Keys. To understand The Good Book.

Here is something for your study and prayer:

Celtic Christianity is familiar to some of us and not to others.  I joined a Celtic Christian community in 1992.  Through this community I met my wife and set off on a wilderness journey which has led us into Torah and Israelite identity.   I believe this ‘stepping stone’ has enabled us to go deeper into that life, benefitting from the efforts of the Celtic ‘saints’.  I am not say that the Celtic ‘church’ had it all right, however much of the British Isles and beyond were reached by these pioneers and therefore the subject is of significance.

When I heard about our early christian history I found it felt familiar and a reconnection rather than an introduction.  It was so different from the christianity I had experienced so far.   The Celtic believers loved nature and were very connected to the seasons.  Their authority structures we much less hierarchical.  They loved to study scripture for themselves. They were at first free from the influence of the Romanised ‘church’.   They kept Shabbat and much of Torah, but the christian community we were part of, under-stated this truth; they were still projecting modern christian anti-torah bias back onto these people.  

After a few centuries Celtic believers (and the Anglo-Saxons who joined them) were bullied and threatened about many of these things because they were at odds with Rome who “earnestly warned them not to imagine that their little community, isolated at the uttermost ends of the earth, had a monopoly of wisdom over all the….churches of the world”.  They resisted the pressure to submit to Rome for a few more centuries, though they tried to accommodate the differences.  Generally they kept themselves to themselves.  Eventually at the synod of Whitby in 664, this Torah friendly pocket of believers who understood themselves to be: “we are Your folk, the nation of Elohim and the people of Elohim” (The Celtic Church in Britain - Leslie Hardinge p157) submitted to Romanism and lost the treasure of Torah.

We have seen and known of many who have sought to undo the Whitby mistake through much intercession without success.  The reason for their failure I now see clearly.  These people didn’t/don’t see that Torah was the core loss and it was not that we had lost just another flavour or expression of the faith.

This year Nathan and Grant, who we met about two years ago, are calling a gathering at Whitby on Yom Kippur to pray T’shuvah / turning back from this key moment when we let go of Torah for the sake of unity with a big bully.  I believe this time, those interceding will have understood what is needed to break this curse off Britain!  If you see the need to turn back to Torah and understand how the past effects the present perhaps you would like to be involved with this initiative to whatever degree?  Please ask me and I’ll send a copy of their letter.  I may also be able to help point those who are interested in the subject generally in the right direction.  

In Yeshua HaDerech

Jerusalem is not found in England; Green and Pleasant EXILE!

Jerusalem is not found in England,

 but here is a Green and Pleasant EXILE!

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And did Jeroboam’s sin in ancient time

spread upon England’s Mountains green:

And were his golden calves,

On England's pleasant pastures seen!

And did this shameful sin,

burn forth upon our clouded hills?

And vainly counterfeit Jerusalem here,

Among these far and foreign isles. 

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;

Bring me my Arrows of desire:

Bring me my Spear: O Clouds unfold!

Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have turned back to Jerusalem,

from England’s green and pleasant Exile.

So let Her righteousness shine forth,

As the brightness of a lamp that burns.

Let Her be praised in all the earth.

Till Her streets are filled with joy.

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......an explanation for the hardness and resistance there is here, to the message of the restoration of The Whole House of Israel returning to the land of Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time

Isaiah 62;7

"And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth."

Matthew 23;37

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, 

but you were not willing."

Our Capital City.

Cup of trembling.

Psalm 137; 5,6

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if 

I do not remember you,

if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

When the northern house of Israel broke from Judah and then rejected Jerusalem as the place to go for the feasts and offerings, they lost so much.  Counterfeiting Jerusalem in Dan and Bet-el was never going to work; another replacement theology.  Those of Ephraim must acknowledge this sin and make Jerusalem their highest joy once again!

