The Second Coming/ Rebuilding the Temple

Dear Family/ “Mishpacha”

The time is coming for the Return of the LORD!
This weeks parshat speeks of going out from your current place where God meets you and sojourning to the place that God will show you. That place is named Beit El also call Luz.
Now bear with me.
Genesis states in 28:15 And, Hinnei, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this eretz; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.
28:16 And Ya'akov awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely YHWH (יהוה) is in this place; and I knew [it] not.
Where does God meet you? In your heart. Where is this Place also called in Hebrew ‘Ha Makom” that Jesus/Yeshua lives today?
So you are the Beit-El the House of YHWH the place if you will that Jesus lives today.
We are to be a light to the world, hence the other name given to Beit-El which is Luz (in Ladino that means Light).
Are you getting this? Wow! I just love the Word of God.
Yeshua/Jesus and God are the same as One/ Echad. Though they differ only in that Jesus is clothed in the flesh and God is thought not to be. However the Scripture state that “I am with thee- I will never leave thee- also we see God states He will never forsake us” in the book of Joshua. So if He is in us that would make sense that He never leaves us and that He is with us where ever we may go. The third temple is being built in you and in me. We are the temple of the Living God, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Yakov. There are many who seek to build a physical temple in Jerusalem but what good would that do if our hearts are still not right with Yeshua?


We see what happened when those who rebel against the ways of God build temples and great cities; they always come to ruin.

I pray that you can see in the Spirit of God that we are to leave the place where you met God and go with God to the place He is calling you. Yeshua did not come outside the walls of Jerusalem, give His life only to leave you outside the walls but rather, to come outside the gates of the city and offer Himself so that we who were outside could come into the city of peace; Jerusalem. And I might add that we become the new city of Peace; the new Jerusalem.
In other words leave the adolescent stage of sppirituality and mature in the Scriptures to the vibrant bride of Christ that He has waited patiently for, for over 6000 yrs.
We are in the 7th day as it were. The Groom is coming for His Bride. Be cleansed in the Spirit of Redemption given to us by Yeshua and anoint yourself in the oil of gladness and the Holy Spirit of God, found only in His attributes, character, precepts and statutes; those found in the Torah/Bible of God. From Genesis to Revelation is all His Word.
You are the Bride-
You are the Place-
You are the House of God/ Beit El
You are the Luz/ the light
Jesus lives through us-
God-Jesus-Holy Spirit
YHWH-Yeshua-Ruach HoChodesh
They are Echad- One; Deuteronomy 6
If so, then the Holy Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit of Jesus and the Holy Spirit are all one in the same. Amen?
So, does the Holy Spirit live in you? If so… guess what? That means that Jesus has already returned and He’s in you! Would you let that happen?
Some may think that I am taking away the 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus but I am not. I believe that if you and I would be the physical manifestation of his life then and only then will we see the spiritual manifestation of a spiritual revival in the land.
If you can’t see yourself in the picture, or you can’t see Jesus in your brothers and sisters, then we may never see the “2nd coming” of Jesus.
Make straight the way of the LORD.
Jacob left the place he wrestled, received his blessing and pursued the place of God.
Won’t you pursue that place with us? I see Him in you.
You are blessed and highly favored.
Read with me Genesis; 28:20 And Ya'akov vowed a vow, saying, If Elohim (אלהים) will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
28:21 So that I come again to my avi's house in peace; then shall YHWH (יהוה) be my Elohim (אלהים):
28:22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be Elohim (אלהים)'s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Ya’akov/Jacob says to himself if Elohim be with me,,, and will keep me in this way that I go and provide Manna/ Word of God and clothing/ His righteousness through Jesus/Yeshua, Then I can come to the Father’s House/ My living body in Peace.
And this stone/altar; you that I set up as a pillar/marker for direction; Yeshua in me shall be the house of Elohim. And I shall give back to God a tenth of all that He provides for me.
Do you think that maybe the Tenth could also elude to the bringing back to God the Lost Ten Tribes in gratitude for what He gives us?
You’re it! He loves you!
He Live in You! And You can do great things for the King of kings. He has written it upon your hearts and upon your minds. His Torah; His words are stored in earthen vessels and like the Qumran scrolls we have been tucked away in the wilderness for 2000 yrs. Our vessels are shattered in order to reveal the treasure inside each and every one of us. Don’t fear the potter. He can restore all His works.
He has put His Spirit in you and will move you to desire to know His ways and not the ways of this world.
When the writing on the Torah scroll becomes illegible the torahs are buried in earthen vessels, awaiting the resurrection when that which has been dead for 3 ½ days/3500 years will be resurrected; brought back to life and the writing will be made easy to read.
Peace be upon you.

Shalom Mishpacha!
Peace my family
Lehitra’ot haShabbat!
See you on the Sabbath!
Rabbi/Teacher Donald and Annette Maher

Restoring the fabric of the family through the principles of Jesus’ Word; Yeshua’s Torah.

Between a Rock and a hard place.

Weve all heard the saying. "I feel like I am between a Rock and a Hard Place."
This Shabbat we were talking about attitude.
It is said that it is the only thing in life that you 'can' control.
I put 'can' in parenthesis because it seems that we can't. However we can and should control our attitudes. It is also said that between Mt. Gerazim and Mt. Ebal is the sity of Shechem. That city is the city of refuge. A shelter for those accused of a crime but found not guilty by the high priest. That city is to be a refuge for the sojorner, the traveler who seeks shelter.
That city is to be us.
The Mount of Gerazim is the mountain of 'cursing' and the Mount of Ebal is the mount of blessing. We all sit in between blessings and curses. But the attitude we choose is ours and ours alone.
Let's look at blessings and cursings. To receive the father's blessings is to insure success in our children. To receive the Father's blessing is to insure the success of mankind.
Contrary to receiving the blessing is to NOT receive the blessing. Now, to be without a blessing is to be cursed. The absense of the blessing is a curse. It is not to reconed the same as a voodoo curse. After all, the MaTovu reminds us that no one man or spirit can curse the Israelite. Baalam was a false prophet who sought to curse the Israelites in exchange for monetary gain. Sure at first he refused, but the end result is that he compromised and agreed to go out, travel 400 miles just to see and curse the Israelites. He met his end; an early death most likely because of his alliance with the wicked. Although The LORD our God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Ya'akov caused only good word to come from his mouth, his life was directed erroneously.
We too, can direct our lives erroneously and meet with an early death. That death we meet up with can be a physical death and or it could and most certainly end in a spiritual death. Your relationship with the Almighty One of Israel is all that gives life. Anything other than YHWH/Yeshua yeilds death.
How you see your life is exactly all you will receive.
In the Torah, God is listening to the grumblers and complainers in the wilderness. They began their nagging the minute they were outside the gates of Egypt. Adonai says to them, "You saw the mighty miracles I performed in Egypt. you saw the Red Sea split and you crossed on dry ground. You saw the manna on the ground that fell from Heaven and it sustained you. You saw the quail, knee deep and you ate. You saw water spring forth from a desert and split the rock. You drank and your thirst was quenched. And yet you grumble, saying, "We are all going to die in the desert."
"Very well" the LORD says, "It shall be as you say."

