Planting and building a Messianic Congregation is unlike any other work or ministry within the body of Messiah. Jewish believers come to the body with over 4,000 years of biblical history and heavenly mandates coupled with the oracles of God! Paul described this in
Romans 9:4-5. the people of Isra'el! They were made God's children, the Sh'khinah has been with them, the covenants are theirs, likewise the giving of the Torah, the Temple service and the promises; 5 the Patriarchs are theirs; and from them, as far as his physical descent is concerned, came the Messiah, who is over all. Praised be ADONAI for ever! Amen.
For a Jewish person, our biblical expression of messianic worship and lifestyle is second nature, it connects directly with our soul, with our neshamah! The difficulties arise in separating manmade traditions of legalistic observances and practices compared with what Torah actually commands. A common example I use is Sukkot. If you Google how to build a Sukkah for Sukkot, your search results will contain thousands of Orthodox Jewish web pages detailing very specific rabbinical instructions on how to do this, what material to use, and the specific amounts. What does the word of God say?
Leviticus 23:42-43. You are to live in sukkot for seven days; every citizen of Isra'el is to live in a sukkah, 43 so that generation after generation of you will know that I made the people of Isra'el live in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am ADONAI your God.'"
Sukkah in Hebrew means a temporary booth or hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair, den, pavilion, or a tabernacle. I find it extremely interesting; in fact it’s a reflection of corrupted human nature. Where God is not specific and has given us leeway and freedom to worship Him such as Sukkot and building a temporary structure that people become legalistic and want to confine that freedom and limit our expression of worship! Yet, in other areas of scripture God is very specific and confines our behaviors and activities to protect us (such as dietary and sexual impurities laws) and we as humans want to argue those areas and inject a freedom and leeway that is not found in God’s word! This brings me to a point here, God’s word defines who we are in Him! God’s word is both our cultural and moral metric, the threshold of both holy and righteous lifestyles that establish our heavenly identity for both Jew and Gentile alike. The word of God is what defines us and binds us together as one! Sha’ul defines this so clearly and succinctly in:
Romans 2:13. For it is not merely the hearers of Torah whom God considers righteous; rather, it is the doers of what Torah says who will be made righteous in God's sight.
Hearers in the Greek is akroates {ak-ro-at-ace'}, to hear, to listen. In the Hebrew the term is “Shema”. Being like the Good People of Berea we must check this out and go back to the first time Shema is mentioned in scripture. Most are familiar with the following passage:
Deuteronomy 6:4. "Sh'ma, Yisra'el! ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad [Hear, Isra'el! ADONAI our God, ADONAI is one];
The term Shema is derived from the Hebrew root shin, mem, ayin. Sh'ma is a noun that is most often translated as hear or hearing. On a side note, the word for rumor is shmu-aw; the plural, rumors, is shmu-aws. If that word for rumors, shmu-aws, sounds vaguely familiar, it should. For rumors, shmu-aws, is the basis of that wildly popular yiddish-american word, “schmooze”. So the next time you hear or use the word schmooze, and that probably won’t take very long, you will I’m sure recall that the Hebrew root of “schmooze” is shin, mem, ayin, and from that you will be reminded of the daily obligation of the recitation of the Shema.
The Shema marks the declaration that God is One. If someone doesn't understand Hebrew, they might read this verse "Here, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one (Deu.6:4) and think that Adonai doesn’t exist as a triune nature or in plurality! This however is not the case, the word used in Hebrew is echad.
The word echad, or “one” as it appears in the Hebrew text of Deuteronomy 6:4, doesn't mean one, Yachid in modern Hebrew means singular or Aleph in biblical Hebrew means one. Echad means more than one part, a compound, a complex unity, oneness through plurality.
For example, in Exodus 26:6 the various parts of the Tabernacle (Mishkan) are to be constructed so that "it shall be one (echad) tabernacle," and Ezekiel spoke of two "sticks" (representing a divided nation) as being reunited into one: "and they shall be one (echad) stick in My hand" (Ezekiel 37:19).
So scripturally we see that Echad is a completeness through pluralism! The root word of Echad is “Ached”: It means to unify, to be in accord, in unison, no more separate parts!
Shema (Sh'ma), in the gematria has a numerical value of 410, the same as the word Kadosh, Holy. But the root shin, mem, ayin has other meanings, particularly “understand” and “obey”. A powerful example of this is in one of the most famous places where the same root word appears. After Moses writes down the Book of the Covenant, the people respond in:
Exodus 24:7. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud, so that the people could hear; and they responded, "Everything that ADONAI has spoken, we will do and obey."
