IntraDynasty (‘B’toch Shoshelet’ meaning “Within the Dynasty”), “the Fellowship of the Mystery of the Messiah” (Eph 3:1-10)

“…the revelation of the knowledge of the fellowship of the Mystery (of the Messiah), that Gentiles (“justified by faith” to become Hebrews by adoption, as seed of “Abram the Hebrew”) should be fellow-heirs of the redeemed Messianic remnant of Israel and therefore, of the same prophetic Hebrew body …now made known to all Gentile nations by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God (calling the nations to obedience to the faith), for their obedience of faith” to eventually hasten the exaltation of Israel as chief of nations through full reconciliation and unification of Jew and Gentile in the House of Jacob (indisputably the mother church), through the New Covenant of the House of Judah and the House of Israel (collectively comprising the House of Jacob)” (Ex 19:5-8; Deut 33:26-29; Is 2:2-24; 46:13; 49:6; 56:1-8; Jer 31:31-34; Matt 5:17-20; Lk 1:32,33; 2:32; Jn 10:16; Acts 7:38; 17:26-32; 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 3:8,9; Rom 1:5; 2:6-26; 11:11; 15:16-18; 16:25,26; Eph 2:15; 3:4-6; 1 Peter 2:9,10)

NNB The Author of that Masterplan for the salvation of a remnant of humanity through integration as co- heirs in an enlarged, incomparably blessed Hebrew commonwealth (Gen 12:2,3), a masterstroke of genius in the art of reconciliation, of what has seemed an impossibility, is the Supreme, Universal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise, One-and-only God, the blessed and only Potentate as King of kings and LORD of lords (1 Tim 1:17; 6:15), described by the ‘Tetragrammaton’ YHWH, the “Memorial Name” of the God of the Hebrews, “the God of the spirits of all mankind,” Who “formed the spirit of man within him” (Ex 3:13-18; Numbers 16:22; 27:16; Zech 12:1); the One God Who spoke to mankind through Israel as He overshadowed Mount Sinai with His Glory, to give us the Ten Commandments as the foundation of the narrow path, essential to build a righteous civilization, then asked us to choose whom we’ll serve and rely upon (Deut 30).

Our response to His offer to guide us on the narrow path, by His Spirit (Matt 7:13-27; Jn 16;13-15), “for the righteousness of His law to be fulfilled in each one of us” “precept-by-precept” (Is 28:9-12; Rom 8:4-14), for us to recapture man’s original innocence by developing the character traits and virtue of the Divine Nature (the “image and likeness”) of God Himself (2 Peter 1:1-15), will prove whether or not we have chosen wisely

The concept of “Intradynasty” (a ‘compact word image’ which helps us visualize and keep in mind the great reconciliatory and redemptive theme of unification in Scripture which, with the notable exception of Abraham to whom “the Gospel was preached beforehand,” was previously veiled in mystery – Gen 12:3; Gal 3:8,9; Rom 16:25; Eph 1:9,10; 3:3-9; Col 1:20,26,27) but which now, by understanding Paul’s knowledge of this mystery, and by keeping it in mind (Eph 3:2-5; Col 1:25-29; 4:3,4), we’ll discover that it explains so much else, such as helping explain how the story of the offer of “everlasting salvation” through the Gospel “which is from and of the Jews” (Is 45:17-25; Jn 4:22), is in two consecutive parts, as the balanced doctrine of the Cross, namely, 1) salvation from sin by grace, through justification by faith; and then, 2) by the inward work of the Holy Spirit writing God’s laws on our hearts for us to submit to sanctification “wholly,” “spirit, soul and body,” during the grace period which begins after after our baptism, for our purification by the truth under the covering of the Blood – Jn 17:17,19; 1 Thess 5:23; 2 Thess 2:13-15; 1 Jn 3:3-10, 1 Peter 1:2b,14-17,22

This, necessary to complete our holiness, to be found worthy to be glorified in the first resurrection – Lk 20:35; Acts 10:35; Rom 3:31; 8:29,30; 2 Cor 7:1; Heb 12:14,15,28; 1 Jn 5:2&3; 2 Jn vs 5&6,9-11), is actually the history of the ‘Law of stone’ (the Ten Commandments written on the tablets, on the first Shavuo’t/Pentecost at Sinai), becoming the Law of the Spirit…” (on the equally dramatic Shavuo’t/’Pentecost’ in Jerusalem), to fulfil prophecy in the Torah and the Prophets (Acts 24:14) that the Spirit of the Living God would be given to dwell in each of us (Is 44:3; Acts 2:33; Jn 16), for the image of the Messiah which is the express image of the Father (Gen 1:26 Rom 8:29; Heb 1:1-3; 1 Jn 5:7), to be forged in us as “the hope of glory” of an ideal corporate “one new man” (single remnant of humanity formed into a perfect union of shared vision, faith, values and purpose) through our individual “transformation from glory to glory” by the perfection and purity of the laws of God converting our souls as only they can, as the ideals of the everlasting covenant through which salvation is being offered to mankind, are translated into reality by our willing obedience (Ps 19:7-13; Matt 5:19; Rom 3:31; 8:4,29; 2 Cor 3:18; Eph 2:15; Col 1:27; Heb 13:20,21)

In other words, the concept of Intradynasty is the condensed story of how the Gift of the “Torah” (the wisdom of “Instruction” in righteous living) from God our heavenly Father, and of the Gift of His Holy Spirit (given to lead us into “all truth” and to help enable us to believe and obey), are together able to produce “a perfect individual” (Ps 101; Acts 5:31; Eph 4:13; 2 Tim 3:14-17), without which the vision of a future as the inheritance of a unified remnant of mankind, as the mystery of the “one new man” (Eph 2:15), could never be realized.

By the grace of God, through “tasting eternal death for every man” (Heb 2:9-11), to pardon our sins and erase our guilt (to remember neither, any more), by laying down His own life to take it up again for us to be freely justified (imputed with God’s own righteousness), Yeshua (Jesus) the one-and-only Messiah of the one-and-only Gospel prophesied as mankind’s universal rescue-remedy, is therefore mankind’s last recourse for consideration for resurrection to eternal life, and with it, the prospect of enduring peace and well-being.

A man’s enemy is not the stubborn (‘besetting’) sin that will inevitably, ultimately destroy him (Rom 6:23; Heb 12), but his neglect or unwillingness to ‘own up’ to falling short of the glory of God, to ask for forgiveness by repenting (turning from the bondage of limitations by the limited power of satan, to the unlimited vistas of the overwhelming redeeming power of God, i.e. “from disobedience, to the wisdom of the just”), to “walk at liberty, undefiled,” in the light of the precepts (principles) of God’s Word (Ps 119:1,45; Jn 8:31-36; James 1:22-25; 1 Jn 1-3) through the power of the Spirit of Christ (the Messiah), which is God’s own Spirit (Rom 8:9-14), by being reconciled through the Cross to the God of the Hebrews “Who is the Father of our LORD Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, of whom the whole family of heaven and earth is named” (Eph 3:14,15)

The spiritual drama of an education in the knowledge of God, epitomized by the ‘theophany’ (manifestation of the Presence of God) at Mount Sinai, is depicted in the literature of scriptural commentaries and historical theology as the supreme convergence, or Divine intersection, of the absolute purity of God (Who is “Holy, Holy, Holy” – Is 6:1-3) and of human history.

It stands as a terrifying, awe-inspiring demonstration of a Holy God descending to establish the foundational principles of righteous civilization which point toward ultimate salvation.

Hidden therefore, in the five verses of Ex 19:5-9, which are densely covered with the glory of mystery, is the revelation (which is the source of the watchword, ‘Intradynasty’), that the future of mankind and of the earth is inextricably bound up with God’s promise and oath that once a reserved remnant is sanctified, the nation of Israel which is eternal, will share its royal priesthood with a remnant from the nations who’ll belong to the House of Jacob by the grace of adoption, by baptism into the Messiah, as co-heirs of the “world without end,” which is to come (Deut 29:12-15; 2 Sam 7:22-29; Ps 2:7-12; Is 45:17-25; 60-62; Jer 31:36,37; Rom 4:13,16; Gal 3:8,9,29; 1 Peter 2:9,10; Rev 5:10).

The spiritual business transacted between our Father and Israel at Mount Sinai (Horeb, the Mnt of YHWH) on behalf of future generations of believers in the God of Jacob, tells us that a surviving remnant of mankind (after the forthcoming Tribulation) will be “the general assembly and church of the firstborn” – which belongs forever to the House of Jacob (called “Israel, My son, even My firstborn” – in Ex 4:22,23; 31:13,16; 19:5-8; Heb 12:22,23), incorporated at Sinai as the church in the wilderness (Acts 7:38) with which, in the moment that the nation of Israel (birthed in Egypt) unanimously accepted the Sinai covenant agreement (Ex 19:8; 24:7,7), it was synonomous, and which has its origin in the loins of “Abram the Hebrew” (Gen 14:13) whose dynasty, “his household after him,” became the household of God, forever (Gen 18:18,19; Lk 1:32,33; Jn 10:16; Eph 2:11,12,15,19), which is why we can be so sure of the dynastic Hebraic identity of the church.

Intradynasty is therefore the reconciliation, sanctification and unification of a believing remnant of Gentile and Jewish humanity, as fellow Hebrews by adoption in Jacob’s “one (sheep)fold” (Gen 28:14; Is 56:6-8; 29:22-24; Lk 1:33; Jn 10:16), through the Blood of the Cross

Putting it another way, bearing Ps 50:2,5,23; Matt 7:13-27 ; Lk 21:36 and Eph 3:6; 4:1-5,11-14,23,24 in mind

Intradynasty describes one-and-the-same body (of believers in the God of the Hebrews) from antiquity, of one Spirit and one hope, committed to the vision of the perfection of the beauty of holiness through the knowledge of “the (narrow) Way” which “few find,” to be worthy of escape, by “resurrection to life,” in unimaginable glory (Jn 5:28,29; 1 Cor 1:10; 15:42-44; Rev 3:10-12; 20:6)

‘Intradynasty Counselling‘ is therefore a reminder of heaven’s loving ultimatum to mankind not to squander time, but to redeem it, to make sure we are redeemed by repenting of sin, believing God’s Word and reconciling with God the Father through the Blood of His Messiah’s Cross (Acts 2:36-39; 4:12; 17:30,312 Cor 5:19-21; Col 1:20), in order to align with the above vision, to eat the fruits of the Gospel (Good News) which is the only assurance under heaven to you and I of eternal security that only the Blood of the Cross can provide, by allowing Christ, Who is “God-with-us” (Immanu El) as mankind’s Redeemer (Is 7:13,14), to be your vision, as the Ruler of our hearts

“Redeem the time, because the days are evil” (Eph 5:14-17)

The phrase “redeeming the time” means to make the most of every opportunity and to “buy back” the time that can easily be lost to wilful ignorance, fear of man, distractions or idleness. Delaying salvation is not only selfish (adding to the burden of unrepented sin on the world) because of the blessing you could be to others, but robs you of a wealth of joy, true knowledge, wisdom and understanding that is designed to conform your character and desires to those of God Himself (Rom 8:29), Who will then “perform all things’ in His will for you, in and through you, as a testimony of the greatness of His Majesty and Power

Psalm 57:2 of the King James Version (KJV). It reads:

“I will cry unto God Most High; unto the God that performeth all things for me.”

It was very comforting to discover from the amazing underlying pictographic meaning of Hebrew letters, that the synthesis of b’tokh and Shoshelet (Hebrew for the phrase, Intra Dynasty, or Intradynasty), is a dead-accurate picture of the purpose of the Hebrew Gospel as the salvation, sanctification and the forging into a perfect union (through obedience to the knowledge of “the Way”), of a redeemed remnant of fallen civilization called to establish a regenerated, peaceful new civilization committed to an enduring state of “everlasting righteousness,” as the fulfilment of the promise of the coming “world without end,” to Israel and its future commonwealth as “chief of nations” (Deut 26:16-19; Jer 31:7,36,37), as their irrevocable birthright as ‘firstborn nation’ (Ex 4:22,23; Is 45:17-25; Dan 9:24; Matt 19:28; Lk 1:33; Rom 11:25-29; Eph 2:11,12,15,19; 3:6,20).

Putting the phrase b’tokh Shoshelet together:

בְּתוֹךְ שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת

Pictographically (as a devotional meditation, not a lexical translation) could be expressed as:

“Within the covenant household (of Abraham Isaac and Jacob), joined together to receive an inheritance in the Shepherd-led eternal covenant dynasty” (the Messianic Second Kingdom of David – Gen 49:10,24; Mk 11:10; Lk 1:32,33)

Or, in language closer to our theological theme:

“Those brought within the covenant family by adoption, joined to the royal household, receiving the inheritance of the King” (Is 14:1; Ex 19:5-8; Lk 1:33; Rom 8:14-17; Eph 1:4-71 Peter 2:9,10)

In relation to Ephesians 3

If one reads Ephesians 2–3 and Luke 1:33 through the framework described above, the phrase בְּתוֹךְ שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת Intra dynasty becomes a compact theological image:

a people gathered within (בְּתוֹךְ),
not remaining separate nations,
but incorporated into a covenant household, a holy nation (Gen 12:2; Ex 19:5-8; 1 Peter 2:9,10)
sharing one faith, one baptism (mikvah) and one inheritance,
under the everlasting reign of the Messiah (“the Shepherd, the Cornerstone of Israel”) over the House of Jacob (Lk 1:32,33).

In that sense, Intra dynasty could be summarized as:

“Within the (everlasting covenant) dynasty.”

בְּתוֹךְ שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת עוֹלָם

Genesis 28:14 (confirmed by Is 29:22-24; 49:5-8, speaking of the Messiah as the “Seed”) outlines the expansion of the covenant (and therefore the elect holy nation) through the House of Jacob through ingrafting of a remnant from the nations. This is confirmed by the New Covenant in multiple places, such as Lk 1:33; Eph 2:11,12,15,19. In the New Testament, this “Seed” in Gen 28:14 is explicitly revealed as Christ (Gal 6:16), and the blessing to the nations is the justification of the Gentiles, for them to be fully co-heirs of “the same body,” Israel’s Messianic body of believers in their Messiah (Eph 3:6), as partakers of “the promises to the fathers,” which were confirmed on the Cross (Gen 12:2,3; Is 28:14b; Gal 3:8,9,29; Rom 15:8).

The true perspective of New Covenant salvation, bearing in mind that the New Covenant is Israel’s and the nations’ last recourse for deliverance from the consequences of sin, is that former Gentiles (Eph 2:11,12) are being absorbed amongst a regenerated remnant of the nation of Israel which is eternal (Jer 31:36,37), by being brought into membership of the spiritual commonwealth of God through the Jewish Gospel (Jn 4:22; Rom 9:4,5; Eph 2:11,12,19), which makes most of the world’s ungratefulness towards Israel, God’s chosen, pre-ordained conduit of the “the hope of the Gospel,” being preached “to every creature under heaven,” as the final offer of eternal life to all humanity (Is 53; Col 1:23; 1 Peter 1:19,20), nothing short of astonishing

Gentiles who cleave to Christ by faith are adopted as sons and are made fellow heirs. They are “brought near” by the Blood of the Messiah, becoming part of the spiritual “Israel of God” by cleaving to the eternal House of Jacob (Gen 28:14; Is 14:1; Lk 1:33; Gal 6:16)
The “Mixed Multitude” Type (Ex 12:38): The Old Testament mixed multitude serves as a structural parallel, foreshadowing how non-Israelites can align themselves with the covenant people. However, in the New Covenant, this joining is not yet a physical assimilation into twelve geographic tribes, but a spiritual grafting into the Olive Tree represented by the eternal House of Jacob (Lk 1:33; Rom 11:17), forming a “new man” where the dividing wall of partition (which formerly barred the nations from the full benefits of a shared relationship with the God of Israel) is “broken down.”

Intradynasty defines the future of the Plan of Redemption (which reaches back to Noah’s extraction from his doomed, Flooded, unrighteous civilization; then all the way back to Eden’s reset after Adam’s fall) as the conferring of the everlasting covenant rights and posterity of Hebrews (meaning anyone who becomes “an heir of the righteousness which is of faith,” and receives the favour of the God of Jacob by acknowledging Him as Sovereign over eternity, as both God and Saviour, and LORD (Master), and by giving their all, to serve Him), upon all who “call upon the Name of the LORD (YaHWeH),” the One-and-only God (Deut 6:4,5; Mk 12:28,29), through faith in His Messiah, Who is our Ransom from sin (Rom 10:9-13; 1 Peter 1:17-21).

The purpose of that endowment of the Hebraic identity and stature of “Abram the Hebrew” and his Seed, the Messiah (Gen 14:13; 18:18,19; Eph 4:13; Gal 6:16) on those seeking “everlasting salvation” (Is 45:17-25; Phil 2:6-15), is to set apart those who call upon the Name above all Names as “one new man” (i.e. as unified spiritual heirs of the nation of Israel, the Living God’s “vineyard”), to become “children of the Resurrection” (Lk 20:35,36; Jn 5:25-29) to populate the coming Theocratic millennial Messianic Kingdom of Yeshua, the Son of David (Heir to the thrones of the dynasty of king David) (Ps 122:3,5; Matt 21:37-44; Mk 11:10; Lk 1:32,33), a future Eden (Ezek 36), to be taught depths of wisdom presently unavailable (Is 2:2-4; Jer 31:34; 1 Cor 13:12), to spend a thousand years learning the finer points of righteousness, to be worthy to be the civilization called to curate the exquisite New Earth which is to follow the thousand year reign of the Messiah, from David’s restored Throne in Jerusalem (Is 65:17; 66:22-24; 2 Peter 3:13; Rev 20:4,5; 21:1,5).

Intradynasty with its Latin prefix emphasizing ‘within,’ to draw our attention to the fact that redemptive history unfolds within a specific household dynasty (a specific, Hebraic ‘sheepfold’) (Jn 10:16), is therefore a tight, precise definition of the merger of a miraculously regenerated believing remnant of Jewish and Gentile humanity (by removing the insidious “middle wall of partition” symbolic of pride, prejudice and hostility – Eph 2:11-14; Rom 11:18), as the hope of a glorious future for humanity which has ‘blown’ so many opportunities to pull itself up by its bootstraps, only to fall prey time and again, to the raw power of temptation to sin which can be fully overcome only through the Presence and power of the ministry of the Holy Spirit transformatively at work in a born again life consecrated to attaining the standard of excellence of spirit and generosity of soul, that only the Gospel can deliver (Jn 3:5,15-21; Rom 6:17,18; 1 Cor 6:12; 2 Cor 3:18; Phil 3:8-17; Titus 3:5).

Ultimately, the Gospel is the one-and-only sure defence against the civilizational decay and decline we’re witnessing accelerate throughout the world through cultural dilution and degradation, through attrition by assisted sabotage by foreign influences which are wreaking havoc with national heritage and civic order and well-being.

What happened at Mt Sinai over three thousand years ago is a dramatic proof of the existence and majesty of the Living God Who identified Himself as the God of Israel whom He compared to a firstborn son (Ex 4:22,23; 19:5-8); as well as being proof that the future of heaven and earth is infinitely and eternally interrelated because a righteous remnant of humanity is destined to play host to the manifest Eternal Presence of this One-and-only God, on a renewed earth (Rev 21&22).

With the need to unpack the “the mystery of the Gospel” in mind, for us to grow in understanding of the importance of the intra dynastic “one new man” vision in Gal 3:8,9; Eph 2:15 & 3:6 as God’s invitation to mankind through His Gospel of salvation, to repent and walk in “the Way,” to reserve a place amongst those who’ll be worthy to be co-heirs of the world with a believing remnant of the Jewish people (Acts 24:5,14; Rom 4:13,16), this essential synthesis of spiritual and physical worlds (which will be achieved through perfect alignment of heaven and earth with the will of God) provides a glorious opportunity for us to investigate the depths of meaning contained in the widely despised word, Zion, better known for its misuse by ill-informed anti-Zionists, than in offering “sacrifices of thanksgiving” for the mercy and grace of God for the “salvation which has come out of Zion” (Ps 14:7), for us to return to Him in repentance, to learn His ways to experience being refined like gold through the power of the Presence of the Holy Spirit, for the joy of our salvation to be established and confirmed to the end, to return purified to Zion as the proven “ransomed of the LORD,” on “the highway of the Way of holiness” which is the narrow path to eternal life (Is 34:8; 35:8-10; 51:1-11; 1 Cor 1:8,10; 1 Peter 1:4-9).

Zionism is so much more than Israel’s indisputable blood-covenanted title deed and therefore, their legal succession to the territory of all the kingdoms of Canaan (Gen 12:1-7; 15:5-21; Ps 105:8-11; Rom 15:8), because Zion is a vast and magnificent concept which in its broadest terms, defines life itself as the gift of the Hebrew mono-Theism of the One-and-only God of Creation and consequently, Zion symbolizes the chosenness and uniqueness of Israel as the Almighty’s adopting nation (Is 14:1; Lk 1:33; Rom 11), as the conduit of everlasting salvation for every tribe tongue and nation – the complete phrase from Revelation 7:9 in the King James Version is “all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the Throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.”

Perhaps now those who read this will realize why Gen 12:3; Nu 23:25 and Is 60:12 (part of a vision concerning Jerusalem/Zion – Is 1:1) should be taken seriously – because disputing their perpetual Biblical inheritance (Ps 105:8-11) and badmouthing and harming Israel/Zion for defending its borders (Gaza and the West Bank are both Israelite territories between the Jordan and the Sea) against the meanness and covetousness of the nations, touches the apple of God’s eye and will leave no-one who goes that route, unscathed.

Ownership of the earth is vested in Zion in heaven, out of which came the Almighty God’s salvation for mankind (according to Ps 14:7, which like Ps 85:1 and 126:1, speaks not only about reversal of Israel’s “captivity” as in their two Exiles, but of God’s provision of personal salvation through the work of the Cross which ratified their New Covenant).

Since the God of Zion above is the Ruler of the Universe (Heb 12:22), it stands to reason that the same God, of the parallel, corresponding Zion on earth (Ps 102:13-22; 132:13-18; 147:11-20), is the God of both heaven and earth.

There is none other (Is 44:6,24)

Anti-Zionism is therefore not only rejection of the Divine arrangement and ordering of the nations,’ relative to one another (spatially and in terms of power and influence), and of their longevity and place in histoy (Nu 23:9; Deut 32:8,9; Acts 17:26-32), but spits in the Face of the Creator Who, as the Spring/Fountainhead of Living Waters, is the Source of grace for every aspect of life.

There is no surer way to undermine one’s own existence, than to threaten Israel’s.

Israel is no ordinary nation. Numbers 23:9 (confirmed in Deut 32:8,9,43; 33:28) puts it this way: “…they shall dwell alone (with no possibility of an idolatrous ‘two-state solution’), and because, as the adopting nation (to which their Messianic church, to which we are joined, belongs) destined thereby to be “chief of nations” (without physical borders with respect to salvation amongst the House of Jacob) (Deut 26:16-19; 28:10-14; Is 14:1; Jer 31:7; Lk 1:33; Rom 11), through its covenants (Rom 9:4,5) Israel is a spiritual refuge from the wrath of God (like the Ark for Noah’s family of eight, in the Flood), and later, as the “New Jerusalem” descends to earth, will also be a physical refuge (Rev 21:12), and consequently, “shall not be considered among (reckoned in the same category as) the nations,” but rather, the faithful, loyal, believing remnants of the nations aligned with Zion, and therefore credited amongst Israel as co-heirs of the world, in the greatest kingdom commonwealth the world will ever know – literally, a “world without end” (Gen 35:9-15; Eph 2:11,12; 3:20)

Its unique purpose-in-election (Rom 11:25-29) differentiates it fundamentally from all other nations

What is being described here is a Plan that could only have been conceived by a merciful, loving God Whose practical concern for man whom He created, proves that His love for us is inexhaustible (Job 7:7; Jn 1:18; 3:13-17; 1 Jn 3:16; 4:8-19)

The Redemption of a humble and repentant remnant of the human race from the terror and horror of the necessary coming Judgment of sin, can be seen as a cyclical phenomenon covering two phases of redemption (the extinction of a defiled generation through the Flood, to reboot civilization through the preaching of righteous Noah; and the Tribulation plagues of the Apocalypse – Matt 24; Rev 6-19) designed to separate and sanctify a people who can be entrusted with the glory of the future amidst a regenerated Creation (Matt 19:28; Ps 104:30; Rom 8:18-22), proving the supremacy of the Sovereignty of the God of Israel (Zion’s God) over all of Creation, as the One-and-only true, Living God – a remnant of humanity comprising Jew and Gentile as the redeemed complement of the eternal House of Jacob, subscribing to one and the same faith in the unity of the Spirit, living according to the time-proven precepts of “the Way” to live an unreproachable life, through trust in “the One God Whose Name is One,” as “the King of the whole earth” (Deut 4:39; Zech 14:9; Mk 12:29; Lk 1:33; Eph 4:1-5,11-14; Col 1:19-23; 1 Peter 1:17-21).

A surviving remnant of humanity whose names are inscribed in the Book of Life in heaven (where we find the original Mnt Zion and the City of the Living God), will have come full circle when, as “the (blessed and holy) Ransomed of YHWH” saved from our sins and from the curse of the Second Death (Rev 20:5,6) through the Sacrifice of the Messiah sent from Zion’s God, they’ve “…returned (to God through submission to all of His will) and come to Zion (“pass[ed] over” to Zion on the narrow way called “the Way of Holiness”) with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads…” (Is 35:8-10; 51:10,11), all of which is anticipated in Ex 19:5-8 which is being fulfilled step-by-step through the Gospel, according to 1 Peter 2:9,10.

