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CHAPTER 2 

 

 

The Emergence of the Nazarenes

Another way for us to overcome the Lying Pen of the Scribes and the overwhelming pagan influence in Christian Doctrine is to know what those who followed the Messiah believed. This will give us a foundation from which to build and to compare what is believed today 2,000 years later.

Yahusha did not believe he was “God” or even a “god”. He denied it again and again as we shall see later. But what of his disciples, and the Nazarenes who were known as his followers? What did they believe?

Wouldn’t this be helpful if you had been taught this in your Church? By your pastor, your Sunday School teacher or even your parents? All we are ever taught is the Nicaean Creed that came out of the most abominable pagan council in human history (the Council of Nicaea) as if THAT is what we are supposed to believe. And we never question it, even though we are warned the Greeks twisted the Scriptures and we would be led astray be The Spirit of the False Messiah in the end.

2 Peter 3:16

Sha’ul writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people twist, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

 

1 Timothy 4:1

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the Faith (that Yahusha came in the flesh outside of any Divine influence) and follow deceiving spirits (Incarnation, the Spirit of the False Messiah, 1 John 4:1-3; 12) and things taught by demons (that the Creator came to Earth and died).

They believed Yahusha to be the fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll

We do know what the first century believers in Israel believed. They were called Nazarenes for a specific reason. Nazarene  means “follower of the Branch”. Yahusha was known as the Branch because he fulfilled The Heavenly Scroll, that is what made him the Messiah (King) NOT that he was a demi-god. It is in His Word written in the stars where the Prophets read of the King being “the Branch”.

Psalm 89:2
I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithful promise (Logos) of salvation in The Heavenly Scroll itself.

 

Psalm 119:89
Your Word (Logos / Dabar), Yahuah, is Eternal; it Stands Firm written in The Heavenly Scroll.

Daniel 4:35
"All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will written in the host of heaven (The Zodiac which hosts constellations. Constellations “host stars)

It is in the constellations VIRGO and ORION where the coming King is announced in the stars as being the Branch:

VIRGO
A young maiden will give a virgin birth (the Branch will open her womb and be the firstborn and heir) to a beautiful glorious and Righteous branch. The seed of the woman will be a man of humiliation to rise to be the desire of nations and will become exalted first as shepherd (High Priest/Spring Feasts) then as harvester (Conquering King/Fall Feasts).

 

ORION the Light Bearer and Son of Man
below are the star names that tell the story of ORION:

•Star name: Betelgeuse = The coming of the branch.
•Star name Rigol = the foot that crushes the serpent.
•Star name Al Nitak = the wounded one (wounded by the Dragon/Serpent).

 

Story behind the pictograph of ORION:
The coming prince of peace, the light (of the World), the one who holds the double-edged sword in his hand (the Word of Yahuah), he is the coming of The Branch, the one wounded by the serpent, the foot that crushes the head of the serpent.”

For more information on the Plan of Salvation to send a human King and High Priest written in the stars called The Heavenly Scroll or “Mazzaroth”, please read my book Creation Cries Out! The Mazzaroth.


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So, a Nazarene is anyone who has faith that Yahusha fulfilled The Heavenly Scroll not that he was “God in the flesh”.

Daniel 4:35

"All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will written in the host of heaven (The Zodiac which hosts constellations. Constellations “host stars”)

 

Hebrews 10:7
“"THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK (in heaven) IT IS WRITTEN OF ME, I WILL DO YOUR WILL, O GOD (Matthew 6:10, written in the hosts of heaven Daniel 4:35).'"

 

Matthew 6:10

Your kingdom (declared in heaven) come, Your will be done, on earth as it is (written) in (the) heaven(ly scroll Daniel 4:35).

