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Sent: Friday, May 30, 1997 6:55 AM
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Subject: The whole house of Israel as One in Messiah
From: "Pam Staley" <daystar@i1.net>
To: <heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Subject: Re: A Messianic Jewish Perspective of the Torah - Part II
I know this is long...but please allow grace...:->
I have read R. Cohen's excellent article...it has stirred my heart...and it
has also put another tug at my heartstrings...
.... I must admit....and I must put forth...that my heart saddens when
brothers do not recognize each other......as with many of the listers, I
believe that many of us, if possible, could trace our own heritage back to
the northern tribes which were dispersed throughout the nations.....proving
the fact that we, too, are Israelites. Although Judah (Jews) has held the
candle for over many centuries, if we are ever to bridge the gap, take down
the inner wall, and begin the restoration of the whole House (as Scripture
says)...then Judah must recognize Ephraim....and not lump all of us
non-Jews as simply "Gentiles", or goyim....but true brothers....after
all...it is inconceivable that the WHOLE church is only made up of entirely
former gentiles... literal millions must be made up of the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!
It is time for my brother...the >>JEWS<< to examine their heart....to seek
the truth about the House of Israel....to acknowledge that the promises and
the blessing to Abraham also rest with those that have become like the
sands on the seashore, or the stars in the sky..(Gen 17:2,5; 22:17 & Gen
26:4) ..the time for recognition has arrived - brother must greet brother -
as equals - traditions that have come down thru Judah & rabbinics must be
re-examined for the welfare of the whole House. If the physical descendants
of Abraham can only be counted in the tribe of Judah, which is
approximately 15 million and the 650 million physical descendants of
Ishmael...then Isaac got only 1.76 percent of the physical blessing given
Ishmael! In this aspect...how can only 15 million identifiable Jewish
descendants represent the WHOLE HOUSE?
>Rabbi Cohen writes:
>
>The first reason has been amply stated above: God commands us to live a
>cuturally and religiously "Jewish" life. Hence, we practice our faith
>this way simply because it is God's will.
Is it a JEWISH life that G-d commands...are a BIBLICAL life which He has
put forth in the scriptures? Yes, today it is CALLED Jewish...but since we
are re-examining our roots...and scripture...let's also re examine the
traditions of man....
>
>I believe that God is calling his ancient covenant people to awaken to
>their destiny (Deuteronomy 30:1-6, Hosea 3:4-5). He is calling us to
>remember that we are the actual descendants of the Jewish nation
>scattered from Israel among the nations nearly twenty centuries ago.
ANCIENT COVENANT PEOPLE.....many of us (and all Jews by birth) are more
than descendants of one tribe...there were 12 tribes - 10 of which were
scattered and assimilated throughout the nations...however those scattered
were not lost...not one grain....they were sowed among the nations...but
are still as much an Israelite as any descendant of the tribe of Judah.
(See Amos 7:11, Amos 9:9; Hosea 9:3 & 9:17; Ez 4:13)
......
>step, and God puts it first in order here. But we must go the rest of
>the way! We must "call ourselves by the name of Jacob, and name
>ourselves by the name of Israel!"
I beleive that this call IS the call of G-d....but it is for ALL - whether
from Judah, or Ephraim...or the many "Ruths" who join themselves to the
House of Israel.
>
>The Messianic Jewish vision is not to build congregations of mostly
>non-Jews, nor is it to gather only Jews who live on the far fringe of
>Jewish society, alienated enough from Jewish life that they have no deep
I humbly put forth that maybe the reason that the "Messianic Jewish vision"
has had 'problems' and is filled to the brim with mostly 'non-Jews' is the
fact that G-d is calling 'the people who were not His people'... & is
whispering to 'those He would not have mercy on'....HOME...Could it
possibly be that >>HE<< is bringing us together to fulfill scripture? Those
of us who can not prove that we are Jewish by birth are nonetheless part of
the House....loving Israel, upholding the Feasts as the L-rd has directed
in scripture, re-examining our hearts and accepting Judah as our own
brother....there is one more step that must be accomplished.. the
recognition BY Judah OF Ephraim. The mandate for only "Jews" to belong as
full sponsors in some Messianic groups and 'all others' as merely
'associates'...only strengthens the middle partition.
>We need to go to our people God's way ... and when we do, we will have a
>better chance of seeing the great promises of revival given in Joel
>2:28ff, Hosea 3:4-5, Romans 11:21ff come to pass before our eyes. We
>will be further towards seeing the Jewish Messianic revival trigger
>world-wide revival among the nations! We will be closer to seeing our
>people fulfill the destiny written in Zechariah 8:23...
