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Why is Y'shua
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When Y'shua walked in haEretz (the Land of) Israel there was plenty of corruption; religion had become a power grab for money and politics; this is the one thing all Jews agree with. Jewish sects were at war among themselves, there were rivalries among the various sects who were vying for the top position of the political hierarchy. Many didn't appreciate what Y'shua was saying and doing, he waltzed into the Temple in Jerusalem and smashed tables and said nasty things to the money changers. YIKES!!! This is what Mashiyach would do, why?
Torah says if it's a long journey for you to get to Jerusalem for the Shalosh Regalim (three annual feasts where all males are commanded to appear before YHWH), you are to sell your tithe "wrap up the money" and go on a shopping spree once you get there. Three times a year, Pesach, Shavuot and Succoth, the supply and demand curve peaks in Jerusalem. Some people got well padded by selling their wares at huge mark-ups during the Chagim (feasts) and the fact is that some things never change... "they" are still doing it Jerusalem, some hike up the prices because they can! If you've tried to rent a car in Jerusalem during the Feasts you know what I'm talking about. Some car rental companies want THREE TIMES more money during the feasts than during the off peak season. This was one of the things Y'shua didn't appreciate about the religious leaders... letting the poor be oppressed and even benefiting from it!
Large families who worked the land also lived very simple lives, not highly educated, not high net-worth individuals, the Feasts of YHWH became a hardship rather than the greatest Joy of the year. But even today Rabbis get paid by the State of Israel, and then they dip into people's pockets to perform bar mitzvah, weddings etc, some people think there is something wrong with the whole religious picture. Y'shua saw the need for change, he took it upon himself to make change... some would say... "he ruffled some feathers".
Yep, it's a pretty rare soul who analyzes the Tanakh to determine why we need a Mashiyach and whether Y'shua is that Mashiyach, but this is the ONLY context where we find the criterion and profile of haMashiyach. Mashiyach epitomizes Justice, Peace and Righteousness. He is the Author of Peace. If we were to separate out our political aspirations we would be more inclined to recognize the need for Mashiyach and for who Y'shua really is. One of the biggest aspirations we all share is for Peace, within our families, among our friends and between the nations of the earth. We want fairness and equity for everyone. Our hearts long for the day when Peace will flow throughout the land, when greed and power mongering among the nations subsides, when Justice will flow like a river.
Let's be honest, our hearts mourn for those who suffer under injustice, we deeply grieve the horrific and senseless loss of life due to the plague of false governments, religions and corporate greed. The big question really is... how could Mashiyach have come into the world and then it still remain as such a dark and barbaric place for so many? Wasn't Mashiyach supposed to make it all better? Why?
The most famous of all Jewish Historian (Josephus Flavius) writes that Y'shua did "so many miracles it wouldn't even be right to call him a man", he did things beyond what any man has ever done before him. But Mashiyach never came to be a hero and he never came for himself, he came for people. He came to empower us to be changed into the Image of Elohim, but not everyone desires a righteous and pure life enough to suffer for it. Y'shua gave us the option and established the criterion whereby we could live in and for the Truth.
Y'shua's "crime" according to religions of his day was that he came in the Name of YHWH and spoke the truth in love. That's about as radical as it gets. He didn't condemn but he gave opportunity for all to make teshuva (turn to YHWH) and realize our full potential in him. Y'shua's love for people and his teaching about Justice and the Kingdom of Elohim broke down the religious ideas of his day, the hearts of those who heard him were pierced, we could not deny his Love and self sacrifice. Let's face it, most of us are too busy with other things to take time to "major in Love." How many people do you know have a career in Love? How many people do you know have a degree in giving? How many? How many treat everyone on earth like equals, they just love the souls of people regardless of religion or externals. How many religious people love or give without strings attached? Most religious people want another convert, many of them really don't give a crap about you unless you're one of them... part of their following or you've evidently got some money (do you hear what I'm saying).
In every instance Y'shua demonstrated compassion and love for human life far beyond what man had experienced before. Y'shua and his talmidim spoke with authority, they spoke the truth in love, they stepped on toes of those who lacked love and compassion, they held up a standard of Righteousness that valued human life and dignity far, far higher than the religious institutions. Some posture that it's all a fantasy, historical revisionists made up cunning stories and made a Mashiyach out of nothing they say, the big problem with this foolish idea is that he would also have had to be "remade" in every generation since then. The reason we know Y'shua is Mashiyach, is the evidence within us. No external religious ideologies can "prove" Y'shua as Mashiyach. The only factor we can be certain of is the revelation of his Perfection with us.
