The Church (the light of the World)
&
the 12 tribes of Israel

What is the biblical relationship between Israel and the Church?

What is the ‘Church‘? Why did Yeshua say that he would build His Church? Where is the Church in Torah? And why didn’t He just say He was going to build Israel? What’s going on?

There is much confusion amongst Christians and even Torah based Messianic followers of Yeshua with regards to what the Church is and how it relates to Israel. This article I hope will put to rest age old arguments concerning spiritual and earthly Israel, the role of spiritual versus physical warfare & government. This article will I hope shed some light on the subject by contrasting and comparing the respective roles and relationships of the Church and Israel. 

We will refer to two main items in the Holy place of the temple, the Menorah and the table of Shewbread to contrast and compare the Church and Israel. The tabernacle and temple represent God’s physical and spiritual building plan for creation and unifying all things under Messiah. 



Eden’s Two trees symbolised

12 loaved table of Shewbread

Adam
Israel
Tribal (12)
Masculine

12
7 branched Menorah

Eve
Church – (Adat Israel)
Congregational (7)
Feminine (from Adam)

7



The Church & Israel Contrasted

  • the Church came out of Israel just as Eve came forth from Adam
  • the Church is related to the 7 branched Menorah
    while Israel is related to the 12 loaved table of Shewbread
  • the Church relates more to the heavenlies while Israel relates more to the earthly.
  • the Church is above while Israel is below.
  • the Church is feminine while Israel is masculine
  • the Church started with the Jews with a large Jewish Component
    was gentile for most of the last nearly 2000 years of Messiah
    the Church will end with the Jews with a large Jewish Component


The Churches Role

  • the Church is the bride of Messiah
  • the Church is literally the Congregation of Israel (Adat Israel) that rules above the 12 tribes of Israel during the 1000 year rule of Messiah.
  • the Churches warfare is spiritual while Israel’s warfare is physical
    the Church does not take up arms, while Israel does!

Awakening of Adam

  • Israel, like Adam has been sleeping while a rib from His side was formed to become the Church, the congregation, Adat Israel.
  • When Messiah Yeshua returns,
    Israel (Adam) shall awake to the Church, Adat Israel (Eve) and the two shall become one.
    Israel is already beginning to wake up from it’s slumber.
  • The awakening of the lost tribes of the ‘House of Israel’ and the Jews of the ‘House of Judah’ is happening in the context of the near completion of the church as the Age of the Gentiles and Church age gradually draw to a close. We are drawing close to the 1000 year Sabbath with the footsteps of the Messiah.

The Whore

  • Not everything that is called ‘the Church’ is ‘the Church’. There is a difference between the Bride and the Whore. The Roman Catholic Church is the main embodyment of the whore of Revelation but she shall take on her final fully Babylonian form as the two houses of Israel come together. The whore is also composed of her protestant daughters that return to their Mother Church Whore. The Vatican shall burn but that will not be the end of the whore. She shall take residence in the land of Shinar according to the prophecy in Zechariah chapter 5. This will be literal last days Mystery Babylon. See the article ‘Spaceport Babylon‘ and it’s accompanying blog articles for details. Ultimately all religions will be gathered together under the head of Babylon. Rome is just the legs of Iron, but Babylon is the Golden head that controls it all. The worship of Babylon shall be the worship of mother earth and the beast.
  • The ecclesiastical whore shall ride her masculine counterpart, the Beast, the final last days gentile political and government system of the Antichrist. Religion rides politics. She is drunk with the blood of the Holy ones. But thankfully the whore is burnt by fire by the beast. The punishment for witchcraft is death (Exodus 22:18). The punishment for a whoring priests daughter is to be burnt by fire (Leviticus 21:9). So if you want to play the part of Madonna the whore then you also have to pay the price. Once the Babylonian whore institution is destroyed, it’s members will burn forever in Hell and then the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14).

In the previous companion article titled ‘God’s Image‘ we concentrated on the male aspect of the image of God. In this article we will concetrate on the female aspect of the image of God and tie the two aspects together.

