We believe in God's eternal covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that it is fulfilled in the Messianic Judaism of Jesus Messieh. Although the covenant was to all of the nation of Israel generally, we believe this covenant was fulfilled in Jesus Messieh to a remnant only (Rom 9:27). Those who choose not to enjoy the destiny of that covenant by rejecting Jesus Messieh have in fact canceled the covenant unto themselves. According to prophecy in Romans 9:27, a large number will reject Jesus as the Messieh and thus cancel the covenant of Abraham to them. Also according to the same prophecy, only a remnant of the twelve tribes will fulfill the covenant of Abraham. We do not know who this remnant will consist of but we know that those who reject Jesus as the Messieh are not the remnant. We therefore encourage evangelism and missionary work among the Jews. We, therefore, stand with and support the existence of the nation of Israel. We do not support Jews who hate Jesus, the New Testament, the Apostles, or the preaching of the Gosple of the Kingdom. We do oppose antimessianic attitudes from Talmudic Rabbis or others who support anti-missionary laws in Israel against the Messianic Judaism of Jesus Messieh. We oppose persecution of Messianic believers in Israel and throughout the world. We believe that Gentiles who are converted to the Messianic Judaism of Jesus are made one (Jews by Choice), with the remnant of Jewish converts to the Messianic Judaism of Jesus, in all blessings, covenants, and promises, and are fellowheirs and of the same body (Eph 3:6). We believe in holding fast to the Biblical Messianic heritage that comes to the Messianic believer from the Old Testament through the Patriarchs and the Prophets and through the New Testament and the Apostles.
The Sacred Name of God
We affirm that the last and greatest name of God revealed to man is *Jesus*. God first revealed himself as deity to mankind with use of the word Elohim. Several hundred years later, God gave to Abraham an exaltation of this name in the form of *Elshaddai*, translated: *God Almighty*. Four hundred and twenty five years later God appeared unto Moses and revealed himself by yet another secret name: Ehyeh asher Ehyeh (or Ehieh asher Ehieh) , the meaning of which is said to be: I AM that I AM. This name was the name of deliverance for the Israelites from Egypt and a name of Covenant and worship until the very birth of the Messieh. At that time, the last and greatest name of God ever revealed to mankind was revealed to the world. That name was Iehshus or Iehshua in Hebrew, Iesous translated into Greek, and Jehsus in English. The *h* has been dropped from the spelling now for several hundred years because in many Jewish uses it is silent. Easily we may see that the name of IEH-shua or Ieh-sus contains a contraction of the divine name as given to Moses at the burning bush. For this reason there is no other name given among men under heaven whereby we all must be saved (Acts 4:14, John 3:18).
In spite of these Messianic truths there are others today who deny that the name of Jesus is a valid name for God. We will not argue over the use of Yehshua, Yehshus, Iesous, Jehsus, or even Jesus. We believe the Lord Jesus Messieh can adequately determine what is meant by these names and that he is the focus of the faith. We do not believe there has to be a precise pronunciation for the name to be valid or a person with a hair-lip or with some other language difficulty would be damned and lost if they did not say it exactly like some feel it should be pronounced.
We Messianic Brothers and Sisters reject all guess names such as Yahweh, Jehovah, Yahshua, and hold that all the true and temporary sacred names and titles of God find their fulfillment and climax in the one name of Jesus Messieh. It is the only name given under heaven whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12). The Sacred name of our God as fully revealing his Lordship as Deity is: Ehyeh Jesus Messieh (or as in the KJV: Lord Jesus Christ). There is no greater name given under heaven among men. Antichrist hate it, but we praise the name of EHYEH JESUS Messieh.
It has been asked if a person pronouncing the name of Jesus in Hebrew as *Yehshua* or *Yahshua* is valid for baptism. Yahshua is not a Hebrew name, it is a guess name with no historical antiquity or value. It is a fabricated name never once found in any ancient manuscripts. ALL BAPTISMS WHERE YAHSHUA WAS PRONOUNCED IS A FALSE BAPTISM! There is no "Y" letter in Hebrew. The letter from which the "Y" is made is the letter consonant "I". The first name correctly then is "IEHSHUA." Indeed the name Jehovah was spelled IEHOVAH in the 1611 King James Version. To distinguish the letter "I" when it had the "J" (or G) sound, a curl was added at the bottom. This printer's device did result in a new alphabet character but it did not originate the "J' (or G) sound already recognized to exist in the letter "I" when pronounced properly. The ancient rule is that the "I" has an "I" sound when followed by a consonant. But if the "I" was followed by a vowel it had the "J" (G) sound. The problem arises when those who baptize using the Hebrew pronunciation try to make it a doctrinal law that to say the name Jesus in English or as pronounced in Spanish or German, are not valid. The name "Jesus" is valid and the letter "J" is not a corruption of the letter "I". In the King James 1611 version when we find the name "IESUS" it was pronounced "JESUS." Let us not devour one another over this issue. Let us do all things to the glory of Jesus Messieh and in JESUS NAME!
Statement of Faith