Did you hear that?
It shall be as you say!
In Genesis/Bereshiet, we see that at the building of the Tower of Babyl, God says, "If one people speaking one language can accomplish this (great feat), than nothing is impossible for them. Let us go and confuse their language."
Take that instance and turn it around. Instead of trying to reach the Heavens on our own merit or accomplishment. If we could speak one language; that of the Torah; adhering to the ways of Adonai our LORD, There would be no reason that He/ God would not allow our endeavors to succeed. The folly is that we have not done this for some time now.
The World is caught up into religion. Yeshua/Jesus didn't come to start a new religion or to prove that one was the real one and the others were wrong. He came to overthrow religion (the law) but not to do away with the (LAW)of the Torah.
The Law of the Torah and the laws of man are two totally different things.
If we adhere to God's teaching and instructions we will see the kingdom of Heaven here on earth just as it is in Heaven. That it the goal.
True we may never see the perfection here on earth but rather that we shoudl try to accomplish this/His order here on earth shows the beasts of the field and all the universe that we are the children of God/Elohim. We are not microcosims of the world but rather we are created to have dominion over the earth and to rule it in a way like the creator would.
Speaking the same language; that of Adonai and of the Covenant/ our Torah is the fastest way to build a tower to the Heavens. It doesnt require a physical tower, but rather we are the physical strong tower of refuge.
So how you see your life and how you see this day is entirely up to you. No human can manipulate your emotions unless you allow them into your chambers to defile you.
Who's been defiling your thoughts?
You need to speak out against your own actions and not believe that you are helpless to the attacks.
No one is big enough to take what is God's and snatch it out of His hand.
you are the one who keeps letting the dragon out of the abyss. You keep entertaining spirits that are not of God. You and only you can make that choice.
You are created to be a Priest and King in the kingdom for your God. You have the power to call down the angels to do your warfare. Don't get caught up in trying to battle demons, you're not even supposed to be talking to them. That's called entertaining spirits; divination.
You are the bride of Yeshua your LORD and salvation, No man or spirit has the right or the ability to speak to the Bride of Yeshua unless she is out of order. Man or woman we are all the Bride.
We have all gone astray. However we have all been forgiven; Jeremiah 31:34 and Hebrew 8:12, both state I will remember your sins no more.
You are blessed of God, You are the apple of His eye. No weapon formed or raised against you can prosper. All the diseases we saw in Egypt will not fall upon me or my children's children. They will ask, "Why does this son not bear the weight of the sins of his fathers?" and I shall answer because I live in the righteous deliverances, deeds, statutes and judgements of the KING of kings and the LORD of lords, He is my Salvation, He is my Yeshuit Elohim. Isaiah 12:1-3
If you have questions about our Messiah Yeshua, call us and we would be glad to try to answer questions you may have.
Will you choose the Rock of our salvation or the hard place?
The choice has always been ours.
Have you talked to your Creator, Greatest Lover and Salvation?
This would be a great time to do just that.
Use your own words. He likes it that way.



Shalom Mishpacha
Peace my family,
Rabbi Donald Maher Jr.

LaShana Tova! May your names be inscribed in the Book of Life! a short message regarding Rosh Hashana. Do you know thaqt Rosh Hashana is the time at which the Great and Mighty Trumpet of Elohim will be and was heard? Did you know that in a Hebrew wedding ceremony it is customary for the best man to blow the shofar/trumpet alerting the bride that the groom is coming for his bride/prize? Did you know that the ten days separating Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur/ Day of Atonement are related to the alerting of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel? Yeshua/Jesus said, "I come only for the Lost Sheep of Israel." That my friend is the Lost Ten Tribes; also know as the tribe of Y'srael/Israel, Ephraim, lost sheep, the donkey in the wilderness, and the scape goat as well as the resurrection of the dead. Did you know that the shofar/ rams horn is representative of your life? Our life, is twisted and beat up, it has scars and wounds. Before polishing their is little worthy of mention. However, if we allow the horn; You and I to be separated from the body; the world and we allow the stoney, boney part within to be circumcised and removed out of the shell, then and only then can we blow the breathe through the vessel and it becomes a musical instrument. You see, our stoney hearts is what keeps the Ruach HaChodesh from operating in our lives. Many people in the 'body of Christ' claim to have removed the stoney part and now they cling unto essoteric experiencial manifestations of what they percieve to be the 'holy spirit'. I know that the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob is the God of the Bible. He is also the very Jesus/Yeshua that clothed Himself in flesh and dwelled amongst us. we will never see a shadow from his turning and He will never change His mind. Therefore that same Spirit of Elohim, the Holy Spirit is not a part time Holy Spirit. When we allow the Spirit of God to remove that which is stoney to be cut out by the Ruach/Spirit of G-d then and only then can the True Spirit of God can blow His words through us causing a melodious tune to resonate throughout the heavens and the earth. Imagine if you can all mankind falling in love with the Creator God; Yeshua HaMoshiach/Jesus the Messiah. So much and so strong is their love that they really do love Him with all their heart, soul and strength. That men stand on the street corners talking about the parsha from last week, this week and the next. That men would be men of Tzadekah/Righteousness seeking to emulate the Risen King. That women could walk to the store or to a freind's house or drive late at night when necessary and no harm would come to her because every man our there is walking like Yeshua in righteousness. Every man would defend the innocence of the widow, the orphan and the woman who is alone. Since the most recent time of the 1600's we have been sold a bill of goods; that the Law was done away with and that the Messiah came to do away with it. That he succeeded "nailing the Torah/Law to the Cross" at Calvary. That is shear nonsense. Matthew 5:17-19 states clearly that He didn't come to abolish the law but rather to fulfill it/ make it complete and alive, full, and desirable. The shofars are us. We must ask the Lord Yeshua/ Jesus to cut out our hearts of stone and give us the heart of flesh. The Word says that He would put His Spirit in us and cause us to desire to know His ways. If that is so, then we will soon be seeing the greatest movement and revival of all mankind moving back to the writings and teachings of Jesus Christ. Let's Let the trumpets blow and speak and talk of the promises fo the Covenant called the Torah. remember that the New Testament is the commentary on the Torah. It is the Biography of Jesus the messiah. However the Torah is the Eternal covenant written of His arrival, His Lifestyle and His people. That's you! Let the Shofars blow and we shall all hear the Great and mighty Trumpet of the LORD. He has already come. Look in the Mirror. What are you waiting for?