So in that unique moment on Mt Sinai, 3338 years ago on the first Shavuo’t (‘Pentecost’), Mt Zion in heaven (Mt Zion being the nominal title of the headquarters of the Kingdom of God) broke through spectacularly to display the Sovereignty of the Creator, LawGiver and Ruler of the Universe in anticipation of attributing that same Name (Zion) to the future City of Jerusalem on earth (the “City of the Great King” – Matt 5:35) which would grow out of the City of David, to be populated by a remnant freely redeemed through the Gospel as “one new (regenerated) man” (Is 1:25-27; 33; 52:1-3), wonderfully unified through the perfection of their holiness in days to come, by being sanctified by His Glory to be the epicentre of YHWH’s global Theocratic rule of the world, which is His Footstool, through Yeshua the Messiah returning as Son of David to deliver Israel from all their enemies, to restore the throne of the dynasty of David, for His millennial reign which will be the Prologue to His eternal Rulership of redeemed humanity (Is 46:13; Mk 11:10; Lk 1:32,33; Rev 5:10; 20:1-6).

In prophecy, future imagery of Mt Zion reveals it as the cosmic, global epicentre where heaven and earth overlap, where ultimate peace, Divine Governance (exemplified by Israel as “chief of nations”) as the future center of Divine instruction (Deut 4:5-8; Is 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-8) and with Creation restored following Israel’s victory at Armageddon (the penultimate battle for possession of Jerusalem), mark the importance of Israel being forevermore present as a nation in their covenanted Land (confirmed by the New Covenant in Ps 105:8-11; Jer 3:36,37 and Rom 15:8) to receive their risen King Yeshua, as King of all the earth, Who will always defer to His Father (Nu 23:9; Deut 32:8,9,43; 33:26-29; Jer 31:7,31-37; Zech 14:9; Ps 2:7-12; Matt 11:27; Jn 14:28).

“Sides of the north” in Psalm 48:2, where the psalmist describes Mount Zion—the location of Jerusalem and the former Temples—as the “City of the great King” (quoted in Matt 5:35) and the “joy of the whole earth” more than likely refers to the northern quarter or slope of Mount Zion (the highest point in ancient Jerusalem), which was the most prominent and fortified part of the city.

The primary prophetic images of the future Mount Zion include:

1. The Highest of the Mountains (The Global Capital)

The Imagery: Zion is physically or symbolically elevated to become the “chief of the mountains,” towering over all earthly powers.
The Meaning: It signifies the ultimate, undisputed authority of God’s kingdom over every nation and government.
Key Verse: “In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the chief among the mountains… and all nations will stream to it.” (Isaiah 2:2 / Micah 4:1). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

2. Nations “Streaming” Upward (Universal Worship)

The Imagery: Instead of water flowing down a mountain, the prophets depict human rivers of diverse nations flowing upward against gravity to reach Zion. [1, 2]
The Meaning: The global population willingly abandons false idols and travels to Zion to be taught directly by God. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key Verse: “Many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord… He will teach us his ways…’” (Isaiah 2:3). [1]

3. Weapons Turned Into Tools (Absolute Global Peace)

The Imagery: The Messiah sits as the ultimate judge in Zion, resolving all international conflicts so perfectly that military equipment becomes obsolete. Weapons are recycled into farming tools. [1, 2, 3]
The Meaning: The end of all war, geopolitical tension, and military spending. Total global disarmament.
Key Verse: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation…” (Isaiah 2:4) [1, 2]

4. The Return to Eden (Restoration of Nature)

The Imagery: Zion becomes a lush, fertile mountain where natural predators and prey coexist peacefully. Venomous creatures pose no threat, and the environmental curse on the earth is completely reversed. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The Meaning: God’s kingdom restores harmony not just to humanity, but to the entire ecological and biological creation. [1, 2, 3]
Key Verse: “The wolf will live with the lamb… They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord…” (Isaiah 11:6-9). [1]

5. A Shelter of Cloud and Fire (Divine Protection)

The Imagery: God creates a canopy over the entire expanse of Mount Zion consisting of a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing fire by night.
The Meaning: This mirrors the Exodus journey, showing that God’s visible, protective, and glorious presence will permanently anchor over His people like a protective shield against the elements.
Key Verse: “Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion… a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over all the glory will be a canopy.” (Isaiah 4:5) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

6. The Feast of Rich Food (The Ultimate Celebration)

The Imagery: God prepares an extravagant banquet on Mount Zion for all peoples, featuring the finest aged wines and the best meats. During this feast, He swallows up death and wipes away all human tears.
The Meaning: The end of human suffering, death, and mourning, culminating in eternal celebration.
Key Verse: “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples… He will swallow up death forever.” (Isaiah 25:6-8)

The most profound descriptions of the Sinai encounter between the Creator and His firstfruits, the nation of Israel (Ex 4:22,23; Jer 2:2,3; Deut 32:8,9), the future model of the perfection of righteous national sovereignty (Deut 4:5-8), and of its theological implications, are captured through the following core perspectives of the momentous revelatory event, of heaven’s laws being promulgated as the Divine pattern for “days of heaven earth” (Deut 11:21), which is why Israel’s existence is a prophetic necessity:

The Manifestation of the Divine Presence

- The Fusion of Light and Terror: Commentators describe the theophany in Exodus 19 as a moment where the invisible became tangibly overwhelming. The mountain quaked violently, shrouded in thick darkness, lightning, and the consuming fire of the Shekinah glory. The imagery conveys the exquisite purity and perfection of God, creating a seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the Creator and fallen creation
- The Voice of God: The Decalogue (or “Ten Words”) was not merely spoken, but audibly thundered from the midst of the fire. Historical Jewish and early Christian commentators note that the voice of God possessed an unearthly, piercing clarity, signifying the ultimate authority of Divine law (Matt 6:9,10). Hence the description of YHWH’s pure and perfect law, as a “fiery law” (Deut 33:1-4)

The Foundation of a Righteous Civilization

Divine Order and Justice: In rabbinical and patristic traditions, the Ten Words are viewed not simply as prudent, restrictive rules, also known as the ‘decrees of life,’ but as the cosmic blueprint for an ethical society. By defining the parameters of worship, the sanctity of life, and communal integrity, if taken to heart the Commandments would establish a society where justice, truth, and love of neighbor will form the bedrock of a durable civilization

The Revelation of God’s Character: The Proclamation on the mountain was the Self-revelation of God. The sum of His laws is the sum of His Character, which is why none is redundant (Matt 5:17-20), and why the New Covenant places so much emphasis on our conformance to the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:1-11). The law reflects the moral perfection of its Author. Only by perfecting aligning human conduct with this law (which the New Covenant with its supernatural features and potential, is able to accomplish – Matt 5:48), can humanity truly recover and reflect the Divine image, ensuring societal flourishing and order. This is why the Messiah is called to magnify God’s Instruction in truth and righteousness, to make it honourable (Ps 138:2; Is 42:21), for the sake of the righteousness of the Almighty, as the hope of Romans 8:4-14,29.

Everlasting Salvation Through Sanctification

The Law as a Schoolmaster: In classical Christian theology (as articulated in the epistles and Reformation exegesis), the fiery mountain primarily served to expose humanity’s inherent spiritual poverty and inability to achieve righteousness by their own strength. It established the essential knowledge of sin, and the need for the New Covenant (Jer 31:31-34) to establish God’s laws, by faith, so that whomsoever is saved by grace to become heirs of the righteousness which is of faith, as Abraham was (Gen 15:5,6), might become overcomers of sin by observing “all the will of God” made an “easy yoke and light burden” by walking in the power of the Presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Matt 11:29,30; Acts 20:25-32; Rom 3:20,31; 1 Jn 5:2&3)

Sanctification and Grace: The giving of the law at Sinai was intrinsically an act of grace. It was anchored by the prologue, “I am the Lord your God,” indicating that God saves first (as He did for Israel on Passover, as the pattern for New Covenant salvation by “the Messiah as our Passover” – 1 Cor 5:7,8) and thereafter, sanctifies. The Commandments provide the objective, holy standard by which the Spirit progressively “transforms human nature from glory to glory,” by conforming us to the “express image” of God in the Messiah, “precept-by-precept, here a little there a litte,” until the work of purifying our souls, is complete (Is 28:9-12; Rom 8:4-14,29; Heb 1:1-3; 5&6; 1 Peter1:14-22)

Pointing to the Ultimate Deliverer: While the literal stone tablets were broken due to human frailty, the law’s ultimate fulfillment lies in and through the New Covenant, by the law being written on our consecrated hearts by the Finger of God (His Holy Spirit). The Holy Nature of God proclaimed at Sinai finds its full, living manifestation in Christ, the Living Torah, as “the Word Who was made flesh and dwelt amongst us” (Is 7:13,14; Jn 1:9-14)—Who perfectly obeyed the law, Atoned for human failure, and provides everlasting salvation through the sanctifying work of His Spirit through which He is formed in us, to be “the Messiah in us, the hope of glory” – glorification not only of ourselves (in the resurrection to life), but of the House of Jacob (“Israel My glory”) amongst whom we have received spiritual adoption to be a blessing by being a unifying influence by entering our fullness by believing and learning and observing sound doctrine, to speed their salvation and assumption of their role as YHWH’s Torah light to the world (Ps 133; Is 2:2-4; 46:13 Rom 8:17,29,30; 11; 1 Cor 15:43; Col 1:25-29; 2 Thess 2:13-15).

The God Who was really speaking to all mankind while speaking to Israel while overshadowing Mount Sinai with His Glory, gave us the Ten Commandments as the foundation of the “narrow path,” essential to build a righteous civilization, then asked us to constantly choose between the narrow path and the broad path, or in other words, choose between Him (and eternal life) and destruction (Deut 30; Matt 7:13-27).

Our response to His offer to guide us on the narrow path by His Spirit, once we’re saved from sin by grace (Matt 7:13-27; Rom 3:20b,31; 8:4-14; 1 Jn 3:3-10), “for the righteousness of His law to be fulfilled in each one of us,” will prove whether or not we have chosen wisely.

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The Supreme, Universal, One-and-only God, described by the ‘Tetragrammaton,’ YHWH, the “Memorial Name” of the God of the Hebrews, “the God of the spirits of all mankind,” Who “formed the spirit of man within him” (Ex 3:13-18; Numbers 16:22; 27:16; Zech 12:1); the One God Who spoke to mankind through Israel as He overshadowed Mount Sinai with His Glory, to give us the Ten Commandments as the foundation of the narrow path, essential to build a righteous civilization, then asked us to choose whom we’ll serve and rely upon (Deut 30).

Our response to His offer to guide us on the narrow path, by His Spirit (Matt 7:13-27; Jn 16;13-15), “for the righteousness of His law to be fulfilled in each one of us” “precept-by-precept” (Is 28:9-12; Rom 8:4-14), for us to recapture man’s original innocence by developing the character traits (fruits of righteousness) and thereby the distinctive holy virtue of the Divine Nature (the “image and likeness”) of God Himself, will prove whether or not we have chosen wisely.

The concept of “Intradynasty” (a ‘compact word image’ which helps us visualize and keep in mind the great reconciliatory and redemptive theme in Scripture which, with the noteable exception of Abraham to whom “the Gospel was preached beforehand,” was previously veiled in mystery – Gal 3:8,9; Eph 1:10; 3:3-9; Col 1:26,27) but which now, by understanding Paul’s knowledge of this mystery, and by keeping it in mind (Eph 3:2-5; Col 1:25-29), we’ll discover that it explains so much else, such as helping explain how the story of the offer of “everlasting salvation” through the Gospel “which is from and of the Jews” (Is 45:17-25; Jn 4:22), and which is in two consecutive parts as the balanced doctrine of the Cross (salvation from sin by grace, through justification by faith; and then, by the inward work of the Holy Spirit writing God’s laws on our hearts as we submit to sanctification wholly, “spirit soul and body,” during the grace period mercifully provided for our purification under the covering of the Blood – 1 Thess 5:23; 2 Thess 2:13-15; 1 Jn 3:3-10, 1 Peter 1:2b,14-17,22, in order to complete our holiness, to be found worthy to be glorified in the first resurrection – Lk 20:35; Acts 10:35; Rom 3:31; 8:29,30; 2 Cor 7:1; Heb 12:14,15,28; 1 Jn 5:2&3; 2 Jn vs 5&6,9-11), is actually the history of the ‘Law of stone’ (the Ten Commandments written on the tablets, on the first Shavuo’t/Pentecost at Sinai), becoming the Law of the Spirit…” (on the equally dramatic Shavuo’t/’Pentecost’ in Jerusalem), to fulfil prophecy in the Torah and the Prophets (Acts 24:14) that the Spirit of the Living God would be given to dwell in each of us (Is 44:3; Acts 2:33; Jn 16), for the image of the Messiah which is the express image of the Father (Gen 1:26 Rom 8:29; Heb 1:1-3; 1 Jn 5:7), to be forged in us as “the hope of glory” of an ideal “one new man” (single remnant of humanity formed into a perfect union of shared vision, faith, values and purpose) through our individual “transformation from glory to glory” by the perfection and purity of the laws of God converting our souls as only then can, as the ideals of the everlasting covenant through which salvation is being offered to mankind, are translated into reality by our willing obedience (Ps 19:7-13; Matt 5:19; Rom 3:31; 8:29; 2 Cor 3:18; Eph 2:15; Col 1:27; Heb 13:20,21)

In other words, the story of how the Gift of the Torah (the wisdom of Instruction in righteous living) from God our heavenly Father, and of the Gift of His Holy Spirit (given to lead us into “all truth” and to help enable us believe and obey), are together able to produce “a perfect individual” (Ps 101; Acts 5:31; Eph 4:13; 2 Tim 3:14-17), without which the vision of the future of a remnant of mankind as the mystery of the “one new man” (Eph 2:15), could never be realized.

It stands as a terrifying, awe-inspiring demonstration of a Holy God descending to establish the foundational principles of righteous civilization which point toward ultimate salvation.

Sinai prophesies that a surviving remnant of mankind (after the forthcoming Tribulation) will be the general assembly and church of the House of Jacob (Israel, YHWH’s “son, even My firstborn” – Ex 4:22,23; Heb 12:23) the church in the wilderness (Acts 7:38) with which, in the moment that the nation of Israel (birthed in Egypt) unanimously accepted the Sinai covenant agreement (Ex 19:8; 24:7,7), it was synonomous, and which has its origin in the loins of “Abram the Hebrew” (Gen 14:13) whose dynasty, “his household after him,” became the household of God forever (Gen 18:18,19; Lk 1:32,33; Jn 10:16; Eph 2:11,12,15,19).

Intradynasty is therefore the reconciliation, sanctification and unification of a believing remnant of Gentile and Jewish humanity, as fellow Hebrews by adoption in Jacob’s “one (sheep)fold” (Is 56:6-8; Lk 1:33; Jn 10:16), through the Blood of the Cross.

It was very comforting to discover from the amazing underlying pictographic meaning of Hebrew letters, that the synthesis of b’tokh and Shoshelet (Hebrew for the phrase, Intra Dynasty, or Intradynasty), is a dead accurate picture of the purpose of the Hebrew Gospel as the salvation, sanctification and the forging into a perfect union (through obedience to the knowledge of “the Way”), of a redeemed remnant of fallen civilization called to establish a regenerated, peaceful new civilization committed to an enduring state of “everlasting righteousness,” as the fulfilment of the promise of the coming “world without end,” to Israel and its future commonwealth as “chief of nations” (Deut 26:16-19; Jer 31:7,36,37), as their irrevocable birthright as ‘firstborn nation’ (Ex 4:22,23; Is 45:17-25; Dan 9:24; Matt 19:28; Lk 1:33; Rom 11:25-29; Eph 2:11,12,15,19; 3:6,20).

Putting the phrase b’tokh Shoshelet together:

בְּתוֹךְ שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת

Pictographically (as a devotional meditation, not a lexical translation) could be expressed as:

Or, in language closer to our theological theme:

“Those brought within the covenant family by adoption, joined to the royal household, receiving the inheritance of the King” (Is 14:1; Ex 19:5-8; Lk 1:33; Rom 8:14-17; Eph 1:4-71 Peter 2:9,10)

In relation to Ephesians 3

If one reads Ephesians 2–3 and Luke 1:33 through the framework described above, the phrase בְּתוֹךְ שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת Intra dynasty becomes a compact theological image:

In that sense, Intra dynasty could be summarized as:

“Within the (everlasting covenant) dynasty.”

בְּתוֹךְ שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת עוֹלָם

Gentiles who cleave to Christ by faith are adopted as sons and are made fellow heirs. They are “brought near” by the Blood of the Messiah, becoming part of the spiritual “Israel of God” by cleaving to the eternal House of Jacob (Gen 28:14; Is 14:1; Lk 1:33; Gal 6:16)
The “Mixed Multitude” Type (Ex 12:38): The Old Testament mixed multitude serves as a structural parallel, foreshadowing how non-Israelites can align themselves with the covenant people. However, in the New Covenant, this joining is not yet a physical assimilation into twelve geographic tribes, but a spiritual grafting into the Olive Tree represented by the eternal House of Jacob (Lk 1:33; Rom 11:17), forming a “new man” where the dividing wall of partition (which formerly barred the nations from the full benefits of a shared relationship with the God of Israel) is “broken down.”

Intradynasty defines the future of the Plan of Redemption (which reaches back to Noah’s extraction from his doomed, Flooded, unrighteous civilization; then all the way back to Eden’s reset after Adam’s fall) as the conferment of the everlasting covenant rights and posterity of Hebrews (meaning anyone who becomes “an heir of the righteousness which is of faith,” and receives the favour of the God of Jacob by acknowledging Him as Sovereign over eternity, as both God and Saviour, and LORD (Master), and by giving their all, to serve Him), upon all who “call upon the Name of the LORD (YaHWeH),” the One-and-only God (Deut 6:4,5; Mk 12:28,29), through faith in His Messiah, Who is our Ransom from sin (Rom 10:9-13; 1 Peter 1:17-21).

Intradynasty is therefore a tight, precise definition of the merger of a miraculously regenerated believing remnant of Jewish and Gentile humanity (by removing the insidious “middle wall of partition” symbolic of pride, prejudice and hostility – Eph 2:11-14; Rom 11:18), as the hope of a glorious future for humanity which has ‘blown’ so many opportunities to pull itself up by its bootstraps, only to fall prey time and again, to the raw power of temptation to sin which can be fully overcome only through the Presence and power of the ministry of the Holy Spirit transformatively at work in a born again life consecrated to attaining the standard of excellence of spirit and generosity of soul, that only the Gospel can deliver (Jn 3:5,15-21; Rom 6:17,18; 1 Cor 6:12; 2 Cor 3:8; Phil 3:8-17; Titus 3:5).

The most profound descriptions of the Sinai encounter and its theological purposes are captured through the following core perspectives of the event:,

The Manifestation of the Divine Presence

- The Fusion of Light and Terror: Commentators describe the theophany in Exodus 19 as a moment where the invisible became tangibly overwhelming. The mountain quaked violently, shrouded in thick darkness, lightning, and the consuming fire of the Shekinah glory. The imagery conveys the exquisite purity and perfection of God, creating a seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the Creator and fallen creation
- The Voice of God: The Decalogue (or “Ten Words”) was not merely spoken, but audibly thundered from the midst of the fire. Historical Jewish and early Christian commentators note that the voice of God possessed an unearthly, piercing clarity, signifying the ultimate authority of Divine law (Matt 6:9,10). Hence the description of YHWH’s pure and perfect law, as a “fiery law” (Deut 33:1-4)

The Foundation of a Righteous Civilization

Divine Order and Justice: In rabbinical and patristic traditions, the Ten Words are viewed not simply as prudent, restrictive rules, also known as the ‘decrees of life,’ but as the cosmic blueprint for an ethical society. By defining the parameters of worship, the sanctity of life, and communal integrity, if taken to heart the Commandments would establish a society where justice, truth, and love of neighbor will form the bedrock of a durable civilization

The Revelation of God’s Character: The Proclamation on the mountain was the Self-revelation of God. The sum of His laws is the sum of His Character, which is why none is redundant (Matt 5:17-20), and why the New Covenant places so much emphasis on our conformance to the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:1-11). The law reflects the moral perfection of its Author. Only by perfecting aligning human conduct with this law (which the New Covenant with its supernatural features and potential, is able to accomplish – Matt 5:48), can humanity truly recover and reflect the Divine image, ensuring societal flourishing and order. This is why the Messiah is called to magnify God’s Instruction in truth and righteousness, to make it honourable (Ps 138:2; Is 42:21), for the sake of the righteousness of the Almighty, as the hope of Romans 8:4-14,29.

Everlasting Salvation Through Sanctification

The Law as a Schoolmaster: In classical Christian theology (as articulated in the epistles and Reformation exegesis), the fiery mountain primarily served to expose humanity’s inherent spiritual poverty and inability to achieve righteousness by their own strength. It established the essential knowledge of sin, and the need for the New Covenant (Jer 31:31-34) to establish God’s laws, by faith, so that whomsoever is saved by grace to become heirs of the righteousness which is of faith, as Abraham was (Gen 15:5,6), might become overcomers of sin by observing “all the will of God” made an “easy yoke and light burden” by walking in the power of the Presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Matt 11:29,30; Acts 20:25-32; Rom 3:20,31; 1 Jn 5:2&3)

Sanctification and Grace: The giving of the law at Sinai was intrinsically an act of grace. It was anchored by the prologue, “I am the Lord your God,” indicating that God saves first (as He did for Israel on Passover, as the pattern for New Covenant salvation by “the Messiah as our Passover” – 1 Cor 5:7,8) and thereafter, sanctifies. The Commandments provide the objective, holy standard by which the Spirit progressively “transforms human nature from glory to glory,” by conforming us to the “express image” of God in the Messiah, “precept-by-precept, here a little there a litte,” until the work of purifying our souls, is complete (Is 28:9-12; Rom 8:4-14,29; Heb 1:1-3; 5&6; 1 Peter1:14-22)

Pointing to the Ultimate Deliverer: While the literal stone tablets were broken due to human frailty, the law’s ultimate fulfillment lies in and through the New Covenant, by the law being written on our consecrated hearts by the Finger of God (His Holy Spirit). The Holy Nature of God proclaimed at Sinai finds its full, living manifestation in Christ, the Living Torah, as “the Word Who was made flesh and dwelt amongst us” (Is 7:13,14; Jn 1:9-14)—Who perfectly obeyed the law, Atoned for human failure, and provides everlasting salvation through the sanctifying work of His Spirit through which He is formed in us, to be “the Messiah in us, the hope of glory” – glorification not only of ourselves (in the resurrection to life), but of the House of Jacob (“Israel My glory”) amongst whom we have received spiritual adoption to be a blessing by being a unifying influence by entering our fullness by believing and learning and observing sound doctrine, to speed their salvation and assumption of their role as YHWH’s Torah light to the world (Ps 133; Is 2:2-4; 46:13 Rom 8:17,29,30; 11; 1 Cor 15:43; Col 1:25-29; 2 Thess 2:13-15).

The concept of “Intradynasty” helps explain how the story of the offer of “everlasting salvation” to mankind through the Gospel “which is of the Jews” (Is 45:17-25; Jn 4:22), is the history of the ‘Law of stone’ (Sinai) becoming ‘the Law of the Spirit’ (at Shavuo’t/’Pentecost’), by the transfer of the earthly High Priesthood to the eternal High Priesthood of the Messiah in the order of Malki- Tzedek (Heb 7&8), for the transpositioning of the commandments which were written on stone tablets, onto receptive hearts (Jer 31:31-34; 2 Cor 3:3; Heb 8:1,6-13; 10:16).

In other words, the story of how the Gift of the Torah (the wisdom of Instruction in righteous living, for our sanctification under grace – Heb 12:28) received directly from God our heavenly Father at Sinai, together with the Gift of His Holy Spirit, received on Pentecost in Jerusalem (to direct and lead us into all truth and help us believe and obey, to be accurate stewards of the covenant, to be worthy witnesses), is able to produce “a perfect man” in “the measure even of the fullness of the stature of the Messiah” Himself (Lk 6:40; Eph 4:13), of a kind and character (image an d likeness) with whom God would like to populate His New Earth, which He cannot entrust to untaught, unsanctified stewards (Ps 101; Is 66:22-24; Matt 28:20; Acts 2:29-36; 5:31; Rom 8:29; Eph 4:13; 2 Tim 3:14-17; 2 Peter 3:13 and Revelation 21:1-4).

Mankind can return to the One true, wise, living God only through the salvation which has “come out of Zion” (Ps 14:7). Because the “promise of life” is inheritance of ‘Hebrew eternity’ as co-heirs in the eternal House of Jacob (Lk 1:33; Rev 21:12), the ‘direction of salvation’ is therefore ultimately always towards Zion (in heaven and on earth) (Is 14:1; 35:8-10l; 51:1-11; 55:5; Zech 14; Heb 12:22,23), because God has “placed His salvation in Zion” for all mankind to have the opportunity to respond, to obtain the “life and immortality” which has been “brought to light through the Gospel” which is “of the Jews” (Is 46:13; Jn 4:22; Rom 9:4,5)

“I bring My righteousness near, it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel My glory” (Isaiah 46:13). The message of eternal redemption is ours to share, only because it was first sent to Israel, a remnant of which as heirs of the nation of Israel, for it to be holy (to fulfil Ex 19:5-8), will eventually bring glory to God through proof of their love for Him through the global witness of their faith and faithfulness, the impact of which on the world, will be “like life from the dead” (Deut 4:5-8; Matt 21:37-44; Lk 2:32; Rom 1:16; 11:11-15,23-29)

In 2 Timothy 1:10. The Apostle Paul writes that God’s grace “has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed (abolished) (eternal) death (by tasting it in our place – Heb 2:2,14,15) and (thereby) has “brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel”

Accepting salvation results in our being joined to the House of Jacob, the “olive tree” (Is 14:1; Jer 11:16; Rom 11) , through the grace of spiritual adoption by the God of Jacob for our names to be written in heaven. This adoption takes place during the believer’s “baptism of repentance,” which is when we undergo spiritual rebirth (are born again) by being washed and cleansed by the Blood through immersion in water said to wash away our sins (Jn 3:5; Acts 22:16; Titus 3:5; Rev 1:5), which in turn, is when remission of sins is granted, in order for us to “abide (learn the covenant in order to remain) in Yeshua, the Vine” (Jn 15:3-15) by following His example, as a member of His vineyard, as a loyal co-heir of Israel (Ps 80; Matt 21:33-46; 1 Jn 2:3-6,17,28,29).

