By Dr. Y’Shua Yisrael
The 21st century has provided Africans an enlightened vista from which to re-evaluate previously held assumptions about God, reincarnation, salvation, The Messiah, vicarious blood atonement, and the nature of reality. This is owed in part, to the remarkable strides that Africans have gained in the quest for autonomy, and self-realization through literacy. Going forward, greater courage will be needed to dismantle the intricately designed web of deception and lies that constitute our consciousness-based, quagmire. The religious-based paradigm has stultified the evolutionary momentum of African Americans and hidden our spiritual destiny. This condition is caused primarily by the powerless external religion we inherited. Powerless because the Hebrew words and their meanings were mistranslated, Anglicized, and misinterpreted. For example, the word Maschiach means anointed. However, in the anglicized translation, the word Maschiach is mistranslated and rendered, as Savior or Messiah. Ironically, in the Torah, the Yehudim (Jews) are a kingdom of priest, and a Holy Nation chosen by God himself in Exodus 19:6. Therefore, Judaism does not long for a savior. Rather, the Yehudim awaits the coming of The Maschiach. The Maschiach will usher humanity into a new age of harmony, peace, and international brotherhood. There have been many anointed Jews with spiritual charisms like Elijah who even raised the dead. The anticipated Maschiach will not be a Demi-god but a charismatic Jewish man born of the union between a man and a woman. The Maschiach earthly mission is to achieve four sacred objectives:
1. Build the third temple ( Ezekiel 37:26-28)
2. Gather all Jews back to the land of Israel (Isaiah 43: 5-6).
3. Usher in an era of peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering, and disease. “Nation shall not lift up sword against nations, neither shall man learn war anymore (Isaiah 2:4).
4. Spread universal knowledge of God, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: “God will be king over all the world on that day, God will be one and his name one ( Zechariah 14:9). No individual in history has completed these four sacred objectives. This notwithstanding, there have been several charismatic individuals who have been acclaimed as Messiah by their followers. For example, Simon Bar Kokhba the leader of the Jewish revolt against Rome in 132 CE, Sabbatai Tzvi in 1648, and Jesus of Nazareth by Christianity. However, before the Maschiach can be proclaimed, the following prophecies must be fulfilled and, so far, they have not been.
Jeremiah 31:34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man, his brother, saying, know the Lord, for they shall all know me from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquities and their sins, I will remember no more.
Isaiah 60:15-18 Whereas as you have been forsaken and hated so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence a joy of many generations you shall drink the milk of the gentiles and; you shall know that I The Lord am your savior and your redeemer the mighty one of Jacob.
Hosea 2: 19-20: I will betroth you to me forever, yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness and justice in loving kindness and mercy; I will betroth you to me in faithfulness, and you shall know the LORD.
MICHA 4:1 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountain and shall be exalted above the hills, and the people shall flow to it nations shall say, come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord to the house of the God of Jacob for out of Zion shall go forth the words of the Lord from Jerusalem“.
ZEPHANIAH 3:9 For then I will restore to the people a pure language so they may call on the name of the Lord to serve him in one accord.
ZACHARIAH 8:23 Thus says the Lord of host: in those days 10 men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeves of a Yehudie man saying let us go with you for we have heard that God is with you”. ZACHARIAH 14:9 And the Lord shall be king over all the Earth in that day it shall be “the Lord is One and his name is One”.
Owing to these unfulfilled prophecies, Jesus could not possibly be the long-awaited Maschiach. Who then is Jesus to me? The name Jesus is a whitewashed, fabricated name, without meaning or mathematical equivalence in Hebrew. Jesus is a name etched into the minds and hearts of the descendants of slaves. The name Jesus is thought of as the only name in which there is salvation. The blue-eyed, blonde-haired white Jesus has been used to comfort, frighten, exploit, and manipulate the poor, through worship, veneration, and adoration. As I appreciate it, Jesus is a European cultural deity that was superimposed on the developing world during colonization. Whereas he is extolled as the prince of peace, in reality, he is not because there is no peace in Christendom. Africans and their descendants love Jesus, and the story of his suffering, death, and resurrection, because of a shared experience of universal rejection, crucifixion, and hope of resurrection. Objectively speaking, Jesus has proven to be neither a savior nor a deliverer of African people. When the authentic Maschiach comes, he will lead the world to Torah observation, and study. The Maschiach will engross the world in the wisdom inherent in the letters of the Torah; the Hebrew alphabet are primal spiritual forces designed and given to the world as a spiritual technology. The Hebrew letters in combinations and permutations constitute a holy language. The letters are eternal, as stated in Psalms 119:89, “Oh Lord, your words stand firm in the heavens “.
The Hebrew word Maschiach was mistranslated and this mistranslation serves to confuse the world.
The savagery of war, genocide, and current events in the world are incompatible with the messianic ideal of peace, unity, and the recognition of the One God. In conclusion, in light of the chaotic and seemingly, demonic grasp of the world, I ask that you join me and the House of Israel in our daily petitions for the transformation of these times and that Maschiach comes forthwith to enable the love of God and thy neighbors as thy self.
Dr. Yisrael teaches an introductory Hebrew reading course. Interested parties contact: For Babayshua@gmail.com.