The Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, of Nature and the Natural Order,
gave mankind and the animals the breath of life and an Everlasting Covenant.1
In Genesis 1:1, we read:
” In the Beginning…“
Then it states several times:
And God (Elohim) said, “Let there be … and it was so …”
“And Elohim saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31
“And Elohim sanctified the 7th Day … ” Genesis 2:3
Referring back to this, the Gospel of John 1:1 says,
“In the Beginning was the spoken-word [of Elohim in a 6-day sequence];
And the spoken-word was before [the face of] Elohim [on his 7th Day Sabbath Throne];
and the spoken-word was divine (elohit).”
“And Elohim saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good.”. Genesis 1:31
“Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.” Psalm 103:19
“Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.” Psalm 93:2
“Thus says, Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, founds the earth,
and forms the spirit of humankind in its midst.” Zechariah 12:1 LEB
In other words, The Almighty Architect uttered creative words. Those words contained
his blueprint for all of creation; and his spoken words were manifested as his world was established before his face. He ceased his work and sat down upon his Throne on the 7th Day Sabbath to reign as King over all;
And thus, the created world is of divine origin and order and “very good”.
The Creator taught the Adamites (mankind of Genesis One) the basics of life, including gardening. Their training included a 7-day weekly schedule, work six days, cease and rest on the Sabbath Day. They were told exactly what they were to eat, and a general job description. They were supplied with natural-food issuing from the waters and soil — herbs, vegetation, seeds, and fruit from the plants, vines, and trees. They were first Gardeners–not “Hunter Gatherers”! Eat only this — Don’t eat that!!
Food and Drink is the most basic part of life governed by the directive of the Creator. Natural-Food growing from the Earth was to be the exclusive food for animals and mankind. But deception and disobedience led into a deviation from the diet of “Life” into a diet that included “Death”. The way of life and the way of death was symbolized by two Trees—Life and good, Death and evil. Eat life, not death! Eating death would cause mixture and confusion between good and evil and result in their own death.
In spite of the directive, Mankind ate from the Tree of Death and dying and “death passed upon all mankind”. Corporately, this further opened the door for foreign entities to create control systems with false narratives about reality – a state of confusion and mixture of “good and evil”. Killing and eating animals led to a confusion and distortion of human perception leading further to human sacrifice and cannibalism, disfigurement and mutilation of the genitalia and a parade of nakedness and pornographic immorality. A false virtual reality “Matrix” ensnared humanity with corrupted ways and writings via corrupted Angelic-beings, kings, and priesthoods.
Returning to normalcy requires a return to the normalcy of the Everlasting Covenant — the Spoken-Word of The Almighty. People are given windowed ‘doors of opportunity’ during their life to escape through the “Maze” and Return—they are graced with sufficient light to choose to get back on the path of the natural order, if they seize upon the lighted path. Otherwise the light leaves and they remain among those confused over what is the normal natural created order until another windowed door of opportunity is presented.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,
and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
“Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations,
and Noah walked with Elohim.”
Noah called one of his sons, Shem. And, this Shem is curiously called, the Father of all the children of Eber. Curious, because he was their great, great, great, grandfather (Gen. 10:21). This is because, after several generations, the Ebers (Hebrews) alone had remained faithful to the Everlasting Covenant passed on to them from Noah. Eber or one of his descendants was also known by the title of Melchizedek — The King of Righteousness.[1]Rabbis altered their genealogical texts after 160 A.D. based upon the Seder Olam in order to promote the idea that Shem was Melchizedek. They did this in order to counter the New Testament and the … Continue reading
Noah and his children came from across the waters—from the other side of the Flood through the Ark of trusting faith, righteousness, and obedience to The Almighty and The Everlasting Covenant. This is the meaning of Eber which was translated to Hebrew. Pre-flood knowledge and scriptures were passed from Enoch to Noah and Shem to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
“Abram the Hebrew” (Gen. 14:13) was trained by Shem and the Melchizedekian-Ebers (Hebrews) in the Everlasting Covenant (Genesis 9:16). Abram-Abraham spawned several nations, one of which was also known specifically as, The Hebrews (Gen. 39:14, 17). Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, and in Egypt, he called his home-land, “the Land of the Hebrews” (Gen. 40:15). In various places in the Book of Exodus, Moses was told to say to Pharoah, “Yahwéh, the Elohim (God) of the Hebrews…”
The names, El, El-Elyon, El Shaddai, Elohim, were publicly written and spoken by the Hebrews and others in the Levant — being part of the original language spoken before the Tower of Babel incident. The most sacred name, Yahwéh (meaning: The Eternal Self-Existent Being), was known and used also—But, at times, or in certain situations, they did not write it or speak it. While exiled in Egypt, it was secreted until it was revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:15. At that time, he was commanded to publicly declare it before the the Elders of Yisrael (who already knew it) and then before Pharoah of Egypt — from this time, it was permitted to be written in new scrolls. Knowledge of “that Name” was a sign that Moses was truly sent to lead them back to their Land.
