This RX may not be easy for many of you to swallow, but I assure you it is necessary.
In every Christian Bible there are
4 key words that make for offensives
and very anti-Semitic thinking beloved. These words have painted a wrong understanding for Christian Believers
since they were first put into the Bible. They are the words that separate,
and give a false understanding of who Yeshua is really is, and what His
purpose was in coming in the first place. These words are: Old Testament
- New Testament.
Beloved of God, using these words give
most people the impression and understanding that the "Old Testament" is antiquated, out-of-date or obsolete. The Hebrew
Bible is not, and will never be out-of-date! I know many who call themselves
Christian, who do not even read from the first
39 books in their Bible. These are the Scriptures of the Messiah, Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John, Peter, James, and Paul! What would they say about this
crime if they could speak now? I fear to say but it would be shocking I'm sure!
The words "New Testament"
to most people mean, something brand new. However, that is not the proper Hebrew understanding of the word chadash - "new" found in Jeremiah 31:31
passage. "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:."
Beloved, the word chadash Strong's
#2319 - "new" is from
the same root used for the words
"new" and "moon." And we know that the moon is not a brand new every month. It is a "renewed" moon. The meaning according
to Strong’s #2318 is this: chadash, khaw-dash'; a prim. root; to be new; cause to rebuild:--renew, repair. Strong's #2319 can also mean: "fresh." Now this is very key to our understanding
about the New Covenant.
Then what should be the proper understanding
of this word chadash - "new" used
by Jeremiah the Prophet? The proper Hebrew
understanding is that this Hebrew word chadash - "new" found in Jeremiah 31:31 really means: "renewed,
fresh or freshing of the Covenant." This is the Covenant of Promise God
made to Israel to give her life! In the first century just like today, the Rabbis are waiting for the renewing
of the Covenant Promise made by God to Israel. They
know that it will be fulfilled by "the Messiah" when he comes. Believers in Yeshua know when Messiah
comes it will be for the "second time."
Can they help it if blindness in part has come on them till the fullness
of the Gentiles come in? No beloved, this is God's plan for this age.
---"For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your
own conceits; that blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until the fulness 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 (Isaiah 2:3,59:20), and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob (Israel): For this is My Covenant (of
Promise) unto them, when I shall take away their sins. (Micah 7:19-20)'" Romans 11:25-27 (Adah Guzman Interpretation
- AGI)
As a new Believer in the
Lord, I was told this means just the remnant of Israel will be saved. Nay beloved, that is not what Rabbi Sha'ul
(Paul) is saying HERE! Rabbi Sha'ul claim is that "ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED," let us leave it at that! Why put words into his mouth that are in the text, let us be not ignorant of this mystery! God knows who all
Israel is! This is the hope today of many Jewish people, and it should be a Christians as well. They have suffered
much because of the those from the Nations (Gentiles).
"For they (Israel) being
ignorant of God's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own right standing, have not submitted themselves
to The Righteousness of God (Messiah). For Messiah is the goal of the Torah's equity to every one that believes."
Romans 10:3-4 AGI
So really Jeremiah could read this way and be correct: "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that
I will make a renewed (new- especially in its freshness) Covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah (all the seed): 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 (Ex 19,20); which My Covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, saith the LORD: But this shall
be the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel (all the seed); After those days, saith the LORD, I will put My Torah (God's teaching, guidance, instruction) in their inward parts, and write
it (Torah) in their hearts (Deut. 30:6); and will be their God, and they
shall be My people." Jere. 31:31-33 AGI
We have Hebrew parallelism
here with the words, inward parts,
and their hearts. Two different words, but the same idea.
The first Covenant was written on
tables stone, this Fresh Covenant would be written on the table of our fleshy hearts.
Yeshua lifes blood flowing through our lives, and the Holy Spirit guiding us into
all Truth (Torah).
Rabbi Sha'ul states: "Who also has made us able ministers of the New Covenant; not of the letter, but
of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." II Cor. 3:6 - The day the Torah of God was broken, 3000 souls were killed. The day the Renewed Covenant Promise
came (The Holy Spirit), 3000 souls were saved. The Greek word used here in this verse for "new" is Strong’s
#2537, kainos, kahee-nos'; of uncert. affin.; new (especially in freshness).
