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    Sherut haRitztzuy(the ministry of reconciliation)

    by whom we have now received the( Atonement)

    Reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuyLet this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration

    I AM

    My Memorial for generation after generation.

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    Shemot 3:13-16This is MY NAME forever,

    I AM / WILL BE WHAT I AM / WILL BE:

    "and YHWH said to mosheh , 'I am that which i am.[ehyeh asher ehyeh]' and he said, 'so you will say to thesons of Yisrael, "I am [ehyeh] has sent me to you." 'andYHWH said further to mosheh, 'now you are to say to

    the sons of Yisrael, "YHWH, elohey of your fathersAbraham, Yitzchak [Isaac], and Yaaqob [Jacob], hassent me to you. this is my name forever, and this is my

    memorial for generation to generation." ' "Shemoth6:3," 'and I appeared to Abraham, to Yitzchak, and toYaaqob as hashadday [the almighty]. and my name,

    YHWH, was not well known (famous) to them.

    YHWH, elohey tsebaoth, is his name.

    The ministry of reconciliationMessage of Reconciliation

    Torah shBichtav(Written Torah)

    Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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    Yeshayahu 52:11

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no

    unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye

    clean, that bear the vessels of YHWH ().

    There are three steps to our departure:

    Heed your call from heaven

    Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from Shamayim, saying, Come out

    of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that

    ye receive not of her plagues.

    This invitation is given to the people of YHWH (Yahuah) yet in

    captivity, lest by remaining they should be involved in her

    destruction. As YHWH (Yahuah) once had a captive people in

    the old Mesopotamian Babylon, so he has a people in the

    spiritual Babylon. The condemnation of the great spiritual

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    despotism is not a declaration that all whom she has enslaved

    are the children of the devil.

    "Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen

    and away from your father's house, and go to the land that Iwill show you

    Krinthos Bet 6:15

    And what concord hath HaMashiyach with Belial? or what

    part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

    Krinthos Bet 6:14

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with koferim (unbelievers):for what fellowship hath Tzidkat with lawlessness? And what

    brit hath ohr (light) with choshech (darkness)?

    By "righteousness" is meant righteous persons, who are madeby the righteousness of Yahu(ah)shua in YHWH ( Yahuah) to

    whom Yahu(ah)shua is made righteousness, or to whom the

    righteousness of Yahu(ah)shua is imputed for justification;

    and who also have principles of grace and sacredness in their

    hearts, or have the citizenship of the kingdom of YHWH in

    them, which consists of righteousness, peace, and joy in the

    Ruakh HaQodesh; and who being made free from thedominion of sin, are become servants of righteousness: and by

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    unrighteousness is designed unrighteous persons, who are

    destitute of a justifying righteousness, are filled with all

    unrighteousness, and are, as it were, a mass and lump of

    iniquity; now, what fellowship can there be between persons ofsuch distant characters?

    Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers. The figure is drawn

    from the prohibition of

    Deu 22:10

    Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

    Indeed, you cannot! The root word for "ox" is "traveler"--one

    that moves on, while a donkey typically digs in its heels unless

    coerced by a reward. This is another forbidden mixture, and is

    the basis for Paul's command not to be "unequally yoked" with

    unbelievers. (2 Cor. 6:14)His context is lawlessness, or being

    without Torah. He says to come out from such and not touch

    the unclean thing. The ox is a clean animal; the donkey is not.

    The ox is the highest form of offering, while a donkey, though

    strong, useful, able to carry much, and redeemable, cannot be

    offered on His altar. It offers less to Him. Just because it can

    also pull a plow does not mean it has the right to pull a plow

    with what is already acceptable and does not need to be

    redeemed. Yahu(ah)shua speaks of his yoke being easy: it is

    common to yoke a seasoned plow-ox and a novice together so

    that the one can train the other, but two different types of

    animals will want to move at a different pace, and are likely to

    start moving in a circle instead of a straight path. This is really

    the same argument as was given in verse 9, and which will be

    given in verse 11, since the term for "mixed kinds" can apply toanimals or fabrics as well. The point is to teach us about how

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    to live: "How can two walk together unless they are agreed?"

    (Amos 3:3) In Hebrew, a donkey (the name of which means

    "heap" --i.e., the whole pile) is associated with the world at

    large, so we could read, "do not yoke a sojourner to the world";it will tie us to one place. The word for "plow" can also mean

    "keep silent"; there is no peace if you mix clean and unclean, or

    try to serve both YHWH and Mammon. It can also mean

    "devise", for we cannot co-design things well with people who

    are motivated differently.

    Lev 19:19

    You shall keep My Chukkot. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender

    with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled

    seed (kil'ayim): neither shall a garment mingled of linen and

    woollen come upon thee.

