A nation that dissolved more than
2,700 years ago is coming back to life!
Ancient prophecies said we would return, and at last they are coming true.
Who are we? We are the people of Israel.
We are not Jews, nor are we a “spiritual Israel” who thinks we replaced the Jews as the “chosen people”.
Who are we, then? We are their long-lost relatives and are finding more and more in common with them as we appropriate the wealth of understanding that, until recently, they alone had preserved and safeguarded.
Once, under Moses, David, and Solomon, we were united with the tribe of Judah (now known as the Jews). But our ancestors started preferring the ways of other nations, and were allowed to have what they asked for. Because of this exile that they chose for themselves--and us--we eventually forgot who we were.
Then a wonderful rabbi acted as our kinsman redeemer and sent messengers around the world to find us. After we spent too long making him the focus (which he never intended), we are finally beginning to understand what he really had in mind for us.
We’ve realized that the history we read about in the Bible was not that of some other people whom the Creator abandoned when He came up with a better plan. No, it was the story of our own people who forsook our Creator and King. We were those “Lost Tribes” we had heard about!
We are the House of Joseph, another part of the descendants of Jacob. We were originally known as the Northern Kingdom of Israel, or Ephraim.
Along with Judah, earlier ancestors had obligated us to a covenant at Mount Sinai, and we read about it, but for a long time we repudiated it, opting for something that appeared easier and more “up to date”.
Now, instead, we’ve at least been permitted to see the writings on which we grew up through the lens by which they were meant to be read, and the things we misconstrued are being cleared up. They finally fit together with the Scriptures that came before them in a way that really makes sense without having to ignore any of them.
Having uncovered the remains of some ancient signposts that point the way “back to Zion”, we are restoring them and clearing away the obstructions so that others who are looking for them can find them too.
This web site is for any who are hearing the shepherd’s voice and realizing that they may, after all, be the “lost sheep of the House of Israel”. So come in from the cold! Don’t stay lost! Some of us are already "found sheep"; you can be too!
No one can fully walk out this covenant by himself. But that's just the point. YHWH doesn't want us to.
The call from the heavens today is to form communities where we can truly learn to love our neighbors as ourselves, because that is the context in which Israel
and its charter, the Torah, were designed to function.
Congregation Beth Lechem aims to be one prototype of what such a community can look like.
Look inside to learn more about
- Where we went wrong
- How to get back to the original Way
- What the Messiah's main purpose is
- Who he came to point us back to
- Why YHWH's commandments are not a burden
- When He wants to meet with us
Just be warned:
The privileged information you are about to receive
is not a hoax, a myth, or a joke.
Nor is it anything you can afford to ignore.
But it will require many changes in belief, lifestyle, and priorities.
And you will be held responsible for what you read.
But once you get past admitting,
"We've been wrong about so many things!",
the road is full of joy for those who love the Heavenly Father.
Confirmed Dates
on YHWH's Calendar
Aviv barley was found in Israel by 3/22/12, so the new moon sighted 4/22/12 from Israel began the 2nd month of the Biblical year.
The Counting of the Omer
(7 weeks leading up to Shavuoth on 5/27/12) began 4/8/12, (the day after the Sabbath following Passover).
Watch for the next new moon announcement on or around 5/22/12.
Most Recent:
(Joshua 18)
(THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY)
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"We who are many
are one bread and one body,
for we all partake from that one Bread."
(1 Corinthians 10:17 in the Renewed Covenant)
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A publication of
Yakhid Beth Lechem
(House of Bread Community)
Near Columbia, South Carolina
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This page was last updated: May 12, 2012
