Teaching of the Messiah

2 John 9-11 everyone who is transgressing and not staying in the teaching of Messiah does not possess Elohim. The one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house nor greet (bless) him, for he who greets (blesses) him shares in his wicked works.

It was customary in those times for believers to bless each other when they greeted one another. John is commanding that if someone brings a doctrine that is in the place of the doctrine of Messiah that such a one should not be greeted with a blessing and also not allowed into the home for fellowship either.

1 Timothy 6:3 if anyone teaches differently and does not agree to the sound words, those of our Master Yahusha Messiah…

Any teaching which does not agree with the words, the teachings, of Yahusha (Jesus), is false!

1 John 1:3 we announce to you what we have seen and heard, so that you too might have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Yahusha Messiah.

1 John 2:22 who is the liar, except the one denying that Yahusha is the Messiah? This is the anti-messiah, the one denying the Father and the Son.

1 John 5:20 and we know that the Son of Elohim has come and has given us an understanding, so that we might know the true One. And we are in the true One, in His Son Yahusha Messiah. This is the true Elohim and everlasting life.

Who are the ones to be blessed?

Genesis 12:2-3 “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing! “And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you. And in you all the clans (families) of the earth shall be blessed.”

Yahuah is speaking to Abraham! From this point all those born from Abraham will be blessed in the whole earth. Yahauh gave this promise to Abraham before Ismael and Isaac was born and the promise was for all in Abraham. Anybody that blesses the people that come from Abraham will be blessed by Yahuah and anybody that curses the people that come from Abraham will be cursed by Yahauh.

Genesis 17:16 “And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”

Yahuah is blessing Sarah and saying that many nations will come from her through her son Isaac.

Genesis 17:19-21 and Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. “And as for Ismael, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation. “But My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next year.”

The everlasting covenant is through Isaac but the blessing in Genesis 12:2-3 is all families from Abraham not just Isaac. Ismael was sent away but he was still to be blessed.

Genesis 22:16-18 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares , because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies. “And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

At this point only Isaac was living with Abraham and therefore considered his only son. Because Abraham obeyed, Yahauh gave Abraham another promise, that not only the covenant will be with Isaac and his descendants but all nations of the earth through his seed will be blessed.

Isaac to Jacob - Genesis 27:29 let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!”

Jacobs other brother was Esau! Did Jacob have more brothers? Anyway, Jacob’s brothers, including Esau is to serve and bow down to Jacob and his seed. In Genesis 12:2-3, Heavenly Father says to Abraham “Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!” And here in Genesis 27:29 Isaac says to Jacob “Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!”

Again the question is who are the ones that shall be blessed?

Isaac to Jacob - Genesis 28:3-4 “And El Shaddai bless you, and make you bear fruit and increase you, and you shall become an assembly of peoples, and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your seed with you, so that you inherit the land of your sojournings, which Elohim gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 28:13-14 and see, Yahuah stood above it and said, “I am Yahuah Elohim of Abraham your father and the Elohim of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I give it to you and your seed. “And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall break forth to the west and to the east, to the north and the south. And all the clans (families) of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your seed.

Isaac’s descendants shall be as many as the dust of the earth and be across the whole earth. The promise that Yahauh gave to Abraham, is now given again to Jacob and his seed.

Genesis 35 9-12 and Elohim appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. And Elohim said to him, “Your name is Jacob, your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel is your name.” So He called his name Israel. And Elohim said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Bear fruit and increase, a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and sovereigns come from your body. “And the land which I gave Abraham and Israel I give to you. And to your seed after you I give this land.”

Jacob becomes Israel and Yahuah gives Israel a new promise. Yahuah instructs Israel to have many children which will be a specific nation and many other nations. My question is who are the company of nations?