Although I respect and admire R. Cohen very, very much....I must state
again...I believe the 'revival' will be a worldwide MESSIANIC revival...not
legislated to only Judah...but to all the tribes - the WHOLE HOUSE - and
G-d will reveal in His infinite wisdom the plan for the whole House of
Israel as that revival sweeps through the NATIONS filled with the many
Ephramites - and they will slap themselves on the thigh and cry out for
their part in worshipping 'strange gods' and will RETURN to the G-d of
their fathers. (Hosea 2:22, 23,
>
>"Then ten men from every nation will grasp the garment of a Jewish
>person, saying `Let me go with you, for I hear that God is with you.'"
These were the numbers used by G-d when he spoke to Jeroboam in 1
Kings11:31-36, "I...give you TEN tribes but to his son (David) I will give
ONE tribe." TEN TO ONE!! TEN men will grab hold of ONE Jew...do you see
the symbolism? And those who have been worshipping strange gods will indeed
grasp the garment..for teaching...for encouragment, for wisdom in order to
'know again' the G-d of Abraham - to know again the TORAH!! The prodigal
son will return, and in those days, JUDAH will walk together with ISRAEL,
(Jer. 3:17) The regathering of Judah is evident..but G-d also says He will
gather the Ephraimite portion of Israel: "How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?...All My compassions are kindled..I will
not destroy Ephraim AGAIN..They will walk after the Lord, he will roar like
a lion; indeed he will roar, and his sons will come trembling from the
west" (Hosea 11:8-10). God will NOT destroy Ephraim...Ephraim will COME
from the West...the center of Christianity! Ephraim is in the West because
God promised an east wind which would come against him (Hosea 13:15)..
>you study this paper, to allow God to awaken compassion in your heart
>for your own people. If any of your parents, grand-parents,
>great-grand-parents or great-great-grand-parents were Jewish, then you
>are Jewish! There are billions of Gentiles to answer the call to the
>Gentiles ... but of your own Jewish people the Scripture applies, "How
>shall they hear without someone to speak the message to them?"
This is such a beautiful statement....and I wish that it were true, but in
reality...even the Messianic Jew does not truly accept one as "Jewish"
unless you can prove it by having a Jewish mother/father...any further
back..and you are not 'really' acceptable as a full brother. And YES there
are BILLIONS of "Gentiles"... and millions upon millions MUST have lineage
back to the scattered nation of Ephraim...there must be MILLIONS of
descendants from the first early Jewish believers, from the Apostles...there
MUST be.. it is inconceivable that there is not! We are currently only
able to go back maybe 5-6 generations..but surely G-D can keep track of the
generations...surely HE will not forget the lineage of each person. IT IS
TIME for brother to recognize brother...not just in a nod of the head, nor
with a handshake, but with the HEART. As BROTHERS we can speak the message
so much more clearly, so much more confidently, so much more truthfully!
>If you are a Jewish Believer, come home. If you are not Jewish, but like
>Ruth in the Bible, you have a calling to live among and minister to the
>Jewish people ... then, come home. Come home, and be used of the Lord,
>for the days of Jewish revival are at hand.
And finally, no matter who you are....Jewish, Gentile, or Israelite....yes,
indeed...it is time to COME HOME.. FOR THE DAYS OF A GREAT MESSIANIC
REVIVAL ARE AT HAND!
Take to heart...
'Thus says the LORD GOD, "behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is
in the hand of EPHRAIM, and the tribes of ISRAEL, his companionns; and I
will put them with it, with the stick of JUDAH, and make them ONE STICK,
and they will be one in My hand...I will take the sons of Israel FROM AMONG
THE NATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE GONE, and I will gather them from every side
and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the
land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of
them; and they will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be
divided into two kingdoms. and they will no longer defile themselves with
their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their
transgressions... they will be MY people and I will be their God...they
will ALL have one shepherd, and I will...set MY sanctuary in their midst
forever. My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God,
and they will be My people"'" (Ez. 37:16-27).
And thus........ALL ISRAEL will be SAVED! Halleluiah!
Shalom, Shalom
Pam Staley
----The above statements are not meant in any way to detract from what
Jewish believers do or to cause any offense to the paper submitted by R.
Cohen...again, I respect him highly...however, I felt it imperative to
respond. Let His Grace be sufficient ....
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