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1 MANY ARE CALLED …. FEW ARE CHOSEN! Back to the Original Way of the Nazarene Please note various sources were used in this document. Yahuah in the beginning gave to man the fruits of the earth for food (Adam), and did not make him lower than the ox, or the horse, or the sheep, that he should kill and eat the flesh and blood of his fellow creatures. You believe that Moses indeed command such creatures to be slain and offered in sacrifice and eaten, and so did they in the Temple, but behold a greater than Moses was there (Yahusha) and he came to put away the bloody Sacrifices of the law, and the feasts on them, and to restore to you the pure oblation and bloodless sacrifices as in the beginning, even the grains and fruits of the earth. Was the feeding of the five thousand with six loaves and fish? Or rather six loaves and seven clusters of grapes? Because Yahusha was the bread of life and the living vine? In the beginning all creatures of Yahuah did find their sustenance in the herbs and fruits of the earth alone, till the ignorance and the selfishness of man turned many of them from the use which Yahuah had given them to that which was contrary to their original use, but even these shall yet return to their natural food, as it is written in the prophets, and their words shall not fail. It is said by the priests that without the shedding or sprinkling of blood there is no remission can blood offering take away sin? Of course no blood offering of beast or bird or man can take away sin, how can the conscience be purged from sin by the shedding or sprinkling of innocent blood? Instead it will increase the condemnation. The priests however indeed receive such offering as a reconciliation of the worshippers for the trespasses against the Law of Moses, but for sins against the law of Yahuah there can be no remission save by repentance and amendment. (Through the blood of Yahusha) Is it not written in the prophets put your blood sacrifices to your burnt offerings, and away with them and cease ye from eating of flesh (Jer 7 v 21 see also Hosea 8 v 13 ) most translations read EAT FLESH is this an error? If not what does the text imply? Is it not written that in the beginning Yahuah ordained the fruits of the trees and the seeds and the herbs to be food for all flesh? But they have made the house of prayer a den of thieves, and for the pure oblation with incense, they have polluted my altars with blood, and eaten of the flesh of the slain. Yahuah commanded your forefathers: 'Thou shall not kill.' But their heart was hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed men and beasts likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything, which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And everything, which kills your bodies, kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also. Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing. And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted. For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."

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MANY ARE CALLED …. FEW ARE CHOSEN! Back to the Original Way of the Nazarene

Please note various sources were used in this document. Yahuah in the beginning gave to man the fruits of the earth for food (Adam), and did not make him lower than the ox, or the horse, or the sheep, that he should kill and eat the flesh and blood of his fellow creatures. You believe that Moses indeed command such creatures to be slain and offered in sacrifice and eaten, and so did they in the Temple, but behold a greater than Moses was there (Yahusha) and he came to put away the bloody Sacrifices of the law, and the feasts on them, and to restore to you the pure oblation and bloodless sacrifices as in the beginning, even the grains and fruits of the earth. Was the feeding of the five thousand with six loaves and fish? Or rather six loaves and seven clusters of grapes? Because Yahusha was the bread of life and the living vine? In the beginning all creatures of Yahuah did find their sustenance in the herbs and fruits of the earth alone, till the ignorance and the selfishness of man turned many of them from the use which Yahuah had given them to that which was contrary to their original use, but even these shall yet return to their natural food, as it is written in the prophets, and their words shall not fail. It is said by the priests that without the shedding or sprinkling of blood there is no remission can blood offering take away sin? Of course no blood offering of beast or bird or man can take away sin, how can the conscience be purged from sin by the shedding or sprinkling of innocent blood? Instead it will increase the condemnation. The priests however indeed receive such offering as a reconciliation of the worshippers for the trespasses against the Law of Moses, but for sins against the law of Yahuah there can be no remission save by repentance and amendment. (Through the blood of Yahusha) Is it not written in the prophets put your blood sacrifices to your burnt offerings, and away with them and cease ye from eating of flesh (Jer 7 v 21 see also Hosea 8 v 13) most translations read EAT FLESH is this an error? If not what does the text imply? Is it not written that in the beginning Yahuah ordained the fruits of the trees and the seeds and the herbs to be food for all flesh? But they have made the house of prayer a den of thieves, and for the pure oblation with incense, they have polluted my altars with blood, and eaten of the flesh of the slain. Yahuah commanded your forefathers: 'Thou shall not kill.' But their heart was hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed men and beasts likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything, which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And everything, which kills your bodies, kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also. Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing. And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted. For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."

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Adam ate no meat period? WE ARE TOLD YAHUSHA WAS THE LAST ADAM HE CREATED ADAM WHY WOULD HE CHANGE YAHUAH CHANGES NOT. Yahusha did he eat meat if so where? Does Torah permit bread to rise from an oven or rather through the natural heat of the sun? If one spills blood and cleans it up a thousand times over than spray luminal over the clean area the presence of blood will show so how do we really get all the blood out of meat? Some of it goes into us for sure. If we look carefully at the brit chadasha and Yahusha’s teachings He tells us our bodies are Temples no more Animal Sacrifices or blood and if we go back to Adam this was the original model I believe Yahusha took care of the Sacrificial system for good that means He really teaches us not to pollute ourselves by meat that was part of Moses law and a greater than Moses was Yahusha something to consider. This is even a mystery that Paul struggled with in the book of acts yet I believe the early church fathers had their stinky hands in the scriptures, ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE BECOME ANTI PAUL. Why were all the teachings regarding all the Animal cruelty laws by Yahusha removed and locked up by the papacy why did they hide it? The Gospel of the Set Apart twelve is a legitimate document if anyone cares to read it, why did the papacy hide it? The Gospel of the set apart 12 needs careful discernment and a chance to look at it has Yahushas laws for the man temple. I have a lot more evidence for examination. What we eat matters. We know that Ya'akov the brother of Yahusha was a vegetarian, as were many early talmidim.. This diet, which we call Edenic, is important to understand. What does Sacred Scripture teach on the treatment of animals? Sacred Scripture teaches that we are forbidden to be cruel to animals and that we must treat them with compassion. Since animals are part of Elohim's creation, we have a divinely mandated responsibility to them. These concepts are summarized in the Hebrew phrase tsa'ar ba'alei chayim, the biblical mandate not to cause "pain to any living creature." While Torah clearly indicates that people are to have "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creeps upon the earth" (Gen. 1:28), there was to be a basic relatedness, and people were to consider the rights of animals. Dominion is best understood as stewardship. Animals are also Elohim's creation, possessing sensitivity and the capacity for feeling pain; hence they must be protected and treated with compassion and justice. YHWH made His covenant not just with humans, but animals as well: "As for me," says YHWH, "behold I establish My Covenant with you and with your seed after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth" (Genesis 9:9-10) And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land and I will make them to lie down safely. (Hos. 2:20) The Psalms indicate YHWH's concern for animals, for "His tender mercies are over all His creatures" (Ps. 145:9). They pictured Elohim as "satisfying the desire of every living creature" (Ps. 145:16), "providing food for the beasts and birds" (Ps. 147:9), and, in general, "preserving both man and animal" (Ps. 36:7). Statement in Proverbs 12:10, "The righteous person regards the life of his animal." This is the