Mashiyach is born inside of us, his Spirit lives in us and this is whether you believe in him or not, because while we where yet unbelievers (who had no trust in Mashiyach), Mashiyach was still inside of us. Let me explain. How is it that you are able to feel right and wrong? Why does injustice hurt? Why is there an attraction between male and female that makes you want to make babies and procreate the human race? Why is there a beauty in seeing your child's smiling face, feeling tender kisses and hearing their voice say I love you daddy or mommy? The beauty within your soul is Mashiyach, the connection is life.
What are you? The question is also tied with why we need to connect to Mashiyach.
No, not who are you, and not what do you do for a living, but what are you? Are you the face, eyes and skin that others see coupled with your emotions and intellect? Is it that amazing talent you have that defines what you are? No and everyone knows it.
It's your spirit. You ARE a spirit. You are a spirit who moves around in a physical body. And you have an intellect and emotions that convey your spirit to others. For example, you have a set of "judicial" values. Maybe you're heart breaks when you witness a young mother smash her fist into the side of her little child's head while shopping at the mall. Glad that wasn't your mother right? A big reason why many are not religious is because they don't want be numbered along with religious, hypocritical, two faced, gossiping, evil imagination, conspiracy wacked out people who want to tell you how to live your life and make you feel like garbage for stuff they practice themselves...
Moving right along then...
The human experience is holy, not mundane, not average, we are NOT made to just exist.
We are called to be a Kedoshim (a Set Apart people) unto YHWH (the Master of the Universe is Yahweh, spelled yod hey vav hey... why-h-double u-h (YHWH). Yes there are ideas about what it means to be Holy, but what is pleasing unto the Master who gave us life? Here is the answer to why Mashiyach came, it has to do with the impartation of Perfection within the human soul.
Being Set Apart unto our Creator is a beautiful and magnificent thing that is truly the goal of human destiny. Can you believe that YHWH calls certain men "PERFECT"? Noah and Abraham were perfect according to YHWH. So the point is that we need to see ourselves through our Master's eyes, not our own, not anyone else's. That connection is Mashiyach. He is a spirit. Mashiyach came to earth and walked around and ate fish, drank wine, cried and bled but the Spirit within him is the Ruach haKodesh which is the Spirit of YHWH. This is why the prophets of YHWH call Mashiyach the Devar or Memra (Word) of YHWH. In other words Christians who worship the flesh of Jesus have not left paganism, they have simply re-codified a different form of paganism. Flesh is not holy but the Spirit within.
Ok so what about you then? The Spirit of Mashiyach is within you but you must welcome him. Yes the Spirit is referred to in the feminine gender in Hebrew but in reality YHWH is neither male nor female.
Certainly many don't accept Y'shua as Mashiyach yet over 14% of Jews in America believe Y'shua is Mashiyach, many more Jews believe Y'shua is Mashiyach than those who follow Orthodox Rabbinical Judaism. The reason the world is the way it is, isn't because Y'shua is not Mashiyach, it's because those who say they know Mashiyach are interpreting Mashiyach according to Babylon (religion) rather than pursuing the Kingdom of Elohim.
Only a very small number of "Jews" or "Israelites" or "Gentiles" ultimately needs to press into Mashiyach collectively to shake up the world... but the Christian, Jewish and Messianic cucumbers, leeks, and flesh pots of Egypt are much too profound for many "Believers". How many people do you know have a degree in Mercy? or in the Justice of Mashiyach according to Torah? How many have a PhD in loving kindness or a Masters degree in simcha (Joy)?
Each one must ask YHWH to reveal His Mashiyach, we cannot come to know Mashiyach by intellectual ideas anymore than one can have a "best friend" based on theory. Y'shua is not a politician he is a Servant, what Y'shua did stuck with mankind forever, (some of mankind). Y'shua has impacted his world for Righteousness by an infinite degree, there is no Rabbi or leader who has produced such immeasurable "fruits" of Righteousness or of righteous controversy in the history of the world as much as Y'shua. But we don't really see all the visible fruits because we cannot compare our world to where there is no Mashiyach.
