prophet Hosea. 26 Because of the apostasy of Solomon and later Jereboam, YHWH allowed Assyria, and later Babylon, to carry away all the tribes of Israel into exile starting in 734BC. But the length of the exile for Judah and Ephraim were varied. 27 The tribes of Israel, that were carried away by Assyria and ultimately dispersed throughout the earth starting in 734BC, would in the end days be gathered together. 28 This was prophesied by Hosea that the children of Judah and the children of Israel (Ephraim) not only will be gathered together, but will be as the sands of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. 29

The Northern Kingdom tried to become connected to other nations and yet remain Israel. The result was that the Torah fell by the wayside and the Word (Torah) no longer abided with them. Hosea tells us, “Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 30 By mixing with other peoples Ephraim becomes confused, indistinguishable from one another, thus becoming Gentiles. They were in a sense “half-baked”. YHWH wanted Israel, for all time, to be a light to the nations but we would not let Him finish making us mature before we exposed our pearls to the nations and they trampled them underfoot. With the first coming of Messiah Yeshua the end-times restoration began. Yeshua started the process of restoration of all the tribes of Israel, 30A and we are being tested, so that of which we partake will be something holy, in order to bring us to maturity. So, we should be diligent in working out our own salvation with fear and trembling. 31

We all have inherited lies from our fathers, as their fathers have before them. 32 We are reaping that which we have sown. 32A Our mission is only to present the truth of what the Scriptures are saying and not what some, lacking in understanding, conjure up from obscurity, many times to their own destruction. We cannot with any spiritual integrity, or with intellectual honesty, subscribe to any teaching that is not in agreement with the whole counsel of YHWH. As a friend of mine remarked to me, “It is truly amazing that many times Christian teaching seems to stick even when it is unsupported by the Holy Scriptures.” This may seem to some to be a harsh statement but I agree, from my experience, that it is an accurate statement. Also, it seems that so many of us have fallen into a groupie mentality, I follow Billy Graham or I follow Jack Hayford or I follow Rabbi Hirsch. Is this what we have learned from the Master? No, we have been warned against this type of behavior. Is Messiah divided? Was Billy, Jack or the Rabbi crucified for you? We know better, it results in chaos, but we do it anyway. I suppose one of the reasons we follow a certain person rather than the Scriptures is because the doctrine of men that best fits our thinking or our life style is what we pursue. Yeshua alone is the only One to be accountable to, the Galilean from Nazareth who authored the Bible. It is He that we must follow, Yeshua, the Word that was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 33 In Psalms 1119:142 it says --Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law( Torah) [is] the truth .Yeshua, by His grace came to show us how to walk out the truth. Grace and truth<<>>Torah = Yeshua.

Please seriously consider this… In the Scriptures it says ‘For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 34 If you believe that Yeshua is the exact representation of the Father who does not change, and is the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. If you believe that Yeshua is the same yesterday, today and forever, the question arises. If he does not change then how can His nature or His commandments change? If Yeshua did anything other than what His Father taught Him, He would be a disobedient Son. 35 If He was a disobedient Son He would be in sin, and as a result could not be ‘The Savior.’ If He is the truth in the beginning, is He not the truth in the end? So, who has changed? ……We have changed YHWH’s Word. It was done initially through the Roman church which has usurped the authority of YHWH. They have done so, in part by having allegorized the Word at their convenience, by dividing the text and creating dispensations in order to either cover up or do away with anything that did not agree with their agenda. These are inventive manipulations of the Roman church, and they do not hide this fact. If you ask them they will tell you that they were given the entire authority from Heaven to bind and loose the Word of God. From the Roman perspective, and in the institutional church system, Catholic and Protestant alike, dispensations have worked marvelously over the past two thousand years. Unfortunately it has resulted in distorting the Word of God, and is a major reason we have ended up with over 33,000 as reported by the “Christian World Encylopedia,” mostly evolving from our own vain imaginations. The true message of the Bible from the fall to the end is for us to repent and return to the Torah as it was originally given.

