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- The Bible, composed of both the Tanakh and New Covenant, is the only harmonious, infallible and authoritative Word of God.
- God is "Echad" (one) as declared in the Sh'ma (Dt. 6:4). This is the plural form of "one" (as in one dozen eggs, or one bunch of grapes). God is never referred to as Yachid, which is "one" in the singular form - such as one grape, or one egg. He is a compound unity who has manifested Himself in several forms, including a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of cloud by night (Exodus 13:21); appeared as "three men" to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre (Genesis 18:2); as Yeshua HaMashiach, His "Son" (as seen in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and throughout the entire "New Testament" and as foreshadowed in the "Old" - especially in Isaiah 53).
- Yeshua is fully divine and fully human. He is not a demi-God, or any other entity separate and distinct from the one God of Israel. He is the same God who revealed Himself in human form (a form we could understand with our limited mindsets) over and over in the Torah (Genesis 18:1-14; Genesis 32:24-30; Exodus 24:9-11; Proverbs 30:4). He is the same God who spoke through a burning bush (Exodus 3:4) and revealed Himself as a Pillar of Cloud by day and a Pillar of Fire by night (Exodus 13:21). Of all the ways God has revealed Himself, Yeshua was the ONLY manifestation to receive a name. Translated, Yeshua means "salvation." He is the "seed of a woman" as promised in Genesis 3:15; and that His virgin birth was to be a sign to Israel of His Messiahship.
- Yeshua’s goals were to provide divine interpretation to Torah and to offer Himself as the final sin sacrifice for Israel and all humankind. We believe in Messiah's miracles, His vicarious death as our substitute, His bodily resurrection, His ascension and His future return to establish His kingdom upon the earth.
- Spiritual deliverance and salvation is available to those who place their trust in Yeshua and His divine interpretation of Torah.
- The regenerating work of the Spirit of God is essential to salvation. This is not a separate Spirit distinct from God, it is the Spirit of God - the same Spirit as described in Genesis 1. We believe in the present ministry of the Spirit and in the exercise of all of the Biblical gifts of the Spirit.
- No one is justified through keeping the Law of Moses. Rather, the Torah was given as a guide for Godly living. Since God is immutable, the spiritual principles embodied in Torah are binding upon believers today.
- Because there is a spiritual unity between all believers in Yeshua: (1) All descendents of Israel have a responsibility to honor all parts of the Torah that can be fulfilled today. (2) All non-Jews have a responsibility to honor the parts of Torah that would apply to every person in the world, irrespective of whether they are Jew or non-Jew - while at the same time, be free to live those commandments reserved for the Jews if they choose to. (3) All non-Jews who attached themselves to the Jewish people today (such as in Messianic synagogues) have a responsibility to honor all parts of the Torah that can be fulfilled today.
- God has a special, everlasting covenant relationship with the Jewish people, which includes unique spiritual and physical blessings.
- In the end times, all Israel will turn to God and accept Yeshua as the Messiah promised in the Torah. Then will the Law go forth from Zion and the Word
of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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