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Yahushua came to… Make sure that we know that the Torah and Prophets is not abolished or destroyed (Part One)

Shalom,

Transcript of video is posted below.

Have a blessed Shabbat.

Shalom,

Dirk

—-Transcript—–

Hello, my name is Dirk.

In the previous vlog, I explained about what was nailed on the stake.  Our death penalty for sinning against YHWH is what is nailed on the stake.  Yahushua died so that our sins could be forgiven.  Churches teach Law, also known as Torah, is no more. If we believe in Yahushua, this means that we do not need to follow the Law.  We now have grace.

Did Yahushua teach us this?  Did Yahushua tell us that we no longer have to follow the Torah/Law?  One of the verses that the church normally uses to teach that we do not need to follow the Law is from Matthew 5:17.  In the verse Yahushua says “I did not come to destroy the Torah or Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete”—other bible translations use the word fulfill.  Let’s look at the verse and we will discuss further.

Slide of Matthew 5:17

Yahushua said “I did not come to destroy but to complete (or fulfill)’’.  Church often use the sign for the word fulfill (see sign).  The sign indicates that it means it is finished, it is done, not needed any more.   But the problem here is, Yahushua says I did not come to destroy—but to—complete/fulfill.  If I am to say that it is done, finished and no longer needed, that means I must stop the Law, I must destroy the Law and make it no more.  Yahushua would not say that.  He would not say I come not to destroy and to end it. Stop the Law which means I must destroy it.  This does not make sense.

Let me give you an example, I tell my daughter, from now on, when you enter the house, you will take your shoes off so that the house will be clean.   My daughter follows my instructions and has never broken it.  What this means is that she fulfilled my instructions.  She acted on my instructions and obeyed me.   With this same context in mind, we understand that the word complete or fulfill means that we did what YHWH instructed us.  We acted on it.  We did it.  Yahushua says “I did not come to destroy but to do what the Father instructed me to do”.  This means that Yahushua obeyed the Father. To you and me, this means that the Torah still stands today. Torah did not stop.

I want you to really think about this deeply because this is very important and life altering change for you if you still feel that the Law does not apply to us because of grace.  But this is not what Yahushua taught us.  Yahushua taught that we must love and thus we are following what the Torah teaches us.

When we fulfill YHWH’s Instructions (this is what Torah means, it means Father’s Instructions to us).  We do what the Torah teaches us, this means we are obeying the Father, in other words we are fulfilling the Law.

Slide: Yahushua obeyed the Torah and Prophets

Do you understand?   Yahushua followed the Father, His expectations of us and of Him (Yahushua).   Following His Instructions, it is as simple as that.  Yahushua did not come to tell people that I did not come to destroy or stop the Torah, I came to follow the Father’s Instructions. This is what chapter 5:17 talks about.   Verse 18 goes one step further and tells us that the Torah itself is so big that it is more important than the heavens or earth. Go ahead and read verse 18.

Slide: Matthew 5:18

I want to talk about two things.  The first one is that this particular verse says that “heaven and earth will pass away (‘Pass away’ means destroyed) when every small part of the Torah is done.”   In the Torah are both Instructions and Prophecy, which means things that will happen in the future.  Has all the prophecy been met?  No.  This means that the heaven and earth must be destroyed before all parts of the Torah are met.   I open my window or go out of my front door in the morning and get my breath of fresh air. I can look up and see the heavens, beautiful blue skies, and beautiful clouds.  I can look down to the ground and see the green grass and trees around me.   This means that the heavens and earth are still here.  It has not been destroyed.  If that is true then it means logically that the Torah is still for today.   The Instructions still stand today.  Prophecies will still be met.

The second thing is about the words jot and tittle.  Jot means the smallest part, the smallest letter of the Hebrew language which is Yod.   YHWH’s name, the first letter of His name is Yod.  Tittle is even smaller than the jot.   If the smallest part of the Hebrew language that the Instructions that YHWH gave us is written in the Torah is not done or met.  This means that the Torah is still for today.

Remember our death penalty is already nailed on the stake. That one single thing allows us to face YHWH with Yahushua as our savior permitting us to face YHWH.   The Torah, our Father’s instructions for us still remains for us today.

