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Lev 23:42 brought out of Egypt in booths.

Leviticus 23:42-4342 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought

them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Genesis 15:1818 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land,

from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Gen 17:1-8 Land promise

Genesis 17:1-81 ¶ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am

the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 ¶ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many

nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 ¶ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an

everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land

of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

(17) Genesis 22:17

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of theheaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of hisenemies;

Genesis 28:13-14

(13) And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father,and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

(14) And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and tothe east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Isa 2:1-3 all nations flow unto it

Isaiah 2:1-3

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The vast majority of Theologians, virtually without exception, do not realize, nor even

consider, that the Messianic writings (New Testament) were written in a “Jewish” Greek,

similar or even identical to the Greek found in the Septuagint, where many words were created

by the Jews in Greek for the purpose of sustaining a Hebrew idiom that would be lost in the

Classic or Koine Greek, while at other times the “normal” Greek words were used with normal

Greek meanings. This point cannot be overstated. Without this understanding, one will always

assume that the apparent Greek word will always carry with it a meaning peculiar to Greek,when in fact, many words were actually “coined” by the Jews, who literally “created” new

Greek words based solely on a Hebrew usage and meaning particularly not peculiar to the

Greeks of that day. They, the Greeks, would have no comprehension at all of what the new

“Greek” word meant, or even what it was, or why or how it came to be. In a number of cases, a

“normal” Greek word was used, but by comparing it to the Septuagint, which is then compared

to the Tanakh, we can readily see that it, too, is “Jewish” Greek because the “meaning” will

reflect a purely Hebrew or Jewish usage and meaning. Thus, the writings of what is commonly

known as the New Testament can only be fully understood from the perspective of the Jewish

culture of the day and the Hebrew meanings behind these new “Jewish Greek” words.The HEBREW words used for the COMMUNITY of Israel are almost always --- EDAH AND KAHAL –

translated: Congregation, Assembly, meeting, gathering, community, group

Prov 5:14 both Kahal and Edah used in same sentence

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The translated the Hebrew word as and the Hebrew word

= as

Edah is almost always translated as Sunagoge.

Guess what word we get the English word Synagogue from? Yes Sunagoge!

However, let’s remember that words change meanings over time. What did (the word) GAY

mean to my dad? (Compared to what it might mean to the average person of today.) “Disk” to a

farmer is not the same thing as it is to a computer expert.

In the first century SUNAGOGE did not mean synagogue - a Jewish religious meeting place! It

was just a common word for a GATHERING.

Gen 1:9 Let the waters of heaven be GATHERED …..

EDAH=Hebrew=SUNAGOGE=Greek in the Septuagint.


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Ex 12:3 Speak to all the CONGREGATION of Israel……. EDAH=Hebrew SUNAGOGE=

Greek in the Septuagint.

Exodus 12:3

3 Speak ye unto all the congregation5712 of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they

shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an

house:

KAHAL in the TANAKH is a: COMMUNITY, AN ASSEMBLY OR AN ASSOCIATION

OF DIFFERENT COMMUITIES.

GEN49:5-6 Let me not join their ASSEBLIES=KAHAL=Hebrew

Genesis 49:5-65 ¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly6951, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

NUM19:20 Cut off from the CONGREGATION….KAHAL=Hebrew

Numbers 19:2020 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the

congregation6951, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not

been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

AND and the word simply means: MEETING,

GATHERING, COMMUNITY OR ASSEMBLY. NEITHER WORD, IN ITSELF,

CONTAINED ANY RELIGIOUS MEANING OR CONNOTATION- IT WAS NOT

CONNECTED TO ANY SPECIFIC GROUP.

In standard Greek EKKLESIA is simply an ASSEMBLY…..

The Classic Greek used the word as: AN ASSEMBLY CALLED OUT BY THE

MAGISTRATE OR LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY.

In JEWISH/GREEK the word EKKLESIA did not signify an institution.