“Na'aseh v’nishma” “Na-aseh” means “we will do”, but what does “nishma”, nun, shin, mem, ayin mean? The most common is “obey”, “be obedient" listen
“Moses took the book of the covenant and read it to the nation, and they said everything that Hashem tells us we shall keep and receive” - ‘Naase VeNishma’. This reply given by Israel embodies a profound secret that only a few Hebrew scholars and now you understand after what we've just shared. N'ase is from the root Oseh, from O'seh Shalom Bimrumov--Oseh means do. add a nun which is plural N'ase we will do. Same with Sh'ma. V'Nishma is Sh'ma with a nun added to make it plural so the heart and essence of the Sh'ma and what Israel answered to God upon hearing God's proposal was that they, Israel, would accept Torah even before knowing what it was all about!
This is the same exact concept Sha’ul is telling from Exodus in Romans 2:13 that it’s “not merely the hearers of Torah whom God considers righteous; rather, it is the doers of what Torah says who will be made righteous in God's sight.” It’s not those who say they will hear and obey God, but it’ those who actually do so. Doers in the Greek is poietes {poy-ay-tace'}, a doer, a performer, one who obeys, fulfills Torah! “Na'aseh v’nishma”, those who hear and do are the ones who shall be made righteous for God! You strife and work on righteousness every day! Again, second nature for Jewish congregates but what about Gentiles? The age old argument, surrounded by millennia of Hellenistic teaching and apostasy! Sha’ul takes us there:
Romans 2:14. For whenever Gentiles, who have no Torah, do naturally what the Torah requires, then these, even though they don't have Torah, for themselves are Torah!
Whenever gentiles who have no Torah, as just about every believing Gentile who entered through our doors experienced when they first visited a Messianic synagogue, when Gentiles do naturally: phusis {foo'-sis} in the Greek means the natural order of things as opposed to abnormal or perverse, to bring forth, to grow, to be reborn into, to sprout. When Gentiles do- poietes {poy-ay-tace'}, a doer, a performer, one who obeys, fulfills Torah naturally, when they sprout, grow, follow the heavenly natural order, and begin to bring forth Torah, even though they didn’t have it become for themselves: heautou {heh-ow-too'} in the Greek which means itself, they become Torah itself!
Ephesus is an excellent study on this conceptually! Ephesus was a city in Asia minor and the regional capital for that part of the Roman Empire. The Kehillat, the Congregation Sha’ul seeded in Ephesus was comprised of Jew and Gentile in the Diaspora as we are. This is topical and relevant to the message regarding Yeshua’s rebuke to the Congregation in Ephesus
Revelation 2:4-5. But I have this against you: you have lost the love you had at first. 5 Therefore, remember where you were before you fell, turn from this sin, and do what you used to do before. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your menorah from its place - if you don't turn from your sin!
Yeshua's warning to the Kehillat at Ephesus is stern; “turn from this sin, and do what you used to do before you fell”. I have spoken on this numerous times, I’ve heard many teachings on this. What is their "first love”? What have they fallen from, and what were their first works? Ephesians tell us what Yeshua's issues are with them:
Ephesians 2:1-2. You used to be dead because of your sins and acts of disobedience. 2 You walked in the ways of the 'olam hazeh and obeyed the Ruler of the Powers of the Air, who is still at work among the disobedient.
Ephesians 2:11-13. Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles by birth - called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an operation on their flesh, are called the Circumcised - 12 at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Isra'el. You were foreigners to the covenants embodying God's promise. You were in this world without hope and without God. 13 But now, you who were once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah's blood.
Sha'ul is specifically speaking to Gentiles within the Congregation at Ephesus. He tells them that they were among those who walked according to the world, and were not living a biblical lifestyle like the rest of Israel! Gentiles were strangers to God's word (Torah) and all of its covenants and promises until Yeshua came. Now, through the blood of Yeshua Gentiles had become joint heirs, joint partakers in the greater commonwealth of Israel, not a new faith or a new religion as is taught today.
So, before the Kehillat or Congregation at Ephesus fell where were they? They were walking in the truth and power of God's word! Their salvation came through the blood of Yeshua, our sacrifice, as brought through the house of Israel. Gentiles are grafted into or adopted into the commonwealth of Israel as fellow citizens of God's kingdom, a dwelling place for God's Glory! This is part of the mystery that Sha'ul talks about here, it's Jew and Gentile coming together as one that makes the dwelling place for His Shekhinah, His presence, His glory! This adoption or grafting in gives Gentiles all the same covenant promises that Israel has!