Beloved, did you catch that? the
Greek's had the understanding and awareness of the word NEW! This was to me astounding revelation when I first studied it out for myself. So the question
is this, "Can the Word of God support this understanding that God Messiah will indeed do it all for Israel?"
Beloved, it does!
God told Israel to circumcise
the foreskin of their own hearts, and not to be stiffnecked any longer, Deut 10:16. This is what God wanted Israel
to do for yourself! However they were incapable and powerless in doing the job because of the yetzer hara (the evil impulse) in fallen man. The yetzer
hara (the evil impulse) is clearly the sin of Adam, which had stained all of mankind to come. "For as in Adam all die, even so in Messiah shall all be made alive." I Cor.
15:22 - God in His great steadfast love, in His steadfast faithfulness
to them, would do this work for ALL ISRAEL
one day by Himself, this is a mystery!
This is the Promise the LORD God made to them and He is not a man that He
should lie, so it will happen one day.
Look at this Scripture:
"And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants,
to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that YOU
(ISRAEL) MAY LIVE."
The Promise of a "fresh renewed Covenant" was given to
the descendants of Israel in the land of Moab, the place called the "seed
of the father" - Deuteronomy 30:6. However the renewing of this Covenant
had "Promise" for the future attached to it! You may never have applied this before to Jeremiah 31:31,
but Moab is where the "Promise" to ALL of Israel was first made. Not only was it made with those alive when it was given,
but God made the renewing of Covenant oath to us today. The LORD our
God, also made it with them that were not even born on that day - (Deut 29:14-15).
Blessed be His Holy Name!
Teachers teach, that this Covenant
is a renewing of the first covenant given to Moses at Mt. Sinai, and I fully agree with this teaching. These teachers
call this Covenant the "Palestine Covenant," which I do not agree with. This Covenant was made in the land of Moab, and Moab has a meaning:
"seed of the Father," which
I believe would be better name to call it. The reason being, it paints a wonderful picture that our God is trying
to convey to us by the name. By using the name "Moab or Seed or Issue of the Father" we see the picture
of one who would be born, as some say, by a illegitimate birth. Yeshua's mother Miriam
must have heard much talk about how she was with child before her wedding
day, I'm sure. Even in the first century people talked ugly about something like this. By all rights she could
have been stoned to death for being with child. All the ramifications are to great to go into here. yet she was
the one who would bring forth the Seed of the father, because it would be the seed of the woman who would allow
the Holy Spirit to overshadow her.
Yet thinking on Ruth the Moabitess for a moment and what she said
to her mother-in-law Naomi, just makes me want to weep. "...Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither
thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God." Ruth 1:16 -
You see, even out of Lot's daughters incestuous relationship, God can and does work all things for good to those
who are called, and this little lady from Moab was indeed called to be in the line of the Messiah. "And so we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to His Purpose." Romans 8:28
The "Promise" then being the greater good, the circumcising
of heart by God Himself, would take place in ALL who loved the God of Israel, so then even Ruth the Moabitess would contribute to God's plan on bring the "Seed
of the Woman" to earth. (See my article on Ruth.)
The "Promise" First Spoken To Moses
This "Promise" was first spoken from the lips of Moses, then spoken again and elaborated upon by Jeremiah
the Prophet (Jere 31:31-33). The LORD had appointed Jeremiah to be elevated, and to receive the full revelation
of this Promise that was first given to Moses in Deut 30:6. The name Jeremiah means: The LORD had appointed - elevated
of the LORD - Yah will cast forth.
Let us consider the words of Jeremiah the Prophet once again.
"And the LORD
your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants (seed), to love the
LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live (have life) - (Deut 6:5)." 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 broke, although I was a husband to them,
saith the LORD (Ex 19; Deut 9:17): But this shall be the Covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel (the whole house of Israel, Judah included);
After those days, saith the LORD, I will put My Torah (teaching, guidance, instruction) in their
inward parts (centre), and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be My people (Deut 30:6)." Jere 31:32-33 AGI
God through Moses tells His people what will befall them (Deuteronomy 30:1-5),
and in verse 6 the Promise is stated by God.
