The Name

Dear Reader; may I ask the the following fundamental questions in regards to your faith? What does the lovely name of our Lord Jesus Christ mean to you in relation to salvation and eternal security? Have you experienced true deliverance and healing from your old sinful past, the world and its deceitful pleasures, in this most precious name? What about the reality of the peace of God, and the assurance nothing can separate you from the love of God? Also, have you witnessed lives changed, miracles wrought, families restored, and others responding towards God, at the preaching of this name above every other name?

What if someone came along and said this name you have been saved and set free by is not the correct name at all but a misnomer? What if a third party came along and said the wonderful name of your Saviour was a corrupt Greek name, derived from a false god called Zeus? How would you react? What would your response be?

Beware!! This is exactly what is happening in spheres of Christendom today through sources of the Hebrew Roots/Sacred Name Movement, as it "validates" itself into the Body of Christ.

Titus 1:14. "Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth."

Fact: The Old Testament was written in Hebrew for the chosen Jewish Nation separating them from the Gentile nations as a unique people unto God. The New Testament was written in Greek where the partition between Jew and Gentile was broken down so we could all become one (unique) new man in Christ. The writer of the Hebrews called this a new and living way, where individuals from all nations could now pass through the (open) veil in permanent communion with their Maker. Something the priests of Israel could do in type only, through ceremony once a year, before the New was established.

Hebrews 7:11. "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek (outside the Jewish camp), and not be called after the order of Aaron (inside the Jewish camp)?"

Because blindness in part has happened to Israel the following scripture is still relevant for today:

2 Corinthians 3:14. "But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ."

This meant the old sacrificial system was now null and void, triggering off reaction from the Jewish Hierarchy as this 'one new man' in Christ (being referred to as a new sect called the way in the Book of Acts) was a threat to both their religious position and standing in the community. If you were a believer in Jesus the Messiah you were automatically considered an outlaw, where even a death warrant could be served against you:

Acts 22:3 - 5. "I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished."

So the above passage makes it very clear the new and living way people (the remnant in Christ) were considered outlaws by the established Jewish hierarchy as this new people made it clear the old Levitical system was now a white elephant as the veil into God's presence had been ripped apart opening the way for the whosoever to enter in without the necessity of an earthly priesthood system.

However, if you met both faiths half way (Judaism and the new way) by marrying them together (saying Christianity was just an extension of the old, not a new way, a new beginning, a new covenant, or a better covenant) you avoided the pains of suffering for the cross:

Galatians 5:11. "And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased."

Today, the issue is not circumcision but the name. Once the name is neutered the old mosaic law becomes the issue. If you succumb you escape being branded anti-Semite. If you refuse in no uncertain terms, you become its target, and are branded in the same camp as the Identity Movement, neo-nazis, white right wing supremacists, and with other extremist groups.

Back in the early eighties not long after we left the established church, DS of MRC was a dear brother in Christ we came to respect and receive much encouragement from, even sharing in our home and supplying much of our literature for witnessing and growth. After being such a blessing to my wife and myself, along with our friends, I became very alarmed when his ministry took a turn towards Judaism when he switched to substituting and teaching Hebraic names for the Greek New Testament, along with a passion for following Jewish feasts and customs as part of our Christian faith. He even re-wrote the Bible replacing our Saviour's name with Hebraic "equivalents" and today is entrenched in something our Lord Jesus came to set us free from, which was only a shadow of the substance to come ... Christ Jesus our Lord.

This following two part article is written in response to this tragedy, along with the many people who have e-mailed me in recent months (plus - since updating), trying to persuade me over to the Hebrew Roots Camp. Generally I have found these people to be varied in their opinion in regards to doctrine; some moderate (scripturally still believing in the threefold Godhead) and others into complete heresy omitting the name Lord and Jesus Christ entirely from their faith.

The sincere majority of these people have used the gentle diplomatic approach in their argument to win us across, whereas a few others have been aggressive, and down-right rude and even abusive, when we wouldn't skip to their tune. On all occasions I have found them very persistent, rabbinic centred, and usually undermining the holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ one way or another.

An in-depth research of this digression will prove many of the teachers who are fanatically entrenched into this movement are deliberately discrediting, tainting, and replacing the precious name of our Saviour, and attempting to lead bible believing Christians out of Christianity.

Part One of this address is a plain and clear exposure of the Hebrew Roots Movement and how believers have been seduced away from the New Testament written in Greek (the universal language of the day) and providentially translated into English (the universal language for the closing hours), with the sole purpose of restoring these folk back to the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

This is followed-up by Part Two, revealing the authentic root of our faith and dealing with the false roots of the HRM.

