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Yeshua Our Mediator

The most important information in the history of mankind is that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Son of God and the Mediator between us and God.

Video with slides below courtesy of Rumble.

Audio only below courtesy of Spotify.

Today is the Sabbath before we break for Sukkot. By now I hope all the calendars are done observing Yom Kippur, but you never know. Yom Kippur is incredibly important to Christianity. It’s a shame that only a small percentage of those of us who accept Yeshua as the Messiah observe. The New Testament has an entire book devoted to Yeshua being our Mediator, which is the Book of Hebrews. The most important piece of information any human can know and believe is that Yeshua is the Messiah, the Son of God, and died for the sins of anyone who accepts this. This is the only information that is the gateway to eternal life through either the resurrection of the dead or through being caught up in the air when Yeshua returns. Everything we do in our walk with Yahweh and His Son is based on this truth. Today, before we break, let’s refresh on this truth.

Slide 2 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the man Messiah Yeshua, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed as a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1Ti 2:5-7)

Still slide 2 For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. (Heb 9:15)

Paul didn’t write the book of Hebrews so here are our two witnesses. This concept of a mediator. However, Paul writes that he was appointed a preacher and an apostle to teach the gentiles this specific truth. That’s very significant because we are the beneficiaries of his teachings. Through Paul, Yahweh evangelized the western Roman empire of the truth of the Messiah. Paul was a very unique individual, born and trained for such a time as that. He was a gifted Rabbi, trained by Gamaliel himself, but was also a full Roman citizen so he could travel freely and operate anywhere within the Roman Empire. He knew several languages fluently, specifically Greek, so he could teach the Messiah to the world. This starts with the Torah.

Slide 3 Then YHVH Elohim said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all the livestock, and more than any animal of the field; On your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life; and I will make enemies of you and the woman, and of your offspring and her Descendant; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel.” (Gen 3:14-15)

In our way of thinking, we accept the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, as scripture and applicable to our lives and faith. The Torah, also called the Law or the Pentateuch, is the foundation of all scripture and truth. This right here is a prophecy of Yeshua. It was a mystery how a descendant of the woman could damage the serpent until Yeshua came born of Mary. Mary, a virgin, impregnated miraculously to give birth to the Son of God.

Slide 4 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Yeshua. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel answered and said to her, “The Ruach haKodesh will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; for that reason also the holy Child will be called the Son of God.” (Luk 1:30-35)

The Name of the Messiah is Yeshua, which means salvation. This is from, among other places, Isaiah 52. In verse 7 it says how delightful the feet are of those who announce Salvation, which is a prophecy of John the Baptist who came as an Elijah ahead of Yeshua to announce His arrival. And then at the end of Isaiah 52 and into chapter 53, it prophecies Yeshua’s crucifixion and death, calling Him Yahweh’s Servant in 52:13.

Yeshua is Yahweh’s Servant. Let this sink in. Here in the middle of the message is probably the most important topic:

Slide 5 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of everything that He has given Me I will lose nothing, but will raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” (Joh 6:38-40)

Yeshua’s will could have been different than Yahweh’s. But the way, Yeshua is the Name of the Son of God, Yahweh is God’s Name. Yeshua was and is an independent being. The message of the Gospel is that the Son of God came down and fully, 100%, submitted to Yahweh. That He died sinless, murdered by both the Gentiles and the Jews, brutally, and was resurrected by Yahweh three days and three nights later. By us accepting that God sent His only begotten Son, we have the chance at eternal life. By accepting that Yahweh made a way for mankind to be reconciled to Him, a way that is foolishness to most, understanding this truth, and deciding to obey, we have the chance to enter into eternity with Yahweh and Yeshua. And how was this accomplished?

Slide 6 “The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whom you put to death by hanging Him on a cross. He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Ruach ha Kodesh, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” But when they heard this, they became infuriated and nearly decided to execute them. (Act 5:30-33)

Do you see how this is the most important information in all of humanity? Peter and the apostles were granted the Holy Spirit to be able to stand in front of those with the power to kill them and testify that Yeshua died innocently, on a cross even, the execution method of the pagans and a curse to hang an Israelite on a tree. That it was the God of their fathers, who are now our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Yeshua who did this. And that through Yeshua’s death and resurrection repentance is possible as is the forgiveness of sins. They were standing before the very people who had killed Yeshua two months prior and were telling them the very information they killed Yeshua to stop. And how do they start?

Slide 7 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.”(Act 5:29)

This is the verse prior to their testimony and they told the High Priest Himself that they had to obey God rather than men, meaning them. This is incredible because up until this point. The Kohen Gadol, the High Priest, was the mediator between God and men and these brothers were telling him that was no more.

Slide 8 Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “SEE,” He says, “THAT YOU MAKE all things BY THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN TO YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. (Heb 8:1-6)

We have a new High Priest with a new covenant established in the heavenly tabernacle. This is a better covenant. But we don’t get to get carried away with this. Because we can’t understand the New Covenant without understanding the Old Covenant.