We know from scripture that a remnant of the 10 lost tribes of Israel have been brought back to the Father through the good news of Messiah Yeshua. And we know that they shall return to the land of Israel in the last days to join with the believing remnant of their Jewish brethren (see article, the ‘Regathering of the 10 Lost Tribes‘). The Messiah has been gathering in the remnant of Israel and the remnant of the nations that believe on His name also. 

But this article deals with the very nature of what the ‘Church‘ actually is and how it relates to ‘Israel‘. We will see that the Church came from Israel and how it is distinct and yet still a part of Israel. The Church is the ‘Congregation of Israel‘, ‘AdatIsrael‘. It is the more feminine part of the more masculine nation of Israel. The Symbol for Adat Israel (the Church) is the Menorah. The Church, ‘Adat Israel’, made up of Jew and Gentile will rule over Israel when Yeshua returns.

Eve was formed from Adam

God formed Eve from Adam’s Rib

Eve was formed from Adam’s rib (and she’s been ‘ribbing’ him ever since!).

As already stated in the Article ‘God’s Image‘, ‘Adam‘ (אדם) was formed from the ground, which in Hebrew is called ‘Adamah‘ (אדמה). Thus the male Adam came from the female ground.

This is no coincidence but neither does it imply that we should worship the earth as pagans do. Remember that the ground, ‘Adamah’ was created. We are not to worship creation, but the creator. In Romans chapter one we are told how the nations after the flood became unthankful and turned away from God to worship idols and physical creation.Romans 1:25  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Then we see that the female came from the male. And she was made for him. He was not made for her.1 Corinthians 11:9  Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

The first female comes from the first male in that order. Eve is formed from Adam, or from a Rib from Adam.

וַיַּפֵּל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־הָאָדָם וַיִּישָׁן וַיִּקַּח אַחַת מִצַּלְעֹתָיו וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה׃
  
וַיִּבֶן יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַצֵּלָע אֲשֶׁר־לָקַח מִן־הָֽאָדָם לְאִשָּׁה וַיְבִאֶהָ אֶל־הָֽאָדָם׃ 

וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּאת׃
21  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 

22  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 

23  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis 2:21-23

So the woman comes from the man and is made for Him, from his rib, she is part of his body. And just as Adam was put into a deep sleep while the Lord took a rib from his side so too has Israel has been asleep in dispersion during most of the Churches history as the Church has been formed. The Church is the feminine compliment of Israel. And the Church shall soon become part of Israel once more.We will now have a look at what the Church is and how this relates to the passage quoted above because it is surely prophetic of the Church which was formed out of Israel, from the same flesh!

What is the Church?

In the article, the ‘Mission of Ben Adam‘ we looked at what Yeshua came to do to restore the image of God, both male and female, including restoring individuals and Israel. And we touched on the fact that Yeshua came to build His Church.

In the above article we also saw that after many generations Messiah Yeshua would regather both houses of Israel. This physical restoration of the nation of Israel including the ‘House of Judah’ and the ‘House of Israel’ would occur at some period after the Church is nearing completion.

Before we find out what the Church is let’s read Yeshua’s declaration concerning it.Matthew 16:18-19  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, 
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  

19  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

So what is the ‘Church‘ that Messiah Yeshua said that he will build? Where in Israel was there a church? Which Sunday school did Moses go to, or John the Baptist for that matter? The word appears in Matthew 16:18, 18:17 and numerous times in Acts from Acts 2:47 onwards. If you read the Epistles of Paul or the other Apostles you will find them usually addressed to one of the local Churches. So what is a church?

The English Word ‘Church’
The english word ‘church’ has Greek origins according to some dictionaries. But this word is merely a translation from the Greek New Testament word ‘ecclesia’. The ‘Strongs Concordance’ definition is as follows;

G1577 ἐκκλησία
From a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; a calling out, that is, (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both): - assembly, church.