Included in his defense by false accusers, Paul in front of King Agrippa tells him that he was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. (36) A requirement of salvation is repentance, and repentance in its Hebraic verbal root form Nacham means to be sorry, to grieve and have regret. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. (37) It is not merely a cerebral accomplishment but rather it involves a sorrowful attitude toward your old life and a turning back, repent ye therefore, and turn-(shuwb- toward God) be converted ,that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. When Peter made this statement in Acts 3:19 he was not implying that being converted meant being evangelized into Christian doctrinal salvation, for there was no formed Christian church at that time. What Peter was saying was repent and turn back to the original teachings and instructions of YHWH which was, is and always will be the Torah. Being truly sorrowful for your past sins is the starting point toward salvation.

The picture of Passover, combined with the seven days of Unleavened Bread, create both physical and spiritual realities in our lives. Having been set free from bondage by the blood of the Lamb, we now enter into a walk of faith through the wilderness. This walk is to purify us from all sin (leaven) that remains, thus leading us to receive a new life-giving power that comes only by YHWH’s Word (His Torah) revealed to us by the Spirit of Truth that abides within us and will guide us toward the “Promised Land.” I believe that most of us that have a heart for YHWH would agree that we wish to keep His commandments and herein lays the problem. Man has corrupted the Father’s Word and it has become so convoluted and manipulated over time that we no longer have a clear understanding of what our role is in the process of restoration. Jeremiah gives us a clue, ”Thus saith YHWH, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where (is) the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk (therein).” (38)

This is where the word meet has monumental importance in the manner of our walk, and doing our part in the restoration process. The application of the word meet, in the Greek is axios. The word used in the LXX to translate that word is primarily the word ’mala’ or to fill something up. It is the same Hebrew word that is translated as fulfill in Mathew 5:17. In our Americanized lexicon under ‘aksios’ it adds the nuance ‘of equal weight’ as to fill something up to equal weight .This is why the NASB translates it as ‘appropriate to’. So the translation in Hebrew would be ‘works of equal weight to the ‘repentance’. Another word which I believe has great relevance to the kind of repentance we are to pursue is the word Yashar. Yashar literally means ‘To go straight or direct in the way.” As John the Baptist was preaching in the wilderness he warned the people to “prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. His paths refer to YHWH’s cycles of righteousness. His cycles of righteousness are His Sabbaths, His Festivals and His Covenants contained in the Torah. (39) The word Yashar comes from the root word Yarah which is the same root word for Torah. The basic idea of Yarah is”to throw” or “to cast” with a strong sense of control by the subject. Another word Yeshurun comes from the word Yashar and means upright one, which is a symbolic name for Israel and her ideal character. Those who walk in the instruction of Torah are walking in the paths (cycles) of YHWH’s righteousness- (39A) - and are those who are doing works meet for repentance, thus being upright in character. They are those who keep the commandments of YHWH and have the testimony of Yeshua. They are known as Yeshurun, who are Israelites, children of the Most High, whether native born or grafted in.

YHWH’s commandments unto works meet (worthy or befitting) repentance are found in keeping YHWH’s Sabbaths and Festivals pure and unmixed with other non biblical entities. For instance Sun-day worship is not a biblical day of worship. It is a day mandated by the Roman Church which is in total defiance to the Word of YHWH. The Sabbath was changed to Sun-day by an edict of the Roman church with a penalty of death if one did not comply. The Sabbath among many Chuqqah Owlam which means, eternal decrees or statutes forever, were not included in the list of grievances that Luther nailed to the door of the church at Wittenberg. Sun-day observance is a direct result of Roman inclusion of the practice of heathen nations that they mixed with their worship and have spilled over into the protestant community. Sun-day observance, done mostly in ignorance, is being erroneously practiced even until this very day. YHWH speaks to the six days of creation as being made very good, (40) and He then goes on to declare the seventh day, a day of rest and He blessed this day making it holy, He sanctified it. He gave it a specific name ‘Sabbath.’ This means that He set this Sabbath day apart from other days that are common or ordinary. YHWH’s people were observing the Sabbath before the Torah was codified at Sinai. (41) He continues to instruct us into the new earth, and that the Sabbath is an enduring sign between YHWH and His people. (42) Any other representation or replacement or inclusion of the holy Sabbath into another day is iniquity (Torahlessness), in the eyes of the Holy One of Israel. It is mixing!