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Human counterpoint of "YHWH is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His creatures" (Ps. 145:9). one who is cruel to animals cannot be regarded as a righteous individual. If YHWH wanted us to follow the Edenic Diet (vegetarianism) why did He establish the various sacrifices? During the time of Moshe, it was the general practice among all nations to worship by means of sacrifice. There were many associated idolatrous practices. The great Israelite teacher Maimonides stated that Elohim did not command the Israelites to give up and discontinue all these manners of service because "to obey such a commandment would have been contrary to the nature of man, who generally cleaves to that to which he is used," For this reason, YHWH allowed Israelites to make sacrifices, but "He transferred to His service that which had served as a worship of created beings and of things imaginary and unreal." All elements of idolatry were removed. Maimonides concluded: By this divine plan it was effected that the traces of idolatry were blotted out, and the truly great principle of our Faith, the Existence and Unity of Elohim, was firmly established; this result was thus Obtained without deterring or confusing the minds of the people by the abolition of the service to which they were accustomed and which alone was familiar to them.

The Israelite teacher Abarbanel reinforced Maimonides'argument. He cited a Midrash that indicated that the Israelites had become accustomed to sacrifices in Egypt. To wean them from these idolatrous practices, Elohim tolerated the sacrifices but commanded that they be offered in one central sanctuary: Thereupon the Holy One, blessed be He, said "Let them at all times offer their sacrifices before Me in the Tabernacle, and they will be weaned from idolatry, and thus be saved." Rashi indicated that Elohim did not want the Israelites to bring sacrifices; it was their choice. He bases this on the haphtorah (portion from the Prophets) read on the Sabbath when the book of Leviticus, which discusses sacrifices, is read: I have not burdened thee with a meal offering, Nor wearied thee with frankincense. (Isaiah 43:23) Nowhere in the Ten Commandments is there any reference to sacrifice, and even when sacrifices are first mentioned (Lev. 1:2) the expression used is "when any man of you bringeth an offering," the first Hebrew we ki being literally "if", implying that it was a voluntary act. The sacrifices were merely symbolic of the sacrifice of Yahusha. In the Kingdom only non animal Sacrifices (grains, for example) to express gratitude to Elohim will remain. There is a Midrash that states: "In the Messianic era, all offerings will cease except the thanksgiving offering, which will continue forever. Based on the prophecy of Isaiah (11:6-9), that People and animals will be vegetarian in that time, and "none shall hurt nor destroy in all My Holy Mountain." Sacrifices, especially animal sacrifices, were not the primary concern of Elohim. As a matter of fact, they could be an abomination to Him if not carried out together with deeds of loving kindness and justice. Consider these words of the prophets, the spokesmen of Elohim:

In 1870 an important writing known as The Gospel of the Holy Twelve was published from an ancient manuscript that had been hidden away in an eastern monastery in order to protect it from falling into the hands of the (church) corrupters. Is this gospel genuine? While the modern church, which remains drunk on the old wine of Rome, will Vehemently reject many of the tenets of this gospel, an astute reader will immediately see that many readings parallel those in the Gospel of Thomas which was not discovered until 1947, and many missing elements

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which were removed from our present New Testament copies are still represented and well contained in this less than perfect writing. That the Bible, which Christians present us, has been corrupted has already been established in the article on Biblical Corruption (see http://BibleCorruption.com). Perhaps one of the classic sightings is as well historical as seen in Chapter 57 verse 14 where the Nazarene Gospel reads: "Then Peter came to ham and said, Lord, how often do I allow my brother to sin against me and forgive him? Seven times? Jesus said to him I don't tell you seven times, but seven times seventy. For in the Prophets likewise sinful behavior was found, even after they were anointed by the Holy Spirit." In the Jerome's Dialogue against Pelagius there is a quotation taken from the Gospel of the Hebrews which is historically known as the Genuine Matthew which reads: " If thy brother (saith he) have sinned by a word and made thee amends, seven times in a day receive thou him. Simon his disciple said unto him: Seven times in a day? The Lord answered and said unto him: Yea, I say unto thee, unto seventy times seven times. For in the prophets also, after they were anointed by the Holy Spirit, the word of sin was found." In the Second Epistle of Clement, IV. 5, this saying is attributed to Yahusha as saying: "The Lord said: If ye be with me gathered together in my bosom and do not my commandments, I will cast you away and say unto you: Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye workers of wickedness." In the Nazarene Gospel 21:9, this saying is found in the words: "And I say to you, "Though you be gathered together in my bosom, if you keep not my commandments I will cast you forth. For if you keep not the lesser mysteries, who shall give you the greater." Why was these words removed from our copy of Matthew? What these words totally dispel is the modern doctrine that we are saved by professing the Lord to be our personal Lord and Savior -- without living in strict accord with both the commandments of the Lord. Yet we find in Bibles Yahusha having His head Veiled and asked by Ha Shatan to unveil His head supposedly taken from Mathews Shem tob and than used in teachings to say Yahusha wore a head covering till date no one can show me that this statement exists in the Shem Tob. The Missing Account Of Zacharias: At Matthew 23:34-35 Yahusha says to the false religious leaders in that day: "Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye Shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar" (Mt 23:35;Lk 11:51 NIV). Upon reading this we should ask who Zechariah was who was murdered between the temple and the alter? If we pose a number of important simple questions: WHO Zechariah was? WHY were the secular Jews held accountable for his blood? WHAT does this account mean to us in our present time? Our severely edited Bibles which we rely upon today, cannot even begin to provide us with the answers to these and many other important questions. To demonstrate our inability to even remotely comprehend WHAT Yahusha is talking