The Church in the Wilderness
So there you have it, the Church just refers to a local Israelite/Jewish assembly of people.The book of Acts uses the word Church (‘ecclesia’ ἐκκλησία – in Greek) to refer to the Israelite encampment in the time of Moses during their 40 year trek through the wilderness.Acts 7:37-38  This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.  38  This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

This is very insightful because there was a ‘Church’ or assembly of people within the greater populace of the 12 tribes of Israel. But of course the word ‘Church’ is an english word. The assembly was like a house of representatives, it was a subset of all Israel.
So when it says that the ‘congregation of Israel‘ stood before Moses or did this or that it is not speaking of the entire Israelite encampment of the 12 tribes but only their representatives.

Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
דַּבְּרוּ אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר בֶּעָשֹׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְיִקְחוּ לָהֶם אִישׁ שֶׂה לְבֵית־אָבֹת שֶׂה לַבָּיִת׃ 

Exodus 12:3

This term ‘Congregation of Israel‘ appears nine times in the Torah.

Exodus 12:3,6,19,47; Leviticus 4:13; 16:17; Numbers 16:9; 32:4; Deuteronomy 31:30; 

In Hebrew it is ‘Adat Israel‘, עדת ישׂראל.

H5712 עדה ‛êdâh
Feminine of H5707 in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage (specifically a concourse, or generally a family or crowd): - assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713.

Very interestingly the Hebrew word for congregation (Edah, עדה, from which we get the plural Adat, עדת) is a feminine word. And so the congregation has a feminine quality.

What Yeshua came to build was  ‘Adat Israel‘, עדת ישׂראל, the ‘congregation of Israel‘, which is the feminine counterpart to the more masculine 12 tribes of Israel. 
An Evil Congregation (Church)

Unfortunately the ‘Congregation of Israel‘ in the days of Moses was called an ‘evil congregation‘. They did not display faith in God, but doubt. And this was despite the numerous awesome miracles performed including the ten plagues of Egypt, the exodus itself, the parting of the red sea, the destruction of Pharoahs chariots, the Pillar of Fire by night and cloud by day, the Manna that fell from Heaven, the water that flowed from the Rock and on and on. No matter what God did, this evil congregation did nothing but doubt and complain. 

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
עַד־מָתַי לָ
עֵדָה הָֽרָעָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה מַלִּינִים עָלָי אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּות בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה מַלִּינִים עָלַי שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

Numbers 14:27

I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי אִם־לֹא זֹאת אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לְכָל־הָעֵדָה הָֽרָעָה הַזֹּאת הַנֹּועָדִים עָלָי בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִתַּמּוּ וְשָׁם יָמֻֽתוּ׃

Numbers 14:35

So it was not just the average Israelite that complained, it was also the members of their congregation, the congress of the people as it were. It was their leaders that complained (except of course for Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb who were faithful of course).  God is looking for a faithful congregation full of faith. The testing of our faith is like the refining fire for Gold. 

The ‘congregation of Israel‘, ‘Adat Israel‘, עדת ישׂראל, is like the lower House of Parliament under the smaller upper house of parliament made up of the ’70 cabinet ministers’ of the 70 elders (which was later called the ‘Sanhedrin‘). In the new testament the church (‘Adat Israel‘) is related to the seven branched Menorah which is the symbolic metaphor used in the book of Revelation. Israel itself is related to the 12 loaves of the table of Shewbread because it is made up of 12 tribes. We will compare these two entities later on. At least now you can see that the Church is really the assembly or congregation of Israel, it is a subset of representatives from all 12 tribes of Israel. It is more a congregational thing, not primarily a tribal thing. It is composed of members of the 12 tribes and gentile proselytes but it is a separate entity related to the number 12.  

We will touch on some of these things later but first lets have a look at some more connections. 

The Menorah between the Cherubim

The tabernacle and temple were symbolic of the heavenly court (Hebrews 8:5). Solomon’s Temple had four Cherubim in the Holy of Holies. Two were part of the Ark’s solid Gold Atonement Cover (Mercy seat). The other two were the ones made of Olive Tree (Olive wood). Thus making four in total.