Only a spiritual education in the meaning and practical application of “truth and righteousness” can prepare us for the enormity of the rapidly approaching judgment of unrepented sin (e.g. Matt 24; Rev 16:7-11) which, thankfully, is matched in scale and in power of deliverance, by the greatest vision ever conceived (the forgiveness, reconciliation and unification of a believing remnant of humanity in God’s household, the House of Jacob, for our rescue from grief, ruin and eternal separation from God, through faith in the Person and shed Blood of the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the work of the Cross, through the excruciating ordeal of which He purchased us for Himself, to offer us protection and escape from the undiluted, unmitigated wrath closing in on us, just as the Flood drew nearer and nearer to erase almost an entire disobedient generation in Noah’s day (except for Noah’s righteous family of 8), for prophecy tells us that the wickedness of our day is “as the days of Noah were”) (Gen 6-9; Ps 2:11,12; Matt 24:36-39; Lk 21:36; Rom 5:8-11; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5; Rev 3:10; 6:17; 20:6,15)

The spiritual drama of an education in the knowledge of God (a priceless treasure and the only investment that yields eternal returns – Matt 16:26; Lk 10:41,42), epitomized by the ‘theophany’ (manifestation of the Presence of God) at Mount Sinai, is depicted in the literature of scriptural commentaries and historical theology as the supreme convergence, or Divine intersection, of the absolute purity of God (Who is “Holy, Holy, Holy” – Is 6:1-3), and of human history.

It stands as a terrifying, awe-inspiring demonstration of a Holy God descending to establish the foundational principles of righteous civilization which point toward ultimate salvation anchored in faith in God through the Atoning Sacrifice and Resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah, through which the promise of remission of sins, is accomplished.

Intradynasty is therefore the reconciliation, sanctification and unification of Gentile and Jewish humanity as fellow Hebrews, by adoption in Jacob’s “one fold,” through the Blood of the Cross.

The most profound descriptions of the Sinai encounter and its theological purposes are captured through these core expressions:

The Manifestation of the Divine Presence

- The Fusion of Light and Terror: Commentators describe the theophany in Exodus 19 as a moment where the invisible became tangibly overwhelming. The mountain quaked violently, shrouded in thick darkness, lightning, and the consuming fire of the Shekinah glory. The imagery conveys the exquisite purity and perfection of God, creating a seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the Creator and fallen creation
- The Voice of God: The Decalogue (or “Ten Words”) was not merely spoken, but audibly thundered from the midst of the fire. Historical Jewish and early Christian commentators note that the voice of God possessed an unearthly, piercing clarity, signifying the ultimate authority of Divine law (Matt 6:9,10). Hence the description of YHWH’s pure and perfect law, as a “fiery law” (Deut 33:1-4)

The Foundation of a Righteous Civilization

Divine Order and Justice: In rabbinical and patristic traditions, the Ten Words are viewed not simply as prudent, restrictive rules, also known as the ‘decrees of life,’ but as the cosmic blueprint for an ethical society. By defining the parameters of worship, the sanctity of life, and communal integrity, if taken to heart the Commandments would establish a society where justice, truth, and love of neighbor will form the bedrock of a durable civilization

The Revelation of God’s Character: The Proclamation on the mountain was the Self-revelation of God. The sum of His laws is the sum of His Character, which is why none is redundant (Matt 5:17-20), and why the New Covenant places so much emphasis on our conformance to the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:1-11). The law reflects the moral perfection of its Author. Only by perfecting aligning human conduct with this law (which the New Covenant with its supernatural features and potential, is able to accomplish – Matt 5:48), can humanity truly recover and reflect the Divine image, ensuring societal flourishing and order. This is why the Messiah is called to magnify God’s Instruction in truth and righteousness, to make it honourable (Ps 138:2; Is 42:21), for the sake of the righteousness of the Almighty, as the hope of Romans 8:4-14,29.

Everlasting Salvation Through Sanctification

The Law as a Schoolmaster: In classical Christian theology (as articulated in the epistles and Reformation exegesis), the fiery mountain primarily served to expose humanity’s inherent spiritual poverty and inability to achieve righteousness by their own strength. It established the essential knowledge of sin, and the need for the New Covenant (Jer 31:31-34) to establish God’s laws, by faith, so that whomsoever is saved by grace to become heirs of the righteousness which is of faith, as Abraham was (Gen 15:5,6), might become overcomers of sin by observing “all the will of God” made an “easy yoke and light burden” by walking in the power of the Presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Matt 11:29,30; Acts 20:25-32; Rom 3:20,31; 1 Jn 5:2&3)

Sanctification and Grace: The giving of the law at Sinai was intrinsically an act of grace. It was anchored by the prologue, “I am the Lord your God,” indicating that God saves first (as He did for Israel on Passover, as the pattern for New Covenant salvation by “the Messiah as our Passover” – 1 Cor 5:7,8) and thereafter, sanctifies. The Commandments provide the objective, holy standard by which the Spirit progressively “transforms human nature from glory to glory,” by conforming us to the “express image” of God in the Messiah, “precept-by-precept, here a little there a litte,” until the work of purifying our souls, is complete (Is 28:9-12; Rom 8:4-14,29; Heb 1:1-3; 5&6; 1 Peter1:14-22)
Pointing to the Ultimate Deliverer: While the literal stone tablets were broken due to human frailty, the law’s ultimate fulfillment lies in and through the New Covenant, by the law being written on our consecrated hearts by the Finger of God (His Holy Spirit). The Holy Nature of God proclaimed at Sinai finds its full, living manifestation in Christ, the Living Torah, as “the Word Who was made flesh and dwelt amongst us” (Is 7:13,14; Jn 1:9-14)—Who perfectly obeyed the law, Atoned for human failure, and provides everlasting salvation through the sanctifying work of His Spirit through which He is formed in us, to be “the Messiah in us, the hope of glory” – glorification not only of ourselves (in the resurrection to life), but of the House of Jacob (“Israel My glory”) amongst whom we have received spiritual adoption to be a blessing by being a unifying influence by entering our fullness by believing and learning and observing sound doctrine, to speed their salvation and assumption of their role as YHWH’s Torah light to the world (Ps 133; Is 2:2-4; 46:13 Rom 8:17,29,30; 11; 1 Cor 15:43; Col 1:25-29; 2 Thess 2:13-15).

The Supreme, Universal, One-and-only God, “the God of the spirits of all mankind,” Who “formed the spirit of man within him” (Numbers 16:22; 27:16; Zech 12:1), Who was really speaking to all mankind through Israel as He overshadowed Mount Sinai with His Glory, gave us the Ten Commandments as the foundation of the narrow path, essential to build a righteous civilization, then asked us to constantly choose between the narrow path and the broad path, or in other words, choose between Him (and eternal life) and destruction that will be inevitable, if we allow ourselves to be fatally distracted from His Presence and His Covenant of promises (Deut 30; Matt 7:13-27).

He then asked us to choose (Deut 30).

Accepting salvation results, through baptism, in our being joined to the believing remnant of the House of Jacob, the “olive tree” (Is 14:1; Jer 11:16; Rom 11), through their New Covenant (Jer 31L31-34), through the grace of spiritual adoption by the God of the spirits of all mankind, the God of Jacob, for our names to be written in heaven (Heb 12:22).

This adoption takes place during the believer’s “baptism of repentance,” which is when we undergo spiritual rebirth (are born again) by being washed and cleansed by the Blood through immersion in water said to wash away our sins (Jn 3:5; Acts 22:16; Titus 3:5; Rev 1:5), which in turn, is when remission of sins is granted, in order for us to “abide (learn the covenant in order to remain) in Yeshua, the Vine” (Jn 15:3-15) by following His example, as a member of His vineyard, as a loyal co-heir of Israel (Ps 80; Matt 21:33-46; 1 Jn 2:3-6,17,28,29).

For anyone who knows the long history of the Plan of Redemption, and has noticed its Divine Author’s deliberate close association of Israel, the “rod” and “lot of His inheritance” as “Israel My son, even My firstborn” (Ex 4:22,23; Deut 32:8,9; Ps 80:7-19), with God’s Begotten (Firstborn) Son, their Messiah, it is logical that the House of Jacob (Abraham’s grandson honoured to name the household of God – Lk 1:33; Eph 2:19) should be the covenant identity of the church, because from ancient times, God “has commanded deliverances for Jacob” (Ps 44:1-4; Rom 9:4,5), greatest of which is undoubtedly, the promise of eternal life through eternal deliverance by the salvation (which “is of the Jews”) from eternal death, because only through that majestic dispensation of mercy and grace, can someone be set-apart (by the election of grace) to receive the personal sanctification sufficient to perfect their character (by purification of every aspect of our lives – 2 Peter 3:10-14) to be part of a surviving remnant of mankind which will be found worthy to inherit the eternity of eternities and be stewards of a renovated earth (Matt 19:28).

For that reason, the Gentile nations’ debt to Israel, a remnant of which is always God’s firstfruits (Jer 2:2,3; Rom 11:16) as first bearers of the “Good Tidings” proclaimed by the Prophets as the “new thing” (Is 42; 53; 61), is staggering, and yet on the whole, we’ve been hypocrites by holding them to a different standard to ourselves, and repaying them with anything but mercy and kindness, generally withholding comfort and support, in the hour of their greatest need, throughout their history of persecution (Rom 3:31; 15:27).

For “many,” not just unsaved persons, the anti-Semitism of prejudiced, presumptuous, wilfully ignorant, conceited believers, which is the root of anti-Zionism, will cost them their salvation for “boasting against the natural branches” by betraying the promises to the fathers confirmed on the Cross (Rom 15:8),by repudiating their irrevocable calling and election in their landed inheritance (Ps 105:8-11; 129:5-8; Matt 7:13-27; Rom 11:18,22,25-29), because God will not stomach being mocked by His precepts being set aside, for His law and Land to be “slandered” (Numbers 14:36; Gal 6:7,8 Amp) by His promise to Israel (which was ratified on the mercy seat in heaven in their New Covenant which confirms their being a kingdom-nation state forever) not being believed, any more than the ten spies (Is 9:6,7; Jer 31:36,37; Lk 1:32).

In this, a large percentage of the church is gaslighting itself, by denying the reality of the Abrahamic covenant, faith in which promise made Abraham God’s Friend(Gen 12:1-7; 15:5-21; James 2:23) to try not to appease their conscience. Anyone with even a slight understanding of spiritual matters, should realize that the God Who does not change, is not likely to abandon “the apple of His eye,” to whom, in their Messiah, He has promised the world (the nations as their inheritance) and the New Jerusalem, through His Gospel – no wonder it’s called the “sure mercies of David” (Ps 2:7-12; Is 14:1; 54:3; 55:1-5; 60-62; Jer 31-33; Zech 2:10-12; Acts 13:2-39; Rom 4:13,16; Rev 21:12).

The “heavenly (master) vision” of which Israel is principal steward as the Almighty’s “witnesses” to the One and only true, wise, living God of Hebrew mono-Theism (Is 43:1-12; 44:1-8) – namely, His vision of moral perfection through training in righteousness in order to master virtuous living (holiness) (the ancient ‘Shema,’ in Mk 12:28-34, the greatest Proclamation of the one faith we have inherited) to which no-one can afford to be disobedient (Acts 26:19; 2 Tim 2:5; 3:14-17; Heb 12:14), made possible only through the offer of redemption through the Blood of Yeshua the Messiah by salvation from sin, will be accomplished through the anointings of the Most High through which the soul, which is the measure of a man, is able to be mastered, by His Spirit.

There is “no difference” between us, in this regard, because we cannot attain the character of Christ Himself (Christlikeness, the Divine Nature, being the goal of the Gospel – Rom 8:29; 2 Peter 1:1-11) until through patience, we “possess (gain mastery of) our souls,” by training them in God’s Word, to be in subjection to our regenerated spirits, which in their turn, are to be in subjection to the Spirit of our Father (Rom 8:7-10,29). That too, is how we train our conscience, to reach the point when we’ll be able to have a clear conscience at all times.

These anointings are given to sincere believers to magnify and sanctify (hallow) the Name of the God (YHWH – YaHWeH/JeHoVaH) Who made heaven and earth – Ps 35:27; Matt 6:9,10) in every area of life, and include “the ability to create wealth,” in order, note, “to establish God’s covenant” (i.e. Divine endowments of grace [favour including power to succeed]) that are intended to testify to His love, power, ingenuity and the wisdom of His ways. God Himself allocates portions of His own Anointing which includes the gift sets described as “talents according to our several ability” that not only make us different, but entirely unique (Matt 25:15; Mk 13:34; 1 Cor 4:7) “according to the measure of the gift of Christ” – Eph 4:7,13).

The anointings (which prove to be so wonderful, so marvellous, so fascinating) are given to stir us up with excitement and enthusiasm, more than any worldly source of help, envisioning and goal setting) enthralling us and bringing us to our knees in gratitude, compelling us to loyally attribute all glory to God (“Who performs all things for me” – Ps 57:2; 138:8) as we explore and fulfil our great potential in relationship with Him through His Word, which is spirit and life, now enabled by His Providence (i.e. blessed with God’s direction and favour) operating within the lives of true believers (those who “know their God” by “knowing His ways”- Ex 33:13; 1 Jn 2:3-6) whose individual purposes-in-election to this latter day body of believers (Eph 1:11), will be a mosaic of interlocking, synergistic vision and “exploits” for their personal lives (Dan 11:32), that will all serve the collective goal of the redemption of Creation (which the Jewish people call the tikkun ha olam, or ‘repair of the world and improvement of the Universe’) (Ps 104:30; Rom 8:18-22), in anticipation of a New Earth and the descent of the New Jerusalem which will manifest as our ultimate reality after the coming thousand year reign of the Messiah from David’s restored, Theocratic Throne, in Jerusalem (Is 66:22-24; Mk 11:10; Rev 5:10; 20:6; 21-22)

“But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” (Dan 11:32)

Key Highlights from the Verse

Intimate Knowledge: The Hebrew word for “know” is yada, which implies an intimate, experiential, and personal relationship, rather than just knowing facts about God
Unshakeable Strength: Believers who have this deep relationship derive supernatural strength from it, allowing them to remain firm during difficult times
Great Accomplishments: “Exploits” refer to great deeds, acts of courage, or mighty achievements done in faith

Context and Meaning

This verse is part of a larger prophecy detailing conflicts, but it serves as an encouragement that those who hold fast to their faith and trust God during times of hardship, will be empowered to accomplish extraordinary things.

So, not if, but whenever looking for true inspiration, “look up,” to “set your heart on things above” (Col 3:1,2). Don’t “lean (inwardly reliant) upon your own understanding” (Prov 3:5), but to the Author of life and of predestined purpose (Eph 1:11), to be sure to “abide in Him” to create testimony of His existence and powerful involvement in our lives (as the One Who gives the ability to create wealth and be accomplished in any and every field of endeavour), by working His, not your own will, to be sure to…

“Make no small or self-made plans…(which) have no power to stir men’s blood and bend their knees”

Look beyond worldly circumstances and always prioritize seeking wisdom from above:

Psalm 5:3

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.”
Meaning: This illustrates a daily posture of seeking Divine guidance the moment you wake up, intentionally turning your gaze to God to direct your days, to be sure your times are in His Hand
Psalm 121:1-2

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.”
Meaning: A call to shift your focus from earthly, human limitations, to the Creator of the Universe as your ultimate source of inspiration and rescue.

Because a combination of self-will and the product of ordinary (natural) imagination, often attributed to God but which are soon exposed as ideas and plans of human origin, ‘can’t hold a candle’ to co-ordinated Divinely inspired and supervised vision, mission, strategy and plans, it is with the collective goal in mind, of the unlimited potential for humanity (Matt 19:26) through salvation for eternal life (possibly only through remission of sins through the one [Messianic] faith of Israel – Jn 4:22; Rom 9:4,5; Eph 4:5, and the supernatural circumcision of the heart that makes regeneration of the human spirit possible, for us to be conformed to the express image of God, in Christ – Rom 8:29) which alone makes the redemption of Creation possible – Rom 8:4-23, that we were urged to lay out reasons why buy-in to the Gospel which will galvanize and dignify mankind as no other conception of a future world can do, must be our chief preoccupation as the world becomes increasingly dark and forbidding as the birthpains of Judgment increase in frequency and intensity, all around us, confirming the truth that in God’s mercy, the seals in the Book of Revelation must be broken for mankind’s chastisement to gather ground, to help make His salvation-rescue plan irresistible, so that as many souls as possible can be snatched from oblivion (Matt 24)

The plagues (21 overall in one count) as cataclysmic judgments of the Apocalypse meant to be catalysts for repentance, are outlined in the Book of Revelation across three overlapping sets of sevens: the Seals (Revelation 6:1–8:1), the Trumpets (Revelation 8:2–11:19), and the Bowls (Revelation 15:1–16:21).

The opening of the Seven Seals, which is inevitable (they “…must come to pass”) (see Rev 1:1), details the onset of these events:

First Seal (Rev 6:1-2): A rider on a white horse representing conquest or a counterfeit peace.
Second Seal (Rev 6:3-4): A rider on a red horse symbolizing warfare and bloodshed.
Third Seal (Rev 6:5-6): A rider on a black horse bringing famine and economic scarcity.
Fourth Seal (Rev 6:7-8): A rider on a pale horse (Death) accompanied by Hades, unleashing widespread death, hunger, and pestilence.
Fifth Seal (Rev 6:9-11): The souls of the martyrs under the altar crying out to God for justice.
Sixth Seal (Rev 6:12-17): Cosmic disturbances, a great earthquake, darkened sun, blood-red moon, and falling stars heralding the wrath of God.
Seventh Seal (Rev 8:1-2): A period of silence in heaven that introduces the subsequent Seven Trumpet judgments

On account of the great challenges ahead, and the wonderful provision available for those who invite and welcome teaching on how to navigate them by not going their own way, but by waiting on the LORD for authorized vision, which is to played out by learning the ways of God (Ps 23:3; Prov 29:18), to find maximum security and peace of mind, we’ve chosen the modified quotation (above) which is its original form was attributed to Englishman Sir Francis Bacon, but actually authored by renowned American architect and urban planner, Daniel Burnham (1846–1912) whose full original quote was an excerpt from a speech, and which reads:

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work…”

It was written in 1909 and published in his masterwork, The Plan of Chicago. Burnham wrote it as a rallying cry to the city of Chicago. As a primary architect of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, Burnham championed the “City Beautiful Movement.” He realized that to truly transform urban landscapes and inspire public support for massive, interconnected civic infrastructure (parks, expansive boulevards, and public centers), modest adjustments simply wouldn’t work. He needed to propose a monumental vision to capture the public’s imagination and spur real, transformative change.

The Biblical prophetic vision for the deliverance and regeneration of mankind through our restoration to the image and likeness of God (forfeited by Adam), demands at least a monumental vision.

Here’s the context from which the original quote was taken:

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized.

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us (magnified in the lives of those who believe in and who follow the teachings of Christ – Jn 14:12).

Let your watchword be order and your beacon, beauty”

So goes the most famous quote by Daniel Burnham, as part of an October 1910 speech in London to other city planners. People of Chicago may recognize it, as it’s frequently repeated and has made its way into the fabric of the city’s history.

With adjustments to fit the context of our calling into ministry, we chose to rework Daniel’s Burnham’s sentiments as our theme quote for our thumbnail ministry positioning concept, ‘Intradynasty,’ as the inspired summary of the opportunity to all mankind to discover what it means to enjoy the peace of Divine order, by “pursuing the perfection of the beauty of holiness,” by freely receiving salvation from sins (Ps 50:2; Jn 3:15,16; Rom 3:25; 2 Cor 7:1), for unification of a remnant of mankind to be achieved against all odds, within the sanctuary of the Ark-like eternal House of Jacob (which is the dynasty of Abraham through the succession to his household, of the households of his covenant heirs, Isaac and Jacob, which the Almighty has elected as His household – Lk 1:33; Eph 2:19) through sanctification by the truth, through the power of the Presence of the Holy Spirit, through belief in the Cross, which promises a world of “everlasting righteousness” (Dan 9:24; 2 Peter 3:9-18)

Intradynasty is a call to the ‘order’ and ‘beauty’ that only the Gospel can deliver, because of the grace of a loving God

“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save My people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness

Many, probably most believers from the nations, who may think that that text applies only to Israel, have not read Eph 4:11-14,23,24 & 2 Thess 2:13-15 and have no idea that the historic nation of Israel now accelerating immigration in a century long process of returning from Second Exile (Is 11:10-12) to re-appropriate their eternal inheritance as the nation and in the Land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Ex 19:5-8; Ps 105:8-11; Jer 31:36,37), is going to be refined like silver and gold as the penultimate ‘time of Jacob’s trouble’ (Dan 12:1; Jer 30; Zech 9-14), until a remnant becomes the national role model of Kingdom righteousness for sheep nations and individuals in the nations alike (Deut 4:5-8; Is 2:2-4; Zech 2:8-12; Matt 6:9,10,33; 25). Another highly relevant matching prophecy is Jeremiah 33:15–16, which states that God will “cause the Branch of righteousness (the Messiah) to grow up unto David; and He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the Land

What “Truth and Righteousness” means precisely:

In the context of KJV prophetic literature, these two terms carry specific Hebrew legal and covenantal meanings rather than just general moral concepts

1. In Truth (‘Emet)

In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for truth (emet) denotes firmness, stability, reliability, and absolute fidelity

- The Meaning: It means God’s relationship with Israel will no longer be unstable or broken by unfaithfulness.
- The Precise Application: Both God and the nation will act with complete sincerity and enduring loyalty in obedience to the covenant. It signifies the end of spiritual adultery, deceit, and idolatry within Israel. The word “truth” therefore has two meanings in the KJV Old Testament: Truth versus falsehood; fidelity/faithfulness versus disloyalty/unfaithfulness. These are remarkably similar to the Hebrew meaning of faith (emunah), as belief and faithfulness corresponding to one’s belief, as proof of belief and trust

2. In Righteousness (Tzedakah)

Righteousness implies right standing, legal justice, and conformity to a standard (specifically God’s Holy character and righteous laws)

- The Meaning: It indicates a condition where the people are justified, cleansed from guilt, and actively living in perfect alignment with God’s will, set on learning covenant to be helped by the Holy Spirit to master all the will of God (2 Tim 2:5)
- The Precise Application: Rather than trying and failing to achieve righteousness through external legalism, God credits them with His own righteousness. He then changes their hearts so that internal holiness matches their external actions by lining up their words and deeds with what is written

3. The Divine Method of “Training” (2 Tim 3:14-17)

The Bible outlines exactly how God accomplishes this training and transformation:

- The New Covenant: God trains them by referring all supposedly true interpretations of Scripture, to the scrutinhy of the Torah and the Prophets (the Berean test of accuracy of understanding) (Acta 17:11; 24:14), fundamentally restructuring their perspective. As promised in Jeremiah 31:33; Heb 8:9-12; 10:16He says, “I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts
- The Messianic Reign: God provides an flawless Ruler—the Messiah—to actively govern and teach them. Jeremiah notes that the Messiah’s exact name will be “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,” ensuring the entire nation learns to reflect that character

The Messianic implications of Zechariah 8:7–8 are profound. In Jewish prophecy and Christian theology, this passage points directly to the ultimate intervention of the Messiah to establish God’s Kingdom on earth.

Here is how this verse connects directly to the Messiah:

1. The Messiah as the Gatherer of Israel

The verse begins with God promising to “save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them…”

- The Messianic Link: In Hebrew prophecy, gathering the scattered exiles from the corners of the earth is a primary, definitive task of the Messiah.
- Parallel Prophecy: Isaiah 11:11–12 explicitly attributes this global gathering to the “Root of Jesse” (the Messiah), who will set His hand to recover the remnant of His people from the islands of the sea

2. The Implementation of the New Covenant

The climax of the verse—“they shall be my people, and I will be their God”—is the exact legal formula of the New Covenant

- The Messianic Link: The Old Testament establishes that this covenant cannot be activated without the Messiah. He is the mediator who secures
- The Mechanism: For Israel to dwell in perfect “truth and righteousness,” their systemic unfaithfulness must be cured. The Messiah achieves this by offering Himself as a sacrifice to remove sin, allowing God to write the law directly onto their hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-34)

3. The Source of “Truth and Righteousness”

The verse states the relationship will exist in truth and righteousness. Humanity cannot produce this on its own; it must be introduced by a Divine Ruler (Micah 5:2; Lk 1:33)

- The Messianic Link: The Messiah is the literal embodiment and source of these two traits.
- Prophetic Titles: Jeremiah 23:5–6 states that when the Messianic King reigns, His literal name will be “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” (YHWH Tsidkenu). Therefore, Israel can only dwell in righteousness because they are united with, and ruled by, the Righteous King, Whose Gospel is the platform for Israel’s exaltation to chief of nations (Deut 26:16-19; 28:10-14; Jer 31:7)

4. Jerusalem as the Global Messianic Capital

Zechariah specifies that the gathered people will “dwell in the midst of Jerusalem”

The Messianic Link: This looks forward to the Millennial Reign, where Jerusalem is transformed from a geopolitical battleground into the spiritual capital of the world
The Context: Just a few verses later, Zechariah 8:22–23 notes that many nations and strong people will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord. This global worship only occurs when the Messiah physically takes His throne in the City (Zechariah 14:9; Matt 5:35; Lk 1:32).

