Monday, June 4, 2012

haRold Smith: He That Has An Ear... Who Is Israel - the Church

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

haRold Smith and his ministry?

So that through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Difficulty Reading? Click http://hethathasanear.com then on the article for larger type. He That Has An Ear...

"…let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to
eat from the tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Garden of YHVH." Revelation 2:7

...not by observation - within (Luke 17:20-21)

Who Is Israel?

Part Three - the Church

by haRold Smith
a citizen of the Commonwealth
(Ephesians 2:12)
"My people are destroyed forlack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge I reject you from being a priest to Me. And since you have forgotten the law of YHVH, I also will forget your children." Hosea 4:6

"…remember all the commandments of YHVH, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my Words, and be holy to YHVH." Numbers 15:39-40

Since words mean things, what terminology we use is important in understanding concepts presented to us in scripture. Christians have typically understood the Bible to be made up of two testaments – the Old and the New. This is an error in translation and in thinking. The word translated testament is the Greek word diatheke (click on highlighted words to view content), and is actually translated as "covenant" more times than it is "testament". The Hebrew word for covenant is beriyth which means "covenant, alliance, pledge". There is also an inference between the words “old” and “new” that what is newest supersedes what is “oldest”. That concept is simply not seen when scripture is viewed from the Hebrew perspective it was written in (see Who's Word Is It? for more insight). The Tenakh or the Original Scriptures are not an “Old Testament.” They make up the completeness of YHVH’s everlasting covenant with Israel. What has come to be known as the “New Testament” is in reality a continuation of that everlasting covenant. They are not two testaments or even two covenants - they are one (see One Covenant for further explanation). If we are to remain students of Truth, it becomes imperative to rid ourselves of words that continue to promote inferences which are in opposition to the Truth contained in scriptural concepts (2Corinthians 10:5). Consequently, these articles use the terms “Tenakh” or “Original Writings” when referring to what has been classically called the “Old Testament” and “Messianic Writings” for what has come to be inappropriately called the “New Testament.”

Most Christians see the term "replacement theology" primarily as a reference to "the church" being the anointed replacement for the Yud (Jews) who forsook God - those who "had their shot and blew it" causing them to be cast off from His promises. But would these same Christians be so quick to embrace "replacement theology" if they were aware of the more insidious and underlying implication it carries of actually meaning replacing the Only True Holy One of Israel with something else - a system of thought that divorces Christianity from the historical reality that spawned it?

What we serve, what we give ourselves to is what we worship (Matthew 4:10, Deuteronomy 11:16). To see replacement theology for the idolatry it is requires revelation - a paradigm shift in approach to the words of scripture. Throughout scripture, YHVH tells His People to remember Who He is. To believe in YHVH is to remember His Nature shown in and through His Deeds - revelation is history, not theology. The knowledge spoken of in Hosea 4:6 at the top of this article is the knowledge of YHVH's Nature expressed in His Words and Deeds. To be separate from that knowledge is to be destroyed (John 17:3). The previous articles of this series (the Gentile, and the Covering). set forth the scriptural concept that what has come to be known as "the church" to actually have been in existence long before Yom Shav'out (Day of Pentecost) and was known as qahal, the "assembly" - but it was not a "gentile church". Even Sha'ul (the apostle Paul) said so:

"This is the one (Moses) who was in the church (ekklesia) in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us." Acts 7:38

Interestingly the NKJV, NASB, NIV, NLT, YLT, ESV and others don't translate ekklesia as "church" in this passage. When the entire chapter is read in context, it is clear that the ekklesia Paul is speaking of isn’t a “gentile church” but Israel! Let's examine yet another verse from the Messianic Writings:

"Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee." Hebrews 2:12

What is being quoted here is taken directly from Psalm 22:22 that reads: "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee." Clearly David is also speaking of Israel – and the author of the book of Hebrews is quoting him. The Hebrew word used for "congregation" in Psalm 22:22 is qahal, (kaf-hey-lamed) meaning "assembly". In the Original Writings, we find this word used well over 100 times and is always translated as “congregation” or “assembly” Perhaps the most interesting thing about this word, however, is that it is always in reference to Israel - but never to gentiles. Every time the word ekklesia is used in the Messianic Writings it never means a “gentile church”.