Unlike its Gentile counterpart the Alexandrian School of Thought, which throws doubt on finding the right source of the Greek, giving it's Scholars the final authority in interpretation; the HRM has been successful in discrediting the Greek New Testament and replacing it with the so-called Hebrew/Aramaic "originals". This places the final authority in regards to interpreting scripture in the hands of its rabbinic teachers. Once achieved, then the Holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ comes under scrutiny.

If you are willing to follow up this teaching by an in-depth study you can clearly find the sources and occultic connections to this Movement, which is no doubt part of the Great Falling Away delusion in this final hour, even more subtle and dangerous than the false Signs and Wonders Movement, the Word of Faith Movement, and Dominion Theology.

However, I need to make it quite clear from the start this does not mean this treatise lumps into one all advocates of the HR Movement as deliberately being into, or promoting the occult. What this article is doing is exposing the teaching links to these sources, which are deliberately leading believers away from our true root ... Christ Jesus our Lord; replacing His name, and depriving others from the only name whereby man can be saved.

During the last hours of these last days (when English would be the universal language of the world and not the planned Esperanto) the Lord in His manifold wisdom has chosen this language to represent His word, to be written as the plain, simple, uncloistered and easily comprehended words of His gospel to the world at all levels of class and culture. God foresaw this language would be the 'world language' in the closing hours, presenting His pure, preserved and inerrant autograph with the message ... whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Rom . 10:13).

Zep. 3:9, the Old Testament equivalent to the above scripture: "For then will I turn to the people a pure language that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent (no division between Jew and Greek)."

The above scripture was prophesying a day after the Dark Ages when the Lord would choose One Book, based on a pure language (a unique English Bible language - not an Elizabethan, Shakespearean, Protestant or Church of England Bible), so the world's masses would have access to God's word proclaiming there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved, where both people (Jew or Gentile) could serve the living God as one.

This revelation was preserved through the transition of the universal language from Greek to English. It occurred when the Authorized Bible was written and made public property, without censorship or copyright. When English as a secular and non-religious language was established in it's purest form, just before the Great British Empire was established, when English would be set to become the universal language of the world, prior to Jesus' second coming:

As many languages are dying in the world ("a language is dying somewhere every day") English is disseminating into the international common denominator as the world goes global. It would be hard for God to use some languages as many are religious, and are not compatible with biblical Christianity. Meaning, "to know a particular language you have to be part of the "household", speaking the culture", interwoven with their pagan belief system.
Linguistic expert ... the Kim Hill Show, Radio N.Z, 11:15 am, 2/2/99.

This is why it would be necessary for God to set one universal standard in an hour when confusion and apostasy would be prevalent on a world-wide scale:

English as the lingua franca of a new age: It’s more powerful than any law

"English is the language of the Internet, motion pictures, science and sports. It is the “cash” language spoken in the corridors of trade, and the diplomatic language spoken in the corridors of power. People want to learn English because they need to. It’s necessary for them to function in today’s world."

The importance of English:

"English is now the dominant or official language in over 60 countries and is represented in every continent’ (Crystal, 1997:106). From this fact, it can be understood that the English language is a vital means of communication for millions of people around the world. During the twentieth century, numerous technological inventions and developments, such as the telephone, fax, electronic mail, internet, etc have facilitated communication between people from all walks of life and the language that is used most is English, as the following quote proves.

‘Most of the scientific, technological and academic information in the world is expressed in English and over 80% of all the information stored in electronic retrieval systems is in English’ (Crystal, 1997:106)."

This common denominator language presented us with the great book, namely the Holy Bible, and in the name of Jesus brought freedom to millions, was responsible for the Reformation (although exploited for political gain), and the great missionary thrust of Protestant America and Protestant Great Britain (although abused for cultural preservation).

God is not a God of confusion as He makes Himself known by one name through His revealed word, namely the Holy Bible. And as He hast magnified (His) word above all (His) name ... the one who would be audacious enough to replace or change His word would be the one who would be audacious enough as to replace or change His name. This is presently occurring in Christendom, as the Great Falling Away (from His word) process intensifies, and mankind is conditioned to receive another name ... the name of the False Christ of the New Age:

John 5:43. "I (Jesus) am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive."

Revelation 13:17. "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

The most subtle attack of this process is coming through the Hebrew Roots Movement. The New Age goddess, namely Gaia, is too obvious for the "fundamentalist" Christian to be deceived. If (for argument sake) the Holy Bible is only a rehash of the originals (as the "hath God said school" declares), and not an inspired translation from the preserved Greek 'Received Text' (where the Authorized Bible derived from), then whoever is instigating the notion of "getting back to the Hebrew roots", and can impart this notion to others, creates a ready-made audience to present the "originals" in his own light, therefore making himself the Higher Critic ...

