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I am the Vine of Truth (not, I am the true vine)

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Netanel

I am the Vine of Truth (not, I am the true vine)

“I am the true vine”.

The true translation is…“I am The Vine of Truth”.

It is true in Aramic and Hebrew.

Genfen, Vine and branches

The word Vine in Hebrew is “Gefen” and means to be low and bent.

Yeshua said “I am the Vine and you are the branches”. Why the Vine? Why not the fig tree?

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The church should be like a vine, the wood of the vine isn’t used to build houses and furniture. The church isn’t fancy buildings but a living organic body; no outward beauty. The churches’ beauty in the inner man of the heart, not outward adornments.

Why not I am the fig tree and you are the branches? “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.”

Christendom is a labyrinth of walls with many compartments, the King James Bible compartment, the baptism in Jesus name compartment, the name of Yahweh compartment, and many more.

The true vine bearing the life of Christ climbs over these walls. Everywhere we walk, we find believers in Christ shut up between some kind of walls. The vine is a climber; it clings to things as it grows and moves. Those who bear the life of Yeshua climb, cling and commit themselves to every culture and denomination spreading the fragrance of Christ. We break the dividing wall of Jew, Muslim, Greek, and gentile.

Are you in a culture box or a theological correct box? Don’t limit God to just moving within your four walls. The way to get someone out of their narrow way of thinking is to connect them to the vine. Those connected to the like supply of God can climb over these walls and love those within. Those within their walls lack the life of the Vine. Unity comes through the life of Christ as this life breaks through all barriers.

Truth is constantly growing.

Our family is constantly growing also. On days off from the army, our daughter Naomi brings home lone soldiers who have no parents in Israel to look after them. What’s more, Naomi is getting engaged. Her future husband is the son of a Jewish Israeli pastor. His name is Gavriel (Gabriel in English). Gavriel is also serving in the army (Israeli defense force). We are so delighted to see them on their precious days off from the army traveling to Tell Aviv together to join in fellowship.

The engagement party is in 6 days time on Saturday the 8th.

Naomi is still serving in the Army in the hot Negev desert.

Love and blessings, Netanel.

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Posted in Translational Error

Born From Above

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Netanel

Born from Above (Begotten)

It is very important to listen to this intro before starting the “Born from Above” sub series.

After listening to the audio above, please proceed to the next three lessons.

Also, the whole introduction is transcripted below if you would like to read while you are listening!

Transcript of Intro: 

This is an introduction for the lessons on Being Born From Above. It also serves as an overall introduction. One thing I have learned during my extensive experiences of guiding tour groups for a long time (and I have guided Muslims and Christians, as well as people from one extreme to another of Christianity), is that when you present someone with a new truth, which undoubtedly is a truth, quite often the first reaction of the person is to attack you. Usually they think later as it settles in, but believe me it has happened many times.

So, usually I warn people ahead of time, and I say “Look, you know, I am saying some things here that are going to be new to you… And if you have any holy cows, (because most of us do), put them in the back paddock. And especially if they are old bulls, they are slightly more dangerous than the cows.”

So, as I said before, the Words of God have been entrusted to the Jewish People. This is a calling which is irrevocable. God clearly states in the Word that we are all equal, Jew and Gentile, but then Paul says: “Well, what advantage is there of being a Jew?” He further states that the Jews are entrusted with the Words of God. That’s an advantage, but it doesn’t mean we are not equal. Look at a man and his wife. They are supposed to complement one another. For example where there is two, they are supposed to be gifted in different areas, so that they can help one another in each of their blind spots. And it is the same when you hear two people singing a duet, its beautiful, because they have different types of voices and when they’re singing together in harmony there is a real beauty about it.

And if you listen to my teaching on the five stones, David killed Goliath with one stone, but he took 5 stones from the river. During this teaching, I am referring to Jesus being our foundation stone, but the cornerstone is Jew and Gentile, and we complement one another. For a Gentile not to listen to a Jew, is equivalent to a man not listening to his wife. Just implying that you are totally irrelevant, you know every I’m the boss, and you’ve got nothing to contribute. But of course, Gentiles have got something to give us as well.

For thirty years now, I have struggled with the English Translation of the Bible, and that what I teach on being born from above, is a fact. You know the word “again” in “being born again” is just not in the New testament. The translators have put it in. So, I am coming to give you the indisputable truth. If you go back to the original languages, it’s just not there. So what are you going to do; how are you going to interpret the truth?