Dose Six of Seven

Peter speaking to the council in Acts, (43) said that a yoke that even their fathers could not bear should not be put on those who are returning to YHWH from among the Gentiles. Peter’s mindset here is that whoever is truly Israel will be responsible to gradually come back into the fullness of Torah-observance, insofar as it is possible, outside the Land of Israel and with no Temple intact. James continues to instruct those coming into the faith that they should abstain from pollution of idols, fornication, things strangled and from blood. All this is actually saying is do not partake of the practices of idolatry, as do the nations about you. No mixing! By eliminating these particular idolatrous practices a great deal of the Torah will have been kept. James goes on to say that we are to get involved in receiving the instruction of Torah, being preached every Sabbath day, as he recognizes that those raised in a pagan context cannot be expected at first to understand everything the Jews have known. However, if they are to call themselves Israel, they must begin to act in a way that is recognizable as Israelites. By attending the synagogues they would learn the rest, little by little, and assimilate each aspect into their lives at a realistic pace by which it could sink in and really become part of them.

Yeshua has said “If you love me, keep my commandments“. This statement alone has placed a heavy burden on those who wish to obey Messiah and keep His commandments. The burden is one of our own making because we do not incorporate into our understanding the difference between the words obey and keep. I disobey YHWH’s commandments more than I would care to talk about, but thank YHWH for the blood of Yeshua that was shed for my sins and forgives them as I repent and turn back to Him, over and over again. Paul remarks in Romans, O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death. (44.) It is Yeshua, the One who is our Deliverer, and I love Him, and I love His commandments and keep them at all times. Actually, you do not even have to go to the Hebrew or the Greek to understand the meaning between keep or obey as it is well defined in any English dictionary. This misunderstanding, I believe, plays a major part of the confusion that we have experienced from the teaching we have received. We have misunderstood the definition of these two words by considering them as having a symbiotic relationship. This error may well have caused us to have a distorted comprehension of how to treat the commandments of YHWH/Yeshua. To keep His commandments is to hold them in high esteem, to guard and tend to them as supremely precious. Remember what was said in Dose Two about Holiness and righteousness. We wrote “It is our responsibility to live that righteousness out but you cannot increase it.” The Scriptures say it best… I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (45.) Iniquity is being set-apart from Torah which is YHWH’s teaching and instruction, and every believer must actively work to separate themselves from all iniquity which is Torahlessness.

What has been described is not to do away with the heart of mercy, but it is for us to understand YHWH’s prioritized order. Yeshua is the One who is our propitiation, our advocate before the Father. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, (46.) which is Torahlessness. YHWH does have a certain order and Yeshua teaches us the manner of that order. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (47.) This is Law and Grace working together which is Torah. But, if we are defiant after we come to the knowledge of the truth and still choose to rebel against any of YHWH” statutes, I for one would greatly fear. As we begin to change or discard commandments, we have begun to edit YHWH. We have started a process of reshaping Him into an image of our own vain imagination. When we try to change or do away with a commandment, it is YHWH we are really trying to change or do away with. As an example, we can never in good conscience neglect a matter of life and death in favor of not missing a Sabbath Torah teaching. This is not to say that now that we know about Sabbath, we no longer have to concern ourselves with doing it.