    Sow your field: i.e., the same area of the farm; it does not

    mean you cannot grow more than one crop, but they are not to

    be mixed. These are all different ways of depicting the same

    principle. Things must be kept distinct, so we can tell which are

    the crop and which are weeds. This includes mixtures like

    "YHWH our God"--one acceptable name combined with one

    that is not--or mixing paganism into Scriptual faith, which is

    where most of the church is today. At best Christianity is a

    mixture of YHWHs word and human morality. The last

    prohibition symbolizes a life of purity unmixed with sin. It

    hearkens back to the story of Qayin and Hevel (Abel): linen

    comes from the earth; wool comes from a being with life

    coursing through it that can shed blood and picture

    redemption (which comes from heaven). There is a place for

    each, but the two are not to be mixed. But this was also a

    sacred blend used in some of the priestly garments

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    Ex. 28:6; 39:29

    And they shall make the ephod [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of]

    purple, [of] scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.And a girdle [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, andscarlet, [of] needlework; as YHWH () commanded Mosheh.

    it was reserved exclusively for the sanctuary, not for the lay

    person. However, some garments found in Dead Sea caves

    from c. 135 C.E. had white tassels of linen and blue tassels of

    wool woven together. Thus the tassels which every Israelite isto wear on the extremities of his garments (Num. 15) were of

    this mixture, symbolizing that they are a "kingdom of priests".

    Ex. 19:6

    And ye shall be unto Me a Mamlakah Kohenim, and an

    Qadosh nation. These [are] the Devarim which thou shalt

    speak unto the Benai Yisrael.

    Livestock symbolize our security and wealth. Livestock

    symbolize our security. Seed represents our descendants. We

    must not let our children assimilate with the rest of the world.

    The Torah forbids intermarriagenot with other races, but

    with those who do not keep the Torah. We are not to mixYHWHs peace that passes understanding with security of the

    type the world gives. Seed represents the Sons of the Kingdom

    Mat. 13:38

    The field is the Olam Hazeh; the zera Tov are the children of

    the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];

    which are not to be sown among the sons of the evil one inunequal yokes, for how would the children of such mixed

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    marriages be taught to serve YHWH? And garments represent

    our works; we must not mix kingdom works with earthly ones

    that only benefit self by using YHWHs reputation as a way to

    make a livelihood for ourselves, whether excessive, honest, ornot.

    What concord hath Yahu(ah)shua with Belial? Belial, a

    heathen god like Beelzebub, is used as a synonym for haSatan.

    Mat 12:24

    But when the Perushim heard [it], they said, This [fellow] dothnot cast out devils, but by Baal-zevuv the sar ha shadim (the

    Prince of Demons).

    As Yahu(ah)shua has nothing in common with haSatan, how

    can a believer in him have a close intimacy with one who is still

    under the dominion of the prince of this world?

    As YHWH's living temple has nothing in common with the idol

    temple, so the saints are to be separated from idolators.

    For ye are the temple of the living YHWH .

    We in our set apartness, are the sanctuary of YHWH, as is

    proved by the passage quoted from

    Lev 26:12.

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    And I will walk among you, and will be Eloheichem, and you

    shall be My people.

    Walk among you: This hearkens back to the Garden of Eden!

    If we walk in His instruction, we will see the Kingdom come onearth, not in Heaven, as if He had made some mistake in

    creating the earth and had to take us somewhere else instead.

    If we do things rightly, He is the one coming to camp among

    us. Heaven thus comes to earth. After that, why would anyone

    want to go to Heaven?

    To get away from YHWH?

    A nation that did obey Him and thus come to know Him

    intimately would be an oasis of peace, freedom, and joy in the

    desert of the "normal" patterns of this fallen age.

    YHWH dwells in his people as the Shekinah dwelt between the

    cherubim.

    This is your call to become part of YIsrael but to be you mustbe cleansed from pagan pollutions.

    Yeshayahu 52:11

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean

    [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the

    vessels of YHWH ().

    There are three steps to our redemption: repenting, coming

    out, and then "taking the Egypt out of ourselves". It was

    Israel's outcry of dissatisfaction with Egypt that led YHWH to

    begin to act. Anything ritually impure: the dead bodies, or "the

    unclean thing" in particular: the Abomination of Desolation

    (Dan. 11:31), which will have to be removed from the Templebefore the holy vessels can be brought back in. Babylon stole

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    YHWH's holy vessels from the Temple, but was not destroyed

    until she appropriated them for her own feast. The spirit of

    Babylon has done so again, and there will come a "last straw"

    for it as well. From her midst: from between the halves of thedivided animals, that is, out of any covenant with Babylon.

    Too many vessels that are prepared for His Temple have been

    filled with pride instead and become useless to Him. We need

    to remove the contents of the vessels that are in His way so

    that He can fill us with what He wishes to use them for. There

    is never room in His vessels for our own agendas. "Vessels"

    can also be translated "weapons". How can we use YHWH'sweapons for another army? Dare we use them to advance the

    cause of Babylon?

    YirmeYahu 31:1,

    At the same time, saith YHWH (), will I be Elohei all the

    mishpekhot (families) Yisra'el, and they shall be My people.