Of course Zechariah’s vision of the two witnesses/Olive trees is related to these two cherubim that were in Solomon’s Temple in the Holy of Holies. These two witnesses can represent the two houses of Israel, the two tablets of the 10 commandments and the word of God in general. The number two is related to the idea of witness. The Man was made in the image of God, both male and female.  Both Olive trees pour their oil into the Menorah (Candlestick).

Again I should emphasise that the two trees can symbolise the two Houses of Israel, the ‘House of Judah’ and the ‘House of Israel’. So in this sense they supply the oil for the Menorah. In fact in the Torah the Israelites were commanded to supply this oil for the lamp.

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, 
that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Exodus 27:20

וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 
וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית לַמָּאֹור לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִֽיד׃

Israel supplies light to the Menorah. From Revelation 1,2 & 3 we know that the Menorah symbolises the Church, ‘Adat Israel‘. So the Menorah is considered a separate entity from Israel, it is the ‘congregation of Israel‘ and Israel is to supply it’s oil. The oil is ‘beaten for light‘. The affliction of Israel produces the Holy spirit unction that fuels the ‘congregation of Israel’, the Church. So we can see that Israel and the church are linked through the oil. 

The Menorah (7 branched Candlestick) is called ‘She’ in Hebrew. The light comes from the lighting of Olive Oil. In Numbers 4:16 we are told that the Levitical Priest Eleazar (Lazarus in Greek) is responsible for the Oil for light. But in both Exodus 27:20 and Leviticus 24:2 we are told that the children of Israel are to bring the oil for light. Oil is a metaphor for the Holy Spirit and Unity. 

The central point that I want to concentrate on here however is that the Four cherubim surround the throne on which the Son of Man (Ben Adam) sits. Since the four Cherubim are related to the four Israelite encampments (Numbers 2) around the tabernacle, they are directly related to the 12 tribes. And two of those Cherubim, the ones made of Olive tree are directly related to the seven branched candlestick called the ‘Menorah’ which is a symbol for the Church as we shall see later.

So we can see that the four Cherubim surround both the Son of Man and two of them, supply oil for the Menorah. The Son of Man, Yeshua is the groom, and the Menorah between the two trees (Cherubim) is the bride. Here is a picture of the Messiah (Ben Adam) and His bride surrounded by the Cherubim. This is a Garden of Eden throne room scene. 

In the book of Revelation chapter three, the overcomers of the Church of Laodicea get to sit with Messiah in His throne (Revelation).

In Revelation Chapters two and three are letters to seven Churches. These Churches are represented as seven candlesticks. Of course this is the Biblical Hebrew metaphore of the Menorah, the seven branched golden lamp stand with seven olive oil fed lamps. These seven churches and the Menorah (seven Candlesticks) are introduced towards the end of chapter one…

The 7 Churches of Revelation

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,  11  Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia;  

  • unto Ephesus, and 
  • unto Smyrna, and 
  • unto Pergamos, and 
  • unto Thyatira, and 
  • unto Sardis, and 
  • unto Philadelphia, and 
  • unto Laodicea.  

12  And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;  
13  And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.  
14  His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;  
15  And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.  
16  And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Revelation 1:10-16

Adat Israel – The Bride

Let’s have a look very briefly at where the seven branched candlestick (Menorah) is first mentioned in the Torah and it’s feminine quality. 

In Hebrew things, objects, nouns have gender, just like in French or German or even Greek etc. So a thing can be a male thing or a female thing.

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beatenwork shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנֹרַת זָהָב טָהֹורמִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְּנֹורָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיֽוּ׃

Exodus 25:31

The word translated as ‘candlestick‘ in this passage is actually ‘Menorah‘ in hebrew and it is a feminine noun. The Menorah is literally a female thing. The Menorah is not an ‘IT’ or a ‘HE’ The Menorah is literally a ‘SHE‘! The KJV translators were less than faithful when they translated this passage because in the Hebrew it does not say ‘his‘ but ‘her‘ so to literally translate this it should read “her shaft, and her branches, her bowls, her knops, and her flowers, shall be of the same”. 