There is another verse that explains clearly how important the jot and tittle is for today while the heavens and earth can easily be destroyed first before the jot and tittle.

Slide: Like 16:17

I will say this to you.  The Torah is still for us today.  It still applies in our lives.  YHWH’s instructions to us are very important in our lives.   Our guidance, what we are to do, how do we traverse through life are based on what?  It is based on His expectations, His guidance for us.   If the Father tells us how very important the Torah is, we are to agree and support it.

Is it right to say that if the Father says the Torah is very important, we are to say no, we have grace and that is enough?   We cannot have the Father telling us that the Torah is important and then the Father telling us that Grace alone is sufficient.  Both conflict each other.

The grace is that the death penalty is nailed on the stake allowing us to face the Father.  The grace is that we now can follow the Torah without worrying about the punishment.   Our hearts can now obey and proceed with joy.  Isaiah 42:21 explains what the Father feels about the Torah.  How important it is.  Go ahead and read it.

Slide: Isaiah 42:21

With Grace, our hearts know how blessed by YHWH we are to live without the death penalty.  Knowing Yahushua died for us so that our sins are forgiven, is a tremendous thing to behold.  With Grace, do we now try to figure things out on our own?  Reading New Testament only and trying to figure out what Yahushua is trying to say?  That is not so.  Torah itself is our guide, the information we need to know in order to behave in life according to Father’s expectation of us.   The verse in Psalms 119:105 very clearly says “The word (Torah) is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”.  We have a lamp in our hand in front of us, which is the Torah.  Put it down to my feet and we can see where we are going in front of us.  We do not need to worry about what is right of us or left of us.  The light tells us where YHWH wants us to go—following the path.  Read the verse from Psalms 119.

Slide: Psalms 119:105

I feel that this is very important that you understand this.   If you struggle with this, I understand completely.  I used to go through this myself.   After reading the bible for many years as a Christian, I too believed the Torah was not needed to be followed.  Yet I struggled.   After years of studying, I came to understand that the Torah is still a very important part of our lives.  Many people in Church may not understand or be resistant because their pastor or their parents tell them that following the Torah is not necessary.   I understand this.

I ask that you pray on this, ask the Father to guide you, show you the truth because we are supposed to use Yahushua as an example for our lives.  First John 2:1-6 clearly states how important it is for us to follow His commandments.  Verse 6 sums it very well.  We are to walk like Yahushua walked.   How did Yahushua walk?  Obeying His Father and loving others.   What more can we say about that?

Pray deeply about this very important thing.

The Truth–The Name of Yahushua–The Importance of His Name

 

Shalom,

This video relates about the importance of Yahushua’s name and why we should use it.

May YHWH bless you and keep you during Shabbat.

Shalom,

Dirk

—-Transcript of Video—–

Hello, my name is Dirk

You just saw the verse from John 5:43 which says:

Yochanan/John 5:43

“I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.

I have been talking about the names of YHWH and Yahushua for a while stressing the importance of knowing their names.   Now I am going to talk about why you would accept the name of Jesus and not the name of Yahushua.  I am going to take the opportunity to show you the transition in history of the name of Yahushua from the Hebrew language to the Greek language to the Latin language and finally to the English language.

Slide showing change of name in different languages

Did you see the name changing over time?  Does Jesus look like Yahushua?  Not even close!  I want to step back one language from the English language and move back to the Latin language where the name of Jesus is Iesus.  That name lasted for a long time throughout history.  Then it was changed to Jesus.  The letter J showed up not long ago.   I am going to show you a copy of a page from the bible, specifically the King James Version bible, which was first printed in 1611.  The page is from Luke Chapter 4.  Pay close attention to the yellow highlights of Jesus which is spelled Iesus.

Slide showing copy of KJV 1611 Luke Chapter 4

The word Iesus in the book which was published in 1611 in the first English bible that was make it possible for many people to read.  Iesus?  You can read on the internet about the history of the letter J.  There is plenty of information to be found.