    YirmeYahu 31:9;

    They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I

    lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in

    a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am aFather to Yisrael, and Efrayim [is] My firstborn.

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    Yeshayahu 43:6,

    I will say to the tzafon (north), Give up; and to the teiman(south), Keep not back: bring My Banim from far, and my

    banot from the ketzeh (ends) ha eretz;

    It is a free combination of the Ruakh of several passages. The

    two passages teach that it is the Divine will that his worshipers

    should be separate from the world; that if they are thus

    separate he will receive them, and will accept them as his own

    children. Compare

    Rom 12:2,

    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by

    the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that

    good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of Elohim ().

    Modern translation

    Moreover, do not let your attitudes be shaped by the

    paradigms of this age, but rather be transformed by the

    renewing of your minds, so that you may prove [for

    yourselves] what the will of Elohim isthat which is honorable

    and acceptable and mature.

    This age: the world order of mankind, with its accompanying

    pursuits. Transformed: Gk., metamorphosed (as a tadpole or

    caterpillar undergoes in becoming something so radically

    different as to be beyond comparing). The hearers need to look

    beyond the temporary inconveniences that obedience will

    bring. Renewing of your minds: forging of new habitual

    patterns of thinking. It has been scientifically proven that aswe encourage such reorientation in our ways of thinking, new

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    neural pathways are physically forged in the brain and

    eventually become the new defaults as second nature, the old

    ones fading due to disuse. This is the link between being

    positionally righteous and realizing righteousness inpracticality. Aramaic, by the hanukkah (training and

    dedication) of your mind. Prove: recognize as genuine after

    scrutinizing. Mature: fully accomplishing one's purpose,

    completely carrying out a task assigned to us.

    Ya'akov 1:27.

    Pure religion and undefiled before Elohim () and the

    Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their

    affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the Olam

    Hazeh.

    This statement is based on

    Yeshayahu 1:16.

    Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings

    from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    Clean: in most biblical imagery, this is an idiom for

    selflessness. This is what determines whether a certain act is

    "of the flesh" or "of the spirit" if not specified in Torah.

    Yeshayahu 1:17

    Learn to do well; seek mishpat, relieve the oppressed, judge the

    fatherless, plead for the widow.

    Learn: literally, be goaded. Demand: or "seek out" in the

    strongest sense in which it can be understood. Learning to

    discern requires a return to the Torah, which teaches us to

    make such distinctions. (Lev. 10:10) They have the

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    infrastructure intact, but are perishing because they lack

    knowledge.

    Look in on: with the sense of going to see how they are faring,

    looking after their needs, and providing for them. Adeclaration of having fulfilled this obligation is made after one

    has tithed to the Levites what he has collected over the course

    of three years for the sake of the widow and orphan.

    Deut. 26:13

    Then thou shalt say before YHWH () Eloheicha, I have

    brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] bayit, and also

    have given them unto the Levi'im, and unto the stranger, to the

    orphan, and to the widow, according to all thy mitzvot which

    thou hast tzavah me: I have not transgressed thy mitzvot,

    neither have I forgotten [them]:

    From being: or, "so that you will no longer be". Walk upright:or "straighten up".

    This is one of the reminders the authorities in Yerushalayim

    (which included Yaaqov) gave to Paul when he finally did

    submit his plans for their approval.

    Gal. 2:10

    Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same

    which I also was forward to do.

    Needy: those in Yerushalayim for whom Paul later took up a

    collection from among the Gentile believers. (Romans 15:26)

    Eager: or diligent.

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    The world: the way it is ordered by the culture surrounding us,

    which often conflicts with what YHWH intends for His people.

    Finally

    In His Name

    blessed be, in His name

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    'YHWH be with you.' and they answered him, 'YHWH bless

    you.' "

    Be not blind to the truth

    And, hinnei, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they

    heard that Yahu(ah)sha passed by, cried out, saying, Have

    mercy on us, O YHWH, [thou] Ben David. And Yahu(ah)sha

    stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall

    do unto you?

    They say unto Him, YHWH, that our eyes may be opened. So

    Yahu(ah)sha had compassion [on them], and touched their

    eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they

    followed him.

    His servant and yours

    Shalom in Righteousness

    by the GRACE of YHWH

    keiYAH

    Ntzryaremember me and pray for me that YHWH will be gracious

    unto me and be merciful unto my sins which i have sinned

    against him. Peace be to them that read and that hear these

    things and to their servants:

    Amein and Amein

    Freely ye have received, freely give

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    A rule necessary, and of great extent. A servant in the Gospel

    Vineyard, though worthy of his Comfortable support while in

    the work. Should never preach for hire ,or make a seculartraffic of the Ruakh (spiritual work): what a scandal is it for a

    man to traffic with gifts which he pretends, at least, to have

    received from the Ruakh HaQodesh, of which he is not the

    master, but the dispenser. He who preaches to get a living, or

    make a fortune, is guilty of the most infamous sacrilege

    .