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The Final Gathering
2. Our Chaotic World
The world of paganism has been waiting for the 21th century for a long time. Secretive occultic élites have been teaching for over a century that the year 2000 would mark the end of the Piscean Age and the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. What this means in their language is that they believe we are moving out of the Age of the Fishes, which they equate with Christianity (one of whose early symbols was a fish before the crucifix largely replaced it) and into the Age of the Water-bearer, or the New Age religion, which is a mishmash of paganism, occultism, Hinduism, and every religious idea that is basically not Christian.
In the previous chapter we saw how many symbolic or nominal (unregenerated) "Christians" would be fooled by the end-time Antichrist. How could this be possible? What will there be about him that will virtually close their minds to what the Bible actually teaches about the second coming of the Messiah?
The vast majority of Christians, so-called, not only hardly ever open their Bibles (if they have one) but rarely put their noses into a church building unless it is for a funeral, a marriage, a christening/baptism, or one of the major festivals like Christmas or Easter. Most of them have never bothered to find out what their religion actually teaches. For centuries the dominant Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe banned Bible reading altogether and it has only been in the last four or five centuries, after nearly a thousand years of great darkness, that people have been able to actually read Yahweh's Word. Though you may think this freedom would open the doors to a pure fountain of truth, in actual fact it has brought mixed blessings. Once the Bible was out in the open, it was not long before various scholarly men, under orders from various shadowy occultic organisations, began corrupting it. In truth, the corruption had begun over a millennium before as falsified manuscripts were produced by an occultic school in Alexandria, Egypt. The result has been many versions of the Bible that have led many to question its truthfulness.
Today there are so many Bible versions on the market that it is bewildering to know which to choose. Each newer version is often more corrupt than the previous ones; ignoring even the manuscript evidence, from which we translate our Bibles, wicked men have become even more audacious in recent times. They don't even care what the original writers wrote any more and simply change the Word of Yahweh to suit themselves. Unwilling to accept Yahweh as our Father, for example, men and women, influenced by pagan philosophies have attempted to neuter Him to an "It" or make Him out to be an hermaphrodite possessing both genders. The hidden agenda of many of those producing these Bibles is basically to move Christianity into a form of neo-paganism.
The Antichrist-agenda is to create a One World Religion which is thoroughly pagan, a form of dressed-up witchcraft. It's purpose is to convince people that they are God (Elohim) and/or Christ (Messiah) themselves. This religious philosophy is called Pantheism. In order to infiltrate and corrupt Christianity, which they have now successfully done, they have taken the vocabulary of the Bible and redefined it. And so, instead of turning to the Christ, Yah'shua, for salvation, the seeker is being told to "find the Christ within" so that he himself can become "a Christ". Every Christian symbol has been twisted around to fit into a New Age paradigm so that meaningful discussion becomes impossible without first defining clearly what each and every major biblical term, like "the cross", actually means. This is made increasingly more difficult by all the paganised Bibles that are now being printed and promoted. A time will come when the only "Bibles" available in the stores will be these New Age versions and finding the Truth will become harder and harder. Possessing some of the "older" versions like the King James Version, the Revised Version, and the newer more accurate Messianic versions, will at some time probably become a criminal offence.
Not only are our Bibles being changed but we are being conditioned to think in terms of the new pagan paradigms at school, in magazines and newspapers, on television, and in every form of mass media. The whole human race is being taught to think in a non-Christian way. The prophecy of novellist George Orwell, who wrote a spine-chilling doomsay vision of the future in a book called "1984" where language was being continuously modified into "Newspeak" and where history was being rewritten so often that nobody knew what the past was anymore, is most certainly slowly (but at an ever accelerated pace) coming to pass. Orwell also foresaw the disappearance of sex and the biological cloning of the human race. In one of the major tabloid magazines published to commemorate the millennium shift to 2000, a picture was presented of "virtual sex" whereby a man or woman could enjoy whatever pleasure he or she desired without ever having to have physical contact with anyone. Marriage, the magazine predicted, would soon be a thing of the past, along with all concepts of the nuclear family. How well Paul said that men and women would abandon natural sexual relations in the end-time (Rom.1:24-27) who would "not think it worth while to retain the knowledge of Elohim, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done" (v.28, NIV).