Intradynasty is a helpful code word, if you like, that describes the extraordinary two phase process of “everlasting salvation” (Is 45:17-25) unpacked by the Hebrew Gospel (Besorah Tovah) of the New Covenant (B’rit Chadshah) as 1) righteousness imputed to us by grace, through our repentance and the remission of our sins for justification by faith, to be ingrafted in the Hebrew olive tree as fellow “children of the promise,” by our adoption as believers from the nations (Eph 1:4,5; 2;11,12; Rom 8:15,16,23; 9:4,5,7,8) through baptism symbolic of burial in the death of the Messiah (based on the pattern of Israel’s baptism “into Moses and into the Cloud,” in 1 Cor 10:1-4) Who was announced by archangel Gabriel as Ruler forever of the House of Jacob, His Father’s household, through our membership of the church (which in any event has always belonged to Israel, in anticipation of its more glorious stature by its exaltation in the last days as the “general assembly and church (of Jacob the heir of the birthright of) the firstborn”) (Gen 25:23; 28:14; Is 29:22-24; Micah 5:2; Lk 1:33; Acts 7:38; Rom 6:1-6;11; Eph 2:11,12,15,19; 3:6; 5:26,27; Heb 12:23; Rev 21:12).

Not just any church, a church without a name, a church without a specific covenant identity, but the church (kahal in Hebrew; ekklesia in Greek) prophesied by promise to Abraham when “the Gospel was preached to him beforehand” (Gen 12:2,3; Gal 3:8,9), as his and his covenant heirs,’ Isaac and Jacob’s household in perpetuity, bearing the titular name of Jacob, the youngest branch of Abraham’s dynasty (Gen 18:18,19; Lk 1:33).

Which was a promise confirmed to and through Moses in the Messianic prophecy concerning the future of Israel, spoken over the House of Jacob, as the nation promised to Abraham and his seed, at Sinai (Gen 12:1-7; 15:12-15; Ex 19:5-8; Deut 29:12-15; Jer 31:36,37; Acts 7:38), which was later corroborated by exactly the same promise, that if they proved obedient to our Father’s will, they would become a royal priesthood (kingdom of priests) and holy nation as a treasured possession, as it is written in 1 Peter 2:9,10.

As co-heirs of Israel in the House of Jacob, that condition applies equally to us. We also are to “enter into the covenant” as amplified by the Yeshua (Deut 29:12-15; Matt 5:17-19) and into the corresponding “oath” (solemn warning) that obedience to the covenant is the condition for being “established (and confirmed) to the end,” as bona fide sons of God (1 Cor 1:8; Heb 6), not just gaze upon it on a page, or speculate about it, because baptism into the faith is a commitment to the process of sanctification being implemented in each of our lives, for the full duration of our walks, for holiness to be completed

1 John 3:2-3 Heb 12:14,28: “We know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in Him. purifies himself as He is pure.”
2 Corinthians 7:1: “Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God” [1, 2]
Revelation 19:7-8: “Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure’—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints (works of righteousness as proof of repentance).”

The twin parallel passages (Ex 19:5-8 & 1 Peter 2:9,10) describe the vision of “one new man” comprising Jew and Gentile forging an ever more perfect union by aiming for fullness of understanding of the covenant, to attain “the unity of the faith” (unanimity in doctrine maximizes blessing by unifying the house) as ‘one in the Messiah, one in the Olive Tree,’ the one Hebraic sheepfold, one and “the same body,” forever (Ps 133; Is 56:6-8; Jn 10:16; Rom 11; Eph 2:15; 3:6).

Genesis 28:14 (which corroborates the promise to Jacob’s grandfather in Gen 12:2,3) and richly descriptive passages like Is 29:22-24 and 51:1-11 outline the expansion of the covenant through the House of Jacob, which anti-Semites detest.

In the New Testament, the “Seed” in the statement, “in thy Seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed,” is explicitly revealed as Christ (Gal 6:16), because we become seed of Abraham and co-heirs of Israel’s promised eternal inheritance, through faith in Christ, Who is designated Ruler of the House of Jacob, forever, leaving no doubt about the identity of the church (Gal 3:29).

According to Gal 3:8,9, the blessing to the families of the nations described in verse 14 of Gen 28, is the justification of the Gentiles for inclusion in the House of Jacob with whom God cut the New Covenant (not covenanted with the nations, who are to “glorify God for His mercy” for making a way to incorporate us into his plans for Israel, His chief righteous cause) (Jer 31:31-33; Rom 15:8-12), for us to fully partake of the promises to Israel through adoption as sons of that House (Lk 1:33; Rom 15:8,27).

This is the crux of the Gospel to the Gentiles, the knowledge of which has rarely graced the pulpit because of the stranglehold upon it by Replacement Theology which has taught the fiction that the nation of Israel has been superceded by a spiritual reality which disenfranchises the Jewish people from their firstborn calling, purpose and promises as a physical nation, an anti-Christ propaganda coup (for the time being) which has undermined sympathy for Jewish suffering and support for their lawful struggle to defend their sovereignty over all of Canaan (including Gaza and the ‘West Bank,’ all Israeli inheritance according to what is written), which was confirmed on the Cross as “a promise to the fathers” (Ps 105:8-11; Rom 11:25-29; 15:8).

The church has a shocking track record for failure to resist the doctrine of demons which has misled believers from the nations and the general public alike, to fail to appreciate the importance, for the sake of the stability of the earth and everlasting peace for mankind, of Israel’s permanent Hebrew covenant identity and set apart heritage and their prospects as chief of nations through acceptance of their New Covenant (Nu 23:9; Deut 33:26-29; Jer 31:7,31-37; Ezek 36; 47:13-23); and therefor failure to recognize the necessity to renounce longstanding prejudice, to advocate correctly by expressing these truths in our witness to the world, or we are accomplices of the worst form of anti-Semitism, which includes Rome’s theft of Israel’s identity as the mother church, and denial that God Himself is the Author of geopolitical Zionism within His elect nation’s covenant borders.

An endgame refers to the final, critical stage of a process or competition where an ultimate resolution, victory, or conclusion is imminent. We’re closer than ever to that stage, if not in it already. The term originally comes from chess, describing the phase where few pieces are left and the goal is checkmate. In everyday language and journalism, “endgame” describes the latter stages of an extended situation (which the Plan of Redemption certainly is), such as a negotiation, war, or business deal. It is used when participants are making their final, high-stakes maneuvers to secure a favorable outcome. That perfectly describes satan’s last ditch efforts to take down as much as he can.

This site is dedicated to clarifying these vital matters and their purpose and what the endgame looks like through the filter of prophecy, all of which conclusions have been diligently fact-checked using the ancient legal, ‘Berean,’ battery-test of two or three witnesses of Scripture (i.e. no less than two witnesses [individual word, or phrase, verse or passage], but no limit on the number of corroborating testimonies) chiefly from the Torah and the Prophets, which are the plumbline of the full counsel of the Word of God, to prove the validity of any interpretation, since no “private interpretation” of Scripture is allowed (Acts 17:11; 24:14; 2 Cor 13:1,5; 2 Peter 1:20,21

As a prime example of an invalid conclusion from a flawed approach to Bible study, which has resulted in one of the greatest injustices to Scripture and to characters in Scriptures, is the common misconception of the character and prophetic role of Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, the heir (scion) of the covenant birthright to the dynasty of Abraham (Gen 25-35; Lk 1:33). A scion is a descendant or heir of a wealthy, powerful, or influential family. The term inherently describes a new (‘cadet’) branch or “offshoot” of a prominent family tree, in particular, when referring specifically to the younger or succeeding generation of a distinguished lineage.

The spiritual growth through trial after trial, to reach the high calibre and superb quality of the founding fathers of the faith, which is epitomized by Jacob, must be reproduced in the endtime church which “in the Messiah,” belongs to the dynasty of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, or we are not worthy to be found amongst them in the kingdom of heaven (Gen 18:18,19; 26:5; Matt 5:19; 8:11,12). The perpetual continuity of the household of Abraham and his heirs, as the “church of YHWH” of antiquity (Acts 7:38). which became the Messianic branch of that church, under the Hebrew New Covenant (Jer 31:31-34; Lk 1:33), was a promise to the three fathers confirmed on the Cross, along with confirmation of Israel’s inheritance of all of Canaan, forever (Ps 105:8-11; Rom 15:8). Jacob matured into a spiritual giant and is traditionally seen as a blend of quiet scholarly devotion (an Ish Tam, Wholesome Scholar), resourcefulness, and deep humanity. Genesis 25:27 describes Jacob as a “mild” or “plain” (in Hebrew, tam) man who dwelled in tents. Commentaries, like Rashi’s, interpret tam to mean “wholesome,” “straightforward,” and completely devoted to learning Torah. He represents intellectualism and spiritual focus, contrasting with Esau’s physical, rugged nature. Despite Jacob’s early acts of guile, the Talmud (Makkot 24a) attributes to him the trait of emet (truth). The Sages’ Reconciliation: Sages argue that Jacob’s “witty inventions” (Prov 8) were Spirit-led tools and strategies of survival used to outwit carnal, manipulative forces (like Esau and Laban) and highlight their character flaws as his antagonists, but that Jacob’s fundamental essence and ultimate pursuit were unvarnished truth, amply supported in the narrative (Gen 32:10), yet widely misrepresented in the church by misunderstanding of the type of deception and the benign usurpation allowed by God (Jacob was set apart in the womb as covenant firstborn by YHWH’s own prophecy, before Esau was born) in order for His will to be done, resulting in depiction of Jacob as a ‘bad actor,’ when in fact he and his mother Rebekah (wary of the dangers of the effect of favouritism for Esau, on Isaac’s judgment) were following the prophetic script for defence and realization of Jacob’s prophesied entitlement to the covenant birthright, down to the last detail – Gen 25:23. Jacob who knew the God of His father Isaac as “the Fear of Isaac,” represents the ‘‘one new man” of the Messianic House of Jacob (Eph 2:11,12,15; 4:5), the reconciled hearts of whose Jewish and former Gentile members are united (by the one faith, “the Way”) to Fear the LORD – Psalm 86:11 “Teach me Thy ‘Way,” O LORD; I will walk in Thy Truth: unite my heart to Fear Thy Name.” In Genesis 31:42 and Genesis 31:53, instead of referring to the “God of my father,” Jacob specifically honors God as the supreme object of Isaac’s lifelong, reverent awe. This is why the Sages emphasize the excellency of Jacob’s stewardship of the birthright of the firstborn which YHWH conferred upon him in the foreknowledge that Esau would prove to be an unsatisfactory recipient, proven by his willingness to sell it for a pot of lentil soup, to satisfy his flesh – Genesis 25:23; Romans 9:12]

The Biblical ruling dynasty is a bloodline woven into the very fabric of Israel, through whom God’s salvation for humanity was revealed (Jn 4:22), and whose God-given sovereignty in all the territory of the former kingdoms of Canaan, is an heirloom.(Ps 105:8-11). Passing through generations, the Abrahamic Hebrew household claims a Divine historical right to pass on the baton of spiritual leadership and later, rulership (in our case, from Abraham to David and then to Yeshua/Jesus as Ruler of the House of Jacob, forever – Ps 89; Matt 1:17,18; Lk 1:33), as righteousness continues to transform its lineage to eventually become the exemplification of the ultimate ‘law of the land’ (Torah magnified as the Law of Christ, becoming statute law), as an inspiration to the world, to fulfil the promise that Israel will be a blessing to the world, “like life from the dead” (Gen 12:2,3; Deut 4:5-8; Is 42:21; Rom 11:15,25-29)

The roots (etymology) of the word shows that ‘scion’ originally comes from the horticultural term for a shoot or twig cut for grafting. Just as a grafted shoot carries the qualities of the parent plant, a human ‘scion’ carries the legacy of the dynasty. Being a ‘scion’ in both natural and spiritual terms, as rightful heir to the succession (as Jacob was, sanctified in the womb by prophecy as Abraham’ son, Isaac’s legal successor), comes with a distinct set of core legal, societal, psychological, and practical implications, which Jacob impressively lived up to, through a series of tests and trials, as is to be expected of the refinement of the fathers of the faith upon whose stewardship of the lineage of the Plan of Redemption, the rescue of a remnant of mankind would ultimately depend upon their Seed, the Messiah Yeshua (Whose Name means ‘YHWH is salvation’)

The Hebrew name Yeshua (and its longer root form, Yehoshua) translates to “salvation,” “deliverance,” or “the Lord is salvation”. It is closely tied to the Hebrew root word yasha, meaning “to rescue” or “to deliver.” The transition from the Hebrew Yeshua to the English Jesus occurred through a multi-lingual evolution designed to preserve the sound of the name across different languages:

Hebrew/Aramaic (Yeshua): The original, everyday name spoken in first-century Judea and Galilee.
Greek (Iēsous): Because the ancient Greek language lacks “sh” and “uh” sounds (and requires male names to end in a masculine suffix, typically an “s”), the name was transliterated as Iēsous.
Latin (Iesus): Adopted directly from the Greek translations of the Bible.
English (Jesus): Emerged in Middle and Early Modern English as the Latin “I” developed into the English hard “J” sound, resulting in the name “Jesus” used today

In the Book of Genesis, Abraham’s biography clearly presents him as an immensely wealthy patriarch whose God-given stature and character commanded widespread, universal respect from both allies and foreign nations.

Abraham possessed vast amounts of livestock, precious metals, and a massive retinue of servants, functioning much like a chieftain of a small nation. Which is why anyone who disputes Israel’s right to emulate that success in their Land, to fulfil God’s promises to Abraham through the House of Jacob, is either deliberately or inadvertently an accomplice of those who seek to misinterpret “the promises to the fathers” which were confirmed on the Cross (Rom 15:8), to defraud “the father of us all” (Rom 4) of his, Isaac’s and Jacob and his heirs’ inheritance (Ps 105:8-11).

- Genesis 13:2: Explicitly states, “Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.”
- Genesis 24:35: A trusted servant testifies of his master’s success: “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.”

Stature and Power

His stature is proven by his ability to raise a private army, negotiate as a sovereign equal with kings, and secure alliances

- Genesis 14:14: When his nephew Lot was captured, Abraham assembled an impressive private military force of “318 trained men born in his household”, proving he had the resources and influence to command a large clan.
- Genesis 21:22: Recognizing Abraham’s power, King Abimelech of Gerar sought a formal non-aggression treaty with him, stating, “God is with you in everything you do”

Universal Respect

Foreign cultures and neighboring peoples treated him with profound honor and deference

Genesis 23:5-6: When Abraham sought to buy land to bury his wife Sarah, the local Hittites voluntarily offered him their finest burial sites and respectfully called him “a mighty prince among us” (often translated in Hebrew as “a prince of God” or “a mighty king”).
Genesis 14:18-20: After his military victory, he was universally honored by Melchizedek, the King of Salem and a priest of God Most High, who came to bless him.

Rather than describing Jacob as walking in the shadow of Abraham, a detailed and careful reading of Jacob’s biography provides a wealth of evidence that Jacob’s stature was no less due to God’s mercy and to his (Jacob’s) integrity and love for truth, than to his grandfather

The phrase regarding not being left destitute of “mercy and truth” is found in the Book of Genesis in two famous prayers of thanksgiving. Here are the specific verses:

- For Abraham: In Genesis 24:27, Abraham’s servant Eliezer prays and praises God, saying, “…Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, Who hath not left destitute my master of His mercy and His truth…” (in this context, the household steward, Abraham’s trusted Gentile servant, is rejoicing that God has faithfully guided his journey to find a wife for Isaac, according to prophecy; but the same phrase “mercy and truth” applied equally to every other aspect of Abraham’s relationship with God and his fellow man, because after becoming an heir of the righteousness which is of faith, by grace, he enthusiastically responded to our heavenly Father’s call to holiness (Gen 17:1) by learning to walk in the light of the Messiah Yeshua “Whose Day” (of Atonement for and eventual national deliverance and liberation of Israel from the nations) “He saw…” in a vision – Jn 8:56), by becoming a pioneer of Divine Instruction (Torah) in righteousness. a love for which the sages believe was imparted by him to thoughtful Jacob, either directly or indirectly – Gal 18:18,19; 26:5)

- For Jacob: In Genesis 32:10, Jacob reflects on this same provision, praying: “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shewed unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands”

Both men experienced the same Providence (the governance of God by which He, with wisdom and love, cares for and directs all things) in that God did not forsake them, but rather, sustained them in their life’s journeys in all the circumstances of their lives (as an inspiration to us to trust their God, Who is the God of the Hebrews), both materially and spiritually (Gen 24:34-36; 28:13-15; 35:3)

What is of great importance, is that we recognize that the phrase “mercy and truth” is code for God’s blessing upon those who keep His covenant requirements (Ps 25:10 KJV)

“All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies“

Neither Abraham nor his grandson were left destitute of mercy and truth because they demonstrated their love for God by demonstrating their love for His Instruction (Torah) by honouring His covenant and keeping His Appointments (which are His testimonies)

In the case of Abraham, this is explicit in Genesis 18:18,19 and 26:5; whereas it is implicit in descriptions of Jacob.

In Is 56:6-8 (a New Covenant prophecy about the obligations of the nations); and New Testament references like Acts 24:14; Matt 5:19; Rom 3:31 and 1 Jn 5:2&3 we learn how necessary it is to keep the importance of the Torah and the Prophets, in mind

Isaac was not an exception. It’s just that the link between Abraham and Jacob his grandson which emphasizes the role of the Torah in shaping the destiny of the fathers of the faith, calls for a far more sensitive appraisal of the life of Jacob, than most commentators have granted him, or we will have no idea why God chose to make the House of Jacob His household (Eph 2:19)

In the New Testament, the same idea, conveyed in the promise that God will “neither leave nor forsake us,” is found in Hebrews 13:5. The verse reads: “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said: ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”

While the author of Hebrews wrote this in the New Testament, the sentiment was rephrased from the Old Testament. It draws primarily from Deuteronomy 31:6 and Deuteronomy 31:8, where Moses offers the same comforting promise to Joshua.

This highlights the church’s desperately urgent need to understand the application of the role of a plumbline, to the task of analyzing and verifying our understanding of the Gospel, vital to avoid accidentally being misled and diverted from the “path of life” by a “different spirit,” by believing a “different gospel” which would portray an imposter – a Jesus very different from the identity and purpose of Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah defined in Scripture – “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive …” (Matt 24:24). Passages from 1 Corinthians 15:1,2; 2 Corinthians 11:4 and Galatians 1:6-9 highlight the dangers of following teachings that diverge from the message originally preached by the Apostles (Jude vs 3).

From 2 Cor 11:4, we read, “For if he that cometh preacheth another (different) Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another (different) spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel (corrupted by falsehood), which ye have not accepted (or, to which your initial commitment to salvation was not referring), ‘ye might well bear with him’ (a more formal literary expression, in other words, in colloquial English, “You put up with it easily enough!” or “You happily tolerate them!””

In this passage, the apostle Paul uses sharp sarcasm. He is rebuking the Corinthians for having endless patience with dangerous deceivers, while being overly critical of him. He is expressing his frustration and concern that the Corinthian believers were easily tolerating false teachers (charlatans, peddlers of unrighteousness, like angels of light) who were presenting a distorted message and a different version of Christ, insulting the Spirit of grace by defaming the image of the Divine Persona of the Messiah to which we are meant to be conformed (Rom 8:29). The phrase serves as a warning against spiritual gullibility and lack of discernment. Paul is challenging the church to wake up and test teachings rather than passively embracing anything that sounds convincing

- “Another Jesus”: The false teachers preached a modified version of Christ, mostly losing sight of the major second, part of everlasting salvation, which is training in righteousness (to cease “living after the flesh”) while learning endurance through patience and longsuffering with and for Christ, for the refinement of our character through supervised trials, to mature our character to match His and the Father’s purity (e.g. Matt 5:48; Lk 6:40; Rom 5:3-5; 8:13,14,17,18; Cor 1 & 12; Phil 1:28,29; 3:10-17; Col 1:24-29; 2 Tim 3:14-17; 1 Peter 1:6-9; 4:12,13; 5:6-12)
- “Another spirit”: Accepting false doctrine invites a different spiritual influence. Instead of the Holy Spirit—Who brings peace, truth, and freedom—this false spirit brought dissent, deviation, apostasy (stubborn obstinacy in resistance to, or departure from lawfully established principles, “departing from our heritage” of salvation, by defection from the plumbline, which is revolt), bondage, pride, and division. This should remind us that it is always ‘better to be divided by Truth, than united by Error and Unbelief’ – in other words, division caused by allegiance to Christ’s truth by the faithful (i.e. their oneness with the Word – a condition for “the unity of the faith” in any household), manifesting as structural failure of a house divided by conflict by treating the First of the Almighty’s Household, with disdain or unashamed contempt
- “Another gospel”: This is a counterfeit message of salvation, often tainting the truth with unfortunate anti-Semitic and spiritually illiterate anti-Zionist sentiments, notions and their false assumptions, ignoring the fact that in the end, when it’s time for fulfilment of Israel’s prophesied exaltation to “chief of nations” as an inspirational exemplary, obedient believing remnant (Deut 4:5-8; 26:16-19; Jer 31:7,31-37; Rom 11:1-5,11-15,23-31), the Almighty will be “a Crown of Glory and Diadem of Beauty to the residue of His people Israel, to whom we are joined in the eternal House of Jacob (Is 14:1; Lk 1:33). So “another gospel” usually includes heavy emphasis on theories about doctrine (speculations as to its meaning, because of theological bias and denominational prejudice) and on human traditions (especially appointments/convocations of the church which are not authorized by the Word) and worst of all, omission of most of the Gospel (which is devoted to sanctification of a bride), by drawing attention away from the high call to holiness, without which faith and repentance mean nothing, thereby forfeiting the grace (for true repentance of which obedience is proof), without which we will not be glorified (Rom 8:4-14,30), but instead, be delivered up to a “resurrection to damnation” for rebellion against conscience and against the law of Christ, which are designed to work together in harmony (1 Sam 15:22,23; 1 Jn 2:3-6,17,28,29), by not escaping the second death (Jn 5:28,29; Heb 12:14,15,28; Rev 20:4-10

As a hymn written in 1872 by a certain C. Wordsworth says: “LORD, be Thy Word my rule/In it may I rejoice/Thy Glory be my aim/Thy Holy will, my choice“

Jesus explains that His radical message of truth will cause severe division within families, setting members against one another, so we shouldn’t just assume that what we’ve inherited by the teaching tradition of men as the Gospel, is necessarily the whole truth, but should be constantly vigilant and willing to hunt down the necessary corroboration for any supposed statement of truth, because the cost of not doing so, is incalculable (1 Tim 4:16)

The exact passages are:

- Matthew 10:34-36: Jesus states he came to bring a sword, not peace, resulting in familial division where a person’s enemies are those within their own household
- Luke 12:51-53: Jesus explicitly mentions that His arrival causes division (confirming prophecy to Mary, His mother, in Lk 1&2), specifically dividing households of five into groups of three against two, and vice-versa.

Mark 7:7-13, Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:22-23, and Titus 1:14—explicitly condemn substituting the commandments of God with human precepts

The root text, which is in Isaiah 29:13 in the King James Version (KJV), reads:

“Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward Me (a shallow, pseudo Fear of God) is taught by the precept of men“

This verse is most famously quoted by Jesus in the New Testament when confronting the religious leaders about prioritizing man-made traditions over God’s commands. You can find this quotation in both Matthew 15:3-9, and Mark 7:6-7

A plumbline is a construction tool (a weighted string) used to guarantee a wall is perfectly vertical. Theologically, it describes the Torah and the Prophets as God’s unchanging, objective standard of truth. It provides a fixed, infallible reference to measure whether human interpretations, doctrines, and behaviors are spiritually “straight” or misaligned.

The Biblical Metaphor

The concept originates from the writings of the Prophets, notably when God showed Amos a vision of Himself standing beside a wall with a plumbline. God told the prophet, “I am setting a plumb line among my people” (Amos 7:7-8). Here, the plumbline represents God’s holy standard of justice and righteousness. It reveals how far Israel had deviated from His laws.

The Application to Interpretation

When applied to analyzing a word, verse, chapter, or Book, the plumbline metaphor simply means that Scripture interprets Scripture:

- God’s Standard: The Torah (the Law) and the Prophets represent God’s objective, unchanging baseline
- Measuring Deviations: Any specific verse, chapter, or theological concept must line up with the foundational, overarching principles of the Law and the Prophets. If an interpretation contradicts the broader context of the Word, it is “off plumb” or misaligned
- No Subjective Shifting: Like a literal plumbline governed by gravity, the text does not bend to the whims of the interpreter

The Context of Acts 24:14, perhaps the most important practical text in the Bible

Acts 24:14 describes the ‘Berean protocol’ for examining truth and whether or not we are actually in “the faith” as it was originally taught, understood and practiced under direct teaching by the Apostles, “daily in the Temple and in every house” (Acts 2:42; 5:42; 17:11; 2 Cor 13:1,5; Jude vs 3). That made Acts 24:14 more important than ever before (it had been standard practice in Hebrew scholarship throughout Israel’s generations), because salvation history had reached “the time of reformation” (Heb 9:10-15).

The Apostle Paul is on trial before the Roman governor Felix, falsely accused of being a ringleader of a dissenting, corrupt sect. Paul defends himself by stating “…I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of ‘the Way’ (which Yeshua Personified as “Way, the Truth and the Life”) which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets” (Acts 24:14)

That might shock and shake those who haven’t come across that passage before, but Paul “lawfully” uses the Torah and the Prophets as his “plumbline” in this passage to prove the orthodoxy (genuineness) of his inspired Messianic teachings (which like his Saviour’s, never departs from the ancient foundation of Torah wisdom – Matt 5:17-19; Rom 3:20b,31; 7:6; 1 Tim 1:8).

