| Association of Completed Jews (ACJ) |
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This "Association"; The "Association of Completed Jews", is open to any and all who consider themselves to be Completed through The CHRIST; Y'SHUA of Nazareth! First one must also consider themselves to be a Jew. Not necessarily by nationality related to the physical nation of Israel but by one's relationship with YHVH; the ONE and ONLY YHVH of the Jews as defined in Deuteronomy 6, where in the Complete Jewish Bible it reads... Deut 6:4 "Sh'ma, Yisra'el! ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad [Hear, Isra'el! ADONAI our God, ADONAI is one]; 5 and you are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources. Next one may be considered a Jew if YHVH has called them one! This means quite simply that they may be a Jew by birth as related to the nation of Israel or they have been grafted into this family; YHVH's family as is described by the Apostle Saul/Paul and written in his epistle to the congregation in Rome where it reads in the Power New Testament (PNT)... Rom. 11.1. Therefore I ask, did not God reject His people? May it not be! For also I myself am an Isreali, from the seed of Abraham, tribe of Benjamin. 2. God did not reject His people whom He knew beforehand. Or do you not know with Elijah what the Scripture says, as he intercedes with God with reference to Israel? 3. Lord, “They killed Your prophets, they tore down Your altars, and only I was left and they are seeking my life.” (1Ki 19:10,14) 4. But what does the divine statement say to him? “I reserved seven thousand men for Myself, who did not bend a knee to Baal.” (1Ki 19:18) 5. Then, just as also in the present time, a remnant has come into being according to the election of grace: 6. and if by grace, it is no longer by means of works, because, if it were, grace would no longer be grace. 7. Then what? What Israel is seeking, this it did not obtain, but the election did obtain: and the rest grew callous, 8. just as it has been written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, their eyes to not see and their ears to not hear, until this very day.” (Dt 29:4, Is 29:10, see also Is 6:10a) 9. And David said, “Their table must become a snare” and a trap “and into a stumbling block and for a repayment to them, 10. their eyes must darken so they could not see (Ps 69:22, 23 & 35:8) and their back must now always bend.” 11:11. Therefore I say, did they stumble so they would fall forever? God forbid! But by their transgression the salvation for the heathens is to provoke them to jealousy. (Dt 32:21) 12. And if their transgression is riches for the world and their loss riches for heathens, how much more will their fulfillment be riches. 11:13. But I am speaking to you heathens: then as long as I am indeed an apostle for heathens, I honor my ministry, 14. if somehow I could provoke my flesh to jealousy and I could rescue some of them. 15. For if their rejection of Him means reconciliation of the world, what is their acceptance by God if not life out of death? 16. And if the first fruits is holy, the whole batch is also: and if the root is holy, the branches are also. 11:17. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, since you are a wild olive, were yourself grafted into them, then you would be a participant for yourself of the richness of the root of the olive tree. 18. Stop boasting of the branches: but, if you do boast, you do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19. Therefore you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20. Just so: they were broken off by unbelief, but you have stood by faith. Do not be proud, but you must continually fear for yourself: 21. for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He in any way spare you. 22. You must now see the goodness and severity of God: on the one hand severity upon those who fell, but on the other hand goodness of God upon you, if you would remain in the goodness, otherwise you would be cut off. 23. And even these, if they would not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 24. For if you were cut off from the naturally wild olive tree and contrary to nature you were grafted into the cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted into their own cultivated olive tree. 11:25. For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, lest you become conceited, because dulled perception in part has come upon Israel until the fullness of the heathens would come in (Lk 21:24) 26. and in this way all Israel will be saved, just as it has been written, “The One Who rescues will come out of Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob. 27. and this is the covenant for them with Me, when I would take away their sins.” (Is 59:20,21) 28. On the one hand regarding the gospel they are enemies on account of you, but on the other hand regarding the election they are beloved because of the Fathers: 29. for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30. For just as you yourselves were once disobedient to God, but now you have been shown mercy by their disobedience, 31. then in this way now they have become disobedient, so that also they could now receive mercy themselves because of the mercy shown to you. 32. For God will completely shut up together all those who are in disobedience, so that He could be merciful with them all. 11:33. O the depth of riches and wisdom and knowledge of God: in the same manner His judgments are unfathomable and His ways are inscrutable, 34. “For who knew the mind of the Lord? or who became His councilor?” (Is 40:13, Job 15:8, Jr 23:18) 35. “or who has given in advance to Him, so He should repay him?” (Job 41:3) 36. Because all things are from Him and through Him and in Him: to Him be the glory forever, amen. The next point to consider is whether through Y'SHUA one is "complete" or whether one "MUST" still be completed by The Torah? Acts 15 offers this choice to us! It first offers us an example of a Incomplete Jew when it describes... Acts 15.1. And some who came down from Judea were teaching the brothers “Unless you would be circumcised in the custom of Moses, (Lv 12:3) you are not able to be saved.” Later in this chapter we read about those who ARE completed through Y’SHUA… Acts 15:8. And God, Who knows the heart, testified when He gave the Holy Spirit to them just as also to us 9. and nothing differentiates between us and them, since He cleansed their hearts by faith. 10. Now therefore why are you tempting God by placing a yoke on the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear? 11. But we believe that we are saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as also they are.” From this point on it no longer matters whether one upheld any portion of The Torah as being "required" or not (lived as the heathens did not upholding The Torah as being "required"). Therefore you may be considered a Completed Jew if... Through the sacrifice of Y'SHUA as the Lamb of YHVH offered to atone for your sins, you accept The YHVH of the Jewish people as your One and Only YHVH. It matters not whether you were born physical in descent from a Jew or not. It matters not whether you are "Torah observant" (one who feels legally bound to uphold any portion of The Torah as being"required") for through Y'SHUA all of The Torah has been fulfilled. It matters only that you are a Born Again Believer through the offering of Y'SHUA The CHRIST as your one and only atoning sacrifice for your sins. Through this sacrifice you have been grafted into or given life within the family tree of YHVH and are therefore now a "Completed Jew" through Him (Y'SHUA) by choice! Thus if you claim Y'SHUA as the sacrificial offering by YHVH to atone for your sins then you have been made Complete through Him; through Y'SHUA. YHVH has therefore grafted you into HIS family and now you are considered by HIM as a Completed Jew and may join this association. |