Circumcision Today? YES OR NO - "The Cutting of Covenant"

(87) Circumcision Today? YES OR NO - "The Cutting of Covenant" Zoom Bible Study 2/8/26 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQ4Z3GenG4 Transcript: (00:00) Tonight we're going to deal with uh some misunderstanding. Um I I've come to realize that uh we're getting closer to Passover and we need to start directing our attention towards the new year and towards the season that we're entering in. Now some have misunderstood my book the great aliyah or making aliyah. (00:27) There was something that was said in the book that could have been said better. Uh I could have written it more explanatory than I did. And there are some people that when they read it, and I can see how you can see that uh it seemed as if I said in the book that Jews uh do not have to be baptized because they are circumcised and therefore they are in covenant through circumcision. (00:56) And so I need to clear that up tonight. I that that's why I'm pausing the regular Bible study and I'm I'm going to deal with a subject I've never taught on before in the last 12 years. I've never taught on circumcision. And um but I've come to realize it needs to be taught on because there is some confusion in the camp concerning this subject. (01:21) So we're going to be answering that question tonight. We're also going to be dealing with uh our practice of Passover and why we don't do it in certain ways and why we do it in certain ways. Uh we're going to be addressing those questions tonight. Um and a few other questions. Uh and we're going to touch again just to get your mind caught up on the 15th of Av and uh why that Wednesday, the 15th of O is the most important day of the year of the of history. (01:57) And we're going to be touching on why Christ uh was not crucified on Passover. We're just going to touch on that a little bit. I've already taught it before, but I feel like there's confusion in the camp still on that subject. So, a lot to go over tonight. Um, so we're going to just dive right in. Amen. So, here's where we go. (02:18) And we're going to start with um circumcision and the original intent of the Torah. I want to go uh Elder Morgan and start off with with this particular verse um five. Let's start there tonight. Hebrews 5:12-14. Hebrews 5:12-14. And one of the primordial questions we're going to deal with this evening is how do we know what in the Torah uh has been fulfilled, what has not. (02:57) And if we do not have to circumcise anymore, which we're going to find out tonight whether we do or not, then why do we still have to keep the Sabbath day and the feast days if circumcision has been done away with? Now the question is, has it been done away with? And that's just some things we're we're going to be dealing with tonight. So let's start there. (03:21) Elder Morgan be a great scripture to start with. Amen. Hebrews 5 verses 12-4. >> Yes, sir. >> Amen. For when For when the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again, which be first principles of the oracles of Yahweh. and are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat. For everyone that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babade. (04:08) But strong meat belongth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. So, uh, turn to 1 Corinthians 3 and 1-2 while I explain that verse. Um, there are two levels of understanding the word of God. Two, [clears throat] the milk and the meat. (04:38) >> 3 1-2. >> Milk and meat. I want to answer the question tonight. What is the milk of the word? And what is the meat of the word? The milk of the word is the letter of the law. The meat of the word is the intent of the law. And if you've not studied my lesson called the layers of the law, you need to. (05:12) Everyone in this ministry needs to understand the different layers of the law. Paul said that that there are children in the church that they do they only say that's what it says they read it that is the milk that's the level they're on and he said you have need of more understanding but I cannot give it to you because you're stuck on the letter of the law and the letter kleth we know that the only thing that gives life is a true spiritual understanding of what the law is saying. 1 Corinthians 3 and 1-2. (06:00) >> Now brothers, I could not speak to you as though you were spiritual, but as to carnal, worldly, fleshly, as babes in Messiah. I have fed you with milk and not with meat. For until now you were not ready to accept it. And even now you are still not ready. >> Now he's speaking to Jewish people. And why does he tell them you're not ready to receive what I have to teach you? Evidently, he was fighting against something among these Jewish brethren that even Paul couldn't overcome. (06:42) And it was their demand to stick to the letter of the law. They could not spiritually discern the intention of Yahweh. You know, it's like if I go to a refrigerator and and and I don't want my children getting in there spilling the milk and doing all these things and I have to put bungee cords around the refrigerator. (07:12) If you don't understand why I'm doing what I'm doing, you will think it's about the bungee cords. You will think that it's all about the bungee cords. But if if you would look beyond the bungee cords, you would find out why I did what I did. And the challenge that many of us have is we cannot move beyond just the plain reading of the text and see what the heart of Yahweh is behind the text. (07:46) So tonight we're going to deal with a legitimate question. If Sabbathkeeping is still required, if feastkeeping is still required, then why is circumcision no longer required? And now that can be confusing for people. I get it. On the surface, it appears inconsistent because both are commanded in the Torah. Both are commanded in the Torah. (08:13) Both of them both carry strong language about their permanence. how permanent they are. And yet at First Harvest, we teach that the Sabbath remains binding while physical circumcision is not required for covenant entrance. Is this arbitrary? Are we being arbitrary? Are we picking and choosing? That is fair questions. (08:44) Is this the very thing that we accuse mainstream Christianity of doing, deciding which commandments to keep and which to discard? No, it's not. And when I get through tonight, you will understand that we are never diminishing or dismissing Torah, but rather we are returning to the original intent of the Torah. (09:12) Not by abolishing the commandments, but by understanding the difference between a sign and a substance, [snorts] between a shadow and a fulfillment. between a temporary administration and an eternal purpose. And that's important tonight. All right. Now, before we can go here, before we can discuss this, we have to deal with the problem that Paul was dealing with. (09:45) And I'm going to lay the problem out for you tonight. Do we accept the entire Bible as the authoritative word of Yahweh? And that is where the whole problem lies because the Christian church that we came out of, they downplay the what? The Torah. They treat the Old Testament like it's obsolete, replaced, that everything in it was replaced by Christ. (10:22) That everything in it pointed to Christ. But we know that's not true. There were some things in it that pointed to Christ and some things that were fulfilled in Christ, but there are many things that are still waiting to be fulfilled. This is why Paul when he said don't let any man judge you for keeping the Sabbath or the feast days he said because these are shadows of things still to come. (10:56) You need to understand tonight the Sabbath day and the feast days are not shadows of Jesus Christ or Yesua. They are shadows of the kingdom of God, the millennial reign on planet earth. And that has not been fulfilled. Your job in studying the to the word completely is to understand when something is pointing to Christ or the Holy Spirit or the kingdom. (11:33) When you understand that, then there's no more hypocrisy. Then you can categorize that what Christ fulfilled is fulfilled. What the Holy Spirit fulfilled is fulfilled. But what is not fulfilled is the seventh day, the great Sabbath, the great millennial reign. And this is important because in the New Testament church, in the Christian church at large, they love to quote Paul. (12:06) Everything is Paul, Paul, Paul while ignoring Moses. Okay? They celebrate grace while dismissing the commandments. And what is the result? A lawless gospel that would be unrecognizable to Yesua and his apostles. But