Our English language has 26 letters in the alphabet, the baby of the letters in the alphabet is the letter J.  The letter J was born from the letter I.  In the year 1634, there was the first time in print, a distinction between the letter I and the letter J.  For many years up to that time, there was no distinction between both letters in print.  Thus the name Iesus became Jesus.  We already see the name being changed 4 times becoming another name. Another person?

Slide asking question of which names fits with John 5:43

If I tell you that the name Yahushua was not used as a reference to one person in the bible and that there is another in the bible?  This person was mentioned frequently in the bible and even has his own book.   We know of Yahushua, not the mistaken name of Jesus.  There is another Yahushua in the bible, in the Tankh or Old Testament, more specifically in the first 5 books of the bible.   Before I continue with this discussion, I am going to show you a slide.  If you do not believe me, feel free to look this up yourself.

Slide showing Name in Hebrew Yahushua and Names in English Jesus and Joshua

You just saw the same names in Hebrew but different translated names in English of Jesus and Joshua.  You know who Joshua is?  The famed assistant to Moses and when Moses died, Joshua took over ruling the whole House of Israel.    The surprising thing here is that the name is the same in Hebrew, Yahushua.   I am going to show you a verse where Yahushua, which you know as Joshua, had his name changed from Hoshea to Yahushua.

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men whom Mosheh sent to spy out the land. And Mosheh called Hoshĕa the son of Nun, Yahushua.

Hoshea had his name changed to Yahushua.   In today’s world, we should not be using Jesus but rather Joshua and saying “Praise Joshua” all those years.  Why are we saying Jesus?   Already we see the name changed to a different person.   We must be very careful and know what is written even going further to find out where it was written, the history of what was written, rather than reading what is written and listening to what is being said by other people and taking their word for it and believing it to be true.

We must take what is written and discern it deeper and find the truth that may be hidden from us.

Jesus is not his name, Joshua is not his name.  Yahushua is His Name!

Who decided the name?  His Father!

Who decided that His Name would be above every name?  His Father!

If our Father made His Name very important, we must do the same and show every reverence to that Name.   Not changing His Name into something less and changing it again into a different name and eventually to Jesus which has no connection to the Father.  I am going to show you verses from Philippians stressing the importance of His Name.

Pilipiyim/Philippians 2:9-11

(9)  Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name,

(10)  that at the Name of Yahushua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

(11)  and every tongue should confess that Yahushua Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father.

Philippians Chapter two verses nine through eleven can be summed up by saying that His Name is above all, we will bow to that name, and confess that He is the Master giving our Father esteem.

Yahushua is our Messiah which means Anointed One (hence the way I sign it this way), Anointed One means taking oil and pour it over someone’s head and it flows freely down the head indicating that he is chosen.

Yahushua was chosen to be our savior and He is our Messiah.  The Father picked Him (Yahushua) with a name that is very important.  We must heed this, hold the name to heart.  We must know the name in order to bow down and confess that He is our Messiah.

I do not know who Jesus is.  The name has no meaning to me.  It does not give Our Father esteem.   It takes away The Father’s name.  It takes away any relationship between the Father and the Son.

I propose we go back to calling the Son by his true name, Yahushua.  We proclaim that He is our Messiah so we can give Our Father, YHWH, His esteem.

 

The Truth–The Name of Yahushua–The Meaning of the Name

Shalom, Viewers,

Knowing the meaning of Yahushua’s name gives us a bigger and better perspective of our Father YHWH.

You can view the transcript of the video below.

Have a blessed Shabbat

Shalom,

Dirk

——-Transcript——-

Hello, my name is Dirk

Remember, in my previous vlog, I explained that YHWH the Father gave His Son the name Yahushua.  Not Jesus, the name Jesus was never given to Yahushua, never!

The term Jesus has no meaning in the Greek language, Latin language, and English language, none at all.  However, the Name Yahushua has meaning, the rest of this vlog will explain the meaning of His Name.   Let us go ahead and begin by reading John 5:43.

Yochanan/John 5:43

 “I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.

Yahushua said,  “I come in My Father’s Name, but you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.”   We know that Yahushua is the name that was given to the Son by the Father.  We should accept that name, but people and those in the church use the name Jesus instead.  Jesus is not the name that the Father gave the Son.  Yet people accept that name.   Let me remind you of what YHWH’s name looks like with this next slide.