The Sabbath is about life, 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] maketh an atonement for the soul. (48.) A couple of things; the Hebrew word for flesh is the noun Basar, and the Hebrew word for Good News is the verb Basar. The shed blood of Messiah Yeshua should communicate to us that by YHWH being made flesh the shedding of His blood is life for us, thus the Good News. The Sabbath is about leaving our daily concerns and stress. It is a time of relaxation and rest. It is a wonderful opportunity to join in fellowship with others as we collectively get closer to the Holy One through prayer and the study of His Torah. It is about keeping a commandment of YHWH.

An example contrary to this is the following. A body of unknowing believers may in an attempt to raise money for a legitimate cause plan a Sabbath dinner gathering and have a pig roast. Usually, before the fund raising there is prayer to the Almighty for the blessing of the food and the fund raising. This cannot be blessed by YHWH because it is mixing His ways with the customs of the nations. YHWH has declared the pig to be unclean, and to come into any type of contact with anything He has called unclean would defile Him. “They that forsake the law (Torah) praise the wicked: but such as keep the law (Torah) contend with them. And in He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law (Torah), even his prayer is an abomination.”(49.) This is not to say that you are going to hell for eating a pork chop, but it is saying that even if you are doing it in ignorance, it still remains a sin, and it violates an eternal decree of the Holy One, and must be atoned for. Unintentional sins are still defilement in the eyes of YHWH and have to be atoned for. The Temple sacrifices were for the purification of the flesh for these kinds of sin, never for the cleansing of the conscience. The only sacrifice for intentional sins and the cleansing of the conscience was the shed blood of Messiah Yeshua.

For most of my life, I like so many others, have in ignorance believed that Sabbath keeping was done away with because of the resurrection of Yeshua or that it was only for the Jews. When I came to the Scriptural certainty of knowing that Sabbath is YHWH’s day I had to make a decision, and I chose to honor YHWH‘s Sabbath and not the Sun-day “Sabbath of the church.” It is true that Sun-day has been instituted by the Roman church, and is known as the Christian Sabbath, but it is not the Scriptural Sabbath. If after having been Scripturally convicted of the truth of the Sabbath, as I have, and subsequently making a choice to set it aside to appease men or for my convenience, I would be disobedient. I would also, in a sense, be denying the existence of YHWH’s Sabbath, and could no longer say that I am so much as even keeping the commandment, for in doing so I would truly be a hypocrite. Whenever we take the commandments (Mitzvot) of YHWH and change, add or take away from them, we are profaning His Word and making it common or ordinary. If we have done this and do not repent and turn, we no longer can be considered to have the witness, the testimony of Yeshua. Once we have done this we have dished up for ourselves a diet of iniquity (Torahlessness.)

Whether you choose to agree with Scripture or not is your choice, but I can tell you with 100% certainty that YHWH never changed the unclean status of a pig from unclean to clean, or for it to be taken in as food for mankind. You never saw Yeshua casting demons into a herd of cows or sheep, or any apostle eating swine before or after the resurrection. There are certain passages in the Bible that we have misunderstood and as a result have take license for sanctifying anything we want to be food. (49A) Now, we may not understand why God chose a rabbit to be an unclean animal and a chicken a clean animal. To our minds this doesn’t make much sense, does it? A rabbit mainly eats vegetation while at the same time the chicken will eat anything including mice. If YHWH says he set apart something, it is set apart. If He says something is clean or unclean then it is clean or unclean. He says in Lev 11:24 “Ye shall be holy for I am Holy.” YHWH does not tell us why he chose certain things to be clean and other things not. It is He that is setting the standards and not me or you or anyone else whether we understand it or not. It may seem odd that we are making a comparison between Sabbath and the food laws in order to make a point. However, it really is not so odd when you understand that the Roman Church changed the Torah of YHWH and divided it. Out of the one Law (Torah) they created Three Torahs, the Moral, Ceremonial, and the Civil Laws. By doing this, they were able to better mix these laws and develop dispensational theology birthed of men. This now allows them to have greater selectivity to manipulate the Scriptures at will. The Torah does not make any distinction between one Law and another. Did you know that the word, Abomination, is the word that YHWH uses to describe homosexual practices is the same word that He uses to describe eating things that YHWH has not set apart as Food. Because most believers lack understanding of the Torah, they formulate their thinking solely on the New Testament. The New Testament is true, but not new, and when properly understood it does not disagree with the Torah. If we desire to understand the New Testament we must do so by first understanding what is in Torah. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law (Torah) of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (50.)