"the Greek is a perversion of the originals ..." "better and more reliable manuscripts say ..." "better knowledge has come to light ..." "according to extra biblical commentary ..." "the Hebrew root word for this passage is ..." "more truth is now attainable ..." And thus and so ...

... placing the higher critic above your God given English version (thy word is truth), and making him an instrument of "divine revelation" instead of the Holy Spirit who leads us into all truth.

Therefore, more digging is required as things get more complicated, and more credentialed professionals are necessary to unravel the language and cultural barriers, along with the secrets hidden in the past.

It starts off very innocently, as the gospel is presented in it's true context to be of relevance to the Jewish people (as it is for all people) and win them to Christ; the following verse fitting a sincere motive:

1 Cor. 9:20. "And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law"

So the Greek title (translated to English) JESUS, translates back to the most common of the Hebraic interpreted titles 'Yeshua' and is presented to relate to the Hebrew speaking people. Christ becomes the Messiah they are hoping for as 'Ha Mashiach'. For this we can rejoice and praise God for, as many Jewish people have found, or are finding Messiah Jesus as Saviour through His revelation, as many other nationalities are finding Him through the Bible being translated into their language.

However, any truth taken to extreme ends in error ... as Hebrew in many circles has been promoted as the favoured language above the language of the complete 1611 inspired translation, and given supreme importance as justified through the Old Testament (as well as the New in their case) being originally written in Hebrew, and the Jewish people being the original chosen people of God. Therefore, everything Jewish is being seen as being of God, and importance is placed on the Torah (the Jewish book of laws), along with the Talmud (the oral law), on a par with the New Testament, as Gentile believers find themselves falling prey to this type of reasoning as the Galatians were at the beginning of the New Testament era, ignoring the warning of their Saviour Jesus:

Mark 7:13. "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition (placing the Talmud on an equal basis with the Bible), which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."

Paul, a Jewish believer converted from the strictest of the Jewish sects, made it clear ... you can't have one and the other, as the new has cancelled out the old:

Heb. 8:13. "In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."

Gal. 1:6-7. " I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ."

Paul clarified it was the Jewish religion he was saved from, that was responsible for this falling away in his day, and was warning the Gentile Galatian believers not to be entangled with it:

Gal. 1: 13-14. "For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

Read Acts 15: 5-24 and you will see the church made a distinction between the old and the new with this final conclusion:

Acts 15:24. "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment"

Although advocates today of the HRM are not making circumcision a major requirement as in the first century, other aspects of the Old Covenant along with Jewish traditions are being imposed on Gentile bible believers to embrace, as being part of God "restoring the true faith in these end times". A major shift in this embraced theology has been the acceptance of the Judaic name replacements for Jesus Christ.

Mal. 1:11. "For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense (prayer/worship) shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering (spirit and in truth): for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts."

Whose name do Gentiles call out to when they want to be saved? In whose name are we sent? In whose name do we pray, preach, teach, and exercise Divine authority?

Is it in the name of ... Jeshua, Yeshua, Yeshuah, Yehshua, Yehshuah, YESHUA, YESHUAH, YEHSHUA, YEHSHUAH, Yeshouah, Y'shua, Y'shuah, Jeshu, Yeshu, Yehoshua, Yehoshuah, YHVHShua, YHVHShuah, Yhvhshua, Yhwhshua, YHWHShua, YHWHShuah, Yhvhshuah, Yhwhshuah, Yahvehshua, Yahwehshua, Yahvehshuah, Yahwehshuah, Jahshua, Jahshuah, Jashua, Jashuah, Jahoshua, Jahoshuah, Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Yashua, Yashuah, Yahshua, Yahshuah, YAHSHUA, YAHSHUAH, YASHUA, YASHUAH, Yahushua, Yahushuah, Yahoshua, Yahoshuah, Yaohushua, YAOHUSHUA, Yaohushuah, Iahoshua, Iahoshuah, Iahushua, or Iahushuah??

Matt. 28: 18-19. "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"

What name have believers been commanded to teach and baptize in? The same Person whom all power in heaven and earth was given to ... a Jewish man named JESUS! In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is the name of Jesus, which is Christ, God's anointed one who came in the flesh.

Proof? Then go to the Book of Acts (where the words of Jesus were being demonstrated by the apostles and early church) and you will see every baptism of the true way was done in the name of Jesus, as was all the preaching, teaching, deliverance, healing and miracles.

Deut. 28:10. "And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee."

