Worldwide Biblical Zionists
Update: Eddie Chumney is no longer involved with WBZ (11/26/2008). Details of disengagement unknown at this time. Also, other Two-House/Hebraic teachers' involvement status unknown.
Opportunities for Ephraim (10-Israel) to escape to Israel are increasing. One of the most notable recent developments is the formation of Worldwide Biblical Zionists. Their website is still under-development, but here is a brochure detailing their purpose and plans: pdf version.
Eddie Chumney (Hebraic Heritage Ministries) is taking on a big role in the newly formed org and he with Joel Bell, the founder/director, are drumming up alot of excitement and controversy.... all connected to the "controversy of Zion" of course. They also have a loose partnership with the World Likud Organization, which is causing some dismay among Messianics. Actually, I think the core of the dismay is that there is now one more competing force for Ephraim's wallet and attention (but that is the humble pessimist within me speaking).
I'm not privy to all the details, but it seems World Evangelical Zionists is the original org that has taken on a different name but with similar or exact same purpose.
I've really enjoyed listening to Joel Bell's heart and passion when talking about Ephraim standing with Judah and "building up Zion". You can watch and/or hear him and other key players speak at:
- www.wezion.org
- www.waytozion.org
Personally, I'm still watching and learning as much as I can before forming a strong opinion. WBZ may be the real deal. Joel Bell has received a lot of Judah's attention because of his compassionate support of the Gush Katif refugees. I suspect we'll be hearing much more from WBZ in the months and years to come, if they are what they claim to be and if יהוה is for them.
Restoration Conference in Portland, Oregon – July, 2008 (Jeff Benner audios)
In an email update from today, Jeff Benner let us know the following:
I have returned from the Restoration Conference in Portland Oregon and very much enjoyed it. I am adding the audio from my teachings to the website. You can find them at http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/1_audio.html. The three teachings are;
1. The Three Keys to Biblical Interpretation
2. The Semitic Origins of the New Testament.
3. An Introduction to Ancient Hebrew (There are two, one recorded in North Carolina and the other from the Portland Conference)In the future I hope to have the video for these teachings available as well.
Jeff A. Benner
Ancient Hebrew Research Center
http://www.ancient-hebrew.org
The Lost 10 Tribes in Rabbinic Literature
If you're a One-Houser (someone who doesn't accept the Two-House reality), then put on your seat belt because the incoming article is going to rip the cover off of your One-House paradigm better than any other you've scrutinized. Will the Lost Tribes Return? An Analysis of the Lost Tribes in Rabbinic Literature by Dennis Jones.
A brief segment of the article...
Have you ever asked yourself, “Will the Lost Tribes return?” It is a question which should be taken seriously by every student of the Bible. And yet, unfortunately, it is a question that does not even arise in the minds of millions of individuals who claim to believe the Bible and who claim to follow the Biblical faith. It is not that the term, “Lost Tribes,” is unknown. On the contrary, in the English speaking world, in particular, it has become widely known, having been bandied about in various book titles, newspaper and magazine articles, and even championed by some popular and not so popular religious groups. The tragedy is, however, that the vast majority of those who are familiar with the concept of the “Lost Tribes of Israel” have not taken it the least bit seriously. Instead, they have summarily relegated the subject of the Lost Tribes to the status of legend, fable or fantasy, without so much as a cursory investigation of the possible truth of the matter in Biblical and historical sources.
Now, these are not ignorant people; in fact, just the opposite. These individuals have excelled in various fields, from science, to mathematics, to social sciences, to history, and even including religion. Many have a fair to above average knowledge in all of these disciplines. One must wonder why so many relatively learned individuals, particularly those associated with one of the major religions associated with the Bible—Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism—have remained ignorant of the facts concerning the Lost Tribes of Israel. Is it that the idea of Lost Tribes does not have a solid Biblical and historical foundation? Or is it that the existence of lost Israelites is theologically irrelevant? Does the possible existence of several hundred million descendants of Jacob, who are currently unaware of their identity, but who may in the near future return to the God of Israel, to His Torah/Law as the standard of living, and to a close relationship with the Jewish people, not have a significant bearing on current beliefs and future social and political developments? Indeed, it will become obvious in the very near future that those who have brushed aside the vital topic of the Lost Tribes of Israel, without even an investigation, have made a grave mistake.
Fortunately, the situation is rapidly changing. Read full article...
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Will Eliyahu (Elijah) precede the restoration of 10-Israel?
Before the primary question is considered, lets ponder another related one: Did Eliyahu precede and bring about Judah's return to the Land of Israel?