the Congregation of YHVH

Seeing that Psalm 22:22 is quoted word for word in Hebrews 2:12 and if the Greek word ekklesia actually means "assembly", why would it ever be translated "church" any place else? If the term and concept of "the church" is not scriptural, then how did it wind up in our modern lexicon - where did it come from? 325 years AFTER THE RESURRECTION, "The Church" was created and placed under the control of the state of Rome by its emperor, Constantine (a pagan sun worshipper to the day he died), at the Council of Nicaea where it became known as the new "Roman" Catholic Church (the disturbing edicts of that council can be found in the Word). That conjugality was carried through the Protestant Reformation (begun in 1520 by Martin Luther). The Reformers were all involved with the subjugation of the Church to civil government, such as John Calvin (influenced by Luther) who set up the civil government in Geneva. So, when the pope (as the head of the Roman Catholic Church) told King Henry VIII that divorcing his current wife to marry Anne Bolyin went against scripture, King Henry's response was to take jurisdiction over the Church with the Act of Supremacy passed by Parliament in 1534 which proclaimed the king as head of the now renamed "Church of England" (interestingly, it was the scripture of the Original Writings the pope was using as the basis for his accusation),

Subsequently, when the King James version of the Bible was completed in 1611, it had become very important to the crown to retain the word "church" in the text to support the state's authority over it. It was on this premise that King James made fifteen specific edicts (scroll down through the text to see them) that were forcibly applied to that translation. Edict number three stated that this bible was to retain the word "church" in the translation and it was not to be replaced with the word "congregation". He made this a specific edict because he had no authoritative jurisdiction over the congregation (assembly of people) - but he did have that authority over the church (physical buildings). He did not want the word "assembly" associated with the original meaning of the Original Writings which meant "congregation" to prevent an undermining of that authority. He obviously knew the correct translation, but he didn't want it in there in order to retain control over "the church".

The proof of this assertion is found in the first English Bible, the Tyndale Bible, translated sometime between 1524 and 1526. The Tyndale Bible never once used the word church. It used the wordassembly or congregation. The Tyndale Bible did use the word "churches" once in Acts 19:37 to describe pagan temples. It is Strong’s #2417 hierosylos and means "guilty of sacrilege". In other words, it means that the hierosulos (translated by Tyndale as churches) is spoiling YHVH's Temple. It is a false temple! Interestingly, this preference for the word “church” was what was passed on to the KJV translation, even though the word used there in Acts 19:37 is NOT ekklesia. The Greek wordekklesia was falsely translated church in the King James Version from a word used to describe pagan temples!

The earlier Tyndale version had correctly translated the Greek " ekklesia," as "congregation" rather than "church." It has been asserted this translation choice "was a direct threat to the Roman Catholic Church's claim to be the body of Christ on earth (but as Tyndale made clear, a non-scriptural claim). To change these words was to strip the Church hierarchy of its pretensions to be Christ's terrestrial representative, and to award this honour to individual worshipers who made up each congregation." (ibid, Brian Moynahan, William Tyndale "If God Spare my Life" Abacus, London ISBN 034911532 p72). It is because of his refusal to repent over his translation of the bible and for making it accessible to the public that William Tyndale was burned at the stake by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.

The word for "congregation" in the Greek is "ekklesia" - but since King James forbade replacing this Greek word with "congregation" (the true interpretation), it was replaced with a word which has a totally different meaning. THERE IS NO SUCH ENTITY IN THE SCRIPTURES AS “THE CHURCH”. It is easy to see that what is going on is a perpetuation of REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY by the anti-Semitic gentile “Church” that was founded by Constantine and endorsed by the so called “REFORMERS” (Mark 7:9-13).