Those who lived through the communist era will know that the men and women behind this atheist philosophy had as one of their goals to create mass collectivism and erode individualism. The great goal of all the pagan religions, as typified by Hinduism and Buddhism (from which they all ultimately spring), sees as the goal of mankind a complete depersonalisation of the species, free of human emotions and sentiments. That to which all Buddhists aspire is the complete destruction of the ego with the final destiny of man being complete absorption into an amorphous, impersonal "force". This state of imaginary bliss they call "Nirvana" which is attained by emptying oneself of all that is human.
For the past half century the West has been bombarded by Eastern religious ideas and techniques. Medidation, yoga, martial arts, occultic practice, and the like - once considered quaint oriental curiosities a century ago - are now mainstream. Whilst the majority of Westerners say they believe in "God" still, it is, for the most part, not the biblical Yahweh but the impersonal force of the pagans, so lucidly popularised by the creator of the Star Wars movies. Belief in astrology and reincarnation is now mainstream. Eastern meditation techniques are now a part of the corporate world too as well as some school curricula. Induction into a sanitised version of Hindu paganism is pretty hard to avoid in the world today. The world has become Hindu without anyone really noticing it. It is one of the most clever invasions that has ever taken place because it has happened so slowly and gradually that it has caught the West unawares in spite of prophetic voices that have been lifted up in warning. Now nobody gives it a second thought and to be in the minority that criticises it is to be looked down upon as "strange", "politically incorrect", or at worse, "antisocial" and possibly, in the not too distant future, "reactionary" and to be possessed of "religious hatred" and "intolerance". And we hear in such sentiments the echoes of the old Roman Empire which tried to embrace all religions and persecuted any that claimed to be the exclusive bearers of truth.
The world has moved on in its march towards self-destruction. Like the frog being gradually warmed up so that it does not know it is being boiled to death, the former Christian Western world has found itself suddenly paganised without even noticing it. Never at any time has Satan had so much control of the minds and hearts of men, and yet this is just the beginning of something infinitely more horrible that will suddenly jolt men and women to their senses. But by then it will be too late - the trap will have been closed and the Devourer will plunge into an orgy of wickedness, destruction and death.
Whether the Christian world likes to admit it or not, the governments, financial institutions, educational establishments, schooling systems, ecumenical councils and most of the major historical church denominational ruling bodies of this planet are already in the hands of satanists and witches and/or their unsuspecting allies. Though this may sound incredible and even preposterous to those who have not dug deep into the spiritual and philsophical currents that have been moving in these bodies this last century, or who have willfully closed their eyes so as not to make waves, it is nevertheless true. And they would not be the first to react in such a way. The vast majority of the German population refused to believe, until it was too late, that the Nazi party they had brought to power was actually mass murdering a whole race in front of their very eyes. We are, alas, an incredulous and stupid species at times.
A fruit that is blemished or only slightly rotten may yet be eaten if the rot can be cut out. But when the decay has fully set in, that fruit is worthy only to be thrown away. The same principle applies to political and religious institutions: whereas in the past there may well have been an honourable place for Christian men and women in politics (and may still possibly be in some isolated instances), government is now so corrupt and so heavily infiltrated by satanists and their stooges that their effect as Christians on society would be worse than useless. There was recently a Christian Prime Minister in Norway but he was so controlled by party politics that he was forced to turn a blind eye to his religious convictions in order to continue holding office. Most of the bigger and older churches are also so entrenched in centuries of tradition and have their fingers in so many secular pies that they are beyond the touch of spiritual reformation or genuine revival. It will not be long before they are first absorbed back into their Roman Catholic mother church and from thence into the coming One World Religion.
The scriptures plainly teach that "in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron" (1 Tim.4:1-2, NIV). The apostacy in Christianity is fast ripening into an evil fruit that cannot be reclaimed for Yah'shua any longer and we had better be sure that we have no part of it if we wish to be delivered from the calamity to come.
The scriptures clearly portray the end-time Messianic Community or Church as a small "remnant". Notice how this remnant is described and what its fate is to be: "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Elohim, and have the testimony of Yah'shua the Messiah" (Rev.12:17, KJV). The end-time Christians have three characteristics: (a) they are persecuted; (b) they are a commandment-keeping people; and (c) they have a sure testimony of the biblical Yah'shua.