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About while using our present-day copies of the New Testament, which was severely altered by the Church of Rome, on this verse Barnes’ Notes writes: "It is not certainly known who this was. Some have thought that it was the Zecharias whose death is recorded in 2 Chr. 24:20-21. He is there called the son of Jehoiada; but it is known that it was common among the Jews to have two names, as Matthew is called Levi; Lebbeus, Thaddeus; and Simon, Cephas. Others have thought that Yeshua/Jesus referred to Zecharias the prophet, who might have been massacred by the Jews, though no account of his death is recorded. It might have been known by tradition." We don’t know of whom Yahusha speaks, because the whole account of Zacharias the prophet and the father of John the Baptist was removed from our Bibles. In the Nazarene Gospel 3:5-6 we read: "His father, Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, Be blessed, Oh Yahuah of Israel, for you have visited and redeemed your people; and have raised up a symbol of power & strength for us, in the house of your servant David; as you spoke by the mouth of your holy prophets who have been since the world began. You have spoken through the prophets so that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us; You have spoken through the prophets in order to perform the mercy promised to our ancestors, and to remember Your holy covenant. The covenant! The oath which you swore to our father Abraham, that we, being granted deliverance from the hand of our enemies, might serve you without fear, in holiness and righteousness before you, all the days of our life. This child [John] will be called the prophet of the Most High; for He will stand before your face, Oh Yahuah, to prepare your ways; to give knowledge of salvation to your people by the remission of their sins. Through the tender mercy of you, Oh Yahuah the day spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew, and his spirit intensified. His mission was hidden until the day of his presentation to Israel" Spiritual holy men such as Zacharias, along with all other examples of Jews who were part of the Holy Nation of Israel, had to be removed from the text of the scriptures in order for the Gentile-Roman Church to rewrite history to make it appear that the Jews rejected Yahusha, and the Gentiles became the new chosen people. Thus, in the same way that the above reference to Zacharias was removed, so also was that found in The Nazarene Gospel 5:13-19: "When they had departed, behold the angel of Yahuah appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and flee into Egypt. Remain there until I bring you word, for Herod will seek to destroy Him. And when Joseph arose, he took the young child and His mother by night, and went to Egypt, and was there for about seven years until the death of Herod The prophet, had spoken the word of Yahuah saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Elisabeth too, when she heard it, took her infant son and went up into a mountain and hid him. Herod sent his officers to Zacharias in the temple and said to him, Where is your child? Zacharias answered; I am a minister of Elohim and am continually in the temple. I don't know where he is. And Herod demanded again, Truly, tell me where your son is? Don't you know that your life is in my hand? And Zacharias answered; Elohim is witness if you shed my blood. Yahuah will receive my spirit; for you will shed the blood of the innocent. And they slew Zacharias in the temple between the holy place and the altar; and the people knew it, for a voice was heard, Zacharias is slain, and his blood will not be washed out until the avenger comes. After a time the priests cast lots. The lot fell upon Simeon, and he filled Zacharias' place. Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was furious, and ordered to have all the children age two years and under, living in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, slain. He set the age of the children to be slain, according to the information asked of the wise men. Then were fulfilled the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel, weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not" It is interesting to note that the Church Father Origen noted that the account of Zacharias had been removed from many of the biblical texts, and was only preserved in the uncanonical scriptures. Thus, in a letter from Origen to Africanus, he writes concerning the removal of this important account:

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"But probably to this you will say, Why then is the "History" not in their Daniel, if, as you say, their wise men hand down by tradition such stories? The answer is, that they hid from the knowledge of the people as many of the passages which contained any scandal against the elders, rulers, and judges, as they could, some of which have been preserved in uncanonical writings (Apocrypha)." "Let us see now if in these cases we are not forced to the conclusion, that while the Savior gives a true account of them, none of the Scriptures which could prove what He tells are to be found." "Then about Zacharias the son of Barachias, who was slain between the temple and the altar, we learn from Yahusha only, not knowing it otherwise from any Scripture. Wherefore I think no other supposition is possible, than that they who had the reputation of wisdom, and the rulers and elders, took away from the people every passage which might bring them into discredit among the people. We need not wonder, then, if this history of the evil device of the licentious elders...was concealed and removed from the Scriptures by men themselves not very far removed from the counsel of these elders." "What I have said is, I think, sufficient to prove that it would be nothing wonderful if this history were true, and the licentious and cruel attack was actually made...by those who were at that time elders, and written down by the wisdom of the Spirit, but removed by these rulers of Sodom, as the Spirit would call them." Thus, sincere Christians would look at this missing account of Zacharias -- the fact that it was noted to be removed in a letter by the Church Origen -- and the fact that it appears in the, what is now called the Gospel of the Nazarenes -- and they would recognize that what they have been given is a sign from the Yahuah that they should question the integrity of their scriptures and doctrines of belief.