Still not convinced!? Then tell me why the name presented and exalted in the Authorized 1611 English bible is the most attacked name in society? Why is it the most degraded and spat upon name around the world, uttered as a malignant byword by millions, over and over again, every single day, every single second? Why don't you hear the name of another god being continually down graded? Why is not the name "Yahweh" being cursed, consciously or unconsciously, by the world's masses?

Because Jesus' name is the most precious name in heaven and earth, given by God, and should be treasured above all names, as the only name behind the Person who rendered Satan powerless and broke the chains of sin and death. It is the only name where life and death hang in the balances between whether we deny Him or confess Him. It is the only name where freedom or bondage is in the power of praising or cursing His name:

Therefore, the name Jesus (derived from Joshua - Jehovah saves) as Christ (the Anointed One), the English name taken from the Greek (as the New Testament was written in Greek, the universal language of its day) is the hallowed name of God coming in the flesh. The same name exalted as the name above every other name; as the only name whereby man can be saved; as the true and relevant name today ... that whosoever shall call upon the name, shall find salvation and favour with his Maker.

Matt. 1:21. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins."

Jer. 23:27. "Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal."

If God's word has been lost (or forgotten) then it can be justified that His name has been lost (or forgotten) also. Moreover, it would take so-called knowledgeable men who could put us right, so the notion goes.

However, because God has given us His Book (with every scripture given by Divine inspiration) where we only need to go to His Book to find the name which is above every other name, the only name by which men can be saved. The cult of Yah have got it wrong because it's roots are not Jewish at all in the scriptural sense, but pagan, and behind the scenes it's Masonic mystics have infiltrated Christendom (as it did with Jewish teachings through the Cabbala) leading people into spiritual captivity.

Following is an excerpt from "Christianity, Masonry not compatible. Definitions of God pose fundamental difference." [03/13/93, The Press-Enterprise Riverside, CA] (emphasis mine):

Psalms 68:4. "Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him."

Through the Masonic/Cabbala teaching infiltration, Jah becomes Yah, Jehovah becomes Yahweh, and Jesus becomes Yashua. Hence, God is now G-d being referred to as Yah which broadens the name and isolates God from Jesus Christ who came in the flesh. This suits the mystics, the secret societies, the covens, along with the ecumenicals (who like rallying names) and trendy New Agers; making Christianity both contemporary and acceptable.

This Yah thing has become a trendy word through the 80's and 90's from the "Star Wars" craze, to the Rastafarians, to off-beat Christian sacred name sects. Using just one example, following is what one of these pseudo "Christian" SNM websites (accents mine) states:

     Yahweh is God and the only real one,
     Yahshua is His son and that
     Yahshua is our Saviour and salvation, so there is no oneness or trinity.
     The real names are Yahweh and Yahshua.
     There is no so called "Church" or one group, but it is a organism in the hearts of people.
     We observe the weekly Sabbath from sunset till sunset and also the
     Spring and Fall feast, not the "Worldly" feasts.
     A new year starts with the first visible new moon, on or after the spring equinox.
     By obeying any law we will not be "saved", but we have to obey the laws.
     We do not eat unclean food and
     believe in the works of the Holy Spirit.
     The mark of the beast is the sunday, not a barcode on the forehead or a subcutaneous
     microchip!
     But mainly we try to love and help each other and like to do that to people, what we also like
     to experience.

Baal was the false sun-god the Jews stumbled over. Baal, which means lord and substitutes the/our Lord, and transposes to many other names (depending on the language and the nation it represents) such as Horus, Tammuz, Eros, Jupiter, Zeus, Maitreya, and so on.

Masons commonly refer to their deity as the "Great Architect of the Universe" (G.A.O.T.U.) or the Supreme Being. God is further described as Grand Artificer, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Above, Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, or Great Geometer. (The "G" in the Masonic ring can refer to God; it can also refer to geometry.) Masons claim that the actual name for God has been lost. [HJB] (emphasis mine)

Isaiah 43:10. "Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

God's inspired word the Authorized Bible presents JEHOVAH as the all great I AM, the stand-alone God who saith I AM THAT I AM. In His Book there is no room for any other god/deity where the New Testament presents JESUS only as the great I AM:

John 18:6. "As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground."

Confirming and declaring Jesus' invested power and authority as God's anointed one in the flesh:

2 John 1:7. "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."

An apostle John (a Jewish believer in his day) warned that those who deny Jesus as the only Christ and that He came once and for all in the flesh, have embraced the spirit of antichrist. Therefore, every true Bible believer, in the strictest High Masonic sense, could only be viewed as a divisive sectarianist. Meaning ... anyone who believes Jesus alone, would be classed a bigot and extremist. Wherein, other lukewarm believers who are not adamant in this view would largely escape persecution.