No, יהוה used the governments of men to restore Judah from Persia in antiquity and in recent history. I see no reason to put extra-requirements on יהוה in order to restore Ephraim (10-Israel). We know from Scripture that Eliyahu will precede the Terrible Day of יהוה and Messiah (see When will Eliyahu come?), but where does it say Eliyahu will precede the regathering of at least a part of Ephraim?
Why should Ephraim receive a special prophet to evacuate them from suffering while Judah received no such prophet? Is Ephraim more special than Judah? No, Ephraim is not. Judah should have known and Ephraim should know that suffering and punishment is coming because of what Jeremiah 30:11 foretold. We can tickle our ears the same way Judah tickled her ears pre-1940s (thinking everything is going to be okay), but did the secular and religious false-prophets help save any of the Jews?
People question: I just don't see how the poor are going to return to Zion. How are we going to make it financially? But the thing Ephraim must realize is that many of the rich of Judah were made poor because of the German Nazis. And the surviving poor of Judah found a way to return, by foot, by boat, and by plane. The wise remnant of Ephraim will do the same as the wise of Judah. The surviving remnant will likely do the same as well. I'm completely for Eliyahu supernaturally providing for Ephraim and Judah's return. I would be content if יהוה just translated us all to Zion in the same fashion He did with Philip in Acts 8. And who knows, maybe He will do that in order to gather all "the woman" to Zion from the four corners of the Earth at a later period, but all I personally know now is that יהוה told His people to exit Babylon so we don't experience her judgments. The instruction to do so is starting to sound more than a little compelling. I understand Mystery Babylon (America) didn't come about until 1600 years after Revelation was given, but now we can identify Mystery Babylon the Daughter and we can discern the lateness of the age. Therefore, is it not prudent for us to leave Mystery Babylon before the proverbial and/or literal Persians destroy Babylon again?
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Recently, after sharing this website with a friend, she responded with this:
I noticed the "jewsandjoes"--I have to chuckle, since this last Sukkot in Israel, there were 15 with me at the Jaffa Gate. Several of our group were stopped by Orthodox Jews asking, "Are you one of the Joes?"
They know who we are...
I'm curious if others have experienced similar approaches by Judah. If so, please share them by leaving a comment below or from the link near the title.
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When will Elijah (Eliyahu) come? Malachi 4
Malachi 4:1-6:
1 "For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up," said יהוה of hosts, "which leaves to them neither root nor branch.
2 "But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall.
3 "And you shall trample the wrongdoers, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this," said יהוה of hosts.
4 "Remember the Torah of Mosheh, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Yisrael – laws and right-rulings.
5 "See, I am sending you Eliyah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה
6 "And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction."
Many believe, and rightly believe, that Eliyahu (Elijah) already came in the form of John the Immerser (the Baptist). But just as Yehoshua (Jesus) is coming a second time, so Eliyahu is coming yet a second time as a preceding witness in order to prepare the way for Him (Yehoshua). Eliyahu has not yet "restored all matters" as the Prophet Malachi (Chapters 3-4) indicates he would (just as Yehoshua confirms below). Read the following passage, but be careful not to gloss over verse 11.
Matthew 17:10-14:
10 And His taught ones asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Eliyahu has to come first?”
11 And Yehoshua answering, said to them, “Eliyahu is indeed coming first, and shall restore all matters.
12 “But I say to you that Eliyahu has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they wished. In this way the Son of Adam is also about to suffer by them.”
13 Then the taught ones understood that He had spoken to them about Yohanan the Immerser.
Yehoshua did not deny the future event, but indicated Eliyahu was already in their midst and prepared the way for His coming. Also note with the following passage that the Disciples of Yehoshua believed Eliyahu of Malachi 4:5 had yet come to "restore all matters". It was yet a future event, which is quite apparent even now (that is: it is still a future event).
Acts 3:19-23:
19 "Repent therefore and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, in order that times of refreshing might come from the presence of the Master,
20 and that He sends Yehoshua Messiah, pre-appointed for you,
21 whom heaven needs to receive until the times of restoration of all matters, of which Elohim spoke through the mouth of all His set-apart prophets since of old.
22 “For Mosheh truly said to the fathers, יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear according to all matters, whatever He says to you.
23 'And it shall be that every being who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' [ref. Deut. 18:18-20]
History and prophecy are frequently repeated or reoccur in dual events. In fact, sometimes History is Prophecy (for example: the First Exodus is a historical event that prophesied the Greater Exodus of Jeremiah 16 and 23).