let me now go to the other side. What is the other side? Your side. That messianic side. That um that Torah observant crowd which I'm a part of. Okay. (12:42) We have another problem. It's called the opposite extreme. We downplay the New Testament. As a matter of fact, some of us, not me, but some in this crowd, in this movement, go so far as to call the Apostle Paul a false apostle. They treat the New Testament as if it is inferior [clears throat] to the Torah. (13:14) Oh, now I'm preaching to you now. Okay? And that's the problem on both sides. And this is what Paul was dealing with. He was dealing with a bunch of Judaism that only accepted the Torah. That was it. And that's why I said at the beginning, you have to decide whether you are Torah observant or Bible observant. Okay. I love the Torah, honey. (13:48) But I love every book of this Bible. And I believe every book of this Bible is inspired by the Holy Ghost, just like the Torah was. All right. Okay. Wake up out there, cuz I'm going to preach to some folks. Yes, I'm Torah observant, baby. But to me, the whole word of God is the Torah. The first five books of the Bible is the Torah of Moses. (14:12) But the entire books, I don't want to preach this early. power. I already feel my help coming. >> Amen. Hallelujah. Apostle >> from Genesis to Revelation is equal in authority. Okay? >> And you have to determine that in your mind if you believe that or not. If you don't believe that, this ministry is not going to be the place for you. (14:35) Because while we stand, let me tell you what makes the Torah so wonderful. It's the seedbed of it all. Okay? That's the seedbed, but it's not all of the bed. And and we got folks stuck in Torah. And I love Torah and I believe in it. But I believe that when the Apostle Paul said, "These things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord," I believe those commandments are just as powerful as Moses's. (15:04) Okay? So, you got to decide what you believe. That's what I believe. But I believe the entire word of Yahweh is inspired. And there's not one book more inspired than the other. And that's something we got to settle now because when I get on this subject tonight, I'm going all over the book. Not just the first five books of the Bible. (15:28) I'm going all over the book. All over it. And and and what's going to happen? you. Some of y'all going to do exactly what you blame the Christians for doing to the Torah. You're going to act like that part in the New Testament don't equal up to the Torah. We can't have that. FHMI and the apostolic assemblies, we believe in the entire word of Yahweh as the instructions for living our lives every single day. (15:55) And so that is something we have to understand. And here at the apostolic assembly, we reject both errors. And that's I'm telling you, that's the hardest part of my ministry. The hardest part, having to fight the Christians and the Torah people. Uh because I literally feel like this ministry tries to bring truth to the balance. (16:26) And to do it, we have to fight the Christians and the messianics because both groups wants to go to extreme opposites. And and I'm not them people. I I I I'm not them people. Okay? I believe that the New Testament is Holy Ghost inspired. And I believe you cannot pit the Torah against the rest. I believe it is all the word of Yahweh. (16:57) And we need to settle that. The prophets, the gospels, the book of Acts, the apostles, the book of Revelation. Here at FHMI, we don't put Moses against Paul. and Paul against Moses. We do not dismiss the words of Christ to elevate the pentat. We do not ignore apostolic rulings in the New Testament to return to pre messianic Judaism. We don't do it. (17:28) And I will tell you why. 2 Corinthians, I'm sorry. 2 Timothy chapter 3. 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 through verse 17. We've got to settle this tonight. We We need to make it plain. We are Torah observant, but we believe the Torah is the entire word of Yahweh. Now, we know the difference in the Torah of Moses. That's the pentat talk. (18:00) The first five books of the Bible. We get that. Let's read it. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. >> Amen. All scripture. That is >> that means not just Torah, not just the Gospels, not just Paul, but all scripture. >> Amen. Read >> all scripture that is given through inspiration of Yahweh is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (18:36) >> Now, pause right there, Elder. Because when we talk about the Torah, what do we teach people? Well, that's instructions for living. Well, according to the word of God, it's more than just the Torah that gives us instruction for living. It's all scripture. All scripture gives us instruction in righteousness. Read. (19:00) That the man of Yahweh may become perfect thy furnished for every righteous work. All scripture. >> Amen. >> Now, here's what we need to understand tonight. Every place you've ever worked has something called policy and procedure. And occasionally those policies, certain parts of them have to be updated to fit a current situation. (19:42) But that does not mean that we threw the policy book away. simply because a certain section had to be amended for a certain situation. But we act like Yahweh is this static deity trapped by his own previous statements. Let me explain something to you. He is a living God who administers his covenant according to his sovereign will. (20:22) When circumstances change, when a prophecy is fulfilled, when his purposes advance, he updates the administration of his policies. He doesn't update his policies, but rather the administration of his policy. That's called covenant management. In the Torah, in the Torah, for those of you that don't believe that, Yahweh commanded animal sacrifices. (21:00) Now, if you're here tonight and you're no longer sacrificing animals, then you have to believe what I just said or you're a hypocrite. If you are no longer sacrificing lambs, then you can never say God doesn't update his word. I'm going to make you I'm gonna make you think tonight. >> Amen. (21:37) You've got to quit this stuff and understand that you are in no position to tell Yahweh what he can and cannot update if sacrifices is no longer required. And here's the thing about it. Even those in Judaism don't sacrifice no more. So, either there is a way for Yahweh to update the administration of his plan or there's not. He commanded animal sacrifices. (22:17) So, let me ask you a question. He detailed how to kill those animals. He repeated those instructions. Anybody that's written the Torah can tell you. He repeated those instructions for bulls and goats, lambs and doves. My question to you tonight, were those commandments authoritative? I I'm I'm making you answer me tonight. (22:43) Yeah. Don't be scared. Were those commandments authoritative? >> Yes. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. 100%. You shut our camera. >> But were they eternal in the sense that we must still slaughter animals today? No. Why? Because those sacrifices pointed to the Messiah. So when the substance arrived, grab Hebrews 10 and4 for me. (23:19) When the substance arrived, the shadow administration was not done away with. It was updated. That particular part of the policy was updated for the situation. And what was the situation? The forgiveness of sin had come in the lamb of Yesua. Read Hebrews 10:4. >> For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. (23:55) >> Now read verse 12. >> But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever sat down at the right hand of Yahweh. >> So did Yahweh contradict himself? Did Yahweh contradict himself? >> No. See, I'm I'm making you answer me tonight because I I'm going to get past this thing in your mind. >> The ultimate sacrifice made, >> but yet Yahweh commanded animals. (24:34) He fulfilled the purpose for which those sacrifices pointed to. the policy was updated because the prophetic target was reached. If you're aiming for a target and you hit it, watch this. Let's imagine you're looking out at a fence row and on that fence row is five jars and you hit every one of them. (25:04) Guess what's not on that fence row no more? you reached the target. Therefore, the the the what you were aiming for has been reached. And that's why Yahweh updated the policy. He did not eradicate animal sacrifice. He he brought the ultimate animal sacrifice to bear and that brought us to a new situation. Think of it this way. (25:38) A company's got a policy manual. In 1995, the manual says all employees must