Guardians of the Torah, Prophets, and Messiah

Nazarenes were spoken of in the Dead Sea Scrolls as Guardians of The Torah, Prophets, and The Messiah. It is a mistranslation in our Bibles where it says “Jesus of Nazareth”, it should read “Yahusha the Nazarene”. The English word “Nazarene” (Greek “Nazaraios,” Aramaic “Natsraya,” or Hebrew “Notsri”) comes from the Hebrew word netser (branch), which itself, is derived from the verb natsar which means; “to guard, watch, keep, or preserve.” in context speaking of, The Torah.

  http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/nas/natsar.html

 The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon - Strong's Number: 5341

Transliterated Word – Natsar the root of Notsri or Nazarene

Definition: to guard, watch, watch over, keep (Qal) to watch, guard, keep, to preserve, guard from dangers, to keep, observe, guard with fidelity, to guard, keep secret, to be kept close, be blockaded, watchman (participle)

This is speaking in context of The Torah, Prophets, and The Messiah (King promised in the stars). All Nazarenes were to keep and observe The Torah, guard it, watch over it and protect it! They were fierce opponents of all forms of paganism (Sunday, Trinity, Easter, Christmas, Incarnation) including the Babylonian Talmud and Hellenism (the worship of Greek/Babylonian gods).

The Nazarenes rejected Incarnation outright and any concept associated with Babylonian demi-gods. They rejected the Virgin Birth, Proclaimed the Name of The Creator, followed the ancient Enochian Path (Enoch Calendar and Enoch Zodiac) and rejected Hesus Horus Krishna (Jesus H. Christ 666-as written in Greek) the Roman Christ at that time later to be associated with the Messiah.

We see going back to the first few centuries AD, it was The Nazarenes who were “complete Jews”, who understood the Torah/Prophets, and how the Messiah fulfilled them. Let us examine the first-hand witness accounts of The Nazarenes and discern who they were and what they believed. Did they believe back then, what is taught today… Incarnation? Remember, they knew and were taught personally by Yahusha (or one of his direct disciples).

So, whatever they believed, is what Yahusha taught them… this should be our foundation in Truth! Not the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine’s version at the Council of Nicaea (the Nicaean Creed) some 3 centuries later! I will declare the Nazarene Creed later in this book with scriptural proofs.

 


 

Nazarenes were “complete Jews”

The Christian Church Father Epiphanius tells us:

Epiphanius; Panarion 29:9:4, A.D. 374.

“But these sectarians… did not call themselves Christians – but “Nazarenes” [Natsarim] . . . However they are simply complete Jews. They use not only the New Testament but the Old Testament as well, as the Jews do… They have no different ideas, but confess everything exactly as The Law proclaims it and in the Jewish fashion – except for their belief in Messiah, if you please! For they acknowledge both the Resurrection of the dead and the Divine Creation of all things, and declare that God is One, and that His son is Yahusha The Messiah. They are trained to a nicety in Hebrew. For among them the entire Law (Torah), the Prophets, and the… Writings … are read in Hebrew, as they surely are by the Jews. They are different from the Jews, and different from Christians, only in the following. They disagree with Jews because they have come to Faith in Messiah; but since they are still fettered by The Law – Circumcision, the Sabbath, and the rest – they are not in accord with Christians . . . they are nothing but Jews… They have the Gospel according to Matthew in its entirety in Hebrew. For they still preserve this, in the Hebrew alphabet, as it was originally written.”

So far, we can say that a Nazarene:

·         Those who follow the Branch foretold in the stars.

·         Is a “complete Jew” who accept both the Tanakh and the Brit Chadashah (the OT and NT).

·         Kept the Law in the same fashion as Jews, but with ‘intent’ not bound to the letter.

·         Accepted Yahusha as The Messiah.

·         Believed in One God, Yahuah, and that Yahusha is His Firstborn Son, adopted upon his Mikveh!

·         Looked to the Hebraic Mindset and language for understanding and rejected the Greek Hellenistic Mindset.

·         Keep Circumcision, the Sabbath, and Holy Days.

·         Preserve the Hebrew Alphabet to maintain the pictograph nature of Paleo Hebrew.