Once we see the sections which were removed from our own Bibles (BESORAH) that are still contained in the Nazarene Gospel, we can easily begin to understand what Yahusha was making reference to with respect to the allegation that the secular Jews were guilty of the blood of Zacharias. What is clear is the fact that this revelation pertaining to Zacharias was once contained in our Bibles, but was purposely removed by the Gentile Church. At Mark 10:46 our Bible reads: "And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging". Upon reading this, any person who sincerely desires to understand the word of Yahuah would ask: So what happened in Jericho? An interesting notation is seen in the Wycliffe Commentary, which reads: "The [Jericho] of Yahusha’s day was located about five miles west of Jordan and fifteen miles northeast of Jerusalem. The site of the Canaanite city of Joshua's day lay one mile to the north. There is a difficulty in harmonization here. Matthew and Mark say that the miracle occurred as Yahusha went out of Jericho; Luke places it as he was come nigh unto Jericho (18:35). Perhaps the most plausible solution is that the healing occurred as Jesus left the site of old Jericho and entered the new city of Jericho. The difficulty with this explanation is that there is no evidence that the old Jericho was inhabited in Yahusha’s time. This problem arises, no doubt, from our lack of complete historical and geographical information. We may be assured that no discrepancy would exist if all the facts were known. Meanwhile, the divergence is a testimony to the independent character of the two accounts." If we look into chapter 41 of the Nazarene Gospel we can immediately see why the whole reference to what transpired in Jericho had to be removed by the Gentile-Roman Church:

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1.And as Yahusha was going to Jericho He met a man with a cage full of birds, including some very young doves, which he had caught. And He saw how they were in misery having lost their liberty, and moreover being tormented with hunger and thirst. 2.And He said to the man, What are you doing with these? And the man answered, I go to make my living by selling these birds, which I have taken. 3.And Yeshua/Jesus said, What would you think, if another, stronger than you or with greater craft, were to catch you and bind you, or your wife, or your children, and cast you into a prison, in order to sell you into captivity for his own profit, and to make a living? 4.Are not these your fellow creatures only weaker than you? And doesn't the same God our Father-Mother care for them as for you? Let these your little brothers and sisters have their freedom, and see that you don't do this thing any more, but provide honestly for your living." 5.And the man marveled at these words and at His authority, and he let the birds go free. So when the birds came forth they flew to Yeshua/Jesus and stood on his shoulder and sang to Him. 6.And the man inquired further of His doctrine, and he went his way, and learnt the craft of making baskets, and by this craft he earned his bread; and afterwards he broke his cages and his traps and became a disciple of Yahusha. 7.And Yahusha beheld a man working on the Sabbath, and He said to him, man, if you know what you are doing, you are blessed, for you are not breaking the law in the spirit; but if you don't know, you are accursed and a transgressor of the law. 8.And again Yahusha said to His disciples, what shall be done to these servants who, knowing their Lord's will, don't prepare themselves for His coming, neither do according to His Will? 9.They that know their master's will, and don't do it, will be beaten with many stripes. But they who don't know their master's will, and don't do it, will be beaten with but few stripes. To whomsoever much is given, of them is much required; and to whom little is given, from them is but little required. 10.And there was a certain man who was blind from his birth. And he denied that there were such things as sun, moon, and stars, or that color existed. And they tried in vain to persuade him that other people saw them; and they led him to Yahusha, and He anointed his eyes and made him see. 11.And he greatly rejoiced with wonder and fear, and confessed that before he was blind. And now, after this, he said, I see all, I know everything, I am a god. 12.And Yahusha again said to him, How can you know all? You can't see through the walls of your house, nor read the thoughts of your fellow men, nor understand the language of birds, or of beasts. You cannot even recall the events of your former life, conception, or birth. 13.Remember with humility how much remains unknown to you, yes, unseen, and doing so, you may see more clearly, language of birds, or of beasts. You cannot even recall the events of your former life, conception, or birth. 13.Remember with humility how much more remains unknown to you, yes, unseen, and doing so, you may see more clearly. In the original teachings of The Way, the followers of Yahusha were required to do NO HARM to any living creature -- whether animal or man. Yahusha was called the Prince of Peace -- he preached a Gospel Message where peace was the essence of the disciple’s life and manner of thinking. In the Nazarene Gospel it is expressed in numerous places that Yahuah expected man to eat only the vegetation and fruit of the earth, as seen in the words: "And Yahuah said, See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all The earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the

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Earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have Given every green herb for food; and it was so. Then Yahuah saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was VERY good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day" (Gen 1:29-31 NKJ). Perhaps Yahusha gave the plainest explanation in the thirty-third chapter of the Nazarene Gospel where he taught: "Yahusha was teaching His disciples in the outer court of the temple and one of them said to Him, Master, it is said by the priests that without shedding of blood there is no remission. Can then the blood offerings of the laws take away sin? And Yeshua/Jesus answered, No blood offering, of beast or bird, or man, can take away sin. For how can the conscience be purged from sin by the shedding of innocent blood? Nay, it will increase the condemnation. The priests indeed receive such offerings as a reconciliation of the worshippers for the trespasses against the Law of Moses; but for sins against the Law of Yahuah there can be no remission, save by repentance and amendment. Is it not written in the prophets, Put your blood sacrifices to your burnt offerings, and away with them, and cease from the eating flesh. I did not speak to your fathers nor commanded them, concerning these things, when I brought them out of Egypt. But this thing I commanded saying, Obey my voice and walk in the ways that I have commanded you, and you will be my people, and it shall be well with you. But they did not listen, nor inclined their ear. And what doth the eternal command you, but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your Elohim? Is it not written that in the beginning Yahuah ordained the fruits of the trees and the seeds and the herbs to be food for all flesh? But they have made the house of prayer a den of thieves, and for the oblation with incense, they have polluted my altars with blood, and eaten of the flesh of the slain. But I say to you, shed no innocent blood nor eat flesh. Walk upright, love mercy, and do justly, and your days shall be long in the land". What Yahusha teaches is that if we wish to dwell in the Paradise of our Creator Yahuah, and inherit the promise of eternal life, then we must live in the manner that Yahuah intended when mankind dwelled in Eden. We must do no harm to any creature -- we must cease to do evil -- and we must "do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our Yahuah". And if you say that such a thing is impossible -- that you cannot live your life in this manner -- then your soul has eternity to aimlessly wander this world of suffering, death and pain, until which time you desire to enter into the Paradise that awaits you. Natural man often has great problems with embracing such a manner of life. He reasons: The animals were put here for me to eat. The problem is that because he is ruled over by the beasts of his animal nature, he craves the blood and fat of slain beasts. In like manner, the teachings of The Way were unacceptable to the Gentile heathen world, so they simply eliminated what was objectionable in the scriptures they inherited from the holy men of Israel. Modern Christians often point to the biblical verse where the Pharisees ask Yahusha: "Why do your Disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!" (Matt 15:2 NIV) -- And the answer of Yahusha to affirm that Israelites were not required to observe the dietary Restrictions in the Old Testament: "What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean… Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man ‘unclean’; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him ‘unclean’" (Matt 15:11-20 NIV). Regardless of the fact that what is being presented here is true; the question remains, is it the whole TRUTH?

