The Connection 1

By Rabbi Yahoshua Yahir 2005

PART 1

THE HEBREW/JEWISH/CHRISTIAN CONNECTION

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THE CONNECTION JEWS & CHRISTIANS A. Jews represent salvation/Woman at the Well John (Yochanan) 4:22 1. Message of Jewish connection * Jesus/Yeshua/Yahoshua is Messiah/Prophet * Spoke God’s (YHWH) WORD * Living water (Holy Spirit) * Gave salvation message 2. Jews and Christians have same Messiah (Romans 11:11-14, 25) Gentiles shall come to thy light Isaiah 60:3. In his name shall the Gentiles trust Matthew (Mattityahu 2:21.Isaiah. Is he not the God of the Gentiles? Romans 3:29 3. Christians (Gentiles) represent the Nations Psalm (Tehillim) 72:11 Psalm (Tehillim) 86:9 Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 4:2; Is 49:22 Zechariah (Z’kharyah) 2:11 Malachi (Malakhi)3:12) The Hebrew Language connects us to the Jews/Hebrews. Luke 23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 3

Scriptures that help to confirm speaking the Hebrew Language. Acts 21:40 And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, Acts 22:1-2 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence; and he saith.) John (Yochanan) 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. John (Yochanan) 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. John (Yochanan) 19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Acts 26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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Philippians 3:5 Paul said, he was circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, and Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;. Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Saul (Paul), Jesus (Yeshua/Yahoshua/Yahshua), and John (Yochanan) spoke Hebrew. Here are the five Hebrew words that appear in the New Testament scriptures listed here: 1 Bethesada, pool 2 Gabbatha, pavement 3 Golgotha, place of the skull 4 Abaddon, Bottomless pit 5 Armageddon, place Bethesada: The name of a pool in Jerusalem where Jesus healed a man who had been sick for thirtyeight years (John (Yochanan) 5:2) Gabbatha means elevation. A platform in front of the praetorium or governor’s palace in Jerusalem, where Pilate sat in judgment over Jesus (John (Yochanan) 19:13) Golgotha: Skull. The Hebrew name for the place where Jesus was crucified.

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Abaddon means destruction. Name of the angel of the bottomless pit. Armageddon: A Middle East site of the final battle between the forces of good and evil Revelation 16:16 TRUE WORSHIPPERS B. Recognize and accept Jesus/Yeshua Yahoshua/Yahshua as the Messiah of Israel. (Romans 10:9-13, Luke 15:10) 1. Led by his Spirit and Truth. John (Yochanan) 15:26; Romans 8:14-17; Acts 1:8) 2. Know the Messiah’s Hebrew name (Acts 3:16, Acts 4:12; Ephesians 1:21-23; Philippians 2:910) 3. Know the God of the Hebrews. Exodus (Shemot) 3:18, Ps 68:4; Malachi (Malakhi) 1:11; Exodus (Shemot) 34:5 Proverbs (Mishlei) 30:4) 4. Recognize they are heirs and joint heirs with the Messiah. (Ephesians 3:6) 5. Know they are citizens of Israel (Ephesians 2:19) REMNANT C. A Remnant of Jews/Hebrews and a remnant of Gentiles will bear the name of The God of the Hebrews before the nations as witnesses to help in gathering

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his people from the four corners of the world. Micah (Mikhah) 5:8; Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 46:3; Ezekiel (Yechezkel) 37:19; Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 11:12 WOMEN AT WELLS MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH DESTINY D.

