Yahwism - a short summary

Yahwism is the original ancient monotheistic Hebrew Bible belief - that is believed to have developed from an understanding (and acceptance) of an ancient grouping of Canaanite tribal people dwelling on the upper Levant, who eventually became known as Israelites. The Hebrew name Israel (Yisra’el) is most properly interpreted to mean ‘he struggles with Power’ or ‘with the Mighty-one’. The Hebrew word EL (AL) has the meaning of strength, power, or might (singular). These Israelites over time accepted for their worship the deity named YHWH (Yahweh) with the Hebrew meaning ‘He-is, He-exists, or Ever-living’. Yahweh is believed by them to be the only one Almighty Sovereign Creator and Life Essence of all that was, is, or will ever be. From that point in History, the Israelites accepted to serve Yahweh only, and reject any other perceived or believed principalities (gods).

Yahwism is the name – for that original Israelite religious belief. The name comes from the Biblical name of Yahweh, (YHWH) in Hebrew letters. The name Yahweh is represented by the Hebrew four consonants YHWH (also called the Tetragrammaton) and appears approximately 6,828 times in the Hebrew Bible Old Testament (OT).  This makes it the most frequently used name for the Almighty Sovereign Creator in the OT, occurring in every Hebrew Bible book except Esther (a folk tale), Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. .Far from seeking to break away from the faith of his ancestors and to create a new religion, Yahshua (aka Jesus) was actually trying to bring the First Century Israelite people back to the true ideology of the original basic Israelite religious belief in the Creator Yahweh, to worship Him only, abiding by His revealed precepts found in the OT.

Today, Yahwists follow the basic principles outlined in the OT (as believed by the Ancient Israelites) for guidance as taught by the proven select Prophets of Yahweh. Yahshua (aka Jesus) is accepted as one of those true Israelite Prophets, but they reject the religious authority of the Pharisee Paul of Tarsus, the author of much of the so-called New Testament (NT). Paul may have developed some usable advice to his churches, but none of what was written by him to them was inspired by Yahweh (nor claimed by him to be inspired). Yahwists do not view the NT Books as inspired, but that the Synoptic Gospels of the NT do record quotations by the Prophet Yahshua that follow the principles in the OT. Yahwists reject human sacrifice as forbidden by Yahweh. Yahwists reject the Catholic developed Christian Trinity and the man-god divinity of Yahshua. They reject Judaism because of its oral traditions and added man-made laws, as did the prophet Yahshua. Yahwists do follow the teaching of the prophet Yahshua about the Kingdom of Yahweh, that it is available to all, and that the kingdom is now dwelling within all believers. Yahwists will worship and serve only Yahweh.

The emphasis of Yahwism - is the immediate and joyful presence and availability of Yahweh, the Creator of all; the second most important emphasis is the belief in the eternal universal Kingdom of Yahweh. Yahwism teaches that we should exercise kindness, humility and compassion in our daily practice of belief. Without care, consideration and concern for others, anything else we might do is pointless. Yahwism emphasizes that all are able to be included in the Eternal Universal Kingdom of Yahweh – the poor, the outcast and the rejected as well, not just those whom others have judged to be righteous. We believe all that turn to Yahweh as their Almighty Sovereign Creator, will strive to keep His Covenant, repent before Him for sin, worship Him only, are His children, have become part of His heavenly household, and will live forever in His Kingdom throughout His Eternal Universe.

We view Yahshua - as a fully human Israelite prophet, who was called by Yahweh to deliver his appointed message to the Israelite people. Just as Amos and Jeremiah were prophets of the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles respectively, so we believe that Yahshua` was meant to be a prophet of the Roman exile. By calling Israel back to the true heart of Torah (Hebrew principles), compassion and justice. Yahshua was never to be the centre of our faith; our faith is to be in Yahweh alone. It is not the person of Yahshua who is important, but rather his message to us of the Kingdom of Yahweh, and to worship Yahweh only.

The ways in which we differ from Christianity:

 We reject the Trinity concept; we believe in one indivisible Almighty Sovereign Creator named Yahweh – the original Almighty of ancient Israel – who is incorporeal, and the Ever-living.

 We reject Yahshua’s divinity and we believe that he was a mortal man called by the Yahweh to be a Prophet to the first century Israelites.

 We reject the virgin birth, and believe that Yahshua was born of normal human parentage.

 We reject the notion that Yahshua died to atone for sin, or that his death had anything to do with salvation, because such practice is condemned by Yahweh. It was a cruel and unjust death at the hands of the Roman authorities helped along by religious Jewish instigators.

 We reject the authority of the teachings of Paul of Tarsus. We believe that he was an apostate from ancient Yahwism and that the main beliefs of the Christian religion developed from his own opinions and his own ideology, but not from the beliefs or teachings of Yahshua, or from using the Hebrew Bible. He did not receive his information from the inspiration of Yahweh.

How we differ from mainstream Judaism - Modern Judaism for the most part is now based on the teachings of Rabbis, (loosely used from the Hebrew Bible, many oral traditions, and man-made laws). Yahshua called their teaching the traditions of man. The pronouncements of Yahshua, where he seemingly speaks against Torah, are in fact criticisms of the Oral Law (their teachings) as developed by the Pharisees (and of their inheritors the Rabbis of today). For this reason, we also reject the authority of the Jewish Talmud, and the Kabala.

Our mission - is to spread the peace of the Kingdom of Yahweh in this world; help the diversity of humanity to get along with each other (if possible religiously). We also need to make people aware that the historical belief of the first Israelite followers of Yahshua is still very much alive, now known as Yahwism. We know that there are many people who are dissatisfied with the beliefs and teachings of mainstream Christianity, and Judaism, but are still unaware that there is a viable, historical true Biblical alternative, called Yahwism, which is the original monotheistic Biblical belief in the Almighty Sovereign Creator named Yahweh.

Compiled by the Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade

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