Likely, it was Moses’ minister, Joshua, who wrote a condensed Narrative known as “J” from the multiple Source-Documents entrusted by Jacob to the Levites. “J” began at Genesis 2:4 and ran as core narrative through the Books of Exodus, Numbers, and Joshua. It was later redacted, supplemented, and lengthened by other priests. “J” or Joshua inserted the name into the new scrolls revealing its open use from the time of Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:4). [2]A Deuteronomistic writer later edited and supplemented to produce a Judean-Jerusalemite Historical Narrative – Joshua through 2Kings.
Another older creation document using only the name Elohim (Genesis 1:1 – 2:3) was later placed at the beginning of “J” without change, as had been done with the “J” document at Genesis 2:4 going forward. Genesis 1:1 – 2:3 is the “seed” which authentically grows The Tree of Life and The Everlasting Covenant. Whatever deviates from this is the result of the mixture and confusion of “good and evil” that resulted in suffering and “death [dying] passed upon all men”. Whatever deviates from the original pattern of the “seed” is the result of the rebellion and “hardness of heart” of mankind and the temporary tolerance of Elohim.
Should we not comprehend and move toward what is the “good, permissive, and perfect” will of Elohim?;
Not merely living in what is tolerated for a limited time?! Romans 12:2
These Hebrews were later also called, Yi-s’ra-el [3]Yi-s’ra-el means, He will-rule with-El / God, after their father, Jacob (Gen 14:13; 43:32; Acts 26:14; 15; 2 Cor 11:22). They renamed their land, the Land of Yisrael, and divided it among their Tribes. Many centuries passed and there was confusion about the Everlasting Covenant (same as today) and they were no longer a monolithic people. In fact, it was only a “remnant” (Is. 10:22; Rom. 9:27; 11:5; Rev. 12:17) who preserved the Everlasting Covenant in authentic practice. For an aberrant priesthood altered the sacred texts to promote their evil and bloody Priestcraft and led the Hebrew-Israelites astray. But the truth is still there for those who have “eyes to see” and “ears to hear” and “hearts to discern” the truth from their errors. Yeshúa (Y’Shúa) the Messiah was the restorer of the ancient path in the first century A.D., as is most evident in the Original Gospel and supplemented by other recovered documents and revelations.
The Hebrew-Israelites, passed on their Experience (Da’ath; Gnosis) and Documentation to the Remnant–From Moses and Joshua, it passed to Samuel, David, “and the Prophets” (Acts 3:24; Heb 11:32); It was perverted after the time of King David by foreign influences upon deviant priests of the Samaritans, Judeans, and then later, of Christianity and Islam. However, a Remnant survived! The Essenes-Ebionites-Nasareans, or, under one term, The Netsarim continued that Remnant. (Isaiah 1:9; Rom 11:5; Rev 12:17)
Yeshua the Netsar & Naziyr
In the first century A.D., the promised Netsar, arose. Y’Shúa (Yeshúa) was both The Netsar/Netzar of Isaiah 11:1 and a Naziyr aka Nazarite. The word “Netsar” was used as a metaphor for him in Isaiah 11:1. On the other hand, A “Naziyr” was one who took a special Vow of Consecration and was forbidden to cut their hair—like Samuel, Samson, and John the Baptist. Early Christian translations from Hebrew into Greek created confusion with the words, Netzar and Nazir, in regard to Y’Shúa. Matthew 2:23 in alluding to Samson obviously refer to him being a Nazir from a village of Nazirites, known as, Nazareth. “[F]or the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.” Judges 13:7 But, he was a different kind of Nazir. He ate no flesh of animals and called his disciples to abstain from the same.