The Church is still in formation
The Menorah was fashioned from one piece of gold (see above verse). It was not soldered or screwed together from various pieces but it was hammered out from one piece of gold, it was of ‘beaten work‘. Because the Menorah is symbolic of the Church, Adat Israel, the process by which it was fashioned is also the process by which we are fashioned. It was of beaten work, which represents our trials and tribulations as believers. The Apostle Peter alludes to our faith as being of greater worth than Gold.1 Peter 1:7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

There are only two things made of solid gold in the tabernacle and later temples. That was the cover for the Ark of the Covenant and the Menorah.

Each Church has something to overcome or something to continue to faithfully endure. While we are still in this fallen sinful flesh we are still being fashioned. We are still in formation, we are being beaten into shape through our trials. While Israel is sleeping, the overcomers of the seven churches are being formed into the image of God. And collectively they form a feminine image.

Of the seven churches of Revelation chapters 2 and 3, the last church, the Church of Laodicea is given the following promise.Revelation 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

The church of Laodicea were living in a time where believers were saying that they were rich and increased with goods, but they were instead poor and blind and naked spiritually. The overcomers were counselled to buy gold tried in thefire. Fire is related to trials and gold is related to faith (see 1 Peter 1:7 above). 

From the above verses we can see that the Menorah which is composed of pure gold represents what the Lord requires from His Church most of all – FAITH! Will we hang in there with our Lord when the chips are down? Will we trust in him till the end, no matter the cost even though we are being hammered and beaten up? The other thing of note is that the Menorah is made from one piece, and even though there are seven distinct parts they are all really part of the whole. They are one.

6 Feminine Churches & 1 Masculine ‘Shemesh’ Church
Collectively all the Churches have a feminine character because they are all part of the Menorah beaten from the same piece of gold. But the fourth Church, Thyatira is more masculine than the others. And the last church, Laodicea is particularly feminine. The overcomers of this seventh church are given the following promise.Revelation 3:21  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Now the temple is a picture of heavenly things. Where in the temple was the throne? It is none other than the Holy of Holies where the ark of the covenant is. The Ark is the throne. And the ark has a cover that, like the Menorah is hammered of one gold piece. And the name for this cover is ‘kapporet‘, כּפּרת

, (Mercy Seat in English). The name ‘kapporet’ is related to the word for ‘atonement’ and is feminine in gender just like the name ‘Menorah’. And so the feminine nature of the Church of Laodicea is emphasised. The overcomers of the Church of Laodicea will be around when the Atonement is made in full for Israel’s sin when the New Testament comes in it’s fullness. This will be when the bride has made herself ready and she standing on the moon and clothed with the Sun and begets the ‘Manchild‘ midway through the tribulation (Revelation 12).

The centre stem of the Menorah is called the ‘Shemesh‘, the servant candle. The word ‘shemesh’ is from the same Hebrew root as the word for ‘Sun’ which is also called the Shemesh, שמש.

The Sun is likened to the masculine while the moon is related to the feminine (Genesis 37:10, Ps 19:4-5). 

But the Church of Thyatira is Masculine. This is particularly appropriate since it is the fourth Church and that would place it as the central stem. To them were given the promise to rule the nations with a rod of iron. This is the same promise given to the ‘Manchild‘ in Revelation. Thus what is referred to as the Manchild is actually the overcomers of the Church of Thyatira. The Church of Thyatira is related to the Sun because the central stem is called the ‘Shemesh’. Thus we can see that the male son comes from the centre of the female bride.  