If anybody tells you that they do not expect persecution, that they do not believe in keeping the commandments any more, or if they talk of a Yah'shua who is different from the one in the New Testament, then you may immediately know that he is not only not a part of the end-time remnant but that he is almost certainly a false Christian.
"WHAT??" you might exclaim in disbelief. "But Brother X has an incredible ministry - he is reponsible for leading hundreds to Christ. He has cast demons out of people, healed the sick, raised the dead, converted Muslims, Hindus, and the heathen, built churches, and has a following of thousands. Look at his fruits (Mt.7:16)".
But conveniently these same people who are protesting in support of such super-ministers forget what Yah'shua said: "Many will say to me on that day, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, `I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'" (Mt.7:22-23, NIV).
People today are swallowed up by the eloquent talking, fantastic prophecies, astounding miracle-working, deliverance ministries, and huge gatherings of many of today's super-evangelists and never pause to consider that maybe they belong to that class of people whom Yah'shua amazingly calls "evildoers". And if you are still surprised by this, then do you not owe it to yourself to examine the matter more closely? For what do you suppose is the fate of those who support and spiritually ride on the backs of these "evildoers"?
What is it that these evildoers did wrong? Yah'shua tells us: "Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven" (Mt.7:21, NIV - emphasis added).
Let me explain. What if Yahweh has called you to be a pastor but you decide you're going to be an evangelist? Such a person is not in the will of Yahweh, is he?. Though he may have, on the surface, a fantastic ministry, if he is not doing what his Master commands - and knows it - then he is in open rebellion. And what does Yahweh think of rebellion? "For rebellion is like the sin of divination (witchcraft), and arrogance like the evil of idolatry" (1 Sam.15:23, NIV). Whilst there is forgiveness for rebellion with genuine repentance (Num.14:18), it is nevertheless a most serious sin indeed.
I wonder if you recall the story of King Saul? He thought he would do a great service for Yahweh and honour Him by offering sacrifices he was not entited to make using animals he had been commanded to destroy. His heart was all wrong. But, no, he thought he would do it anyway, and so win his people's respect. His judgement by the prophet Samuel was swift and harsh: "To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams" (1 Sam.15:22, NIV). And so it must be with the true disciple of Yahweh-Elohim - we must listen carefully to His commandments and make sure we obey Him, doing things His way and not ours.
I present but two scenarios. But how are we to avoid slipping into rebellion unawares? What if we find it hard to know what Yahweh's will is? If that is a problem for us then there is, more than likely, something defective in our spiritual lives. How many Christians do you know who agonise over what they should be doing for the Master with their lives? How many find Him distant and hard to reach? Too many. Any why does this state of affairs exist? The reasons can be many but in my experience it is because they are not walking as the remnant are supposed to be walking - in His commandments (Rev.12:17; Jn.14:15). There is no way of coming to a specific knowledge of His will if we are failing to do what He wants in a general sense: "We know that we have come to know Him if we obey His commands. The man who says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him" (1 Jn.2:3-4, NIV). Our aim is to please our Heavenly Father (1 Jn.3:22). So why do people refuse to acknowledge that Christians should be commandment-keepers? Why are those who keep the commandments accused of being heretics or apostate legalists? It is because their accusers do not know the scriptures - it is because they ignore those they do not like, which do not fit into their pet theories. They fail to realise that "those who obey His commands live in Him, and He in them. And this is how we know that He lives in us: We know it by the Ruach (Spirit) He gave us" (1 Jn.3:24, NIV).
Do you now see what the problem is? Those who refuse to live the commandments do not receive the Ruach; and without the Ruach they cannot discern the truth. They are thus left to work theologies out with their fleshy minds based on isolated sets of scriptures without consideration for the whole Word of Elohim! And when you tell them the scriptural truth, they frequently react angrily, thus demonstrating that the Ruach haQodesh is not in them, "for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that Elohim desires" (Jas.1:20, NIV). This is a very serious matter indeed for it is all too common. Beware of those who are enraged when the Word of Elohim contradicts them (1 Tim.2:8; Col.3:8; Eph.4:32; 2 Cor.12:20), "for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger" (Rom.2:8, NIV).