Dose Seven of Seven

The word restitution has profound prophetic meaning to it. I would like to draw your attention once again to where Paul is preaching repentance and a turning back to YHWH that our sins may be blotted out and that He will send Messiah Yeshua that had been spoken by the mouth of all of His prophets since the world began. (51.) That times of refreshing would be ushered in by the return of Yeshua unto the restitution of all things. In the Greek the word for restitution is Pokathistemi which in its verbal form means to “restore to its former state” This is true but in the Hebrew we take it at least a step further. In the Hebrew the word for restitution is Shalam. Sound familiar? How about Shalom? The verbal root meaning is… to bring to an end, finish, to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace or to cause to be at peace. The restitution is an action by the Builder of the House who is Yeshua. It is Yeshua that is the mediator of the New Covenant, the Covenant of Peace. (52.) This Covenant of Peace is not yet consummated but will be when the whole House of Israel, which is when the houses of Judah and Ephraim are gathered together with their companions as one, and in the hand of YHWH. This was prophesied in Jeremiah and referred to in Hebrews. (53.) We have a hope and a promise of deliverance but as yet, we are not yet in the Lord’s kingdom (which is how Scripture defines salvation) and that will be when Yeshua rules and reins on earth.

So what are we as Believers (Ephraim) in Yeshua who are coming out of the church and out of every nation supposed to be doing?

We are supposed to be in Torah, being strengthened by the word and walking in the light (Torah). We must return to Torah so that we no longer have to be sick and poor. We then can make our brothers of the house of Judah jealous as Paul tells us in Romans 11:11, that they their eyes may be opened by the work of the Ruach Hakodesh, (Holy Spirit) as YHWH has planned. You can confess the blood of Yeshua, and put tracts behind soup cans at Wal-Mart until you are blue in the face and it is not going to do a bit of good in bringing the house of Judah to believe in Yeshua. They do not understand, nor can they accept the Christianized view of Messiah as a non-Sabbath, non festival, non dietary, etc. keeping Messiah. Therefore, Judah is not strung up about Yeshua because they are looking to see what Ephraim (The nations) is doing. When Ephraim walks in a Torah observant life style it will be as Esther was, as a Bride being prepared for the King. Ephraim coming back to Torah is the sign to Judah that the apocalypse is near and is the evidence of the coming of Messiah. When this happens, Judah’s eyes will be opened as Ephraim is being grafted in. When Ephraim returns to the foundational teaching of Messiah, the Patriarchs and Moses, which is His Torah, His commandments, His festivals and His statutes, and sees that His brothers (Ephraim) is being gathered from the nations in this manner, then and only then will Judah see Yeshua, and this time they will recognize Him and accept Him.

Judah prays the “Shemoneh Esrei Amidah” daily. This is where you may have seen those many men in black who are standing and praying at the ‘Western Wall’ swaying back and forth. This prayer of nineteen benedictions includes prayer for the ingathering of the exiles of Ephraim and another for the restoration of the royal house of David. When we (Ephraim) as believers walk in Torah we will be looked upon as a servant, like Eleazar and Moses, and it is equated to, especially in the Hebrew mind, as one being raised from the dead. YHWH will be glorified when Judah sees you coming back from exile (coming back to Torah) and partly to the land and we will be likened unto a redeemer kinsman to them. The Great Redeemer Kinsman’s Salvation can only come to Judah after the redeemer kinsman (house of Ephraim) repents and turns back to Torah, to the ancient paths of YHWH, then all Israel (His people) will be saved.