Y’Shúa was the Netsar (the twig or branch, sprouted from the lineage root of Jesse and King David). He was also a Nazirite, living in a small Essene (Assayin) village of Nazirites called, Nazareth/Nazireth, and thus, he was called, Y’Shúa of Nazireth. However, in Acts 24:6, though the same Greek word was used, a different spelling should have been used to refer to the Netsar and his “sect of the Netsarim.” (Netsar is singular; Netsarim is plural.) Later, the Greek word, Christianos, was substituted for the Hebrew word, Netsarim. [4]Using a grape vine metaphor would yield: “I am the Vine (Netsar) and ye are the Branches (the Netsarim).” John 15:5
Y’Shúa of Nazireth,[5]Hybridized to Jesus: From Hebrew to Greek & Latin to English: Yahwshúa to Yahshúa–Joshua–Yeshúa–Y’Shúa–Yeshu–Yesu–Jesus: meaning: Yahwéh gives … Continue reading a Nazirite Prophet from a village of Essenes and Nazirites (Amos 2:10; 11; 12), was anointed with authority and power by the Almighty (Elohím), to restore the Everlasting Covenant.[6]The words, Anoint & Anointed, come from the Hebrew words, Mashakh & Mashiakh. These were translated into Greek as, Chrism & Christos and transliterated as Messias. Anointing with oil, was … Continue reading And later by his wife, Miriam the Magdalene.
He stood up in the midst of various sects that had arisen since the split-up of the Kingdom into North & South after King Solomon (931 BCE), the invasions and captivities of Assyria (722 BCE) and Babylon (586 BCE), the returns, population shifts, and civil wars.[7]These invasions came after the separation of Northern Israel from Southern Israel. They are later known as Samaritans & Judaeans (John 4). In both invasions-captivities, most of the elite were … Continue reading These groups were attempting to survive the Roman Empire’s occupation and preserve, each their own versions of the Covenant.[8]The Everlasting Covenant was given to Adam and passed down to Noah and Abraham. It was augmented and individualized for the nation of Israel under Moses at Mount Horeb/Sinai. But the records were … Continue reading The problem, after another 2000 years, is to unravel and discern: What is the authentic version? — we have to be an eclectic to sort it out!!
Backing up to the 8th Century BC, in between the invasions and captivities of Israel by Assyria and Babylon, the prophet Isaiah (Yeshayahu) prophesied.[9]Yesha-Yahu and Yǝho-Shua are equivalent names, two words in reversed order of one another. The Gospel of Isaiah predicts what the original Gospel of Y’Shúa explicitly sets in motion–its fulfillment.
“The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have reversed the Instructions, altered the Laws,
and broken the Everlasting Covenant [of the Eternal One]. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
and those who dwell therein are found guilty.” Isaiah 24:5, 6
To remedy this, the mouthpiece of the Eternal One speaks again:
“And from the root of Jesse, there shall come forth a Shoot[10]In Hebrew, the word is, Netsar; it is from the verb, Nawtsar, meaning: to Guard, to Keep, to Preserve; It used of the Levites in Dt 33:9 (A Guardian-Keeper-Preserver of the Everlasting Covenant)…And the Spirit of Yahweh shall rest upon him…” Isaiah 11:1, 2
& 2 Tribes called Judah in the South.
About 900 years later, the picture below reveals the Land of Israel in the 1st Century,
districted under the Roman-Herodian government.