Rosh Hashanah the Biblical New Years – Commonly known as the Jewish New Year. In Biblical times, the dates of festivals were determined by a lunar calendar. Hebrew months begin with the sighting of the new moon. Because Rosh Hashanah starts on the first of Tishri – the only holiday that falls on the first day of the month – not all Jewish communities could be alerted in time. Even residents in Jerusalem could miss the start of Rosh Hashanah if clouds covered the night sky or witnesses arrived too late. That's why the one-day celebration was extended a second day to give all Jews a chance to participate. Rosh Hashanah usually falls between mid-September to early October. According to Jewish tradition, the destiny of mankind is recorded by God in the Book of Life on Rosh Hashanah. Those who repent of sins are granted a happy and good year. God seals judgment 10 days later on Yom Kippur. Prophetically, the holiday – also referred to as the Feast of Trumpets – points to the catching away of Yeshua's bride. The apostle Paul seems to be imparting this revelation to the church at Corinth: "Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." When Yeshua says in Matthew 24:36 that no one knows the day or hour of His return, it is a signal to believers that His return will fall on Rosh Hashanah. It is the only Biblical feast with an undetermined start time because of the new-moon sighting. “Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your Word; Law; Torah” (Psalm 119:37, NIV) "And he (King Of Babylon-representing an Anti-Torah spirit) will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times (Feast Days) and in law(Torah); and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time." (as in 1000, 2000 and a half a thousand= 3500yrs.) Daniel 7:25 (NASB) "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the Trumpet Of God. And the dead in Messiah will rise first" 1Thessalonians 4:16 Ok so let’s look at the calendar. WWJD? Jesus/Yeshua is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever! Right? In the book of John we read that ‘in the beginning’ was the D’var/Word and the D’var was with God and the D’var was God. The Word is Yeshua/ Jesus. It goes on to say that this D’var Word who is God dwelled among us and we beheld His Glory… Interesting, Huh? If Jesus is LORD of all, then it was Jesus/Yeshua who gave Moshe the Torah on Mt. Sinai. And if this is correct then we must conclude that He/Yeshua being God will never cast a shadow from his turning. That is to say that Jesus doesn’t change his mind. God is not a man that He should lie. His commands were given to us the children of Israel (Romans 11) as a sign of His love for us. In the last days there will be many lying signs and wonders, so great that if it were possible, even the elect (the remnant) would be deceived. Acts 17:11 The feast days are also intimate revelations of His will for us to come to the Bridal chambers and of His coming. If you won’t show up for His feast days, how do you expect to meet Him in the Heavens? Ezekiel 44 states, “23 "'They (the Children of God) are to teach my people the difference between holy and common and enable them to distinguish between clean and unclean. 24 They are to be judges in controversies, and they are to render decisions in keeping with my rulings. At all my designated festivals they are to keep my laws and regulations, and they are to keep my shabbats holy. This is what we are supposed to do. On the contrary look at what Ezekiel describes is happening in Chapter 22: 25 There is a conspiracy of prophets in it like a roaring lion tearing up the prey; they have devoured people, seized wealth and valuables, and widowed many in it. 26 Her cohanim have done violence to my Torah, profaned my holy things, made no difference between the holy and the common, not distinguished between unclean and clean, hidden their eyes from my shabbats, and profaned me among themselves. We have been foreigners to the Torah of God. It is a Love Covenant between God and his people. Jesus states in Matthew 5:17-19; ‘Do not think that I came to do away with the Torah or the Prophets. Rather I came to (cause them to come to life) fulfill them. Not one stroke of the pen (caph) or the smallest letter (yod) will disappear from the Torah until all heaven and earth pass away. Verily I say unto you whosoever breaks the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be least in the kingdom of Heaven, but whosoever keeps my commands (i.e. Feast Days) and teaches others to do so will be great in the Kingdom to Come/ Heaven (Malchut Shamayim)!!!! Rosh Hashana- the festival of Trumpets is the call to prepare yourself for the judgement/deliverance of the King. It is the Betrothal phase and the ‘elope’ so to speak. It represents when the Bride groom would come to escort His bride to the place that He has prepared for her. (“I go away to prepare a place for you, so that when I return, where I am you may also be”). 10 days after Rosh Hashanah is the Wedding Phase called Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur also referred to as the Day of Atonement or as I like to refer to it as the Day of At-One-Ment with your God is your ‘wedding day’ with Yeshua/Jesus. Do you love your Lord, Jesus/Yeshua? Do you love Him enough to show up when He says or do you have your own ideas of when the party should begin? Take a look at the story of Esther and Vashti. In Esther chapter 1- We see that interestingly enough the king(who represents Yeshua) beckons the queen (who represents the bride of Christ) to come to the party. We read that this occurs on the 7th day of the banquet. This alludes to the 7000 year millennial reign of the King. We happen to be in the 7th day according to biblical creation. God created for 6 days and on the 7th day He rested-Shabbat! In verse 11The servants are called to bring the queen to the king wearing the the royal crown which He gave to her (alluding to the crown of Salvation) which for us is found in the Incarnate Word or the Living Torah who is Jesus/Yeshua). Yeshua wants to show all of Heaven and earth your beauty. After all He formed you in His own hand for His glory, to become to Him a helpmate in the Kingdom of God. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come to the Feast days that the King had ordered. All of Creation ignores the MOEDIM (appointments) which he had sent through his officers (prophets). This enragesd the king - his anger blazed inside him. So to not entirely unlike the King of Persia, our God’s wrath and fury are kindled within when we refuse to adapt to His ways. God wishes to bless you all. Jeremiah 29:11 states that He/God knows the plans that He has for you to do good things for you and to cause you to prosper… Come to His Feast Days, Observe the Sabbath and keep it set apart/Holy. Circumcise your hearts Oh Jerusalem and come before your God. This is the ‘good news’ of the gospels. It has always been God’s plan to give you opportunity to come before the LORD our God just as Esther the obedient wife of the King came before him and beseeched him for mercy. Mercy was given to Esther just as it can be had for you. The Lord your God has gone to the grave for us and has arisen alive. He did this in order to fulfill a law that states if a man (Jesus/Yeshua) wishes to stay married to an unfaithful bride (you and I) He must be able to die and come back to life. With mere mortal man it is impossible to make this unequally yoked union work… but with God all things are possible. It is taught that God doesn’t believe in divorce and this is the only place you have a right to apply that concept. You and I alone are the unfaithful and Jesus chose to remain married to us. Let’s gather this Rosh Hashana and show the world how much we love the Lord Jesus, and how aware we are of the mercy that has befallen us. All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. Romans 3:23 Let us enter into the Holy of Holies with confidence this week and enter into a New Year. Hebrews 10:19 Coming before the Lord in repentance making ‘teshuvah’ is an act of trust and faith. Ezekiel states that the LORD our God would place His Spirit in us and move us to desire to know HIS ways. Your name has indeed already been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life but will you show you Adonai Elohim that you trust Him and that we believe in His ways rather than in the ways of man. WWJD? Come and Join us this Wednesday evening. It is the Erev Rosh Hashana the evening and the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets. We will be eating Apples and Honey to bring in a sweet new year for all of God’s children! We are expecting a move of the hearts of men and women in our community to draw near to the culture and customs of Jesus Christ/ Yeshua. Would you like a “do-over” for the year? This is our chance to come before the Lord our God/ Yeshua-Jesus and begin a new life. This is the chance we all should be looking forward to each and every year. As the Children of Israel (Romans 11) I believe that we should rejoice at coming to the feast days. After all, it is these festivals that remind us of the promises given to us in the Covenant. The New Testament is not a ‘new’ covenant it is the same covenant that God made with our fathers. The same one our fathers broke and so will we. But we have license to claim our rights and inheritance to the commonwealth of Israel, if we love the Lord our God with all our heart and soul and strength. The Maher family wishes you and your families a Shana Tova – a year of good health, happiness and serenity. May our prayers be answered and may our leaders be endowed with wisdom and integrity. May we merit a year of peace and security for the State of Israel, good tidings for the Jewish people and may all good people throughout the world be blessed.

