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Zekeniam Y’Isra’EL Sherut haRitztzuy (the ministry of reconciliation) by whom we have now received the ( Atonement) reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuy Let this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration [“EHYEH ASHER EHYEH”] ( HaYaH (He was), Howeh (He is), and Yihyeh (He will be). I AM My Memorial for generation after generation.” Shemot 3:13-16 This is MY NAME for ever, I AM / WILL BE WHAT I AM / WILL BE:

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Zekeniam Y’Isra’EL

Sherut haRitztzuy

(the ministry of reconciliation)

by whom we have now received the

( Atonement)

reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuy

Let this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration

[“EHYEH ASHER EHYEH”]

( HaYaH (He was), Howeh (He is), and Yihyeh (He will be).

I AM

My Memorial for generation after generation.”

Shemot 3:13-16

This is MY NAME for ever,

I AM / WILL BE WHAT I AM / WILL BE:

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"And YHWH said to mosheh , 'I am that which I am. [ehyeh asher ehyeh]' and he

said, 'so you will say to the sons of Y’isra’EL, "I am [ehyeh] has sent me to you."

'and YHWH said further to mosheh, 'now you are to say to the sons of Y’isra’EL,

"YHWH, elohey of your fathers Abraham, Yitzchak [Isaac], and Yaa’qob [Jacob],

has sent me to you. this is my name forever, and this is my memorial for

generation to generation." ' "Shemoth 6:3," 'and I appeared to Abraham, to

Yitzchak, and to Yaa’qob as hashadday [the almighty]. and my name, YHWH,

was not well known (famous) to them.

YHWH, ELohey Tsebaoth, is his name.

The ministry of reconciliation

Message of Reconciliation

Torah sh’Bichtav

(Written Torah)

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Kórinthos bet 3:17

Now YHWH (יהוה) Himself is Ruakh: and where the Ruakh of YHWH (יהוה) [is], there [is]

liberty.

This is a royal law of liberty, of a king, speaking of his Kingdom, and not a yoke which

gendereth to bondage

Ya'akov 1:25

But whoso looketh into the perfect Torah of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being

not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Ya'akov 2:8

If ye fulfil the royal Torah according to the scripture:

is perfect freedom

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Ya'akov 2:12

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the Torah of liberty.

Shimon Kefa Alef 2:15-17

For so is the will of Elohim, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of

foolish men As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the

avadim Elohim. Honour all [men]. ahavah the brotherhood. Fear Elohim.

Or have we forgot so soon to whom you pay homage

Shimon Kefa Alef 2:9

But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal kehunah, a set apart nation, a peculiar people;

that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his

marvellous light:

That promise is on condition we hold to His Covenant, His commandments,

sacred,

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

Modern day translation is in this colour

Now therefore, if ye will obey MY Kol indeed, and keep MY Brit, then ye shall be a peculiar

treasure unto Me above all people: for all the earth [is] Mine:

And now, if you diligently obey My voice, and shall guard My covenant, then you shall be

My treasured possession above all the peoples – for all the earth is Mine

Hear, listen, keep: to leave out any of these will keep us from receiving the fullness of the

gift He wants to give us through His instruction (Torah). Listen within: or " listen into"--

hear the depths of what I am saying behind the words, the Ruakh that lies behind the letter.

Rashi said this means that if we hear and obey once, we will be able to keep hearing and

improve in our obedience. The first step is the hardest, and as we get over that hump, it will

become easier until it becomes second nature. We must not despise small beginnings. To be

able to obey in bigger things, we must obey in the smallest. If a child will not obey his

parent, how can he ever obey the Torah? If a student will not listen to his teacher, how will

he ever heard YHWH's voice? A uniquely valued treasure: literally, sealed up and hidden

away. Others may see us as imprisoned in His box, "having to" do things not required of

them, losing our rights, or being "under" the Law. But it implies being guarded to the

degree that Fort Knox or a top-secret military installation is. When everything else gets

stolen (and it will), Y’Isra’EL will not, because it is locked away in His "harem" (which in

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Semitic languages really has a positive meaning of being specially set apart). Everyone

belongs to YHWH, but Y’Isra’EL will be special to Him—on the condition that we put into

the relationships what we are supposed to; it is not a one-sided promise. Do what He says,

and you will be glad you did. Guard the covenant carefully, and He will show us, but we

must be the first to act, because we are the less trustworthy party.