The Great and Terrible Day
Now we just need to figure out when the Great and Terrible Day of יהוה is (otherwise known as the Great Tribulation). There are many things that point to its arrival in the middle of Daniel's 70th week, a 7 year Shmittah cycle, and lasting for 3 1/2 years or 42 months (Daniel 7:25,12:1; Matthew 24:21; Revelation 11:2-3,12:14,13:5). Malachi does not specify exactly how long "before" the Terrible Day of יהוה that Eliyahu will come. We simply know it is any time between "now" and the start of the Great Tribulation. There is good reason to believe he will be one of the Two Witnesses of Revelation who gather the First Fruits (the 144,000) to Jerusalem to be sealed, those representing a remnant from Judah and 10-Israel, just before the Terrible Day. Unless the regathering of the 144,000 (Rev 7) and "the woman" (Rev 12) is supernatural, it will take some amount of time to raise a sign in Tzion for them to see and be drawn to. Even so, Eliyahu will certainly be communicating urgency if the timing of the Day of Wrath is known and coming quickly.
There is an intriguing parallel between the 3 1/2 years that Eliyahu stopped the rain during King Ahab's reign (I Kings 17:1) and the future 3 1/2 years of Great Tribulation. Yet again, it is uncertain how soon Eliyahu will come before the beginning of the 42 months, but we should find comfort in knowing that a great prophet will be warning the sheep before the Terrible Day. Just make sure your ears are open and willing to hear his message (much of the Christian, Jewish, and Secular world will oppose him). His message will not contradict the Prophets of the Tanakh. It will resemble Malachi 3-4 especially. And just like those righteous prophets of old, the people will want to kill Eliyahu too.
I highly recommend Tim McHyde's book, Know the Future. He goes into much greater detail regarding Elijah's arrival and other things to expect and watch for.
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Priests (Cohanim) of Future Temple Get Fitted For Holy Garments
Future Temple Jewish Priests Get Fitted For Holy Garments (Arutz Sheva).
"(IsraelNN.com) As the Jewish People continue their national return to their ancestral homeland, tailors at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem’s Old City began taking measurements of Kohanim (the priestly tribe designated to run the Temple services) earlier this month in anticipation of an even bigger event -- the dedication of the Third Temple."
"Yehuda Glick, director of the Temple Institute, presided over the first-ever fitting of Kohanim for their priestly garments. “Today, in this room, Kohanim are being measured for the first time in 2,000 years for the type of garments they will be wearing in the rebuilt Temple," announced Glick to an audience of rabbis, reporters and cameramen on hand to witness the historic event."
The “Lord of the Sabbath” has the Last Word on the “lunar sabbath”
The following abstract was taken from Michael Rood's Astronomically and Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar (2008).
"The Julian calendar (instituted in 45 B.C.E. by Julius Caesar) is the reckoning of time that is utilized for astronomical calculations and for computing events in ancient history. NASA's calculated accuracy for the Julian calendar is measurably better than 1 millionth of a second. The calculations for the Astronomically and Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar for dates before 1582 are all calculated and expressed in the Julian mode. The Gregorian calendar was instituted in 1582 to rectify the miscalculation of leap years inherent in the Julian system. Pontifex Maximus Gregory XIII, added 10 days to the calendar at midnight, Thursday, October 4th which became Friday, October 15th. The seven-day week, and the seventh day Sabbath have continued uninterrupted from both the Julian and Hebrew reckoning - and it is highly probable that it has continued uninterrupted since creation week."
"It has been astronomically and mathematically verified that the Sabbath that Yahshua kept is the same day of the week that it is now. The astronomical proofs are precise to 1/1,000,000th of a second and the mathematical calculations are accurate to within 1/10,000,000th of a day. This irrefutable data constitutes prima facie evidence that the recently concocted "lunar-sabbath" is pure fiction. If Yahshua did not find it necessary to "renovate" the Sabbath when he was here, but meticulously guarded its sanctity, I think it is presumptuous and impertinent to assume that one knows more about the "correct" Sabbath than Yahshua did. I am not of the mind to straighten "the Lord of the Sabbath" out concerning this particular issue! Considering the multiple "fatal errors" in the various lunar-sabbath systems which attempt to invent a sabbath that coincides with the phases of the moon, this is, by far, the most fatal. I will stick with Yahshua on the 7th day Sabbath. Messianic believers can be absolutely confident that they are keeping the same Sabbath that the Creator keeps. Frivolous case dismissed!!!"
Go here to purchase Michael Rood's 2009 Astronomically and Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar.
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Save an Israeli Child from Abortion
Below is a special appeal from Mike Evans for the children of Israel:
This week 500 innocent Israeli children will be murdered because of abortion; 26,000 precious Jewish lives will be lost in one year. These are children who could possibly grow up to be teachers, scientists, doctors and, one day, leaders of the nation.