The period of the Catholic inquisitions against early reformers like John Huss etc before the Protestant reformation was most akin to the Church of Thyatira. But we shall also have members of this church of overcomers during the worst onslaught of the Babylonian Mystery religion during the tribulation. Indeed midway through this seven year period, the overcomers of the church of Thyatira shall ascend to heaven. This is the ‘Manchild‘ referred to in Revelation chapter 12 that ascends from the central stem of the Menorah pictured as the Woman clothed with the Sun, standing on the moon with the 12 stars about her head. She is Torah obedient and blameless before God, that is why the devil, the red dragon cannot touch her. He does not have jurisdiction.

So we see that the Menorah is a symbol for the ‘congregation of Israel‘,  ‘Adat Israel‘, עדת ישׂראל, what we in English call the ‘Church’. We can see that the female bride, the Church, Adat Israel, comes from the masculine body of Israel just like Eve came from Adam. And the most precious thing that God is looking for is the faithfulness of the overcomers of the seven churches. The Menorah is made of solid gold, solid faith. And we can see that it’s most feminine part are the overcomers of the church of Laodicea.  And it’s most masculine part are the overcomers of the church of Thyatira who will rule the nations with a Rod of Iron. And so we can see that the feminine Menorah gives birth to the Masculine ‘Manchild‘. So we see female coming from male and then male coming from the female etc.

The Church is the solid gold 7 branched Menorah which comes from the 12 tribes of Israel which is symbolized by the 12 loaved table of Shewbread.

Here are some correspondences regarding 7 comeing from 12 via 4

  • 7 days in a week, 4 weeks in a month, 12 months in a year
  • 7 Torah feasts in 12 months.
  • 7 churches from 12 tribes

also

  • 12 sons of Israel with 70 souls in all come to the land of Egypt
  • 12 wells & 70 palm trees at Elim
  • 12 disciples and 70 disciples

So we can see that 7 comes from 12 and 12 comes from 7.
12 tribes, each has a cherub. There are 4 major cherubs, Lion, Ox, Eagle, Man
– For more information on the number 4 see the last section of the article, ‘The Mission of Ben Adam‘.

The New Adam & His Bride

The Menorah and Shewbread provide a perfect picture of the role of the Church & Israel. Israel is Adam and like Adam, Israel has been sleeping. Out of Israel God took a bride and soon Israel shall awaken and be united with Adat Israel. They are really just two aspects of the same divine image. The congregational level is more the feminine and intellectual while Israel at the tribal level is more masculine and perhaps more mundane (but necessary). Or to put it another way, the congregation drives the tribes. They are both one. We can be Israelites from a tribe and still be part of the congregation, Adat Israel. What we are looking at is roles.

The Image of God – Bread & Light – Union of Adat Israel and Israel

But the Church, ‘Adat Israel’ is separate enough for God to have had to create it during a time of Israel’s death in exile and partial blindness (both Jews and lost tribes). And there will come a time when this great work is completed and the last member of the mystical body of the Messiah is added. Both the beginning and end of this work of creating the Church, Adat Israel is very much a Torah based New testament thing where Israel exists as a physical nation.

  • the Church started with the Jews with a large Jewish Component
  • was gentile for most of the last nearly 2000 years of Messiah
  • the Church will end with the Jews with a large Jewish Component

The foundation of the church in Jerusalem in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts chapter 2 was Torah based. It was only later that the rot crept in. Paul warned that wolves would enter. Later the sabbaths and feasts were removed via church councils as the church allied itself to Rome. 

Adat Israel appears very gentile in character throughout most of it’s existence except at the beginning and end of it’s formation. The Church in the dark ages of paganised Catholic Popery was barely recognisable as of Israelite origins at all. But the Lord had his overcomers of that age who where faithful. The letters to the Churches of Pegamos and Thyatira are written to churches that have been infiltrated by paganism but still have some faithful overcomers. Sardis was more like the Churches during the Protestant reformation. 

But now we are in the midst of an Israelite awakening and a return to Torah as the Church age draws to a close. It is not over yet, but Israel is beginning to awaken, both Jews and the remnant of the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel. There is a corresponding removing of the leaven of paganism as the Church who is Adat Israel begins to show her true face, just as Esther did in Persia. Soon the Spirit of God will move very powerfully in a last days revival the precedes the nuclear destruction of our Goshens in the Egypt of this world. Soon a remnant of the lost tribes will return to the land of Israel after World War 3. 

