A Guide to the Returning Israelite

by Rebbetzin Sherry A. Hord

                 Today there is a revival going on that is convicting the hearts of millions  of believers  worldwide to leave religion and return to the Scriptures.  There in the age old Scriptures they are  beginning to see that they have been "saved" to become members of the Commonwealth of Redeemed Israel rather than a member of the religious systems of the world.  The following guide is to help those people that are being called to repent and return their hearts to the  Father of their Salvation and His "ancient paths."

                 Revival is the awakening in one's heart that he or she must break away  from idolatrous, manmade worship, and make an immediate return to the true  worship of  the Father in Heaven by returning to His "ancient paths." 

                Jeremiah 18:15 tells us that the religions of the world make the Father's people forget Him and  deliberately lead them from the "ancient paths" so that they will not worship Him.   

                Once revival begins to take place in a Jewish, Christian, or Catholic heart to make the return to the Father in Heaven and His "ancient paths," the person is usually confronted with a multiple of things that  may confuse, bring hurt or separation into one's life that he or she may never have experienced before.  It is  very natural for people to experience confusion in doing so because they may not truly understand what the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit is doing in their lives when the call to return begins to happen.

                A person  may also experience hurt in one's decision to be obedient to the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit in the revival process because other people may not understand what that person is going through in one's struggle to let go of religion.  Others may not understand or even care why someone desires to return to the Father and follow His "ancient paths."  Quite often family members and friends depart from the individual because they are afraid of the change taking place in the person's heart and life. 

                In the revival process, the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit will begin to show  the individual the sin that exists in his personal life which separates him from the Father. This exposure of sin will point out false doctrines and teachings that one has received in the church or synagogue; especially, those things that he or she may have upheld with great esteem.  As the revelation of sin becomes deeper, the person will begin to see that the doctrines taught do not line up with the Word as once thought. Sorrow and remorse for one's blatant religious sins motivates the heart at one to leave all sin, personal and religious, behind.

                When the individual has made a final decision to leave the church or synagogue system behind, discouragement, loneliness, wavering, guilt, anger, and frustration often set in.  These are normal feelings because one has been indoctrinated to believe that Christianity or modern day Judaism is the true worship of the Father in Heaven.    Indoctrination is not faith but a social ideology that appears and sounds good to the human spirit.  Indoctrination will dull one's mind to truth, and destroy one's faith in the true Savior, and gradually replace one's spiritual faith with human dependence on  a system of religious beliefs that are false.  The end result of indoctrination is that one becomes deaf, blind, and dumb to the true Word of the Father in Heaven.

                The Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit's revival that is taking place today is to fulfill Scripture and nothing more.  It is not to revive a "lost" church or rabbinical system nor is it to bring Christians back to the church system or Jews back to rabbinical synagogues.   It is to bring them out of the Christian Church and Rabbinical Judaism completely, and back to the true worship of the Father in Heaven. 

                Revival includes the purifying work of the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit to cleanse the individual of all former idolatrous religious practices so that one may return to His Word, the Torah.  Revival brings to the person knowledge of the things of the Father including the true Names of the Father and The Son, His Torah, and set part ways that were not previously known to the individual.  Revival fills the heart with an in-depth awareness and understanding of the prophet's messages of  the regathering and restoration of the twelve tribes of Israel. 

                If you are a Jew, Christian, or Catholic that is experiencing these things then  you are being called out of your religious system by the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit.   It means that you are a returning Israelite and are beginning to undergo the revival process.  Be happy to know that thousands upon thousands around the world are undergoing the same revival, so you are not alone.

                The following information has been compiled to help you in the revival process that maybe taking place in your life: 

                1.  Upon receiving revival, leave your Jewish synagogue, Messianic Jewish congregation, Christian or Catholic church.  Understand that these religions teach that there are only Jews and Gentiles in the world (known as 1 House Theology), thus they adhere to manmade philosophies and teach false doctrines.

                2.  Learn the true Hebrew Name Yehowah of the Father and the Name YAHSHUA of His Son, meaning "salvation of YAH."  Begin to speak forth the Names in prayer, praise, song, and kodesh/holy conversation.  Repent of the religious manmade names and titles that church or synagogue has taught you; they are useless and belong to worldly religion.