Jim Shaw, a former 33 Mason, says that Masonry is not based on the Bible (referred to as "The Great Light"), but on the Kabala (Cabala), a medieval book of mysticism and magic. Masonic authority Henry Wilson Coil also admits that the Kabala's teachings can be seen in some of the mystical and philosophical degrees of Masonry. Albert Pike, the man responsible for virtually rewriting the Scottish Rite degrees into their present form, said that the Masonic "search after light" leads directly back to the Kabala, the ultimate source of Masonic beliefs (Morals and Dogma). [HJB]

The Cabbala (scrambled as Cabala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kaballa, Qabbala, Qabala, Qaballa, etc. - where God's name is also scrambled) is Jewish mysticism. The Oxford dictionary refers to it as Jewish oral tradition; occult lore.

Just as these mystery schools of Jewish occultism have infiltrated Judaism so have these secret societies infiltrated Western fraternities, softening them up for the new pseudo "sacred" name.

While it is it now obvious there is a link between the mystery schools, Jewish oral tradition, and the Hebrew Root /Sacred Name Movement, this does not mean I am accusing all advocates of the HRM as cabbalists or occultists. My intention is exposing both the sources of the Root teachings and the promotion of the "sacred" Yah name cult.

The complex Hebraic source promote/purveys the name of God as Yah (condescending from the biblical JAH/JEHOVAH) which fits the hidden Masonic god, whereas the Aramaic source purveys God as El Shaddai (woman's breast/life nourisher) fitting the New Age mixed gender god ... God as both Dad and Mum (Mom). Both sources being related through the occult. It is important that all this is made known to those whose profess to name the name of Christ, so the true name is honoured, and Christians are made aware of the subtleties of being lured back under the law, or digressing even further into occultic deception.

Is it ... YHVH, YHWH, Yahweh, Yah, Yahveh, Yaveh, Yaweh, Jehova, Jehovah, Jahova, Jahovah, Yahova, Yahovah, Jahowa, Jahowah, Yahavah, Jahavah, Yahowe, Yahoweh, Jahaveh, Jahaweh, Jah, Yahaveh, Yahaweh, Jahuweh, Yahuweh, Iahueh, Jahuwah, Yahuwah, Yahu, Jahu, Yahvah, Jahvah, Jahve, Jahveh, Yahve, Yahwe??? An open-ended scrambled deity based on esoteric interpretation?

Or the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? The God of Israel, David and the prophets? The God of Paul, Peter, James and the church of God? The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; revealed from above through the enlightening work of the Holy Spirit:

1 John 5:20 " ... that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."

A basic way to discern a cult is to test "what or who" is the foundation to their faith. The Roman Catholic institution claim Peter as their first pope as they believe he is the rock their faith and church is built upon. Just the same way the HRM claim Israel, the Torah, and its diverse oral and written teachings is their foundation.

David, a man after God's own heart, saw the Lord of heaven and earth as his source and foundation, not the nation he served, nor its traditions or ordinances.

The New Testament presents Christ as LORD and our foundation rock to build upon. Not the teaching of the church, or the clergy, neither Israel or its rabbinic teachers:

1 Cor. 3:11. "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."

The HRM (whether unbeknown to individuals) puts Israel above God and its teachings above the Holy Spirit, therefore New Testament revelation is obscured from them ...

2 Cor. 3:14. "But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ."

When a Jewish person turns to Jesus as Messiah and Lord the scales fall off his/her spiritual eyes, as they did when Paul met Jesus during his time as a zealous Jewish Rabbi and terrorist, persecuting the church of God. Then Christ is no longer a rock of offence (a stumbling block) but a rock of defence, as the foundation of God standeth sure.

1 Co 1:23-24. "But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.:

Notice how the New Testament makes a thing about the distinction between the Jews and the Greeks. For it was the Jewish language (Hebrew) which gave us the Old Testament, as it was the Greek language (Koine) which gave us the New Testament. In His Divine wisdom (so no one culture can claim monopoly over the revelation of God) God does choose a neutral language in these last days to make Himself known to the world through His Son.

In other words ... the Old Testament was written in Hebrew for the Hebrew people, the chosen people of God, to declare His wonders to the world. The New Testament was written in Greek bringing the Kingdom of God to the whole Greek speaking Gentile world, as well as the Jews, that we might all become one people under God.

The partition has been taken down dividing the Hebraic Old Testament and the Hellenistic New Testament: Meaning ... the whole Bible (both the Old and New) has been translated into English for the English speaking world (both Jew and Gentile) at the threshold of Jesus' return, and as a base been re-translated into other ethnic tongues for non-English speaking people.