Women at the wells. 1. Rebekah (Rivkah) watered the camels Genesis (Beresheet) 24:18-20) 2. Rachel at the well with sheep Jacob (Yaakov) watered the sheep (Genesis (Beresheet) 29:10) 3. Priest of Midian’s seven daughters at the well (Moses watered the sheep Exodus (Shemot) 2:16-17) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS CONCLUSION: Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 12

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What is a Jew? Jew is applied to the Tribe of Judah Jew: descendant of Judah; Gr. Ioudaios, a name formed from that of the patriach Judah, and applied first to the tribe or country of Judah, or to a subject of the kingdom of Judah/Yahudah (11 Kings/M’Lakhim Bet 16:6; 25:25; Jer 32:12; 38:19; 40:11; 41:3; 52:28) in distinction from the seceding ten tribes, the Israelites. From the time of the Babylonian captivity, as the members of the tribe of Judah/Yahudah formed by far the larger portion of the remnant of the covenant people, Jews became the appellation of the whole nation (II Maccabees. 9:17; John/Yochanan 4:9; Acts 18:2, 24). The original designation of the Israelitish people was the Hebrews, as the descendants of Abraham/Avraham. Thus Paul was appropriately called a Hebrew, and still later the terms Hebrew and Jew were applied with little distinction. What is a Hebrew? Hebrew applies to the descendants of Abraham/Avraham, Isaac/Yitzchak & Jacob/Yaakov. The first person in the Bible called a Hebrew is Abram (Genesis/Beresheet. 14:13). Thereafter his descendants through Isaac/Yitzchak and Jacob/Yaakov were known as “Hebrews” (Genesis/Beresheet. 40:15); 43:32; Exodus/Shemot. 2:11). 8

What is a Christian ? A Christian is a believer in and a follower of Jesus Christ the Messiah. This name is more widely employed than any other designation of those who believe unto salvation. What is a Gentile? The Heb. Goyim signified the nations, the surrounding nations, foreigners as opposed to Israel (Nehemiah. 5:8). JEWS/HEBREWS IN RELATION TO ISRAEL What rendered the Jews a distinct and honored class was simply their election of God to the place of his peculiar people, by which they became the recognized depositories of his truth and the consecrated channels of his working among men. The distinction between Israel and other nations, as was shown in the covenant believing Gentiles in no age were excluded from sharing in the benefits conferred upon the Jews/Hebrews, when they showed themselves willing to enter into the bond of the covenant. In the prophetic Word there is a clear distinction between “Jews” Gentiles and the Church of God” (I Corinthians 10:32), In this present age all the saved are members of “the Church of God.” (Ungers Bible Dictionary)

We are all part of the body, both Jews/ Gentiles. We are connected by bone, sinews, muscles, blood, obedience and love. We bear about the marks in our bodies of the one who died for our sins. 9

Who are the Israelites? The whole people of Israel, the twelve tribes; called the children of Israel (Joshua /Yahoshua. 3:17; 7:25; Judges. 8:27; Jeremiah. 3:21); The house of Israel/Yisrael (Exodus/Shemot. 16:31; 40:38); in Israel/Yisrael (I Samuel. 9:9); And land of Israe/Yisraell (I Samuel/Shmuel Alef. 13:19; II Kings/M’lakhim Bet 6:23; Numbers/B’midbar. 20:14; Isaiah/Yeshayahu. 41:8; 42:24; 43:1; 15: 44; 1, 5). Israel/Yisrael is sometimes put emphatically for the true Israelites, the faithful,, those distinguished for piety and virtue (Psalm/Tehillim. 73:1; Isaiah/Yeshayahu 45:17; John/Yochanan 1:47; Romans. 9:6; 11:26; Gal. 6:16). In the expression (Isaiah/Yeshayahu. 49:3), “Thou art my servant, O Israel/Yisrael,” Christ is undoubtedly referred to. Israelites was the usual name of the twelve tribes, from their leaving Egypt until after the death of Saul, but after the defection of the ten tribes, they arrogated to themselves the name of the whole nation. The ten tribes were called the Kings of Israel and Judah and Benjamin were known as the Kings of Judah.(Ungers Bible Dictionary)

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And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews John 19:19. II Corinthians. 11:22 Paul asked questions: Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham so am I. Book of “Hebrews” in the New Testament is written by the Holy Spirit to his people. In the first Chapter it says, God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets. 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 4 having become so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