That’s a different matter. What’s your interpretation on it? For instance, the central part of Jesus’ teaching is that if you try to save your soul, you will lose it and if you lose your soul, you’ll save it. But the modern translations have put the word “life” in instead of “soul”. This is very dangerous. It makes it out that this central part of Jesus teaching, is only relevant for martyrs who get killed, and then they go to heaven afterwards. But it’s the soul and not your life, and it’s a process. This is the only teaching of Jesus which are recorded four times; Matthew records it twice, Mark once, Luke twice, and John once. But it is mentioned 6 times in 4 different places. There is absolutely no other equivalent when Jesus says: If you save your soul, you lose it, you’ve got to take up the cross. That’s the central part of our gospel, so we are receiving the goal of our faith and the salvation of our souls.

Let’s just look at the word “soul”. It appears in the King James Bible 753 times, but it is translated “life” when it shouldn’t be 117 times. This one word “nefesh” in Hebrew is translated “person” when it shouldn’t, 29 times. It’s translated “mind” 15 times when it shouldn’t. There is a difference between mind and soul in Hebrew. It’s translated “heart” 15 times when it shouldn’t be. This is the King James Version. It’s translated “appetite” twice and it is translated “themselves” 3 times. It’s further translated as “desire” 4 times, and “dead” 5 times.

In the first 10 chapters of Genesis, the word “the”, in English is put in when it shouldn’t 256 times. And believe me, you can go in some of the places and it changes the whole meaning of the scriptures by adding the word “the”. So, we can do it together.

When you listen to these teachings, in Part One, I focus on the “seed” as being born from above. In the second teaching, I focus on the word “born”, which really should have been translated “begat,” because the Western mind refers it to a mother. One of the questions that comes up is your eternal security, saved or once saved always saved. We have to take all the scriptures into context. I am teaching that being born from above is a process. And straight away people think well you know, how much of a process does there need to be for me? Which is a genuine question. But one thing is for sure, if you think that by just receiving the Holy Spirit and having a born again experience, is your gateway to heaven, then THAT is totally out of context with a whole lot of other scriptures. It’s a process for us to go deeper. When we abandon one idea and go to another, it creates new questions all the time. But, we have to run with the truth, and we’ve got to love the truth. And I am not getting into the issue “once saved always saved”, because it is not an issue with me. I just live and preach the gospel which I try to live everyday.

Ok, so people relate salvation to the born again experience, that’s not true for a start. Because, if you read the book of John, whenever he says, “Born Again” he refers to eternal life, not to salvation. Being born from above, or the wrong translation born again is never, ever-ever connected to the word salvation. But, today contemporary Christianity has wrongly connected them. I am going to teach salvation in another part in another lesson and there you will see that salvation isn’t eternal life. It isn’t your eternal security. It is something that happens here on earth. It is your “azozo”, it’s your being made whole, it’s your being disconnected from the world, but it is not eternal life. Salvation is focusing on something that happens to you here on this earth.

Also in the book of John it says that believing in Jesus is enough. Well, in Greek it says to believe into Him. It is not believing on Him. Imagine a circle, believing on it is just believing that Jesus is the Son of God. It is not enough. He says you have to believe into me. We have to put on Christ. So, you might say, “Well, how much of a process do I have to go through?” Mmmm that is not the question at the moment. The first stage is just to bring to your understanding that it is a process. And, as I said before, this is in total harmony with all the other scriptures. The once born again and saved and always saved is out of context with other scriptures. You will find this especially in John chapter 12, if you love your soul, you lose it, and if you hate your soul you will keep it “into” eternal life. The key to eternal life is actually bearing the cross daily and losing your soul life.

I am going to explain this process more in the Third Lesson of the series about being born from above or being fathered from above. It is something to chew over. And as I said before, there indisputable truth is that there is no such thing scripturally as being born again as a one-time experience: “boom.” There’s no such thing as it. But, I will explain that as we go on. We receive the Holy Spirit, yes… we have that experience, yes… but, we’ve got to interpret it the right way with the scriptures. And we will do this, so just please have patience with these next three lessons in particular.

God bless you all with the truth, and let us love the truth… so that God himself doesn’t send us a “delusion” as it says in Thessalonians. The key to one of the safeguards against deception is to embrace the truth. Sometimes you have to embrace what you don’t know and put on the shelf what you do know. You know, I still have questions that are unanswered, and so do you… but, we hold on to what we do know and gradually, like a snowball, the truth accumulates and accumulates.

Halleluyah! Thank you! Enjoy the lessons in the Name of Yeshua. Amen!