Israelism/Judaism of the 1st Century AD[11]aka, CE for the Common Era was diverse, having various expressions rooted in the Original Torah-Law. These living instructions were passed down from the beginning—From Adam to Seth to Enoch to Noah, Shem & Eber, to Melchizedek to Abraham, to Moses and Joshua, all the way down to Y’Shúa ha’Mashiakh, the Nazarite-Essene of Nazareth. Notice the summary statement concerning Abraham the Hebrew: Elohim said, in the Book of Jubilees 24:11, that Abraham
“…obeyed My Voice, guarded My Charge and My Commandments, and My Laws, and My Decrees, and My Covenant…”
In the parallel passage in Genesis 26:5,
…Abraham obeyed My Voice, and kept My Charge, My Commandments, My Laws, and My Teachings [Torot].”
And then, Isaac was told to do the same:
“And now, obey My Voice and dwell in this Land.”
Notice that the time frame was hundreds of years before Moses and the Exodus from Egypt. We find that My Covenant is referred to as The Everlasting Covenant in Genesis 9:15; 16; Isaiah 24:5 and is referring back to Genesis 1:1 – 2:3.
(Note: These words of historical interpretation are not written to condemn multitudes of beautiful souls. All groups have inherited a mixture of truth and falsities from the past and hopefully we have done the best we could with the good that we received. But we must speak the truth in love and compassion, as best as we can ascertain it and make the necessary changes. Remember, “Love covers a multitude of sins.”)
When Y’Shúa stood up in the 1st Century AD, there were major groups organized out of the matrix of the previous two centuries, called:
(1) the Essenes (Therapeutae), Nasareans, Nazareans, Ebionites, Mandeans (these were closely related and scattered about in all regions); They claimed that the groups below had edited the Scriptures and that one must learn to use discernment to distinguish the original from the revisions. They were vege-fruitarians who rejected animal sacrifices as part of the fraudulent rewriting of the Scriptures, by those priests who incorporated idolatrous blood rituals of the surrounding nations into them.
(2) Sadducees, Scribes, and Shammaite Pharisees and Herodians, controlling the Jerusalem-Judean Temple and Synagogue Network. The more moderate School of Hillel had been overpowered and outnumbered. According to Rav Harvey Falk, “Hillel and Menachem both believed in Hasidism and were in fact Essenes.” Jesus the Pharisee, p. 52); Modern Rabbinical Judaism “Officially” modified itself to the School of Hillel in the 2nd Century A.D., though their image of him was changed to a moderate Pharisee, rather than an Essene.
(3) Zealots and Sacarii who carried out insurrection attempts against the occupying Romans along with assassinations of their own people–those they deemed to be colluding with the Romans;
(4) Samaritans in Samaria who claimed to be part of the northern tribes of Israel, preserving to this day a similar but different version of the Torah than the Judeans.
(5) The Diaspora referred to those of them who were scattered into the nations near and far, to the North, South, East, and West…!
Each taught their interpretation of ‘Moses and the Prophets’ and other documents. They maintained their own traditions, methods of interpretation, and their own authoritative and lawful ‘chain of title’ claims in regard to it all. Just as any modern religion, profession, society, or government does today, each of these ancient groups had their own Besorah and Mesorah (Gospel & Tradition), its Core Law and its Expansive and more detailed Explanations.
Among them all, there was anticipation for the reappearance of (1) Elijah the Priest-Prophet, (2) a Prophet like Moses, and (3) the Mashiakh (the Messiah, the Anointed, the Christ; John 1:19-22) — each of which, would be an anointed agent of Elohim, playing their role in redeeming, rectifying, restoring and unifying the splintered and scattered nation of Yi-s’ra-el; And thereby, initiating “the healing of the nations”. Rev 22:1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
From our perspective, it was #(1) above who were the truest heirs: the Sethian-Enochian-Noahites, Shemitic-Melchizedekian-Hebrew-Israelite-Nasarean-Ebionite-Essenes = Netsarim! They were attempting to survive untainted in the midst of the Roman, Herodian, and Temple Governments, and attempts by their fellow Jews to belittle and delegitimize, to persecute, and write them out of the historical record.