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SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS In the New Testament, salvation comes through Yeshua/Yahoshua/Jesus Christ. It is a free gift to all who repent and have faith in Messiah/Christ John/Yochanan 3:16. This gift comes from the God of the Hebrews. Jesus Hebrew name (Yeshua means salvation/Yahoshua means, YHWH is salvation). THE CONNECTION (SCRIPTURES) JEWS & CHRISTIANS (Gentiles) A. Jews represent salvation/Woman at the Well (John/Yochanan 4:22) l. John/Yochanan 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans John/Yochanan 4:9. John/Yochanan 4: 14 Jesus explains that he has the living water. Jesus said, "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4:24. Jesus explained that he was the Messiah. The woman had made the connection at the well. She went to tell the good news: Come; see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

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Jews and Christians have same Messiah (Romans 11:11-14, 25). I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness? For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I (Paul) am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office; If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; That blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. Isaiah/Yeshayahu 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of they rising. Matthew/Mattityahu 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry: neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till

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he sends forth judgment unto victory. AND IN HIS NAME SHALL THE GENTILES TRUST. Romans 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also. Gentiles shall come Christians (Gentiles) represent the nations (Psalm/Tehillim 72:11). Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. (Psalm/Tehillim. 86:9) All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. Jeremiah.Yirmeyahu 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. Isaiah/Yeshayahu 49:22.Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters, shall be carried upon their shoulders. Zechariah/Z’kharyah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord (YHWH) in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

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TRUE WORSHIPPERS B. True worshippers recognize and accept Jesus/Yeshua/Yahoshua/Yahshua as the Messiah of Israel/Yisrael. (Romans 10:9-13) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believed unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God (YHWH) over one sinner that repenteth. 1 Led by the Spirit of Truth. (John/Yochanan 15:26) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. (Romans 8:11,14-17) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God (YHWH), they are the sons of God.

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For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God (YHWH). And children, then heirs; heirs of God (YHWH), and joint-heirs with Christ (Yeshua/Yahoshua); if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 2 Know the Messiah’s Hebrew name (My people are perishing for lack of knowledge).Acts 3:16 Through faith in his name healing is made manifest. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. Ephesians 1:20 Messiah is seated in heavenly places. Ephesians 1:21-23 Far above all principality and power, and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that 16

which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Philippians 2:9-10 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus (Yeshua/Yahoshua) every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ (Yeshua/Yahoshua) is Lord to the glory of God (YHWH) the Father. 3

Know the God of the Hebrews Exodus/Shemot 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of 4 Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. Psalm/Tehillim 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. Malachi/Malakhi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering for my name shall be great among the heathen saith the Lord of hosts. 17

Exodus/Shemot 34:5 And the Lord (YHWH) descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord (YHWH). Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell? 4. Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 5. Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God. REMNANT C MicahMikhah 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarried not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob/Yaakov shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. IsaiahYeshayahu 46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried form the womb. 18

Ezekiel/Yechezkel 37:19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. IsaiahYeshayahu 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah/Yahudah from the four corners of the earth. WOMEN AT WELLS MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH DESTINY D. 1. Rebekah/Rivkah watered the camels (Genesis/Beresheet 24:18-20) And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand and gave him drink. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 2. Rachel at the well with sheep Jacob watered the sheep (Genesis/Beresheet 29:10) And it came to pass, when Jacob/Yaakov saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near,

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and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. 3. Seven daughters: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water; and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. CONCLUSION: Isaiah/Yeshayahu 12 And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comforted me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah (YHWH) is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord (YHWH), call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. JEWS AND CHRISTIANS ARE CONNECTED THROUGH THE MESSIAH. JESUS/YESHUA YAHSHUA/YAHOSHUA, OUR MESSIAH IS FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. GOD’S WORD AND BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT. 20

