Most in the Christian circles today have accepted a false replacement theology that Yahweh has  replaced Israel with the New Testament Church. This could not be further from the truth. If we truly want to participate in the wonderful plan of our Heavenly Father, we must begin to lose our western mindset, and start to think like an ancient Israelite. It is called practical  thinking. It deals with not only who Yahweh is, but what Yahweh does.

      Faith is action, it is living, and our Elohim is an Elohim of faith. Yahweh has been working with the nation of Israel for the last 3,500 years, bringing them into covenant relationship with Himself Although there were great blessings of prosperity with this covenant relationship, as we have seen there was also great judgment. Once Israel entered into covenant with Yahweh they brought a greater judgment on themselves  for entering a covenant that was impossible for them to keep.

Many people today miss this aspect of  the Sinai covenant. It was a covenant that was impossible for the people to keep. Under the terms of the Sinai covenant, if you even broke one law you were cursed.

Deut 27:26 Cursed is he who does not rise to all the Words of this Law, to do them! And all the people shall say, Amen!

Under the Sinai covenant there was no forgiveness of murder, adultery,  or idolatry, only death. What  many fail to recognize is the fact that, even on the Day of Atonement when the High Priest would go and sprinkle blood on the Ark of the Covenant, this would not cover sins such as murder or adultery. Isaiah 42 tells us that the Messiah would come to “magnify the law” and make it honorable. In Matt 5:17-20,  Yahshua told us that was exactly what He came to do.

Mat 5:17-20 Do not think that I came to annul the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to annul, but to fulfill. Truly I say to you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, in no way shall one iota or one point pass away from the Law until all comes to pass. Whosoever then shall break one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever does and teaches them, this one shall be called  great in  the kingdom of Heaven. For I say to you, if your righteousness shall not exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, in no way shall you go into the kingdom of Heaven.

Under the Sinai covenant, if someone committed murder he would receive death, but if he was angry with his brother, it was not a sin. Yahshua, by magnifying the law, and showing us that sin begins in the mind, far from doing away with the Torah, He made it honorable. He showed us that the intent of an action is even more important than the action itself.

Mat 15:18-19 But the things which come out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and these defile the man. For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, blasphemies.

In doing so, He showed us, all of humanity, that we are all murderers, adulterers, and idolaters. He showed us that a good action cannot annul a bad action, and that all of us have a death sentence over our heads that must be paid. He also showed us that the sacrificial system put in place under the Sinai covenant was never the Father’s will, but was only added because of transgressions, until He should appear. The blood of bulls and goats could never have taken away even one sin, but only daily keep reminding the ones offering, that they were in need of a true Savior.

The sacrificial system was not part of the original law in the Garden of Eden, but was only added when sin entered.

Gal 3:19 Why then the Law? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come to those to whom it had been promised, being ordained through angels in the Mediator’s hand.

Once the penalty for sin had been paid by the Son of Yahweh, it was not necessary to have the tutor of the sacrificial system any longer. Yahweh allowed the  system to continue for exactly 40 years from the time of the crucifixion of Yahshua in 30 A.D, until the time of the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. There will be  a sacrificial system for a time in the millennium in order to allow Judah to enter the New Covenant from  the  Old, which is near disappearing (Heb 8:13). Forty is Yahweh’s number of trial or testing. Moses fasted 40 days in the wilderness, as did Yahshua. The children of Israel were 40 years in the wilderness wandering, and Nineveh had 40 days to repent or have their country perish. This was an example to first century Israel, to have 40 years of trial to accept Messiah, before the Temple was destroyed.

Amazingly enough, there were miraculous signs during that whole 40 year period to prove Yahshua was the Messiah. There was a large menorah, over five feet tall, standing in the Temple, right before the Holy of Holies. This menorah, (candlestick) was filled daily with olive oil, so as to never go out. Almost like an eternal flame would be today in some memorial, such as Yad Va Shem holocaust museum in Israel. Every night for 40 years the priest prepared the oil and filled the menorah, and every night for 40 years, the menorah went out  on  its  own. Every night! What are the odds of that happening for 365 days a year, over a 40-year period? It is a number the mind can’t even reckon. Also, there were gigantic doors that were over 20 feet high that stood at the entrance of the Temple. These magnificent doors were so big  and heavy that it took 20 men to open or close them . Again, for the whole duration of 40 years, from the death of Yahshua in 30 AD until the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, these doors opened of themselves at night in the temple. So great were these signs,  that  even  Yohannan Ben Zakkia, one of the top leading Rabbis during the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, stated that they knew the Shekinah glory (presence of Yahweh) had left the Temple, and that it would be destroyed. There were other miraculous signs that also happened.