Paul very eloquently puts it this way…For I would choose not, brethren that you be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be blind in your own conceits; that blindness (our own theology) in part is happened to Israel, (houses of Judah & Ephraim until the fullness of the Gentiles) be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of Zion the Deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness= (mixing) from Jacob. (54.)

SHALOM

END NOTES: Taken from the Hebrew-Greek - KEY WORD - Study Bible-King James Version

1.

Phil 2:5-6 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (6.) Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery t

be equal with God:

2.

Acts 3:19-21 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come

from the presence of the Lord; (20 )And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

(21) Whom he heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of

all his holy prophets since the world began. Highly suggest reading 3:11-26 for context.

3.

Heb 9:28 So, Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time

without sin unto salvation.

3A

Ro 10:8-9 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we

preach; (9.) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath

raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the

mouth confession is made unto salvation.

4.

Deut 30:14 But the word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

Highly Suggest reading Deut 30:11 -20 for context

5.

2Tim 3:15-17 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation

through faith which is in Christ Jesus (16) All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for

doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (17) That the man of God may be perfect,

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

6.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in

Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

7.

Acts1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the

kingdom to Israel?

8.

Amos 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up

his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Heb3:1-6 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our

profession, Christ Jesus (2.) Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses [was faithful] in all his house.

(3.) For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house that

More honour than the house. (4.) For every house is builded by some [man]; but he that built all things [is] God. (5.)

And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; (6.) But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing

of the hope firm unto the end.

9.

Ex 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. (9.) According to all that I shew thee, [after]

the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make [it].

10.

Ex 19:4-7 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

(5.) Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure

unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine: (.6) And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy

nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (7.) And Moses came and called for the

elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

2Chr 6:5-6 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of

Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

(6) But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

11.

Gen 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (25.) And when

he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of

joint, as he wrestled with him. (26.) And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go

except thou bless me. (27.) And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob. (28.) And he said, Thy name

shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

(29.) And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. (30.) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God

face to face, and my life is preserved.

12.

Rom 9:3-8 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
(4.) Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises; (5.)Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (6.) Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For

they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel: (7.) Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children:

but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. (8.) That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of

God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

13.

Eph 2:11-14 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that

which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (12.) That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens

from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in

the world: (13.) But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (14.) For

he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];

Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the

commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

14.

Gen 12:1-6 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's

house, unto a land that I will shew thee: (2.) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy

name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: (3.) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and

in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (4.) So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot

went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (5.) And Abram took Sarai

his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in

Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came (6.) And Abram passed

through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.
15.

Gen 15:2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is]

this Eliezer of Damascus? (3.) And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is

mine heir. (4.) And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that

shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. (5.) And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now

toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (6.) And he

believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (7.) And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that

brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

16.

Math 7:24-29 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which

built his house upon a rock: (25.) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that

house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (26.) And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth

them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: (27.) And the rain descended, and

the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (28.) And it came

to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: (29.) For he taught them as

[one] having authority, and not as the scribes.

James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 2:17& 24 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. (24.) Ye see then how that by works a man is

justified, and not by faith only. Please read James 2:14-26 for context

17.

Ge17:1-8 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. (2.) And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will

multiply thee exceedingly. (3.) And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, (4.) As for me, behold,

my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. (5.) Neither shall thy name any more be called

Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. (6.) And I will make thee

exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. (7.) And I will establish my

covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto

thee, and to thy seed after thee. (8.) And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a

stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

18.

Rev 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. (16.) So then because thou art

lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

19.

Dt 12:29-31 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou

succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; (30.) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after

that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve

their gods? even so will I do likewise. (31.) Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the

LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the

fire to their gods.