Nazarenes originated as Essenes

Much more can be discerned about the Nazarenes by examining their origin as Essenes and Ebionites. John the Immerser, filled with the Spirit of Elijah, the Great Nazarene Teacher of Righteousness, as he is called in the Dead Sea Scrolls, was followed by the Essenes. The Essenes became known as Nazarenes once John taught them to put their faith in the Branch foretold in the stars. John taught them The Heavenly Scroll as his father the priest Zechariah prophesied, he would:

Matthew 3:1-3
1 In those days John the Immerser came teaching The Way (Zodiac means ‘path’ or ‘way’), preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, Repent, for The Kingdom proclaimed in The Heavenly Scroll is near (the Branch/Messiah/King foretold in the stars was at hand). 3 This is he who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah: A voice of one calling in the wilderness (restoring The Heavenly Scroll – ‘the rising Sun will come to us from The Heavenly Scroll’), prepare (the people to walk) The Way for their King (Luke 1:77-79), making his path straight through Mikveh.

 

Luke 1

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High (for proclaiming The Heavenly Scroll/Plan of Salvation); for you will go on before the Messiah to prepare THE WAY for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins (through MIKVEH called The Way), 78 because of the tender mercy of our Elohim, BY WHICH THE RISING SUN WILL COME TO US FROM THE HEAVENLY SCROLL! 79 TO SHINE ON THOSE LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF DARKNESS AND DEATH (ORION is “the light of the world”), to guide our feet into the path of peace (as 'The Prince of Peace' Isaiah 6:9 to re-unite the two houses meaning of the constellation CANCER).”

 

Note, for the sake of maintaining the integrity of the quote below, I do not replace the name Jesus with Yahusha. Please just replace the name of the False Messiah with the name of the True Messiah in your head as you read along with this quote. That is not the point I am demonstrating here:

From “Ebionites & Nazarenes: Tracking the Original Followers of Jesus” by James Tabor:

This Ebionite/Nazarene movement was made up of mostly Jewish followers of John the Baptizer and later Jesus, who were concentrated in Palestine and surrounding regions and led by “James the Just” (the brother of Jesus), and flourished between the years 30-80 C.E. Non-Jews were certainly part of the mix but the dominant ethos of the group was an adherence to live according to Jewish law (Galatians 2:14). They were zealous for the Torah and continued to observe the mitzvot (Commandments) as enlightened by their Rabbi and Teacher Jesus…

 

I am convinced that Nazarene comes from the Hebrew word Netzer (drawn from Isaiah 11:1) and means “a Branch”—so the Nazarenes were the “Branchites” or followers of the one they believed to be the Branch–that is the Davidic Messiah…

 

They too, referred to themselves as the Way, the Poor, the Saints, the New Covenanters, Children of Light, and so forth. Perhaps their most common designation was the Yachad–the brotherhood or community, and they referred to themselves as brother and sister (Hebrews 2:11). They were bitterly opposed to the corrupt Priests in Jerusalem, to the Herods, and even to the Pharisees whom they saw as compromising with that establishment to get Power and influence from the Hellenistic/Roman Powers.

 

They had their own developed Halacha (interpretation of Torah by intent not letter), some aspects of which Jesus picks up (ideal of no divorce, not using oaths, etc., and sermon on the mount). They followed one they called the True Teacher (Teacher of Righteousness) whom most scholars believe lived in the 1st century BCE and was opposed and possibly killed by the Hasmonean King/Priests at the instigation of the Pharisees. John the Baptizer seems to arise out of this context (and possibly the Great Notsri?) and rekindle the apocalyptic fervor of the movement in the early decades of the first century CE. Jesus joined this movement, and it remains our best insight into the conceptual world of an apocalyptic, messianic, movement of this period, akin to the Jesus movement. Later, when Christianity developed in the 3rd and 4th centuries and gradually lost its Jewish roots and heritage, largely severing its homeland connections, the Gentile, Roman Catholic Church historians began to refer to Ebionites and Nazarenes as two separate groups—and indeed, by the late 2nd century there might have been a split between these mostly Jewish followers of Jesus (but they were one in the same in the first century). The distinction these writers make (and remember, they (Christians) universally despise these Nazarenes (true followers of Jesus) and call them “Judaisers”)

 

They describe the Nazarenes more positively as those who accept Paul (with caution) and believe in some aspect of the divinity of Jesus (after his Resurrection), even possibly the virgin birth (as a sign) but viewed him as “adopted” as Son of God at his baptism. What we have to keep in mind in reading these accounts from the Church fathers is that they are strongly prejudiced against any form of what they call “Judaizing” among Christians and they share the view that “Christianity” has replaced Judaism entirely overthrowing the Torah for both Gentile and Jew.