In this end-time scenario there will be no place for personal agendas based on misunderstood scriptures. Yahweh is birthing His end-time remnant Messianic Community and it isn't going to be anything like the churches in the world today, close though many of them may be to the truth.
The battle today is principally in the arena of truth. Until we have got a rocky foundation of truth, our thinking is going to be distorted, we aren't going to be able to follow the Ruach Elohim, and we're going to find ourselves outside of His will even though it may appear that we are truly about building the Kingdom. The problem is that so few know what that Kingdom is. For most it is just an internal condition. However, we must not forget that when Yah'shua returns to this earth the second time it is not just to build a kingdom of the heart but a theocratic state. We are, whether we like it or not, moving into a wholly new spiritual realm. And unless we pepare for it now, we're going to fall victim to the satanic world that surrounds us and have no way of escape.
Glossary of MLT Hebraic, Greek and English Terms For other terms and full details please see the Micropedia
A
Adon(ai) = Master, a pagan fertility god, Adonis; used by many Messianics but not MLT
(a)eon(ian) = 7 dispensation- or age-long time periods, not forever (see le-olam-va-ed)
Alef-Tav = Alpha-Omega, A-Z, first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet = Yah'shua
Amen = truly, let it be so, written Amein by some Messianics
Apocrypha = Hebraic Scriptures not a part of the Protestant canon (e.g. Baruch)
Anti-Messiah = Hebraic term for the end-time Antichrist or anyone opposed to the Messiah
antinomian = lawless Christian who disregards all or part of Torah/commandments
Ashkenazi Jew = East European Jew descended from the Turkic-Japhethite Khazars
Assembly = church, congregation, ekklesia, community, fellowship, koinonia, gathering
Azazel = the Yom Kippur scapegoat
B
Baal, Ba'al = any other master than Yahweh, usually demonic in MLT terminology
Bachor(im) = firstborn son(s)
Bar/Bat Mitzvah = Son/Daughter of Commandment, covenant to obey Torah at age 12
being = soul, the whole person (spirit and body), e.g. "my whole being"
Beit, bet, beth = house, e.g. Beit Yisrael (House of Israel), Beth Lechem (House of Bread)
Beit haMikdash = Yahweh's Temple in Yerushalayim
B'rit Chadashah = the New Covenant; B'rit Chadashah Scriptures = New Testament
B'rit Milah = circumcision - abolished in the B'rit Chadashah, replaced by Mikvah
C
canon = authoritative Scripture (Heb. qaneh, Gk. kanôn = measuring instrument)
Catechumen = a serious, covenanted investigator seeking Mikvah or Baptism in MLT
Chag haMatzah = Feast of Unleavened Bread, second of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Chavurat Bekorot = MLT's Priesthood Order, Holy Order and Assembly of the Firstborn
Cohen = priest; Cohen Gadol = High Priest (also spelled Kohen)
Council of Yah's elohim = the heavenly Assembly of the Firstborn or Chavurat Bekorot
D
demon = fallen malek or angel in rebellion against Yahweh (Heb. shad; see Êl-Shaddai)
derech = the Way, Path or Road - Yah'shua and the Gospel are the Way
Drash = moral or homiletic interpretation of Scripture - see PaRDeS
E
Echad = One, Union of two or more in one (as opposed to Yachid) - see Elohim
Echad Godhead Doctrine = Father Yahweh, Son Yah'shua and Sevenfold Ruach (Mother)
Êl, Eloah, Elah = God the Father, Yahweh
Êl-Elyon = Most High God, Yahweh
Êl-Shaddai = Master/Lord over all shads or demons
Elohim = God, the Godhead (Father, Son & Holy Spirit), lit. 'Mighty One(s)', 'Ruler(s)'
elohim = Israelite judges, rulers, angels or gods (false deities, idols, demons)
emunah = faith, actively trusting, clinging or adhering to (especially Yahweh or Yah'shua)
emet = truth, Yah'shua is the Emet
Ephraimite = descendant of the patriarch Ephraim and head of Messsianic Israel
F
Feasts of Yahweh = the 7 annual Moedim (Pesach, Chag haMatzah, Yom haBikkurim, Shavu'ot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot)
G
Gan-Eden = Garden of Eden, Paradise and state of the purified heart in Messiah
goy(im) = nation(s), Israelites or gentiles not born in or converted to the Covenant
H
hallelu-Yah = praise Yah(weh)!