His Beauty is Our Beauty

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!   Psa 133;1

And let the beauty of Adonai Eloheynu be upon us: and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, 

establish the work of our hands.  Psa 90;17

 The same word; נָּעִים - נֹעַם is translated as pleasant and as beauty.  

Romans chapters nine to eleven are about the reunion of the two houses of Israel.  Romans chapter twelve leads us then deeper into that Beauty-Pleasantness with the seven types of people who only find their true place together; a reflection of The Maker's face on earth. 

Seven types; compared to parts of the body, these teach dependancy for unity (Beauty and Pleasantness).  He has not put all of His abilities/attributes into each of us but spread them out; none with the monopoly.  For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same “function”.   (Please note this is not Paul’s list of Jobs/Ministries which any of us may be called to do at one time or another.  Nor is it Paul’s list of tools of the Ruach we may all learn to use.  Instead it is “who we are”.)  

Some are elevated in certain cultures or circles and some despised, but all have their place and the goal is to have each part working as one.  As in the cursed-creation, there are some more prey-like and some are predator-like which will only find the Isaiah 11-peace in the restoration.

This unity is not possible while ignorance of these differences remain.  Where ambition and fear rule there will be no beauty.  

Therefore, I beseech you brethren, that you present yourselves sacrificially.........Romans 12;1

To deny the differences is to surely persecute the differences. 

To perpetuate the domination of certain “types” of people who think they have a monopoly on truth and understanding will mean more trouble and ugliness inevitably.  In this ignorance we either project our own weaknesses onto others or presume we understand when we don’t.  Like at the tower of Babel we would be left in confusion repeating the same old “church” or “business” traditions and patterns, alienating members of our own body.  

Most don’t yet know that Romans chapter twelve lists the seven gifts (verses 6-8), then their strengths (9-15) and then their potential weaknesses (16-21).  This revelation gives us the wisdom to partly explain and deal with the tensions that exist between us.  This is a key placed in the right spot to bring good fruit in our Nation and in our families.  

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function”...............differences. 

There are differences that exist in the body of messiah.  The unity of that body is hindered by those who “think of themselves more highly than they ought”.   Instead if we each think ourselves “with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of trust YHWH has distributed to each of us”, we will see the “behold how beautiful it is when brethren dwell together in heavenly unity”.

It has been tradition for those trying to be the “body of messiah” to make frankensteins.   Parts of the body missing or deformed.  It is as if “self-harm” has been decreed up till now as part of the curses for not listening and doing YHWH’s torah.  When the enemy comes to us, we flee in seven different directions.  The disunity is when a “group” dominates, even with the best intensions, from ignorance of these seven differences Paul is teaching us. 

1 Corinthians 12;15   If the foot says, “Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body”; is it therefore not of the body?

Exodus 34;6-7  And YHWH passed by before him, and proclaimed, YHWH, YHWH El merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, till the third and to the fourth generation.

• YHWH-Yireh —  ....will Provide (Genesis 22:13–14)
• YHWH-Rapha —  ....that Heals (Exodus 15:26)
• YHWH-Niss"i — ....our Banner (Exodus 17:8–15)
• YHWH-Shalom — ....our Peace (Judges 6:24)
• YHWH-Ro'i — ....my Shepherd (Psalm 23)
• YHWH-Tsidkenu — ....our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6)

• YHWH-Shammah — ....is Present (Ezekiel 48:35)

The beauty of the living Elohim is in the perfect tension between All His Attributes.   

May that beauty be upon us!

Mixed Metaphors

A skeleton in the room, an elephant in the closet.

What mean these proud buildings now in disrepair?    

Illusions of grandeur in exile, in denial of The Great Rejection.

By trust in the diminished gospel, slaves remain slaves and dreamers stop dreaming.

The narrative punctured, deflated by the pie in the sky opiate.

Replacementist blind guides herd their controlled ones.

Well away from the danger of the knife of Abraham.

Guarding those lawless foreskins with their hireling hearts.

A real Joseph, though veiled in Egyptian cotton, restored to his father.

