RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

COMMENTARY - ENDNOTES
Yisrael. But, ultimately, this congregation has a name, and it is not “Messianic Judaism,” or “Christian church,” but
“Yisrael.” Hence the term “eidta,” or “congregation” of Yisrael.
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In The LXX (Greek Septuagint) the Hebrew word for “congregation,” or “kahal” Yisrael was translated by 70
Jewish rabbis in 150 CE into the Greek word ekklesia – the same word used here in the “Greek New Testament” for
all Renewed Covenant congregations throughout the Renewed Covenant, meaning that the authors considered the
congregations that believed in Yahshua as the same Yisrael that was at Mt. Sinai.
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Apparently Stephen also believed that the Torah was still in effect after Yahshua came, since he calls the Torah’s
teachings “ongoing,” or “living words.”
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Speaking of Yisrael's exile to all four corners of the earth.
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In the twenty times the word “uncircumcised” appears in most English translations, only once, here in Acts 7:51,
does it appear in the Greek as aperitome (a negation of peritome). Surprisingly this one exception refers not to
gentiles but to Jews. The other nineteen times it is an altogether different word, akrobustia and as shared elsewhere
in the footnotes on Galatians, it refers to Efrayim returning, as those whose foreskins were cut according to
covenant, but nevertheless tossed away by a willful forsaking of the covenant.
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Why standing? Because Yahshua honored him as the first Renewed Covenant martyr, and stood in his honor.
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This among many other persecutions was used by YHWH, to spread both the message, and the people of the
message, so that they would go gathering the lost sheep.
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A city of Efrayim.
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See Good Or, Bad Samaritan at: http://restorationscriptures.org/link2.htm
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Ena-na in Aramaic, a term for YHWH.
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See Shimon Magus The First Pope at: http://restorationscriptures.org/link19.htm
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This man was not a “eunuch” as most translations render these verses. He was a faithful convert and was in
Jerusalem for one of the three feasts of Deuteronomy 16:16. The Torah forbids a eunuch from worshipping in the
temple, or from being a convert in Yisrael according to Deuteronomy 23:1. All eunuchs are excluded from the people
of Yisrael. The solution is found in the Aramaic word for both eunuch and faith-filled man, which is mahimna, which
in this case clearly means a faithful believer, to whom Phillip proclaimed Yahshua.
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A black man, who had joined himself to Yisrael, either as a stranger in the gates, or a seeking Efrayimite.
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When this man returned to Kush, or Ethiopia (where the Scroll of Jasher asserts Moses was once king), he went
around proclaiming the Good News, and much of Ethiopia and later India received the Good News. If this man had
children and was an Efrayimite, or even a Jew, then today millions of Ethiopians and Indians (from India) are
believing Yisraelites. As we see, Yisrael is not limited to the white Caucasians. Rather Yisrael is Joseph’s coat of
many colors.
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True believers prior to the hellenization of the faith met in Torah-honoring synagogues and congregations.
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Note that Yahshua chose to speak Hebrew not Greek, as Shaul is his Hebrew name. He also calls him Shaul not Paul.
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The remez/hint here is beautiful as Paul is in a place known as the straight and narrow way, and from the House of Judah
ready to be called to the nations to find his Efrayimite brothers, yet is still blind to that call in the House of Judah where he is
residing.
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Many today still don’t truly understand the call of Paul to the children of Yisrael in Judea and in the nations, seeing him as
some sort of apostle to pagan gentiles alone. Also note that the call of Paul (as it is with all of us) is the proclamation of the
kingdom, sealed in and by the Name of YHWH. Most versions of the Good News are devoid of the true Name and therefore not
sealed by the Father.
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Those who use the true Names of the Father and the Son will be under extraordinary pressure to compromise.
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A pattern we see throughout his ministry, and the pattern given to him by the Father YHWH.
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Mar-Yah in Aramaic used in reference to Messiah, showing Messiah to be YHWH fully manifested.
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The same battle rages today. Hebrews who desire the faith of Yahshua versus those with a mere mental assent to the
Greco-Roman version called Je- - s. How could Paul be a Hellenist, when he argued with them over their false anti-
Torah views?
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Peshitta. Greek: Strong’s H #2152 Eusebes; Sabbath keeping.
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Probably a tallit/prayer shawl.
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Four-cornered prayer shawl represents the four corners of Yisrael’s exiles. Yisrael’s exiles were scattered into
the four corners of the globe.
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Unclean foods are not even considered to be food according to YHWH’s commands.
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In context as seen later, YHWH was not reversing the eternal laws of keeping kosher, but was showing Peter that
Yisrael’s exiles were about to return in an unclean state, or condition. As such, his unkosher/unclean attitude
towards them had to change, or they would not be received back into the commonwealth. The vision is well-timed,
as Cornelius the non-Jew, is about to seek his rightful place among the people of Yisrael. The “kill and eat” part,
would soon be understood as YHWH showing Peter that all men who were willing, would soon be considered clean,
regardless of whether, or not they were Jewish.
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If YHWH was reversing the kosher food laws, then why did Peter not know it, and why was he confused and not
sure, since certain groups claim that this was exactly what was being done here.
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The voice of YHWH came three times, one for each of the three arriving men.
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