EZRA 10:8 Separated from the CONGREGATION=KAHAL=Hebrew=EKKLESIA

=GREEK=CONGREGATION

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8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the

elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had

been carried away.

is translated as The word “Church was not the first

century Meaning, nor a “Christian” word. At the time of the Septuagint nothing CHRISTIAN

EXISTED. EKKLESIA WAS EVERYWHERE in the GREEK world. They all had their meeting places.-

(what we

rather mistakenly call the New Testament)

MATT 2:4 Gathering together (SUNAGOGON) 4863 sunago: Collect, gather, accompany

assemble, come together.

Matthew 2:4

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all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of

them where Christ should be born.

MATT 13:47 Gathered (Sunagogouse) all kind of fish.

Matthew 13:47

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered4863

of every

kind:

The Expression “Synagogue of the Jews” What else could it mean? Isn’t Synagogue

automatically Jewish? NO- Not in the first century usage of the word. It just meant a meeting place.

ACTS 17:10 Luke just tells us what kind (whose) of a synagogue it was.

Acts 17:1010 ¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went

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of the Jews.

LUKE 21:12 Deliver you up to the SYNAGOGUES (Sunagogai) Be careful of men’s and not


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just JEWS synagogues. SUNAGOGAI does not mean Jewish at all. The ROMANS established

Sunagogai for their own purposes, and it was Roman, or non-Jewish, gatherings or meetings,

that Jesus warning referred to.

REMEMBER: HEBREW “KAHAL”= GREEK “EKKLESIA” in the messianic writings.

The word is used 100 of times and means meeting or assembly. It has no religious connotation,

neither Jewish nor Christian.

Ps 22:22 Congregation=Kahal=Ekklesia

Psalms 22:22

22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation 6951

will I praise thee.

Hebrews 2:12

12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church1577

will I sing praise

unto thee.

Ekklesia, #1577= calling out, a popular meeting, especially a religiouscongregation, (Jewish Synagogue or a Christian community of members on earthor Saints in heaven or both) assembly, church.

116 times, 77=church 36=churches 3=assembly

Heb 2:12 in the King James Ekklesia is CHURCH

Acts 7:38

38 This is he, that was in the church 1577

in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the

mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

He (Moses) was in the Ekklesia in the desert (Kahal=church)

Peter was not speaking Greek, he did not use the word Ekklesia but Kahal Assembly

Stephen and Moses knew nothing of a

“church”.

Matthew 16:16-1816 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not

revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church 1577

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gates of hell shall not prevail against it.


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I will build my EKKLESIA (CHURCH)? NO, only 2 possible words used, either KAHAL or

EDAH

Yeshua (Jesus) came to fulfill God’s promise, not annul it. God had promised to make

ISRAEL HIS Community-Kahal-ekklesia of nations. It’s what the promises are all about.

Matthew 18:15-1815 ¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him

alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three

witnesses every word may be established.

17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church 1577

: but if he neglect to hear the

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, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye

shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Tell it unto the CHURCH—Kahal- Ekklesia… From what we have been learning, does this make sense?

There was NO church at the time Messiah spoke these words. Not even a concept of A or THE Church.

Yeshua spoke Hebrew. There was not even a word in the language that meant church. There was no such

thing as a church in the Greek world.

To be treated as a gentile, meant that you had no standing in Israel, you were treated as an

outcast. So the instruction is, if he would not listen- treat him as an outcast of Israel .

Acts 19:3232 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly

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knew not wherefore they were come together.

James 5:14

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church 1577

; and let them pray over him,

anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:


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Let’s see now, IF there is NO CHURCH , Then there is no Church Age, NO True Church, NO

Church RANK. AND IF THERE IS NO CHURCH, Then Jesus the Christ (Yeshua) IS NOTBUILDING A BODY CALLED THE CHURCH, but something else.

Yeshua is building a commonwealth of Israel, which God YHWH Promised to Abraham,

Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets of old.

The Scriptures speak of the Body of Messiah, and they speak of the commonwealth of

Israel, but they do not speak of a separate CHURCH.

