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Sermons Series 3:10, 5 November 2005
The Garden of Yahweh
Hecate - The Dance of the Butterfly
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A little under two weeks ago I awoke very perplexed by some dreams I had had. With so many people living in my garden these days I often have to stop in prayer to ask Yahweh who it is I have been dreaming about especially if the dreams are very symbolic and there are no direct representations of the person. As a spiritual father connected to all of my children, I am constantly aware of what is going in them on to one degree or another. At night time, when the pressing matters of daytime responsibilities are laid aside, I find I am turning inwards to listen to my children's needs.
In my dream I was following one of my adoptive daughters around in her spiritual movements. She was literally all over the place. Quite suddenly, and without warning, she crossed a busy highway with about 6 or 7 lanes of traffic moving at great speed. That crossing was a nightmare. I am sure you know what I mean. It is virtually impossible to calculate the movements of so many lanes of fast moving traffic at any one time and sure enough, having dodged three lanes, I found myself in a precarious situation. By this time I had been joined by an angel who grabbed me and saved me from being run over.
When I awoke I was, understandably, breathless. I paused to think about what I had seen. There were many more elements to this dream including, after the highway incident, a visit to a large corporation whose wealth and power were immediately apparent. As I looked at the building, I had a vision within my dream in which I was shown thousands upon thousands of naked, starving people all lined up as though in a concentration camp. Even more mystifying was when Yahweh called this the Kaufman Foundation. For those of you who know German, Kauf means a 'bargain', in this case, a bargain or deal my daughter had struck with the demonic in order, as she supposed, not to face her responsibilities to Yahweh. I shared the dream with my wife, who had been dreaming about the same daughter, and we discussed what Yahweh had been showing us respectively. It was then she suddenly remembered a vision I had had ten years before about a man who was a transvestite. The revelation had been about him and for him but suddenly a deeper demonic principle was opened up to us as we thought back on this incident. Since then a whole panorama of understanding has opened up which I want to share with you today.
The vision is recorded in the Olive Branch as Section 374 which I want to relate to you word for word:
"During the evening of 23 August 1995 whilst praying about Succoth-Benoth who had confessed to immoral conduct the day before but who was convinced in his own mind that his course was acceptable before God, I saw a vision. Before me was Succoth-Benoth and close by I saw a butterfly which presently landed on his face. It then changed into a fly and flew off. Shortly afterwards, the fly returned and landed on his face again, but on this occasion changed into a wasp. The wasp then flew off and the vision closed. I understood the interpretation of the vision to be as follows: The butterfly (beauty) represented the illusion of the false way he had chosen which would, by the by, become an irritation (the fly) and, eventually, a wasp (with a sting in the tail). By this we understand that whilst the fruits of sin may at first appear delicious and desirable (the butterfly), a process always unfolds in which that which at first appears pleasant progressively becomes an unhealthy nuisance (fly) and then a sore cursing (wasp). Amen".
When I re-read the revelation, the eyes of my understanding were opened wide and before me lay a revelation on the dance of demonic seduction used by the demoness Hecate. Then other things Yahweh had been showing me started coming together, leading Him to prompt me to speak to you about this subject today.
The day before another of my daughters had been deceived by a demonic masquerade. A demon had appeared to her, first appearing as a false Yah'shua and another as myself. The impersonating demon told my daughter that I did not love her any more and expelled her from the garden! She was, of course, devastated and truly believed I hated her even though all the evidence of our relationship literally shouted the opposite. How, you might ask, could such a thing happen? How could such a deception even have been allowed? The answer, of course, as always, is because she believed in a lie. All demonic dceptions occur when we believe in a lie, and when we do, a very predictable course of demonic action follows which I have decided to call, The Dance of the Butterfly.
I am sure that you, like me and most people I know, think butterflies are beautiful. I only know of one womam who fears them and has a negative view of them. And believe it or not, she thinks caterpillars are beautiful and butterflies are ugly. And much as I would love to explain the psychology of that to you here today, time does not, sadly, permit.
