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Our Beliefs

Below are our core beliefs, stated plainly and grounded directly in Scripture. Each belief includes proof verses you can click to expand and verify for yourself.

We are not asking for trust in an institution. We are asking you to test everything by the written Word.

1) Yahweh Is The One True God

He is Sovereign over all things and has authority over all.

Proof verses
  • Deuteronomy 32:39
  • Isaiah 45:5
  • Psalm 86:10

2) Yahweh Is One

He is indivisible, non-modal, non-compound, and immutable.

Proof verses
  • Deuteronomy 6:4
  • 1 Timothy 1:17

3) Yeshua Is The Son Of Yahweh

He is not co-equal with Yahweh but is our High Priest, fulfilling the role of mediator for the covenant between Yahweh and Israel.

Proof verses
  • Matthew 3:17
  • 1 John 4:14
  • 1 Timothy 2:5
  • John 14:28
  • Psalm 2:7 (quoted in Hebrews 1:5 and Acts 13:33)
  • Psalm 110:4 (quoted in Hebrews 5:6 and Hebrews 7:17)

4) Yahweh Has A Spirit

Yahweh has a spirit often called the Spirit of Yahweh or the Holy Spirit.

Proof verses
  • Isaiah 11:2
  • Psalm 139:7
  • 2 Samuel 23:2

5) We Do Not Believe In A Trinity

The doctrine of the trinity can not be found in scripture therefore the Natsarim denounce the concept of the trinity.

6) Israel Is Yahweh's Chosen People

Israel is the chosen people Yahweh created to receive the Oracles of Yahweh and take them to the nations.

Proof verses
  • Deuteronomy 7:6
  • Psalm 147:19-20
  • Deuteronomy 4:7-8
  • 1 Peter 2:9

7) Adpotion Into Israel Comes Through Faith In Yeshua

Faith in Yeshua grafts you into Israel.

Proof verses
  • Galatians 3:29
  • Ephesians 2:19
  • Romans 11:17

8) Yahweh Entered Into A Covenant With Israel

Yahweh entered into a covenant with Israel. This began with Abraham and was completed with Moses. The terms of the covenant which Israel must follow is the Torah.

Proof verses
  • Genesis 17:7
  • Exodus 24:7
  • Deuteronomy 5:2-3

9) The Torah Is Eternal

Yahweh’s commandments, as given to Israel, remain in effect, and we strive to live by them as an expression of our faith.

Proof verses
  • Exodus 12:14
  • Exodus 29:9
  • Leviticus 3:17
  • Leviticus 23:3
  • Psalm 111:7-8
  • Matthew 5:17-18
  • Luke 16:17

10) Yeshua Pledged To Bear Our Consequences

We believe that at the Covenant Cutting Ceremony between Abraham and Yahweh, Yeshua was there and pledged to take the consequenses of any one who broke the covenant.

Proof verses
  • Genesis 15:17
  • Isaiah 53:4-5
  • 1 Peter 2:24
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

11) Yeshua Fulfilled His Pledge At His First Coming

Yeshua paid the penalty for all of Abraham's seed who broke the covenant at His first coming when He was crucified.

Proof verses
  • Isaiah 53:5
  • Matthew 26:28
  • Romans 5:6, 8
  • Hebrews 9:28
  • 1 Peter 2:24

12) Yeshua The Active High Priest

Because Yeshua lived a sinless life and paid the penalty for Israel's sin, He was given the role of High Priest by Yahweh and is currently performing temple services in the Heavenly Temple.

Proof verses
  • Hebrews 6:20
  • Hebrews 9:11-12
  • Hebrews 8:1-2

13) Redemption, Atonement, Salvation, And Forgiveness Of Sins Is Through Yeshua

Redemption, atonement, salvation from second death, and forgiveness of sins is ultimately from Yahweh but comes through the work of Yeshua the Messiah.

Proof verses
  • Acts 4:12
  • Ephesians 1:7
  • Romans 3:23-24
  • Romans 5:9-10

14) Faith

We believe that faith is biblically defined as both knowledge and action. While we are saved by faith, faith without Torah obedience is dead faith.

15) Faith Is Active

To show our faith, Yahweh requires certain actions from us. We must hate evil, fear Yahweh, confess our sins to Yahweh, stop breaking the Torah and obey it, and have faith that we have atonement through Yeshua.

Proof verses
  • James 2:17-18
  • John 14:15
  • Romans 2:13
  • Matthew 7:21
  • 1 John 5:3
  • Titus 1:16

16) Resurrection And The Kingdom

We believe Israel will take part in the First Resurrection and rule with Yeshua during His Messianic reign.

Proof verses
  • Revelation 20:4-6
  • Daniel 7:27
  • Matthew 19:28
  • 1 Corinthians 6:2
  • Ezekiel 37:12-14
  • Isaiah 26:19
  • Revelation 5:10 (Referencing Exodus 19:6)

17) Salvation

We believe that salvation from second death, the Lake of Fire, is by faith in Yeshua. No one must do something to earn the opportunity for salvation.

Proof verses
  • Ephesians 2:8-9
  • John 3:16
  • Titus 3:5
  • Romans 6:23
  • John 5:24
  • Acts 16:31
  • 1 John 5:11-12

17) The Role Of The Natsarim

The Natsarim, using grace and truth, have the duty to be the fishermen, shephards, and huntsmen that return Israel back to Yahweh.

Proof verses
  • Jeremiah 16:16
  • Matthew 4:19
  • Romans 3:1-2
  • Psalm 147:19-20
  • Isaiah 42:6
  • Deuteronomy 4:6-8
  • Isaiah 49:6
  • Psalm 67:1-2
  • Joel 2:28-32

19) Sabbath

We believe in the seventh day Sabbath that was instituted at creation and commanded by Yahweh. It is a mark that we are in covenant with Yahweh and is a day of rest and assembly.

Proof verses
  • Genesis 2:2-3
  • Exodus 20:8-11
  • Exodus 31:16-17
  • Leviticus 23:3
  • Deuteronomy 5:12-15
  • Isaiah 56:6-7
  • Ezekiel 20:12

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