For you [art] Am Qodesh to YHWH (יהוה) Eloheicha: YHWH (יהוה) Eloheicha has chosen

you to be Am Segullah (Treasured People) to himself, above all people that [are] upon ha

panim adamah.

“For you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim. יהוה your Elohim has chosen you to be a

people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples on the face of the earth

The "you" here is singular; He sees us as one man. Especially-valued treasure: Hirsch,

“belonging exclusively to Himself".

Malakhi 3:17-18

And they shall be mine, saith YHWH (יהוה) Tzava'ot, in that day when I make up My jewels;

and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return,

and ra ah (discern) between the Tzedek and the rasha (wicked), between him that serveth

Elohim (אִֹלהי) and him that serveth him not.

Others may be allowed to slide with such practices—elsewhere in the world—for a time, but

not you, not here in My land, and not now! You must be kept cleaner than the rest, polished

better than others, and not exposed to filth like some other vessels He had made. The door is

open to any who would follow Yahshua by walking in Torah. “Many are called—but few are

chosen”, for only those who leave behind their former treasures can be YHWH’s treasure.

Few end up actually being the elect, because they do not follow the call they hear. Only as

part of Y’Isra’EL can you be the elect.

Kingdom life cannot be found elsewhere.

For thou [art] am Qodesh unto YHWH Eloheicha, and YHWH (יהוה) hath chosen thee to be

a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth

for you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim, and יהוה has chosen you to be a people

for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth

He does not want His children to do anything in a common way or live an "unexamined

life". We do not want to settle for just being a treasure to Him, but being a special treasure!

Now Moshe is speaking of YHWH more as a Husband than as a Father. Being a special

treasure indeed means that others will be excluded, no matter how they are grouped--an

unpopular fact today. Who? Anyone who does these pagan things. Y’Isra’EL has been set

apart; that is already indisputably accomplished. Our job is to separate ourselves unto

Y’Isra’EL so we can actually be a part of that calling. As Moshe said at Mt. Sinai, "Whoever

is for YHWH, come over to me" (to the Torah that he represents). It does not matter who

your parents were; "whoever will may come". But come you must. It will not come about by

magic; we have to immerse ourselves in His Word to so it becomes engrained in us.

Treasure Him through His words and He will treasure you. Embracing these awesome

relationships with YHWH also brings with it much responsibility. You cannot set yourself

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apart to YHWH without giving yourself away to the rest of Y’Isra’EL. The promise is to a

people, not to individuals as such.

And YHWH (יהוה) hath avouched thee this day to be His peculiar people, as he hath

promised thee, and that [thou] shouldest keep all His mitzvot;

Particular treasure: has the connotation of being a special jewel locked or securely hidden

away from everyone else. This emphasizes the holiness for which He had designed this

"uncommon" people, who are not to be considered just another of the nations. 1 Kefa/Peter 1

speaks of an inheritance reserved for us in heaven (Yahu(ah)shua said that was where no

corrupting force from earth could affect it), to be revealed (on earth) in the end times.

Chapter 4 calls us living stones that are precious to YHWH. But the whole people is the

treasure. We keep His commandments not just for our own sake, but for the benefit of all

Y’Isra’EL. That is the way to truly live for Him.

In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the Dvar of truth, the Good News of your

Yeshu'ah: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Ruakh haQodesh of

promise, And have made us to our Elohim (אלהים) melekhim and kohenim: and we shall

reign on the earth.And has made us melekhim and Kohenim to Elohim (אלהים) and his

Father; to him [be] tifereth and dominion le olam va-ed.

Amein.Amein

Be a Man of Purpose.

The Apostle Paul in his epistles revealed himself to be a man marked by intensity of

purpose. Being filled and controlled by the Ruakh of YHWH (Yahuah), he embraced the

purpose of YHWH (Yahuah). Here in the actual words of scripture are some of the deep

longings of his heart. That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the

fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death" That I may

apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of HaMashiyach Yahu(ah)shua" "I am

made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some"I long to see you, that I may

impart unto you some Spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established" What are the objects

that we set before us in our lives?

Are we anything like the Apostle Paul?

Or do we fritter away our lives, pursuing little objects of pleasure, or of present and

temporal gain in the world?

Let us each seriously consider this matter.