 

As far as “beliefs” of the Ebionites, the documents of the New Testament, critically evaluated, are our best sources, including some of the fragmentary traditions still embedded in the book of Acts (7:37-53). There are fragments and quotations surviving from their Hebrew Gospel tradition (see A. F. J. Klijn, Jewish-Christian Gospel Tradition, E. J. Brill, 1992), the so-called Pseudo-Clementine materials, as well as some of the traditions reflected in texts such as the “Hebrew Matthew” preserved by Ibn Shaprut, and now published in a critical edition by George Howard (The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Mercer University Press, 1995). Based on what we can reliably put together from these sources we can say the Ebionite or Nazarene movement could be distinguished by the following views:

 

1) Jesus as a human being (SARKI: in the flesh) with father and mother but designated a “Prophet like Moses,” or “the Anointed of the Spirit,” who will be revealed in Power as the “Son of Man coming in the Clouds of heaven,” following his rejection and death (Acts 7:37; Luke 4:18-19; Mark 10:35-45; 13:26-27).

 

2) Disdain for eating meat and even the Temple slaughter of animals, preferring the ideals of the pre-Flood diet and what they took to be the original ideal of worship (see Genesis 9:1-5; Jeremiah 7:21-22; Isaiah 11:9; 66:1-4). This reflects a general interest in seeking the “Path (of Enoch)” reflected in the pre-Sinai revelation, especially the time from Enoch to Noah. For example, divorce was shunned, as violating the Edenic ideal, even though technically it was later allowed by Moses (Mark 10:2-11).

 

3) Dedication to following the whole Torah, as applicable to Israel and to Gentiles, but through the “easy yoke” or the “Torah of liberty” of their Teacher Jesus, which emphasized the Spirit of the Biblical Prophets in a restoration of the “True Faith,” the Ancient Paths (Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 11:28-30; James 2:8-13; Matthew 5:17-18; 9:13; 12:7), from which, by and large, they believed the establishment Jewish groups of 2nd Temple times had departed.

 

4) Rejection of the “doctrines and traditions” of men, which they believed had been added to the pure Torah of Moses, including scribal alterations of the texts of Scripture (Jeremiah 8:8).


 

Full context and beliefs of the first century Nazarenes

We can now add to our list of what a Nazarene” believes, and we come to a very good idea of the fundamental ideas, concepts, and beliefs one would require to be called a true “Nazarene” today:

·         A “complete Jew” who accept both the Tanakh and the Brit Chadashah (the OT and NT).

·         Keeps the Law in the same fashion as Jews, but by intent and liberty not just the letter as Yahusha taught us.

·         Accepts the Messiah as the Branch, fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll.

·         Believes in One God, Yahuah, and that Yahusha is His Firstborn-again son at his Mikveh.

·         Looks to the Hebraic Mindset and language for understanding.

·         Keeps Circumcision, the Sabbath, and Holy Days.

·         Believes Yachad was through Covenant and Family as we are Echad with Yahuah our Father and Yahusha is our brother NOT our god.

·         Bitterly opposed to the corrupt Priests in Jerusalem, to the Herods, and even to the Pharisees whom they saw as compromising with that establishment to get Power and influence from the Hellenistic/Roman Powers.

·         Had their own developed Halacha (interpretation of Torah), they did not rely on or accept Rabbinical interpretations.