By grounding his teachings in the Law and the Prophets, as Yeshua did, Paul proves his theology is in direct alignment with God’s original revelation, rather than an off-course deviation. This proves that through ratification of the New Covenant by the sprinkling of Yeshua’s Blood to affirm the purity of heaven’s mercy seat (Jn 20:17; Heb 9:1), the Sinai covenant is indeed everlasting, or Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:9-12 and 10:16 would not say that it is the role of the Holy Spirit (the Finger of God, as on Sinai) to write the Father’s laws on our hearts

A “pillar” household (Rev 3:10; 14:6,7,12) is a family or business which has discovered its need of God and His salvation in the Person of His Begotten Son, Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah, and recognizes its need for an accurate vision of the future (Ps 50:2) and sound instruction in “the Way” in order to find the narrow path that leads those who co-operate with their sanctification by the Spirit, to eternal life (Matt 7:13-27; Acts 20:32; Rom 15:16-18), because they know that “Everlasting Salvation” (salvation “to the uttermost,” impossible without passing the test of separation from worldliness) is not unconditional, because obedience to the ‘terms of separation,’ really matters (1 Cor 7:19), or we “fail grace,” namely, the grace provided after salvation from our sins, as the covering of the Blood which allows us a probationary period during which to show diligence to learn the covenant, to be doers of the Word to establish the covenant by establishing the righteousness of the laws of God, by faith (Is 45:17-25; Rom 2:13; 3:31; 8:4; Heb 2:1-3; 5:9; 6:1-12; 10:36-39; 12:14,15,28,29 KJV; James 1:22-25).

If you spend some time with Rev 3:10-12 and its definition in Rev 14:6,7,12, you’ll appreciate that a “pillar” individual or household is one whose testimony will eventually justify the church being described as “the pillar and foundation of the truth” (1 Tim 3:15), which sadly, is a perception not widely held today, because of worsening apostasy predicted as the birthpains of the world and age to come (Matt 24)

“If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth“

The Cross, the greatest symbol of mercy, grace and unconditional love, yet so offensive to many, and needlessly so, is the ‘crossroads of life’ as the ‘intersection’ of humanity and the one decision with the greatest, eternal consequences. It is the crucial differentiator that either ensures our “sanctification by the Father, for preservation by His Son (Christ, the Messiah)” (Jude vs 1), or our disqualification from a relationship with the Living God, and from resurrection to eternal life.

The Sacrifice of Yeshua/Jesus on the Cross was necessary because of the foundation principle that without the shedding of blood there cannot be remission (erasure) of sins (Lev 17:11; Heb 9:22). The Blood He provided, from the human body “prepared for Him” without the need for male human procreation, through His incarnation as the Word of God made flesh through Mary (Is 7:13,14; Lk 1:31-35; Jn ; Heb 10:5-7), had to be sprinkled on the mercy seat of heaven to “speak better things than the blood of Abel” (Jn 20:17; Heb 9:12,22,23; 12:24) as it cuts through darkness like a knife, releasing the power of Blood-ratified law by giving God’s Word a voice on the earth through us – the highest form of spiritual enforcement there is. Every utterance of Scripture we’re led to make by the Holy Spirit and every word we receive into our hearts from others, is a legal proceeding, with legal consequences. It’s either a conscious or unconscious covenant with heaven, or a negligent, reckless concession to hell (Is 29:15; Matt 12:36,37). The Blood of the New Covenant sprinkled on the mercy seat confirms the verdict of the Scriptures, which are the written documentation of the Supreme Court of heaven, of the will of the Almighty, giving the Word of God its power (Matt 6:9,10). No-one can afford to be without the benefits of the Blood because “life and death are in the power of the tongue” (Prov 18:21), and without the blessing of salvation which provides the power of the Presence of God that enables us to put a bridle on our tongues to “maintain the form of sound speech,” we would be in the worst possible danger of incriminating and condemning ourselves by lacking the discernment that comes from the knowledge of how to discipline our tongues by choosing sanctified thoughts and holding Godly attitudes and perceptions, to make Godly decisions (James 3:2-12).

Maintaining the “form of sound speech” in 2 Tim 1:13 (i.e. the standard of righteous communication) refers to the Biblical command to hold to the standard of healthy, uncorrupted teachings and to communicate with grace, truth, and edifying words

Great emphasis is placed on sound speech, throughout Scripture, for us to be blameless before God. What that means, constitutes a major responsibility for the believer, which carries great reward

- 1 Timothy 6:3: Warns us to agree with the “wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Titus 2:7-8: Instructs believers to show a pattern of good works, integrity, and “sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.”

Speaking with Grace and Wisdom

Colossians 4:6: “Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
Ephesians 4:29: “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Proverbs 18:21: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof

Remission refers to the total forgiveness, cancellation, and wiping away of sins. In other words, release from bondage (slavery) to sins, which takes place during our baptism as repentant believers, because immersion in water is a “baptism of repentance” (Acts 2:38). It signifies that God has removed the guilt and penalty of wrongdoing completely, treating the sinner as if the offense had never been committed, in the expectation that in gratitude for that mercy, we will not return to our sins (Heb 10:26-39).

In this connection, James 4:6-10 gives us solid practical advice, knowing true freedom is found only in pleasing God, and so we are freed from the burden of sin an guilt only that we may be an absolute bondservant of Yeshua/Jesus.

We are to submit ourselves to God by resisting temptation (denying unGodliness a foothold), to overcome sin and address the challenges of life with the power of the Holy Spirit (sent by the Resurrected Messiah after His Ascension – Acts 2:33) through evasion action (running from scenes of temptation) substituting righteous behaviours, and by verbalization of the verdict of the Scriptures confirmed on the Cross, to enforce the covenant promises sealed in heaven by the covenant behind the promises, as it is written (Ps 103; Rom 15:8; 2 Cor 1:20). Which is why no-one can afford to ignore the Saviour or the Holy Scriptures of the One-and-only God and Saviour – the Creator whose household is forever, the House of Jacob (Deut 4:39; Is 43:1,15; 44:23,24; Lk 1:33; Eph 2:11,12,19). The verdict of that Scripture (and none other) always defeats opportunistic demonic temptations, (Matt 4:1-11) attacks and accusation, to nullify satan’s attempts at intimidation and condemnation.

Infamous for the horror of the cruelty of Crucifixion, and the most powerful emblem in eternity, the Cross is the answer to everything because it represents the Saviour of the world (and therefore your Saviour too, even if you don’t yet know Him) willingly sold-out (for thirty pieces of silver) to “taste death for us all” in order to acquit us, blot out, and for His own sake, forget our entire history of wrongdoing (every trace of defilement by unrighteousness which would have destroyed us) (Is 43:25; 44:22; Rom 3:25; 1 Cor 3:17), and then be the remedy for any further sins we commit (which is inevitable), but choose to repent of, to receive His forgiveness, for Him to be able to sustain and make good His offer of eternal life to you and I (1 Jn1-3)

Hebrews 2:9 of the King James Version (KJV). It reads:

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”

In this verse, “tasting death for every man” (or everyone) means that Jesus fully experienced the agony, weight, and separation of death on behalf of humanity by bearing the curse of the guilt, shame, judgment and sentence for our sins, in full, so that we wouldn’t have to face ultimate spiritual death

Most of His relatively short life was spent with us in mind, as a suffering Servant, as pre-announced to His mother (Lk 1&2).

His intense suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane is probably the greatest proof that “God is love,” since it was His soul’s wrestle with the enormity of the cost of the Sacrifice He was sent from heaven to be called upon to be, that clinched His decision to proceed to the Cross to ‘die our well-deserved deaths’ by tasting eternal death for us all (Matt 26:36-46), as the propitiation (vitiation) for our sins (the appeasing or satisfying of God’s wrath against sin, by provision of a sacrificial offering, foreshadowed by Abraham willing to offer Isaac on the altar at Mnt Moriah), for us to learn the lessons of the Cross.

These include 1) that no suffering that is any less than what the Son of God experienced having to protect and preserve His sanctification while warding off persecution by verbal traps and threats of violence (Lk 4:28-30; Mk 12:13-17; Jn 17:17; Heb 4:15; 7:26), and to surrender His will, to be our Atonement), should be a cause for complaint (because the Father is sovereign over all trials, as our Deliverer – 2 Cor 1:3-10; 2 Tim 4:14-18); and moreover,

2) that the reciprocation God expects for His Son’s Self-Sacrifice, is the same Holy Spirit-enabled, incomprehensible courage and resoluteness of the unselfishness of His Crucifixion, which has become the ‘gold standard’ for ‘ethical altruism,’ in human relationships (Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 3:16; Phil 2:3,4; 1 Peter 1:6-9; 4:12-16); and

3) that His Death was necessary to enable us to “die with Him” to sin through baptism (Rom 6:1-3) followed by the renewal of the spirit of our minds (Eph 4:23,24), for the conversion of our souls for transfiguration of our human nature, delivered precept by precept from the depths of inbred sin (Is 28:9-12; Rom 12:1,2; 2 Cor 3:18) in order to overcome every trial, to reign with Him, even within the trials that are necessary to refine us to perfection (Eph 4:11-14; 2 Tim 2:5,11; 1 Peter 1:6-9)

“And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

The transaction that was a decisive puzzle piece in the unfolding saga of Jesus’ ‘bleeding love’ for you and I as proof of the Father’s love for the world (Matt 26:36-46; Lk 22:44), was the price paid to the traitor Judas Iscariot for the betrayal of Jesus, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy. Judas negotiated with the chief priests to hand over Jesus in exchange for thirty pieces of silver, thereby fulfilling prophecy in the Hebrew Scriptures (Matthew 26:14-15 KJV).

Zechariah 11:12 states:“So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.” (Zechariah 11:12 KJV)

In Matthew, this ancient prophecy comes to pass exactly as written when Judas Iscariot asks the chief priests, “What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you?” and they covenanted with him for that precise amount—”thirty pieces of silver.”

The thirty pieces of silver that purchased Yeshua’s betrayal by a reprobate disciple, which triggered His Crucifixion, should be a solemn reminder that our sanctification by His Blood (granted when we first received the message of personal salvation and responded through repentance, with baptism into His Death for the remission of our sins) needs to be followed-up by sanctification by the commandments (Rom 3:31; 8:4-14; 15:16-18; 1 Thess 4:1-3a), if we’re to obtain everlasting salvation, because defiance against the holy laws of God (Rom 7:12-16; 8:6,7) “tramples the Son of God underfoot and counts the Blood of the covenant, with which He was sanctified, an unholy thing, thereby insulting the Spirit of grace” – very few believers appear to know that it is possible to “fail the grace” which is on offer, to see sincere covenant-keepers through their probation under the covering of the Blood, while learning righteousness, to know righteousness, to be righteous as Yeshua is righteous, to meet the Father’s standard of purity, to be a bride for His spotless and blameless Son (Is 26:8-10; 51:1-11; Matt 5:48; Eph 1:4,5; Heb 6:1-12; 10:26-39; 12:14,15; 1 Jn 3:3-10).

It’s no exaggeration to say, as Paul did, that the commandments are what really matters (1 Cor 7:19b) in determining the final outcome of our candidacy for inclusion in the bride (Matt 25:10-12), because our probation, which begins immediately after we’re saved from our past sins (Rom 3:25), is the test of our integrity in the Word, going forward, whether we’ll commit to the summons to holiness summed up in the command: “go and sin no more,” because character (the sum of our traits) must have the final say, given its supreme importance to the Almighty, when the Master Yeshua sits in judgment to review our lives by consulting the Books which document them down to the last detail, to determine our worthiness to remain written in His Book of Life, to inherit and experience the glories which are to come in “the (upcoming) world without end,” as trustworthy stewards of a “New Earth” after the first thousand years of the coming, second and endless “kingdom of our father David” whose throne will be received by Yeshua the Son of David, on His return to Israel to fight for Israel at Har (the hill of) Megiddo (‘Armageddon’) (Is 45:17-25; Mk 11:10; Lk 20:35; Acts 10:35; 2 Cor 5:9-11; Heb 2:1-3; 5:9; 10:36-38-39; 1 Jn 2:3-6,17,28,29; Rev 2:4,5; 3:2-6)

1 Corinthians 7:19 in the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) states: “For circumcision is nothing and counts for nothing, neither does uncircumcision, but [what counts is] keeping the commandments of God“

In Christian theology, Biblical probation refers to the present earthly life as a period of testing and moral development of those redeemed from their Adamic state (famously depicted in John Bunyan’s powerful Scriptural warning, in his “Pilgrim’s Progress”) – testing whether they will “put on Christ” (or conversely, negligently fail to “put off the old man” – i.e. to ‘crucify’ and overcome proneness to indulge the fallen nature).” For believers in Christ, this period between baptism and our final redemption (Rom 8:23) is a crucial time of preparation, to provide proof of repentance (“works appropriate and consistent with a true change of heart through repentance” by living righteously in every way – Titus 2:11,12) by choosing the narrow path mentioned in Matthew 7:13-14— by engaging with the Holy Spirit, to be led on a deliberate, daily walk of faith and surrender that transforms our character (into the image of Christ), to be assured of eternity, because it should be common knowledge that the eternal inheritance is not unconditional (1 Cor 9:24-29; 2 Cor 13:1,5; 2 Peter 1:10,11).

Choice of the bride of the Messiah will be highly selective. The story of Esther, chosen as the bride and wife of the king of Persia, from a vast selection of candidates in his sprawling empire, is symbolic of the process.

There is no shortage of Scripture passages to describe the criteria that define the narrow path “which few find” (Matt 7:13-27), and which describe the probation we must undergo for our refinement like gold and silver.

As a covenant debt within the Redemptive Plan, for the Jewish people to receive mercy from the nations by our co-operating with the Holy Spirit to eventually help bring them to their fullness, redeemed Gentiles are to “provoke (stimulate) the Jewish people to envy (emulation of our practice of righteousness as proof of repentance)” (Rom 2:14,15,26; 11:11,31; 15:27; 2 Cor 9:12-15) by our “growth in grace and in the knowledge of God,” to be holy (set apart) in our entire way of life (“in all holy conduct and Godliness”), to be “without spot, and blameless” (Rom 3:20b,31; 2 Peter 3:9-18).

In other words, through our respect for the commandments – Prov 6:23; Matt 5:19; 1 Cor 7:19b; 1 Jn 5:2,3, and considerateness towards believing Jews’ material needs (in recognition of the benefits we’ve received through partaking of their spiritual blessings – Rom 15:27; 2 Cor 8&9), we are to make them sit up and take notice

1) of the intimacy of our personal relationship with their God obtained through our rebirth from above by the “washing of regeneration and by our renewal by the Spirit” in the New Covenant, Messianic mikvah (immersion, ‘baptizo’) of repentance for the remission of sins, through which we have received reconciliation with the Father and the adoption amongst the remnant of the House of Jacob, for our purification and sanctification by the Holy Spirit to prepare us for final redemption as their c0-heirs, of the world (Jn 3:5; Eph 1:4,5; Rom 8:15,23; 9:4,5; 1 Thess 5:23; 2 Thess 2:13,14; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:2b,14-22); and

2) of our new-found love for the highly edifying, foundational wisdom of the eternal Torah (the Father’s loving Instruction to His nation, as His light to the nations – Is 2:2-4; 2 Tim 3:14-17) which is being awakened worldwide by God’s Spirit witnessing with our spirits, to the abundant truth located in the Hebrew Scriptures for our benefit too, which should be obvious by the manner that the Gospel was ‘fully preached’ by constant reference to that foundation (‘full-filled,’ ‘filled to the full,’ expounded in greater depth and application) by Yeshua and Paul (Deut 18:18,19; Matt 5:17-20; Acts 24:14; Rom 2:13-26; 8:4-14; 15;16-19), a fact that most believers are unaware of, hence their regrettable, bitter, soul-subverting, self-opposing, self-harming dispute with the wisdom of “the Tree of Life” (the Torah and the Prophets as the foundation of the Books of the New Covenant, upon which complete understanding of “the everlasting covenant” depends) (Prov 3:18; Acts 24:14; Heb 13:20,21), by their refusal to consider the Torah “the apple of their eye” and “call it their sister, and understanding (of it), their kinswoman”(Prov 7:1-3)…

To show you the vital interconnectedness of the Hebrew Scriptures and the Apostolic writings (the New Testament), note how Scripture informs us that “the Gospel (was) preached beforehand to Abraham” (Gen 12:3; Gal 3:8,9,27-29; Jn 8:56), describing former Gentiles (“in time past, Gentiles in the flesh”) as now being blessed “in thee and in thy seed” (Genesis 22:18; 26:4; 28:14), i.e. by being adopted by the God of Jacob as the inheritance of Israel in Christ (“surnamed by Him” as in Ps 2:7-12; Is 45:4; 54:3) through the Gospel as co-heirs within the ancient (sheep)fold of Abraham (whose household is the church of antiquity) now presided over by his Seed, the Messiah (Gal 3:16) through Whom we’ve been grafted into the nation and commonwealth of Israel as adopted seed of ”Abram the Hebrew,’” in Christ – Gen 12:3b; 14:13 | Gal 3:8b,9,27-29; Eph 2:11, the identity of whose household of faith is unquestionably the “one (sheep)fold” of the eternal House of Jacob – Gen 18:18,19; 28:14; Is 51:1-11; 56:1-8; Lk 1:33; Jn 10:16; Eph 2:11,12,15,19, Abraham’s, by which the gift of salvation is identified as the legacy of the eternal, covenantal, Dynastic line of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who are saved into the kingdom of heaven (Matt 8:11,12)

So for your salvation’s sake (which we have to “work out with fear and trembling” if we’re to have “all assurance of hope, to the end” – Phil 2:12-15; Heb 6:1-12; 12:28; 1 Peter 1:17), never forget that just as there’s no election by grace amongst the redeemed, apart from and outside of Christ (only “in Christ,” faithful to His doctrine, as proof that we’ve walked in the light by being led by His Spirit, is there final redemption of our bodies as proof of adoption – Rom 8:1-14, 23; Eph 1:4,5; 1 Jn 2:3-6,17; 2 Jn vs 5&6,9-11), there’s no adoption outside of the House of Jacob which is the covenant identity and Proper Name for “the church of YHWH,” dating back all the way to Sinai and to its roots, in the call of Abram and his household (Gen 18:18,19/Is 51:1-11; Lk 1:33; Acts 7:38)

In the Psalms, David reflects on how Israel’s God “commanded deliverances for (the House of) Jacob,” chief of which being their prototype salvation through the sprinkled blood of firstling Passover lambs on their lintels and doorposts (the pattern for our personal salvation through the sprinkled Blood of “Christ our Passover” – 1 Cor 5:7,8; 1 Peter 1:2b) for deliverance from Egypt through their baptism in the cloud and in the Sea (also a foreshadow of baptism by immersion “in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit”), to “bring them out, to bring them in” (Ex 15; Deut 6:22,23; 1 Cor 10:1-4), to give Jacob and his father Isaac and grandfather Abraham “the heritage of those who Fear Thy Name” which has at least a twin meaning, firstly, all the Land of Canaan which was forfeited to Israel by the kingdoms of Canaan who certainly had no Fear of God, since they epitomized the worst of sins (Deut 12; Ps 105:8-11; Ezek 20); and secondly, the great promise (which is the mystery of the Messiah in Eph 3) of a remnant of the Gentile nations as the inheritance of the House of Jacob by spiritual adoption, as seed of Abraham, through the Messiah Yeshua as the Seed of Abraham (Gen 17:8; Ps 2:7-12; Is 14:1; 54:3; 55:5; Rom 11; 15:8; Gal 3:8,9,16,29; Eph 2:11,12,15,19; 3:6).

This is the essence of the concept of intra dynasty (‘within the dynasty’), which crystallizes (sharply draws and defines) the conclusion that since the future belongs to the House of Jacob (as the household of God) and their co-heirs of the world, from amongst the Gentiles (Rom 4:13,16), nothing of ultimate redemptive value in history and the future has either taken place or will take place outside the parameters which God has set for His household and Kingdom on earth to be reckoned forever as the Kingdom of the House of Jacob, for Zion’s sake, since through prophecy, Israel was promised to Abraham and his seed forever, as a kingdom nation, rather like the United Kingdom of Great Britain (Ex 19:5-8; Ps 132:13-18; Is 9:6,7; Eph 2:11,12,19; Mk 11:10; Rev 21:12)

Which is why all hell has seemingly broken loose to refocus the world away from consideration of the truth about Zion. Since any baptism which in procedure and content is different from the baptism enjoined (prescribed) by the Gospel (where most major covenant benefits become effective), the problem of hindrance of discernment by not honouring Yeshua’s Death, by dishonouring the ordinance of Biblical baptism, is best dealt with here.

So we pause here for a moment, to clarify which name/names (titles) are required to be used when we are baptized according to Scripture, for our names to be written in heaven, to register our adoption as sons and daughters of God through the Spirit of adoption (Rom 8:15)

In the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, there are two distinct baptismal formulas recorded. Both are considered doctrinally significant, depending on the tradition:

1. “The Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”
This is the Trinitarian formula. It is explicitly commanded by Jesus in Matthew 28:19

2. “In the name of the Lord Jesus”
This is the ‘Christological’ (or Jesus-only) formula. It is practiced by the Apostles in the Book of Acts whenever a baptism takes place. The notable scriptures are:

- Acts 2:38 (in the name of Jesus Christ)
- Acts 8:16 (in the name of the Lord Jesus)
- Acts 10:48 (in the name of the Lord)
- Acts 19:5 (in the name of the Lord Jesus)

The theological differences regarding baptismal formulas in Christian theology primarily center around two major viewpoints: the Trinitarian view and the Oneness (Jesus Name)

The Trinitarian View

This is the historical stance of mainstream Christianity, including Catholic, Orthodox, and most Protestant denominations.

The Core Argument: Baptism must use the explicit words commanded by Jesus in Matthew 28:19 (i.e. in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus insofar as addressing/calling upon the Father in that Redemptive Name signifies that we are under the authority of the Triune God (Gen 1:26), i.e. acting “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”).
Theology of God: God exists eternally as three distinct Persons in One Divine essence. A mystery, the Mystery of Godliness (1 Tim 3:16) -the One God manifesting in three forms, to fulfil His purposes and plans
Explaining the Book of Acts: Trinitarians believe the phrases in Acts (e.g., “baptized in the Name of Jesus”) were not a word-for-word formula spoken aloud. Instead, they mean baptizing by the authority of Jesus, or to designate the converts as belonging to Jesus, while still using the three titles during the actual immersion.

The Oneness View

This stance is held primarily by Oneness Pentecostals (Apostolic churches).

The Core Argument: Baptism must be performed using the actual, spoken name of Jesus, as demonstrated by the Apostles in the book of Acts.
Theology of God: God is one singular Spirit, an absolute Person Who manifested Himself in three different roles or titles (Father in creation, Son in redemption, Holy Ghost in indwelling).
Explaining Matthew 28:19: Oneness theologians argue that “Father,” “Son,” and “Holy Ghost” are supreme titles, not supreme personal names. They believe the singular “name” (not names) of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. Therefore, baptizing in the name of Jesus fulfills Jesus’ mandate.

The Spiritual Significance

Trinitarian Focus: Emphasizes entering into a covenant relationship with the triune Godhead and public identification with the Christian faith.
Oneness Focus: Emphasizes the literal invocation of the saving Name of Jesus over the believer for the actual remission (washing away) of sins.

Since infant baptism does not fulfil the Biblical requirements for a believer’s baptism of repentance (Acts 2:38-41; 8:37), you need to receive Scriptural baptism by full immersion (a public affirmation of total surrender of our lives signified by “burial in Yeshua’s Death” – Rom 6:3,4) as demonstrated by Jesus in Matt 3:16 (and the Eunuch in Acts 8:36-39), “who went up straightaway out of the water,” obviously describing ‘dunking’ (submersion) as indicated by the Greek word baptizo.

You’ll detect the urgency of baptism in the words of Jesus in Matt 3:13-15; in the question of the Ethiopian Eunuch finance minister put to to Philip in Acts 8:36,37, in Ananias’ admonishment (urging laced with the Fear of God); and in the description of Paul’s salvation necessitating being born again of water and the Spirit (Mk 16L16l Jn 3:7; Titus 3:5) in the following revealing extract:

The primary verse in Acts describing the urgency of Paul’s (Saul’s) baptism is Acts 22:16, where Ananias urges him not to delay.

“And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on His Name.” (Acts 22:16)

Never let Acts 8:36,37 our of your mind, because it is a decisive proof that anyone other than a believer (someone mentally competent, cognizant of the need to repent and follow-up one’s confession of repentance which cannot be done by proxy), is legally ‘hindered’ from being baptized

“…See, here is water, so what doth hinder me from being baptized (asks the Eunuch)? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest (be baptized). And he (the Eunuch) answered and said,’ I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God‘”

That’s impossible for an infant.

Since no-one would think of leaving a corpse partly buried, we shouldn’t imagine that anything less than full immersion in water is an acceptable proof of repentance from all our sin, whether past, present or future (Rom 3:25), and of commitment to keeping the covenant in full, “…that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God” (Col 4:12 KJV), to attain ‘the unity of the faith,’ and of the knowledge of the Son of God, as a perfect man, in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph 4:11-14).

That’s the standard at which baptism aims, and therefore, submission to the process of sanctification to which verbal assent from the heart must be given by the individual being baptized (expression of willingness and obedience to learn and walk in the Way, as Yeshua did – 1 Jn 2:3-6), or covenant is not being established and baptism is voided, because he or she is not entering into the covenant.

Let’s return to our discussion of the power of IntraDynasty as a concept, to help us understand the identity and structure of the church (notably the Jewish remnant as the firstfruits’ heirs of the nation of Israel in relation to their adopted co-heirs from the nations) in relation to the Almighty’s master-vision for the stunningly wonderful future of humanity as the replication and reproduction on earth of the Kingdom of heaven through His vision of “Zion (where He lives and where departed souls are registered), the perfection of beauty (of holiness)” (Ps 50:2; 76:2; Heb 12:22), promising “days of heaven upon the earth” (Deut 11:21) to a world which can be transformed only by recognizing and serving Christ as LORD of all, as King of the Jews (as the Lion of the House of Judah) and Heir of the world (Ps 2:7-12; Zech 14:9; Matt 11:27; Lk 1:32,33; Heb 1:2), and answering to the Father by keeping the righteous demands of the “Shema” (“[Listen and] Hear O Israel, the LORD thy GOD, the LORD, is ONE”), the greatest Declaration of the Unity of the One-and-only true, wise, living God, and of His Love command, in all of Scripture (Ex 34:27,28,32; Deut 6:4,5; Mk 12:28-34; 2 Jn vs 5&6), crucial if we are ever to experience the promise of “everlasting righteousness” (Dan 9:24).