A Roman Catholic Bishop wrote in 375 A.D. that
“This sect of Netsarim [possess the Original Gospel written in Hebrew and] is to be found in Beroea near Coelesyria, in the Decapolis near Pella, and in Bashanitis at the place called . . . Khokhabe in Hebrew . . .[In his disgust, he says,] They are nothing but Jews [except for their fidelity to Y’Shúa haMashiakh. . .]” [Likewise, the Ancient Essene Sect of the]“Nasaræans . . . are Jews by nationality, from Gileaditis, Bashanitis and the Transjordan as I have been told, but descendants of Israel himself.” There are only a handful of Nasaræans [left as such, for]… they have been united with the sect of the Ebionites [“The Poor” Mt 5:3, which is another name for the Netsarim, who also possess the Original Gospel written in Hebrew. They reject animal sacrifices and flesh eating as part of a fraudulent revision of the Scriptures, and thus, they read them with discernment].
Bishop Epiphanius, The Panarion (c. 375 AD)
A Nicene Bishop, on the outside trying to look in!
[Brackets are mine, inserted to reorder and simplify his extensive descriptions and narrowing in on the pertinent statements. We have used the Prophet Isaiah’s term,
Netsar (Netsarim), instead of his Greek translation, Nazoraeans, which is also used for Nazarites. in the NT.]
- (Genesis 1:1 – 2:24 ; Jubilees 2:1 – 3:15) Jubilees 2:1 And the angel of the presence spoke to Moses according to the word of Yahwéh, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord Yahwéh finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and (2) appointed it as a sign for all His works.
For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him -the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer and of all the spirits of His creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth, (He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide (and night), and the light, dawn and day, which He hath (3) prepared in the knowledge of His heart. And thereupon we saw His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works; for seven great works did He create on the first day.
(4) And on the second day He created the firmament in the midst of the waters, and the waters were divided on that day -half of them went up above and half of them went down below the firmament (that was) in the midst over the face of the whole earth. And this was the only work (God) created (5) on the second day.
And on the third day He commanded the waters to pass from off the face of (6) the whole earth into one place, and the dry land to appear. And the waters did so as He commanded them, and they retired from off the face of the earth into one place outside of this firmament, (7) and the dry land appeared. And on that day He created for them all the seas according to their separate gathering-places, and all the rivers, and the gatherings of the waters in the mountains and on all the earth, and all the lakes, and all the dew of the earth, and the seed which is sown, and all sprouting things, and fruit-bearing trees, and trees of the wood, and the garden of Eden, in Eden (8) and all . These four great works God created on the third day.
And on the fourth day He created the sun and the moon and the stars, and set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon all the earth, and to rule over the day and the night, and divide the (9) light from the darkness. And God appointed the sun to be a great sign on the earth for days and (10) for sabbaths and for months and for feasts and for years and for sabbaths of years and for jubilees and for all seasons of the years. And it divides the light from the darkness [and] for prosperity, that all things may prosper which shoot and grow on the earth. These three kinds He made on the fourth day.
And on the fifth day He created great sea monsters in the depths of the waters, for these were the first things of flesh that were created by His hands, the fish and everything that moves in the (12) waters, and everything that flies, the birds and all their kind. And the sun rose above them to prosper (them), and above everything that was on the earth, everything that shoots out of the earth, and all (13) fruit-bearing trees, and all flesh. These three kinds He created on the fifth day.
And on the sixth day (14) He created all the animals of the earth, and all cattle, and everything that moves on the earth. And after all this He created man, a man and a woman created He them, and gave him dominion over all that is upon the earth, and in the seas, and over everything that flies, and over beasts and over cattle, and over everything that moves on the earth, and over the whole earth, and over all this He gave (15) him dominion. And these four kinds He created on the sixth day. And there were altogether (16) two and twenty kinds. And He finished all His work on the sixth day -all that is in the heavens and on the earth, and in the seas and in the abysses, and in the light and in the darkness, and in (17) everything.