F. B. Hole

Shemot 19:6

And ye shall be unto Me a Mamlakah Kohenim, and an Kadosh nation. These [are] the

Devarim which thou shalt speak unto the Benai YY’Isra’EL.

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A separated nation: in a class of its own. The very idea calls for judgment, because to

separate we must discriminate between different things. We cannot just accept anything.

This is not popular today, but if we are not comfortable with it, we must become so by

practicing it! To be ready to hear from YHWH, we must set things apart in our minds as

well. Those who refuse to judge or be judged can by definition never be set apart. As He

prepares to bring her into the covenant of betrothal at Sinai, He wants her to have no doubt

that He loves no one but her. He came to Egypt to get her, but did not stay; there were other

Elohim in place there. He fought them for her, but has now carried her to His own home. (At

this time, Sinai was His special dwelling place.) Since Yahu(ah)shua sent envoys to gather

the lost sheep of the House of Y’Isra’EL back into covenant through his blood, the same holds

true for us (1 Kefa/Peter 2:9). Priests: to help others approach YHWH. Y’Isra’EL had its

own priests (literally, officiators), but as YHWH's firstborn, the entire people was called to

be a priest, or light to the nations. We officiate on His behalf, not our own--not even for the

sake of Y’Isra’EL as such, but for the sake of Tzion, which is Y’Isra’EL as joined together

with YHWH. And this is not a prophecy or a promise, but a command. It will not just fall

into place if we wait long enough; we have to do what must be cone (v. 5) to make it a

reality.

Kórinthos bet 3:2

The only letter of commendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in

our hearts, all men can read it and recognize our good work among you. The law (torah) of

YHWH (Yahuah) is written on our hearts, and the love of Yahu(ah)shua shed abroad there.

Ivrim 8:11

Nor is it written on the tables of stone, as the law of YHWH (Yahuah) given to

Mosheh, but on the fleshy (not fleshly, as fleshliness denotes sensuality) tables

of the heart,

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Eze 36:26.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new Ruakh will I put within you: and I will take

away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put

My Ruakh within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My shofatim,

and do [them].

“And I shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. And I shall take the heart

of stone out of your flesh, and I shall give you a heart of flesh and put My Spirit within you1

. And I shall cause you to walk in My laws and guard My right-rulings and shall do them.

Heart of flesh: i.e., one that is sensitive and pliable, not callous and all but dead.

Our hearts are humbled and softened to receive this impression, by the new-creating power

of the Ruakh HaQodesh . And remember, as our whole dependence is upon YHWH (

Yahuah) through Eloneinu Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach, so the whole glory belongs to him

alone. The letter killeth: the letter of the law is the ministration of death; and if we rest only

in the letter of the gospel, we shall not be the better for so doing: but the Ruakh HaQodesh (

sacred Sprit) gives life Spiritual, and life eternal. The Old Covenant dispensation was the

ministration of death, but the Renewed Covenant of life. The law made known sin, and the

wrath and curse of YHWH ( Yahauh); it showed us a YHWH ( Yahauh) above us, and a

YHWH ( Yahauh) against us; but the gospel makes known grace, and Emmanuel, YHWH (

Yahauh) with us. Therein the righteousness of YHWH ( Yahauh) by faith is revealed;

and this shows us that the just shall live by his faith; this makes known the grace and mercy

of YHWH ( Yahauh) through Eloneinu Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach, for obtaining the

forgiveness of sins and eternal life. The gospel so much exceeds the law in glory, that it

eclipses the glory of the legal dispensation. But even the Renewed Covenant will be a killing

letter, if shown as a mere system or form, and without dependence on YHWH ( Yahauh) the

Ruakh HaQodesh, to give it a quickening power.

Yochanan 4:24

'For YHWH is Ruakh , so those who worship Him must worship him in Ruakh and Emet?'

"YHWH ( Yahauh) is Ruakh" means he is not a physical being limited to one place. He is

present everywhere, and he can be worshiped anywhere, at any time. It is not where we

worship that counts, but how we worship.

Rhomaios 8:26

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Likewise the Ruakh also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for

as we ought: but the Ruakh itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot

be uttered.

Teaches us the words of Yahu(ah)shua

Yochanan 14:26

But the Comforter, [which is] the Ruakh HaQodesh (sacred Ruakh), whom the Father will

send in My name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,

whatsoever I have said unto you.

and tells us we are loved

Rom_5:5

And tikvah maketh not ashamed; because the love of Elohim (אלהים) is shed abroad in our

hearts by the Ruakh HaQodesh(Sacred Ruakh) which is given unto us.

