2004.07.D.12 An Important Analysis Of Who Yahooshua Actually Is Created by James3 on 8/24/2019 1:27:36 PM An Important Analysis Of Who Yahooshua Actually Is
Greetings
I received this further document from Yochanan Mascaro in response to the article "To James in the love of Yahooshua".
This article sets out a strong argument supporting why Yahooshua is the "anointed of Yah" (= Messiah {Christ}) and why Yahooshua is NOT the Almighty.
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From: Yochanan Mascaro
To: james@etimin.org
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ETI Informal pdf 1AD.04.07.08] To James in the love of Yahooshua
Agreed again James
The basorot (gospel) of Yochanan (John) was written by the same fellow who wrote the epistles of John. Thus, he clarifies for us many of the things he says in his gospel through his three epistles. 1 Yochanan (John) starts off in most of our bibles by saying ""That" or "What" was from the beginning." It does not say "He" who was from the beginning." William Tyndale's bible of 1526 (rev. 1534) used the English word "it" at Yochanan 1:3 as did John Rogers in 1537, The Great Bible of 1539, The Geneva Bible of 1560/1599 and The Bishop's Bible of 1568. It should be noted that the Tyndale version was a translation of a translation - he used the Latin Vulgate as his basis whereas Tyndale used the actual Hebrew and Greek Erasmus documents. A careful reading reveals that "it" (rather than "he" and "him" is thus referring to the simple spoken spirit-word of Yahweh ("Dvar Yahweh" in Hebrew) that Yahweh always has used to create. "It" specifically refers to Yahweh's PROMISED Torah plan or program for how He would redeem mankind from their fallen nature. This is PROMISED and FOREORDAINED all throughout the Tanak, e.g., to Chawah (Eve) at Bereshiet (Genesis) 3:15 & to Avraham at Bereshiet (Genesis) 22:8, 14. And yes clearly that is through Messiah Yahshua. But, by definition, there is a distinction between the Plan-Promise-Program of redemption as designed by Yahweh Himself and the Mediator of that plan, His Messiah Yahshua. Yahshua said that "greater is He Who sends than he who is sent". Yahshua is The Eved (Servant) of Yahweh. Yeshayahu (Isaiah) ch. 53 etc.
Further, Yochanan, like the other writers of the Brit Chadashah (Renewed Covenant or NT) was a strict monotheistic Yahudi (Jew) steeped in the principles of Torah (Law/Instruction) and living in the first century CE. He had also been the "beloved" of Mashiach Yahshua and thus learned many proper interpretations of that Torah firsthand.
Foremost in those principles is the Shema found at Debarim 6:4 "Shema Yisrael Yahweh Eloheynu Yahweh Echad" when translated "Hear Oh Yisrael Yahweh Our Mighty One Yahweh is One." Yahshua The Messiah said that this was the greatest commandment of all. Yahshua confirms the oneness of Yahweh at numerous places in scripture including Yochanan 5:44 17:3. He said that the Torah and prophets spoke of him (as Messiah) and as a teacher of Torah, Yahshua clearly would understand the admonition Yahweh makes at Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 45:22; 46:9.
Rav Shaul (Paul) confirms this too in various places like 1 Cor 8:6 with Yahshua then being described as mediator at 1 Tim 2:5. Paul distinguishes Yahweh The Father from Messiah Yahshua (The Son) in other verses too like Eph 1:3.
Even after being exalted to the right hand of The father Yahshua The Messiah still refers to His Father Yahweh as "his Elohim", "his mighty One" or "his God". Rev 3:12.
Yahshua told another that he was "...not far from the kingdom of hashamayim" (i.e., the heavens i.e., of Yahweh) when that man cited that same Deut 6:4 scripture to him.