With the entire span of history in mind, the Almighty promised Abraham and his seed forever, a Land (Gen 15:5-21; Ps 105:8-11), a great and mighty Nation (Gen 12:2,3; 18:18; Ex 19:5-8), and a Church/Ekklesia/Kahal (Acts 7:38) (which was initiated and initialized as “Abram the Hebrew’s” immediate family (like Noah’s eight souls) and continued as Abraham’s “household after him,” which on YHWH’s instructions, was to be instructed forever in “the Way” of truth and righteousness which is to be kept “by doing justice and judgment” (Gen 14:13; 18:18,19; Is 51), which was the case until the Roman apostasy and the Protestant apology for a Reformation, which stopped so far short of eliminating the rot of human tradition (Lk 1:33; 20:21; Acts 21:20; 24:14).

The House of Jacob, the heirs of Abraham’s and Isaac’s households, was constituted both a nation and a church, at Sinai, under the terms of the covenant given on the two tablets which would later be transpositioned and written on circumcised hearts (Heb 8:9-12; 10:16).

The nation of Israel and the wilderness church which Moses was in an which Yeshua followed, were therefore briefly synonomous. The Golden Calf incident and subsequent despicable provocations, quickly changed that, as the curse took its toll. But at the end of days, we’ll find that the national Messianic remnant of Israel (joined by a remnant of wild olive branches ingrafted from amongst the nations), will again be synonomous with the (Messianic) church (Eph 5:26,27)

The continuity of that Hebraic church from antiquity, to the present, is therefore undeniable, as is its claim to be the authentic, sanctified, Apostolic mother church

The fact that faith in God through the Messiah (the “Branch of YHWH” – Is 4:2) resulted in the Exodus wilderness church (which went on to become mainstream Judaism) branching to become the Messia-nic/Christ-ian, Nazarene church as we know it (perceived by the Jews in the Apostles day, as a sect of Judaism- Acts 24:5,14), does nothing to alter its inherent Hebraic identity or diminish its Israelite stature as the true Israel of God of the Twelve Tribes, of which Yeshua the Messiah is the Head (Lk 1:33), ensuring that “the gates of hell will not prevail against it,” even as you read this manuscript.

The identity of the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem should not leave anyone in any doubt about that (Rev 21:12)

“And (the City) had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the Twelve Tribes of the children of Israel”

In Numbers 10:29-32, Moses says “Come with us…”, seeking to persuade “Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law,” not just to align with, but hopefully to join Israel, to contribute to the progress of the church in the wilderness, “for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel” and “We will do thee good”

IntraDynasty is a thumbnail description of “the mystery of the Gospel,” which describes the salvation-rescue of a unique, new, regenerated, unified form of humanity (Eph 2:15) from the curse of sin and the unendurable end of this age and world order, through the Gospel; the House of Jacob, and Israel’s Messiah, as the ‘Ark’ of our day, which is described in Matthew chapter 24:37-39 “as the days of Noah.”

Perhaps the greatest proof that the church belongs to the Messianic remnant of Israel as the eternal House of Jacob (Lk 1:33; Rev 21:12), is the genuine Sabbath, itself.

We’re taught that amongst its many features and advantages, the irrevocable seventh day Shabbat of the Fourth Commandment (Ex 20:8-11) is the perpetual covenant sign that the nation of Israel is forever set apart (Ex 31:13,16,17; Deut 26:16-19) for sanctification as “chief of nations,” as the “holy (adopting) nation” in the Messianic prophecy of “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” in Ex 19:5-8 & Is 60-62, which can only be fulfilled through their Gospel (“Glad/Good Tidings”) (Is 42:1-9; 52:7; 61:1-3; Jer 31:7,36,37; Lk 4:14-21; 1 Peter 2:9,10).

Reason being that it is through their Gospel, that their New Covenant (the “new thing,” which has made a way where there seemed to be no way to solve the incessant problem of sin and to blot out transgression, to “bring eternal salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth” by the “pouring out of God’s Spirit” – Is 42:1-9; 43:18,19,25; 44:3,22; Acts 13:36-39,44-47; Heb 10:14-18) was ratified on heaven’s mercy seat with the Blood of the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.

The ‘newness’ of the “New (and better) Covenant” “established upon better promises” (Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:1-13), the prophesied ‘qualitative upgrade’ of the previous dispensation, to overcome human weakness (Deut 32; Jer 31:32-34; Rom 6:1-6; 8:3-14; Heb 8:8), which retains the Sinai revelation of the laws of God as the foundation of its teaching, is mainly due to the Atonement (Sacrifice by Roman Crucifixion) which would be required of the Messiah at His first coming (Gen 3:15; Ps 22; Is 53; Matt 5:17-19; 26:36-44; Rom 3:31; Heb 10:1-18), to offer the repentance and forgiveness in His Name (Acts 5:31; Lk 22:47), which provides entrance into the Kingdom of God (2 Peter 1:1-11).

The New Covenant confirms “the promises to the fathers” (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”) (Rom 15:8), as well as the commandments which were “given “in commandmenT” (indivisibly, as one commandment, to be obeyed altogether) as the Sinai marriage covenant, in order to fulfil the prophesy that the Messiah would magnify God’s Torah (Instruction) as the Law of Christ (Ex 34:27,28,34; Deut 30:10-20; Is 42:21; Matt 5:19; 2 Jn vs 5&6,9-11).

By the way, the original and only weekly Shabbat, the same seventh day in a perpetual revolving cycle that God Himself established and kept holy as an example to His Begotten Son, and which Yeshua faithfully kept as our example (Gen 2:2,3; Ex 20:11; Lk 4:16; Heb 4:4), is proof that time is holy (Gen 2:2,3).

SHABBAT IS TIME SANCTIFIED (because YHWH “blessed and made it holy” because, note, “on it He had (rested stopped/paused as in an intermission), from all His work…”); AND AS THE SACRED PORTION (like the tithe), as the appointed seventh of the week (not just any seventh), SHABBAT IN TURN, SANCTIFIES TIME, which by keeping Shabbat holy, sanctifies our time.

That is the glory of the mystery of Shabbat, that Sunday cannot poach.

Desecrating Shabbat (which is demarcated from sunset to sunset, just like the Preparation – the sixth day, which precedes it, and the “first day of the week” which follows it), by being in breach of the Fourth commandment (which, listen carefully, is not fulfilled by keeping Sunday) (Is 56:6; 58:12-14), defiles us by desecrating our time.

Shabbat was “made for man,” and therefore comes around every seventh day since the Creation week, “independently of the Jewish people and the calendar” (quoted from footnotes in the Hebrew Book of Common Prayer, called the Siddur) to be an anchor and refuge, a sanctuary, in the holiness of time (Mk 2:27,28). As the greatest concentration of holiness and shalom of any day of the week, it is a great gift of twenty four hours authorized for absolute freedom from worldly concerns, with a huge promise of access to depths of revelation knowledge of “the Way” that is not accessible in other ways (Ps 25:10,14).

Even in the seventh millennium, the weekly Shabbat of antiquity which is the seal of YHWH’s Authorship and Dominion (Ownership and Rule) of Creation, will be the presiding Appointment between the Bridegroom and His Bride (Is 66:22-24). The “first day of the week” (partly ‘Sun day’ because like all Biblical days [see Gen 1], it begins at sunset on Saturdays, six hours before the start of Sun day, and ends at sunset on Sunday, six hours before the end of Sunday) has never had such a role, nor will it ever, not matter how we window-dress and prop up Sunday to make it seem as holy and more relevant than Shabbat, a trap into which the early church (which didn’t confuse the two) did not fall.

Declaring Holy Convocations is the Royal Prerogative of the Creator of time and the seasons (Gen 1:14; Lev 23; 1 Cor 11:1,2; 2 Thess 2:15),

Despite their historic connection with the Resurrection, weekly Sundays are not set apart days for Holy Convocations of the general assembly and church of the firstborn (Jacob, heir of the birthright) (Lk 1:33; Heb 12:23), except on Pentecost (Shavuo’t). Scripture places remembrance of the Resurrection on the Feast of Firstfruits during the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread which is called the Passover, a perpetual ordinance which we are commanded to keep (Lk 22:1,16-18; 1 Cor 5:7,8; 11:1,2)

The catchphrase coinage, ‘IntraDynasty,’ which is a prophetic metaphor for the multi-generational, covenanted patriarchal household of the fathers Abraham; Isaac; and of Jacob, the heir of the birthright of the firstborn (Gen 25:21-23; Heb 12:23) within whose household (as heir of his grandfather’s and father’s legacy) the Holy Spirit began and will complete the full plan of salvation (having fulfilled prophecy to Abraham that his “great nation” would be brought out of Egypt as a type of New Covenant salvation by “Christ our Passover”), testifies that from Genesis to Revelation, Shabbat is the everlasting covenant sign that the church down the ages, has always belonged to the nation of Israel as the ekklesia of the House of Jacob (Gen 2:2,3; Ex 31:13,16,17; Lk 1:33; Acst 7:38; Rev 14:12).

The House of Jacob (which pre-incarnate Yeshua the Messiah followed in the wilderness as the spiritual Rock of the congregation of the House of Jacob, from which they drank; the general assembly; people of inheritance; household of faith; household of prayer for all nations; “special treasure” and “kingdom of priests and a holy nation,” by the election of grace) was constituted and incorporated as the church (ekklesia) by Covenant Agreement to the terms of the Ten Words of the marriage covenant at Sinai (Ex 4:22,23; 19:5-8; Acts 7:38; Rom 11:17-29; 1 Cor 10:1-4; 1 Peter 1:13-17), its continuity confirmed to Mary by Gabriel in Lk 1:32,33, and later, to us all through the testimony of Paul’s Gospel about the mystery of the Messiah in Ephesians and Colossians being the Gospel preached beforehand to the Gentiles, and by the Book of Hebrews, in Heb 12:23, making it impossible for any entity other than the eternal House of Jacob, to be the mother church.

It’s significant that Shabbat, which amongst many other things is a rehearsal for the wedding supper of the Lamb, preceded the marriage covenant (Gen 2:2,3, 24,25).

First principles and “first works,” working together with the ‘law of first mention,’ have a special place in the Heart of our Creator-Redeemer, and in accurate interpretation of covenant theology. None more precious than His gift of His Shabbat to mankind (His first mention of holiness in the Bible, and the only mention of holiness in all of Genesis), a gift of unspeakably great grace (as the foretaste of millennial bliss), that is forever to be ‘remembered’ by “labouring to enter” into the covenant it represents (Ex 31:16,17), to enter its rest by making every endeavour to keep it holy (Ex 20:8; Is 56:6-8; 58:13,14; Mk 2:27,28; 2 Cor 5:9-11; Heb 4:9,11; Rev 2:4,5).

Shabbat was included in the codification of God’s laws at Sinai (confirmed in Matt 5:19) in order to be more easily and universally ‘remembered’

When Israel unanimously entered into the covenant agreement ‘(ketubah,’ or marriage covenant) by concertedly affirming that they would do “all” that YaHWeH had spoken, in order to be obedient in order to be regarded by Him as His “special treasure above all people,” and as “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Ex 19:5-8; 24:7,8), they were binding all future generations of believers in the God of Jacob, to uphold the Ten Words and their derivatives, as they would in time to come be expounded in greater depth by the Messiah (Deut 18:18,19; 29:12-15; Acts 3:22,23)

As the backstop to idolatry, Shabbat is the most liberating precept in the Bible, best equipped to help safeguard us from defilement by sin.

Far from being a reason to dismiss Shabbat as irrelevant to the “Way of YHWH” which dates back to Abraham (Gen 18:18,19; 26:5), and which has been entrusted to the Messianic Nazarene branch of the faith of Abraham simply called “the Way” (Acts 24:5,14; Eph 4:5), its appearance in the Torah is the ultimate endorsement of Shabbat as pivotal to honouring all the will of YaH, since Yeshua would later magnify the Torah as the Law of Christ (Matt 5:19; Is 42:21).

The notion that Shabbat was ever displaced or replaced (impossible according to Matt 5&6; Rom 3:31), is the stuff of fantasy and fraud, to prop up a counterfeit of the Hebrew household of God (Eph 2:11,12,19) and of the kingdom of God (promised to c0-heirs of the House of Jacob), to divert attention from the inalienable primacy of the House of Jacob (due to their irrevocable calling and gifting) in the complete Plan of Redemption (Rom 11:25-29), to develop a version of the faith under a false mother church identity, which bears little or no resemblance to what would have been recognized as truth and righteousness, in the Gospel as it was originally ministered to the church while it was under direct Hebrew Apostolic supervision (Jude vs 3).

At the outset, then, it must be said that since the above “one new man” vision of a remnant of redeemed humanity unified in Christ by joint-membership of the House of Jacob for uncompromising adherence to the “one faith” in submission to the easy yoke of the laws of heaven under the Sovereignty of the One-and-only God, Israel’s God (Matt 5:19; 11:27-30; 6:9.10; Lk 1:33; Eph 4:5,11-14), is the plan that will bring humanity full circle, from historic Eden to prophetic Eden on a timeline regulated by the LORD’s Appointed Times (Lev 23; Is 56:6-8; Rev 21&22), it is imperative that believers wanting to appropriate the complete and perfect eternal patriarchal inheritance, must repair the serious breach of the original Seventh Day Shabbat of the Fourth Commandment (Is 58:12-14 – Friday sunset to Saturday sunset – “and the evening and the morning” in Gen 1&2 meaning that the span of all Biblical days is measured from sunset to sunset, not from midnight to midnight), which, if it continues to be neglected (as the covenanted, appointed day of assembly), which shows contempt for the Spirit of grace (Heb 4:9-11; 10:25,29), will disqualify many from the prize of the crown of righteousness, for not “keeping the faith” as both Father and Son did, as a double testimony against those who deny and disparage Their Shabbat, which on Judaism’s own admission (disclaiming ownership of Shabbat, in their Book of Common Prayer, the ‘Siddur’) “comes around every seventh day independently of the Jewish people and the calendar” (Gen 2:2,3; Ex 20:11b; Matt 12:8; Mk 2:27,28; Lk 4:16: 2 Tim 4:3-8; Heb 4:4)

There is ample proof throughout the Bible that the Fourth Commandment (Ex 20:8-11) (which is inseparable from the Fifth – Ex 20:12, and upon which all other commandments are dependent) is not fulfilled by keeping Sunday as a human tradition.

To treat Sunday as anything other than “the first day of the week” (‘Yom Rishon,’ the ‘head’ of the six working days of the Economy of Zion [or Sabbatical Economy] of which the nation of Israel is the outstanding role model), makes it the mother of heresies.

Nowhere in Scripture is a weekly ‘Resurrection Day’ authorized, nor is it authorized as a substitute for the Holy Shabbat which is forever the amalgam of the “one new man.” Just as nowhere in the Bible is the expression, “the LORD’s Day” or “the Day of the LORD,” or “the Holy of YHWH” reserved for any day other than the Holy Seventh (Ex 16:23-30; Is 58:13) or for the dread Day of Judgement (which is a span of time, as recounted in Revelation, prompted by Rev 1:10).

Trying to elevate and ‘shoehorn’ Sunday into descriptions of Shabbat, is a deception worthy of eternal death, by corrupting the text and polluting Shabbat as a consequence (Is 56:6-8).

As the sign of our sanctification by the everlasting covenant, and of Israel’s perpetual election as adopting nation (Ex 20:8-11; 31:13,16,17; Lk 1;33; Eph 2:11,12; Heb 13:20,21), the sanctified and blessed Shabbat (Gen 2:2,3), the unique portal to the deepest possible understanding of the covenant (Ps 25:10,14), is the ‘golden thread,’ or the ‘pearl chain’ of ‘pearls of great price,’ which the Almighty has ‘threaded through’ the cycle of His three annual Feast Seasons (Passover; Shavuo’t/’Pentecost’; Tabernacles) to help ensure hermeneutical (doctrinal) continuity and consistency, from beginning to end (from ‘alef to tav’), to make “the unity of the faith” in “the unity of the Spirit” attainable by a remnant purged of error and unbelief to be of pure motive and understanding, even as our Master is pure (1 Cor 1:10; Eph 4:1-5, 11-14; 1 Jn 3:3-10).

The rest of the church’s convocations are self-appointed (the sin of Jeroboam) and therefore, neither sanctified nor blessed.

The net effect of this tampering with YHWH’s organization of cyclical and linear time, which has deflected and desynchronized the body of Christ from the Divine patterns, is an astonishingly extensive distortion of the entire formulation of the full counsel, which is why, in the interests of genuine reformation and transformation, it would have been irresponsible not to raise this subject first.

Moreover, if we consider the fact that breach of Shabbat by the church in the nations strikes at the heart of the unity of the House of Jacob (Yah’s household) amongst which former Gentiles are grafted in (Ps 133; Is 56:1-8; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; Rev 21:12); and is most likely (according to the sages’ interpretation of “the ordinance”) the spiritual root of the disruption and deterioration of Creation (Is 24:5; Rom 8:18-22); and furthermore, taking into account that it can be derived from Scripture, that Abraham and his household kept Shabbat, as we know the early church did, acknowledging its Hebraic Abrahamic identity (Gen 14:13; 18:18,19; 26:5; Gal 3:8,9,29), it is impossible to exaggerate the importance of Shabbat

LET”S DIVE DEEP INTO FRANK EXAMINATION OF FURTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Except in the days of Noah, of which our day is fast becoming a mirror image (Matt 24), never has there been more urgent need for warning to be given to humanity to have a vision of redemption from the oncoming calamity, of which we’re already experiencing severe “birthpains”

“write the Vision and make it plain on tablets, so that he who reads it, may run (and also herald it)“

(Hab 2:2-4; Acts 26:15-23; Eph 3:2-11)

The victory of God-given vision, mission and commission depends on discernment which only the eagle vision of His Holy Spirit (accessed by waiting on Him), sent to indwell us to teach us “the Way,” to assure that victory, can provide (Prov 29:18; Jn 16:1-16; Acts 24:14; Ro 8:4-18).

There is no greater vision than the hope of Zion (the perfection of the beauty of holiness) through the success of the calling and mission of the dynastic House of Jacob, through which the Gospel of the Hebrew New Covenant will glorify Zion’s God in the eyes of the world (Ps 50:2; Is 46:13; Jer 31:31-34; Joel 3:16; Zech 14:9; Lk 1:33; 2:32; Gal 3:8,9)

Consider the following excerpt from Isaiah 43, very, very carefully

Isa 43:-121 “But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob (the sons and daughters of Zion), and He that formed thee, O Israel (the nations comprising the Twelve Tribes of the House of Jacob), Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] Mine…For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee…Since thou wast precious in My sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee (Deut 4:37; Rom 11:25-29): therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life (ultimately, deliverance from Armageddon – Zech 14, and Gog and Magog – Rev 20:6, to never cease to be nation before Me, irrespective of durations of their two Exiles, as confirmed by the Hebrew New Covenant – 2 Sam 7:18-29; Ps 105:8-11; Is 29:22,24; 51:1-11; Jer 31:31-37; Amos 9:11-15; Rom 15:8)…Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;…I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; [Even] every one that is called by My Name: for I have created him (Jacob and his seed) for my glory (Is 29:22-24; Lk 1:33), I have formed him; yea, I have made him…Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and My covenanted servant (nation) whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I [am] He: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me. I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside Me [there is] no Saviour…I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [the remnant of Israel in every generation then and since] are My witnesses (by their mere existence against all odds, whether saved or not, to YaH’s only MonoTheism as “God of the spirits of all flesh” – Nu 16:22; Deut 6:4,5; Mk 12:28-34), saith the LORD (YHWH), that I [the I AM, YHWH, alone] am God” (Ex 3:3-18; Is 43:1-12; 44:1-8,24)

It is the calling of “Gentiles (“ordained to eternal life” – Acts 2:39,47; 13:46,48; 15:14-17) granted repentance unto life” through a good confession coupled with the Messianic baptism of repentance for the remission of their sins, augmented by the Holy Spirit given as a gift to be received by faith through the laying on of hands (Mk 16:16; Acts 10:43-48; 11:18; 22:16; Rom 6:1-7; 10:9-13; Gal 3:27; Col 2:12,13; Titus 3:5), to be joined to the House of Jacob through spiritual ingrafting, to be joint-witnesses with God’s ancient people Israel, whose latter day Gospel calling and mission is out of Zion, as Israel’s very own (Jn 4:22; Heb 12:22) through ratification of their New Covenant of the House of Judah and the House of Israel, through Yeshua the Messiah suffering grievously to confirm Israel’s corporate mandate, by confirming the promises to the fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – which is why the Gentile nations are warned in the severest terms, not to “boast against the natural branches” whose redemptive work has only just begun (Is 2:2-4; 4;1-6; 27:6-9; 28:5,6; 37:31 [prophecies with more than one fulfilment]; 42:1-9; 44:1-8; 49:5-8; Jer 16:19; Zech 8:21-23; Jn 4:22; Rom 9:4,5; 11:11-15,17-29; 15:8-12; Rev 7:4-8).

In the journey of development of our faith and character, certain guidelines should always be kept in mind:

Identity (correct identification of ourselves and of whatever it is that we relate to) is an all important guide to, and safeguard of truth, insofar as not believing we are Hebrews by adoption has made so many Christians prey to Replacement Theology (Gen 14:13; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; Gal 3:29)
Agreement on the meaning of words; on definitions of terms (especially first principles); and unanimity of understanding of sound doctrine (e.g. Ex 19:5-8; 24:7,8; Eph 4:11-14), settle great controversies and questions of fact (1 Cor 1:10);
Honouring context, ensured by use of the infallible Berean test, does the same (Acts 17:11; 24:14; 2 Cor 13:1,5; 2 Tim 3:14-17);
Prophecy can have several fulfilments (e.g. Matt 24:15-22), just as principles, general or particular, can be expounded more fully over time (Eph 3:4-6), such as the “mixed multitude” in the wilderness church being the pattern in the Passover and Exodus narrative, for the New Covenant’s “one new man” by adoption in the House of Jacob through the Blood of “Christ our Passover”(Gen 12:2,3; Ex 12:38; Lk 1:33; Acts 7;38; 1 Cor 5:7,8; Gal 3:8,9; Eph 3:4-6); and
For the sake of all concerned, Vision must be approved of God, ideally confirmed by two or three witnesses, as being “from His Mouth,” the meaning of which would include Personal Encounters with Him, as Paul clearly had through his vision of Jesus’ visitation in Acts 26:15-23, where the LORD said: “…for I have appeared to you for this purpose” (vs 16).

He then described what readers with deep understanding of the covenant would recognize as the Father’s Vision of Zion as the perfection of the beauty of holiness of a remnant of humanity reconciled to and united with God and one another, in “the unity of the one faith” “under the Ensign of the Messiah” as “Ruler of the House of Jacob, forever” (Ps 50:2; Is 11:10-12; Lk 1:33; Eph 4:5,11-14), a vision which is steadily being fulfilled despite a great “falling away” as the age draws to a close (2 Thess 2:3-15), by the joining (the “making or joining affinity” with Zion, proved by ingrafting, “contrary to nature”) of saved Gentiles to the House of Jacob as “the mystery of the Messiah” through which the fullness of the harvest of, and the maturing of a remnant of former Gentiles in foundational Torah wisdom (Is 14:1; 49:5-8; 56:1-8; Acts 24:14; Eph 2:11-13; 2 Tim 3:14-17) will be a catalyst for Zion’s soon-to-be celebrated rise to global pre-eminence (Jer 31:7; Micah 4:1-8; 8:7-20).

That elevation of a remnant of God’s ancient people to everlasting excellence of dignity and power (a dazzling work to be “cut short in righteousness”) as their irrevocable firstborn order-in-election and calling as the “firstfruits” of the Gospel harvest – Jer 2:2,3; Rom 11:25-29) is meant to be contributed to, to some degree, by us “provoking the Jew to envy” by our zeal for Torah knowledge of the Way (halacha) (Rom 2:6-3,26; 11:11,15; 2 Tim 3:14-17), for Israel’s ultimate exaltation as “Israel My (latter House) Glory” (Deut 26:16-19; Is 46:13; Haggai 2:7-9; Lk 2:32) which will be clinched through Jewish faith in their God through their own Gospel (Jn 4:22), through recognition of “the One Whom they pierced” in ignorance, as God foresaw, for the Master Yeshua’s Sacrifice as the Lamb of YaH by Roman Crucifixion on Passover to provide the Ransom by Sprinkling, and the sanctifying “baptism (into Yeshua’s substitutory Death) of repentance for the remission of sins” for the transformational regeneration and supernatural heart circumcision which alone can save a remnant of humanity from total destruction by returning to sin (Is 52:6,7; 61:1-3; Jer 31:31-34; Zech 12; Lk 4:14-24; Rom 6:1-3; 1 Cor Heb 8-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; 2 Peter 2:4-9; 3:3-18)

As a ‘Hebrew of Hebrews’ born within the household of faith of the master dynasty (of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob the prince and his seed forever – Gen 32:28) through which human destiny is being shaped, by the Holy Spirit having verified the ‘genesis’ of New Covenant salvation history by tracing the genealogy of the offer of “everlasting salvation” (for all who comply with what it means practically speaking to “call on the Name of the LORD” to attain final redemption through faith & faithfulness – Jn 5:24; 6:40; 15:3-15; Acts 22:16; Rom 2:6-13; 10:9-13; 8:4-14,23; James 1:22-25) across the 42 (14×3) generations from “Abram the Hebrew” who as a prophet “saw My Day and rejoiced” (Gen 12:1-7; 14:13; Jn 8:56) to the Messiah Yeshua, the Seed of Abraham and Son of David (Matt 1:17-23); and by knowing the end from the beginning from his intimate knowledge of the Torah and the Prophets (which contain vital information on the endtimes, not deducible by only reading the Gospels and the Book of Revelation), the Apostle Paul, called to help bring the world to its senses (Acts 17:6; 26:17), received that vision of human and cosmic redemption as he was being saved from his sins by the risen Saviour to become Apostle to the Gentiles (Acts 22:12-16; 26:14-20; Rom 8:18-23).