The lifeforce of Y'shua Mashiyach judges everyone, he is the standard of Righteousness that we are measured with. If you say that Y'shua is NOT Mashiyach then why don't you go right ahead and perform more righteousness than he. No kidding? If you judge the greatest Jew of all times as being a fake, where does that leave you? Mashiyach gave no rhetoric, redundancies or clichés, he speaks to mans needs, Y'shua's actions and Words are given to establish Torah in our hearts.
Y'shua is Mashiyach, he is everything in a man we want and more, we can easily choose to live or die for the things of Y'shua because he is greater than life itself. Souls are not persuaded of his Messiahship because he fulfilled prophecies as Mashiyach Ben Yoseph. It's not doctrinal or intellectual things that convince us, it's human need for love, trust, mercy and Righteous Judgment... tenderness, spiritual intimacy... belonging... purpose.
Compare yourself with Y'shua; go ahead define love for me. Who loves the way Mashiyach loves? Any takers? People don't choose to follow Mashiyach because they're afraid of hell, they choose to follow religion because they are afraid of hell! I need to know Mashiyach to live up to my fullest potential. Mashiyach chooses us, he chooses you to seek him and know his Father. We would not have known love had we not come to know Mashiyach, he is the Perfect Lover of our souls.
Y'shua says the Mitzvoth (Directions or Commandments of YHWH) are not a burden, rather they bless us. Religion cannot lead to Mashiyach, wanting to know and experience the truth about Love and Life leads us to Mashiyach, not to religion! Run like hell from people who know everything there is to know about YHWH and His Mashiyach, these are dangerous people! How can anyone define who you are, only the One who fashioned you and gave you life can truly define you. But, it is how you live and respond to YHWH and His Mashiyach that defines your future.
Y'shua came through the line of Yehudah (Praiser of YHWH) and David. All of the Torah is Y'shua's platform to establish His Righteousness. More and more Christians are looking into Hebrew and Aramaic and studying Torah to know who Y'shua is and what he really taught, his teachings have been the most counterfeited of any Teacher that has ever lived! Y'shua was fashioned into a Greek philosopher and intellect, he was given a Greek name (Iesous - Jesus) and Greek garments of paganism and philosophy and is upheld under a pseudo name by a pagan world which is why Jews don't see him as Mashiyach.
It is through Jewish Hebrew ancient culture that Y'shua came into the world, the same culture and language YHWH used to teach His Holiness, Righteousness, Sanctification and Truth to the world by Torah (instruction in righteousness). Y'shua was remade into a Greek god called "Jesus", but Greek gods don't look or sound like Jewish Messiahs do they? Nope. The Jewish Messiah would not show people how to put up Christmas trees, or make Easter eggs, or worship on Sun-day. It's really hard to imagine how far the church fell away from entering into Mashiyach, most Christians are embarrassed to enter into the Seventh Day Shabbat (completion and rest) of Mashiyach in fear of appearing too Jewish and being outcasts of their churches. The enemy has planted wrongness within church hierarchies like weeds, the post-apostolic designers of the modern church were destined to reinvent Mashiyach into their pagan mindsets.
There is no atonement without repentance of sin, yet religion tells us that religion (doctrine) is higher than Mashiyach who demands sacrifice. Take up your sufferings for righteousness. Do battle against all unrighteousness. Mashiyach is not a "Christian" idea, false Christianity is the "Mystery of Iniquity", and Mashiyach warned us to beware of this anti-Messiah... even a Torah-less deity who exists in the minds of many Christians under the name of Jesus!
There are now over 33,800 Christian denominations on earth? Yes, and each one has a Jesus who teaches something different that the other 33,799 denominations. But Christians all say their Jesus is the right one. Isn't that rude, arrogant, wicked, evil and nasty? Christians are far more interested on upholding denominational identities than uphold Mashiyach.... a very BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
All this does NOT disqualify Y'shua as being Mashiyach, on the contrary it proves that the authentic and original Mashiyach was extremely well counterfeited, even over-counterfeited to the point of obscenity, because man is really, really embarrassed by his loveless, lawless and pathetic state so he has fashioned a multitude of religions to make himself feel better about himself. People go the church of your choice and feel good. One of Y'shua's talmidim (disciples) wrote it this way...