In the Old Testament the Lord's name was JEHOVAH (as presented in today's written word), the God of the Jews. In the New Testament the Lord's name is JESUS ... God coming in the flesh for both the Jew and the Gentile, that we might all become one people under God.

Ex 9:16. "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth."

From the mass reaction of e-mails in regards to the HRM exposure updates, it is obvious "the Radical Pilgrim" has touched on something important. Also, because of the many people who have misunderstood me or misconstrued the facts in regards to these articles, I feel it is important I clear up a few points, hence ... Part Two.

The trinity (the one true God expressed as a three persons function) is not scriptural but is a counterfeit of the threefold witness of Jesus:

They say one of the characteristics of a cult is the denial of "the triune Godhead" (which the core of the HRM uses as a justification to their cause against Chrisitanity), along with the denial of the Divinity of JESUS (which the HRM does), which is Christ, who came in the flesh. At the end of the day it is not a Trinitarian verses the non Trinitarian situation (or vice versa) but denying the threefold witness of Jesus which is a subtle attack on His deity anyway.

Yes, this cult does exist but is nothing to do with "the Radical Pilgrim". I don't legalistically teach or endorse that unless "the name of Jesus" is specifically mentioned when you pray, or do a good deed 100% of the time, then it is not of God. The Lord's name can be interchanged with other biblical titles of His name such as Emmanuel, Wonderful, Son of God, Lamb of God, King of kings, LORD God (or Lord GOD), Prince of Peace, and so forth! At the end of the day they all represent and are Jesus anyway. He is God and His name is the name of the Godhead. Moreover, He is in actual fact the Godhead.

However, these biblical titles and names should be used both scripturally and intelligently, and not glibly, faddishly, or as mere gimmickry. It's one thing to be 'technically correct' as opposed to 'biblically right', whereas it is biblical to go past verbal correctness to honouring God in the heart.

Yes!! The Authorized "Version" has been the largest "version" of the Bible that has been translated into hundreds of other tongues and dialects over the great missionary period of England and America, bringing the Gospel to multitudes across the four corners of the earth. However, the gospel presented/preached in these tongues should line up with the English Bible in the end, to be deemed as scriptural and true.

Well, to some extent: Both Tyndale and Wycliffe translated the bible into English before King James's day from the Received Text (the Textus Receptus, God's preserved New Testament in Greek), before they were both burnt at the stake by the Church for supplying the word of God to the common folk in the street. When James of Scotland became the first king of the new Great Britain, showing forms of godliness (contrary of what we have been taught), and okayed the first public bible for the man in the street, the Authorized Bible (also based on God's preserved Received Text). This book's title was "The Holy Bible". It was only renamed the King James Version over a hundred years ago (an American nick name really - just as Uncle Sam is for the United States) to make it look like just another translation preference to appear on the religious market at the time. Remember, religion is big business, and the Bible was becoming a hugh selling commodity! There's much financial gain in religion coz it is supposed to be dealing with what our consciences already knows and THE LOVE of money, being the root of ALL evil, is very compatible with religion.

Other bibles that were translated from the Received Text prior to the KJ were: Beza's 1604, Bishops 1568, Geneva 1560, Stephen's 1550, The Great Bible 1539, Matthew's 1537, Coverdale 1535, Luther's 1534 (not the corrupt Lutheran Bible of today), Tyndale's 1525 (as already mentioned), Erasmus 1522, and Wycliffe's 1382 (as already mentioned). These were honest attempts to get God's word out, even though there is inconstancies within these translations as there is with the Received Text. If you want a Book that is 100% inspired God has provided that Book namely the Authorized Bible, where the name of Jesus is never tampered with, or undermined.

No way!! We all err from time to time or make mistakes. Like us all, much of what I have done in my life has been in ignorance so why not make allowances for others. Just because someone writes G-d for God, or uses Yahweh doesn't mean to say I cut them off. Hopefully, this article is exposing the false doctrine (therefore having to name names at times) not attacking personalities.

Replacement Theology is the teaching which states "because the nation of Israel rejected Jesus, God has rejected Israel and is therefore finished with Israel (written it off), and all His purposes have now switched and are focused solely on the Church (the bride of Christ) which has replaced Israel in every timetable of God."

I certainly don't go along with this teaching which takes Hosea 4:6 to extreme without the balance of other scriptures:

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

Although God does reject those who reject Him (as He accepts those who accept Him and honours those who honour Him), this still does not rule out God granting another chance and showing mercy on those who are willing to humble themselves before Him with repentant hearts.