Many out there today argue that "one" in Hebrew at Deut 6:4 is the word "echad" and can mean "a singularity out of a plurality". Though I once believed that made some sense, after much prayer and study of scripture and Hebrew and Greek lexicons, this to me now is an oxymoron if I ever heard one. That argument is defeated simply by noticing that:
a) the whole purpose of the Shema was to set apart Yisrael from all of its surrounding neighbor pagan nations, all of which followed multiple deities and used Father deities and Son deities as needed to explain the universe. To accept any premise that in any way shape or form negates the singularity of the self-existing "nature" and deity of Yahweh ALONE is anathema. (See excellent commentary regarding Deut 6:4 & The Shema starting at p. 920 by the late rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz in his perennial work,"The Pentateuch and Haftorahs", The Soncino Press. Orig. Publ. 1936-37, Rev. 1960; rabbi Hertz was once the chief rabbi of London;
b) by noticing that at Bamidbar (Numbers) chapter 7 the word "echad" is used in a singular context 84 times!;
c) by noticing that the personal Name of our heavenly father Yahweh appears with singular verbs approximately 7,000 times in Tanak;
d) by noticing that about 15,000-20,000 singular personal pronouns and verbs are used in Tanak to describe Yahweh as One Person and in the Brit Chadashah (NT) the Father is ALONE called Elohim (Mighty One or "God") about 1,300 times!;
and much more evidence exists.
In conclusion, one cannot have it both ways: namely - to teach returning believers that they must observe Torah to better understand their faith and yet wink at blatant violations of Torah principles when it comes to beliefs about Messiah Yahshua. This is why messianism and Nazarene Yisraelism experiences sometimes embarrassing trouble in debates with the counter-missionary groups. The fact is that some of what anti-missionaries argue is based in Torah and therefore is true and cannot be "spun" to mean something else using kabbalah, mysticism, Catholic mysticism, etc. The plain truth cannot be defeated with weak hyper-spiritualized arguments. By the same token, counter-missionaries also use cloaked tactics and deliberate deception as well so I am not saying they are 100% correct. What I am saying is that properly taught, Yahshua can be shown to be Mashiach both to Judah and Efrayim believers in Torah as promised by Yahweh in that Torah!!! But Yahweh continues to protect Judah from blatant paganism and from those who would try to steer them away to "other gods (including Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman man-gods) who are not gods"
By definition, of our foundational faith as given to us by Yahweh Himself, to be highly averse to ANY principle of paganism and heathen ways is a foundational mandate of Yahweh's Torah Shemot (Ex) 20:3-6 and Debarim (Deut) 5:7-10; 12:32-13:1-18. To seek excuses to make Yahshua The Messiah a second deity in some mystical three-person or even two- person "godhead" is to wink at the greatest offense one can muster in Torah itself. when coupled with Yahshua's own testimony of himself in Brit Chadashah and the other writers of scripture, I find absolutely no literal basis to believe this last vestige of Roman Catholicism's beast system beliefs that still plagues most believers today, many of whom are genuinely seeking to "come out of her my people". Rev 18:4.
This does not make one a "Yahshua denier" as some claim. It simply allows us to PROPERLY testify only that which scripture calls us to confess and testify to. It places Abba Yahweh and Messiah Yahshua in their true revealed scriptural positions. Kefah's (Peter's) confession about Yahshua should be ours too: "You are Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim ("God"). Matt 16:16. It should be the focal point of our attempt to understand Yahshua's own question: "who do they say that the Son of Man is?". It should be the same issue concerned the Kohan HaGadol (High Priest) at Mark 14:61 "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the blessed One?" Nathanyel understood the expression Son of Man (Ben Adom) to mean the earthly King Yochanan (John) 1:49 and Messiah (1:41) i.e., The Anointed One of Yahweh and that Prophet of whom Moshe and the Torah wrote and also the Prophets (1:45) see Deut 18:15-18. The title "Son of Elohim" (of "God") has been mis-interpreted by Roman Catholicism and her protestant daughters not seeing its true significance in Tanak. When one has no foundation in Torah and Tanak one is bound to get drawn away into traditions and philosophies of men and apply pagan and heathen fleshly interpretations to Torah's spiritual terms. Why are people asking us to make unscriptural confessions of our faith in Yahweh through Yahshua using English words like deity and divine that derive from Greek and Roman nomenclature that is difficult to reconcile with Hebrew (and sometimes even with Greek itself!).
Shalom aleichem (peace be unto you),
Yochanan Mascaro
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