Dt 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the

abominations of those nations.

2Cor 6:16-17 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God

Hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (17.) And

What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will

dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

20.

Math 24:4-5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5.) For many shall come in

my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Math 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my

name's sake. (10.) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. (11.) And

many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. (12.) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall

wax cold. (13.) But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Math 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (14.) And this gospel of the kingdom shall be

preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (15.) When ye therefore shall see

the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him

understand;)

21.

Ro 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,

acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. (2.) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed

by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

22.

Math 13:31-32 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed,

which a man took, and sowed in his field: (32.) Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the

greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

23.

Luke 8:11-12 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. (12.) Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh

the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

24.

I Kings11:4-11 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: And his

heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father. (5.) For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (6.) And Solomon

Did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father. (7.) Then did Solomon

build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. (8.) And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and

sacrificed unto their gods. (9.) And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD

God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, (10.) And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should

not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. (11.) Wherefore the LORD said unto

Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have

commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

25.

1Kings 12:25-33 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and

built Penuel. (26.) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: (27.) If this

People go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. (28.)

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to

Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (29.) And he set the one in

Bethel,and the other put he in Dan. (30.) And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one,

[even]unto Dan. (31.) And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were

not of the sons of Levi. (32.) And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like

unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he

had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. (33.) So he offered upon the altar

which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his

own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

26.

Hos 1:1-11 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and]

Hezekiah,kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (2.) The beginning of the word of

the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of

whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the LORD. (3.) So he went and took

Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. (4.) And the LORD said unto him, Call his name

Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the

kingdom of the house of Israelb (5.) And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the

valley of Jezreel. (6.) And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name

Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.( 7.) But I will

have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor

by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. (8.) Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and

bare a son. (9.) Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God]. (10.)

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it

shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto

them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. (11.) Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered

together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of

Jezreel.

27.

Eze 4:4-7 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: [according] to the number

of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. (5.) For I have laid upon thee the years of their

iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the

house of Israel. (6.) And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the

iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. (7.) Therefore thou shalt set thy

face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Jer 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of

Babylon seventy years.

Lev 26:14-18 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15.) And if ye shall

despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye

break my covenan t. (16.) I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning

ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall

eat it (17.) And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign

over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. (18.) And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will

punish you seven times more for your sins.

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This is how the number work out. According to the prophecies of Ezekiel and the punishment of seven times the exile for the house of Israel (Ephraim) it works out that the exile of Ephraim was over in 1996 about the time that the Messianic movement started to really accelerate.

390 days times 7 =2730 years of exile for the House of Israel

From 734 to 722 Assyria laid siege to the Northern kingdom

5996-2730 = 3266 or 734 years BC 5996 - 4000 = 1996CE which is the year of release of Ephraim. Yeshua, according to this, is in the process of the ingathering of His people.

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28.

Eze 37:15-28 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying (16.) Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and

write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions: (17.) And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. (18.) And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these? (19.) Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. (20.) And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. (21.) And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: (22.)And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at (23.) Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. (24.) And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. (25.) And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever. (26.) Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. (27.) My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (28.) And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Eph 2:11-22 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that

which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12.)That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (13.) But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (14.) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; (15.) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; (16.) And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby (17.) And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (18.) For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. (19.) Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; (20.) And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone]; (21.) In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: (22.) In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

29.

Hos 1:10-11 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor

numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it

shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. 11.) Then shall the children of Judah and the children of

Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezreel.

30.

Hos 7:8-10 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned (9.) Strangers have devoured his

strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not (10.) And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

30A

Math 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

31.

Phil 2:12-13 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my

absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (13.) For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.

32.

Jer 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from

the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no

profit.

32A

Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

33.

Jn 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the

Father,) full of grace and truth. (15.) John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, this was he of whom I spake. He

that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

34.

Col 2:8-9 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of

the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

35.

Prov 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law ‘Torah’ [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.