MATT 19:27-28 What a shame all they did and they won’t even have a position in the

“church,” but are stuck with Israel.

( Act 1:1) The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

( Act 1:2) Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

( Act 1:3) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallibleproofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to thekingdom of God: w h y d i d Ch r i st t e l l t h em a b o u t t h e n ew st r u c t u r e h e w a s set t i n g u p ca l l ed ( TH E TRUE CH URCH OF GOD?) H e h a d 4 0 d a y s t o d o

i t .

(Act 1:4) And, being assembled together with [them] , commanded them that they

should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he] , ye have heard of me.

(Act 1:5) For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.


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(Act 1:7) And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Let’s now look at future looking scripture.

This is a study all in itself (for further reference please see: What in the World Are “All

Things”? at [ www.israelofgod.org ], but it certainly refers to the Coming Kingdom of God.

What was one of the last things Paul discussed at the end of the book of Acts?

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto

him,(31) Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus

Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

Jeremiah 31:1-13

The LORD said: Israel, I promise that someday all your tribes will again be my people, and I

will be your God.(2) In the desert I was kind to those who escaped death. I gave them peace, and when the time is

right, I'll do the same for you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

(3) Some time ago, the LORD appeared to me and told me to say: Israel, I will always love you;that's why I've been so patient and kind.

(4) You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy andplay your tambourines.

(5) You will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria and enjoy the grapes.(6) Someday those who guard the hill country of Ephraim will shout, "Let's go to Zion and worship

the LORD our God."(7) The LORD says: Celebrate and sing for Israel, the greatest of nations. Offer praises and shout,

"Come and rescue your people, LORD! Save what's left of Israel."(8) I, the LORD, will bring my people back from Babylonia and everywhere else on earth. The


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not shew us what thou [meanest] by these?(19) Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of

Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows,and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them onestick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

(20) And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.(21) And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children

of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them onevery side, and bring them into their own land:

(22) And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; andone king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neithershall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

(23) Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with theirdetestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shallthey be my people, and I will be their God.

(24) And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have oneshepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and dothem.

(25) And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, andtheir children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.

(26) Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlastingcovenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

(27) My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, andthey shall be my people.

(28) And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, whenmy sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

YHWH LOVES HIS PEOPLE, AND IF WE ARE TO BE HIS PEOPLE, WE HAD BETTER BE PART OF

ISRAEL, not part of a church that doesn’t exist.

Addendum:

While many there be who arrive at the above understanding through whatever route their journey has taken,

many others will read this article, or even the book, which is very explicit, and come away thinking nothing is

different. This, in large part, or totally, has to do with the natural “filter” through which new information is

always and without exception, viewed- The Copernicus Syndrome!* Thus, the mind will only allow an

individual who has been up until now operating in the traditional “church” mindset, at least on the first glance

or reading, to automatically categorize the various points, especially those concerning the use of ekklesia and

its relationship to the Hebrew words and their usage- as well as the demonstrated connection of the Hebrew

and Greek through the Septuagint, would immediately put forth the argument that the word Church,

congregation, assembly, are all one and the same. Therefore, we can indeed be the “True Church”, whomever


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error began to be undone.

Similarly, because we all know that the “church” is what it is, it surely cannot be something different than

what we have been taught, or something different than what the “establishment” of today (which includes

“our” ‘true’ church’s teaching) teaches it is? (This is neither rhetorical nor interrogative, but thought

provoking sarcasm) The point being- that anything read, seen, or heard is viewed from a perspective that it

must fit into our present understanding- that we are at the center of the universe and everything revolves

around us. Thus, our filter will alter what we hear or read by how we already “know” it must be.

Unfortunately, that approach seldom works, but it is also seldom realized, and as a result, many continue blithely with their beliefs, certain that they are right and that they are “ in” the true church, and that those

others and other churches are less fortunate, after all, we must be right, simply look up to the sky and we can

see it so plainly-


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