Today I want to talk to you about dancing, and in particular, demonic dancing because I know that with almost no exceptions, every one of us has seen it and been captivated by it at one time or another. One of the devices used by magicians in order to perform conjuring tricks is to divert the audience's attention away from the place where the deception or sleight of hand is taking place. They make all kinds of hand movements and gestures to keep your eyes focussed on something else. Demons employ similar methods - they sing, dance and provide all kinds of distractions while your attention is focussed in the wrong place. In practically every client I have ever worked with who has demonic problems, I have observed the way in which the demonic expertly hops from one thing to another, changing subject or focus, so that the real problem is continually skirted around. They are like flies who, when you aproach them to swat them, fly backwards at great speed and land somewhere else. It is not accidental, as I have told you many times before, that one of Satan's names is 'Beelzebub', meaning, 'Lord of the Flies' (e.g. Lk.11:15-22).
I know of few people who like flies. The Bible has nothing positive to say about them at all and without exception they represent curses. The following scripture is representative of them all: "In that day Yahweh will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria. They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thornbushes and at all the water holes" (Isa.7:18-20, NIV).
Israel's two chief enemies have always been Assyria (or Babylonia) and Egypt. Whenever she has apostacised, Yahweh has sent the Assyrian or Babylonian from the north or the Egyptian from the south to punish her. The Assyrians were anciently noted for their cruelty and are depicted here as bees with stings in their tails like the wasp in my vision. By contrast, the Egyptians are known for their uncleanliness represented here by flies. These two nations represent the chastisement inflicted by demons on those who rebel against Yahweh-Elohim. The road to apostacy does not, however, start with flies and end with bees - it starts with something much more subtle - seduction and flattery.
When a soul is seduced by the enemy, he imitates the ways of the demonic which has become integrated into his personality. How many people have you met, or know, who are all smiles and charm in front of your face and the next minute are breathing venom about you, usually behind your back to someone else? There is a progression of spiritual events within the soul that starts with the charm and flatteries of the demoinic hiding behind the butterfly but which soon manifests in the filthy behaviour of the fly which will go anywhere it can for its nourishment, and finally as the stinging, angry bee which injects poison into its victim. Both humans, and the demonic who lead them, behave in this way. They project a beautiful image which is pure illusion, represented by the graceful butterfly. But the illusion cannot be maintained. The demonic cannot long pretend to be something beautiful, which a butterfly is, because it hates and detests beauty and purity. So it pretends for a while until its true nature cannot stand it any more and it reveals itself to be what it really is - a dirty fly. Now flies, as you know, will go anywhere to get their nourishment. They will as happily feed off human dung as off a delicious fruit. And as we all know, they are one of the pinciple causes of the spread of disease as they move from the unclean to the clean, and back again. Once the soul has been flattered by the demonic to believe in a lie and has invited the demonic in to perpetuate the illusion, even occasionally mistaking it for the Divine, then it is not long before that soul is indulging in impure acts.
Take pornography for instance. Who can deny that the human body is a most beautiful thing? It was created in the image of the Elohim. It is graceful and also very sexually attractive. Because man is currently fallen and impure, Yahweh has established laws requiring that we cover our nudity and never expose it except lawfully to our spouses. He knows that so long as there is a carnal nature, we can take no chances. The demonic knows this also and has invested considerable efforts into exploiting this particular human weakness.
So now I speak to you men. Whether we like it or not, when we see a beautiful woman, we feel compelled to look at her. There is nothing wrong with that in itself. We are not supposed to turn away whenever we see something lovely. What we are supposed to do, however, is look in the right way with a right heart. When we look at a beautiful woman who is not a wife we are supposed to see her as a child of Yahweh, His own daughter, and to view her in that manner. We are expected to treat her as a sister or a mother depending on her spiritual maturity. If she is living according to Yahweh's Torah, then she should be dressed modestly so as not to entice the eye, not displaying her form in such away as to excite a man's sexual drive. Now I realise that in the modern world that it is almost impossible to find modestly dressed women so the temptation is very real. Nevertheless, the fact that we have all been born at this time where such immorality prevails, and the fact that Yahweh says He will never allow us to be tempted more than we can bear, means that we can and must overcome, initially by will-power but ultimately because we have allowed Yah'shua (Jesus) to crucify our carnal nature and give us pure eyes. In the meantime we are to mercilessly cut off the sources of temptation by fleeing from them (Mt.5:27-30; 18:7-9).