clock in using the paper time card system. That's authoritative. That is binding. Employees that refuse to use a time card system are in violation of company policy. But then in 2020, the company installs digital fingerprint scanners and the CEO issues an update. (26:13) He still wants you to be on time, don't he? He's not changing the fact you have to be on time. Come on now. He's not saying now you can be late. No, no, no. He says now all employees must clock in using the biometric system. Has the company abandoned their commitment to tracking employee hours? No. (26:41) Has the CEO contradicted the 1995 policy? No. The purpose remains identical. What's the purpose? Accountability, accurate records, faithful timekeeping. But the method has been updated because a better system now exists that did not exist in 1995. Is anybody listening to me tonight? >> Apostle. Okay. I I hope so. Feel like I'm fighting to win. (27:10) >> You're making it make sense. We we got to understand that this is what happens when someone demands physical circumcision as a covenant requirement. Today they have confused the method which was blade on flesh with the purpose. What was the purpose? A heart yielded to Yahweh. They've elevated the 1995 policy while ignoring the CEO's update. (27:47) And this is why in Matthew 18 and 18 Yosua, if you'll read this, Elder, he gave a group of men some extraordinary authority. Matthew 18 and 18. >> Amen. Truly I say to you, whatever you declare to be unlawful on earth is that which has been declared unlawful in heaven. And whatever you declare to be lawful on earth, >> whatever you declare, apostles, to be lawful, I'll accept it in heaven. (28:31) Did y'all Did you hear that? >> Amen. That's what the word >> what I just said. Do you hear? Yesua, the living Torah, just said, "Whatever you declare to be lawful, I'll make that lawful in heaven." That's how >> Amen. >> That's how much authority he gave to the apostles of this church. It's a It's powerful to hear it. Ma Matthew 16 and verse 19. (29:04) Matthew 16 and 19 >> Matthew 16 and 19 and I will give the knowledge the teachings of the law and the prophets of the kingdom of Yahweh to you and whatever you will declare to be unlawful on earth will be that which has been declared to be unlawful in heaven. And whatever you declare to be lawful on earth will be that which has been declared lawful in heaven. (29:39) Now the problem Paul had when he couldn't teach the meat of the word, he was talking to these Jewish people, those in Judaism, and they could not accept his authority as an apostle to teach them the Torah because he was going beyond the letter. He was showing them the purpose of the Torah. And he said, "I can't teach you. (30:00) I cannot teach you because you cannot get past that." It says, "Go cut your little child's private and you can't get past that because you think I'm changing the law when what I'm doing is revealing the law to you." And Yeshua told these apostles when he went to the earth, to the heavens, >> no, I hit a button. I didn't. (30:24) He said, "I'm giving you authority to bind and loose on earth." And it wasn't many days after he said that that these apostles had to use that power. Let's go to the book of Acts, chapter 15. >> Amen. This is good, Apostle. >> I'm trying, Elder. I'm trying to keep us out of the ditches. >> Amen. >> Acts 15 and verse one. (30:56) Now certain men who came down from Judah. >> All right, let's pause the So there are certain men that come from Judea. So we already know this is Judaism. And they taught the newly converted brethren. Now who are these newly converted brethren? The lost tribes. And listen to what they tried to tell me and you Israel. Read. (31:27) >> Amen. And said, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." They were coming to people like me and you that had already come into covenant with Christ and they were making them doubt their status in the covenant because they had not been circumcised in the flesh. (31:56) And verse two says what? And since Shaw and Barnabas had no small understanding and many questions for them, it was decided that Shaw and Barnabas and some of the brothers should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question. So it was decided, let's go to headquarters, the government where the government of Yahweh has placed his name. (32:25) Let's go to headquarters and let's ask the apostles and the elders about this argument that's going on. Read >> verse three. When they had been sent on their own way by the calledout ones, they traveled through Fencia and Samaria, telling of the conversations of the Gentiles, and they caused great rejoicing among all the brothers. (32:57) >> Now, what happened was on their way to Jerusalem, they stopped and talked to these that are being saved among the lost tribes called the Gentiles, and there was great joy. Verse four. >> And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the calledout ones, the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that Yahweh had done through them. (33:24) >> Read. >> But some of those But some of those in the faith who were from the sect of the Pharisees stood up. >> Okay, now these are saved. Listen to me carefully. This is saved Jewish that are that were from Judaism. The certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed this is people that believed on Christ but they still couldn't let go of their Judaism that they were causing a problem in the ministry in the church because they couldn't let go of this read. (34:04) >> Amen. They stood up saying, "Not only are they required to be circumcised, they are also to be told to keep legal customs besides the law given through Moshe." >> So they're teaching these lost tribes that they must be circumcised to be saved. Read. >> So the apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter. (34:32) And after there had been a long debate, >> there was a lot of arguing over this subject. Read >> Ka rose up and said to them, "Men and brothers, you know that you know that quite a while ago Yahweh made a decision among you that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the message, the law and the prophets and so believe. (34:59) " And so he said, "I'm going to the lost tribes, which we call the Gentiles, and I'm going with my mouth. They are going to believe the gospel." Read verse 8. And Yahweh who knows the hearts testified to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us. >> So these people came into the covenant. How do we know? Because they have the Holy Spirit. (35:28) How did they get the Holy Spirit? water baptism. >> These people came through water baptism, received the Holy Spirit just like every circumcised Jew. Paul was a circumcised Jew and he said they got the Holy Ghost just like we did. They came into the covenant just as we did. Read. >> Amen. And made no difference between us and them purifying their hearts by faith. (35:55) >> Oh, did you say purifying their hearts? That's the entire purpose of what? Circumcision. >> We're going to read that later tonight. The entire purpose of circumcision was the what? The obedience of the heart, the breaking of the flesh, the submission of the will. He said they've done that. (36:16) And we have proof they've done it. And that proof is not circumcision. That proof is water baptism. We're going to prove that later tonight. Read >> verse 10. Now therefore, why do you test Yahweh to place a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? >> So you those in Judaism, why are you taking your sign from your covenant? Why are you taking that sign and not accepting their sign? They have another sign of the covenant and it's not the same as Judaism's sign. (37:01) Read, but rather through the undeserved pardon of Yesua the Messiah, our hope is to be saved accordingly as well as they also. >> All right, go to 13. >> After they had finished speaking, Jacob answered, saying, "Men and brothers, listen to me. >> Listen to me. here stands up the apostle of the Jerusalem church, the pastor, the leader. He stood up. (37:31) The voice of authority stood up and shut all the other apostles down because James, the brother of Yeshua, is the pastor of the Jerusalem church. Everyone submitted when James stood up. He said, "All you apostles, everybody hush. I'm speaking." Listen to what he said. Now, we've already we know these scriptures, so we can skip past them because we all know these next few scriptures very well. (37:56) So, let's go to verse number uh brother uh 19. >> Amen. >> Therefore, my judgment is that we should not make difficulties for those of the Gentiles who return to Yahweh. >> So, here is a judgment. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose will be loosed. Here's a judgment from one of those men that was given that authority. (38:23) >> You see, the church I'm a part of is built on the foundation of the apostles doctrine. That's why I'm apostolic. >> Hallelujah. >> I'm apostolic. >> And here comes an apostle with just as much authority as Moses ever had. And he said, "This is my judgment. I have the authority to judge this matter. (38:48) We're gonna leave them people alone. They do not have to be circumcised. We're not putting that burden on them. When they have a sign, we can tell they've got a sign of who they are. We see the sign. They have the Holy Ghost just like we have. >> Oh, hallelujah. >> He said, "This is my judgment." We're not No, no, stop it. (39:09) He said, "Shut it down." Read >> verse 20. but rather write to them that they abstain from defilements such as God worship, worship of Elohim, from all sexual impurity, from that which has been cooked with the blood still in it, and from blood shed by violence. >> Read. For Moshe from the earliest times has in every city those who preach him being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day. (39:46) >> Then the apostles, the elders, and all the called out ones decided to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with with Sha Sha and Barnabas. Judah, shore named Bar Barabus and Silas, leading men among the brothers. >> And then headquarters wrote letters in verse 23. They wrote letters after this manner. (40:17) And here's what their letter said. the apostles and the elders and the brethren send greetings unto the brethren which are among the lost tribes of Israel in Antioch, Syria and Celicia. Now listen to verse 24 and listen carefully. For as much as we have heard that certain men went out from us, from our church here in Jerusalem, and they have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, "You must be circumcised and keep that law to whom we gave no such commandment in verse 25. (41:10) And it seemed good to us who the apostolic government being assembled in one accord to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul. Verse 28, turn there quickly. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, which is Yahweh, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things. And at the end of their letter, they said, "Fair ye well. (41:42) " You know what that means? It's over. It's done. Case dismissed. Aasta la vista. That's the ruling of the apostles. Now, some of you here tonight, you think Moses has more authority than those apostles. Get that out of your system. These apostles made a decision that I stand by. They said, "No, it's not required." And brothers and sisters, we are an apostolic assembly. (42:23) We don't dismiss Torah. We honor it by understanding its intent. We don't dismiss the apostles. We honor them by receiving their rulings. We don't dismiss Paul. We honor him as the apostle to the scattered tribes. We don't dismiss Yesua. We honor him as the living Torah, the substance to which those shadows pointed. (42:52) Now, before we can discuss circumcision, we have to discuss the priesthood because I'm going to ask you a question tonight that's going to shut this whole argument down if you'll answer it. Before we examine the circumcision, we have to establish a principle that every one of you here believe. Okay? Has remnant Israel done away with the Torah? Now, you and I are remnant Israel. (43:28) Have we done away with the Torah because we no longer recognize a Levitical priesthood as the exclusive mediators between Yahweh and his people? Has remnant Israel abolished the law because we now call ourselves priests unto God? >> Absolutely not. >> No. Absolutely not. >> No, sir. >> No. >> Now, here's the answer. (44:03) We've not replaced Torah. We've returned to Torah's original intent. Because the Levitical priesthood was not the original priesthood. It was a replacement of the original. It was an insertion, a temporary administration until we could get back to the beginning. And it was it was placed there because the original was broken. (44:39) Before Levi, before Sinai, before the law was given through Moses, there was a priesthood. In Genesis 14, you'll find the original intent of the priesthood. Genesis 14:18-19. We ought to read it. >> Amen. >> And Melchised, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God, Yahweh. (45:14) >> Blessed him. So let me ask you now, the Levitical priesthood that comes from the Torah replaced the original. >> Amen. >> So because we all believe we're priests unto God, have we done away with Torah because we no longer believe in a Levitical priesthood? How foolish. No, we've not done away with the Torah. (45:44) We went back to the intent of the Torah, which is Melchzdc. We're going back to the future. We're going back to the original that was there before the Torah was put in place as a temporary administration. >> Hallelujah. >> If you don't believe that we did away with Torah when we did away with the Levitical priesthood, then why do you believe we're doing away with Torah when we do away with circumcision? You cannot have it both ways. (46:17) The Melchzdc priesthood is the original priesthood. You and I now are members of that original intent of the priesthood. When Israel sinned with the golden calf, Yahweh's original design was interrupted. The firstborn of every family who were to serve as priest forfeited that role. The tribe of Levi, if you'll remember, originally the firstborn of every family was to be in the priesthood. (46:52) But that was defiled. And then what did Yahweh have to put in place? So let me ask all of you a question. Yahweh said originally that the firstborn of every family. That was authoritative, was it not? Come on. Was it not? >> Yes, sir. >> And did he change his mind when he changed all that and just used the tribe of Levi? >> No. (47:17) >> I'm gonna make y'all listen. >> No. But he had to work with what he had. >> He had to work with the current situation. That's why Yeshua was under the MCDc priesthood. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Because that's the original intention. And Yeshua is bringing us all back to the original intent of the Torah. I just don't see how we can see in these scriptures. Let's read it. (47:51) Numbers 3 and 12. If you want to see original intent, let's read it. Numbers 3 and 12. Remember that's the meat of the word, original intent. Numbers 3 and 12. Amen. And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn. >> What did you just say? Instead of >> instead of >> all the firstborn that open the womb. (48:22) >> Amen. >> Therefore, why? Therefore, I'm changing the administration. I'm not changing the policy. I always wanted a priesthood, but I'm changing for this where we are in time. I'm changing the way it's going to operate. Is this God changing his mind? No. It's time demanding a difference. The Levitical priesthood was a replacement of the original, a substitute, and it was given because of transgression. (49:05) So was the entire Torah. Did you know that? Did you understand that the entire Torah was given because of transgression, not because of the perfect will of Yahweh. >> Now we're becoming the substitutionary priesthood. >> Absolutely. Until what? Until we all become kings and priests unto our Yah in the millennial reign. (49:37) >> Amen. Amen. Watch this. I want to show you this scripture. >> Amen. >> It's in Galatians 3:19. Let's find out why the Torah was written. Galatians 3:19. Galatians 3:19. Because the Torah is not the original intent. The Torah is the substitutionary replacement of the original intent. If you don't get what I just told you, you cannot understand your Bible. (50:15) The Torah was a replacement of the original intent. Read. >> Amen. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added. >> So here's what Paul said. So why do we have the Torah, not the law? Because the decalogue is the law. >> This is the Torah. Why do we have the Torah? Paul said, >> read. >> It was added because of >> It was added. (50:49) It was added because of what? >> Transgressions. When they broke the Ten Commandments, which was the original law, then Moses had to add 613 laws because of sin, not because it was God's original intent. Does anybody do I have anybody see the revelation you're seeing right now? >> This is good. >> Amen. Amen. >> The Torah was not Yah's original intent. (51:24) If we was under the original intent, we wouldn't need a Torah. Hallelujah. If we was under original intent, we wouldn't need a commandment. Hallelujah. We would be filled with the Holy Ghost and become the commandments. Amen. >> Somebody would hear me. >> You're bringing the simplicity. We've got to understand the purpose of the Torah is to be replaced. (51:55) >> You know what the Torah was? Do you know what's going to happen in the end, in the millennial reign? Do you know what's going to happen in that age? We're going to replace the replacement. >> Hallelujah. Yeah. >> And and the law that will be taught in the millennial reign will be the the ten commandments, the the the love thy neighbor as much as you love yourself and love the Lord God with all your heart. (52:22) On those two hangs all that other stuff that had to be added because of transgression. But if you truly love God with all your heart, you ain't got to write one commandment. You become the commandment. Oh, hallelujah. I thank God for this good Holy Ghost. I thank God that we're going back to the original intent of the Torah. And you got to be able to see it. (52:47) You got to be able to know that nobody's replacing Torah. We're finding that original intent that brought the Torah into place. Hebrews 7 1-3. Somebody say, "We're replacing the replacement." >> We're replacing. >> We're replacing the replacement. >> Replacing the replacement. >> Now, let's prove it. >> Let's prove it. Hebrews 7 1-3. (53:18) >> Amen. For this Melchzdc, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, Yahweh, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all. >> By the way, if anybody ever tells you that tithing is in the Torah, and it came from the Torah that's alive from the pits of hell, here is Abraham paying tithe 400 and something years before there ever was a Torah. (53:49) Why? Because tithing is original intent. First fruit is original intent. Amen. >> Amen. >> Read. First being by interpretation, king of righteousness, and after that also king of Salem, which is king of peace, without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but made like unto the son of God, abideth a priest continually. (54:23) >> Now, hold on, hold on. Melchazedc, it's told right here, would abide a priest continually forever. But we have a problem. It's in verse 12. >> For the priesthood being changed. >> But what did you just say? >> The priesthood was changed. >> Now, I just read that the Melchzdc priesthood was continually >> and it is, >> but yet temporarily >> it had to be changed. It was changed. (54:56) >> Amen. >> And why was it changed? Read. >> There is made of necessity. >> Because there was a necessity, a situation. >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> That happened that demanded the law to change and it said it changed the law. >> Hallelujah. >> Does anybody see that or is it just >> Good. Thank you, Apostle. I'm just going to make y'all sit there and read that verse. (55:27) I'm just going to make you look at it until you finally get delivered from the letter and the milk of the word. My Bible said the law was changed because a situation demanded it. Because Melchzdc did not remain a priest forever, but he is now because we replaced the replacement. Oh, bless God. Oh, bless God. >> Woo! Hallelujah. >> We literally replaced the replacement. (56:09) WHEN YESHUA DIED ON THE CROSS, HE REPLACED the replacement of the sacrificial animals. And I'll go one step further. When I WAS BAPTIZED IN HIS NAME AND RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST, I REPLACE CIRCUMCISION BECAUSE OF A NECESSITY. HALLELUJAH. And we're going to prove that in the word of God tonight. Now, go to First Peter 2:9. (56:40) Because if Torah demands a Levitical priesthood, we've got another problem in 1 Peter 2:9. Cuz I'm not a Levite. But here's what I am. According to First Peter, an apostle with apostolic authority. Amen. >> Read it, Elder, cuz I feel good now. >> Oh, hallelujah. >> But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood. (57:08) >> A what? a royal priesthood. >> But I'm not a Levite. >> Oh, you're a priesthood. >> OH, I'M VIOLATING TORAH. OH, NO. I'M REPLACING THE REPLACEMENT. YOU UNDERSTAND? I'm going back to I was what it was supposed to be before the Torah. >> Hallelujah. >> My God. From Zion. >> To me, it's as plain as the foot on your face. (57:29) >> Amen. >> Revelation 1 and6. Somebody tell me if we're violating Torah here. Somebody tell me if we're replacing Torah here. >> Amen. >> Revelation 1 and6. >> And hath made us kings and priests unto Yahweh. >> That violates Torah. That violates Torah. That violates Torah. Oh, no it doesn't. (58:01) Torah violated the original because Torah had to violate the original because the original was not where it was supposed to be. It was broken and Torah was added to fix the brokenness until the brokenness could be fixed in the end time and in the millennial reign. And that's what we are replacing is the brokenness. >> What a good father to bring a solution to every broken every broken thing. (58:31) That's what the Torah was. A solution to those THAT WOULD NOT LIVE UP TO THEIR calling >> back to the future. >> Hallelujah. If the Levitical priesthood in Torah, do you know what that priesthood Elder Iniquit was called? An everlasting priesthood. It was to be that way throughout their generations. >> Amen. (58:56) So if returning to the Melchazdc priesthood is not abolishing Torah but fulfilling the goal, if every believer in remnant Israel can call themselves a priest without anyone accusing them of lawlessness, then the principle is established. Torah's temporary administrations can be transposed back to their original intent without abolishing Torah. (59:25) The Levitical priesthood pointed backwards to Melchzdc and forward to Yeshua. The Levitical priesthood was never the destination. It was the training wheel. And when the training wheel is removed, we don't say the bicycle has been destroyed. We say the rider has matured. [laughter] That's why Paul calls the Torah a school master to bring us to maturity. (1:00:10) Hallelujah. Torah is not a collection of rituals to Torah is divine instruction aimed at one thing. And I want you to put this in your notes. Torah has a goal. And I'm afraid many people in Judaism and in the messianic movement do not understand Torah has a goal. That goal is transformation. Every commandment in the Torah has two things. (1:00:50) A form which is an external administration, a physical training tool and it has intent. A form and intent. What is an intent? The internal objection that the tool is supposed to bring to pass in your life. Let me prove it to you if I may. Yahweh establishes this plainly. And he does it in the Torah. (1:01:22) Deuteronomy 10:16. I'm fixing to show you the original intent. Deuteronomy 10:16. But until this But until this original intent could come back, there had to be a temporary training wheel. Let's read it. >> Amen. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and be no more stiff neckaked. >> That was the goal. >> Stiff necked. (1:01:53) >> Stiff necked. >> That was the goal. Did anybody just read that in the Torah? That was the goal the entire time. circumcise what of your heart. >> Thank you. >> But until you can do that, until that time comes when you get help from on high to do that for then cut off the foreskin of your private as a training wheel until you can circumcise your heart. (1:02:38) Amen. >> Amen. >> Because you think God, you think Yahweh ever cared about a man's private part being circumcised? You think that was his goal? He wants everybody to go cut. Do you think that was his goal? He told you his goal. Circumcise your heart. But I'll give you a training wheel that will help you to do that until you are endued with power from on high. (1:03:10) AND YOU GET THE POWER TO do that. Oh, hallelujah. Until then, I'm going to give you a training wheel because every time you circumcise your foreskin, it'll remind your mind to circumcise your heart because that's where we're going to wind up. Yesua said, "When we replace this replacement, this is where we're going to wind up. (1:03:31) circumcising the heart of a man. I thank God for truth. I THANK GOD THAT I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN NOR STUCK IN A MESSIANIC JUDAISM. I THANK YAHWEH THAT WE'RE FINDING the intent of the heart of Yahweh. Hallelujah. >> Amen. >> We're more than Torah observant. We're intent observant. Hallelujah. Deuteronomy 30 and verse 6. Let's read it. (1:04:10) And Yahweh thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed. >> Hold on. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Here's a prophecy about their seed. Who? See? The children of Israel. Their children. This is not a prophecy about those people. Oh, no. It's a prophecy of what's going to happen to their children. Talking about me and you. (1:04:34) What God's going to do for us when we replace that replacement. >> I know. I know you. >> I feel my help. read >> to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul that thou mayest live. >> Now Yahweh himself promised to do the circumcision. Listen to what it said. And Yahweh will do the circumcising. (1:05:05) Who is Yahweh? The Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit. HE SAID, "I'M GOING TO START." He said, "Until I do it, y'all do it. But there's coming a day among your seed when I'm going to circumcise. We're going to go back to the original intent." Good God from Mount Zion. Y'all asleep dead out there tonight, but I feel this thing, honey. (1:05:29) >> Oh, hallelujah. >> He's opening up his word tonight. >> He's setting us all straight. HE'S TELLING YOU, I'm the circumciser. And when we get past the training wheels, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. >> Hallelujah. >> Oh, hallelujah. But he didn't stop with just Moses. Let's turn to the book of Jeremiah. (1:05:52) Jeremiah 4 and4. And here's what the prophets prophesied. Yeah, those prophets that were anointed by Yahweh. Here's what they prophesied. Jeremiah 44 read, >> "Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh and take away the >> Take away the foreskin of your heart." >> Amen. There it is. This is the prophecy of what was coming to me and you, you men of Judah, that's the Jewish people, you inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my fury come forth like fire and burn that none can quench it because of the evil of your doings. (1:06:40) Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 25- 26. And listen to what Yahweh promises. Behold, the days come, sayeth the Lord. >> Not now. Not now. Not now. Why? We're in the replacement time. Right. Back then, we've got training wheels. It's being done one way. But I promise you, there's coming a day. Listen. >> I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised. (1:07:12) Egypt and Judah and Edom and the children of Aman and Moab and all that are in the uttermost corners that dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised. Every Jew that's circumcised is uncircumcised. >> Wow. Hallelujah. >> There it is. >> Make it make sense, Apostle. (1:07:42) Oh, I plan to. That's why God called me to this ministry. >> Amen. >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Yahweh said, "Everyone that's circumcised is uncircumcised." My God. From Zion. >> Amen. >> He said, "But the day is coming when I'm going to count every one of them as uncircumcised. Everybody is uncircumcised if they don't let me circumcise them. (1:08:07) " Woo sh. This is the word of Yahweh. And if it goes against your religion, then get delivered from your tradition and follow the word wherever it takes you because I'm showing you where it takes you. Yahweh declares that all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in their heart. Even though they are physically circumcised, he considers them uncircumcised. (1:08:37) I'm telling you children, this is deep. This is deep. We're walking in revelation right now. The physical mark meant nothing without the internal reality. They had the sign, but they lacked the substance. And that's why Stephen said in the book of Acts 7:51, Acts chapter 7 verse 51, he's talking to Jewish people. (1:09:11) He's talking to those that are circumcised. Listen to what the the man of Yahweh says. Acts 7:51. >> Amen. You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears. Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you. >> Every one of you circumcised people, you're uncircumcised. He said, >> "Amen." >> Did you hear it? You uncircumcised Jews. (1:09:50) That's what he said. Why? Because you're stiff necked. You're hard in your heart. And that circumcision you have, we're coming to the time now where it will no longer be considered circumcision. Why? We're changing the policy, not the Torah, the administration of it. When Yahweh said, "What does Yahweh your Elohhe require of you?" In Deuteronomy 10:12-13, he said, "What does Yahweh require of you?" This is a powerful scripture, pastor, what's required? Let's find out. (1:10:32) Deuteronomy 10:12-13. Read, "And now, Israel, what doth Yahweh thy God require of thee? but to fear Yahweh thy God, to walk in all of his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. To keep the commandments of Yahweh. >> Pause right there. Pause right there. What does Yahweh require of you? You don't see circumcision nowhere in there. (1:11:03) >> Amen. >> He's telling the Jewish people what Yahweh requires of them. Now, read the next verse. and his statutes which I command thee this day. Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens is Yahweh's thy God, the earth also with all that there is in. >> So how do we do that? How do we obey what Moses and the Torah just said to to love him with all of our hearts? How do we do it? Read the next verse. (1:11:36) >> Amen. Verse 15. Only the Lord had they 14. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Behold, the heaven and the heavens of heavens is Yahweh's thy God, the earth also with all that therein is >> I'm missing something there. I thought >> I think skip verse 13. >> Okay, that's the problem. Read verse 13. to keep the commandments of Yahweh >> and and his statutes which I command thee this day for thy good. (1:12:12) >> I'm missing a verse. Give me one second. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank [clears throat] you, Father. >> 16 maybe. >> 15. That's what I was >> 16. >> Let's find out. Let's see. Let's roll over there. >> 16 is circumcised. Therefore, >> there you go. There you go. There you go. Thank you. Now, so to to to do all of what Moses just said, tell him in that verse what he required. (1:12:39) >> Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and feed no more of your heart. What does Yahweh require of me? >> Just circumcise my heart. >> Circumcise the heart. >> Amen. And that's why Paul said in Romans chap 2 28-e 29, Romans 2 28- 29, let's read it quickly. Amen. For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly. (1:13:15) >> He is not a Jew that's had his foreskin removed from his private. That's not a Jew. Amen. >> And neither is that circumcision by God. >> Amen. Has to be the circumcision of the heart. >> Read. Read it. Neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew which is one inwardly. (1:13:46) And circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter. >> Not in the letter of the Torah. Not in the letter. >> Hallelujah. Go to Philippians 3 and 3. I'm going to destroy this thing tonight with the word of God. Philippians 3 and3. This ministry is going to walk in truth and spirit. spirit and truth. I will not allow this ministry to go in the ditches. (1:14:24) We believe the word alone here. Philippians 3 and3. Amen. For we are the circumcision. >> Somebody say, "We are the circumcision." And I wish you would look at me and say, "We are the circumcision." >> We are the circumcision worship. >> Read >> which worship Yahweh in the spirit. >> That's me. I'm one of them. >> And rejoiced in Christ the Messiah. (1:14:59) >> I'm one of them. >> And have no confident in the flesh. >> I don't have no confidence in a fleshly circumcision. No whatsoever. >> Hallelujah. I don't have no confidence in somebody cutting a private part. I have no confidence in that at all. My confidence is I've got the proof that I love the Lord with all my heart cuz I was baptized in his name and filled with his spirit. I've got the sign, honey. (1:15:28) I've got the sign. I've got a tender heart towards Yahweh. That is my sign. >> Hallelujah. >> Now, I want to prove it to you tonight. We're going to prove it. I'm not going nowhere till I knock this casket and put the last nail in it. >> Hallelujah. >> Go with me to the book of Genesis 12 verse 1 through verse 4. (1:15:50) And I'm fixing to prove to you tonight the truth. >> Genesis >> what verse? Apostle >> 12 1-4. >> Genesis. >> Yeah. >> The people that don't have the fullness of the Holy Ghost, they need a fleshly circumcision. But according to the word of God, we are the circumcision. If we if we rejoice in Messiah, if we're filled with the spirit, we are the circumcision. (1:16:18) >> Amen. >> Cuz I know people circumcised ain't rejoicing in Messiah. They they No. Uh-uh. No. They as dead as a dead man's bone. >> Stiff necked. >> Stiff necked. I'm not ONE OF THEM. I know who I am. We are the circumcision. I feel like preaching that. We are the circumcision. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> It's been a policy update. (1:16:42) >> That's all it is. >> Genesis 12 1-4. I got to hurry. I didn't know I didn't I don't have but 10 minutes left. Go ahead. >> Amen. Now Yahweh had said unto Abram, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee, and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing, and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that cursseeth thee, and in thee all the families of the earth shall be blessed. (1:17:23) So Abram departed as Yahweh had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him. >> Now that's good. Yahweh had spoke to Abraham to depart from Babylon or from the land of Abraham obeyed. At that moment, Abraham came into a covenant relationship with Yahweh. The relationship began at the moment of obedience. (1:17:53) Not believing but obedience. And according to Genesis 15 and6, Yahweh said that the moment Abraham believed, it was counted to him for righteousness. Now >> his heart was circumcised. That's exactly it. But the heart was circumcised. Genesis 15:18. Read that. >> In the same day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt unto the river of the of the river Euphrates. (1:18:38) " >> On that same day, which happened to be the 15th of O. On that same day, which was on a Wednesday, Yahweh came into covenant with Abraham. The animals were divided just like at Mount Calvary. It was dark in the middle of the day. And Yahweh bound himself to Abraham by a covenant earth. (1:19:07) And there was one thing that did not happen that day. Read it all you want to. There's one thing that did not happen to Abraham. Circumcision. Anybody listen? >> Amen. an apostle >> to tell anybody they got to be circumcised to come into covenant with Yahweh is to say that that covenant Yahweh made with Abraham was not a covenant because there was no circumcision. (1:19:43) But let's go to Genesis 17 verse one and verse two. >> Genesis >> remember this before you read that. Genesis 17:1 and2. Remember Abraham was 75 years old when he came into covenant with Yahweh. Just remember that. Okay. Read. >> That's a 12 apostle. Amen. >> Amen. Read. >> And when when Abram was 90 years old and nine >> when Abram was 99 years old, when did he come into covenant? 75 years old. when he was 99. (1:20:27) Read, >> Yahweh appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God. Walk before me and be thou perfect, and I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. >> Verse two, >> and I will make >> Go ahead. >> And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Verse 10. (1:20:56) >> This is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and thy seed after you. Every manchild among you shall be circumcised. >> 24 years Abraham was in covenant with Yahweh >> with no circumcision. >> Amen. Apostle, can I say one thing, please? Oh my gosh. [gasps and sighs] I wrote it down because I don't want to forget it when you said it a moment ago. (1:21:32) And now you just made it even more concrete. I said, "This is why the Jews, when they were at the base of Mount Si, were fearing the voice of Yahweh, and they did not want to hear his voice, nor did they want to receive the Holy Spirit to come upon their heart. And just like it would show later in their rejection of the promise to enter the land, the promise given to Abraham, they refused the promise for the law to be written on the cross. (1:21:56) >> And and you know what, Elder, you just nailed it because that's exactly what I want to say. Now, why after 24 years did he need another sign besides the one Abraham had? Because if God Yahweh was going to protect Abraham's children, they would not have the original sign of obedience. and he replaced it with a lesser sign that would keep them in the covenant of Abraham because he knew they would rebel unlike Abraham and they would need a lesser sign. (1:22:42) The the original sign with Abraham was obedience. >> Wow. >> But his children would not obey. So he gave them a lesser sign that would protect them and keep them in covenant until they could return back to the original faith of Abraham. The original faith of Abraham of faith and obedience and a circumcised heart. Abraham had a circumcised heart. (1:23:09) His children had circumcised flesh. >> Wow. What a good what a good father we have. >> A good good father. Yeah. >> He gave them circumcision out of grace because there had to be something to identify them in the world because faith would not identify them. That's why Yesua told them in the New Testament, "If you were of your father Abraham, you would believe in me, but you're the sons of serpents." Oh my. (1:23:37) But they were circumcised. He said, 'If you WERE OF YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM, you would believe upon me because anyone that believes upon me is the seed of Abraham. >> Hallelujah. >> Romans chapter 4 11. I must hurry. Romans chapter 4 verse 11. >> Amen. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being which he had yet being uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all them that believe. (1:24:28) Though they be though they be not circumcised >> though they though they >> be not circumcised >> circumcised they will still be counted as children >> of Abraham. >> Hallelujah. >> Amen. Hallelujah. >> Because circumcision was a sign. What does a sign do? A sign is an outward mark that points to something. A sign is pointing to an inward reality. (1:25:03) A sign is not the thing itself. It's a sign. A seal does not create what it certifies. Abraham was righteous before circumcision. Abraham was in covenant before circumcision. Abraham was Yahweh's friend before circumcision. Circumcision simply marked what was already true. And that's what baptism does for you. (1:25:32) It doesn't give you faith. You're not saved by works. Those are signs that point to what you already have. For Judah, the sign of the covenant is circumcision. The Jewish people, the house of Judah, they've carried this sign for 4,000 years. It marks them. It identifies them. It declares to the world they belong to Yahweh. (1:26:03) That's what the sign is for. They don't belong to Yahweh because of their faith. They belong to Yahweh because they have a physical sign that points them back to the one that had faith. Nobody just heard what I said. [laughter] >> This is powerful. >> The Jewish people don't have faith, but they've got a sign that says they belong to Yahweh. (1:26:31) Not because of their faith, but because the sign on their skin points back and REMINDS YAHWEH THAT THEIR father had faith and because of Abraham. They belong to Yahweh. Hallelujah. But >> they must have a sign. They must have a sign that they're the people of the covenant. They bear the mark of Abraham. And listen what he said in Genesis 17 and 11. (1:27:03) You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a token. How many knows when you go to the fair and you get a token? That's not real money. When you want to ride the rides, what do they give you? Tickets or tokens? How many knows you can go give that person at the ride those tickets? You're not giving them the real deal. What are you giving them? A sign that you've got the real deal. (1:27:32) And the real deal was, "Oh my god, I feel good. The real deal. Well, you paid it. You already you got the real deal cuz you got the sign. >> It's like when you sign a contract, they're signed. They're marked. >> Amen. Amen. Circumcision is Judah's witness to the world that they belong to Yahweh. But for remnant Israel, you and I, the sign that we belong to Yahweh, is still circumcision. (1:28:07) We are circumcised in heart first. See, we were scattered among the nations. We were lost for 2,700 years and we're now being awakened. We have a different sign. It's not the sign of the tribe of Judah. Not because we reject circumcision, but because our condition required a different sign. We have no genealogy to prove who we are. (1:28:38) No ancestry to tell us we belong to Abraham. The Jews do. We don't. We have no physical mark that identifies us as Israel because that identity then was erased by centuries of assimilation. But when we passed Osha through the waters of Mikbah in the name of Yeshua, we made a public declaration