The overtly Israelite Messianic Torah based beginning and ending of the 2000 year ‘Church age’ provides the interface to the Nation of Israel. Thus like Eve, ‘Adat Israel’ is taken from Israel which is Adam at its beginning and returned to Israel at towards the end point of her formation.

The task of Adat Israel after the return of the lost tribes will be for the bride to make herself ready.
God wants Unity. Israel is to be wedded to God. At Mt Sinai Israel was given a marriage contract, called a covenant. This covenant has been broken but the Messiah has written a New Covenant in His Blood. Although both Israel and the Church are feminine from God’s perspective, the nation of Israel is the more masculine part and the Church is the more feminine part. The Church is the congregational aspect of Israel. And it is at the congregational level that Israel must make herself ready to meet the Groom Yeshua. 

Before the bride makes herself ready for Yeshua there must be a physical return of the lost tribes and the rest of the Jews. Then we will have the 12 tribe nation of Israel back in the land and functioning as it should with belief in Messiah Yeshua, with the House of David reestablished and the Temple and Levitical Priesthood restored also. So this physical nation is symbolised by the 12 loaves of Shewbread. Within the nation, there is another aspect, the congregational life at the Synagoge/Church level. This is symbolised by the Menorah and it is what Yeshua meant when He came for a bride which is His church which he came to build and pay the price in blood for her redemption and the nation of Israel also.

Now at the beginning of the millennial reign of Yeshua, the ‘Church’, Adat Israel, will have already been completed. She will reign with Messiah. At that stage we will be in our resurrected bodies. And we will be with Messiah on Earth but still have access to the heavens. We will be wherever Yeshua is because the bride will be with the groom. 

The nation of Israel on the other hand will continue to grow in number as the people of Israel continue to marry and have children during these thousand years of Messiah’s glorious reign.

It’s all about the relationship between the numbers 7 & 12

7 branched Menorah & 12 loaved Shewbread…

Church (Adat Israel) – Eve The Congregation of Israel – Adat Israel
Congreation in the wilderness7 Churches
7 Branched Menorah
Israel – Adam Jacob became Israel12 Sons of Jacob / 12 Tribes of Israel
12 loaves of Shewbread

Israel had to go to sleep while the Lord created a good congregation, ‘Adat Israel’ to make up for the evil congregation in the wilderness in the time of Moses. What Yeshua was creating was a body of Holy sons of God (in Hebrew this term includes daughters) that had a primarily heavenly calling with spiritual blessings as His heavenly bride that will reign with Him on earth over Israel. And this bride was taken from the same flesh, from physical Israelites and also the remnant of the nations that were called by his name. Like the Menorah, there is a start date and a completion date to it’s formation.  

Perhaps now you can begin to understand why both houses of Israel have been scattered, the House of David is not ruling, and why the Levitical Priesthood had to die(sleep). Not only have these things been judged for a season due to their various sins, but God has actually been building something. All Israel is Adam, and Adam has been sleeping while a bride has been taken from his side. 

Now both Adam (Israel) and Eve (Adat Israel) are awakening. 

After the turmoil of World War 3 the 10 lost tribes of the ‘House of Israel’ and the Jews from the ‘House of Judah’ will reunited into one nation called ‘Israel’. The House of David, the tabernacle of David that is fallen along with the temple and the Cohanim will be raised. This is the restoration of Israel. This is Adam.

Then the Church (Adat Israel) that is within Israel must get ready to meet the King. The bride must make herself ready. The keeping of Sabbath and the Feasts is just the beginning of a process of purification and sanctification (setting apart for holy use by God). And while taking hold of the Torah we must not let go of the vital truths of the New Testament which are also from Torah and Messiah and are also part of our sanctification.

So again I will underline this, the Bride, Adat Israel must walk by faith in Messiah Yeshua and make herself ready.

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