This was clear-cut evidence to a Jew living in the 1st century that Yahshua was indeed Messiah. These were supernatural events that took place to show that the Temple rituals, which were only shadows and never forgave sin, were now complete; that, by one sacrifice, He has perfected all Israel, if they would only believe.

Heb 10:8 Above, when He said, “Sacrifice and offering, and burnt offerings and offering for sin You did not desire, neither did  You have pleasure in  them” (which are offered  according to the Law),

Heb 10:9 then He said, “Lo, I come to do Your will, O Elohim.” He takes away the first so that He may establish the second.

Heb 10:10 By which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Yahshua Messiah once for all.

Heb 10:11 And indeed every priest stands day by day ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Heb 10:12 But He, offering but one sacrifice for sins, sat down in perpetuity, at the right hand of Yahweh,

Heb 10:13 from then on expecting until His enemies are placed as a footstool of His feet.

Heb 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected in perpetuity the ones being sanctified.

He came to take away the first (sacrificial system as a reminder of sin) to establish the second, His blood as the only real forgiveness of our sins. Under each covenant, the law is the same. It is a protective measure under the covenant to protect and sanctify the covenant people from sin and the world. The law is the very character of our Creator, and He, like His law, does not change.

How beautiful the plan of salvation is, when we truly understand the ways of our Creator. Now remember, only Israel went into covenant with Yahweh, and only  Israel had this penalty hanging over their heads, for breaking covenant with Yahweh. To the rest of the Gentile nations, Yahweh could have much more mercy because they never entered covenant with Him, and bound themselves to a covenant agreement. He has purposely kept the Gentile nations in unbelief, so that He could have mercy on them later.

Rom 11:32 For Yahweh has shut up all in unbelief, so that He might show mercy to all.

The Gentiles nations that never went into covenant with Yahweh could have a much lower scale of judgment  to them since they never had a covenant relationship. As a matter of fact, the casting away of the Northern tribes of Israel into Diaspora could actually be the greatest gift the Heavenly Father could have given the Gentiles, because now, when Yahshua sends His disciples to search out the so-called lost tribes of Israel all over the earth,  it is possible that any man of any race who fears Yahweh, also can join himself to the one tree of Israel. But there is a judicial order to salvation. Before Yahweh can make a covenant with any Gentile Nation, He must first fulfill His covenant with Israel.

Yahshua was an Israelite Savior, from the very seed of David. When he appeared in 27 A.D, many in Israel were waiting for the appearance of the Messiah. It was prophesied that the Israelite Messiah would come at that time.

But if you went to another part of the world there was no expectation of a Roman messiah, or a Greek messiah, only a Hebrew one. This is because only Israel went into covenant relationship with Yahweh, and only they broke that relationship and needed a Messiah  to repair that broken relationship. Only Israel was chosen by our Father out of all nations of the world to enter into covenant with Him. And it was only to Abraham and to his seed, “Israel,” that the promise of the Messiah would come.

Gal 3:16 And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, “And to your Seed,” which is Messiah.

So Someone had to come to earth and break the bondage under which that sin had placed all Israelites, according to the Sinai Covenant. Zechariah the eleventh chapter tells us about this event.

Zec 11:10-14 And I took My staff Kindness and broke it apart, to break My covenant which I had  cut with all the peoples. And it was broken in that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching Me knew that it was the Word of Yahweh. And I said to them, If it is good in your eyes, give My price; and if not, let it go. And they weighed My price, thirty pieces of silver. And Yahweh said to Me, Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it to the potter in the house of Yahweh. Then I broke apart My second  staff Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

The selling of Yahshua to the Pharisees by Judas Iscariot was the actual fulfillment of this – what it took for Yahshua to pay the penalty of sin and end the Sinai Covenant. He never ended Yahweh’s eternal law,  which was not the covenant itself but merely one of the terms of the covenant. We also see in Zechariah the thirteenth chapter Who this Messenger of Yahweh was Who paid the penalty for the sins of the first covenant.