Scripture shows the Lord will have mercy on the nation of Israel again, when they turn from their wicked ways and call out to Him whom they pierced, as Israel will be the nation where (Messiah) Jesus will rule from during the true Millennium on earth. However, the condition remains the same ... based on their heart condition and what they do or will do with Jesus, their true Messiah!

2 Chr. 17:3-5. "But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel."

If Israel goes astray (which historically has tended to do so right up to this point in time) then her followers will be led astray too. But those who follow the Lord who changeth not, shall never err:

If this man had of followed Israel (Judea at the time) then it would not have stood with Christ at His time of suffering nor the Lord's followers after the cross (remember, neutrality does not stack up in this case). Jesus said you were either for Him or against Him. You could not follow the direction Judea was taking at the time and be in harmony with your Maker either. This was impossible! To follow Jesus was always going against the trend and the status quo. Even today, one cannot follow the nation of Israel in the Middle East in regards to being spiritually right with God, let alone following one of its Rabbinic teachings, which fully rejects Jesus as Messiah anyway.

Rounding off again ... Christians do not follow Israel but the Holy One of Israel!

Our holiness can't depend on Israel as Israel (like all other nations) is fallen. Scripture is clear and precise about Christ being our firstfruit and righteousness ... "and if the root be holy, so are the branches."

Therefore, the root must be Christ (the Holy One of Israel) and the branches must be the children of Israel (of the seed).

One of the main reasons for the HRM to have had so much sway in Christendom has been due to the misconception of Romans Chapter Eleven. This has been due to a misinterpretation of the olive tree in relation to Abraham's seed, along with a wrong interpretation of the tree's roots.

"Moreover, if some of the branches be broken off (the Jews in this case, for rejecting Christ), and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them (the Gentiles in this case, receiving Christ), and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree (being both Jew and Gentile together in Christ)"

Abraham is our father according to the faith not the flesh. He is our father according to the promise not circumcision. Nor tithing, sabbath keeping, or any other law observance, for that matter. The olive tree we are grafted into is not natural Israel of the flesh (the present political/geographical regime) but the spiritual tree of Abraham's seed line.

The Jewish people have been cut off for rejecting their Messiah, and the Gentile believers have been grafted in. However, this is not an excuse for Gentile believers to have a cocky attitude in regards to their salvation, as individual Jews are being grafted back in again as they too are finding Jesus as Messiah.

"Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root (abiding in Jesus), but the root thee"

Meaning, no one controls the root but the root gives substance to the tree (His redeemed people) and not the other way around. Meaning ... the root doesn't come from the tree, but the tree comes from the root. This way we can all enjoy the benefits and nourishment of the tree together, as one new man.

Rev. 5:5. "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda (of the Jews), the Root of David (the line going back to Abraham), hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof ... (being none other than Jesus)

Rev. 22:16. "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."

The false teachings of the HRM say we need to get back to the Jewish root/s to literally understand the N.T. scripture or have a deeper meaning of God. Not so ... "if the root be holy, so are the branches."

The HRM speaks of roots in the plural. This is unscriptural as there is only one root (singular). The root being a person; the root being the Saviour!

The root can't be Jewishness because the root is holy and no one is holy save Christ. If we (Jew or Gentile ) are connected to Him (Jesus) then we become holy branches enjoying the benefits of the promise. If interpretation of scripture relies on Jewishness and not God's Holy Spirit, this would put the Jewish teachers in a place of monopolizing scripture, placing them on the same hierarchical plane as the Orthodox Clergy and Roman Catholic Institution who place the Church, not individual revelation, in charge of interpretation. No wonder they are now teaming up together in one super conglomerate ecumenical enterprise.

Scripture speaks for itself ... it teaches against claiming private interpretation (no group monopolizing the truth):

2 Peter 1:20-21. "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Therefore, no one group, culture, race, organization, or fraternity, can claim authority or the position of being a guide, or interpreter. The New Covenant presents the priesthood of all believers under Jesus our High Priest. It presents revelation to the individual direct from the Throne Room of God:

Rom. 16:25-26. "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith"

The issue is (spiritual) life and death! It is revelation not information or teaching from man ... revelation from the risen glorified Christ in Heaven, to our hearts by the Holy Spirit, irrespective of where or who we have belonged to:

Gal. 1:12. "For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."

The veil was shredded apart. The temple was destroyed, along with the old levitical priesthood, and the nation of Israel scattered. This confirmed the end of the Jewish claim over God's word. Alexander the Great had already died, the Grecian Empire diminished. This cancelled out any Hellenistic claim to ownership over the word of God when Greek was the dominant world language at the beginning of the church age. The same goes for mighty Britannia. The sun has gone down on her empire (Great Britain and her colonies) as English becomes the world language at the close of the church age, even though this language never existed in the Roman/Greek era. Therefore, the Anglo Saxons can no longer claim the Holy Bible as their own. The word of God is not bound. It is not of any private interpretation.

