HEM Terms |
Other Forms |
Explanations |
Ashkenazi Jews |
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Eastern Jews of principally Turkic origin (Japheth) having little or no connection with Judah, Israel or Abraham (see Khazars & Sephardic Jews) |
Assembly |
a (local) church |
A local congregation |
Bisexual Polygyny  |
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A deviant form of true polygamy which permits a lesbian relationship between sister-wives in a polygamous marriage (see Echad Sexuality)  |
Betrothal |
Aras (Aram.)  |
Binding marriage covenant without sexual contact - cannot be broken (see Dedication & Full Marriage) |
Bigamy  |
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A man married illegally to two wives in a monogamy-only state, or a man married to two women in relationship not sanctioned by the state  |
B'rit Chadashah |
New Covenant |
The revelation of the New Testament |
Chavurat Bekorot |
Assembly of the Firstborn, Holy Order |
The Order, Assembly or Church to which the writer of HEM materials belongs |
Concubine, Lechenah (Pilegesh) Wife |
Concubine |
A 'secondary' wife under the Mosaic Covenant and also under some modern Christian polygamy systems; in HEM, a trainee/ apprentice polygamous wife |
Dedication |
Engagement, Aráb (Aram.) |
A covenent of fraternal friendship having as its goal formal Betrothal; can be broken by mutual agreement (see Betrothal & Full Marriage) |
Ebionite |
anti-Paul |
An heretical Christian or Messianic Jew who rejects the apostle Paul and his scriptural writings |
Echad |
one, oneness, unity |
Used in the context of uniplurality, as of the persons of the Godhead or the unity of the believers (Church/Messianic Community) (see Yachid) |
Echad Polygamy |
Oneness Polygamy, New Covenant Christian Polygamy |
The specialised term used to distinguish HEM's vision of Christian polygamy from other forms in existence today |
Echad Sexuality |
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The lawful (non-lesbian) sexual bonding in an echad polygamous marriage between husband and sister-wives |
El, Eloah, Elah |
God the Father |
The singular of Elohim and designating Yahweh the Father |
Elohim |
God |
A uniplural word indicating but one and many, the Elohimhead or Godhead |
El Elyon  |
The Most High God  |
A term commonly used by the Patriarchs before Moses but also subsequently  |
Fornication / Adultery |
Swinging |
Multiple casual sexual liasons without matrimonial commitment |
Full Marriage |
Marriage |
Binding marriage with sexual contact - cannot be broken (see Dedication & Betrothal) |
Israel, Republic of |
Israel (since 1947) |
Used to distinguish the modern state of Israel (Israelis) from biblical Israel (Israelites) (see New Covenant Israel) |
Jew |
Talmudic Jew |
A person claiming to be descended from Judah but most likely a Turk descended from Khazar converts to Judaism in the Middle Ages. Most Eastern or Ashkenazi Jews are of this origin (see Talmudic Jew) |
Judahite |
Biblical Jew |
A true descendant of the tribe of Judah |
Judean |
Jew or non-Jew from ancient Judea |
An inhabitant of the Kingdom of Judah or the Roman Province of Judea and should be used in place of 'Jew' in the New Testament |
Khazars |
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A powerful pagan Turkic tribe that once conrolled the Russian steppes in Mediaeval times which converted to Judaism and dispersed to form the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. |
Lechenah Wife  |
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A new polygamous wife under a one year-long apprenticeship of an experienced polygamous wife (see Shegal Wife)  |
Marriage (Biblical) |
'Marriage' & polygamy |
The life-long covenent union of a man to one (monogamy) or more (polygyny) wives |
Mashiach |
Messiah |
Hebrew for Christ or Messiah |
Messiah |
Christ |
Literally, 'Anointed One', Son of Elohim (God), Saviour and Redeemer of the world |
Messianic Community |
the Church, the Body |
All those truly saved in Christ - born again, spriritually regenerated - past and present |
Messianic Evangelical  |
New Covenant Christian  |
A member of the New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh (NCAY) and (if ordained) to the Chavurat Bekorot  |
Messianic Israelite |
(Two Houses Israel) |