Slide 9 For in finding fault with the people, He says, “BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL BRING ABOUT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE ABOUT THEM, SAYS THE LORD. “FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT WHICH I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, DECLARES THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. (Heb 8:8-10)

This is a quote from Jeremiah 31 but it’s prefaced with finding fault with the people. Boy did Yahweh find fault with them when they decided to crucify His Son. The Torah establishes and defines sin. It defines proper behavior for the children of God. The Old Covenant did work, by the way. The sins were atoned for with the blood of bulls and goats, but it was in a cyclical fashion. It was repeated annually. Yeshua’s death atoned for sin for all time, looking back and forward, which is why the curtain was torn at his death. It signified that all the sins heaped upon that curtain were finally atoned for AND there is a new way to Yahweh, a new High Priest. The people who obeyed and the priests who served honorably did well. We can’t read this to come to the notion that Yahweh gave the Israelites something bad, or strung them along. That’s a reprehensible thought. And we know that sin remains today, which is the transgression of the law. And we know at the end, all will be measured against the law. But this was part of the story. This is the plan of salvation. And those who came before will be judged based on the information of their day.

Slide 10 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Messiah—this Yeshua whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what are we to do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Yeshua Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Ruach ha Kodesh. For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” (Act 2:36-39)

Brothers and sisters, Yahweh’s plan was laid out from the beginning. From Genesis 3 where Eve’s descendant was declared to bruise the serpent on the head until the crucifixion of our Lord, until His ascension, until the Gospel going forth from Zion, until His return, and until the end, when we enter the olam ha ba, it all has to come to pass. So let’s enjoy ourselves at Sukkot, fellowshipping with our believing and obedient brethren. Let’s enjoy meeting in larger groups, good teachings, music, dancing, food, and festival. But do so in the Name of our Mediator, Yeshua the Messiah.

The Mediator and the End of Days

Understanding that Yeshua, Jesus, is our Mediator between Yahweh (God) and us not only brings salvation, but it also brings a peace that we desperately need today. Losing this basic Christian concept is ushering in the Days of Noah.

Slide 2 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”  (Joh 3:16-21)

The most important doctrine is that we believe in that Yeshua is the Son of God, Ben Elohim. These words mean what they say. Some would say “we can’t understand the relationship between Yahweh and Yeshua”. I disagree. Completely. The notion that the single most important truth of scripture is something we can’t understand doesn’t make sense. This is akin to the mystery religions where the gods had to be appeased and one had to guess what they wanted. Our God doesn’t work like that. He created us so He knows how to communicate to us. He created us in His image and then He created us to procreate and make children. Then He sends His Son into the world to save us. And we know what a son is. This verse on the screen is not a mystery. It’s easy to understand. So will be the rest of the verses we go through today to show the linearity of this doctrine.

Slide 3 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1Ti 2:5-7)

This is the foundation of our faith, that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. Today I’m going to show how simple this is to understand. But I’m also going to get into the concept of a mediator. This is something our society lacks today but did not until the past few decades.

Slide 4 “For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Mat 24:37-39)

What does the mediator have to do with the days of Noah? Everything. The thoughts of men were continually evil in the days of Noah. Genesis 6:5 says this and that Yahweh destroyed the earth to kill all the men, who’s thoughts were evil continually. And by men, I mean “mankind”. Mankind had become primal, carnal, like animals. And they had to be put down.

The mediator had not yet come. The difference between now and then is stark.

Slide 5 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of Elohim, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. (Isa 53:4-5)

In the days of Noah, evil promulgated until it was overwhelming. They did not have a Mediator like we have for almost 2000 years. Yeshua bears our transgressions if we accept Him as Messiah, the Son of God. He takes our stripes. That’s how He mediates. He doesn’t mediate like Aaron did. But having Aaron was a vast improvement on the days of Noah. Aaron had to first make atonement for himself because he was a sinner. Then he could make atonement for the people, but only one per year in a specific fashion. Yeshua has made atonement once for all for the sins of all who will accept Him.

The difference today is that mankind is rejecting the Mediator. We focus on the responsibility of Yeshua’s sacrifice, often thinking of that verse in Hebrews that says there is no more sacrifice for those who sin willfully after receiving the truth. This is indeed a heavy responsibility for us. But what about those who today are living like they are in the days of Noah. What about those who do not know about the Good News we know? You see, we receive shalom from our knowledge of the Son of God. Knowing that God gave Him to take our sins gives us hope which leads to peace. We have confidence in the resurrection of the world. We know our sins are forgiven. Paul wrote to Timothy in his second letter about the state of mankind before Yeshua returns. And it looks like a world that has reverted to the carnal days of Noah. Which is what we have today. People sin and are trapped in it, thinking there is no way out.