The way the demonic works is as follows. You, the man, see a beautiful woman and you admire the beauty. Invariably, the woman thinks it is her beauty when it isn't, because she did not make herself and does not own that beauty. The only beauty we own is what is inside because we can choose to be spiritually revolting or attractive. Yah'shua (Jesus) has commanded us to "judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24, KJV). Physical bodies age and decay, taking any outward beauty with them to the grave, but inward beauty is eternal. When we are resurrected, our outer bodies come to resemble what we are inside. Those of you who have seen demons now how ugly they really are - revolting in fact. Which is why when I see a beautiful woman who is demonised, I shudder with disgust and want to turn away. The man of Messiah sees into the heart but the man of the flesh sees only the fleeting glory of the flesh. On his deathbed, the notorious womaniser Cassanova asked the nurse who was tending him to expose herself for one last demonic and lustful look. To his last breath he looked at women as mere sex objects.
So there you are, you men, looking at a beautiful woman who is demonised. You are not to be blamed for being attracted by her natural beauty, but where is the line to be drawn? The demonised woman, prompted by the demonic in her, initiates a demonic dance in order to enchant and draw in. She makes suggestive looks, moves her body in provocative ways so that what you see are the body movements and not the heart, because the heart is shielded by a mask. This spirit of whoredom will draw in the man as much as he allows himself or as much as the demonised woman will allow herself. She may only like to flirt and would never dream of bedding the man. Nevertheless she is dancing a satanic dance which, left to run its full course, would lead to fornication or adultery. The man too may be possessed of sufficient moral attributes as to prevent himself from going the full way. He may remind himself that he is married and that to respond to the next stage of the demonic dance will cost him dearly - the loss of wife and children - so by shere will-power he holds himself back. But no matter how far he allows himself to be enticed by, and into, the demonic dance cycle - whether it is just to look or to go the whole way, he has surrendered to Satan. He is not walking in Yahweh! He is playing the devil's game. He is not overcoming. And Satan is often satisfied with that - making a man spiritually stagnant is rendering him harmless to the demonic cause. Millions and millions of Christians are like that - simply not a problem for Satan, and easily manipulated to fulfil various demonic global agendas. It is hardly surprising, then, to find many churches in the USA sponsoring topless dancing in worship services. They smugly think that just because they aren't bedding these women that they aren't doing anything really 'bad', yet would any truly loving and self-respecting man allow his wife to dance topless before the public? Of course not! But he has invented a number of demonic rationalisations to justify his addiction to soft-porn. What initially seemed like the dance of a lovely butterfly - a topless woman made in Yahweh's image - is soon a fly metaphorically dancing around in human faeces. And the demonic is never content to leave it at that. There are bees or wasps to come - stings in the tail which, if aimed correctly, can kill.
The man who was the subject of the revelation kept his dark secret hidden from us for a long time. He was all smiles, charm, and affability. He truly wanted to serve the Kingdom and he did indeed give of himself sacrificially. He was loyal to his wife and dreamed of the perfect family. But there was this demonic uncleanness in him which led him to dress as a woman. He was living out an old and well-worn pattern of human behaviour - unloved as a child, with a harsh and cruel father, he sought for substitutes - you all know the story. But he would not face the truth. His friendliness to us evolved into hostility as he was confronted with issues and he eventually became an enemy of this ministry. He lost his wife and children and went on a fruitless search for a women who could love him on his demonic conditions. He moved from one relationship to another. Today he is alone, unhappy, and evangelising a hodgepopdge of Christian and New Age doctrines with no following that I know of. It is a sad story of how the demoness Hecate destroyed one human being. And she is doing it to millions the world around and all because they will not humble themselves and confess their problem. You see, she plays on pride and that lie called 'dignity' and leads men and women alike to the pit by the rings in their noses.