Zec 13:6 And one shall say to Him, What are these wounds between Your hands? Then He shall answer, Those with which I was struck  in  the house of those who love Me.

Zec 13:7 O sword, awake against My Shepherd, and against the mighty Warrior, who is My Companion, says Yahweh of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.

These verses show dogmatically Who this Messenger was. He has wounds in His hands, from the job He had to do in conquering sin under the first covenant. Verse 7 also shows us He is a valiant Warrior and a Companion and Comrade of Yahweh Himself. The Hebrew word for warrior in verse seven is “ghehber.” It comes  from  the same root word in Isaiah 9:6 that talks about the Messiah being called “Mighty Elohim.”

Isa 9:6 A Child is born; to us a Son is given; and the government is on His shoulder; and His Name is called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty Elohim, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

The picture is so clear that the coming Messiah was not only the Companion of Yahweh the Father,  but He was also Elohim and His very Son.

Psa 2:6-7 Yes, I have set My King on My holy mount on Zion. I will declare concerning the statute of Yahweh: He said to Me, You are My Son. Today I have begotten You.

The world has replaced the Hebrew Messiah  Yahshua with a mythological Greek figure called “IE- Zeous.”

My wife and I have lived in Israel for the better part of four years now, and we see much of this transformation of the Hebrew Savior into the Greek. I urge you  to study about Yahshua the Savior of Israel. Read His words in the gospels, and try to understand His  message from a Hebraic background.

Luk 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

Luk 1:68 Blessed is the Yahweh, the Elohim of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people

Luk 1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

Luk 1:70 as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from eternity;

Luk 1:71 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

Luk 1:72 to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant,

Luk 1:73 the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,

Luk 1:74 that He would grant to us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear

Luk 1:75 in holiness and  righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

Luk 1:76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you shall go before the face of the Master to prepare His ways,

Luk 1:77 to give knowledge  of  salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,

Yahshua came to earth to redeem Israel. Yahweh started a work with Israel, and He was going to complete the work He started. This included all 12 tribes.

John 11:49-52 And one of them, Caiaphas, being the high priest of that year, said to them, You do not know anything at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish. And he did not speak this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Yahshua should die for the nation; and not for that nation only, but also that He should gather together in one the children of Yahweh who were scattered abroad (the lost tribes).

A point that is much lost in the western Greek gospel preached today is that Yahshua came, not only  for  the Jews (Judah), but for all 12 tribes of Israel.

Now it is interesting to note at this point that many, who are ignorant to the existence of the lost tribes of Israel, claim that when the Jews came back to Israel from the Diaspora from Babylon in 539 BC, that all 12 tribes came back with them. This would have been quite impossible, considering that the Northern tribes never went into captivity in Babylon; rather, they went into captivity in Assyria some 120 years prior to the Babylon captivity. Granted, there was a remnant of the some of the Northern Tribes that did migrate to Judah before the captivity into Assyria. But this number was miniscule, and did not come from every tribe of Israel, anyway. But what this Scripture in John 11 points out is that during the time of Yahshua’s ministry on earth, the 12 tribes were still scattered abroad and were not all back, living in the land of Israel. It is a clear fact of 1st century history, and most importantly of the Scriptures, that Yahshua did not come for the Gentiles, nor did He come only for the House of Judah, but He came to save all Israel (all 12 tribes) from the death penalty of breaking Yahweh’s covenant. This is not meant to offend the Gentiles, and it is not against them. It is just a fact of Scripture that Yahweh did not enter covenant with the Gentiles, so they were not under the same judgment as Israel. Later, as we shall see, Yahweh, in His ultimate love for all His creation, did allow for a Gentile with a heart to serve Yahweh to be able to be grafted into the one tree of Israel. But let’s make this clear: Yahweh never because a Gentile Elohim! If a Gentile joined himself to Yahweh, he had to become a seed of Abraham and an heir according to the promises of Abraham, through the blood of Yahshua.