Think about all these crazed mass shooters. They look to have mental issues. Did those issues come about all at once? Not with most of them. Could these mental issues actually be demonic possession? That’s a possibility as well. But how many of these kids were crying for help along the way? How many of them were trapped inside their heads, thinking crazy thoughts, which escalated to madness and then action. How many of them knew Christ and that He takes our sins? Any of them? When you see evil spiraling out of control in this world, understand that it’s because they don’t know our Messiah. Understand that accepting Yeshua as the Messiah allows us to cast our burdens on Him. That’s what it means to be a mediator. He’s not mediating like an impartial arbitrator, He’s taking our sins so we can come into the presence of Yahweh. There is so much peace in this!

Slide 6 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1Ti 2:5-7)

Familiar scripture. It was just up. But the Gentiles. How did this conversation start with people who had a completely different religion? Paul is writing to Timothy. They both worked evangelism in the pagan world of the Roman empire. The conversation had to start somewhere. In Acts, we see Paul go into the areopagus and speak about “the unknown or invisible God”. He found a way to break the ice.

Today is a larger challenge. Our society, that used to benefit so much from Christianity, has more than turned its back on it. It’s hostile to the faith of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Yeshua. I believe this is one of the factors of the end times. People have the way out. The knowledge of the Messiah is the most important doctrine. It doesn’t just bring salvation in the future, it puts us at peace today. Our anxieties can rest on Him.

How do we teach the Messiah? Well, hopefully we can reach people with the salvation angle. And perhaps the knowledge of the peace we have knowing He is our Mediator will help, too. But when pressed on what is a Mediator, we have to teach the Torah. Contrary to mainstream Christianity, Paul and the gang weren’t teaching a new religion. They were building on the faith that already existed. Yeshua said famously if the Jews had believed Moses, they would believe Him, because Moses spoke of Him. Moses didn’t just speak of Yeshua, He lived as a mediator.

Exodus 3 is technically where Moses became the mediator. And he was not terribly willing. And he needed help. But this is the burning bush incident. And Moses is sent to be the representative of Yahweh to Pharaoh. This also entails becoming the mediator and the beginning of a long road for Moses.

Exodus 32 is where Moses became a mediator like Yeshua. This is the part of the story where Moses comes down the mountain the first time and finds the people worshiping idols. Idols they made right after saying they wouldn’t worship idols. Moses goes back up the mountain and actually tells Yahweh that if He is going to destroy all of Israel to blot his name out of the book of life as well. This is the first mention of the book and it’s very intriguing that Moses already knew of it. Moses offered to die for eternity in an effort to save Israel. This was a prophecy of Yeshua literally dying to save all who will accept Him as Messiah.

Slide 7 “YHVH your Elohim will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. This is according to all that you asked of YHVH your Elohim in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of YHVH my Elohim, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’ YHVH said to me, ‘They have spoken well. ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. (Deu 18:15-18)

The tenth commandment is where Moses literally became the mediator. Moses had to go up that mountain and intercede for the people. This is what YHVH is referencing here. Moses became the mouthpiece for Yahweh, just like Aaron was the mouthpiece for Moses. Moses only recorded what Yahweh said to record. He did not add to or take away. Moses was not perfect, and the people were very imperfect. So we needed another Mediator, Yeshua.

Slide 8 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” (Joh 6:37-40)

Yeshua came from heaven to only do the will of Yahweh. He built upon what Moses did. This is part of the progressive revelation that Yahweh is showing us over these thousands of years. The people knew Moses after his work with Pharaoh. They knew Moses was the boss. Yeshua had to live without that notoriety. He had to be betrayed by His own countrymen and then executed by both Jews and Gentiles so He could become the ultimate Mediator. He takes our sins, our transgressions, our hurt. Like a lamb to the slaughter, He didn’t open His mouth. This is the most important thing we can know and teach, that Yeshua is the Son of God, the Messiah, and our Mediator.

God is not a Trinity

God is not a Trinity

God cannot be a Trinity because Jesus, the Son, is always subordinate to the Father, who is God.

“You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” (Joh 14:28)

This is a very clear example of Yeshua (Jesus) being lesser than His Father (Yahweh), and it just makes sense. Most people who say they believe in the Trinity actually believe this, too. When it comes down to it, they don’t actually believe in the Trinity at all, but think they do because the word is rather ambiguous and it’s a requirement for baptism in 99.9% of churches. One must say they are Trinitarian to be members in the club.

There’s a reason the doctrine of the Trinity is ambiguous. It was created to allow a whole lot of people with varying beliefs about the relationship between Yahweh and Yeshua to claim to believe the same doctrine. This is the net result here 1700 years later. Two people sitting in pews in the same church who say they are Trinitarian don’t believe the Trinity the same. The shocking truth is the Trinity doctrine is actually a political dogma built to solve a political problem. Disputes about the nature of Yeshua and His relationship to Yahweh created full blown physical conflicts back in the third and early fourth centuries. Doctrine wars were literally wars. You can’t have a universal church (Catholic really means universal) when people are openly disagreeing to the point of violence. So they came up with a doctrine that satiated almost everyone. And those who refused to believe, well, at a minimum they got disfellowshipped. A minimum.

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