Through study, immersion into God’s word, and retention of the Mitzvah’s and commands of God through Torah, the Tanach, and the Brit Hadasha we develop awareness and understanding of our world (God’s Creation). We develop Love of God, love for one another, character, integrity, purity, and we begin to reapply what we have learned, reshaping the world that we live in, transforming it according to God’s plan, not mans or the worlds. Through prayer and fasting, we transform our minds and soul in conformity to the Kingdom of Heaven, adapting and reflecting a biblical lifestyle modeled after Messiah
Romans 2:15-16. For their lives show that the conduct the Torah dictates is written in their hearts. Their consciences also bear witness to this, for their conflicting thoughts sometimes accuse them and sometimes defend them. 16 on a day when God passes judgment on people's inmost secrets. (According to the Good News as I proclaim it, he does this through the Messiah Yeshua.)
Written in the Greek is graptos {grap-tos'}, inscribed, written in their heart. A circumcised heart, a heart that is in covenant with God and His word!! This word inscribed in hearts witness to their consciences, suneidesis {soon-i'-day-sis} in the Greek, the conscience, the soul as distinguishing between morally good and morally bad. When Torah is inscribed in the heart, you become torah therefore your thoughts are judged by your conscience according to what’s written on your heart. Some thoughts are good, some not, some accuse, some defend, all based upon the metric of God’s word inscribed on your heart. God judges the inmost secrets, Kruptos in Greek, the hidden, secret, concealed areas of the heart. These hidden, concealed areas can only exist if Torah is not inscribed upon your heart. The Good News of Yeshua inscribes Gods word into your heart, circumcising it. Both Jew and Gentile. It is how we both come together as one!
Ephesians 4:1-6. Therefore I, the prisoner united with the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called. 2 Always be humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love, 3 and making every effort to preserve the unity (henotes {hen-ot-ace'} in the Greek, unity, oneness, agreement) the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as when you were called you were called to one hope. 5 And there is one Lord, one trust, one immersion, 6 and one God, the Father of all, who rules over all, works through all and is in all.
Abba, Father, help us to live in harmony, to set aside our differences and focus on what truly matters: loving You and each another. We pray that You would give us hearts that are patient and humble, seeking to build bridges rather than walls. As Shaul prayed in Ephesians 4:4-6 and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom. There is one body and one Spirit, just as when you were called you were called to one hope. 5 And there is one Lord, one trust, one immersion, 6 and one God, the Father of all, who rules over all, works through all and is in all.
In Yeshua’s name I pray. Amen
Blessings and Shalom.
Rabbi Eric S Carlson
Romans 9:4-5. the people of Isra'el! They were made God's children, the Sh'khinah has been with them, the covenants are theirs, likewise the giving of the Torah, the Temple service and the promises; 5 the Patriarchs are theirs; and from them, as far as his physical descent is concerned, came the Messiah, who is over all. Praised be ADONAI for ever! Amen.
For a Jewish person, our biblical expression of messianic worship and lifestyle is second nature, it connects directly with our soul, with our neshamah! The difficulties arise in separating manmade traditions of legalistic observances and practices compared with what Torah actually commands. A common example I use is Sukkot. If you Google how to build a Sukkah for Sukkot, your search results will contain thousands of Orthodox Jewish web pages detailing very specific rabbinical instructions on how to do this, what material to use, and the specific amounts. What does the word of God say?
Leviticus 23:42-43. You are to live in sukkot for seven days; every citizen of Isra'el is to live in a sukkah, 43 so that generation after generation of you will know that I made the people of Isra'el live in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am ADONAI your God.'"
Sukkah in Hebrew means a temporary booth or hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair, den, pavilion, or a tabernacle. I find it extremely interesting; in fact it’s a reflection of corrupted human nature. Where God is not specific and has given us leeway and freedom to worship Him such as Sukkot and building a temporary structure that people become legalistic and want to confine that freedom and limit our expression of worship! Yet, in other areas of scripture God is very specific and confines our behaviors and activities to protect us (such as dietary and sexual impurities laws) and we as humans want to argue those areas and inject a freedom and leeway that is not found in God’s word! This brings me to a point here, God’s word defines who we are in Him! God’s word is both our cultural and moral metric, the threshold of both holy and righteous lifestyles that establish our heavenly identity for both Jew and Gentile alike. The word of God is what defines us and binds us together as one! Sha’ul defines this so clearly and succinctly in:
Romans 2:13. For it is not merely the hearers of Torah whom God considers righteous; rather, it is the doers of what Torah says who will be made righteous in God's sight.