The picture shows a people that desire to walk and live in a manner that is pleasing to the Creator Hashem. To walk in the 'name' is to walk in the character. In order to walk in the character of God, one must know and accept the Torah commands on behavior. The 613 Mitzvot are simply laws of nature and nature's Creator's laws. If you drive 55 in a 20 mph zone you get a fine. Worse you could get locked up in jail. If you jump from an airplane without a parachute, you fall gracefully until you reach the end, at which time you say, "splat!" If you cheat on your God, you find yourself walking outside of the relationship, just like you would if you cheated on your spouse. While many religious spirits will go off into a tyrade about faithfulness, those same people who are quick to judge those who have fallen forget that they too, have cheated on their God. Yes, I said it. You are all adulterers and only the lying spirit would tell you otherwise. God has sent His only Begotten Son to die for your sins, and even after you found out about Jesus/ Yeshua and confessed your sins, you still fell down. Granted you may not get drunk or use drugs anymore but you still get intoxicated on other's sin. Jesus says if you so much as thought the thought in your head you have committed the act. So, Where do we stand? If we are honest we have all made mistakes, some over and over, and yet we pretend that we aren't wicked. The idea is a lifestyle that encourages righteousness. It is not a lifestyle that deceives us into thinking that we are in some way more righteous or perfect in and of ourselves. We understand that we on our own are not righteous, but we can strive to renew our relationship with Yeshua on a daily, hourly and by the minute basis. When we break the law in our country, you do not lose your citizenship. The same can be understood about God's plan for us in His kingdom. He knew you would fall. he knew you would fall even after you got "saved". so relax and renew, repent and be restored.
Confess your nature to miss the mark and sin to your Messiah Yeshua and be made new.
The Jewish people are a people, not a religion. Religion has stolen from us the inheritance that says even though I was once outside the camp destined for a life long hell, I have been redeemed by the pprecious blood of the eternal covenant of salvation for mankind. The Covenant of Salvation brought near by Yeshua is the covenant you and I can embrace, take hold of and put to use.
The people in the video were not starting a war. They were just attempting to live in lifestyle articulated by God to Moshe and to our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Where is the offense? so many mothers, fathers and children slaughtered because they willing and joyfully embraced the lifestyle of our fathers.
Is not the religion of the world secularism?
Look and see what promises secularism holds for humanity.
Be careful whose side you stand on. God's or the World's.

Leaving Egypt!

Recently it was made clear to me that we must leave the old mindset.
this is the message that I sent back in regard to the current Egyptian system we are under being brought up in conversation. True that our current "leader" is not pro- God of Israel and infact by actions could be understood to be anti- God of Israel and pro- Islam. However we must remember that because of the hearts of the Israelites being wicked, they elected a leader over themselves that turned out to be Saul who sought to destroy the true King of Israel whom Samuel anointed. Yeshua is that King from the House of David and today He lives in you!

In response to “this nation’s leader has sold out the blessings of Yeshua for pottage”

You are right that this pharaoh has indeed sold out the diligent ones who once saved the people. We have lost the vision because we have forsaken the words given to us by Moses. The words that tell us to teach our children the nature and character of our God. We have failed to do so and our children have joined the ranks of the world system; that of Satan and that of the Pharaoh who knew not Yosef. This so called leader doesn’t know Yeshua and he despises all who wear his name or bear His character.
A whole culture of People is under attack
At one time just 70 yrs ago a man rose up in Germany who set out to utterly eliminate a whole culture; a whole lifestyle. A world population that strived to know and obey the Creator of the Universe. This people at one time knew the Moedim; the appointed times and seasons. They had dignity and took pride in the opportunity to be called children of God. They embraced a lifestyle of the Messiah Yeshua. They; the children of God were an offense to those who were brought up outside of instruction as they were also an offense to those who willingly chose to live outside of instruction. To live apart from the Torah is to be unclean, common, and gentile.
There was only two classes of people; those who chose to live in order and those who chose their own ways; chaos.
Today we stand in a country that we have allowed to fall apart because we failed to secure the walls. We may have destroyed Hitler but the world system has seemingly destroyed the very fiber of our being. That fiber used to be what made us, it was what set us apart. We are not better than others by creation but we choose to be better than we’ve been by adhering to the principles and precepts given to us by Hashem through the hand of Moshe. Those principles and precepts reveal the Mystery of Yeshua and outline what salvation looks like.
I raise my hand and I confess that it is my fault. I vow to make Teshuvah and to begin to restore order to God’s creation.
In order for this land to look like the kingdom that Yeshua came to establish, men must return to the Torah and we must submit to authority and instruction. Too many people go from this teacher to that one, seeking new revelation and never satisfy their hunger. That hunger is the result of never finishing a “meal”. The Kingdom of Heaven is korba/ at hand. Yeshua, Elohim and the Ruach are Echad. When the Ruach came in Acts 2 the presence of Yeshua was made manifest in the spiritual. First comes the physical and then the spiritual.
Just as a boxer trains in the physical seeking the day when all the training becomes part of his spirit so shall we train like Rav Shaul; not simply beating the wind but walking out the lifestyle of a people who once existed in the world. A people who lead and do not follow. We shall be a people who lead by example. We are the people who rebuilt the temple. We are the people who can stop the downward spiral. We are a people born to create and restore and resurrect that which was once dead. We are that people. Satan could not kill us. He still can’t and won’t, if we rise up. I hear Yeshua’s B’Kol voice saying, “Lazarus, Come!”
It is time for us as a people to restore the vision to our old men and dreams to our young.
I am so excited for what God is doing and can do through a stubborn donkey like me. I am so glad that I am that @$$ in the wilderness but I am coming home baby!
I willingly accept being the scapegoat. Someone has to say, “It’s my fault! I will clean it up!” or else it will never change, it will never be cleaned up. No one today is man enough to take the blame. But if taking the blame or receiving the responsibility means there’s a chance for restoration and revival of Nineveh, then count me in.
I accept the ‘scapegoat’ role. I receive the guilt of the nation so that now that Yeshua is bringing me back from the wilderness it shall be for the atonement of the whole nation of Israel.
Whooooo! Hallelujah! If you don’t get excited about that, you better check your pulse.
I love you and encourage you dear brethren, it is not over. After all the vertically challenged lady hasn’t sung yet. 
Where is Mr. Smithkowitz goes to Washington? That person is You. You are powerful enough to make great changes in your community/kibbutz. It begins with us. Yeshua lives in us, his healing virtue and His Word is written all up inside of us. What are we waiting for? Open up our hearts, return to the land that God gave to our fathers, drink the sap from the Tree of Life and begin living. God wills it for us.
Yeah though the temple has be desecrated, it is still the house of the LORD and worthy of restoration.
Avinu Melecheinu, Our Father and our King I repent that I have not established your kingdom in my life until now. I thank you for your Chesed/Grace and Mercy. I receive it though I do not deserve it. You are the only God. My Children will know your name; Yeshua for you are our Salvation. Take over my life and restore my eyes that I see what you see and my ears that I hear your voice and nothing else. You are my source and my sustainer, my redeemer and my refuge in times of trouble. I have taken my eyes off of your hands and sought to protect myself in futility. Breathe your Ruach into my lungs and restore life to this dry heap of bones. Cover me with your skin/Torah and cause your people to live once again. Amen!
If you can say that prayer, there’s hope for the world. His name is Jesus/Yeshua Ha Moshiach!

Pastor Donald J. Maher
Beit Tikveh U'Nesim
House of Hope and Miracles
1018 State Park Rd
PO box 1145
Lockhart, Texas 78644

Do not be discouraged at the future but rather be encouraged about your future. The L-rd our God and Savior Yeshua has not nor will not forsake you. However we should be troubled at the pessimism found within the “resurrected body of so-called believers”. We must begin to rejoice in our identity as Judeos por Yeshua. Dancing and eating is not a sin but we don’t rejoice as the bride at her wedding. It is like we are the cynical bride who says , “I do, but I bet we don’t make it.” I feel sad for Yeshua that His bride has allowed her vision to be stolen by the milk man and the mail man named Lucifer and Satan. Our Creator, Owner and Savior is good, just, mighty and trustworthy. We have scales upon our eyes. The scales of pessimism are as sin in our eyes. We must celebrate our salvation as in Simchat Torah. The Word, The Torah, The Lord Jesus, the Incarnate Word, Salvation, are all contained within the Spirit of the Redeemer Who is the Ha Torah. I watched the Holocaust videos and saw an entire group of people being exterminated because they choose to live for Hashem. Why can’t we also be half as fervent about our culture as those beautiful people were. We must get involved and teach our children leadership and vision. WE have had our inheritance stolen for so long and we also have forsaken the identity for so long that we are unwilling to receive restoration without reservations. Our guilt and years of training in the art of self flagellation has crippled our ability to walk out the restoration, salvation and deliverance that we teach is in Yeshua. Be strong! Do not be discouraged, you are such an encouragement to those who are watching. Those outside the camp are looking for hope and miracles. But if we sing a dirge and weep and gnash our teeth we won’t be able to sell ourselves umbrellas in the rain. We are the hope of nations and looking upon our raggedy Ann selves the future seems bleak at times. We must breath in the Ruach and be made strong. Lead we shall, I want to see young children fervent for Torah happy to grow Payot and wear tzitzit and the like.

SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your Father Loves You! The Story in the Torah says we win! Remember???

The Kingdom of Heaven is ‘Korba at hand

How is your vision?
How are your eyes?
How is your heart?
How is your lungs?
How is your life?
The Word says, Without a vision my people perish.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Jesus says, I came to give sight to the blind.
Isaiah 35:5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
To mend the broken hearted;
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
To breathe My Spirit into them;
Ezekiel 36:26-28 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit inside you; I will take the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit inside you and cause you to live by my laws, respect my rulings and obey them. 28 You will live in the land I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
You see you have been adopted into the seed of Abraham who through faith was counted righteous. It is through your faith and not by your works that you are counted righteous.
It is said that your faith is only as good and strong as the object or person in whom you place it in. When you trust the finished work of Yeshua/ Jesus and place your faith and trust in Him, you are trusting in The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob… you are trusting in the God of the Bible, you are trusting in the Messiah your Savior. He had and has rules to live by that secure the blessings for us and for our children.
Is Healing for today? Yes! Undoubtedly. However, if you look back on the Scriptures it clearly states a prerequisite;
Deuteronomy 7:12-15 (if or because you listen to the words and obey them the Lord our God will bless you and heal your body and your land.
The KING of kings has a constitution to His kingdom. That constitution is our blessing, it is our inheritance that we rejoice at receiving. Most of us have essentially moved to the land but have not received our full citizenship in the Kingdom. The reason is because we are waiting to be taken up to Heaven in order to receive the full manifold destiny of salvation. However the KING has claimed you as His own and its time you received your identity. You are a citizen, end of story.
How many have received a traffic citation and never doubted their citizenship in the community they live in? How many walk around thinking that they still have more work to do before they can claim “full” citizen rights? True you may not be walking in authority of the KING but you still have rights and privileges.
Adonai has restored to us the dominion over the earth and over the fallen one. But, because we do not know the full character of Jesus we do not know His nature. We fear that we aren’t really His ‘am segulah’ His special treasure. Jesus/ Yeshua loves you with an everlasting love and pours out His mercy and His grace all up over you. When you receive your identity as a child of the Living God, saved by the blood/covenant/ marriage to the Lamb then by the Holy Spirit you will desire to walk in a manner that reflects your Savior’s lifestyle and no longer will we adhere to the lifestyle of our past. In essence you will be born again, AGAIN!
To adhere to the thoughts and mindset of your past is like bringing ‘soul ties’ into bed with you and your spouse. It is unacceptable.
The old is gone and the new has come. You are a new creation. Say it! “I am a new creation, the old is gone. I am made new through Christ Jesus, Yeshua Ha Moshiach. I am being made new each and every day, I will possess the land that was promised to my forefathers. That land is the Written Word of God/ The HaTorah. It is the very word that Jesus quoted time and time again. It is the bible that Peter, Paul, Timothy, Titus and Matthew, Mark and all of the Talmudim, Disciples read, studied and were confirmed in.
Within the Torah is the prophecy of our rebellion and our redemption. We are indeed in the Last Days and the Spirit of Yeshua; the Spirit of God is being poured out upon all men (and women). That Spirit will move you to return to the hearts of your fathers; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Luke 1:17)
By faith we receive our inheritance, and inheritance of eternal salvation through Jesus/ Yeshua. But we need to have faith tied to instruction. That instruction is not found in gurus and magic potions or new age belief systems. It is found in the precepts, principles and attributes of our LORD and Savior Yeshua.
Real men love Jesus, but not enough of us know Him well enough to look like Him and we most certainly aren’t walking like Jesus. Won’t you join in the most important movement in our community today? It is the movement toward walking and talking and behaving in a manner that would be pleasing to our God.
How’s your relationship with Jesus?
Is it strong enough? For who?
Is it all you want, do you have enough? Are you sure? What would Jesus say?
Men your are the leaders of your homes, the providers for your family and the protector to your wife and children. Through He that lives in you, you can do all things. Can you show up for Shabbat?
I am looking forward to seeing you.

The Kingdom of Heaven is ‘Korba at hand. Make straight your path!
And all these blessings shall overtake you… because you listened and do the Mitzvot.

Shalom!

Pastor Donald and Annette Maher

Pentecost/Shavuot... Tomatoe/ tomahto

Don't call the whole thing off!
Chag Shavuot Sameach! Happy Shavuot/Pentecost Holy-day!
Check this out. Shavuot is celebrated as the day that the Israelites recieved the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The significance is that if you love God, Wish to walk with Him and sometimes wrestle or contend with Him, then you're one of His! Yeah.
Because you are stiff necked and stubborn you must be an Israelite, and that's cause for celebration.
To borrow from the great Joe Peschi the actor, "ok, ok, ok, now check this out"
So we read that we are to set up the lampstand constructed of 7 branches.
the same seven branches, ribs, sticks or bones that make up the body of Christ/Yeshua. Seven is a complete number also alluding to the introspective nature of an Israelite who "chews his cud". Remember an animal that doesn't chew its cud is not Kosher/fit. We as Humans created by Elohim are called to inspect ourselves and look at our own behavior, compare it to the ways of God; the Torah and make adjustments in our lifestyle to reflect our belonging to the God of order.
Others have no compass and therefore they end up in the same hole of despair over and over again. That was never Hashem's plan for His chosen children.
But I digress.
Shavuot; the giving of our marriage covenant by God's Spirit; the Ruach Elohim to Moses the Deliverer to give to the people of Israel.
So lets break it down.
In the "upper room" of Mt. Sinai the Ruach Ha Chodesh meets with Moishe and gives Him the Torah; the Covenant of Promises to give to the Israelites all who had recently been set free from bondage and captivity in Egypt. Hey, wait that's us. Right??
In the book of Acts chapter 2 we read that the Talmudim/disciples were in the "upper room" when a mighty rushing wind was heard and the Holy Spirit descended upon them. There were tongues of fire over their heads. The mighty rushing wind could be like the thunder and lightning seen and heard on the mountain while Moishe was up there with God. Moishe's face was radient when he came down, like tongues of fire which also represent the dove over Yeshua after the Mikveh by Yohannan.
Now check this out! While in the "upper room" a place that wasn't necessarily a room so much as it was on the roof where the waters of rain were collected in a bathing pool would be located. This was the place for doing a mikveh which is a ceremonial washing. Like the baptism in modern Christianity it sybolizes the cleansing of the Holy Spirit and the changing of status from common to holy.
Back to the story. We recieved the Spirit of God on Pentecost which is a feastday or an appointed time. Obviously if we celebrated the appointed times; the Moedim HaElohim we would know that Pentecost was prophecied on Mt. Sinai and the talmudim/disciples were fulfilling their commitment to God by taking part in the Shavuot, in the Upper Room and Praying washing feet perhaps to signify that they had indeed been set apart. As You and I are also set apart, so shall we cleanse our brethren's feet.