Gal 3:29 And if you are Messiah’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

There was no independent  covenant to Gentiles. They had to join the tree of Israel, and Yahshua came to save Israel from the covenant that they had broken.

Act 2:22 Men, Israelites, hear these words. Yahshua of Nazareth, a man approved of Elohim among you by powerful works, and wonders and miracles, which Yahweh did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

Act 2:23 this One given to you by the before – determined counsel and foreknowledge of Yahweh, you have taken and by lawless hands, crucifying Him, you put Him to death;

Act 2:24 whom Yahweh raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

Act 2:25 For David speaks concerning Him, “I foresaw the Almighty always before me, because He is at my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Act 2:26 Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad; and also My flesh shall rest in hope,

Act 2:27 because You will not leave My soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your holy One to see corruption.

Act 2:28 You revealed to Me the ways of life. You will fill Me with joy with Your countenance.”

Act 2:29 Men, brothers, it is permitted to say to you with plainness as to the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Act 2:30 Therefore being a prophet,  and  knowing that Yahweh had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up Messiah to sit upon his throne,

Act 2:31 seeing this beforehand, he spoke of the resurrection of Messiah, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor would His flesh see corruption,

Act 2:32 Yahweh raised up this Yahshua, of which we all are witnesses.

Act 2:33 Therefore being exalted to the right of Yahweh, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this which you now see and hear.

Act 2:34 For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, “YHWH said to my YHWH, Sit at My right hand

Act 2:35 until I place Your enemies as a footstool to Your feet.”

Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that Yahweh made this same Yahshua, whom you crucified, both Master and Messiah.

It is clear from Peter’s sermon, that he believed that Yahshua came to redeem all Israel from the curses of breaking Yahweh’s covenant. The  Apostle Paul also speaks of Yahshua coming to redeem Israel  from  the curses of breaking Yahweh’s covenant.

Gal 3:9-13 So then those of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as  are  out of works of  the Law (sacrificial system), these are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in  all  things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them.” But that no one is justified by the Law in the sight  of  Yahweh is  clear, for, “The just shall live by faith.” But the Law is not of faith; but, “The man who does these things shall live in them.” Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse  for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone having been hanged on a tree”);

Yahshua redeemed Israel from the curse of breaking Yahweh’s laws under the Sinai covenant. Let’s look at some other Scriptures also showing that Yahshua came to earth to redeem the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Mat 15:21-26 And going out from there, Yahshua withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan coming out of these borders cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Master, Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and begged Him, saying, Send her away, for she cries after us.

Mat 15:24 But He answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, Master, help me! But He answered and said, it is not good to take the children’s bread and to throw it to dogs.

Now this is very clear from Yahshua’s own mouth, that He came not for the Gentiles but for the LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL! It was not the time for making a covenant with the Gentiles; He would do this during His millennial reign – there was still the judicial order of the covenant that needed to be fulfilled with the 12 sons of Israel.

John 10:14-16 I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by those who are Mine. Even as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. And I have other sheep who are not of this fold. I must also lead those, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.

Who are these other sheep that Yahshua is telling Judah about? They are none other than the other 10 tribes of Israel. Notice also that Yahshua talks about there  being only One flock and One fold in the future. He is actually quoting Ezekiel the 37th chapter, which says that, at His return, He will once again bring the two houses of Israel into one.

Eze 37:15 And the Word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Eze 37:16 And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, For Judah and for his companions, the sons of Israel. And take another stick and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of  Ephraim, and  all the house of Israel, his companions.

Eze 37:17 And join them to one another into one stick. And they shall become one in your hand.

Eze 37:18 And when the sons of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not declare to us what these mean to you?

Eze 37:19 Say to them, So says the Almighty Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions, and I will put them with him, with the stick of Judah, and will make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand.

Eze 37:20 And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

Eze 37:21 And say to them, So says the Almighty Yahweh: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and will bring  them into their own land.

Eze 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel, and  one  King shall be king  to them all. And they shall not still be two nations, nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.

Eze 37:23 Nor shall they be defiled with their idols, even with their filthy idols, nor with all of their transgressions. But I will save them out of all their dwelling places, in them where they sinned, and will cleanse them. And they shall be to Me for a people, and I will be to them for Elohim.