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What should give us a clue that these verses have been doctored is the fact that we know the author of this scripture -- i.e., the Apostle Matthew -- was himself a vegetarian, as seen in the words of Clement of Alexandria:

"Accordingly, the apostle Matthew partook of seeds, and nuts, and vegetables, without flesh" (The Instructor). If we add to this the witness of Eusebius, who quotes Hegesippus and writes of James, the brother of Yahusha, and first leader of the New Covenant Assembly: "He drank no wine or strong drink, nor did he eat meat", and it is well documented that all the Messianic Nazarene followers of Yahusha did not eat the flesh of animals, we should question why a religious society of vegetarians would promote the eating of animal flesh? In the Gospel of the Nazarenes we can see what the original message that Yahusha taught conveyed to the reader: "And Yahusha said, ‘Well has Moses commanded you to be clean, and to keep your bodies clean, And your vessels clean, but you have added things which oft times cannot be observed by everyone at all times and in all places. Hear me therefore, not only unclean things entering into the body of man defile the man, but much more do evil thoughts and unclean things which pour from the heart of man, defile the inner man and others also. Therefore take heed to your thoughts and cleanse your hearts and let your food be pure. This thing ought you to do, and not to leave the others undone. Whosoever breaks The Law of Purification of necessity, are blameless, for they do it not of their own will, neither despising The Law that is just and good. For cleanliness in all things is great gain. Be not therefore followers of evil fashions of the world, even in appearance; for many are led into transgression by the outward seeming, and the likeness of evil" (NG 43:20-23). Thus, the original words of Yahusha paint an entirely different picture than the corrupted texts of our modern biblical translations. In verses 1-6 of the Nazarene Gospel we further see the discourse between Yahusha and the man who Caught and caged birds for a living. It is also important to note that Yahuah, which in the newer translation is interpreted as the Most High, is herein referred to as Father-Mother -- which is true of all the earliest of New Covenant and writings. At verse 7 we see the phrase: "And Yahusha beheld a man working on the Sabbath, and He said to him, man, if you know what you are doing, you are blessed, for you are not breaking the law in the spirit; but if you don't know, you are accursed and a transgressor of the law". This same exact phrase is found in both Codex Baeza, as well as in the Gospel of Thomas. What it means is that if one "…knows what they are doing", then they have overcome this world. If one is still in a divided state with respect to their soul and spiritual natures, then working on the Sabbath is in violation of the Commandment of Yahuah which causes them to be "…accursed and a transgressor of the law". Because the Pagan- worshiped the sun god on the day of the sun, this reference to Sabbath observance had to be REMOVED from our Bibles & BESORAH. At verse 8-9 we see the very important teaching, which applies to modern believers in the words: "And again Yahusha said to His disciples, what shall be done to these servants who, knowing their Lord's will, don't prepare themselves for His coming, neither do according to His Will? They that know their master's will, and don't do it, will be beaten with many stripes. But they who don't know their master's will, and don't do it, will be beaten with but few stripes. To whomsoever much is given, of them is much required; and to whom little is given, from them is but little required".

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What this means is that believer’s, who know the will of Yahuah, and yet continue to sin and remain spiritually stagnant, will be dealt with more severely than the non-believers who knows not the will of the Yahuah . Lastly we have the healing of the blind man, which reads: "And there was a certain man who was blind from his birth. And he denied that there were such things as sun, moon, and stars, or that color existed. And they tried in vain to persuade him that other people saw them; and they led him to Yahusha, and He anointed his eyes and made him see. And he greatly rejoiced with wonder and fear, and confessed that before he was blind. And now, after this, he said, I see all, I know everything, I am a god. And Yahusha again said to him, How can you know all? You can't see through the walls of your house, nor read the thoughts of your fellow men, nor understand the language of birds, or of beasts. You cannot even recall the events of your former life, conception, or birth. Remember with humility how much remains unknown to you, yes, unseen, and doing so, you may see more clearly". When Yahusha restored his physical sight, he was under the same misconception as all men and women who are born seeing -- i.e., that he could see all there was. To this Yahusha replied: "How can you know all? You can't see through the walls of your house, nor read the thoughts of your fellow-men, nor understand the language of birds, or of beasts". Since there is no mention of the man being in a house, the astute reader should recognize that Yahusha is telling him that he can’t see beyond the three-dimensional realm within which he resides. Among other things, the "thoughts of your fellow-men" represent the laws, which dictate the manner in which they think, and the "language of the birds or of beasts" represents the laws, which control the movement of lower nature and the elemental things of this world. Of the utmost importance to the modern believer are the words of Yahusha where he states to the man Who was formerly blind: "You can not even recall the events of your former life, conception, or birth. Remember with humility how much remains unknown to you, yes, unseen, and doing so, you may see more clearly". Herein we can see one of the many references to the pre-existence of the soul that at one time existed in our Bibles. HOW can a person know anything, when then cannot "…recall the events of their former life" prior to entering into this present lifetime? HOW can they know anything when they are unable to perceive the laws or circumstances of their "conception or birth" into this present life? Thus, in the manner of the story of the death of Zacharias, we can immediately see why everything that transpired in Jericho had to be removed by the Gentile-Roman Church -- i.e., it is easier to alter the text of the scriptures, than to repent from their heathen and Pagan ways. The original teachings of The Way revealed a manner of thinking and an associated lifestyle that prepared the believer to receive the Truth directly from the Son of Yahuah. With regard to our search for the TRUTH, what the believer must come to terms with is the fact that they can argue over doctrine and dogma till they take their last breath, and the only way they will ever know for sure is to prove it within their own lives! Belief and faith in Yahusha are necessary attributes -- but Yahusha also said to adhere to his Commandments, pick up your crosses, take his yoke upon you, and follow in his footsteps. When you do this, the early believer’s professed that your faith and belief will be turned into sure spiritual knowledge. Directed by the First Cause of Creation -- i.e., the Son of Yahuah. This is the True and Genuine message of the Bible!