1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon you (Israel),
the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the Nations,
where the LORD your God has driven you,
2 And shall return (turn back to the starting point) to the LORD your God, and shall obey His voice according to
all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all thine heart, and with all your soul;
3 That then the LORD your God will turn back your captivity, and have compassion (like a mothers love for a child)
upon you, and will turn back and gather you from all the nations, where the LORD your God has scattered you.
4 If any of you are driven out unto the outmost parts of Heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you,
and from there will He fetch you:
5 And the LORD your God will bring you into the Land (the Promise Land - Israel)
which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will do you good (make well), and multiply you above
your fathers.
6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with
all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may have live.
I have colored verse 5 red for a reason. The fifth verse is the five thousand
seven hundred and eighth verse of Torah (5708). That
number just happens to be the year 1948 on
the Christian calendar. The very year Israel became a Nation. Then in the verse 6 the "Promise" is made by God to circumcise Israel's
heart, and the heart of Israel's seed. Praise
God who alone is good, and knows the end from the beginning!
Now can the Renewed Covenant Scriptures
shed light on this truth for us? Yes, I believe they can.
"For if that first Covenant
had been faultless (irreproachable), then there should have been no occasion
to seek for the second (to be made-Deut 29:1-30:6). For finding fault
with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, when I will make a new Covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah: Not according to the Covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took
them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in My Covenant, and I regarded
them not, saith the LORD. Hebrew 8:7-9 AGI
The need for the second Covenant was then not the fault of the Covenant, but
them!
"For finding fault with them,.." Do you hear that, not finding fault with the Covenant!
The Covenant of Promise made by God
in Deut 30:6, is what the writer of the letter to the Hebrews is hinting or alluding to (remez) in Hebrews 8:7-9.
The writer a Jew, then goes on to string (harizah) the first Scripture (Deut 30:6) to Jeremiah the Prophet in the
following verses (Jere 31:31-33). Beloved, it was the Covenant given to Moses, made in Moab, the issue or seed
of the Father, that would bring the Promise our LORD spoke come to pass through Yeshua, the Son of the Living God.
When He said, "A New Covenant," He has made, for the first (is
in) disuse. But whatever is worn out is neglected and growing old, (and) ready to disappear. ...And for this cause
He (Messiah) is the mediator of the fresh new Covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption (salvation)
of the transgressions (those breaking the Torah) that were under the first Covenant, they which are called might
receive the Promise (Deut 30:6) of eternal inheritance. For where a Covenant is, there must also of necessity be
the death of the testator. For a Covenant is in force only after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at
all while the testator lives. Hebrew 8:13; 9:15-17 AGI
Beloved, get your pens out
and cross out those 4 words, and replace then with words which speak life: ONE
BOOK. In doing this, you will be truly Biblical correct according to the
Hebrew writers intent and purpose. By do this you also bridge the gap between Jewish people and Body of Messiah
(Church - called out ones). This gap has been made wide by many many years anti-Semitic teachings. Or better yet,
rip out those unholy pages from your Bibles, in a few of mine I did just that! Sixty-six
books, written by 40 spirit-filled writers, are just one long integrated message system.
The late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
in his book, "God in Search of Man" made this most powerful statement which God has imprinted on my heart:
"The Greeks learned in order to comprehend.
The Hebrew learned in order to revere.
The modern man learns in order to use.
To Bacon we owe the formulation, "Knowledge
is power."
I pray you revere God's Holy Word from
cover to cover as I do. If you do then maybe this knowledge will give you the power to use this RX in your life. I pray you will study this out for yourself. Be noble like the those in Berea, they received
the Word with all readiness of mind, but searched the Scriptures daily, see whether those things spoken here are
so. Shalom
Click the word Bible Code to see what I found in Jeremiah 31:31-33