Disappoint us: put us to shame by being proven false. (Stern; this juxtaposition

of hope, avoidance of shame, and “pouring out” alludes to

Yirm./Jeremiah 17:13

O YHWH (יהוה), the mikveh Yisrael, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that

depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken YHWH (יהוה), the

fountain of living waters.

And

Yochanan 7:37-38; 8:7-9)

In the last day, that great [day] of the Chag, Yahu(ah)shua (ישוע) stood and cried, saying:If

any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He who believes in Me, as the scripture

said: "From his innermost being (belly, koilia) shall flow rivers of living water." But as they

keep on questioning Him. He stood up and said to them: "Let him who is with chet (sin)

among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

Yochanan 8:7-9)

Then He stoop down and went on writing on the ground with His finger.Then those who

heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one with the oldest even to the

last, Yahu(ah)shua (ישוע) was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

To understand the meaning of what he was saying, it's best to look at the context. For, you

will see that she had just said to him

Yochanan 4: 20

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Our ancestors worshiped here on this mountain, but you people say that Yerushalayim is

where people must worship.'

This mountain: Mt. Grizim, the mountain of blessings

Deut. 11:29;

And it shall come to pass, when YEHOVAH Eloheicha has brought you in to the land

whither you goest to yaresh (possess ירׁש) it, that you shall put the blessing upon Mount

Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Eival.

Yehoshua 8:33

And all Yisrael, and their Ziknei (elders), and officers, and their judges, stood on this side

the ark and on that side before ha kohenim the Leviim, which bare the Aron ha Brit (ark of

the covenant) of YHWH (יהוה), as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half

of them over against mount Gerizim(cutting off), and half of them over against mount Ebal;

as Mosheh the eved YHWH (יהוה) had commanded before, that they should bless the people

of Yisrael.

that sits above Sh’khem

Judges 9:7

And when they told [it] to Yotam, he went and stood in the top of har Gerizim, and lifted up

his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Sh'khem, that Elohim

.may hearken unto you (אלהים)

opposite Mt. Eval, the mount of curses. When Menashe, the priest who was son-in-law of

Sanballat (perhaps the Beth-Horonite governor of Samaria in the late 5th century B.C.E.

Nehemyah 13:28,

And [one] of benai Yoyada, ben Eli-Ashiv ha Kohen HaGadol, [was] son in Torah to

Sanvalat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

but probably a later one by the same name), appointed by Daryush of Persia, was told by

the elders of Yerushalayim to put away his pagan wife (as in Ezra 10) or forfeit his position,

Sanballat offered to build him his own temple just like the one at Yerushalayim, but on Mt.

Grizim.

(Josephus, Antiquities 11.302-311)

This temple was excavated in 1995. Of course this earned them the disrespect of the Jews,

as did the fact that they capitulated to the Greeks during the Maccabean revolt and

dedicated it to Zeus Xenios. Yochanan Hyrcanus the Hashmonean captured Sh’khem in 128

B.C.E. and destroyed the temple. However, they continued to worship at this site. In fact, in

their version of the Scriptures, this was the tenth commandment! They say that it was Eli

the priest who first moved the Tabernacle away from Sh’khem and therefore led Yehudah

astray, so that it was the Jews, not they, who were the apostates!

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And Yahu(ah)shua then told her

Yochnana 4:21

Then Yahu(ah)shua said to her, 'Believe me, woman; the time is coming when you won't

worship the Father on this mountain or in Yerushalayim

Note that He did not say this “hour” would last forever, for Yehezqel (Ezekiel) tells us the

Temple in Yerushalayim will again be rebuilt and used during his coming kingdom.

So what he was saying, was that the old form of worshiping YHWH (Yahuah) in designated

places (such as at the Temple in Yerushalayim) would soon end. And this was the setting for

his words that followed where he said

Yochanan 4: 23

But the time is coming (and it's now) when true worshipers will worship the Father in

Ruakh and truth… because the Father is searching for such people to worship Him.

Yochanan 4:24

For YHWH (Yahuah) is Ruakh, so those who worship Him must worship him in Ruakh and

Emet (truth).