·         Universally despised by pagan Gentile Christianity and called “Judaisers”) …

·         Accepts Sha’ul (with caution as his writings were twisted by the Greeks) and believe in some aspect of the Divinity of Yahusha (post Resurrection when he was begotten Divine by the Power of the Resurrection), even possibly the virgin birth (as a sign fulfilling The Heavenly Scroll VIRGO) but viewed him as “Adopted” as Son of God at his baptism.

·         Understood Yahusha was a human being with father and mother (meaning of the word “flesh” in Hebrew ‘Sarki’) but designated a “Prophet like Moses,” or “the Anointed of the Spirit,” who will be revealed in Power as the “Son of Man coming in the Clouds of heaven (an idiom for fulfilling ORION in The Heavenly Scroll)”.

·         Rejects the name Iesous (Jesus, Hesus, Esus) in favor of the Hebrew name of the Messiah which to them was Yahusha not “Yeshua” which is the modern mistranslation in Hebrew.

·         Rejects the label Christian as being a very bad label identifying those who follow the pagan demi-gods called Christs Hesus, Horus, and Krishna.

·         Uses the Sacred Name of the Father in public, calling upon Yahuah without using titles which infuriated the Pharisees.

·         Seeks the ancient “Path” of Enoch and the pre-flood ancestors (i.e., understood and put their Faith in The Heavenly Scroll and kept the Enoch Calendar).

·         Dedicated to following the whole Torah, as applicable to Israel and to Gentiles, but through the “easy yoke” or the “Torah of Liberty” of their Teacher Yahusha the Messiah.

·         Rejections of the “doctrines and traditions” of men, which they believed had been added to the pure Torah of Moses, including scribal alterations of the texts of Scripture (Jeremiah 8:8).

Nazarenes today are those true followers of Yahusha who Proclaim the Spirit of Yahuah (the He did not come ‘in the flesh or die’; He is Invisible, Immortal, and Spirit) all others have committed Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit in following pagan Rome and the Babylonian concept of the Divine… the Trinity and “God came to Earth in sinful flesh as his own son and died”.

The Religions of Ancient Greece and Babylonia, by A. H. Sayce. pages 229-230
Many of the theories of Egyptian religion, modified and transformed no doubt, have penetrated into the theology of Christian Europe, and form, as it were, part of the woof in the web of modern religious thought. Christian theology was largely organized and nurtured in the schools of Alexandria, and Alexandria was not only the meeting place of East and West, it was also the place where the decrepit theology of Egypt was revivified by contact with the speculative philosophy of Greece. Perhaps, however, the indebtedness of Christian theological theory to ancient Egyptian dogma is nowhere more striking than in the doctrine of the Trinity. The very terms used of it by Christian theologians meet us again in the inscriptions and papyri of Egypt. Originally the trinity was a triad like those we find in Babylonian mythology. The triad consisted of a Divine father, wife, and son. The father became the son and the son the father through all time, and of both alike the mother was but another form.

Didn’t Thomas declare Yahusha is Yahuah?

Did Thomas declare Yahusha God in the flesh? Or did Thomas declare Yahusha his Divine King, fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll?

AFTER being declared Divine by the Power of the Resurrection (Romans 1:2-4), not his human birth or at Creation, he appears to Thomas as the Divine King and Judge who represents the Power and Majesty of Yahuah. This is when Thomas rightfully declares Yahusha his Divine Ruler NOT “my LORD and my God” as it is translated!

There is only One “God” and that is Yahuah and that is the very foundation of our Salvation as Yahusha plainly taught earlier in Chapter 17. Yahusha declares exactly what I have just explained! That he is not “God” or “Yahuah came to Earth in the fleshly body” but rather he is the fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll who, at the fullness of time, followed The Way and gave his life at the Age of ARIES, was risen Divine, given his Glory as King as Yahuah promised, then he declared Yahuah the ONE and the ONLY GOD (the Greatest Commandment of all).