So could it be that like the disciples and like the Israelites we too should be prepared for the Shavuot and rejoice in its remembrances. After all though we were once enslaved in our own vices and reasonings, the Lord Yeshua saw us as His bride. Even from afar He sought us before we sought Him.
Has the Spirit of Elohim come to this earth or not?
After Moishe's visitation and the gift of the Ha Torah we fell into murmuring and back biting. But yet the Ruach Ha Elohim had come down and surrounded the Mountain of the Lord. Later in Acts we see that on the holy-day of Shavuot we recieved again the Holy Spirit of God, the same Spirit of God that gave the Torah to Moishe. The same! Not different. God doesn't change. Yeshua said, "I will send the comforter; the Holy Spirit"...
Do we believe that He is holding out? we have to wait for some special time other than the Moedim of Elohim to receive the gifts of the Ruach?
Never! We are in the midst of His Presence and we lack vision.
We are the Lampstand, we are to shed light forward. Forward not back at your past or back at your brother's past. but Forward!
Shed light not darkness. The lampstand doesn't shed darkness such as the end of the world theories and the rapture and the tribulation. Are we not in various tribulations now? Have we not brought these things upon ourselves in many ways?
The word rapture isn't in the Hebrew mindset but rather the word ingathering is. Such as in Deuteronomy 30:1-6 we see the re-gathering of the children of Israel back to the Torah, teaching and instructions of God so that we can and will possess the land given to our forefathers, the land flowing with milk and honey. The same land that was given to our ancestors before us when Hashem/Yeshua brought them out of Egypt with a mighty right hand and an outstretched arm. Hence the Cross at Calvary.
Get it?
in Chapter 8 of the bookNumbers we read that after the Levites had been purified, they were to be presented as a wave offering, they are to come to do the work at the Tent of Meeting. It's talking about you and me to come forward, since you have indeed been made clean and purified by the High Priest and the cleansing waters of the Ruach HaChodesh. We are the Israelites (Romans 11) who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn. You now receive levitical priveledges and you receive the firstborn blessings as one who receives Yeshua/Jesus as Moshiach/Messiah. See no one can take away your blessing. However likened to Essav you can sell you birthright for the satifaction of the flesh which is corrupt and sure to die.
We have repeatedly sold out our birthright for foolishness. It is time to return to "the hearts of our fathers" and receive the blessing of the land. but wait! I am not proposing that you can somehow take what belongs to someone else. It has always been Israel's and will always be Israel's. However we must be adopted into the inheritance through the Moshiach who is Yeshua. Yeshua is the Jewish Messiah. He is not gentile/unfit but rather has come outside the camp to meet with us and offer us the priveledge of coming into the camp and He makes us clean. We cannot presume to replace Israel but rather likened to Ruth... Your people shall be my people and your God shall be my God. If anything less than death should separate us, let God deal harshly with me.
I love My Jewish brothers and sisters and want nothing more than for the Christian Church to realize that you can't recieve the blessing of Hashem while rejecting the lifestyle of the Messiah. Being Jewish is so much more than genetic bloodlilne. It is more a lifestyle than genes. All genes were created by the same Creator. YHWH.
I want to learn the Feasts and the Appointed Times out of my love and adoration for The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who is the God of our Fathers.
Ezekiel 37 alludes to the two sticks becoming one in His hand and having one Prince or King over them both. That is the fulfillment of prophecy that in these last days of the great apostacy we will return to the Truth of Elohim; the Torah of God and the Whole House of Jacob will be reunited as it was in Egypt under Yosef.
You are a priest, you are the lampstand. with out the Shamash/Yeshua we cannot be annointed as priests let alone be light to shed any light. we are a lamp without flame/aish.

Chapter 9 verse 13
But if a man who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people because he did not present the Lord's offering at the appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
What do we do with that? Could it be that because of the ignorance fo the Body of Christ we fail to keep the feasts and the appointed times? And as a result we suffer consequences such as lack of involvement in the church by men, there are no priests or Rabbis, there are things like rape, incest, molestation, divorce, murder, abuse of all kinds in the people who call themselves Christians and in the nation that was founded on Judeo-Christian values. Either God fell asleep or we are outside the camp...
What do you think?
Are we so righteous that God is allowing Satan to torment us? Or could it be that we lack knowledge? I'll take the latter one. Thank you.
So where can we find this knowledge? It is in the Torah. Yes, that Ol' Torah that we call the Law. The same thing that we think Jesus came all this way to free us from is the key to the Kingdom that sets us free from the pain of sin.
When you feel that you can't go on, stay put. Stay faithful and be steady.
Allow yourself to be one of the two silver trumpets that blows and calls the assembly of the people of God. When the two are together (house of Judah/House of Ephrayim) then we can conquer the enemies of God's people.
Its not a physical war as much as it is a spiritual war on the hearts of man.
You Count!
You have a new position of elevation so that you can elevate your King!
Light the lamp via the only way through the Shamash Melechienu/Servant King who is the Light of the World. his name is Yeshua Ha Moshiach.
If you have a desire to know your God and Savior more, join us at Beit Tikveh U'Nesim; the House of Hope and Miracles Center for Torah Studies. We are in Lockhart, Texas,
Come just like that!

"In those days"

Today we all woke up to the news that an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan causing a tsunami and leaving in its wake much disaster. Later Hawaii was under tsunami warnings and the possibility of mass destruction to all of Hawaii was being contemplated. Then there was speculation over whether California as well as a total of over 45 countries could potentially be affected by the aftermath of such a tremendous earthquake.

What is really going on in the world at this time? Are we seeing an increase in global catastophes?
In the last days we will see the creation of a one world system that will be used as in the days of Pharaoh.
There will be two opposing systems. One will be the Restoration of the House of David and the return to Torah as stated in the prophecies of Malachi, Deuteronomy and the prohets Jeremiah and Isaiah. this new kingdom will be ruled by one king who's name is Jesus the Messiah/Yeshua Ha Moshiach. Teh People of the land will submit under the righteous and sovereign reign of a fair and just King who is merciful and abounding in grace.
The other will be the restoration of the Tower of Babel, a man made system relying on the wisdoms of man to be our saviour. for instance; if we only had better education our children would live better and through some sort of osmosis become better people. The tower of babel causes and facilitates confusion of languages and ways of life. To think that there are many ways to act human necessitates the dilemma that your way will at some point have to be wrong so that someone else can have it their way.
What if Satan the enemy of God's Kingdom wishes to crush your system of economics creating a "famine" in the land? What if the desire of the enemy is to have God's children sign a "peace treaty" or work contract with the One who opposes Elohim in order that we could eat? What happened after Joseph in egypt saved the multitudes is that the fair_oh died and another came "who Knew not Joseph" and that new pharaoh is the current governmental system in America that "knows not Jesus/Yeshua".
After the new pharaoh came into power he forced labor upon the Israelites and tried to first emotionally and spiritually kill them. when that was found to be futile; they multiplied and grew great in number, He then sought to murder the babies (abortion).
Could it be that America is looking more and more like we are leaning toward a Babylonian system. A system of entitlement programs with a multitude of people who think that the Government owes us sustinance?
The Torah of YHWH encourages all who accept it to persevere and to be dilligent. Teh Torah cultivates an attitude of persistence, a spirit of leadership that never gives up until it achieves it's goal, it is a spirit that never gives up. Contrary to modern day philosophy (love of thought) that promotes an attitude that you should wait and get some kind of sweepstakes handout, or being disabled enough entitles you to free social security checks and the like.
Yhwh is counting on you and I to restore order to His Kingdom through the return to instructions given in His Torah.
This current world system rejects the existence and the very importance of G-d in our lives and in our government, and the result is the breaking of covenant with the Lord. How can we expect the blessing from G-d when we reject His instructions, His Feastdays, his Teachings and doubt His provisions.
It sounds like it makes for a fractured relationship. What do you say?
Do you Love Jesus?
Do you want to know Him more?
Do you care what he wants?
Do you need closer fellowship with Him?
Would you like to know how He did things?
I hope that you answered all of the above in a resounding Yes.