Hearers in the Greek is akroates {ak-ro-at-ace'}, to hear, to listen. In the Hebrew the term is “Shema”. Being like the Good People of Berea we must check this out and go back to the first time Shema is mentioned in scripture. Most are familiar with the following passage:
Deuteronomy 6:4. "Sh'ma, Yisra'el! ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad [Hear, Isra'el! ADONAI our God, ADONAI is one];
The term Shema is derived from the Hebrew root shin, mem, ayin. Sh'ma is a noun that is most often translated as hear or hearing. On a side note, the word for rumor is shmu-aw; the plural, rumors, is shmu-aws. If that word for rumors, shmu-aws, sounds vaguely familiar, it should. For rumors, shmu-aws, is the basis of that wildly popular yiddish-american word, “schmooze”. So the next time you hear or use the word schmooze, and that probably won’t take very long, you will I’m sure recall that the Hebrew root of “schmooze” is shin, mem, ayin, and from that you will be reminded of the daily obligation of the recitation of the Shema.
The Shema marks the declaration that God is One. If someone doesn't understand Hebrew, they might read this verse "Here, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one (Deu.6:4) and think that Adonai doesn’t exist as a triune nature or in plurality! This however is not the case, the word used in Hebrew is echad.
The word echad, or “one” as it appears in the Hebrew text of Deuteronomy 6:4, doesn't mean one, Yachid in modern Hebrew means singular or Aleph in biblical Hebrew means one. Echad means more than one part, a compound, a complex unity, oneness through plurality.
For example, in Exodus 26:6 the various parts of the Tabernacle (Mishkan) are to be constructed so that "it shall be one (echad) tabernacle," and Ezekiel spoke of two "sticks" (representing a divided nation) as being reunited into one: "and they shall be one (echad) stick in My hand" (Ezekiel 37:19).
So scripturally we see that Echad is a completeness through pluralism! The root word of Echad is “Ached”: It means to unify, to be in accord, in unison, no more separate parts!
Shema (Sh'ma), in the gematria has a numerical value of 410, the same as the word Kadosh, Holy. But the root shin, mem, ayin has other meanings, particularly “understand” and “obey”. A powerful example of this is in one of the most famous places where the same root word appears. After Moses writes down the Book of the Covenant, the people respond in:
Exodus 24:7. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud, so that the people could hear; and they responded, "Everything that ADONAI has spoken, we will do and obey."
“Na'aseh v’nishma” “Na-aseh” means “we will do”, but what does “nishma”, nun, shin, mem, ayin mean? The most common is “obey”, “be obedient" listen
“Moses took the book of the covenant and read it to the nation, and they said everything that Hashem tells us we shall keep and receive” - ‘Naase VeNishma’. This reply given by Israel embodies a profound secret that only a few Hebrew scholars and now you understand after what we've just shared. N'ase is from the root Oseh, from O'seh Shalom Bimrumov--Oseh means do. add a nun which is plural N'ase we will do. Same with Sh'ma. V'Nishma is Sh'ma with a nun added to make it plural so the heart and essence of the Sh'ma and what Israel answered to God upon hearing God's proposal was that they, Israel, would accept Torah even before knowing what it was all about!
This is the same exact concept Sha’ul is telling from Exodus in Romans 2:13 that it’s “not merely the hearers of Torah whom God considers righteous; rather, it is the doers of what Torah says who will be made righteous in God's sight.” It’s not those who say they will hear and obey God, but it’ those who actually do so. Doers in the Greek is poietes {poy-ay-tace'}, a doer, a performer, one who obeys, fulfills Torah! “Na'aseh v’nishma”, those who hear and do are the ones who shall be made righteous for God! You strife and work on righteousness every day! Again, second nature for Jewish congregates but what about Gentiles? The age old argument, surrounded by millennia of Hellenistic teaching and apostasy! Sha’ul takes us there:
Romans 2:14. For whenever Gentiles, who have no Torah, do naturally what the Torah requires, then these, even though they don't have Torah, for themselves are Torah!
Whenever gentiles who have no Torah, as just about every believing Gentile who entered through our doors experienced when they first visited a Messianic synagogue, when Gentiles do naturally: phusis {foo'-sis} in the Greek means the natural order of things as opposed to abnormal or perverse, to bring forth, to grow, to be reborn into, to sprout. When Gentiles do- poietes {poy-ay-tace'}, a doer, a performer, one who obeys, fulfills Torah naturally, when they sprout, grow, follow the heavenly natural order, and begin to bring forth Torah, even though they didn’t have it become for themselves: heautou {heh-ow-too'} in the Greek which means itself, they become Torah itself!