In an average week in Israel, nine people are killed in roadside accidents; one Israeli soldier is murdered; 500 innocent babies are killed. The silence is deafening.
But there is something we can do today. There are several pro-life Jewish organizations in Israel that are saving babies. The economy of Israel has been devastated because of terrorism. Many women choosing to have abortions are doing so because of economic reasons.
Last year over 3,000 babies were saved by Israeli pro-life agencies. I have been told they can save twice that number next year, if they have the funds. Your gift today can help save the lives of these unborn children.
Your donation today will provide:
- Monthly food and baby supplies delivered to the mother’s door; this includes diapers, formula, canned and dry food for a year.
- Free baby equipment, including a crib, stroller, and baby bath for the new baby.
- Blankets, clothes, bottles and other items for the new baby.
Satan has attempted throughout history to destroy Jewish lives. He tried in Pharaoh’s day, Esther’s day, and Daniel’s day. He even determined to kill all the babies in Jerusalem to prevent the Messiah from fulfilling His God-ordained destiny.
More than a million Russian Jews are living in Israel; many of them are living in poverty. It’s heart-breaking to know that a young Jewish girl could end the life of her child simply because she did not have the money to care for the baby. You and I can light a candle today rather than curse the darkness by making a contribution to save a life.
Mother Theresa and I prayed together for the children of Israel. While in Rome, she asked me to pray for her upcoming trip. She said, “I am going to the poorest country on earth – America; it suffers from the poverty of spirit.” When she arrived in America she spoke at a National Prayer Breakfast and cautioned the leaders of America “Don’t kill your children. If you don’t want them, give them to me.”
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Matthew 19:14)
The King will reply, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:40)
I am prayerfully asking you today to help save an unborn child by making a contribution.
Your ambassador,
Dr. Mike Evans
The Jerusalem Prayer Team is a prayer movement of people around the world with the goal of enlisting one million people in America to pray daily and 100,000 houses of worship praying weekly for the peace of Jerusalem. The mission of the Jerusalem Prayer Team is to guard, defend and protect the Jewish people and Eretz Israel until Israel is secure, and until the Redeemer comes to Zion. It is a non-denominational organization that receives no support from the Nation of Israel. You can learn more about the Jerusalem Prayer Team and its projects at http://jerusalemprayerteam.org.
Bible Publishers Sued for Anti-Homosexual References
Newsmax reporting Bible Publishers Sued for Anti-Gay References:
A Michigan man is seeking $70 million from two Christian publishers for emotional distress and mental instability he received during the past 20 years from versions of the Bible that refer to homosexuality as a sin.
Bradley LaShawn Fowler, a gay man, claims his constitutional rights were infringed upon by Zondervan Publishing Co. and Thomas Nelson Publishing, both of which, he claims, deliberately caused homosexuals to suffer by misinterpretation of the Bible.
This is a classic example of our culture calling "evil good and good evil".
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Society is snow balling into moral confusion and decay partially because they have let man-made rules define our cultural values while neglecting what the actual scriptures say (in both Christianity and Judaism) and then when the rest of society (that part which would have no rules (except the rule to have no rules)) gains judicial control over the rest of us, we have to submit and/or be punished based upon their rule to have no rules. Here is the growing theme: "There are absolutely no absolutes and by golly don't cause me any mental or emotional distress or I'll sue you and yours for 70 mill."
Fowler admits that every Bible printed is a translation that can be interpreted in many ways, but he says specifically using the word “homosexual” is not a translation but a change.
Fowler is most concerned with 1 Corinthians 6:9. See three major version translations below:
(NIV) Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
(KJV) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
(ASV) Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
The underlying Greek word being translated differently is: Arsenokoites (G733), which has generally been thought to mean "a sodomite: abuser of self with mankind" and is derived from the Greek word: Koite (G2749) which means "a couch; by extension cohabitation; by implication the male sperm: bed, chambering, X conceive". By looking at the context of the verse, I'm curious how else homosexuals think this word could be alternatively translated.
Largely because people have been taught that "Jesus nailed the Law to the Cross", they seem to forget Apostle Paul was not deriving his statements, as in 1 Corinthians, from living in a vacuum. He was a Jew from the Israelite tribe of Benjamin who had likely memorized the entire text of the Torah (if not large tracts of it). And the Torah plainly says this:
Leviticus 20:13 ‘And a man who lies with a male as he lies with a woman: both of them have done an abomination, they shall certainly be put to death, their blood is upon them.