to the world that we have returned. We have entered into the covenant. (1:29:09) We belong to Yahweh. Not through circumcision, but through the sign of Messiah. Hallelujah. We do belong to him. And we've got a sign, too. >> Amen. Hallelujah. >> Amen. >> That's why he said Peter said repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yeshua for the remission of sin and you will receive the Holy Spirit. (1:29:36) The promises unto you and to your children, all that are far off, that's those lost tribes, even as many as Yahweh as our Elohim shall call. Baptism is remnant Israel's witness to the world. The Jewish people have another witness. It's their circumcision. That's their sign. They belong to Abraham. But the sign that the scattered tribes have returned is found in Romans chapter 6 verse three through verse 4. (1:30:16) coming from apostolic authority. Let's read it. Oh, shut up. >> Amen. Uh, know ye not? >> Do you not know >> that so many of us were as were baptized into the name of Yesua the Messiah? Were baptized into his death. Therefore, we are buried with him by baptism into death. that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father, even so we also should walk in a newness of life. (1:30:52) >> You and I were dead. We were the dry bones in Ezekiel's vision. But when we came back through the water, when we ca we came back alive, you understand? Read Galatians chapter 3 27 through 29. Galatians 3:27-29. I'm trying to hurry. My time is gone. >> Amen. For as many for as many of you has have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (1:31:23) >> And if anybody tells you that you're not in covenant with Messiah because you're not circumcised, they're a liar. The Bible said that because you are returning to covenant with a different sign. You're coming with the sign of the Messiah buried with him in water baptism. And there is neither Jew nor Greek. There's neither bond nor free. (1:31:42) There's neither male nor female. You are all one in Messiah Yesua. And if you be Messiah's, then you are Abraham's seed. You don't need circumcision. You need baptism. >> Amen. Hallelujah. >> He said you're hes together with the Jewish people now. But you've got a different sign. Did you catch that? Through baptism in Messiah, we become Abraham's seed. (1:32:12) were recognized as Abraham's seed. Did you? It said it tells you what your sign is. Colossians chapter 2 verse 12. Colossians 2 verse 12. buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of Elohim, who hath raised him from the dead. Go with me to First Peter chapter 3 verse 21. (1:32:52) 1 Peter 3 and 21. I tell you what, read verse 20, elder and 21. >> Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of Elohim waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water, the like figure where unto even baptism doth also now save us. (1:33:28) Whoa, whoa, whoa. Baptism. Did my Bible just say baptism saves us? >> Yes, sir. >> Not by the putting away of the foreskin of your flesh. >> Amen. >> The filth of the flesh, but baptism. >> Hallelujah. >> Why? We've updated the policy. We've updated the administration. We're replacing that replacement with the original. (1:34:00) Because to be baptized, you must have faith. It takes no faith to be circumcised. That happens the moment you're born. But the moment you're born in the water, you're circumcised because you had faith first. It was faith that brought you to the water. And it was the water that became your sign of your faith that pointed to your faith. (1:34:20) >> Amen. Ephesians chapter 2 11 through13. Quickly, let's turn there quickly. I'm not even Do y'all know I'm not even a quarter of the way through my notes on this subject. >> Oh, we're hanging in with you. >> Not even a quarter of the way. Thank you, sister. I'd just have to write a book on it, I suppose. (1:34:43) Ain't no way I can get it out tonight. Ephesians 2 and 11 through13. Wherefore read Elder, >> wherefore remember that ye being in times past Gentiles in the flesh. >> What does that mean? What does that mean? In the flesh, you were uncircumcised. >> Amen. >> Your flesh said you was a gentile. >> Read. >> Who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made by hands. (1:35:12) >> Okay. There's a group of people that's been circumcised with men's hands. that are calling you uncircumcised. That's right. Read what it says. >> Verse 12. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope, without Yahweh in the world. (1:35:39) But now in Christ the Messiah, ye who sometimes were a far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. >> If our father if our father Abraham was not justified by circumcision and we are the children of faith, then neither are we. Physical circumcision was the covenant sign, but heart circumcision is the covenant substance. (1:36:12) >> We went back to the original. >> We went back to the original. >> We went back to the original. He said in Jeremiah, all the house of Israel are uncircumcised. >> I want the voice of Elijah. Amen. >> Amen. Elder, brothers and sisters, let me give you an example. And my time is gone. I'm so sorry. (1:36:42) If you need to go, you're free. But I want to point something out to you. Why do we keep the Sabbath, pastor? It's not fulfilled. It's still a shadow of what's coming. Circumcision was a shadow of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It came. The lamb was a shadow of Yeshua. He came. But the Sabbath and the feast days represent the millennial reign. (1:37:15) It has not come. That's why Paul said, "Don't let anyone condemn you for keeping it because they are shadows of things still to come." But I want to show you how those that keep the letter versus the spirit. Keeping the Sabbath, let's read it. Isaiah 58:13. There are many people in the world today that keep the Sabbath day to the letter. (1:37:47) They sit around and discuss what we can and cannot do on the Sabbath. They will not touch this or do that on the Sabbath. They're going by the letter. But let's read Isaiah 58:13. Amen. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Yahweh, honorable, and shall honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words. (1:38:27) >> Let me ask you a question. Thank you, Elder. >> Many people are obeying that scripture. They're keeping the Sabbath to the letter except that one little part, calling it a delight. Because those very people that keep the Sabbath to the letter, they wouldn't dance with us. They would not rejoice with us twirling around exuberant with delight and holy celebration. (1:38:54) The intent of the commandment has not been fulfilled just because you kept the Sabbath. Until you have rejoiced in the Sabbath until you have called it a delight, made it a delight. Because I watch some people keeping the Sabbath, it don't look too delightful to me. Okay? It is until you find the delight of the Sabbath, you have not kept the intent of it even though you've kept it. (1:39:24) Yahweh demon uh Yoshua demonstrated it when he and his disciples gathered food on the Sabbath. They said he was violating the Torah. No, he wasn't. He was keeping the intent of the Torah. But the Pharisees were bound to the letter. They could not understand that same principle governed circumcision. The external act was the letter, but the yielded heart is the intent. (1:39:53) And Torah always prioritized the intent. Always, always, always, always, always. The intent is what matters. And now Colossians 2 and 11, I'm going to show you the ultimate goal of circumcision. Colossians 2 and 11. >> In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands. >> Oh, there is another circumcision made without hands. Hallelujah. (1:40:33) [laughter] You remember Yahweh said in Torah he was going to do it himself without hands, right? You remember that, right? He said right here Paul is following up on that. He said, "There is a circumcision made without hands." And and how did that happen? When we put off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Messiah. (1:40:59) Pastor, when did we do that? In Colossians 2:12, when we were buried with him in baptism and risen with him through the faith of the working of Yahweh. It was the working of Yahweh in the water that cut off your flesh. Uh oh. IT WAS THE HANDS not made with hands that every one of you, he reached down in that water. Yes, he did. (1:41:26) AND PUT SOMETHING INSIDE of you that fulfilled the Torah. Thank you for joining me tonight. We'll try to finish up another time. Yahweh bless you. >> Amen. Shalom. Shalom. Thank you father. Thank you father.