Remember that the kingdom will be established by righteous, spirit filled lovers of YHWH/Yeshua who by His spirit will bring order to this chaotic group of people.
Jeremiah 1:5 says, "before I formed you in your mother's womb I knew you, and I set you apart to be a prophet to the Nations."

Will you help restore the Kingdom of God here on earth or will you be like the many who will choose to sit comfortably on their lazy-boy with their remote control in hand waiting for the "rapture"?
If you would, please join us in the restoration of the House of David.David is the type and shadow pointing to the Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

Well, have you had enough?
Do the headllines cause you to be concerned?
What will happen? Are the movies regarding the "Last Days" accurate?
Well, get ready for change in paradigm.
Did you know that the endtimes escatalogical understanding that is preached in so many churched today is a theory that came to be only 200 years ago?
First let's establish the character and nature of YHWH/G-d.
How can we do this apart from the Scriptures/Bible/Torah.
If you see terms like Torah you must know that I am talking about our Bible or I may be talking about only the first five books of the Bible.
Never the less, we are not talking about anything other than that which we recieve our Lord Jesus from.
The Nature and characteristics of G-d and of Jesus/Yeshua are articulated in the Torah. Before the incarnation through Miriam/Mary we can see pre-incarnate theophonies of the Risen Savior. But most importantly we can establish these truths about our G-d.
He is not a man that He should lie. I must elaborate and say that He couldn't lie as it would deny His character.
You will never see a shadow from His turning. In other words He doesn't change his mind.
That He keeps the covenants that even we break. He is a covenant kepping G-d.
Slavation comes from G-d alone through the perfect life lived in His Son Jesus/Yeshua who became the Passover Lamb once and for all shedding His blood for all mankind.
So let's look at the end of time thought process that so tortures the believer.
the following are only assumptions and falsehoods.
1. God will finally lose it, and destroy the unbeleivers during the tribulation.
2. God will "rapture" up the holy church into the sky and abandon the wicked on earth to be toyed with and tortured by haSatan.
3. Assumption- we are the holy ones and the Jewish people will stay on earth through the tribulation to find out who there Savior is.
First off let me say that I am not writing this to make anybody mad. So don't let the enemy toy with us.
dividing the house has bee the plan and the M.O. of the perpetrator.
Remember so long as we buy into the division of the House of Israel/Jacob the whole kingdom of God is put off for another time.
The intentions of our messiah was to restor the Whole House of Jacob/Israel so that through Israel the message of the Messiah and the redemptive nature of YHWH would be spread/taught. However due to the nationalistic pride of Judah the good news of redemption was kept from the Nations/Gentiles because of their "unclean" status.
When Jesus/Yeshua came to earth it was not to establish an alternate religion. Nor was it to Judge with an iron fist. Rather He said He came to deliver.
Deliver... Deliver from what?
Brokeness, and despair, Fear and separation from a loving God.
Imagine if you will that the purpose of the saviour coming was to inspire us with the Holy Spirit of G-d to go out and delilver our brethren rather than to chastise and condemn. Conviction comes from the Holy Spirit and Condemnation comes from our brethren.
If YHWH looked upon the creation and said, "It is good," then why would He destroy it? Maybe if we all repented of thinking we would know how to run the world and only would submit to His ways; Torah rather than rejecting it sight unseen, then we might begin to see the Kingdom of G-d manifest.
If every man, woman and child began to walk more in the ways, characteristics and attributes of Jesus, we would not have the moral depravity and absence of ethical conduct that is rampant today.
It is not about religion, remember, it is about relationship with the Creator of the Universe. If we love Him we would want to know what pleases the LORD and make efforts to do those things that please God. Not to appease but to be pleasing.
Question... Why hasn't God raptured the church yet and what on earth is He waiting for?
The so-called church is still in exile for the most part, though we "accepted" Jesus or rather the work that He did, we still reject the majority of His Character and separate ourselves from one another with labels. Christian, Jew, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Protestant, Muslim, buddhist etc, etc, ad infinitum.
What I beleive He is waiting for on earth is the realization of His children that we are the wall of enmity that separates the kingdom from coming.
There is one God, His name is His Characteristics and Attributes. He never changes, he never gives up, He never changes His mind, He never makes mistakes.
He is long suffering and patient for us to move.
The power of the Living God and Risen Savior lives and resides with in each of us. Only together can the Kingdom come, bringing change and restoration to our families and to our country.
It will be the nation of Isarel/ You and I who can power the change to happen. It will be the Ruach Ha Chodesh/ the Holy Spirit of the Living God who provides the power and the words. Without Jesus/ Yeshua there is no use .
I believe in the Power of Yeshua with in you to make a change. even if it is small it is a change none the Less.
Where is Jesus/Yeshua today? He is in You!
If He is in you and I then why look up into the physical clouds for His returning?
Why not look into the Spiritual clouds also known as witnesses/believers?
For He will return in the same manner in which He was taken up; in the clouds.
Remember how he was surrounded by the clouds and taken up?
You are the clouds, I am the clouds, we are the clouds!
If we get out of His way the light of the Son can shine through.
May God richly bless you and give you sight to see that His presence is in your midst...
When we look at the Holy half-Shekel, think of it representing the two houses of Judah and Ephraim.
Judah representing the Jewish people who do know the nature and character of the Savior but may not have seen Him yet.
and
Ephraim also referred to as Israel; representing those who are thought by their Jewish brethren to have been scattered to the ends of the earth due to their rebellion to the Torah and are thought to be "dead" due to their spiritual status of being separated from the Ha Torah. This House of tribe if you will permit, is or could be the church today who is in posession of the Messiah but lacks the deeper understanding of the Scriptures that our brother the Jew possesses.


If you coudl imagine the Jew and the Church being the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Ephraim coming back together as one (Ezekiel 37 prophecy of the two sticks) then we can see that our reunion of sorts could restore order to the world. No longer would we be bamboozled and hoodwinked by the political correct acceptance of readical Islam. As Our country rejects the Bible and any mention of Yeshua/Jesus in schools they make mention of allowing Sharia Law being permitted in our Country.
simply doesn't make much sense.
We have Jesus but we stand to learn much more.
Our brothers the Jews beleive in the same Bible we have. They simply haven't seen Yeshua modeled in me, maybe us.
We are going to make it if we begin to look at the world differently and not as though the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would utterly destroy the earth and create another. He loves us with an everlasting love. Can we reciprocate by drawing near to His ways? I hope so, it seems to be our only hope.
May God encourage you this day and every day.