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A fundamental key in comprehending the process by which all truth is revealed as we walk the road of spiritual perfection, is to understand the mindset of the first century follower of Yahusha-- which mindset represents the necessary state of mind within which the Word and Mysteries of Yahuah must be implanted. An important difference between the modern believer’s and the first century Israelites was their ideas pertaining to their place of origin, as demonstrated in the words of Gibbon: "...The Jews were persuaded of the pre-existence, transmigration, and immortality of souls; and providence was justified by a supposition, that they were confined in their earthly prisons to expiate the stains which they had contracted in a former state" (Gibbon; Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, V.4, P.364). What are the implications? They are so far reaching, that the average believer is simply incapable of Comprehending the impact of these words upon their lives! Just this one difference in the believer’s ideas pertaining to life can so dramatically alter one’s understanding of both life and the Gospel, that it’s absence is responsible for an entirely erroneous perception of both Yahusha, and the source and purpose of Renewed Covenant teachings. The average person who’s thinking is bounded by a quasi-Darwinist three-dimensional Model of life, is simply unable to comprehend how Yahusha came to be the Messiah, and the manner in which the revelation of spiritual truth is revealed. Moreover, in the above words of Gibbon we can see the biblical understanding of the relationship between the "…pre-existence and transmigration… of souls", and the very well defined biblical doctrine of "providence" -- i.e., Divine Providence, that is brought about in the life of the individual based upon one’s own past deeds. In examination of the words of Gibbon, unless the believer understands the "pre-existence, transmigration, and immortality of souls" -- i.e., limitations imposed upon the physical body of man which acts in the manner of "earthly prisons" -- and the limitations that are placed upon the individual as a result of the "stains which they had contracted in a former state" -- the believer will be incapable of perceiving the spiritual essence, purpose and revelation of the Gospel message. The concept that when a child is born into this life it is not a new creation -- but rather, the cyclic return of a soul who has existed since the very dawn of time, as we understand it, is simply beyond our comprehension. In our manner of thinking, when we pose the question: WHAT is a child? We would say that it is a new soul that was created by YAH -- but is it? The Bible itself states to us in Eccl 1:9-11 that "there is no new thing under the sun" -- and then asks the question: "Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See this is new". Let us refute the wisdom of the Bible & use the example of a newborn baby as something that is new. Surely this baby is new -- i.e., it has never had an existence prior to being born. Yet, the scripture confutes us, and teaches that: "It hath been already of old time, which was before us". So that we might be sure that the scriptures are speaking about a new born baby, it then goes on to clarify the statement by adding: "There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after". Based upon these words is can be said that, from a biblical perspective, even though a baby (or person) will not remember its past: "It hath been already of old time". You say you don’t believe that your soul has pre-existed your birth in this life because you don’t remember. On the surface this is a reasonable assumption. Yet, according to the first believer’s, you are not supposed to remember your more distant past -- unless Yahuah opens the minds of a person in order for them to remember the previous lives that their soul has lived. This fact that we don’t remember was very clearly acknowledged by Yahusha when he made the above statement to the blind man he had healed: "You can not even recall the events of your former life, conception,

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or birth. Remember with humility how much remains unknown to you, yes, unseen, and doing so, you may see more clearly". That the majority of people do not remember the previous lives which their pre-existent soul has lived prior to their coming into being in their present life, is basically caused by the fact that by living sense-bound lives and embracing the culture of this world, they have made themselves alien to their true self. What this means is that as we rid ourselves of what is false because of our attachment to the culture and mindset of this world, our awareness and knowledge of our soul's past will be made available to us. Since very few of us are even cognizant that we are an image of our pre-existent soul, and have little in common with the being we truly are within us, it is easily understood why we fail to remember our past -- which past is not ours because the person we are is a product of our culture, rather than what is genuine and real. Speaking of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau, the Apostle wrote that "For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil… it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (Rom 9:11-13). Thus, the Yahuah said: "Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee" (Jer 1:5). And again it is written: "Thou turns man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men". In these words we have been presented with one of the key elements in the verses pertaining to the teachings about the children which was removed from the gospels -- the idea that we are each known prior to being formed in the womb -- and are again made children because we had previously been led into the paths of destruction. It is reasonable to conclude that it would be of benefit to us in our quest to comprehend these mysteries if we understood whether the belief in the pre-existence of the soul was a part of our Israelite heritage? The following quotation is taken from The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, under the heading of Souls, Transmigration of: "The doctrine of transmigration of souls, which was especially accepted by the Karaites… is generally attacked by Jewish philosophers, but is defended by Isaac Abravanel and Manasseh ben Israel. It appears often in Cabala; it is found in organized form in the Zohar, it is further developed in the teachings of Isaac Luria (1534-1572), and in Hasidism it becomes a universal belief. According to these teachings, all human souls have a common origin in the spiritual unity of the primordial man, sparks of which form the individual souls... The sin of Adam brought higher and lower souls into confusion; as a result, every soul has to pass through a series of incarnations... The soul itself has no sex, which is determined by the body and may vary from incarnation to incarnation". In the Zohar, a doctrine of Jewish Mysticism, it is written that: "All souls are subject to the trials of Transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them… The souls Must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with YAH". This reunion with Yahuah is the rebirth that was spoken of by Yahusha to the Pharisee Nicodemus, "a ruler of the Jews". In the reading of the scriptures, it is often important for us to grasp the essence of totality of thought that is expressed. In the discourse in the Gospel of John, an observant reader will see that Yahusha expected a "ruler of the Jews" (John 3:1) to understand the objective and the purpose of the sacred writings. When Yahusha said: "Verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see (perceive) the kingdom of Yahuah… Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Yahuah. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit"; he was speaking of a sacred TRUTH that a ruler of the Jews should know.

