Excerpt from The Yahushaic Covenant Volume 1 by Rav Sha'ul Yahusha had to come to, and grow in, the knowledge of Yahuah! by Rav Sha'ul   So now I have shown clear scripture saying I am god, I have the fullness of deity in my body, I am the son of Yahuah, and I and my Father are one.  But I was not born this way.  I had to come to the knowledge of Yahuah, be sanctified by His Word, die to my fleshly body and be born again by the Spirit of Holiness.  What about Yahusha?  Was he born Yahuah in the flesh literally? Was Yahusha born perfect with no need of perfecting and growth?  Did Yahusha have a need to die to self will, and be reborn by the Spirit of Yahuah like me?  In short, was there something unique about Yahusha different than me?  Some of you may be thinking, “What is so important about this question?  What difference does it make?”  To those having such thoughts, my response is that it is a very important question, the answer of which has enormous implications! Yahuah, the Living God, is perfect.  He is all-powerful.  He has no need to "grow" in any way, shape, or form!  Therefore, if it can be shown that Yahusha the Messiah BECAME perfect or grew in wisdom and knowledge of Yahuah, then he was obviously not Yahuah but rather human like you and I!  Luke 2:40, 52 40 And the child (Yahusha) grew and became strong in spirit, (and became) filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor) of God was upon Him. ... 52 And Yahusha increased in wisdom and (increased in) stature, and (increased) in favor with Yahuah and men. Yahusha GREW in wisdom, strength, stature, etc., just like John the Baptist (see Luke 1:80).  This shows that Yahusha was not born "perfect" but BECAME perfected like all other righteous men of Israel (yet Yahusha was the most Anointed One).  Why or rather "how" could Yahuah grow in wisdom and favor with Himself?  I know, ridiculous...  And if Yahusha had to "become" better than the angels and Yahuah was Yahusha then WHO WAS IN CHARGE when Yahuah was not better than Angels?  Better yet if Yahuah died on the cross WHO RAISED HIM.  The biblical definition of death is "ceasing to exist in any way". Hebrews 1:4 4 having become so much better than the angels, as Yahusha has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. The entire doctrine of incarnation is a very slippery slope.  Anyone who believes in it is going to slide directly off the cliff.  Yahusha, like I, was not born perfect but had to be perfected over time and learn obedience to Yahuah! Trinitarians who believe in the incarnation (which is the spirit of the antichrist) are quick to take yet another sound bite out of context when they claim Yahusha emptied his himself of his deity and came to earth as Yahuah in the flesh.  This is called “implied doctrine” and not what this passage of scripture clearly teaches us.  Let me again overcome this “sound bite” and teach it in context of scripture: Philippians 2 5 Let this mind be in you (that Yahuah alone is the ONLY true God John 17:3) which was also in Yahusha the Messiah, 6 who, being in the form (human image) of Yahuah (full of deity i.e. being filled with Yahuah’s Spirit in full), 6 who, although Yahusha existed in the (human) form of Yahuah, did not regard equality with Yahuah a thing to be grasped (Yahusha thought it robbing Yahuah of His Glory, Yahusha said the doctrine of incarnation is a concept he could not even contemplate or grasp), 7 but made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men (according to the flesh i.e. born human Romans 1:1-6). 8 And being found in appearance as a man (not a god or demi-god), He humbled himself (before Yahuah) and became obedient (to the will of Yahuah) to the point of death, even the death of the stake. 9 Therefore Yahuah also has highly exalted Yahusha (they are not the same being nor are they equal) and (Yahuah) has given Yahusha (upon resurrection) the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Yahusha every knee should bow (in respect to authority not divine worship), of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess ((Strongs #3670, homologeo, enters into a marriage covenant)) that Yahusha the Messiah is our King, to the glory of Yahuah the Father (we bow in reverent respect to Yahusha as King and through Yahusha glory i.e. worship is reflected to Yahuah the only true God). What is said above is that Yahusha emptied himself of his selfish will and humbled himself before Yahuah’s will and in doing so became a servant of Yahuah’s.  Trinitarians are the first to point out how we are not perfect and must be perfected over a life of trials and tribulations.  We have to "learn obedience" by doing our own will, seeing the futility in it, and then submitting our will to Yahuah's.  But what about Yahusha?  Surely being Yahuah who came down and took up a body and called Himself Yahusha would have absolutely NO need of being perfected, Yahuah is perfect and incapable of anything less than perfection.  Surely Yahuah wouldn't have to "learn obedience" because by definition obedience IS His Will.  So, Yahusha actually being Yahuah, as Trinitarians claim, there is no way he would have to be perfected or learn obedience or even have a different will at all. Hebrews 5:8-9 NKJV 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience (to Yahuah) by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him (Yahuah), Yahusha actually DID have to learn obedience to Yahuah.  He was NOT perfect from birth but had to be perfected through suffering just like all men!  And we know Yahusha's will was not the same as Yahuah's when he cried out to Yahuah to "take this cross from me, but not MY WILL but YOURS be done".  We are so quick to be reminded that we do not know Yahuah but have to come to know Him.  That process is called sanctification as we grow in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding and perfected through trials and tribulations.  Yet we are never taught that Yahusha had the same need to grow in knowledge of Yahuah and in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding and Yahusha too had to be perfected through suffering trials and tribulations.  Yahusha set the example of sanctification through a life on Earth and obedience to Yahuah’s Will.  Next: Yahusha the human high priest

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