A careful search of Scripture, allowing the Spirit of God to connect the dots, reveals that that master vision is the overarching vision of Zion (of which the Messiah in us by YaH’s Spirit, is the hope of glory – Col 1:25-29, and out of which salvation from sins, then only national redemption for Israel at the second coming – Is 59:20,21; Rom 11:23-27, has come to earth from Zion above in the Person of the Davar Elohim incarnate as Yeshua the “Arm” and “Branch of YaH” – Ps 4:2-6; 14:7; Is 52:13-15; 53:1-12; Jn 1:1-14,18; 17:1-8) as “the perfection of the beauty of holiness” ( to which “The Way of Holiness” leads in order to lead to eternal life – Is 35:8-10; Matt 7:13-17), as God’s chief righteous cause by having established and promised to reward Israel (“My son, even My firstborn”) as His elect adopting nation to be the vehicle, as the natural olive tree (Rom 9:4,5; 11:17-29) for salvation for mankind, through their Messiah (Ex 4:22,23; Ps 50:2,5,23; Ps 74:2,22; Is 60-62)

“Whereupon (upon hearing the vision explained) O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven“

(Acts 26:19)

Of this cause, Paul said: “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision” (Acts 26:19) because that vision of the Gospel is the only guarantee of the “repair of the world and the improvement of the Universe” (“tikkun ha olam”), which the unchurched world dream of, and of which the Jew is appointed to be the spearhead in the body of believers in the Messiah. All who accept the terms of the Gospel (of righteous requirements of the New Covenant “enjoined | prescribed to you”) by submitting, by faith, to the work of sanctification (personal holiness) necessary to be eligible for the eternal inheritance, will escape the nightmare scenario that lies immediately ahead, by helping fulfil the vision of Zion by being conformed to the image of the Messiah (Rom 8:29).

In other words, Paul was not disobedient to the vision of the plan and the provision (personal, corporate and cosmic) which has been made for our escape from the second death (Lk 21:36; Rev 3:10; 20:6), because he “fully preached” the Gospel and warned spiritual leaders not to handicap their congregations by defiling them by corrupting the Scriptures by preaching less than “all the will of God” (Deut 12:32; Acts 20:25-32; 1 Tim 4:16).

So it is the fulfilment of the vision of the perfection of the beauty of Zion (Ps 50:2; 2 C0r 7:1), the vision of a remnant of humanity’s perfection by spiritual adoption ”within the dynasty’ (hence the term ‘IntraDynasty’) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob which would be the result of acceptance of the redemption offered through “the salvation which has come out of Zion” (Ps 14:7; Jn 4:22) which is the call to faithfulness to pursue personal sanctification through the Gospel of the New Covenant, which provides abundant “grace for grace” to achieve that goal, from one act of faith, to another (Rom 1:16,17), until we are not only fully versed in the Ways of the Kingdom of YaH, but are competently and promptly obedient, to “reveal His righteousness” from “precept to precept” as covenant-keepers, to reap the promise of rest, refreshing and true freedom, along with the promise of an eternal inheritance (Is 28:9-12; Jn 1:16; 8:31-36; Heb 12:14,15,28; 13:20,21)

The novel word ‘IntraDynasty,’ an inspired doctrinal prompt given as a pearl of Divine Intelligence, which describes identification with and membership of the Hebraic body of believers (Lk 1:33; Eph 2:11,12,15,19) who will escape Judgment and the Second Death in the Lake of Fire (Rev 20:6), is a strategically coined watchword and guiding principle (to know when and with whom to fellowship – Ps 42:2,4) received by waiting on the LORD, for His response to prayer for a memorable term or expression with the potential to singlehandedly expose heresy and bring order to our understanding of the full counsel, by containing a universe of meaning.

There’d never have been such a confusing proliferation of denominations and minefield of suspicious doctrine, had the truth been honoured that the church has forever belonged to the House of Jacob (Lk 1:33), because its roots are in the Sinai covenant (where the House of Jacob was constituted as the wilderness church) confirmed by the New Covenant (Ex 19:5-8; Matt 5:19; Acts 7:38; 1 Peter 2:9,10)

By symbolizing the great arc of the Plan of Redemption from the call of “Abram the Hebrew” (Gen 12:1-7; 14:13) to the final harvest of Israel (Rom 11:23-29), and their final national redemption and exaltation as chief of nations (Deut 26:16-19; 28:10-14; Is 46:13; Jer 31:7; Zech 14; Lk 2:32), joined by ingrafting in their good olive tree (Rom 11), of a sanctified remnant from the nations (Is 14:1; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; Eph 2:11,12) with whom they (the House of Jacob) will share the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:12), IntraDynasty sums up the hope of a redeemed and sanctified remnant of humanity (called to comprise the visionary “one new man” – Eph 2:15) being delivered from the coming wrath of the Tribulation through the Gospel as the endtime ‘Ark’ (the parallel of salvation of Noah’s family of eight), for former Gentiles (who ‘glorify God for His mercy in extending salvation to the nations’ – Rom 15:8,10-12) to receive an eternal inheritance in the Kingdom of the Messiah along with the believing remnant of God’s people Israel in the eternal House of Jacob (Lk 1:33; Eph 5:5), all because the cleansing Blood of “Christ (the Messiah) Crucified” that ratified the New Covenant of the House of Judah and the House of Israel (Jer 31:31-34; Lk 21:25-36; Heb 10), was sprinkled on the mercy seat of the Temple in heaven when Yeshua (Jesus) as “Christ our Passover” first ascended to His Father after His Resurrection (Is 53; Jn 20:14; 1 Co 5:7,8; 1 Peter 1:4; Heb 9:11-15,24; Rev 11:19; 15:5)

So we’re going to put the meaning of the phrase “the same body,” and of being “within it,” on trial, to dispel misconceived ideas about the all important identity of the church, since it was from the transitioning Hebrew Church (Acts 7:38) which Jesus as Stone and Shepherd of Israel (Gen 49:24) followed in the wilderness journey defined by the lessons associated with their 42 encampments (Nu 33) as the spiritual Rock from Whom Israel “drank” during their Exodus (1 Cor 10:4), that a believing Jewish Messianic Apostolic remnant emerged (branching from mainstream Judaism as the Nazarene faith called “the Way,” called a sect by Judaism – Acts 24:5,14) which is now indisputably “the body of the Messiah” attributed to THEIR New Covenant (Jer 31:31-34), for prophecy to Abraham to be fulfilled, that believers in the nations would become the seed of Abraham’s dynasty and would therefore be joined to the House of Jacob (Gen 12:2,3; 17:4-6; 28:14; Gal 3:29).

This was clear as day to Abraham who, as a prophet, saw “Yeshua’s Day, and was glad and rejoiced” (Jn 8:56)

Though it will be too much for the world to digest just at the moment, we have an obligation, if we’re to make wise disciples of nations (for them to “observe all things whatsoever I have commanded YOU” – Matt 28:20) as tribulation intensifies and “the terror of the LORD” begins to exact its terrible toll (Ps 2:12; 2 Cor 5:11; Rev 6:12-17), to make it known that mankind’s only hope, through faith in Israel’s Messiah, is a civilization (the coming Theocratic millennial Kingdom of David) through which the keeping of the truth and righteousness of Hebrew precepts (including the Ten Words and the four Levitical fellowship entry-requirements derived from them – Ex 20:1-17; Acts 15:20) “to serve God acceptably” (on the proven ancient “paths of righteousness” which are “the Way of holiness” – Ps 23:3b; Is 35:8; Zech 8:8; Matt 7:13-27; Rom 2:6-13; 15:16-18; Heb 12:14,28), will ensure a principled world with the stability and benefits of “everlasting righteousness” (Is 51:1-7; Dan 9:24) to make a “world without end” “like days of heaven on earth” – like Eden recovered (Deut 4:5-8; 11:21; Is 2:2-4; 65:17-25).

It is for this purpose (“that Thy Way may be known upon the earth”) that we from the nations have been “surnamed for God’s servant Jacob’s sake,” to abide in Y’shua the Vine amongst the noble vines of the House of Jacob (Ps 80:7-19; Jer 2:21; Jn 15) to “sow to ourselves in righteousness” by walking lawfully after the Spirit, by learning righteousness by using the law lawfully to learn what sin is, to “rejoice in working righteousness” to create an incorruptible new world order (Ps 67; 106:3-5; Is 26:9,10; 29:22-24; 45:4-6,17-25; 51:1-7; 64:5; Hosea 6:1-3; 10:11; Acts 10:35; Rom 3:20,31; 1 Tim 1:8-11; 2 Tim 2:5; Heb 10:16; 1Jn 3:4).

Obviously, the only faith and only church that can make that possible is the universal faith and church which was accepted in the Book of Acts as the fulfilment of the promise to the Hebrews of one eternal Messianic Hebrew fold (Gen 12-35; Is 56:6-8; Jn 10:16; Rev 21:12), due to “the one faith” being “the faith once (i.e. as it was originally) delivered to the saints” without Greek or Roman manipulation and modification (Jude vs 3), to preserve the purity of YHWH’s doctrine and operation of the Holy Spirit without limit.

Col 2:16,17, by affirming the Hebrew traditionary law (which is Strong’s definition of the “traditions” [paradosis] as the ordinances of YHVH’s perpetual Holy Convocations, in the parallel text in 2 Thess 2:15), gives us a powerful confirmation of Ephesians 2:11-19 and 3:6 which make it clear that Israel in the wilderness was the START-UP CHURCH to whose New Covenant remnant we are joined through our justification by faith, to VINDICATE the beauty and truth of those Convocations (“Holydays/Feasts, New Moons and Ex 20:8-11 weekly Sabbath Days”) by keeping them by faith in obedience to the authentic Gospel (Is 56:6; Rom 3:31; 15:16-18; 16:26; 1 Cor 11:1,2) as an essential part of our sanctification (as the primary responsibility of firstborn males to safeguard), hence the endtime warnings in Gal 4:8-11 and 2 Thess 2:13-15, not to forsake them for counterfeits from the nations.

Col 2:17 should read: “(which are a shadow of things to come) NOW (that the) [NOT “BUT the”] BODY (of believers/congregation of the people of YHVH, referring back to Acts 7:38) is of the Messiah/Messianic (Lk 1:33; ), hence “the same body” in Eph 3:6.

The PROPER NOUN and PLACE-NAME ‘Palestine,’ a play on Plishtim (the Philistines) and a figment of political imagination vainly conceived to try to quash the everlasting covenant by engineering state capture from the Hebrews; and the COMMON COLLECTIVE NOUN ‘church,’ are examples of the most propagandized use of language in history, which have mutually reinforced one another to curse Israel.

If Israel is not the church (Acts 7:38; Lk 1:33) and Palestine is not Israel, salvation is voided (theoretically, at least) because the best any other church can do is to produce “a different Jesus,” because like the chosen nation itself, the Nativity, the Crucifixion and Resurrection and the Second Coming would be stateless, and therefore prophecy unplugged, out on a limb.

Perverse use of these nouns has resulted in GEOGRAPHY and RELIGION playing the harlot, for generations.

The ‘whoredom’ of this incessant disinformation about the nation of Israel; their Landed birthright; the pre-eminence of their Messianic Church; and the Oneness of their God, the one and only Creator and Saviour (Is 44:24; 45:17-25: Mk 12:29), has polluted the understanding of the entire world (Rev 17:15); has grievously affected Jewish morale, well-being and property (Zech 1:13-18); and has robbed the church of powers it once widely exercised to help make the Gospel irresistable when, under direct Apostolic leadership, there was as yet no schism because it was obvious that YHVH’s set-apart, Messianic, Spirit-filled “General Assembly and Church of the firstborn (Jacob)” was HEBREW, its doors open wide to warmly receive Gentiles whose hearts are purified by faith, to be obedient to the one faith, and who KNEW they were ‘running to Israel’ to be glorified in THEIR church, rather than Jews running to them, as Catholicism and Protestant denominations vaingloriously like to believe about themselves (Is 14:1; 49:5-8; 54:3; 55:5; Acts 15:9,14-17; Rom 1:5; 11; Eph 2:11,12; 4:5).

Those who will not “come out of…” this fornication with the occult (Rev 18:4,5), choose the broad path which seals one’s fate in the lake of fire.

Palestine is not non-Jewish (because Canaan became Israel directly, with no ‘Palestine’ to leapfrog – Gen 17:8,19-21; Deut 12:28-32) any more than the concept of ‘salvation’ or ‘church’ is of the “Greek” (Jn 4:22; Acts 7:38; Rom 1:16; 9:4,5).

Until we start comprehending that the Messiah’s prayer in Ps 2:7-12 is His plea to His Father to fulfil Is 49:5-8 and 54:3 to unify a remnant from the nations WITH remnant ISRAEL as a Hebrew commonwealth of “one new man,” to perfect Israel as the church of YHVH (Lk 1:32,33; Eph 2:11-19; 3:6; 5:26,27), to be heir and curator of the worlds, we’ll continue fumbling through doctrine by muddling facts, and doing a disservice to His Jewish people.

What WE define as the ‘church’ profoundly affects what DOCTRINE we’ll accept as truth; and since rejecting the doctrine of the Messiah in any way can make the difference between faithfulness and loyalty and disobedience and rebellion, even putting our salvation in jeopardy (Heb 5:9; 2 Jn vs 9-11), we should all be acutely aware of how Scripture interprets the common noun, ‘church,’ which we make so much of, usually without consulting the patterns and precedents which are given to us, to settle questions of fact.

Not long before Derek Prince went home to be with the LORD on a Feast of Trumpets, he made the following profound remark as a prophetic warning:

“The RETURN of Israel (from Second Exile – Is 11:10-12) is the greatest test of the CHARACTER of the nations.”

He was referring to both the church in the nations AND to the nations themselves, for neither has an excuse for disputing Israel’s birthright, given the powerful ways YHVH has revealed Himself in history as “the Portion of Jacob” (and visa versa) and “Israel (the House of Jacob), the rod (and lot) of His inheritance” with respect to legal succession to all the territory of the kingdoms of Canaan (Lev 21:22-24; Deut 3:32-40; 7:6-12; 12:18-32; 32:8-14; Ps 78:51-55; Is 10:16,25; 11:60:12).

To Derek Prince’s formidable proclamation, we should add:

“The restoration of the New Covenant church IN ISRAEL (the heirs of “the Way” which Judaism labels as heresy due to Judaism’s rejection of Y’shua, still calling it the Nazarene sect – Acts 24:5,14) is the greatest test of ALLEGIANCE of the church in the NATIONS to “the Israel of YHVH” (“for they are not all Israel who are Israel” – Rom 9:6) which is the believing remnant of the (mother) church, the House of Jacob over which Y’shua the Messiah will reign forever on the soon-to-be-restored Throne of David” (Lk 1:32,33; Acts 7:38; Rom 11; Gal 6:16).

The fully consecrated members of the church of Israel (the “Israel of YHVH”) which Y’shua “the Branch” (Is 4:2) has made the all-righteous branch of Judaism through the righteousness which is by faith, worked out line by line, precept by precept (Is 28:9-13; Matt 5:19; 12:50; 19:16-29; Acts 24:14; Phil 2:12,13), are the LEGAL SUCCESSORS to the nation of Israel and “the coming Kingdom of our father David” (Is 9:6,7; Ps 50:5,23; Heb 5:9).

All roads lead to Zion (Jerusalem, Israel, church of Israel) (“ALL my springs are in thee”), not to a Gentile capital (Ps 87:7; 102:13-18; 129:5; 146:10).

The relative number of Jews saved over the generations (relative to unsaved Jews or to saved Gentiles) is IRRELEVANT to the election of the ETERNAL House of Jacob as the church (Is 1:9; 2:2-4; 56:6-8; Rom 11:25-29).

In the metaphorical language of Scripture, the Messiah is AS synonomous with Israel His “vine” (Ps 80), as are Israel and their covenants, with His natural olive tree (Rom 9:4,5; 11:1-32).

Many born again “wild olive shoots” (Gentiles) who claim to “see” the Kingdom on the strength of Jn 3:3b, don’t see it the way the LORD does because they are ‘disinclined to want to know’ (are wilfully ignorant of) the “mystery” of the “good” olive tree (in Rom 11:23-29, which expands upon the “mystery of the Messiah” in Eph 3:1-10), to know the implications of Israel being “beloved for the FATHERS” sakes as touching the (order and purpose of their irrevocable giftedness and call and their) election (as firstfruits of YHVH’s harvests) (Deut 3:35-38; Jer 2:3; Rom 11:25)

Two of those implications are that they also are to obtain mercy through OUR mercy to them by our reciprocating for the mercy by which WE were redeemed THROUGH them (Jn 4:22; Rom 9:4,5; 11:11,30,31); and that the appointment by the Lamb slain before Creation, of the salvation which would “come out of Zion” “of the Jews,” to join believers from the nations TO THEM and to no other entity, is because it is decreed, for our greatest benefit, that the spiritual “riches” we obtained through the DIMINISHING of Israel through their hardening in part, be greatly magnified in FELLOWSHIP together with the remnant of the Jewish people in “their fullness” which we’re told will be “like life from the dead,” which is why we are warned not to become spiritually conceited and alienate our affection for Zion (to which apostolic succession belongs) by defecting to any other institutionalized arrangement (apostolic ‘see’/bishopric) claiming to BE the universal (‘catholic’) “Church (kahal, ekklesia) of YHVH” (Rom 11:11-15,18,25; 2 Thess 2:3-15).

As we’ll see further on, since the self-styled Creator-God of JACOB created all the world as His offspring (Acts 17:28,29) for families to call on His Name BY THAT TITLE, for “the whole family in heaven and earth” to ultimately be ruled by Himself “in JACOB, to the ends of the earth” (Ps 2:7-12; 59:13; Mal 1:5; 1 Cor 15; Eph 3:6,15), the concept of ‘intra dynasty’ usefully highlights the call to every family in the nations through the Gospel, to call on the Name of the LORD in repentance for justification by His Son’s Blood, AND to seal their identity as heirs of the God and King of Jacob (Is 41:21,27; Rom 8:17) by ‘declaring affinity with’ (joining and cleaving to) the eternal House of Jacob as the “General Assembly and Church of the firstborn” (Jacob) (Gen 25:23; Is 14:1; Acts 17:26-28; Heb 12:23).

This is to save us from “correction, with judgment,” for potentially behaving detrimentally to God’s people Israel in thought, word and/or deed by misconstruing the paramount rôle of the House of Jacob as heirs of the world, and as YHVH’s Household, in the shaping of our character by His Spirit conforming us to His Son’s image (Rom 8:29; Col 3:9,10), and by shaping our citizenship of the age and world to come as joint-heirs with the Messiah amongst the Twelve Tribes (Is 10:23-25; 66:22-24; Rom 4:13; Eph 2:11,12,19; Col 1:28; Rev 21:12).

We need to get this through to people everywhere, to sow seeds of truth that will help end anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, because it’s hard to be anti-Semitic and deny the Abrahamic land covenant (Gen 12:1-7; 15:7-21; Ps 105:8-11; Rom 15:8) when your salvation depends on your adoption in the commonwealth of Zion/Israel through their New Covenant, their church and their promises (Gen 27:29; 28:14; Jer 31:31-36; Lk 1:33; Eph 2:11,12).

In this context, we shouldn’t overlook the fact that the Abrahamic promise of protection (“cursed be everyone that curses THEE, and blessed be he who blesseth THEE”) conveyed to Jacob by inheritance in Gen 27:29, is to covenant- keepers who are joined to (grafted in) the House of Jacob (implied by being “in thee [Jacob]”) by adoption, which is what we’re taught in Is 56:6-8; Lk 1:33; Jn 10:16 and Gal 3:29.

If you’re disowning the House of Jacob by claiming membership of a different household by a different Jesus of a different church, you can hardly expect the Blood to provide the sought-for covenant benefits.

This is not just a technicality. It goes to the heart of “the one faith” and to our faith in our connection to YHVH through His Son, by His Spirit working in the church AS it is SCRIPTURALLY DEFINED as the renewed or regenerated House of Jacob (Jer 31:31-34).

It’s only as bona fide joint heirs of the Messiah Y’shua AS HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF JACOB (Lk 1:33; Eph 2:11,12,15; 3:6), keeping “The Way” which they (the Jews) called the Nazarene sect (Acts 24:5,14), to OBEY the Author of eternal salvation to die the death of the righteous (Acts 10:35; Col 4:12; 1 Tim 6:11-14; Heb 5:9), that death cannot rob us of our inheritance of the world, and the immortality promised by bodily redemption as His purchased possession.

Is 56:6-8; Lk 1:33 and Jn 10:16 teach us that it is by adoption as the redeemed of the House of JACOB (not the church of the city of Romulus and Remus), that WE TOO have become YHVH’s “witnesses” (Is 43:1-11; 44:1-8; 49:5-8).

That, after all, is the ultimate purpose of the calling and mission of the House of David (Israel’s first family) to which Y’shua’s miracle conception was given as a sign (Is 7:13,14); and the reason why the Atonement and Resurrection are defined in Is 55:5 and Acts 13:32-39 as “the sure mercies of DAVID” after whom the coming Kingdom of the Messiah Who will reign over the House of Jacob, is named (Is 9:6,7; Mk 11:10; Lk 1:32,33).

Knowing that, joins the dots to ensure a Biblical worldview and sound understanding of the true “everlasting salvation” of Is 45:17-25 in which redemption of our BODIES is DEPENDENT upon our sanctification by the truth (Jn 17:17,19), by the Spirit (2 Thess 2:13,14), to be a “wholly sanctified” as a PREPARED bride, through purification of our souls by obedience to YHVH’s ways, because sin is breach of the law (Acts 20:32; 26:18; Rom 2:13; 3:31; 8:4,6,7,14; 1 Thess 5:23; 1 Jn 3:3-10).

Our joint-inheritance in, amongst and with His set apart nation through their New Covenant, along with their dispersed saints still awaiting repatriation to Israel, is unquestionable (Ex 19:5-8; 1 Peter 1:1; 2:9).

Gen 35:11, Ps 68:26, 74:2, 89:7 are an identikit of the pivotal identity texts, Lk 1:33 and Heb 12:23.

Torah prophecy over the Abrahamic dynasty in Genesis, and the great number of confirmations of the future of Jacob’s inherited household in the Psalms, variously describe this ancient Abrahamic church of the House of Jacob (Acts 7:38) into which by God’s mercy we’ve been grafted to “rejoice with His people Israel” (Deut 32:43; Jer 31:7; Rom 15:10-12), as “the congregations from the Fountain of Israel”; “Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased…the rod of Thy inheritance which Thou hast redeemed”; “the (general) assembly of the saints”; “a nation and a company (commonwealth) of nations” (Eph 2:11,12); a “congregation of peoples” (the house of prayer for all nations) (Is 56:6-8), ALWAYS premised on the irrevocably elect Hebrew nation (Rom 11:25-29) being the vehicle for the redemption of Creation through their Messiah.

The raising up as FIRSTFRUITS of the New Covenant, of a harvest of the Twelve Tribes of Jacob (e.g. Acts 21:20) as a precursor to the glorious late harvest of Israel in Is 45:25; 46:13; Zech 12; Lk 2:32 and Rom 11:12b,15b,23-26, signalled that they were the REDEMPTION PRIORITY, by the Messiah being sent AS THE NEW COVENANT OF ISRAEL (Is 42:6; 49:8b) to His nation, FIRST (Is 49:6a; Acts 3:25,26; Rom 1:16).

This was to ensure the continuity of the church of Acts 7:38, from the Passover that released Israel as firstborn nation (Ex 4:22,23) into their destiny through a New Covenant-foreshadowing baptism in the Sea of Reeds AS THE CHURCH and ancient bride-elect (Is 54), to the exaltation and installation of Israel as heir of eternity in Messiah, in Rev 21:12, which couldn’t more clearly advertise WHOSE Gates the New Jerusalem’s are, in fulfilment of the promised exaltation of Israel AS A NATION – “Israel My glory” (Deut 26:16-19; 2 Sam 7:32-36; Is 46:13; 60-62; Jer 31:7).

So it’s only fair that if we warn others to “come out of HER” (the entire system of harlotry/ deception/unwisdom – Rev 18:4,5), we help direct their path into “the fellowship of the mystery of the Messiah” (Eph 3:1-10) which is done by being conscious of joining the Hebrew “one new man” to gratefully cleave to “the same body” which Scripture defines through the Abrahamic covenant as the House of Jacob, through faith in the Messiah Who is the “Sceptre out of Israel” and “Star out of Jacob” (Nu 24:17; Rom 11; 15:8-16).

Over the better part of two millennia, the common noun, ‘church,’ has acquired connotations which disassociate it from the challenging BIBLICAL doctrine of salvation and from the precepts of “the doctrine according to Godliness” both of which have come out of Zion.

Seeing OURSELVES and our membership of the body of the Messiah anchored in “the same body” in which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob obtained salvation (Gen 18:18,19; Is 51:1-7; Eph 3:6), puts an end to vain imaginings about the relationship between Israel and the church which have been deliberately exploited, to Hellenize both.

We receive grace in vain and call on the Name of the LORD in vain if we dispute the centrality of the House of Jacob in the repair of the world and the restitution of all things in the coming regeneration.

‘Hanukkah’ (the late November or December Feast of Dedication also known as the Feast of Lights) (Jn 10:22) is an annual reminder of Israel’s inevitable bounce-back from idolatry – soon – to their “fullness” in Messiah, reconciled to YHVH through YHVH in Him (Rom 11:12; 2 Cor 5:19), to exemplify “the Way” which they’ll regret having vilified as “heresy” and as the “sect” of the Nazarenes, because of their misjudgment of the glory of the Testimony of the One they slander as “THAT man,” Testimony which is by the Spirit of prophecy by which He was sent to save them from wrath as “the man from Heaven.” When they recant and fall at His Feet, His love for them because of their fathers will transfigure the Universe (Ps 104:30) and at last we’ll understand the endless love described Deut 4:37,38 & Rom 11:28.