Heylel = proper name of Satan or haSatan = the Adversary, the devil
Sabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)
Hochmah = Wisdom, title of the 7-fold Ruach haQodesh
I
IDL = International Date Line, false man-made time division in Pacific Ocean
IDL Zone = Area between the true Divine Date Line (Lake Van/Eden) and the false one
Israeli = citizen of the modern Edomite-Khazar Republic of Israel (not Biblical Israel)
Israelite = citizen of biblical state of Israel or a modern follower of the Messiah
J
Jew = post-biblical term describing descendants of Edomite and Khazar converts to Judaism
Johannine = pertaining to the Apostle Yochanan (e.g. Gospel of John)
Josephite = descendant of the patriarch Joseph, the head of Messianic Israel
Judahite = a person in direct descent from the patriarch Judah, forefather of the Messiah
Judaism = a Talmudic-based religion rejecting Yah'shua the Messiah
Judean = a citizen of the Kingdom or Province of Judah until the 2nd Century diaspora
K
Kadosh la Yahweh = set-apart or dedicated to Yahweh, 'Holiness to the Lord', MLT motto
Karaites = Jews (from 700 AD) who reject the Talmud and accept only the Tanakh
kashrut = keeping kosher, food laws of Yahweh and correspinding lifestyle
Ketuvim = Writings or Hagiographa of the Tanakh
Khazar = a Turkic convert to Judaism ~700 AD forming the Ashkenazi Jewish community
kosher = clean foods authorised by Yahweh for human consumption
L
Lashon Hara = evil-speaking, gossip or slander
legalism = false route to salvation through works (self-salvation)
le-olam-va-ed = dispensation- or age-long, aeonian, not eternal, forever or for eternity
Lev = heart, as in Lev-Tsiyon = heart of Zion
Lev-Tsiyon = Heart of the Fortress [of Yahweh], Hebrew name of MLT's founder
M
Master = Lord, Sir, Adon(ai) - (one in authority, a ruler - a king, husband, prophet, judge)
Malak(im) = Angel(s), heavenly supernatural messenger(s)
manna = wafers of honey, bread from heaven (lit. 'what is this?')
matzah = unleavened bread, see Chag haMatzah
Menorah = 7-armed candlearbra = the 7 annual Moedim and 7-fold Ruach haQodesh
Messiah = Christ; Anti-Messiah = Antichrist
Messianic Community = Body of Christ, sum total of all true believers; all true fellowships
Messianic Israel = all who worship Yahweh, trust in Yah'shua, obey Torah and overcome
Messianic Jew = Messianic convert from Judaism still clinging to Talmudic traditions
Midrash = aggadic interpretation of scripture viâ Drash, a scriptural discussion
Mikvah = baptism by immersion of convert into Yah'shua or of wife into husband
Mishpachah = family: nuclear, congregational, tribal or the whole of Messianic Israel
MLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon = family of the heart of the fortress [of Yahweh]
Mishpat = right-ruling or judgement
mitzvah/mitzvot = commandment(s)
moed(im) = appointment(s) of Yahweh, 7 Annual Feasts, Sabbath and Rosh Chodesh
N
Nefilim, Nephilim = giant offspring of materialised demons and human women
Nevi'im = prophetic writings of the Old Testament or Tanakh
New Birth = spiritual conversion in the Ruach haRishon, being 'born again' with new heart
Nidah = a woman's menstruation period during which no intercourse is permitted
O
Olive Branch = collection of revelations, prophecies and visions published by MLT
P
Paraclete = Comforter, Advocate (NEB), Counsellor, Ruach haQodesh (Gk. paraklêtos)
PaRDeS = method of textual interpretation (homiletics) - see P'shat, Remez, Drash, Sod
Patriarch = a father who is head of his family, clan or tribe (lit. 'father-ruler')
Pentateuch = first five books of the Tanakh (Genesis-Deuteronomy), also called Torah
peribolaion = headcovering worn by daughters/wives in submission to fathers/husbands
Pesach = Passover, first of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Peshitta = an Aramaic version of the Bible
Prototrinitarianism = early, simplified MLT formulation of the Echad Godhead Doctrine
Prush(im) = Pharisee(s)