Ephesus is an excellent study on this conceptually! Ephesus was a city in Asia minor and the regional capital for that part of the Roman Empire. The Kehillat, the Congregation Sha’ul seeded in Ephesus was comprised of Jew and Gentile in the Diaspora as we are. This is topical and relevant to the message regarding Yeshua’s rebuke to the Congregation in Ephesus
Revelation 2:4-5. But I have this against you: you have lost the love you had at first. 5 Therefore, remember where you were before you fell, turn from this sin, and do what you used to do before. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your menorah from its place - if you don't turn from your sin!
Yeshua's warning to the Kehillat at Ephesus is stern; “turn from this sin, and do what you used to do before you fell”. I have spoken on this numerous times, I’ve heard many teachings on this. What is their "first love”? What have they fallen from, and what were their first works? Ephesians tell us what Yeshua's issues are with them:
Ephesians 2:1-2. You used to be dead because of your sins and acts of disobedience. 2 You walked in the ways of the 'olam hazeh and obeyed the Ruler of the Powers of the Air, who is still at work among the disobedient.
Ephesians 2:11-13. Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles by birth - called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an operation on their flesh, are called the Circumcised - 12 at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Isra'el. You were foreigners to the covenants embodying God's promise. You were in this world without hope and without God. 13 But now, you who were once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah's blood.
Sha'ul is specifically speaking to Gentiles within the Congregation at Ephesus. He tells them that they were among those who walked according to the world, and were not living a biblical lifestyle like the rest of Israel! Gentiles were strangers to God's word (Torah) and all of its covenants and promises until Yeshua came. Now, through the blood of Yeshua Gentiles had become joint heirs, joint partakers in the greater commonwealth of Israel, not a new faith or a new religion as is taught today.
So, before the Kehillat or Congregation at Ephesus fell where were they? They were walking in the truth and power of God's word! Their salvation came through the blood of Yeshua, our sacrifice, as brought through the house of Israel. Gentiles are grafted into or adopted into the commonwealth of Israel as fellow citizens of God's kingdom, a dwelling place for God's Glory! This is part of the mystery that Sha'ul talks about here, it's Jew and Gentile coming together as one that makes the dwelling place for His Shekhinah, His presence, His glory! This adoption or grafting in gives Gentiles all the same covenant promises that Israel has!
Through study, immersion into God’s word, and retention of the Mitzvah’s and commands of God through Torah, the Tanach, and the Brit Hadasha we develop awareness and understanding of our world (God’s Creation). We develop Love of God, love for one another, character, integrity, purity, and we begin to reapply what we have learned, reshaping the world that we live in, transforming it according to God’s plan, not mans or the worlds. Through prayer and fasting, we transform our minds and soul in conformity to the Kingdom of Heaven, adapting and reflecting a biblical lifestyle modeled after Messiah
Romans 2:15-16. For their lives show that the conduct the Torah dictates is written in their hearts. Their consciences also bear witness to this, for their conflicting thoughts sometimes accuse them and sometimes defend them. 16 on a day when God passes judgment on people's inmost secrets. (According to the Good News as I proclaim it, he does this through the Messiah Yeshua.)
Written in the Greek is graptos {grap-tos'}, inscribed, written in their heart. A circumcised heart, a heart that is in covenant with God and His word!! This word inscribed in hearts witness to their consciences, suneidesis {soon-i'-day-sis} in the Greek, the conscience, the soul as distinguishing between morally good and morally bad. When Torah is inscribed in the heart, you become torah therefore your thoughts are judged by your conscience according to what’s written on your heart. Some thoughts are good, some not, some accuse, some defend, all based upon the metric of God’s word inscribed on your heart. God judges the inmost secrets, Kruptos in Greek, the hidden, secret, concealed areas of the heart. These hidden, concealed areas can only exist if Torah is not inscribed upon your heart. The Good News of Yeshua inscribes Gods word into your heart, circumcising it. Both Jew and Gentile. It is how we both come together as one!
Ephesians 4:1-6. Therefore I, the prisoner united with the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called. 2 Always be humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love, 3 and making every effort to preserve the unity (henotes {hen-ot-ace'} in the Greek, unity, oneness, agreement) the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as when you were called you were called to one hope. 5 And there is one Lord, one trust, one immersion, 6 and one God, the Father of all, who rules over all, works through all and is in all.
Abba, Father, help us to live in harmony, to set aside our differences and focus on what truly matters: loving You and each another. We pray that You would give us hearts that are patient and humble, seeking to build bridges rather than walls. As Shaul prayed in Ephesians 4:4-6 and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom. There is one body and one Spirit, just as when you were called you were called to one hope. 5 And there is one Lord, one trust, one immersion, 6 and one God, the Father of all, who rules over all, works through all and is in all.
In Yeshua’s name I pray. Amen
Blessings and Shalom.
Rabbi Eric S Carlson
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