Name of YHWH

יהוה

YHWH

 Did you see the slide with the Hebrew Letters on top and the English letters on the bottom which says YHWH?  Now I am going to show you Yahushua’s name in Hebrew and compare it with His Father’s name, YHWH.  Compare both names and try to see where I am coming from when I am trying to explain to you.

Name of YHWH and Yahushua

יהושע        יהוה      

Yahushua            Yahweh         

Yahushua was right!  He said “I come in My Father’s Name.”  Did you notice the name Yah?   This is the name of the Father.  Yahweh is the word that we hear spoken, whether in the Hebrew language or the English language, it is spoken as Yahweh.  When we hear the word, we try to fit the English sounding letters into words and we write it down as Yahweh as you just saw in the recent slide.

Yah is the abbreviated part of His Name.   It is written in the Old Testament portion of the bible.   It has been used more than 50 times.   You will not find it in the King James Version bible or other bibles because they changed it to LORD.  Already YHWH’s name has been removed replaced with a different name and you did not know about it especially about the importance of the Fathers Name in His Son’s Name.  I am going to give you an example of the name Yah used for the first time in Exodus 15:2, look for the name Yah.

Shemoth/Exodus 15:2

“Yah is my strength and song, and He has become my deliverance. He is my Ěl, and I praise Him – Elohim of my father, and I exalt Him.

 See the name Yah? Normally I sign the name YHWH or YH which indicates Yah.  Right now, I am going to explain the true meaning of the name of Yahushua which is very powerful!  His Name means…

Meaning of Yahushua

יהושע

Yahweh is Salvation

Now you know why I sign Yahushua the way I do.   Yahushua means YHWH is salvation!  People back then knew the name of YHWH, they knew it.  When Yahushua said “I come in My Father’s Name”, the people knew that YHWH came to save them from their sins.   In my previous vlog, I talked about Yoesph getting a message from the messenger in the dream saying do not do what you plan to do, the name is Yahushua is given to your son because he will save His people from their sins.   This is written in Matthew 1:21.  Go ahead and read it

Mattithyahu/Matthew 1:21

 “And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His Name יהושע for He shall save His people from their sins.”

What a powerful name is Yahushua!  YHWH is Salvation!  If we did not the Father’s Name YHWH, how could we know the Son’s Name Yahushua, the importance of their relationship with their Names?  Let me give you a quick example.  As many of you know LORD and Jesus, how are they related? There is none, because their names mean nothing.   We know Yahushua came here to die for our sins so we can be saved.  By knowing the name of the Father YHWH and the Son Yahushua, we know the power of their name and the meaning of their actions.

Yahushua died so we could be saved, and who does the saving? The Father YHWH.

 Yeshayahu/Isaiah 43:11

I, I am, יהוה and besides Me there is no saviour

Luqas/Luke 1:47

And my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Saviour

We know Yahushua made a tremendous sacrifice when he died for our sins.  His name Yahushua means YHWH is Salvation and by His sacrifice, we are saved.  Scripture also shows that we must know His Name given to Him by His Father and the name Yahushua is the name above all names as I showed you in the previous vlog.

Scripture also states, which I will show you in a moment, which we must be saved in that name and not by any other name.   Jesus is another name and we cannot be saved by that name.  We must know the name Yahushua because in that name it means YHWH is Salvation.  Let me go ahead and show you the verse from Acts.

Ma’asei/Acts 4:12

“And there is no deliverance in anyone else, for there is no other Name under the heaven given among men by which we need to be saved.”

It is important to know the name of Yahushua.  By knowing the Name of the Son, we know the Name of the Father.  When Yahushua died, rose and interacted with the people for 40 days and was about to be ascended He told his disciples that they would not see Him again until they say “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of YHWH”.  We know Yahushua came in His Father’s Name which is YHWH.  In the future when Yahushua comes again, we must know His Name so that we know who is coming!  In the Name of YHWH!  Then we can say Blessed is He who comes in the name of YHWH—who is Yahushua!