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Defining the Church
For me defining the church, the
ecclesia (the called out ones) begins with defining who True Israel is. I make a
distinction between the STATE OF ISRAEL, those who follow the laws of a
man made government with its statutes, judgments and ordinances and who trust in
its Military Intelligence, tanks, ground to air missiles, planes, etc, etc, etc
and True Israel, those who have repented and are diligently learning our
heavenly Father’s statutes, judgments and ordinances and who trust in YHVH God
exclusively for all their provisions and safety.
Our Father has only ever had one people, their name is True Israel. These people
have and still come from every kingdom on the earth, just as Abraham did. When
they realize that they have fallen dreadfully short of presenting the glory of
our heavenly Father’s image on the earth they repent, turn from their wicked
ways, leave the kingdom of their birth and join themselves to the True kingdom
of Israel. Now they begin to learn, do and teach our Father’s pure and holy
and righteous ways. Baptism is an expatiation from one kingdom, the kingdom in
which we were originally born, into True Israel, the kingdom of our second
birth.
Jesus gives us the authority to overcome the power of sin in our lives so we can
begin our journey towards becoming the perfect image of our heavenly Father on
the earth. The only way the world can see this perfect image is if we present it
to them just as Jesus (Yeshua) did. Paul said that we were to imitate him as he
imitates Yeshua; Jesus lived Torah in His life perfectly because he was Torah
made flesh. He was our example of how to live and we must become the world’s
example.
Any additions to or deletions from the instructions received through Moses, will
result in a distortion of the perfect image of our God to the world. True Israel
follows YHVH God from the heart out of love for Him; for that is where His ways
are now written.
When we, the called out ones, repent and leave our respective governments, we
must be called, into something as well. That something is the “good news”
that John the Baptist, Yeshua, Paul, James, Peter, James, John and Jude always
spoke of, the kingdom of heaven, True Israel. The word for these last days is
“Come out of her (Babylon, Egypt, etc.) My people, we must learn to follow Him
exclusively and completely or we will only be the ecclesia in name only.
I have put together a video called "Baptism, a New Beginning, It is part 4
of the Series called the "Process of Being Born Again;" it is
available at http://www.weareisrael.org
Respectfully submitted from a burning heart, Michael