John 17:1-6
1 When Yahusha had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes and expressed his faith in The Heavenly Scroll, and said, “Father, the time has come to give my life at the end of the Age of ARIES. (when the Lamb dies); Glorify Your Son as You promised through Resurrection that the Son may Glorify You by demonstrating by example that The Way succeeds in delivering eternal life as promised in The Heavenly Scroll (LIBRA, CAPRICORNUS) not in The Law (Romans 8:1-4. Yahusha is the True Way that leads to eternal life, the Author of Eternal Salvation, the Forefather of Everlasting Life). 2 since You have given The Son of Man (ORION) authority over all flesh (LEO), to give eternal life (AQUARIUS) to all whom You have given him in marriage (PISCES). 3 And this is the foundation of eternal life (the Greatest Commandment), that they know you, the ONE and ONLY TRUE God, and (enter into covenant with) Yahusha The Messiah whom You have sent as mediating High Priest (The Suffering Servant VIRGO to pay the dowry LIBRA for his Bride AQUARIUS / PISCES and redeem her from death 1 Timothy 2:5). 4 I Glorified You on Earth by manifesting The Spiritual Kingdom, having accomplished the Work that You gave me to do as it is written in The Heavenly Scroll (Hebrews 10:7, Matthew 6:10). 5 And now, Father, Glorify me in your Own Presence through Resurrection (CAPRICORNUS); and seat me at Your Right Hand on The Throne of Heaven (Matthew 22:44) and give me my Kingdom (LEO, Daniel 7, Revelation 5); the Glory that I had with you as Conquering King (LEO / ORION) as promised (Genesis 1:1, Logos / DEBAR H1696 ‘Spoken Promise’) before the world existed written (on Day 4) into the stars (Genesis 1:14 – ‘stars are for SIGNS’, Enoch 35:3 – ‘Yahuah created the Great and Splendid SIGNS of the Zodiac) as a witness to all mankind (Psalm 19, Enoch 35:3, Psalm 119:89, Psalm 89:2) 6 I have revealed Your Name to those You have given me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to me (as my Bride ARIES), and they have kept The Word of Your Testimony (Revelation 12:17).…

If Thomas proclaimed Yahusha the LORD and GOD or LORD GOD as in Yahuah in the flesh he would have committed blasphemy and lost his Salvation. Salvation is found in the declaration of The Shema that Yahuah is the One and Only God (John 17:3). No, Thomas did not say that… he rightfully declared Yahusha his Divine (upon Resurrection) King (Messiah).

Thomas spoke these words in Aramaic (ancient Hebrew) not in Greek. The Greeks twisted his words to create a false image of The Messiah to worship!

2 Peter 3:15-16
as also our beloved brother Sha’ul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people (Greeks) twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

He did not say “my Lord and my God” he declared properly and testified that Yahusha was his Elohim which means Divine Ruler/Judge, Representative of Yahuah’s Power and Majesty. Yahusha had just been declared Divine and ascended as “a Lamb that had been slaughtered” and given his Glory as King and seated on the Throne in Heaven. He then returned to them and this is when Thomas made that statement. Not when he was ‘human’ or ‘in the flesh’! Yahusha taught this to his Disciples, that is why Thomas made that declaration! The Greeks twisted the text to promote The Spirit of the False Messiah and elevated “Jesus” as “God” which is blasphemy. In both Hebrew and Greek, the words they translated as “God” does not always mean Yahuah, the primary meaning is His Divine Ruler/Judge and Representative which is the PRIMARY definition of those words… God is a secondary implication only.

 Strong's #2316: THEOS
As a figure of speech, "A Magistrate" or a "Supreme Divinity." or "godly" (like GOD or an Image of GOD or one of the "Children of GOD”) or even GOD (However, GOD is only listed as a choice, because GOD has Godly qualities, is Divine, and is also Supreme, but God is not the only one with those qualities).

 

Note: Strong's Concordance only lists God as a last choice, because anyone that has received GOD's Holy Spirit or Righteous Character has GOD like qualities; and The Messiah certainly has Godly qualities. As a matter of fact, all of YAHUAH's/Yahuah’s "Chosen Few" (elohiym or Godly Children) can be referred to as a Theos.

 

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