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After examining the Dead Sea Scrolls we must conclude that the Israelites perceived and understood the need to be BORN AGAIN -- and the fact that Nicodemus was a Pharisee leader of the Jews meant that, in order to be a genuine leader, that he should have known of the GREAT TRUTH which Yahusha spoke of. Finally, Yahusha said to Nicodemus: "Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again"! WHY? Because the rebirth is well documented throughout the writings of the Spiritual Jews that "All souls… must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them... until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with Yahuah”. What does it mean where the Zohar states that "All souls… must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged"? Upon examination we must ask the question: Isn't the primary essence of what is being said in this writing of Jewish Mysticism the same exact vision of man's plight that is portrayed in the parable of The prodigal son? The "absolute substance" would be another way of saying the son went forth from his place of origination with his Father, and entered into this world -- wherein, the sons of the Father "must reenter the absolute substance whence they have emerged". How, then, do we develop the necessary perfection to return to Yahuah? Again the Zohar gives us the same exact requirement as did Yahusha when he commanded us at Matthew 5:48 to be as perfect as our Heavenly Father: "All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them… to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections… if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with Yahuah" -- which is seen in the return of the prodigal son to his Father's Kingdom. What is important is that we begin to see the connection and uniformity of thought between the mindset of the Spiritual Israelite -- the original teachings of THE WAY -- and the Spiritual Israelite as revealed in Origen and the other Church Fathers who lived prior to the fourth century. Moreover, it is important that we understand that what we perceive as two religions, are truly only separated by cultural and political differences. The essence of both is ONE and THE SAME. In his book Nishmath Hayem, Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) wrote: "The belief or the doctrine of the transmigration of souls is a firm and infallible teaching accepted by the whole assemblage of our people with ONE accord, so that there is none to be found who would dare to deny it… Indeed, there are a great number of sages in Israel who hold firm to this doctrine so that they made it a teaching, a fundamental point of our religion. We are therefore in duty bound to obey and to accept this teaching with acclamation… as the truth of it has been incontestably demonstrated by the Zohar, and all books of the Kabalists." Interestingly enough, in Hasidism, in which the pre-existence of the soul "becomes a universal belief" (The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia), there is no salvation apart from the belief in and advent of the Messiah in the life of the individual. In view of the fact that our present-day ideas pertaining to the Messiah have been formed and strongly influenced by the Church of the Roman Empire, what if the more enlightened Hasidic Jews have a more pure perception of the Son of Yahuah than does the majority of believer’s? When the Zohar states that "men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them…” we must recognize that this is the same exact message that is prevalent throughout the Renewed Testament scriptures? In fact, isn't it because (carnal) men do not know what Yahuah requires, and (carnal) man can do nothing on his own, that prompts the Apostle Paul to write that (carnal) man is saved by faith alone.

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The Apostle is correct in his assertion that the ritual observance practiced by the secular Jewish sects of the Sadducees and Pharisees cannot absolve a person of sin, and save them in the hereafter -- but it is important to recognize that he would say the exact same thing of the ritual observances of the fourth century Church of Rome. In view of what is presented to us in the Nazarene Gospel with respect to the open condemnation of Both temple sacrifice and the eating of flesh foods, the idea promoted by the later Gentile Church that the Messianic followers of Yahusha required people to observe the Mosaic Law, must be merely seen as just ONE MORE LIE that was published by the Church of Constantine. That there is a Royal Law of Yahuah that all genuine people of faith must adhere to -- and that there is a spiritual meaning that is of the utmost importance to those who attempt to follow in THE WAY, represent Divine Truths that remain as valid today as when Yahusha taught these Renewed Covenant concepts at the beginning of our Common Era. Based upon the words of Yahusha it can also be concluded that faith and belief without actively following in Yahusha’s footsteps will not save even those who call themselves Christian -- i.e., "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46 KJV). What we must understand is that Paul possessed a much higher vision of life than did the majority of believers who followed after him -- and Paul's faith was based upon the embodiment of a system of Laws that controlled the destiny of mankind. Christian's will of course say: Paul preached that man must have faith in Yahusha -- and this is true, but we must understand that Paul had no difficulty in connecting the historical Yahusha and the transcendental Spiritual Mochiach -- and Paul also knew that everything in Creation is subject to, and controlled by a series of Laws that either restricts or opens, dependent upon the manner in which man approaches and invokes them. We know from the writings of the historians at the time that all Nazarenes initiates had to take an oath not to reveal the names of the angels -- what we fail to realize is that in the scriptures and sacred writings of these Renewed Covenant people, the portrayal of angels were allegorical symbols that revealed the characteristics of the LAWS that must be overcome in order to open the inner door to higher consciousness. What this means is that the angels and powers depicted in the Book of Enoch, Daniel, and the Revelation of John, all convey to us a knowledge of the obstacles -- or Laws -- that we must overcome, in order to embrace our soul and spiritual natures. The Nazarenes knew THE SECRETS of these Laws -- Yahusha taught THE SECRETS of these Laws to his faithful disciples -- and Paul knew that if man lives and thinks in a manner that invokes the Laws that control all aspects of life, then the door to higher consciousness will open to the disciple of the Light. Moreover, it is Paul’s knowledge of the workings of the Laws that was foundational to his doctrine that Yahusha paid the price of our salvation -- and all we need to do is begin to live our lives in the manner of a Genuine follower and believer in order to inherit the promise of the Good News. In order to begin to comprehend the religion that Paul ordained, we must understand Paul's essential mindset that was embodied in the words that each man "will be rewarded according to his own labor" (1 Cor 3:8 NIV) – which KNOWLEDGE of the Laws are the essential foundational principle upon which the concept of reincarnation of the pre-existent soul is based. If there is any question as to the true religion of Paul, whereby he expected the followers of Messiah to cease from sin and live a consecrated and holy life, the sixth chapter of his Epistle to the Romans clarifies this error: "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? … Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.

