This document briefly outlines some of
our Basic Beliefs. It also includes the Ministry's Divine
Mandate and Vision.
We Believe...
We believe Salvation is a free gift to all who accept
Messiah Yahshua as their personal Savior, and believe in His
atoning blood.
We believe in the eternal deity of Yahshua, and that in Him
dwells all the fullness of Yahveh Elohim in the flesh. We
believe in the plurality and unity of the Godhead-Echad...three
in one..Yahveh, Yahshua, and the Ruach haKodesh.
We believe the true ekklesia, the assembly of called-out
ones, are all part of Israel and consists of Jewish
Believers, Israelite Believers from the Ten Lost Tribes, as
well as non-Israelite Believers. As Believers in Yahshua, we
are His ekklesia and, thereby, granted full citizenship in
the Commonwealth of Israel.
We believe in the full restoration of the 'Olive Tree of
Israel.' This means the restoration of the people of Judah
and Ephraim into 'One Nation' through the Messiah. We
believe Yahshua the Messiah is the root of the Olive Tree of
Israel. The Olive Tree of Romans 11 describes the Two Houses
of Israel. The natural cultivated olive branches of whom
Paul wrote described the House of Judah, and the wild olive
branches those of scattered Ephraim. In Ezekiel 37, the
Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob promised that He would
unite the Two Houses of Israel - Ephraim/House of Israel and
Judah/House of Judah, as well as their companions,
proselytes, converts, and sojourners and bring them back to
the Land of Israel in the end of days.
We believe the promise given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
that their descendants would be as the 'stars in the sky'
and 'the sand of the seashore' was passed to Joseph's son,
Ephraim. (Gen. 22:16-18) We believe those of Ephraim are the
non-Jewish followers of Messiah Yahshua who were once
scattered among the nations as Lo-ami, not a people. (Hosea
1:10) They are being restored as Sons of the Living Elohim,
through the Covenant of Israel's Messiah. (Matt. 10:6,
15:24) These former 'Gentiles' being gathered from the
nations are now beginning to recognize their identity as
part of the redeemed people of Israel.
We believe we are to keep Yahveh's Mo'edim - His appointed
times - Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and the Festivals as outlined
in Leviticus 23.
-Divine Mandate-
"And He shall send Yahshua, who was preached to you before,
whom heaven must receive, until the times of restoration of
all things, which Yahveh has spoken through the mouth of His
prophets since the world began." Acts 3:20-21
Restoration...
Restoration of the study of Torah as the foundation of ALL
TRUTH. The Torah of Yahveh teaches and instructs Believers
in (halakah) how to live their lives. Yahshua came to
fulfill, not abolish the Torah (Matt. 5:17). He said that He
would put it in our minds, and write it on our hearts.
(Hebrews 8:8-10)
Restoration of The Sacred Names. The Sacred Name of the
Elohim of Israel is YHVH (YAHveh) as given to Moses in
Exodus 3:15, 6:3, and the True Name of the Son, YAHshua.
Restoration of the rememberance and observance of Shabbat on
the seventh day of the week (from sundown Friday to sundown
Saturday) as commanded by Yahveh in Leviticus 23:3, Exodus
31:13, Luke 4:16.
Restoration of the Feasts of Yahveh as outlined in Leviticus
23. We have been called to 'gather the people together' to
celebrate the Festivals, which are rehearsals and a
foreshadowing of things to come. Colossians 2:16-17.
Restoration of the Two Houses of Israel. As forerunners in
this restoration, we are called to teach the heritage we
have with our forefathers, the Patriarchs that we might
fulfill our destiny. We are one people - Jew and non-Jew! We
are mandated to bring Ephraimites into the knowledge of
their identity as part of the redeemed people of Israel.
Ezekiel 37:15-28
Restoration of The Land of Israel. This is All the Land that
was promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their
descendants forever by Yahveh. We support the Biblical right
of Israel to exist as a Nation. We are to help our brothers
Judah and Ephraim realize their promised inheritance in The
Land; and in the Father's perfect timing we are to help
prepare their hearts to return to The Land. We financially
support those of Judah and Ephraim presently living in The
Land.
The Vision of "Restoration of Israel Ministries"
"Look among the nations and watch - Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you." Hab.
1:5
"...Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets,
That he may run that readeth it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarry, wait for it;
Because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Hab. 2:2-3
We believe the 'Vision' as spoken of in Habakkuk for 'an
appointed time' is NOW ... and that Vision is 'The
Restoration of the Whole House of Israel.'
"And I will make them one nation in the land
Upon the mountains of Israel;
And one King shall be King to them all:
And they shall be no more two nations,
Neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms anymore at
all." Ezek. 37:22
This ministry is to be a vehicle through which people can
come into the knowledge of their identity as part of the
Whole House of Israel.
Together as united people, we are working toward the day
when All Israel is 'regathered' and 'restored' to the
Fullness of her Holy Call. We are working to help rebuild a
Holy Nation! We believe we have a Divine mandate to be a
part of Yahveh's End-Time Plan: 'The Restoration of All
Things' and usher in the Return of Messiah Yahshua!
"S'hma Israel, Yahveh Eloheynu, Yahveh Echad.
Baruch Shem Kivod, Malchuto, L'olam V'aed."
Hear O Israel: Yahveh is our Elohim, Yahveh is One.
Blessed be His name.
Whose Glorious Kingdom is Forever and Ever. Deut. 6:4-9
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