The following is our congregation's statement of Faith

    
     
 
God is One, as it is written,
    
 
   
 

"Shema' Isra'el (Adonai) Elohenu (Adonai) Echad" ["Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, the Lord, is Unity"],

    
 
   
     
     
 

 

    
     
 

Infinitely perfect in corporate unity, in the personalities of ha-'Av [the Father], eternally existing; ha-Memrah [the Word], eternally generating; and ha-Ruach [the Sprit], eternally proceeding.

The Father, El Shaddai [God Almighty], is the true God, the Creator of heavens and the earth.

The Word, Yeshua ha-Mashiach [Jesus the Messiah], is true God and true Man, being conceived by ha-Ruach ha-Kodesh and born of Miriam [Mary], a virgin.
The only Son begotten of the Father, He suffered and died upon the tree as a substitutionary sacrifice, the just for the unjust; and all who trust in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood. He was buried; on the third day He rose from the dead, according to the Scriptures; He ascended to the right hand of the Majesty on High and stands now as our great Kohen ha-Gadol [High Priest].

    
 
   
 
00THE FEASTS OF THE LORD
 
 
  The feasts of the Lord consist of the weekly Sabbath and the annual festivals – several other feasts that are celebrated once a year at the appropriate season.  The annual festivals are the following: The Sabbath Feast • The Feast of the Passover/Pesach • The Feast of Penticost/Shavuot • The Feast of Trumphets/Rosh Hashana • The Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur • The Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot
       
THE SABBATH FEAST (Weekly Sabbath)    
       
 
The celebration of the weekly sabbath serves as a reminder that YHWH, the Creator,  is the God that created everything on earth in six days and rested on the seventh day.  It defines our God and separates Him from imposters.  The weekly sabbath begins at sundown on Friday and continues till sundown Saturday for a full 24 hour period.
       
  PASSOVER (Annual Sabbath)    
       
 
Passover was celebrated first in the land of Egypt with the blood of the sacrificial lamb in order to preserve the Israelites from the plague that was to smite the land of Egypt with the death of every firstborn. Ex 12: 6-14.The nation of Israel prepared for the Passover.  On this day the lambs were taken to the priests and sacrificed.  Each family took the dead lamb to their respective homes and roasted it.  The lamb was eaten that night.

At Passover time, lambs were sacrificed by the levitical priesthood in the temple in Jerusalem. As this is not presently possible, as the temple was destroyed and the dome of the rock now sits on the temple ruins, lambs are sacrificed any more during Passover. Unleavened bread and the wine is used at this feast.  These have become symbols that our Lord Yeshua told us to use in remembrance of His sacrifice.  In order to celebrate passover the way it was originally, with a lamb, YHWH's temple would have to be rebuilt, and the Levite priesthood re-instituted.

Passover is representative of Jesus/Yeshua.  He is the lamb of God, the Passover lamb that was sacrificed for our sins.  Yeshua told us to continue to celebrate Passover (the seder meal) in His name.

"...and he took bread , and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying.  'This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me." Luke 22:19
       
  PENTECOST / SHAVUOT (Annual Sabbath)    
       
 
Pentecost/Shavuot is another annual feast that had an early and late fulfillment.  Leviticus 23: 15-21.  The early fulfillment was the firstfruits of the harvest.  The late fulfillment was the firstfruits of the first believers in Yeshua which received the Holy Spirit.  Fifty days after the weekly sabbath following the crucifixion of our Lord Yeshua, a multitude of believers were gathered in Jerusalem when suddenly the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles of Jesus in the form of tongues of fire upon their heads.Acts 2:1-4 "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

The gathered people also heard them speaking in their native tongues.  The coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was the late fulfillment of this festival.
       
ROSH HASHANAH (New Year)    
       
  Rosh Hashanah, which is called "the Jewish new year" occurs on the 1st of the month of Tishri, the SEVENTH month of the year according to God's calendar.  On Jewish calendars, Rosh Hashanah is considered to be the first holiday of the year, as Tishri is the first month of the year, despite the fact that this does not follow the biblical sequence. In the Roman calendar, Rosh Hashanna, also called Feast of Trumpets, falls in the autumn, around the month of September.
"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the SEVENTH month, on the first of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." Leviticus 23:24 Rosh Hashanah is followed by the "10 days of awe" and with the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur, the most holy of holidays.  Atonement means "at one with God".  The 10 days of awe are in preparation for Yom Kippur; this period of 10 days is a time to make peace with enemies, repent and ask forgiveness for our wrong-doings.
       
  DAY OF ATTONEMENT / YOM KIPPUR    
       
 
On Yom Kippur we seek forgiveness from God. We pray and fast on this holy day, yet we rejoice in knowing that our transgressions/sins are forgiven by the blood of Yeshua or Messiah.  This is a solemn day in which we seek God’s forgiveness.
'"...on the tenth of this seventh month [is] a day of atonement; you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves, and offer a fire-offering to Jehovah..." Leviticus 23:27
       
  FEAST OF TABERNACLES / SUKKOT    
       
 

The next annual holy day that follows is Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, literally meaning "feast of temporary dwellings".  Sukkot is a seven day celebration, in which the first and last days are considered Sabbaths. The celebration calls for the construction of a Sukkah, a temporary dwelling made out of a movable  material. Some people use tree branches, with a roof made of any material of vegetable origin. The Sukkah reminds us that our life on this earth is temporary. The Israelites did not build houses in the desert, they lived in booths  (tabernacles or temporary tents), moving the tents and the sanctuary with the ark of the covenant.

"Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before YHWH  your God for seven days.... You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths..." Leviticus 23:40 & 42

       
       
       
       
       
   
 

 

  
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