Definition of Connection: To bind or fasten together; join or unite; link. 2 To establish communication between; put in communication. 3 To associate or attach: the pleasures connected with music. 4 To associate mentally. 5 To become connected; join or unite. 6 (of trains, buses, etc) to run so as to make connections. Bloodline of descent: A direct line of descent from a particular human or animal ancestor, especially with respect to the common characteristics shared by that ancestor’s descendants. (Messiah) represents the bloodline. Saved by the blood of Jesus/Yeshua/Yahshua/Yahoshua (He is known by different names. Matthew/Mattityahu 26:28 For this is my blood of the New Testament (New Covenant), which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. We have been partakers of blood from our Jewish/Hebrew Family as a gift from the God of the Hebrews to bring us all together as one family under the God of Israel. Heredity: Is the transfer of characters from parent to offspring, either through their genes or through the social institution called inheritance (for example, a title of nobility is passed from individual to individual according to relevant customs and/or laws). 21

1 Peter 2:9 KJV But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Biology: In biology, heredity refers to the transference of biological characteristics from a parent organism to offspring, and is practically a homonym for genetics, as genes are now recognized as the carriers of biological information. In humans, defining which characteristics of a final person are due to heredity and which are due to environmental influences is often a site of controversy (the nature versus nurture debate:, especially regarding intelligence and race. Sociology: The social institution called inheritance. One’s bloodline is one’s familial ancestry. Meme: A meme (rhymes with “dream,” but comes from emetic and memory) is a unit of information that replicates from brains or stores of information such as books to other brains or stores of information. In more specific terms, a meme is a self-propagating unit of cultural evolution, analogous to the gene (the unit of genetics). The term was coined in l976 by Richard Dawkins in his controversial best-selling book The Selfish Gene.

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Memes can represent parts of ideas, languages, tunes, designs, skills, moral and aesthetic values and anything else that is commonly learned and passed on to others as a unit. The study of evolutionary models of information transfer is called memetics. In casual use, the term meme is sometimes used to mean any piece of information passed from one mind to another. This is much closer to the analogy of “Language as a virus” than it is to Dawkin’s analogy of memes as replicating behaviors. Memes on the internet tend to proliferate for periods of time then quietly die off, and many start as obscure running jokes within net cliques which gradually lose their original meaning or otherwise become detached. Some people consider absurdist humor to be a good source of memes. “The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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We often say the words: I have the mind of Christ or I have the mind of Yeshua/Yahoshua etc. 1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. KJV. If we have the Word of Truth, mind and blood of Christ/Messiah, we belong to Israel’s family. Sources: King James Version The American College Dictionary Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Compete Jewish Bible

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REVIVAL TIME CONNECTION Oh Holy Father . . . We praise you. We worship you. We rejoice With uplifted Holy hands. Our Holy mouths testify With unbridled praise lips— Arms hugging brothers And sisters with Holy joy connection. Praising the Lord! Our minister’s voice ringing With Holy messages— Directing with God’s love, Humbling us Before Almighty God: Bending knees, Forgiving with blessings, Hands locking hands In prayer chains, Hearts warming hearts With joy faces. We wear the seal Of the King of Kings And Lord of Lords. We are born And covered by his Royal blood; Lead and guided into all Truth By the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord! 25

Hearts circumcised By his Holy words. Our heartbeats breath— Breathing out a new choir Song to sing: “I Am A Conqueror!” Sermons preached, Soothed souls With Holy ointment . . . Loosening tight lips. Operating on hard hearts Until mouths open saying . . . I love you Jesus! Glory Halleluyah! I believe! I believe! Praise the Lord! This is the Revival Time Connection. Remember Thomas: John/Yochanan 20:25-29 The other disciples therefore said unto Thomas, We have seen the Lord. These disciples/Talmidims were connected through their faith in the risen Savior. But Thomas said unto the disciples, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. This is a very serious situation; Thomas needed proof more than the other disciples. Are you like Thomas waiting for the right connection? And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said. 26

Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed, blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh is saying blessed are those who are connecting with my people Through the Word of the Living God of Yisrael.

Thomas touched his Jewish Messiah And made “The Connection.” What about you?

BARUCH HASHEM! (Bless the Name)