...what do these words
really mean?

The poison of anti-Semitism and the push to remove the influence of Jewishness from what became known as Christianity under the heavy anti-Semitic influence of Constantine in the 4th century, continued with the "church" leaders that followed his destructive legacy. To believe in the One True Holy One of Israel is to enter into a culture marked by a common history, a common storehouse of cultural memories that supply us with identity, meaning and practice of worship toward the One True Holy One of Israel. Once we become divorced from the historical continuity of YHVH’s plan and purpose, we are no longer in the stream of YHVH’s actions - we are no longer biblical believers. We become theologians or philosophers, pursuing abstractions about some universal god - we no longer are adherents to the revelation of YHVH whom Yeshua extoled. Have you ever wondered where the phrase "Christian apologist" came from? What are they apologizing for? When Christianity became a philosophy, a new religion – it no longer was part of the history of YHVH’s people. That is a hard swallow for those who have invested the whole of their identity in Christian theology and why they still seek to see themselves as "God's people" to justify their stance. That they worship a "god" is certain - what god that is becomes suspect. Idolarty is the correct word to describe Christianity's current state (click here for an in-depth look at the Origins, Teachings and Errors of Relacement Theology).

YHVH has always had but one assembly and Her Name is Israel. The question of this series has been, “Who is Israel?” - but the more important question is, have you joined her? Or, now equipped with this knowledge - are you going to just keep “doing church”?

"But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of YHVH." John 1:12

???Questions???
Please feel free to email them to me at harold@hethathasanear.com. While not claiming to have all the answers, it would be an honor to share with you what the Spirit is uncovering.

On A
Personal Note
Thank you for your interest in revisiting the recent interview I was invited to participate in and broadcast by satellite on God's Learning Channel. You may see the entire interview by clicking on the picture to the upper left

My friend, Teddy Chadwick, who lives in Israel, is offering this translation of the NT in English from Aramaic. Those who have read it have commented on its usefulness to help understand the Hebrew concepts expressed in the gospels and epistles. Click on the image above for further instructions for acquiring this translation for your very own.

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love you." (Psalm 122:6)
(prosper - from the Hebrew, "shalav", meaning "to be at rest")

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Shalom Alechem B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach.
(Peace be unto you in the Name of Yeshua the Messiah)

haRold Smith

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Say Yes to Abba Yahweh and His Laws special in this time when Abba Yahweh is 'testing' us:

Hab 1:12 Art thou not mikedem (‘everlasting’ also said of Moshiach, indicating Moshiach’s eternal divine nature: Dan 7:14 And there was given Him (Moshiach) dominion, and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim, tongues, should pey-lammed-chet. [1](worship as deity) (see Dan 3:12, serve, reverence as deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His (Messianic) Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.]see Michoh 5:1[2]; Yahweh Elohai (my Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not die. Yahweh, Thou hast appointed them for mishpat (ordinance); O Tzur, Thou hast ordained them for reproof. (Please read the whole book of HaNavi Habakuk)

Please take it serious what Abba Yahweh is telling us in:

Deu 18:15 Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohim) will raise up unto thee a Navi (prophet) from among thee, of thy achim (bretheren), kamoni (like me Exo 32:30 The next day Moshe said to the people, "You have committed a terrible sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh; maybe I will be able to atone for your sin."); unto him ye must listen;

Deu 18:16 According to all that thou desired of Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohimin) Chorev in the Yom HaKahal (day of the congregation), saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh Elohav (your Elohim), neither let me see this eish hagedolah (‘great fire’) any more, that I die not.

Deu 18:17 And Yahweh said unto me, They have well-spoken that which they have spoken.

Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Navi (prophet) from among their achim (brethren), like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him [Yn 10:18].

Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My Name), I will require it of him.

Joh 8:28 Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of the Ben HaAdam, you will have da'as (knowledge) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH 41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv (the Father) of me taught me, these things I speak.

[1] Dictionary of the Talmud. M. Jastrow p. 1178 פלח