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Posted in Hebraic Roots, Teaching, Translational Error

Leaves for healing of the nations

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Netanel

Leaves for healing of the nations

The Leaves are for Healing of the Nations, Revelation 22:2

“In the midst of its street and of the city, on this side and that side of the river, was a tree if life producing twelve fruits: according to one month each yielding its fruit. And the leaves of the tree were for healing of the nations.”

Understanding this verse brings us back to the absolute foundational principle of our faith…the sacrifice of Jesus (Yeshua) on the cross.

This truth should govern us every day of our lives. Understanding and applying the truth of this verse is the very key to healing and complete wholeness in our lives.

” …the leaves are for healing the nations…”

Understanding this verse brings us back to the foundational principles of the centrality of the cross

Understanding this verse brings us another key to understanding the book of Revelation.

To impart the incredible truth behind this verse, I need to lay a foundation of teaching.

I will teach on these three subjects first:

1. The righteous ‘branch’ (the correct translation is a righteous ‘plant’), promised five times in the word of God. Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15, Is 4:2, Zechariah 3:8 and 6:12

2. The dominant colours of the Tent of Meeting (Tabernacle of Moses) Red, Blue, Purple, and linen.

3. Is the New Jerusalem an actual place?

Following these three teachings,, I will refer to the teachings of Yeshua and Paul, the apostle, and connect the revealed truth back to our verse in Revelation “…the leaves are for healing of the nations”

Stay with me…it’s a stunning revelation!

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Posted in Hebraic Roots

Ethiopian Meeting And Safe House Update

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Netanel

 Ethiopian meeting and safe house update

God is powerful and continues to move through us. Halleluyah!

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Posted in Ministry Outreach

Tribulation Friend or Foe

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Netanel

Tribulation Friend or Foe

“I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.” Rev 1:9

In the New Testament, we are taught to glory (to boast in) only two things. The cross and tribulation. The cross isn’t effective without tribulation and tribulation doesn’t work without the cross.

What does tribulation mean and how should it be applied to our daily walk?

Find out by listening to the audio.

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Posted in Hebraic Roots

Jerusalem in Snow 2015

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Netanel

Jerusalem in Snow 2015

Enjoy the video and pictures. It is cold and beautiful!

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Posted in Israel Today

A new understanding on the Lord’s prayer based on a translational error

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Netanel
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A new understanding on the Lord’s prayer based on a translational error

Consider this…it is an important key in the Lord’s Prayer which has been lost in translation.

Have we totally misunderstood? Praying for provision comes before praying for relationships and holiness!

We are to pray heaven to earth in three areas of our life:

1. Provision; “…give us this day our daily (not a correct translation of this word)bread…”

2. Relationships; “…forgive us our sins as we forgive others…”

3. Holiness; “… lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil…”

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Posted in Translational Error

Phylacteries, Tzitzit… today at the Wailing Wall

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Netanel

Phylacteries, Tzitzit… today at the Wailing Wall

Avner, Omri, Yahav and I at the Western Wall today

1. “And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes so  that the Tora of YHWH may be in your mouth because with a strong hand YHWH brought you out of Egypt.” (Exod. 13:9)

2. “And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as frontlets between your eyes because with a strong hand YHWH brought us out of Egypt.” (Exod. 13:16)

3. “And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” (Deut. 6:8)

4. “And you shall place these words upon your hearts and upon your souls and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hands and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” (Deut. 11:18)

(Note: Exod. 13:9 has zikkaron, “memorial”, instead of “frontlets”.)

Thus both the head and hand phylacteries contain four passages from Scripture which include these verses: Exod. 13:1-10, 11-16; Deut. 6:4- 9; 11:13-21

We are commanded to wear them. Why? and is the commandment to wear them applicable today? What can it teach us today? In coming lessons and blogs.

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Posted in Hebraic Roots

Biblical Feast In Israel 4th September

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Netanel

Biblical Feast in Israel 4th September 

Our New Year is coming up on the 4th of September. In the New Covenant, it is called “The Feast of Trumpets”. From this day, we have 10 days of repentance before Yom Kippur.

This feast day is never called “New Year” in the bible and never “The Feast of Trumpets”. How confusing!

Translated literally in Hebrew the name of the feast doesn’t make sense in English.

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We are adopted into the Man of His right hand

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Netanel

We are adopted into the Man of His right hand

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the man whom you adopted (Hebrew translation)

Who is at the right hand of the Father? Yeshua

Who are we in? Yeshua

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