Just as in ancient Israel, individuals today are not allowed to "take the Law into their own hands". Homosexuals were put to death by the assembly of Israelite Elders (Judges). Vigilantes were rare and rarely accepted. We now have a system of Judges in the USA which also have the right in some states to put persons to death for some crimes, but Homosexuality has not been a crime punishable with death for a very long time in this country. Currently, if a person murders a homosexual for being homosexual, that person him/herself would also be put to death in some states or at least go to prison for life. And no one is forcing homosexuals to read the Bible translations which cause them deserved emotional distress and no one is forcing them to fellowship with people who do read those Bible translations and rightly teach against homosexuality.
I've had homosexual friends and lovingly talked with them and disagreed with their behavior, but I do not think they themselves are evil. I see their activity/actions as evil. Men were simply not designed to lie with other men and that is why it is considered abominable and wickedness. Wickedness (Ra) is basically defined in Hebrew as breaking the design/function of something. See my article What does the word "Wickedness" mean in Hebrew? for more details.
Sadly, one of my concerns in posting this is whether or not my webhost will one day turn off my domain account simply because of my Torah-stance on this issue or similar controversial issues. Even so, Torah is Light, and I must speak the Light as long as I am able. The World hates the Light because mankind loves darkness more than Light (John 3:19).
VIDEO: Ministry of Yeshua (Jesus) 3.5 years or 70 Weeks (490 days)?
Many ask: "What does it matter how long Yeshua's ministry lasted?" The reason this matters is because there are numerous prophetic parallels between Yeshua's first coming (as the Suffering Servant) with His future coming as the Anointed Son of David, King of Israel. There are at least 3 levels to Daniel's 70 Week Prophecy and Yeshua's ministry chronologically falls into precisely that, 70 Weeks.
YouTube The Jonah Code - Disk 3
YouTube The Jonah Code - Disk 3
The following quotes taken from The Greatest Story NEVER Told! The Jonah Code and the Seventy Weeks Prophecy of Daniel by Michael Rood.
"From when Yahshua was baptized in water, into the Spring, the Summer, and all the way around to the Fall, showing you week by week exactly where Yahshua was with no lapse in time at all. Then we find out there is a miracle that takes place in every one of the Gospels, the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. It takes place two weeks and three days before the Feast of Tabernacles (in everyone of the Gospels). However, in some of the ancient Greek texts, 8 Greek words were added in: "and Passover, Feast of the Jews was nigh". And what that did was artificially expand the length of Yeshua's ministry. They added, literally, 6 and a half months of absolutely blank canvas into the Gospel record."
There are many places in our English Bible translations where Yeshua is falsely depicted as being anti-Torah (no doubt He was anti-Takkanot), but it is rare that entire sentences are added into the text like in the case of John 6:4 for such purposes. Rood continues:
"Then we see what they [scribes] did add was a Passover that doesn't exist. A Passover that Yahshua never goes up to. We see exactly what He is doing for the next two weeks. He never goes any where near Jerusalem, but He does feed five thousand people with leavened bread (which I now affectionately refer to as the Feast of Leavened Bread). Five days later, He feeds another four thousand people with Leavened Bread. He teaches a whole synagogue full of people who are disobedient to the Torah and they're hanging out in the Galilee instead of being up at Jerusalem. For this whole two week period of time, He is doing nothing but violating the Torah, if those words were in the original text."
Rood then describes how this falsified Passover is followed up with five and half months of more blank canvas until we come all the way back around to the Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot).
"...Yahshua's ministry, if it is a fulfillment of Daniel's Prophecy, is going to be 70 weeks, exactly 490 days from the day He is baptized until the day He baptizes with the Holy Spirit, one of the layers of Daniel."
"The early church fathers, the first and second centuries after the Gospels were written, Clement of Alexandria, being the foremost on this, said that Yahshua's ministry was about one year in duration. Four other church fathers in the first two centuries afterwards said that His ministry was about a year in duration. And you know what all the rest of the church fathers said? Absolutely nothing. They didn't dispute it!"
Quotes taken from The Greatest Story NEVER Told! The Jonah Code and the Seventy Weeks Prophecy of Daniel by Michael Rood.
The other year which is typically used to artificially expand Yeshua's ministry is determined by reckoning John 5:1 with yet another Passover, when it is actually the Festival of Shavout (Pentecost). Adding these two extra Passovers into the Ministry equation is the reason modern teachers insist Yeshua ministered for 3 and a half years before His ascension back to the Father. When you take these two non-Passovers out of the equation, His ministry beautifully shrinks back down to 70 Weeks (490 days). To go into this in greater detail, get Rood's teaching: 70 Week Ministry of the Messiah.
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