The fact that God chose the Jewish nation had nothing to do with them being a superior or better people, but because it was part of God's over all sovereign plan. Therefore, the Jewish people were a privileged people. Because they spoke Hebrew and Hebrew was their language, the O.T. books (God's word) where written in Hebrew. Pre Abram, or a least pre Babel, the Hebrew language did not exist anyway. The N.T. (God's word) obviously wasn't written in Hebrew because this would give the Jewish people claim over the new faith, lording it over the Gentiles as the Jewish Concision did with the Galatians. The N.T. was written in the common language of the day Koine Greek, breaking down the partition which divided the two peoples (Jew and Gentile) giving them both equal status as heavenly citizens in the new Commonwealth of Israel.

The Judaic School of Thought claiming interpretation through Midrash (Hebraic esoteric methodology), as the Alexandrian School of Thought claims interpretation through Hermeneutics (Greek esoteric methodology), only rebuilds the smashed down dividing wall, undermining the finished work of Calvary where this division was removed 2000 years ago allowing both Jew and Greek free access to the living God.

Just as the Lord chose a Gentile (universal) language for His word at the opening of the church age, He will choose a Gentile (universal) language at the closing of the church age. This of course would be English (and as I'm not English, I'm not being biased).

This is nothing to do with race superiority but to do with God being a sovereign God who calls the shots. God simply could not choose the present form of English as a bas, because it has been cheapened to the point of losing its original purity (virtue) of moral absolutes, unlike when it was at it's purest in the seventeenth century.

Again, this was nothing to do with English being a superior or perfect language, but because God had foreseen it would be the secular (non-religious) language transcending cultural and political barriers in this age of Globalism, bringing his word as a light to all the nations.

Granted, there are different degrees in being ensnared by the Hebraic Root/Sacred Name Movement, just as there is with any spiritual deception. The HRM at it's best (if we can use this scenario) is luring believers back under the law, whereas at it's worse, is occultism sneaked in through Cabbalistic teaching, as explained in Part one.

However, in order to deal with this Falling Away we first need to go beyond just nipping it in the bud before it takes root, and deal with the validity of the false root (roots) in the first place:

Luke 3:9. "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."

This is how we deal with false things taking root in the Body in the first instance (as with all deception) ... by ruthlessly axing every root that is replacing Christ! This way we are left with only one root, the one which should have been there in the first place ... "which root is Christ"! The result: Christ being the right tree in our lives bearing the right fruit at the end of the age.

Going back under the law with its obsolete observances doesn't produce fruit, as it is to do with striving in the flesh, and only sows seeds of discord and confusion in the Body of Christ. It also produces a complex belief system (religion) with a complicated false gospel, by trying to marry together the two covenants, where one cancels out the other anyway.

Heb 9: 9-12. "Which was a figure (the inferior Old Covenant) for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation (the superior improved change). But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."

Eph. 2:15. "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain (both Jew and Gentile) one new man, so making peace"

... where two parties would not have to make war, or wipe out or govern the other, or make false peace treaties with each other.

Col. .2:14. "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us (the law - which we couldn't keep - was our teacher pointing us to Christ), which was contrary to us (to our nature), and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross"

It is finished!! The Old is dead! It is now a white elephant! Nor can it be resurrected, reformed, taken out of moth balls, or stitched up:

Mark 2:21. "No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse."

Why place importance on the old? Or our past, or our culture, or our traditions, when there is so much at stake? A Jewish apostle called Paul saw his old life as but "loss for Christ", and his old religion as "but dung", all with the intentions that (he) "may win Christ".

When the Old Covenant was brought to an end, it was completely and absolutely once and for all replaced by the New.

Hebrews 7:11. "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec (outside the camp), and not be called after the order of Aaron?"

From the previous verse we see clearly the Levitical priesthood was imperfect and no longer necessary, whereas the new priesthood (of all believers) was perfect and complete. Moreover, the New wasn't simply a purification of the Old one. Nor was it a rehash. When scripture says new, it means brand spanking new. Furthermore, being in Christ means we have a new heart, a new start, a new life, a new hope, as ... all things are become new. Even the geography (metaphorically speaking) becomes new ... a new house, a new temple, a new sanctuary, a new city, a new country. This world (with its various nations, beliefs, politics and cultures) is not our home ... we're only passing through! Why place importance on what was fading and now made totally unnecessary! Jesus, our root and our rock, is coming back very soon ...