A Torah-observant 'Jew' or 'Gentile' who does not accept the division between Jewish and Gentile Christianity, or the Jewish claim to be the dominant or leading tribe in Messianism. HEM is Messianic Israelite |
Messianic Jew |
Jewish Christian |
A person from the Talmudic Jewish community who converts to the Messiah/Christ and who usually observes Torah. HEM is not Messianic Jewish but related (see Messianic Israelite) |
Multiple Monogamous Marriage |
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A man married to several women with multiple marriage contracts (see Echad Polygamous Marriage) |
NCAY  |
New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh  |
Congregations served by the Priesthood Order of the Chavurat Bekorot  |
New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh  |
NCAY  |
Congregations served and administered by the Chavurat Bekorot  |
New Covenant Christian |
Messianic Evangelical  |
A lay member of NCAY or a priesthood officer in the Chavurat Bekorot |
New Covenant Israel |
The Church, Body, Body of Christ, Messianic Community |
All true born-again, spiritually regenerated and Torah-observant believers are the nation of Israel; there is no distinction or separation between 'Church' and 'Israel' as taught by the false 'Replacement Theology' |
New Covenant Torah |
The New Covenant Law |
The Old Covenant Law divested of its ceremonial statutes and Levitical Priesthood brought to completion by Christ |
Odalisque, Odalisk  |
female slave  |
Used of Muslim female slaves or concubines in oriental harems, from the Turkisk ódalik  |
Patriarchal Marriage |
Polygamy, polygyny |
Polygamy but with the emphasis on patriarchy or male headship in marriage, a term originated by the now discredited leader of a former Christian polygamy ministry |
Plural Marriage |
Polygamy, polygyny |
A term for polygamy originating with the Mormons |
Polyandry |
Polyandry |
The sinful practice of a woman married to two or more men simultaneously |
Polyamory |
Polyamory |
Polyfidelity embracing polygyny, polyandry and sexual communism (various combinations of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual partners) |
Polygyny |
Polygamy |
A man married to two or more women simultaneously; 'polygamy' strictly speaking embraces both polygyny and polyandry but is used almost exclusively of the former today |
Rabbinical Jew |
Non-Christian Jew |
A Talmudic Jew |
Ruach Elohim |
Spirit of God |
The power or spirit of the whole Godhead |
Ruach haMashiach |
Spirit of Christ |
The power or spirit of the Messiah/Christ |
Ruach haQodesh |
Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost |
Third member of the Godhead, female, consisting of seven Persons |
Sephardic Jews |
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Western Jews of Judahite origin but racially mixed with gentile blood. Of the international Jewish community, about 8% are true Judahites and are of Sephardic origin (see Ashkenazi Jews) |
Shegal Wife |
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A full or Queen Wife in the HEM system |
Talmud |
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The so-called 'Oral law' of Judaism, extra-biblical writings possessing an authority equal to, or greater than, the Torah to Jews but not Christians or true Messianic Israelites |
Talmudic Jew |
Non-Christian Jew |
A Jew who accepts the Talmud and rejects Yah'shua (Jesus) as the Messiah (Christ) (see Jew) |
Torah |
the Law |
The commandments and statutes revealed by Yahweh to Israel on Mt.Sinai (see New Covenant Torah) |
Ultramessianic  |
Extremist, intolerant Messianic  |
Messianic who condemns all Christians who do not observe Torah or who fail to use the Divine Names  |
Yachid |
one, single |
As distinct from Echad (many in one), a singularity like 'one person' (see Echad) |
Yah Cult |
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An extreme form of Messianic Judaism and often Ebionite (see Ebionite), rejects the Deity of Christ, and believes no-one can be saved who does not use the correct Names of Deity |
Yah'shua |
Jesus |
Meaning 'Yah Saves' or 'The Salvation of Yahweh'; Yeshua or Y'shua in Aramaic |
Yahweh |
the LORD, 'Jehovah' (KJV) |
The One Name (haShem) of Almighty God, the Father, also abbreviated to Yah |
YHWH (YHVH) |
the LORD, 'Jehovah' (KJV) |
The Tetragrammaton, or vowelless written representation of God the Father, Yahweh, in Torah |
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