Pseudepigrapha = Non-canonical Hebrew writings additional to the Apocrypha
P'shat = literal, contextual, philological, exoteric, outer meaning of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Q
Qadosh Qadoshim = Holy of Holies, most sacred set-apart room of the Beit haMikdash
Qodesh, Kodesh = set-apart, holy (see Ruach haQodesh)
R
Rabbi = Teacher, term used by Messianic Jews and some Messianic Israelites = Pastor
Refuge, the 12 Cities of = divinely protected MLT fortresses during the 7-year Tribulation
Remez = hint or allegorical level of Hebraic understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Rosh Chodesh = monthly New Moon appointment of Yahweh
ruach = spirit of a person (lit.'breath')
Ruach Elohim = Spirit of God (the Spirit of the collective Godhead or Elohim)
Ruach haChamashee = 5th Ruach presides over Yom Teruah and Yom Chamashee
Ruach haQodesh = the Sevenfold Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost (lit. 'Set-Apart Breath')
Ruach haRevee = 4th Ruach presides over Shavu'ot, Yom Revee and Bar Mitzvah
Ruach haRishon = 1st Ruach presides over Pesach, Yom Rishon and the New Birth
Ruach haShanee = 2nd Ruach presides over Chag haMatzah and Yom Shanee
Ruach haSheshi = 6th Ruach presides over Yom Kippur and Yom Sheshi
Ruach haShleshi = 3rd Ruach presides over Yom haBikkurim, Yom Shleshi and Mikvah
S
Sabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)
Satan = rebel archangel Heylel, father of lies, devil, chief demon (lit.'Adversary')
Sephardic Jew = West European Jew of mixed blood containing many Judahites
Septuagint = Greek translation of the Tanakh, LXX
Shegal haShabbat = 7th Ruach (Sabbath Queen) presides over Sukkot and Yom Shabbat
Shekinah = Divine Presence and Glory of Yahweh-Elohim
Set-apart = holy, sanctified, consecrated, dedicated, separated (to and by Yahweh)
Shabbat-Shabbaton = High Sabbath (e.g. Yom Kippur)
Shalom = heavenly peace, standard Hebraic greeting invoking Yahweh's peace
Shamash(im) = servant(s), deacon(s), attendant(s)
Shavu'ot = Pentecost or Weeks, fourth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Sheol = grave or pit, euphamism for Hades or hell - also see Tartarus
shofar = ram's horn, blown during Yahweh's Moedim
simcha = joy, keynote of Sukkot
Sod = mystical, anagogic, inner or esoteric understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Sukkot = Tabernacles or Booths, seventh of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Synagogue = Greek word used by Jews and Messianics (but not MLT) for a meeting house
T
talmid(a) = male/female disciple or student
Talmud = scriptures, teachings and commentaries belonging to non-Messianic Judaism
Tanakh = acronym for Old Testament Scriptures - Torah, Nevi'im & Ketuvim
Tartarus = place of imprisonment under the earth for rebellious angels and Nephilim
teshuvah = repentance, remorse and contrition leading back to Torah obedience
Torah = Yahweh's teachings or Law; New Covenant Torah includes Yah'shua's teachings
Tribulation, the Great = the final 7 years of the present aeon when Anti-Messiah rules
Trinity = Catholic Godhead formula - see Echad Godhead Doctrine and Prototrinitarianism
Tsiyon = Zion, a fortress, a name of Jerusalem and a prominent hill
Tzitzit/Tizitziyot = tassel(s) worn by men in remembrance of Torah
U
Universalism = salvation of all at the cosmic Yovel, with different rewards and punishments
Y
Yachid = one, single person or item, as opposed to Echad (many in one, unity)
Yah'shua the Messiah = Jesus Christ (the Son)
Yahudah = Judah - see Judahite
Yahweh, Yah, YHWH = the true Name of our Heavenly Father, also carried by Yah'shua
Yahweh-Elohim = LORD God (the Father, Yahweh as Head of the Godhead or Elohim)
Yahweh haQatan = the sent Yahweh = Yah(weh)'shua, Malak of Yahweh's Presence
Yam Suf = Sea of Reeds, the true Israelite Exodus water crossing, not the Red Sea
Yarden = Jordan River (lit. 'meanderer')
Yerushalayim = Jerusalem