36.

Acts 26:19-22 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: (20.) But shewed first unto them

of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. (21.) For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill [me]. (22.)Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

37.

2Cor 7:8-10 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle

hath made you sorry, though [it were] but for a season. (9.) Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye

sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing (10.) For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

38.

Jer 6:16-19 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk

therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein]. (17.) Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken (18.)Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them. (19.) Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

39.

Ex15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight,

and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I

have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.

Deut 6:17-18 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which

he hath commanded thee. (18.) And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may

be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Deut 12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after

thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Deut 13:17-18 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of

his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
(18.) When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do [that which is] right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

39A

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

40.

Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were

the sixth day.

41.

Ex 16:23 And he said unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the

LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

42.

Ex 31:13-Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and

you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you. (14.)Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people (15.) Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death (16.) Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant. (17.) It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Eze 20:12-20 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the

LORD that sanctify them. (13.) But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. (14.) But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. (15.) Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands; (16.) Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. (17.) Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. (18.) But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: (19.) I [am] the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; (20.)And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.

Isa66:22-23 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your

seed and your name remain. (23.) And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD

Rev 21:1-5 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no

more sea (2.) John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (3.) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. (4.) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (5.) And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

43.

Acts15:1-21 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the

manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. (2.) When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation

with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the

apostles and elders about this question. (3.) And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice

and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. (4.) And when

they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared all

things that God had done with them. (5.) But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying

That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses. (6.) And the apostles and

elders came together for to consider of this matter. (7.) And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and

said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles

by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. (8.) And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare the

witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us; (9.) And put no difference between us and them,

purifying their hearts by faith. (10.) Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples,

which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (11.) But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

we shall be saved, even as they. (12.) Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul,

declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. (13.) And after they had held their

peace, James answered, saying, Men [and] brethren, hearken unto me: (14.) Simeon hath declared how God at the first

did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. (15.) And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is

written, (16.) After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: (17.) That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. (18.) Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. (19.) Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: (20.) But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood. (21.) For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

44.

Math 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

45.

Rom 6:18-22 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (19.) I speak after the manner of men

because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto

iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. (20.) For when ye were the

servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. (21.) What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now

ashamed? For the end of those things [is] death. (22.) But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God

ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

1Jn1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his

Son cleanseth us from all sin.

46.

1Jn 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (9.) If we confess our sins, he is

faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (10.) If we say that we have not

sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

47.

Math 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted

the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other

undone.

48.

Lev 17:11 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] maketh an atonement for the soul.

49.

Prov 28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Prov 28:7 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.

49A

Lev 11:44-47 For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy:

neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (45.) For I [am] the

LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy. (46.)

This [is] the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every

creature that creepeth upon the earth: (47.) This [is] the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature

that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

50.

Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou

shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

51.

Acts 3:19-21 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come

from the presence of the Lord; (20.) And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: (21.) Whom

the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy

prophets since the world began.

52.

Eze 37:24-27 And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in

my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. (25.) And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob

my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their

children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever. (26.) Moreover I will make a

covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,

and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. (27.) My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be

their God, and they shall be my people. (28.) And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my

sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

53.

Jer 31: 34 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the

house of Judah: (32.) 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 brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: (33.) But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith 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. (34.) And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, 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, saith the LORD: for I will forgive

their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

54.

Ro 11:25-36 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;

that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (26.) And so all Israel shall be

saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (27.)

For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. (28.) As concerning the gospel, [they are]

enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers' sakes. (29.) For the gifts and

calling of God [are] without repentance. (30.) For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained

mercy through their unbelief: (31.) Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may

obtain mercy. (32.) For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. (33.) O the depth of

the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding

out! (34.) For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (35.) Or who hath first given to

him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? (36.) For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to

whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.

Rev 21:1-5 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no

more sea (2.) John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (3.) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. (4.) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (5.) And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.