And He gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six days, but (18) keep Sabbath on the seventh day from all work. And all the angels of the presence, and all the angels of sanctification, these two great classes -He hath bidden us to keep the Sabbath with Him (19) in heaven and on earth. And He said unto us: ‘Behold, I will separate unto Myself a people from among all the peoples, and these shall keep the Sabbath day, and I will sanctify them unto Myself as My people, and will bless them; as I have sanctified the Sabbath day and do sanctify (it) unto (20) Myself, even so will I bless them, and they shall be My people and I will be their God. And I have chosen the seed of Jacob from amongst all that I have seen, and have written him down as My first-born son, and have sanctified him unto Myself for ever and ever; and I will teach them the (21) Sabbath day, that they may keep Sabbath thereon from all work.’ And thus He created therein a sign in accordance with which they should keep Sabbath with us on the seventh day, to eat and to drink, and to bless Him who has created all things as He has blessed and sanctified unto Himself (22) a peculiar people above all peoples, and that they should keep Sabbath together with us.
And He caused His commands to ascend as a sweet savour acceptable before Him all the days . . .
(23) There (were) two and twenty heads of mankind from Adam to Jacob, and two and twenty kinds of work were made until the seventh day; this is blessed and holy; and the former also is blessed and (24) holy; and this one serves with that one for sanctification and blessing. And to this (Jacob and His seed) it was granted that they should always be the blessed and holy ones of the first testimony (25) and law, even as He had sanctified and blessed the Sabbath day on the seventh day. He created heaven and earth and everything that He created in six days, and God made the seventh day holy, for all His works; ↩︎
References
| ↑1 | Rabbis altered their genealogical texts after 160 A.D. based upon the Seder Olam in order to promote the idea that Shem was Melchizedek. They did this in order to counter the New Testament and the Book of Hebrews. |
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| ↑2 | A Deuteronomistic writer later edited and supplemented to produce a Judean-Jerusalemite Historical Narrative – Joshua through 2Kings. |
| ↑3 | Yi-s’ra-el means, He will-rule with-El / God |
| ↑4 | Using a grape vine metaphor would yield: “I am the Vine (Netsar) and ye are the Branches (the Netsarim).” John 15:5 |
| ↑5 | Hybridized to Jesus: From Hebrew to Greek & Latin to English: Yahwshúa to Yahshúa–Joshua–Yeshúa–Y’Shúa–Yeshu–Yesu–Jesus: meaning: Yahwéh gives freedom from slavery, as in, “Whosoever shall call on the name of Yahwéh (The Eternal Being) shall be saved.” |
| ↑6 | The words, Anoint & Anointed, come from the Hebrew words, Mashakh & Mashiakh. These were translated into Greek as, Chrism & Christos and transliterated as Messias. Anointing with oil, was part of an inauguration ceremony for a priest, prophet, and king, when sacred oil was poured upon their head. And this was symbolized the spirit of God being poured upon them enduing with authority and power. We discern that this was also performed upon Y’Shúa of Nazareth by John the Baptist at his Baptismal Inauguration. Cf., 1 Sam 16:12; 13 |
| ↑7 | These invasions came after the separation of Northern Israel from Southern Israel. They are later known as Samaritans & Judaeans (John 4). In both invasions-captivities, most of the elite were taken away, but not all. Many others also remained in the Lands of Israel & Judah. In the generations following, many from the captivities returned to their Land and many more dispersed into the Nations. |
| ↑8 | The Everlasting Covenant was given to Adam and passed down to Noah and Abraham. It was augmented and individualized for the nation of Israel under Moses at Mount Horeb/Sinai. But the records were edited and redacted by scribal priests beginning between Solomon to Hezekiah and Isaiah, and further in Babylon. |
| ↑9 | Yesha-Yahu and Yǝho-Shua are equivalent names, two words in reversed order of one another. |
| ↑10 | In Hebrew, the word is, Netsar; it is from the verb, Nawtsar, meaning: to Guard, to Keep, to Preserve; It used of the Levites in Dt 33:9 |
| ↑11 | aka, CE for the Common Era |