The false Messiah under the banner of Jesus deceives many souls with power and signs and lying wonders and with all deception of unrighteousness. But Mashiyach Y'shua will always be the Righteous Mashiyach who established Torah. Jesus and his followers trash Torah and speak against those who enter into His Righteousness.
The followers of Jesus will one day have to choose between their Torahless religion that teaches about Christmas trees, Easter eggs, Sunday worship, eating blood and swine sausages.
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Y'shua the Living Word of YHWH who writes Torah upon our hearts.
Mashiyach Y'shua is symbolized in the life of Joseph and his brothers in Egypt. Joseph's brothers could not recognize him because he looked like an Egyptian.
HaSatan did a makeover and counterfeited the Name and Teachings of Y'shua, into the form of a pagan Greek deity called Jesus.
Look carefully into the Life of Y'shua, many objections regarding his Messiahship are terribly and miserably unfounded. Today the Christian world and its leaders willfully crucify Y'shua each day by their words and actions, they have remade Y'shua into a Torahless Gentile so they can abandon righteousness and feel good about living carnal lives.
Y'shua didn't break Torah, nor did His talmidim, He made a way for us to observe the Torah joyfully... by Grace.
So the next time you hear...
Mashiyach!!! Mashiyach!!! Mashiyach!!!
Think about Y'shua!
May your joy be full in Him.
Shalom U'Vrachot,
Baruch Ben Daniel
P.S. Grace is a gift that Mashiyach gives you... but some people receive that gift... put it up on the mantle by the fireplace and never bother to open it. They talk about it, sing about it, read about it, TESTIFY about it but it stays there year after year and never gets opened and discovered.
What do you think they would find inside? A very beautiful and special gift that is far, far beyond the value of silver and gold? It's unique, made specially for you the one to whom it is given. It is your empowerment to exist in a fallen world and live like Y'shua. Radical. Contrary to the mainstream status quo. Think about it.
Imagine if a Christian person all of a sudden started living like Y'shua and his Apostles... all of a sudden they do Shabbat and enter into the Feasts and use the Name of YHWH when their church says NO! Really, imagine living like Mashiyach. You know as well as I do that there will be blood... you will pay... you are different... you don't fit.
Maybe you are now considering the REAL Mashiyach?
Did you know that "post apostolic church founders" made up a bunch of fictional apostles... like Barnabas of Alexandria a supposed "expert" on Paul... yes some pastors know this but will never tell you because of... tradition.
Christian tradition.
Did you know that post-apostolic founders they put "scripture" into Christian bibles that never existed in the earliest Greek or original Aramaic texts, like John 8 the story of the woman caught in adultery? That was inserted into Christian bibles to assure Christians that they could sleep with another man's wife and Jesus would forgive you... over and over again. It's a lie they made up (the church founders) so they can cater to the desires of the carnal flesh, if you are an adulterer there are plenty of churches who will make you feel good about it. This is just one example, I could give a hundred more but that's not the point... you'll find this out for yourself when you study the real Mashiyach.
Why did Rabbinical Judaism remove the Name of YHWH from the Tanakh where it refers to Mashiyach, the Memra of YHWH? Why? Because by the Second Century CE, Rabbinical Judaism was treading water. Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai had to spin a whole lot of tales to keep Jews from leaving the nest and following Mashiyach. The Temple was destroyed by the Romans (who became Christians by the way) and Jewish identity was at a low, so what to do? Make Jewish identity the focal point... by the way are you Jewish? You are!!! Wonderful, then you are a target to be enticed under Rabbinical authority. NO, you're not Jewish, ok have a nice day because if you're not Jewish then for the Rabbinical world you don't have a place within the religious Jewish community, unless you convert.
Jewish identity without Mashiyach is a farce. Mashiyach is the quintessential Jew! and he also came to the Goy... Isaiah 56 etc.
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When
you first heard the claims that Y'shua (or Jesus) was Messiah did you race home and grab
your Bible to find out whether he fit the bill for the Mashiyach
(Messiah)? Did you study your way deeply through the
Prophets to
figure out if Y'shua is the One and Only? No, that's not what people
generally do is it?!? Did you ask yourself WHY? Why
did what he do or could what he did make him Messiah or disqualify
him? What criterion do you judge him by? What we generally
do is ponder the many ideas we've been taught about Messiah, things like justice and
truth, and then we decide whether Y'shua
fits the picture of who we imagine Mashiyach is "supposed" to be. 
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