Notice that in Greek, verse 24 reads:

'πνευμα ο θεος και τους προσκυνουντας αυτον εν πνευματι και αληθεια δει

προσκυνειν,'

or,

So, what did Yahu(ah)shua mean when he spoke of worshiping YHWH (Yahuah) in Ruakh

πνευμα

pneuma – as in pneumonia)?

To arrive at the best meaning in this case, you have to think like ancient peoples who didn't

have the benefit of our modern scientific discoveries; for to them, pneuma referred to the

movement of air (as in wind or breath), which was a mysterious unseen power. And when

Yahu(ah)shua spoke of YHWH (Yahuah) as being pneuma, he was simply saying that He is

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an unseen force he went on to argue that since YHWH (Yahuah) is an unseen force, such

tangible things as temples were no longer necessary, so YHWH (Yahuah) would thereafter

be worshiped in unseen ways, without the need of tangible aids.

Perhaps the best definition of what Yahu(ah)shua was saying can be found in his own

words.

For Yahu(ah)shua said

Yochanan 17:17

'Make them Sacred in the truth, for Your Word is the truth!

And Paul wrote at

Ephesians 6:17,

Also, accept the helmet of salvation and the sword of [YHWH’s] Breath,

Ephesians 6: 18,

Always continue to pray and petition… always pray in Ruakh and stay awake… don’t give

up! Also, keep petitioning on behalf of all the Sacred Ones

So from those scriptures, we see that truth is found in YHWH (Yahuah)'s word (Scriptures),

and that it is the sword of YHWH (Yahuah)'s Breath (or Ruakh). And the conclusion that

could be logically reached, is that Yahu(ah)shua was telling us that the present

arrangement for worshiping YHWH (Yahuah) must be based on our personal relationship

with Him and on an intense study of the Scripture.

The Emet within ruakh?

The Ruakh HaQodesh's function equated the power of YHWH with

Yahu(ah)shua

Rhomaios 8:15

We have received the Ruakh of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Rhomaios 8:4

That the tzedakah (righteous) of the Torah might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the

flesh, but after the Ruakh. The Ruakh HaQodesh itself beareth witness with our Ruakh, that

we are the children of Elohim (אלהים):And if children, then heirs; heirs of Elohim

and joint-heirs with HaMashiyachif so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be,(אלהים)

also glorified together

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For as many as are led by the Ruakh Elohim (אלהים), they are the Benai Elohim (אלהים).

Kórinthos Bet 3:14

But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in

the reading of the old covenant; which [veil] is done away in HaMashiyach

It is the Ruakh HaQodesh who causes a person to understand and believe that

Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach is the fulfillment of the law, in other words he kept his fathers

commandments, bring us back to our father, for by the sin of Adamah we were lost, but by

the saving grace of YHWH ( Yahuah) the door is open

Kórinthos Bet 3:2

The only letter of commendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in

our hearts, all men can read it and recognize our good work among you.

Kórinthos Bet 3:6

He has also qualified us to be ministers of a renewed covenant, a Spiritual promise, not a

written one. Clearly, what was written brings death, but the Ruakh brings life.

Kórinthos Bet 3:8

How shall not the ministration of the Ruakh be rather glorious?

Yahu(ah)shua

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Eloneinu Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach

In His Name

blessed be, in His name

'YHWH be with you.' and they answered him, 'YHWH bless you.' "

Be not blind to the truth

And, hinnei, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Yahu(ah)shua (

passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O YHWH, [thou] Ben David. And ( יהושע

Yahu(ah)shua stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

They say unto Him, YHWH, that our eyes may be opened. So Yahu(ah)shua had

compassion [on them], and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight,

and they followed him.

His servant and yours

Shalom in Righteousness

by the GRACE of YHWH

keiYAH

nätzräya

Remember me and pray for me that YHWH will be gracious unto me and be merciful

unto my sins which I have sinned against him. Peace be to them that read and that

hear these things and to their servants:

Amein and Amein

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Freely ye have received, freely give

A rule necessary, and of great extent. A servant in the Gospel Vineyard, though

worthy of his Comfortable support while in the work. Should never preach for hire,

or make a secular traffic of the Ruakh (Spiritual work): what a scandal is it for a

man to traffic with gifts which he pretends, at least, to have received from the Ruakh

HaQodesh, of which he is not the master, but the dispenser. He who preaches to get a

living, or make a fortune, is guilty of the most infamous sacrilege

The Everlasting Covenant is The Sabbath

Eloneinu Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach be with your Ruakh