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Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to Yahuah as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey-- whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to Yahuah that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to Yahuah, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of Yahuah is eternal life in Messiah Yahusha our Master" (Rom 6:1-23 NIV). Perhaps the most important concept, which Paul sets before the reader, is seen in the words: "…you Wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted". Paul knew that if you "Wholeheartedly" obey the teachings of THE WAY in sincerity and truth of purpose, that you will invoke the ROYAL LAW of Yahuah, and you will gain entrance into the Kingdom of THE LIGHT. Paul, therefore, professed a total faith in THE LAW -- not the law of the carnal Jews who in their ignorance observed the tenets of the Law in the form of dead rituals, meaningless sacrifices, and the sinful shedding of innocent blood -- but rather, THE LAW of THE SPIRIT and TRUTH. The essence of Renewed Covenant thought is based upon the journey as embodied in the parable of the prodigal son. The fall of man as depicted in the Genesis Creation account conveys to the seeker the universal knowledge of the journey of the soul to know its Source of Being through the knowledge of itself as the offspring of the ONE ETERNAL ELOHIM. Again we can observe this same truth expressed in a different manner by the Apostle Paul when he wrote: "For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of Yahuah. We know that the whole creation has Been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time" (Rom 8:20-22 NIV). The symbolism of Adam and Eve has far less to do with men and women, as we perceive the sexes to be, than it indicates the division of the soul, which has caused the female -- or reflected nature -- to wander in this world of reflected reality in search of itself. When this reflected nature is active, it is portrayed as male. When it is passive, it is portrayed as female. When the reflective nature is seduced by the god of this world -- in the manner of the prodigal son who fell under the power of the citizen of the far country -- it is portrayed in scripture as either an unfaithful wife, or a whore. In view of the fact that each polarity of a paradox contains its opposite in a passive or constrained manner, the manner in which it is portrayed has more to do with the circumstances of what truth the scriptures are attempting to convey to us at that point. The Church Father Origen conveys this great truth to us in the words: "It is sufficient however, to represent in the style of a historic narrative what is intended to convey a secret meaning in the garb of history, that those who have the capacity may work out for themselves all that relates to the subject." And with regard to what would otherwise be historical symbols and events that would appear to us as the knowledge of superficial episodes of the past, Origen writes: "I believe that every man must hold these things for images, under which the hidden sense lies concealed" (Origen - Huet. Prigeniana, 167 Franck, p. 142). This same truth with respect to the symbols and forms used in the textual body of the scriptures is further conveyed to us on the Jewish side of the fence in the Zohar: "The narratives of the doctrine are its cloak. The

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simple look only on the garment, that is upon the narrative of the doctrine; more they know not. The instructed, however, see not merely the cloak, but what the cloak covers". And again in the words of the great Jewish theologian Moses Maimonedes: "Every time that you find in our books a tale the reality of which seems impossible, a story which is repugnant to both reason and common sense, then be sure that the tale contains a profound allegory veiling a deeply mysterious truth; and the greater the absurdity of the letter, the deeper the wisdom of the spirit". These same truths with respect to the nature and spiritual language of the Bible is again Conveyed to us in the words of the Church Historian Eusebius: "Many were led astray by reading the allegorical contents of the scriptures literally in the method of the Pharisees and Sadducees". If this was not true with respect to the threefold nature and spiritual language with which the scriptures are composed, Yahusha would not have said: "This is WHY I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they DO NOT SEE; though hearing, they DO NOT HEAR or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts and TURN, and I WOULD HEAL THEM. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell you THE TRUTH, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it" (Matt 13:13-17 NIV). CARNAL man remains ever seeing without perceiving, and ever hearing without understanding, because their natural organic state of being has made them blind and deaf to the soul and spiritual meaning of the Word. What the Apostle states in the above quotation is that it was the Creator YAHUAH that subjected mankind to the frustration of what we perceive as the fall of man, IN ORDER that "the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage" through the process of the spiritual rebirth into the Kingdom -- i.e., "We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time".

As I have already previously demonstrated, LAW brings about all things. In the same way that a child is conceived by the merging of the opposites at conception, the child of THE LIGHT is born within us as a matter of LAW.

Paul, who was of an elevated mindset, knew these LAWS -- that THE PATH OF RETURN had not only been envisioned since the very dawn of time itself, but was in fact PERFECTED by YAHUSHA, the forerunner, who through his own suffering and efforts had cleared THE WAY for ALL TO FOLLOW.

Paul was therefore correct in his doctrine that it was faith/belief in Yahusha that would save us -- which faith extended to the all-encompassing reality of THE LAWS of YAHUAH -- and not the observance of what he called ritual dead works. Paul wrote that “Genuine Israelites” are those who "…wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted".

THE REVELATION that I am setting before you is written from this same perspective -- i.e., that “IF” you MANIFEST a certain lifestyle -- OPEN your thinking to a certain mindset – INCORPORATE certain elements in your life -- SEEK to UNDERSTAND the manner in which the HAND of YAHUAH moves in the lives of men – ENDEAVOURER

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to LEARN the Mysteries of YAHUAH through the higher revelation of The Word -- RECOGNIZE and overcome your own divided nature -- and, in the wisdom of the ancients: "He has showed you, O man, what is GOOD. And what does the YAHUAH require of you? To ACT justly and to LOVE mercy and to WALK humbly with your Yahuah" (Micah 6:8)

In the same way that our modern-day leaders would say to a child: “IF” you desire to be a doctor, a lawyer, a banker, or any other profession, then you must attend certain schools in order to gain the appropriate knowledge, and you must be able to pass certain tests and requirements, and you must then practice your chosen profession, and maintain a certain standard of discipline and behavior

The disciples of THE LIGHT, who had themselves, gained the knowledge of THE KINGDOM, taught to their own disciples the things they must do IN ORDER to EMBRACE their destiny as the mature Sons of YAHUAH.

Taught By YAHUAH: Y.B.M. 8/26/12 6:47 PM EST Approved: PWHS