Yisrael = Israel (lit. 'ruling with Êl') = true believers under the New Covenant
Yom Chamashee = 5th day of the week (Thursday, Friday in IDL Zone)
Yom Din, Yom haDin = (the) Day of Judgement
Yom haBikkurim = Feast of Firstfruits, third of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yom Revee = 4th day of the week (Wednesday, Thursday in IDL Zone)
Yom Rishon = 1st day of the week (Sunday, Monday in IDL Zone)
Yom Kippur = Day of Atonement, sixth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yom Shabbat = 7th day of the week and Sabbath Rest (Saturday, Sunday in IDL Zone)
Yom Shanee = 2nd day of the week (Monday, Tuesday in IDL Zone)
Yom Sheshi = 6th day of the week (Friday, Saturday in IDL Zone)
Yom Shleshi = 3rd day of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday in IDL Zone)
Yom Teruah = Day of Trumpets, fifth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yosef = Joseph - see Josephite
Yovel = Jubilee or Year of Jubilee
Z
Zaqen(im) = elder(s) of an assembly or congregation, or senior members of a community
Zoë Life = Greek term for spiritual life in the Messiah
Commonly Used MLT Abbreviations
For additional abbreviations and explanations, please see the Micropedia
A
Amp.V(er). = Amplified Version of the Bible
Aram. = Aramaic
AV = Authorised Version of the Bible - see KJV
B
BCAY = B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh - see NCCG
BoA = Books of Abraham (e.g. 1Abr., 2Abr., etc.)
C
cp, cf = compare with
CB(Q) = Chavurat Bekorot
CEV = Contemporary English Version of the Bible
ch. = chapter
CJB = Complete Jewish Bible
CLNT = Concordant Literal New Testament
CYe = Council of Yah's elohim
E
Eng. = English
F
ff. = and onwards/forwards
fn = footnote
G
Gk. = Greek
GNB = Good News Bible - see TEV
H
Heb. = Hebrew, Hebraic
HEM = Holy Echad Marriage, eternal marriage
HO = Holy Order - see Chavurat Bekorot
HOC = Holy Order Collection of revelations - see OB
HRV = Hebraic-Roots Version of the Bible
I
ibid. = ibidem (lit. 'in the same place'), referring to a book previously cited
ICJC = Independent Church of Jesus Christ, earlier name of NCCF
ISRV = Institute for Scripture Research Version of the Bible
J
JB = Jerusalem Bible
JBP/Phillips = J.B.Phillips translation of the New Testament
JNT = Jewish New Testament
K
KJV = King James Version of the Bible - see AV
L
LB = Living Bible
lit. = literally or literature
LXX = Septuagint, Greek translation of the OT
M
MLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon
Moff. = Moffatt translation of the Bible
MRC = Messianic Renewed Covenant Version of the NT
MS(S) = Manuscript(s)
N
NASB, NASV = New American Standard Bible/Version
NC&C = New Covenants & Commandments - see OB
NCCF = New Covenant Christian Fellowship, earlier name of NCCG
NCCG = New Covenant Church of God, earlier name of MLT - see BCAY
NCP = New Covenant Press, publishing arm of MLT
NCW = New Covenant Witness, MLT magazine
NEB = New English Bible
NIV = New International Version of the Bible
NKJV = New King James Version of the Bible
Nor. = Norwegian
NT = New Testament, B'rit Chadashah
NWT = New World Translation of the Bible, unreliable Jehovah's Witness version
O
OB = Olive Branch - see NC&C
op.cit. = opere citato (lit. in the work cited)
OT = Old Testament, Tanakh
P
p(p). = page(s)
pl. = plural - see s.
PWNC = Prophetic Words of the New Covenant, revelation cataloging system - see OB
Q
QED = quod erat demonstrandum (lit. which was shown to be proved)
R
RCF = Restoration Christian Fellowship, earlier name of ICJC
RhQ = Ruach haQodesh, Holy Spirit
RSTNE = Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition of the Bible
RSV = Revised Standard Version of the Bible
RV = Revised Version of the Bible
S
s. = singular - see pl.
S&G = Smith & Goodspeed Version of the Bible
T
TEV = Today's English Version of the Bible - see GNB
V
Vulg. = Biblia Vulgata, Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible
W
WEB = World English Bible
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