Not one of the lost sheep of Israel will be left behind.

A happy ending.  A richer promise. 

Ok. Here is the great story of the bible condensed right down.

The Maker chose Abraham to start a nation to reflect His beauty. There were problems from the start because Abraham tried to help The Maker by having a child called Ismael by natural means. No miracles were needed but this was not the son they were promised and many troubles came because of this. The miracle finally happened and his name was Isaac. Only one of Isaac’s sons inherited the promise of being the special nation; he is called Israel. Israel had twelve sons. They were all saved from a great famine by going to Egypt where Joseph, one of the twelve was sent ahead, ready to receive them with plentiful supplies. A few generations later, having multiplied lots, they became oppressed slaves. Through Moses, The Maker sent ten terrible plagues which forced people to choose to be either counted with Israel or on Pharaoh’s side. They were rescued wonderfully and were promised the land of Canaan as a home. If they followed The Maker's instructions it would go amazingly well for them. If not, they would end up being kicked out into the nations for a very long time. At Israel’s height there was a good King called David who listened to the Maker. Here is where the plot thickens; after David died the nation was split into two parts! The northern part eventually, because they kept refusing to follow The Maker's instructions, went off as prisoners to Assyria and then later wandered off deeper into obscurity - we will leave that there to gain some suspense! The southern part (now called the Jews) themselves shortly after went into captivity in Babylon - we can follow their story as they never lost their identity. It is through the Jewish part of Israel we received Messiah and the instruction/story book intact.

Because the hope of the restoration of Israel was delayed, many looked elsewhere for their hope, taking some of the things Messiah said and fitted them into a different hope of a “less earthly” kingdom. This distorting of all the promises robbed them of much understanding about what is going on “down here”. By this they separated themselves from Israel in their minds and made up something else called “church” (though the word always used to describe a gathering of the people of the Maker - k’hal/congregation - was always only used for the nation of Israel). This new group teach people that they no longer need to follow The Maker's instructions, which they say were never even possible to keep. They pick and choose which commandments/instructions are still valid. Many of them also hope to be beamed up before the big predicted trouble comes.

Meanwhile here on earth......Israel is awaiting the great promise of being brought home AFTER this time of trouble (just like it was after the plagues in Egypt when they left). It will be trouble like there has never been before or never will be again. Now, you need to know that the foundation of Islamic belief is that Israel was rejected permanently and now they get to rule the world through force. This detail sets the stage for the last few years of trouble which come before the great restoration where the two parts of Israel are joined back together with a big celebration! Messiah will unite both parts of the nation. The revealing of Joseph, ooops, I mean The northern part of Israel (wink wink nudge nudge),..... is the biggest twist in the book!

Through Messiah we can be forgiven for our sins (i.e. for not following The Maker's instructions) and be joined back into the nation of Israel which will soon, once again, reflect His beauty here on EARTH by keeping all the instructions, with a soft heart. These instructions are described as life throughout the good book!

What a wonderful story which is right now reaching such a climax. 

In place of exiled Israel. Five Empires. Then the restoration!

Just as promised, when we stopped listening to our Maker, we were exiled.

Babylon the head of gold.
Medo-Persia the chest of silver.
Greco-Roman the waist and thighs of bronze.


. . . .  and the legs . . . . and feet:

"Iron and Clay"

Turn to dust.

Adding or Taking away.

Some added, burdening hearts with a yoke not made to bear.  Some took away, making it sound wrong to please The King.

It is written that after a time of good, we would stop following The Maker's Instructions and taste pain.  This pain would ultimately culminate in exile rejection for a set time.  This set time would involve blindness to The Way.

In the name of Messiah it was taught that we should no longer Follow The Maker's Instructions!  This is blindness.  The set time is coming to an end.......Time to turn back to The Good Maker who we can trust, and listen and do all that He says.

The time for the restoration of His set apart nation is near.

Am Yisrael Chai (The whole house of Israel LIVE)