                3.  Begin to keep the 7th day Shabbat/Sabbath in your home with your family as a day set aside for rest from ordinary labor.  But keep in mind that necessary things done out of love for people and animals is allowable in the Ruach/Spirit of Torah.  It is   a day to be enjoyed by the person and family in Oneness/Echad with the Creator of Heaven and Earth (Lev.23; Matt.12:12) 

                4.  Begin to read the first five books of the Bible, called Torah, and pray for the  Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit to teach you the importance of these Books.  (Duet.4:2); (Matt. 5:17) 

                5.  Stop keeping the holidays of the world, Christmas, Easter, etc.  Begin to observe the Feast Days of the Bible found in the first five Books.  The Father has given these times for joyous occasions and rehearsal times for their observance in the coming Messianic Kingdom.  They are to be kept for all generations.  (Ex 12:14)

                6.  Order a Biblical Hebrew Calendar from New Moon Publishing, P. O. Box 402, Two Harbors, MN 55616, Tele. (218) 834-5200, www.6001.com.  This calendar is reckoned by the ripening of the barley in Jerusalem to determine the first month of the biblical year, and by the new moon sightings in Jerusalem.  Do not use a Jewish calendar to reckon your biblical year because it is not biblically reckoned.  (Ex 12:1)

                7.  Order the following books to help you to understand why you must leave the religious systems behind and why you shouldn't look back:  "Fossilized Customs" by  Lew White, and "Come Out of Her My People" by Chris Koster.  These are available at Your Arms To Israel website www.yourarmstoisrael.org.

                8.  Get grounded in your understanding of the Two House revelation of the prophets' messages by ordering "Who Is Israel" by Batya Wooten and "Restoring Israel's Kingdom" by Angus Wooten, and "Who Is Israel?" by Rabbi Ed Nydle at www.bnaiavraham.net.

9.        Begin worshipping like an Israelite. Order "Messianic Israelite Worship" by Reb. Wendy McNulty, D'var Emet Ministries, P. O. Box 20137, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 6Y8, dvaremet@nbnet.nb.ca

10.     Teach these things to your children.  Have them memorize the 10 Commandments and recite them to you.  (Duet. 6:7); (Duet 31:13)

                11. Order "The 'Lost' Ten Tribes of Israel...Found!" by Steven Collins at www.nbizz.com/losttentribes to familarize yourself with the migrations of the Northern tribes of Israel.  (1 Kings 11:26-39); (Hosea 1: 10-11)

                12. Get on the Internet for further reading.  This revival is bringing forth new areas of teaching that is phenomenal.  Check out www.yourarmstoisrael.org ; www.geocities.com ; www.lionlamb.net ; www.mim.net ; www.messianicyisrael.com/ ; www.bnaiavraham.net ; www.6001.com ; www.restorationrecords.com/articles.htm ; www.teshuvah.com/MLR ; www.regathering.com ; www.ynca.com 

                13. Find a Messianic Israel teacher and begin to study under the anointing of that person or find a Messianic Israel group meeting in your area and begin to fellowship with other believers that are in the revival also.  Begin to implement your new knowledge of how to worship the Father in Heaven as He has stated in Torah openly with your brothers and sisters in the Commonwealth of Redeemed Israel.  Beware though, not all Messianic groups are the same so find the right one through prayer and the leading of the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit.  Some of the websites have listings of groups meeting around the world so you will probably find one relatively near you or if you contact the groups personally they will steer you to a group nearest to you.

                14. Be confident in your new walk.  As you grow in the knowledge and understanding that is being poured out by the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit in this last days revival prior to the Savior's return you will begin to see that the Renewed Covenant formally known to you as the New Testament is a continuation of the First Covenant or  a fulfilling of only those things in the First Covenant that needed to be ratified, and that everything else still exists.  The Renewed Covenant will no longer be a separate book to you but an exciting continuation of the Father's Will for the nation of Redeemed Israel.

                You will begin to see how ancient Israel was dispersed among the nations because of their sins, exiled until the Father is ready to call the descendants of Israel back to Himself.  This regathering of the descendants of Israel began with the Savior's ministry in Eretz Israel/Land of Israel before His death, and was continued through Paul as he traveled and preached in the areas where the tribes were scattered to.  This regathering continues to be accomplished through the Gospel even today.  Each saved person is either a true descendant of ancient Israel that has been saved and returned to the Tree of Israel or a member of a gentile nation that had not been a part of the people called Israel.  That person is also saved, has become a heir of Avraham, and is grafted onto the Tree of Israel to be a brother or sister of like faith. 

                The revelation of Israelite descendancy that is being poured out on so many people in this revival comes personally to the descendant through revelation of the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit.  That person usually has had an inkling of his descendancy all along prior to the revival but did not understand that his or her love for Israel's Messiah, the Hebrew language or Hebrew perspective of the Bible, the wearing of the Star of David around the neck, or the attraction to Messianic Judaism was actually a stirring of revival in his or her heart.  These things usually set him or her apart from others that did not have the same understanding or desire for Messianic things.  That is why the revelation of the Two House teaching brings great peace to the soul of the descendant because at long last he or she has found the true road of restoration to the Father and His "ancient paths."  The revival that has come upon you is necessary for your spiritual walk, it is scriptural, and will lead you as a member of the Commonwealth of Redeemed Israel into the coming restoration of the twelve tribes of Israel as foretold by the prophets.

Baruch Ha Shem Yehowah 
Blessed is the Name of Yehowah