We Believe
... that the Bible, composed of both the Older Covenant (Tenach) and the Newer Covenant (Brit Chadashah) is the only infallible and authoritative Word of G-d.
... that G-d is "Echad", as declared in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), "a united one" or "Compound unity", eternally existent in three Persons as expressed in Isaiah 48:16-17.
... in the Deity of Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah). That He is the "Seed of the Woman" as G-d promised in Genesis 3:15 and that His virgin birth was to be a sign to Israel of His Messiahship as stated in Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6,7.
... in Messiah's life; His miracles yesterday and today; His vicarious and sacrificial death as our atonement; His bodily resurrection; His appearance thereafter in Jerusalem; His ascension; His personal future return for believers in Yeshua, both the living and the dead; and His future establishment of His kingdom on earth.
... that the only means of being cleansed from sin is by grace through faith in the shed sacrificial blood of Yeshua HaMashiach and that regeneration by the Spirit of G-d is absolutely essential for personal salvation. (Leviticus 17:11, Ephesians 2:8)
...in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a godly life. (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
...that the promise of the Father, as contained in Acts 1:4-8 and the gifts of the Ruach HaKodesh as foretold by Jewish prophets (e.g. Joel 2:27-29 and Isaiah 28:11-12) fulfilled in Acts 10:44-48 and as taught by the anointed Jewish apostle, Paul, are for believers today. (1 Corin. 12:4-10)
... that Jews according to the flesh (decendants of Abraham through Isaac, whether through the bloodline of the mother or of the father) who place their faith in Israel's Messiah Yeshua have not disowned or separated themselves from their race and Judaic heritage, but remain sons and daughters of Israel (Romans 2:28-29). Gentiles who place their faith in Israel's Messiah Yeshua are also, spiritually, sons and daughters of Israel. (Galatians 3:28-29).
... in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to eternal separation from G-d, the latter being consigned to a state of everlasting punishment (Daniel 12:2; Matt.25:46).
... that the middle wall of partition, which in times past separated Jews from Gentiles, has been broken down, eradicated by the Messiah Yeshua. (Ephesians 2:12-14)
... that the New Covenant body of the L-rd is composed of both Jews and Gentiles who have accepted Yeshua HaMashiach as the Promised Redeemer and now they are to worship TOGETHER in the House of G-d. (1 Corinthians 12:13, Hebrews 10:25)
... in the partaking of the communal elements of the matzah (unleavened bread) and the wine, as instituted by Yeshua HaMashiach at His last Passover Seder and that the elements are symbolic of the L-rd's death and His bodily resurrection. (1 Corinthians 11:23-34)
... in the immersion of believers (Mikveh) as commanded by the Scriptures as an outward sign of an inward salvation experience, symbolizing the death of the old man and the resurrection unto newness of life. (Romans 6:3-7)
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