Do not suppose, moreoever, that pornography and fornication are her only methods. She has many. She appeals to any and all forms of pride and vanity. She dances her dance - the dance of self-beauty, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, self-achievement, self-popularity, severing all godly relationships in the pursuit if self. And she does not have to be overt. She is very devious and manipulative. Having destroyed the family and the art of godly relationship-building, she feeds on the soul's hunger for love by taking that soul down every false avenue imaginable to satisfy the craving she has herself created. She can keep the dance of the butterfly up for years and then, suddenly, after a good portion of life has been consumed in useless and illusionary pursuits, start dragging the soul through overt dirtiness like the fly, making the soul come to hate itself. And the more the soul hates, so more anger wells up - or its opposite, intense fear - until the fly becomes a bee or a wasp, stinging everyone who gets too close for comfort, driving away the very ones who could love her and whom she wants to love her. She then becomes, by slow increments, feeding on lies, a puppet on a demonic string, dancing a demonic dance, all smiles on the outside but weeping on the inside.
I have seen this dance so many thousands of times. Almost everyone I know does it, or has done it, at some point. But when you are in it, you are blind to it - not completely, but enough to keep you captive. Almost everyone who comes to this ministry comes because they have come to the end of themselves - they are spent, like the prodigal son, having hit rock bottom. And yet, if they are honest with themselves, Yahweh has given them numerous doors of escape in the past - opportunity to stop dancing the demonic dance and come to freedom. They will invariably come up with excuses as to why they did not, all of which are lies, for Yahweh opens no door to a man or a woman if he or she cannot walk through it. And to say otherwise is to make Him out to be a liar. What stops a person from saying 'No' is no more or less than pride, which Yahweh destests. That lies at the base of all sin. All of it. It is how Satan himself fell. It is how the billions of demons fell. It is how men and women fall today. It angers people when I tell them this because they are desperate to blame it on circumstances, genes, culture, or whatever, but I will categorically state, and without apology, in the Name of Messiah, that the only reason people remain in sin when Yahweh opens doors is because they choose to remain in sin because of pride. Yes, they may be deceived, no, they are not responsible for the abuses that others likewise demonised my impose on them, yes, they may be ingorant because they had no spiritual fathers to lead them in the paths of righteousness. Yahweh condemns no-one for sins done by others, but He does hold us accountable for pride when that pride blocks salvation and deliverance. And He does not mice His words when it comes to this chief of sins. He says:
"I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron [no revelation] and the ground beneath you like bronze [no nourishment]. Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit" (Lev.26:19-20, NIV).
Are these the words of a harsh and cruel Elohim? Well, that is what Pride would have you believe, and yet those of you who are afflicted by pride, who have met Yahweh, know with their whole being that He is Love (1 Jn.4:8,16). You know it! You have tasted His goodness! So how come people forget these things when adversity strikes them because of rebelliousness? It is simply because the Lord of Pride - Satan - is sitting on the throne of your heart, the one that was occupied by Yah'shua until you decided to go and start believing in demonic lies and inviting demons in.
Brethren and sisters, you can't hide, you can't pretend, because Yahweh sees into the core of your being and every motive. He never pushes you farther than you can go. He never asks you more than you can do. And He always promises to equip you to do what you need to do - always. When we offer excuses and start accusing the Most High, or those who follow and obey Him, we are wearing the shoes of Satan, the Accuser, and are in serious trouble. Good intentions are not enough - only the Truth will do. Many people come to this ministry and many people walk away when we refuse to dance their demonic dances. Though our hearts break for them, we do not pursue them but let them go on their way, and minister to those who will follow Yahweh in trust and obedience. In reality, we cannot do anything else. King David said: "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom" (Prov.11:2, NIV).
I urge you, therefore, with all the love that this father can muster for his children, not to succumb to pride and put on the shoes of Satan. Humble yourselves, because "pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall" (Prov.16:18, NIV). Isaiah said: "The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day" (Isa.2:17, NIV). The apostle Peter said:
"All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, 'Elohim opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble'. Humble yourselves, therefore, under Elohim's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:5-6, NIV).
That is my prayer for all of us as we seek to complete the journey He has called us on. James said:
"Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to Elohim and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before Yahweh, and He will lift you up" (James 4:7-10, NIV).
To which Peter adds:
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the Elohim of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Messiah, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast" (1 Peter 5:8-10, NIV). Amen.
Endnotes
For articles on demons, see the Deliverance Page, Guide to Demons and Their Traits, and Hecate: Origin and History of a Queen of Demonesses.
Author: Lev-Tsiyon
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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