Joseph and his two sons which are born from his Egyptian wife - Genesis 48:13-16 and Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him. And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, consciously directing his hands, for Manasseh was the first-born. And he blessed Joseph, and said, “The Elohim before whom my father’s Abraham and Isaac walked, the Elohim who has fed me all my life long to this day, the Messenger who has redeemed me from all evil – bless the youths! And let my name be called upon them (Ephraim & Manasseh), and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. And let them increase to a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

Out of the 12 sons of Israel (Jacob), Joseph’s two children are given the double blessing. Israel is telling Joseph that his two sons Ephraim & Manasseh must carry his name plus Isaac and Abraham’s name forward. Therefore today the descendants of Joseph’s two sons Ephraim & Manasseh are Israel, Isaac and Abraham and they are blessed beyond description.

Genesis 48:18-20 and Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the first-born, put your right hand on his head.” But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He (Manasseh) also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother (Ephraim) is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness (fullness – multitude) of the nations.” And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Israel shall bless, saying, ‘Elohim make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Both Ephraim & Manasseh has received the double portion of the blessing from Israel, more than any other tribe.

Israel blesses Judah - Genesis 49:9-10 “Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who does rouse him? “The sceptre shall not turn aside from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples.

In Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy we find six titles for Messiah: Shiloh, Sceptre, Shepherd, Stone (Rock), Seed, Star, and Lawgiver. Judah is to carry the sceptre (scepter – the staff of authority or the sent One or Peace-Giver) until the Messiah comes! The Messiah did come and therefore the sceptre no longer is with Judah but with Yahusha (Jesus). Of cause, majority of Judah today feel Messiah has not come yet and therefore say they still carry the sceptre (scepter). It is at this point where John (2 John 9-11) says who the ones is that must be blessed.

Israel blesses Joseph - Genesis 49:22-24 “Joseph is an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree, an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree by a fountain, his branches run over a wall. “And the archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him. “But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob – from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel – from the El of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. “The blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, up to the limit of the everlasting hills. They are on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.

Joseph receives so many blessings that they excel beyond all the previous ancestors.

Exodus 6:23-26 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is how you bless the children of Israel. Say to them: “Yahuah bless you and guard you; Yahuah make His face shine upon you, and show favour to you; Yahuah lift up His face upon you, and give you peace.” ’

Verse 24-26 is the Priestly Blessing. Today the Messiah is our High priest and He gives us this blessing. The head of every household (the priest of the house) gives this blessing to his family.

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 ‘See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, when you obey the commands of Yahuah your Elohim which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commands of Yahuah your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known.

If you obey Yahauh, you will receive blessings but if you do not obey Yahauh then you will receive a curse.

Deuteronomy 33:1 and this is the blessing with which Moses the man of Elohim blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:7 and this of Judah, and he said, “Hear, Yahuah, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. His hands shall fight for him, and You be a help against his enemies.”

Deuteronomy 33:13-17 and of Joseph he said, “Blessed of Yahuah is his land, with the choicest from the heavens, with the dew, and the deep lying beneath, with the choice fruits of the sun, with the choice yield of the months, with the finest of the ancient mountains, with the choicest of the everlasting hills, with the choicest of the earth and all that fills it, and the good pleasure of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let it come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. “His splendour is like a first-born bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he pushes the peoples to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

The blessing that Moses gives to Judah and Joseph is very similar to the blessing Jacob (Israel) gives to them both in Genesis 49.

Who do we bless today? It is those who worship the Father and the Son. The ones who are in Yahusha (Jesus) and have the Spirit of Yahuah and worship Him in Spirit and truth are the true Israel. They are the ones that must be blessed.

Anybody that is preaching not of Yahuah (Heavenly Father) and of Yahusha the son is false and we must not allow them in our house. The only people, believers should bless are the ones preaching the Word of Messiah and those believing in the Messiah.

John 14:6-7 Yahusha (Jesus) said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father too.

Proverbs 30:4 Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, and what is His Son’s Name, if you know it?

A reproof, an invitation, a call to seek these two Names which have been suppressed! Do you know the Father and the Son?