There is no greater proof that HOUSEHOLD salvation (for which INDIVIDUAL salvation is the means) is the priority of the God of Jacob, the Saviour (Is 41:21,27; 45:15,21,22), than the preservation of the House of Jacob against all odds, dating back to the salvation of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to establish the household of YHVH WITHIN THEIR DYNASTY (Joshua 24:15; Ps 125; 131:12-18; 137:5,6; Jer 10:25; Matt 8:11,12; 22:28-33; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; Eph 2:11,12,19; Gal 3:29; Rev 21:12).

As it is written: “As touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by YHVH, saying, ‘I Am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the LIVING”

THEY live in sleep because Y’shua lives (Jn 11:25; 14:19), because they became the principal heirs of the righteousness which is of faith, to provide the GENERATIONAL family (a perpetual dynasty because it is synonomous with the gift of eternal life) WITHIN which salvation is procured by grace through faith by all who call on the Name of the LORD.

There is such weight of evidence that the church belongs to Jacob/Israel, that it’s astonishing that deceitful teachers have succeeded for so long in smothering and suppressing the truth.

According to Is 29:22-24, Jacob has an enormous vested interest in our three-part sanctification through obedience to the Gospel (Jn 17:17,19; 1 Thess 5:23; 2 Thess 2:13-15), because fulfilment of the promises to his grandfather, father and to himself (Rom 15:8) DEPEND on our integrity as professing believers, to keep “the Way of YHVH” in which these fathers walked before YHVH, to be perfect (Gen 17:1-6; 18:18,19; 26:5; Acts 24:14; Col 4:12).

At the very least, Gen 28:14; Is 29:22-24; 49:5-8; Lk 1:33 and Rom 11 should be required reading in every foundation course, to properly define the church and thereby, our relationship with the Jewish people in “the fellowship of the mystery of the Messiah” (Eph 2:11-19; 3:1-10).

In Is 29:22-24 we read about ourselves included as sons adopted “in thee” (i.e. in the church of firstborn Jacob/Israel – Gen 28:14; Ex 4:22,23; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; Heb 12:23) as the work of YHVH’s hands in the midst of the elect House of Jacob, learning sound doctrine (2 Tim 3:14-17) to hallow the Holy One of Jacob in the Fear of the God of Israel.

Through corruption of the Scriptures by the distortions and vileness of Replacement Theology, we lost our connection with the PRACTICALITY of the concept of “the HERITAGE of our father Jacob” (Ps 16:6; 61:5; Is 58:14; Deut 33:4; Rom 3:31) and the vastness of YHVH’s unbounded promise to him and his seed (which we are), by our rejection of the Holy Sabbath which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the Twelve Patriarchs kept long before it was codified by Moses (Gen 2:2,3; Ex 20:8-11; Is 56:6-8; 58:12-14; 66:22-24; Mk 2:27,28)

In the natural, in the absence of male heirs and assuming that daughters marry, the father’s family name would normally expire; whereas in the spiritual, the redemption of a family name by the existence of born again heirs and by the purification of the bloodline to set about building upon and enhancing the best of one’s forebears’ legacy (Lev 26:40-44), gives it the status of an everlasting dynasty in its own right, WITHIN the dynasty of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Historically this makes the “Glad Tidings” of the New Covenant of the House of Judah and the House of Israel (together the corporate House of Jacob) the greatest endorsement of HERALDRY.

The Almighty takes a keen interest in “pedigree” (lineage) and the perpetuation of both Jewish and saved Gentile households, distinguished by the ‘colours’ of proud but upright ancestry and by good expected future prospects (through the grace which is never bestowed in vain upon the FAITHFUL), beneath the banner of the love of the Messiah as “the Ensign of Israel” as eternal Head of the House of Jacob (Nu 1:18,52; 2:2; Ps 60:4; Is 11:10-12; 14:1,2; 49:5-8; Zech 2:10-12; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; 1 Cor 7:19; 15:10).

These passages are given to us to VISUALIZE our adoption which by calling on the Name of the LORD has made us AS Hebrew as Abraham himself (Gen 14:13).

It is in THIS household, under THIS “Ensign,” the AUTHENTIC Messiah, that once saved, we are given a “charge” (exhortation; delivery of a solemn injunction or commanded task) to lay hold on eternal life by fighting the good fight of the obedience of faith to absorb the sanctity of “the Way” “according to the doctrine of Godliness,” by learning righteousness, to walk as He walked, by keeping the commandmenT to keep the commandmentS “without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our LORD Y’shua-Jesus the Messiah” (Acts 20:25-32; 24:14; Rom 6:26;1 Tim 6:3,11-14; 2 Tim 5:3-8; 2 Jn vs 5&6).

That includes heeding first principles, proving our membership of the one Hebrew fold by remembering the Fourth Commandment, the original, one-and-only SEVENTH day Sabbath, to acknowledge YHVH as our Sanctifier by keeping IT holy (Gen 2:2,3; Ex 20:8-11; 31:13,16; Is 56:6-8; Jn 10:16; Heb 4); learning the three Pilgrim Feasts of YHVH (Ex 23:12-17), His chief holy convocations which together with the weekly and Feast Sabbaths are the chief markers on the narrow path of Spirit-led sanctification by the truth to finish the course by keeping the faith (Rom 8:4,14; 2 Thess 2:13-15; 2 Tim 4:3-8); and that we learn the reason for the three prescribed daily times of sacrificial prayer famously modelled by Daniel and others, to humble ourselves to draw near to the Godhead at His appointed times, for YHVH to draw near to us in recognition of our delight in Him and in walking circumspectly according to His perfect law of liberty (Rom 2:13; 7:22,25; Eph 5:15-17; James 1:22-25; 2:12; 4:4-8).

So we see that the Master Dynasty of mankind with its roots in primeval history, “hewn from the Rock” to “follow after righteousness,” was “called (originally out of Ur of the Chaldees)…ALONE” in the person of “Abram the Hebrew,” and was vastly increased to RETAIN its identity as an HEBRAIC sanctuary in Messiah (congregations like a latter days of Noah ‘ark’), to uproot idolatry and bring civilization to perfection through purification of our souls, to create a Messianic world in Messiah’s image, under the sovereignty of the Hebrews’ One God (Gen 14:13; Is 49:5-8; 51:1-7; 66:22-24; Zech 14:9; Matt 24:37; Lk 1:33; Rom 9:4,5; Gal 3:29; 1 Tim 6:11-14).

Israel’s recognition and coming exaltation as a nation as YHVH’s peculiar treasure with incorporation of the redeemed from the nations, which will crown these dreadful latter days of Noah with MANIFESTATION of the hope of their Gospel (Ex 19:5-8; Deut 26:16-19; 28:1-14; 33:26-29; Is 9:6,7; Jer 31:7,10,17,31-36; Amos 9:11-15; Micah 7:8-20; Acts 15:14-17; Mk 11:10; Rom 11:11-15,25-29) will be fulfilment of YHVH’s promise to Noah as “the God of Shem,” that He would “ENLARGE Japheth” to “dwell in the tents of Shem” (Gen 9:27).

By revelation, Balaam noted the same phenomenon of the one new man as “the camp of the saints” in his poetic endtime visions (Nu 23:9,10; 24:3-23; Rom 11; Eph 2:11,12,15,19; 3:6; Rev 20:9).

The promise to SHEM was the later promise to Israel that the nations would be their inhertance (Is 54:3) through the integration and assimilation of a mixed multitude (first in the Exodus, then through the Gospel) into a sanctified S(h)emitic “olive tree” (a parallel image to the vine in Ps 80:8-19) through which the purpose of history would be fulfilled by Israel being heirs of the world accompanied by “others” in their Hebrew “house of prayer for all nations” (Is 56:6-8; Jn 10:16) who in good faith towards THEM as “chief of nations,” would SHARE that promise, in the Messiah (Jer 31:7; Rom 4:13,16; 15:10-12,15)

We are the fruit of YHVH’s acknowledgment of Isaac (“your only son”) and Jacob (“the older will serve the younger”) as firstborns for the purpose of defining the lineage of salvation.

We are retroactively in Zion by virtue of being “in Abraham,” “in Isaac” and in particular, “in Jacob” (i.e. in their jointly-owned dynasty – Gen 28:14 KJV; 35:11; Lk 1:33; Eph 2:11,12) by being registered as Heaven’s citizenry by receiving the gift of reconciliation to “the God of the Hebrews” through the sprinkled Blood of “the Messiah our Passover” (1 Cor 5:7,8; 1 Peter 1:2b) to be joined to HIS Hebrew household THROUGH THE GRACE OF ADOPTION, which is through baptism for the remission of sins (Ex 3:13-18; Gal 3:29; Heb 3)

“And of Zion it shall he said: this and that man WAS born in her…YHVH shall count, when HE writeth up the people, that this man WAS BORN THERE” (Ps 87:5,6). This is confirmed by Heb 12:22,23, which also confirms Lk 1:33, that the church of the firstborn in Heb 12:23 is the “general assembly and church” of Israel (the House of Jacob), distinctly defined as YaH’s son, “even My firsrborn” (Ex 4:22,23), meaning that our mother church is forever the Messianic congregations of the House of Jacob, “from the Fountain of Israel” (Christ as Fountain of Living Waters – Ps 68:26; Jer 17:13,14

In other words, Hebrew CITIZENSHIP in Zion in heaven and in earth (Ps 87; Heb 12:22) is imputed to us through adoption, along with upfront imputation of the fruit of sanctification, as righteousness, purity and consequently the gift of innocence which is perfection, all of which the gift of the righteousness of YaH confers when baptized (Heb 10:10-14), namely, a state of grace for us to maintain, at all costs, by studying how to be righteous, in the Fear of YHVH (Rom 3:20b,31; 1 Jn 3:3-10), in order to “go and sin no more” by living a life of continuous repentance and conversion from error and unbelief (Jn 5:14; Heb 2:1-3; 9:14; 10:26-39; 1 Jn 1-3).

This joint-identification by SINCERE Gentile converts (“the uncircumcision” who are wholeheartedly consecrated) with Y’shua’s ancestral house, Israel, YHVH’s firstborn (Ex 4:22,23), is magnified by the revelation in Rom 2:6-13,25,26 that a Gentile male saved by grace, who thereafter accepts the instruction in Jn 15:3,4 to stay clean by abiding in the Vine by keeping covenant, precept-by-precept, to walk in the light as righteous Abraham did as the father of faith and of faithfulness (’emunah’) to heed the light of Torah wisdom and pass it on to us (Gen 18:18,19; 26:5; Ps 119:96-105; Prov 7:1-3; Is 28:9-13; Jn 15:1-15; Heb 10:16), shall be reckoned circumcised in the FLESH (obviously, if not already circumcised, because their parents weren’t informed about the purpose of 8th day circumcision – Gen 17:6-14, which you’ll see in verses 12&13 is a perpetual ordinance for Jew and Gentile grafted in the natural olive tree, “contrary to nature”), thereby vindicating the statements in Rom 2:25 and 3:1,2 supported by Matt 5:19 and Rom 3:31 that since Galatians deals only with a believer’s physical circumcision, because Paul never argues against eighth day circumcision, there IS most definitely still profit in eighth day circumcision for Israel and Israel’s co-heirs alike as a token in the flesh of all Zion’s sons, of Israel’s legal succession to all of Canaan by Divine Title Deed to the House of Jacob – see Gen 17:8-12; and of the call of every male in particular, as future heads of households, and royal priests in the making by instruction by parents in the ways of the LORD – Prov 22:6; Eph 6:4b, to be an example of the viability of the perfection of holiness – Ex 19:5-8; Lev 19:1-3; Heb 12:14,15,28; 1 Peter 1:13-17,22; 2:9,10), just as there is obviously great value in imputed circumcision (by exception, for grown up Gentiles in the circumstances described above), PROVIDED one walks-out “the Way” by being doers of God’s laws from the heart, led by the Spirit (Rom 8:4-14) as proof of HEART circumcision (crucifixion of the sin nature) (Acts 24:14; Rom 2:13; 8:4; Heb 8:8-12; 10:16; James 1:22-25; 1 Jn 2:3-6).

Since this post is written for those who have a love for detail, to verify the truth of the above remarks for yourself note the use of the word “stranger” in Gen 17:12; Nu 15:15 (like Gen 17:12, “an ordinance forever“) and their corroboration by Eph 2:12 (which is proof that Gentiles appointed to be redeemed – Acts 13:44-48, are joined to Israel) which, if you consider Rom 2:26, makes it clear that the everlasting, statutory Abrahamic covenant requirement for infant circumcision (Gen 17:13) is fulfilled in an uncircumcised Gentile by the provision of Rom 2:26’s special dispensation for Gentiles without prejudice to the calling and mission of the nation of Israel, because that imputation of virtual circumcision, to a Gentile who, by spiritual adoption is considered native-born in Zion (Ps 87), is restricted to those redeemed former Gentiles who share the zeal of Israel (Acts 21:20) for the wisdom of Torah which is the Biblical Constitution of Israel as the foundational pattern for future righteous civilization

Rom 2:25-27 “For circumcision truly (definitely) profiteth, if thou keep the law (the Way of YHWH) (Rom 2:13-15; 3:1,2,20b,31; 8:4): but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law (Rom 8:4-14), shall not his uncircumcision be counted for (regarded as) circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

1 Cor 7:18 “Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised”

Isn’t that marvellous proof that through the wisdom of the New Covenant of the House of Judah and the House of Israel (Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8-10), the “everlasting covenant” is an extraordinary symmetrical product of the mercy of God and the Mind of the Messiah about Whom Moses wrote, namely, “the Shepherd: the Stone of Israel, out of the Mighty God of Jacob” (Gen 49:24; Jn 3:13) Who followed the church in the wilderness from which the Messianic faith of Israel (which we share) branched, for the Law of the Messiah (as predicted: Yeshua raising the bar of holiness through deep exposition of Torah – Matt 5-7 because that’s now attainable through the enabling power of the indwelling Presence of the Holy Spirit) to stand on the shoulders of the eternal foundational teachings of righteousness, given through Moses in the Torah, and through the Prophets? (Deut 18:18,19; Jn 5:46,47; Acts 3:22,23; 7:38; 24:5,14; 1 Cor 2:16; 10:1-4; 2 Tim 3:14-17; Heb 13:20,21)

When a Gentile receives the “salvation (from sins) which is of the Jews” (Matt 1:21; Jn 4:22) through justification by faith through repentance and remission of sins through baptismal regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit (Mk 16:16; Jn 3:5-7; Rom 6:1-3; Titus 3:5), he or she is instantly reckoned a Hebrew by “surnaming” (adoption – Is 45:4) (a ‘Hebrew’ meaning one who has “passed over” from death to life – Jn 5:24), called to ‘a life of Torah (Instruction in righteousness)’ (a life dedicated to learning “the Way” of YHWH – Gen 18:18,19; Acts 24:14; Lk 20:21). by “living for righteousness,” to be righteous as Yeshua is righteous- Rom 3:31; 1 Jn 2:28,29; 3:3-10), whether or not this supernatural adoptive change of status is recognized by the new convert.

A major problem arises if acknowledgment of our patriarchal Abrahamic identity, lineage and calling to hear, know and obey “the Way of YHWH” by following the Messiah’s fine example of obedience to the covenant (Gen 18:18,19; Deut 6:4-6; Mk 12:28-34; Rom 8:4-14; 1 Jn 2:3-6), as our “reasonable service” (Rom 12:1,2) as our reasonable response to the obligations and duties of the set apart household, is not forthcoming.

The Ceremonial Tribal Gates of the “New Jerusalem” will be the final testimony in the spirit of prophecy (Rev 1:1; 19:10), of the ownership of the future by the House of Jacob as heirs of the world, as heirs of Zion’s God (Ps 146:5,10; Rev 21:12).

The descent of the “New Jerusalem” (for the Tabernacle of YaH to be with men) upon the covenant territory of Greater Israel (Deut 11:18-25) will be the dramatic culmination of the epic salvation Plan for a remnant of humanity to be the “body of (believers in) the Messiah” through their incorporation by adoption within the dynasty (intra-dynasty) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which is why Jacob’s name “remains” forever (Is 66:22-24; Lk 1:32,33) as a reminder that the elect nation of Israel, “Yah’s son, even (and evermore) His firstborn” by irrevocable purpose and order of election (Ex 4:22,23; Rom 11:25-29), will never be superceded as YaH’s first-to-be born again remnant “people of inheritance,” His firstfruits, as a constant, enshrined in Divine law, and therefore a fixed Apostolic procedural principle for the church to uphold, as the congregations of the House of Jacob (which are from Yeshua, the Branch, Who followed Israel as Shepherd of the wilderness church, as their spiritual Rock from which they drank, as the Fountain of Israel, the Well of salvation of the Fountain of Living Waters) (Deut 4:20; Ps 68:26; Is 4:1-6; 12; Jer 17:13,14; Acts 3:22-26; 7:38; Matt 6:9,10; Lk 1:33; Jn 7:37-39; Rom 1:16; 2:9-13; 1 Cor 10:1-4; Eph 2:11-19; 3:6)

[For the text in this image, elaborating on the meaning and significance of IntraDynasty, see the Footnote]

Consequently, there is no greater urgency, for a remnant of humanity to survive these increasingly perilous latter days of Noah (Zech 14:16-19; Matt 24; 2 Tim 3:1-5), than the need to replicate “pillar” households (conformed to the image of the Messiah, exemplary in character and in the ways of the kingdom – Rom 8:4,29; 2 Peter 1:1-15) grateful for the Son sent to bear our sin for the Blood of the Cross and baptism to save them (Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38-40; 1 Peter 3:20,21; Rev 1:5-8), and well taught to navigate the trying transition to eternal life, in the knowledge of “the Way” inspired by the vision of Zion (Ps 50:2; 1 Tim 3:15,16; Rev 3:10-12; 12:17; 14:6,7,12)

For it is these households, who like Noah’s family of eight who condemned their scoffing, disobedient generation by the faith of their response in the righteous Fear of the One-and-only God (Is 44:24), to warnings about coming Judgment (1 Peter 3:20-22; 2 Peter 2:4-9; Heb 11:7), who will either be crowned with the Spirit of God and glory through martyrdom or overcome the plagues of Revelation, to be those who at the Resurrection to life of the faithful (Jn 5:28,29; Rev 20:4), will reset civilization by pioneering the blessed kingdom millennial age of shalom-shalom, in “everlasting righteousness” and therefore, “true holiness” (Eph 4:23,24; Dan 9:24)

It has always been the vision of Zion, that through sanctification of a remnant, the eternal House of Jacob would inherit the New Jerusalem in fulfilment of the promises to Abraham and his dynasty that through the Everlasting Gospel “preached beforehand to Abram” (Gen 12:3; 14:18-20; Gal 3:8,9; Rev 14:6,7,12), the future for a faithful “one new man” holds “days of heaven upon the earth,” of which the millennial kingdom age (David’s second kingdom) will be proof positive (Deut 11:21; Lk 1:32,33; Eph 2:11-13,15,19; 3:6; Heb 5:9; 10:36; Rev 21:2,3,10-13)

Therefore, after ‘Armageddon’ (the penultimate battle for Jerusalem, the prize to be fought for by the nations in vain at Har Megiddo), it’ll be in the millennial age prior to the dawn of the New Heavens and New Earth (Is 66:22-24; Rev 20:4-6), that Jerusalem, restored in far greater than her former glory as “Princess of the Provinces” (Lam 1:1), no longer the tail and not the head, will have become the acclaimed Hebrew Capital of the world (Is 60-62), with Yeshua the Messiah, the Archetype of “the Sun of Righteousness risen with healing in its wings” (Shiloh of Gen 49:10,24; Mal 4:2) ascended to the Throne of his father David to fulfil “the sure mercies of David” (Is 9:6,7; 55:1-5; Micah 5:2; Mk 11:10; Acts 13:32-39).

For this reason, both the Messiah Yeshua and His Father’s City, in which He has chosen to put His Name forever (Matt 5:35), will bear the Title: YHWH TZVAO’T, “the LORD our RIGHTEOUSNESS” (Jer 23:3-8; 33:14-26), to reinforce the fact that Deity (true Mono-Theism) belongs only to Israel’s ELOHIM, the Echad (Oneness) of which is the Mystery of the Godliness of a Unique Indivisible Uni-Plurality of Father, Word (which became flesh as the prophesied Branch and Arm of ELOHIM – Is 4:2; 7:13,14; 11:1; 52:13-15; 53:1-12; Heb 10:5-14; 1 Tim 3:16; 1 Jn 5:7) and Holy Spirit, to Whose imputed “image and likeness” mankind will finally have been restored, through the Atonement, forgiveness and sanctification mercifully provided by the “Everlasting (Hebrew) Gospel,” for entrance into the “Everlasting Kingdom” of YaH (Gen 1:26; Acts 5:31.32; Rom 8:29; Heb 1:1-13; 1 Jn 5:7; 2 Peter 1:1-15; Rev 14:6,7,12). HalleluYaH

Footnote:

The text of the descending New Jerusalem image, above, reads as follows (now with amplification) for readers to research the comprehensive supporting references for themselves, to confirm the truth of the statement:

As Hebrews by surnaming and adoption by the God of Jacob through the Jewish Gospel, the former Gentiles who have become seed of “Abram the Hebrew” in the Messiah, are the inheritance, through faith in Yeshua the Messiah, of the believing remnant of the Twelve Tribes, of what, through the ratification of their New Covenant, is becoming the more glorious latter (day) House of Jacob; and “co-heirs of the world” with Israel’s true Messianic remnant, as “one new man” within (Intra) the Abrahamic household of the joint Dynasty of our spiritual fathers “Abram the Hebrew” and king David, for access to the “Tree of Life” through the “Twelve [ceremonial] Gates” of the Hebrew “New Jerusalem,” for Yeshua, “the Messiah in us” being “formed in us” through our “transfiguration,” to be “conformed to His image” (i.e. being restored to the “express image of ELOHIM” lost through Adam) to be “the hope of [“Israel, YaH’s”] glory” (Gen 1:26; 14:13; Ps 2:7-12; Is 14:1; 45:4; 46:13; 49:5-8; 54:3; 55:1-5; 56:1-8 | Jn 10:16; Jer 31:31-34; Haggai 2:7-9; Lk 1:32,33; Rom 4:13,16; 8:4-14,29; 11; 2 Cor 3:18; Gal 3:27; ;4:19; Eph 2:11-19; 3:6; 5:26,27; Col 1:25-29; Heb 1:1-3; 8-10; Rev 21 & 22)

2 responses to “IntraDynasty (‘B’toch Shoshelet’ meaning “Within the Dynasty”), “the Fellowship of the Mystery of the Messiah” (Eph 3:1-10)”

visa for egypt says:

January 31, 2026 at 10:45 am

It’s hard to come by educated people in this particular topic,
but you seem like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks

- admin says:
  
  May 13, 2026 at 12:12 pm
  
  Margherita, Apologies for the delayed reply. Am so encouraged by your comment. The website needs a lot of work, but I was hoping that this initial blog/essay would be sufficient for now, to convey the essence of the vision of Zion, namely that the Good News of personal salvation is “of the Jews,” for the purpose of the perfection of the beauty of holiness of a surviving remnant of mankind, to inherit the future as co-heirs of believing Jews, by our spiritual adoption amongst the House of Jacob which Yeshua/Jesus will rule forever on the soon-to-be-restored Theocratic Jerusalem throne of David)(Psalm 50:2,5,23; 132:13-18; Lk 1:32,33; Jn 4:22; 5:24,28,29; Acts 26:19; Rom 9:4,5; Heb 12:14,28)
  
  This is God’s overarching perspective on His masterplan for Redemption of sinful man, and of the Creation, defiled by our sin, and which therefore continues to be damaged by the original sin of Adam (through whom sin entered the world), which only Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah as the “second Adam,” can undo through the power of His Atoning Blood and the grace (favour) He gives through the gift of the Holy Spirit, to live a decent, righteous life in preparation for resurrection from the dead, to be included in the “world without end” which will follow the coming Judgment of sin (Isaiah 45:17-25).
  
  Which is why anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism (denial of Israel’s 3000+ yr inheritance of the Land blood-covenanted to “Abram the Hebrew” (Gen 12:7; 14:13; 15:5-21; Ps 105:8-11; Rom 15:8) is such a slap in the face of the Creator, who chose them to bring us salvation from our sins, for full assurance of hope of eternal life (Heb 6:1-12).
  
  It’s a largely unacknowledged fact that how we are identified (and/or self-identify) plays a huge role in what we’ll be likely to believe over the course of our lives, which is why the revelation which I’ve been led to ‘package’ under the concept ‘IntraDynasty, namely, that salvation has been offered to the nations, for us to be integrated into the Hebrew household of God by spiritual adoption (Rom 11; Eph 1:4,5; 2:11-19; 3:6), will seem revolutionary, despite the fact that it is described throughout the Bible, if you read carefully, being sure not to take anything out of context.
  
  So I wish you well on your own journey, Margherita, and pray that if not yet, you’ll reach out and discover the reality of your risen Saviour Who said, “Because I live, you will live also” (Jn 14:19) (if, of course, you receive Him as personal LORD and Saviour, and Teacher of “the Way” to live – 1 Jn 2:3,6,17); and I pray that something at least in what I’ve been privileged to put in writing, will help you navigate the birthpains of the tribulations that have already begun because they must precede the glories of the age to come after the return of Jesus, to fight for Israel at Armageddon, to then rule the world through the House of Jacob, forever (Ps 2:7-12; Zech 14; Matt 24; Lk 1:33; Rev 19). Happy to address any questions you may have

IntraDynasty (‘B’toch Shoshelet’ meaning “Within the Dynasty”), “the Fellowship of the Mystery of the Messiah” (Eph 3:1-10)

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