Pastor Donald J. Maher
Beit Tikveh U'Nesim
House of Hope and Miracles
401 N. Commerce Street
Lockahrt, Texas 78644

Rejection of His Own

Recently with the growth that the Lord has provoked in our lives we have seen certain folks that we would normally think of as dear friends act like we were leppers.
This is troubling to say the least, however it is not fatal... for us anyway.
Rejection comes in many flavors but most painfully from the ones you love.
Since answering the calling of the Lord Jesus: Yeshua Ha Moshiach and listening to the Spirit that Adonai placed with in me, I have seen my "family and friends" reject the move of G-d as though it were a plague.
Ezekiel the Prophet states that the Kol Voice of Hashem came to him and spoke this;
that Hashem would place His Spirit with in us and that He would move us to desire to know His spirit. Yeshua/Jesus said that a man cannot enter into the kingdom of Heaven lest he be "born again".
What direction would the Spirit of Adonai move us? Toward or away from the Hebrew roots of our faith. Would the Spirit of G-d desire us to move away from the Jewish People or to move toward them with love and admiration. To move toward our brethren and to unite the family of Elohim throught the Spirit of Christ Jesus/ Yeshua Ha Moshiach.
To be "born again" means to be made new and to allow yourself to be taught. For what child is born with attitude that prevents them from learning. On the contrary, the innocent and pure heart is an easel for us to paint upon. We defile the innocent mind through de-sensitization and blatant assaults on the virtue of our young.
But what about us?
Can we trust again?
can we be born again so that we not only trust but are willing to learn the attributes and the character of Jesus Christ/ Yeshua the Messiah?
The other day my wife and friend were walking down the street in our little town when they were passed by an old friend. This was someone we spend much time around a long time ago. They too are "Christians" but i guess they must think that we are different "Christians" and not the same caliber as they are. Subsequently the driver ignore the two ladies and drove on past as though they never saw. Very well.
Later the same day, the driver and her husband were driving through town and it was made quite plain that they both saw my wife and children in the car we have had for some time and chose to look forward as though they were tremedously busy.
Does the Church of Jesus Christ see others that don't attent their congregation as less than whole, as less saved? WWJD?
Ask yourself what would the early church in Corinth or Galatia do?
Did Peter and Paul only go to the Synagogue or did they go and love on the ones who weren't in the temple?
The answer is they reached out and met the people where they were.
This last weeks Parsha states in the Chumash that Yitro/Jethro has 7 different names.
No he didn't have split personalities but it should be noted that under certain circumstances or in different territories he may have been know by different names.
Likewise Yeshua/Jesus may be referred to by different pronunciations yet the scriptures state that you will know them by their fruit and by their walk.
WWJD?
How did he teach? Was it with arrogance?
Of course not!
So why does the body of so called "Christians" beat each other up so often?
Isn't this the same reason that Yeshua took the blessing of the
Torah and gave it to the Multitudes? Ie: the lost 10 tribes?
The Religious Jews would not share the blessings of the Torah with those whom they saw as dirty ritualisticly unclean. This was the old addage, "don't cast your pearls amongst the swine."
With that attitude they held tightly to the greatest gift that had been given to them freely.
Freely I give it unto you, freely you shall give it away.
So now we see the same false piety in the church of today looking down on others because they don't belong to our congregation or den0mination. how are we different?
If indeed we are saved by the blood of Christ through faith then aren't the Jews who held tighlty to the Torah just as saved as the christians who are now holding firmly and tightly to the deliverence that was given them?
We are to walk out the lifestyle and characteristics of Yeshua so that the love of the Spirit is seen and witnessed in us.
What message are we sending in our daily walk?

If you love me, you would keep my commands and do them.
You don't have to do a thing, however if the HOLY Spirit really dwelled in us would'nt it be leading us toward yearning to do Torah out of our freedoms?
Pray about it and ask the LORD what He would have you to do.
I love you and pray that you see that legalism will do nothing for you. Legalism also comes in many different forms such as the form that tells you, "you can't study the Torah because that's legalism".
Matthew 5:17 on says Jesus told the disciples, "Do not think that I came to do away with the Torah and the prophets, but rather I came to fulfill (make fuller, completely clear and understandable) it. truly i say unto you that not the least letter or stroke of the pen will be abollished from the Torah till all heaven and earth pass away.
Shalom, and Rejoice!
He Came to Deliver not Condemn.

Look what I got the honor of doing.
This Torah scroll was found somewhere along the railroad tracks near Auschwitz.
It is estimated to be 200 years old or maybe more. The family that it belonged to most likely knew their fate but rather than to see the Word of God wind up in the hands of the Germans only to be defiled and destroyed they opted to throw it out of the train.
This scroll went from Germany to France and later came to America. It wound up in San Antonio by way of Oklahoma.


I have been invited to partake in the service again this Friday (erev Shabbat; Shabbat Evening).
Baruch Hashem has a great Cantor and Worship team, not to mention a fantastic Rabbi/Pastor/Teacher Roi Garcia, who is very Good.
We have been attending there for the last Year!
What a tremendous blessing.
As many of you may know already know, that we have begun a Messianic congregation in Lockhart where we live with the hope and vision of restoring the love of God’s Teaching and Instruction. Our Congregation is called Beit Tikveh U'Nesim (House of Hope and Miracles) and is located at 401 N. Commerce in Historic Lockhart, Texas.
We meet on Shabbat at 3pm.
We have been under the tutaledge of Rabbi Ralph Messer of Simchat Torah Beit Midrash (The Joy of Torah, House of Study) for over 4 years. Rabbi Ralph and Mrs. Messer have been a great inspiration for Annette; my wife and I.
The LORD has surrounded us with great teachers of His Word.
Matthew 5:17 tells us that anyone who abolishes the Law; breaking one of the least of the commandments and teaches other to do the same will be called "least in the kingdom", however, great in the kingdom will be the one who practices the commands of and teaches the Word/Torah. I believe that as the prophets prophecy, (paraphrase) “in the last days He would send the Spirit of Ellijah, and return the hearts of the children back to their fathers and the hearts of the Fathers back to their children.” Malachi 4: 4-6
WE are soooo there. Without the return of the love of the Torah/Word we will never see the return of the Messiah.
It is time to seek the face of Adonai Elohim our God; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. There is but One/Echad God.
As John Chapter 1 states that the Word/Torah was with God, and the Word/Torah was God and that the Word/Torah became flesh and dwelt amongst us.
He has indeed planted His eternal life with our midst.

I am so blessed! Whood’a thunk?

Those that believe in the coming of the Messiah are permitted to reach out and touch the Word/ representative of Yeshua/Jesus as a sign of their belief in the Salvation of the Messiah.
The Torah is made up of Lamb skins hence the term “Lamb’s Book of Life”
The Torah is written in Hebrew as it has been since the beginning of history and the Hebrew letters look like Chromosomes.
There are 22 Chromosomes in the human body and 22 letters in the Hebrew alefbet. It is also fitting that the letters and the chromosomes look strikingly similar.




In Psalms 22 the prophet prophecies of the Jesus’ crucifixion.
How great is our God?



So is your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life/ The Etz Chaim? Yes!
Maybe We just don’t know it or we behave like we don’t know it.
Yeshua is the author of life, the author of creation and the author of the Torah.
I love Yeshua/Jesus and I love what He has written.
It guides us all on how to behave as human beings verses the beasts of the field.
Jeremiah and Hebrews but state that the LORD wrote His Law upon our hearts and upon our minds.
That He shall be our God and we shall be His people.
The prophet Ezekiel states that the LORD our God will put His spirit in us and move us to desire to know His ways.

Shalom, and may that Ruach HaChodesh/Holy Spirit move in you today and forever.

Pastor Donald J. Maher
Beit Tikveh U'Nesim
House of Hope and Miracles
401 N. Commerce Street
Lockahrt, Texas 78644