Eze 37:24 And My beloved servant shall be King over them. And there shall be one Shepherd to all of them. And they shall walk in My judgments, and obey My Laws, and do them.

Eze 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, the land in which your fathers have lived. And they shall dwell in it, even they and their sons, and the sons of their sons for ever. And My beloved servant shall be their ruler forever.

Eze 37:26 And I will cut a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them, and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever.

Eze 37:27 And My tabernacle shall be with them. Yea, I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

Eze 37:28 And the nations shall know that I Yahweh sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary shall  be  in their midst forever.

What a beautiful a chapter this is. When the Messiah returns, He will take the two sticks of Ephraim and Judah and make them one again in the land, and Yahshua will reign over the whole house of Israel. Not since the days of King Solomon has the Kingdom of Israel  been  one, or echad in  Hebrew. As we  discussed earlier, “echad” depicts a total union of mind and soul that comes from a covenant relationship. Solomon, who represented the earthly, fleshly kingdom, disqualified himself because of earthly lust and caused the kingdom of Israel to be divided. Yahshua, the second Solomon, so to speak, will re-unite what Solomon destroyed through the flesh. Yahshua, the Son of David, through Nathan, not Solomon, has qualified to sit on the throne of David  forever. Zechariah also tells us about the Messiah uniting the two houses of Israel into one.

Zec 6:12-13 And speak to him, saying, So speaks Yahweh of Hosts, saying, Behold the Man whose Name is The BRANCH! And He shall spring up out of His place, and He shall build the temple of Yahweh. Even He shall build the temple of Yahweh; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne. And He shall be a priest on His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Yahshua will unite the two houses of Joseph and Judah; Judah, which pictures the kingship, and Joseph, representing the priesthood of the suffering servant of Yahweh.

Romans the 9th chapter is also further proof that Yahshua came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Rom 9:1-5 I tell the truth in Messiah, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great heaviness and continual pain in my heart. For I myself was wishing to be accursed from Messiah for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of Yahweh, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of whom according to flesh the Messiah came, He being Elohim over all, blessed forever. Amen.

So again, we see that the Messiah came to save  Israel from the curses of the broken covenant. This was and still is the good-news message of the Kingdom of Yahweh. It is the message that the plan that started with Abraham and Israel 3,800 years ago is about to be fulfilled: to be a model nation  to the rest of the world, so that they would see the benefits of obedience to the laws of Yahweh and also want to come into covenant relationship and be blessed. It is the wonderful message that, as sin came through one man Adam, and mankind’s covenant with Yahweh was broken through him, so redemption from sin also has come through one Man, the second Adam, Yahshua Messiah. It is the wonderful message that, as the kingdom of Israel was torn in two through the unfaithfulness of one man, Solomon, so the Kingdom of Israel will now be joined together again forever, through the faithfulness of one Man, Yahshua Messiah.

It is the wonderful message of worldwide peace and safety, of Israel being  that true model  nation  that  they were meant to be.

Isa 2:2-4 And it shall be in the last days, the mountain of the house of Yahweh shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow into it. And many people shall go and say, Come and let us go up to the mount of Yahweh, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob. And He will teach from His ways, and we will walk in His paths. For the Law will go forth out of Zion, and the Word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. And He shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more.

It is also important to mention that, although Yahshua came to redeem Israel from their broken covenant promises, when He returns He will not only be King over Israel, but King over all the earth. Although the purpose of this book is to show that Yahweh is restoring Israel back into a covenant relationship with  Himself, we don’t want to diminish the point that, after Israel is restored, Yahshua will reign as King of all Nations on earth during the millennium. However, that will not happen until the Messiah finishes restoring His covenant  relationship to the 12 tribes of Israel.

Isa 66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape from them to the nations of Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawers of the bow; to Tubal and Javan, to the far away coasts that have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the nations.

Now we will again unroll the scrolls of history and take a look at where the Apostles went to preach, and who they went to preach to. You will be shocked and amazed when you see where the sons of Israel are today. You will also be amazed to find out that many, if not most, of true believers today, who think that they are Gentiles, are actually Israelites according to flesh, from the seed of Abraham.