Syrian IRENAEUS Describes the 5 POINTS of HIS+ CROSS...

In detail, IRENAEUS  describes 

the 5 points 

of the CROSS 

Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA 

               Photo courtesy of  Mustard Seed International
     The Brazen Serpent Monument 
over-looking Mt. Nebo, Jordan

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IRENAEUS, ( c. 120 - 202 ), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1,  Irenaeus Against Heresies , Book 2, Chapter 24, Section 4.  ~  In dealing with heretics, "The Folly of Arguments Derived by the Heretics from Numbers, etc." 

4. But that this point is true, that that number which is called five, which agrees in no respect with their argument, and does not harmonize with their system, nor is suitable for a typical manifestation of the things in the Pleroma, [yet has a wide prevalence,] will be proved as follows from the Scriptures. 

Soter is a name of five letters; Pater, too, contains five letters;

Agape (love), too, consists of five letters; and our LORD, after blessing the five loaves, fed with them five thousand men. 

Five virgins were called wise by the LORD; and, in like manner, five were styled foolish. 

Again, five men are said to have been with the LORD when He obtained testimony from the FATHER, — namely, Peter, and James, and John, and Moses, and Elias. 

The LORD also, as the fifth person, entered into the apartment of the dead maiden, and raised her up again; for, says [the Scripture], “He suffered no man to go in, save Peter and James, and the father and mother of the maiden.” 

The rich man in Hell declared that he had five brothers, to whom he desired that one rising from the dead should go. 

The pool from which the LORD commanded the paralytic man to go into his house, had five porches. 

The very form of the cross, too, has five extremities, two in length, two in breadth, and one in the middle, on which [last] the person rests who is fixed by the nails. 

Each of our hands has five fingers; we have also five senses; our internal organs may also be reckoned as five, viz., the heart, the liver, the lungs, the spleen, and the kidneys. 

Moreover, even the whole person may be divided into this number [of parts], — the head, the breast, the belly, the thighs, and the feet. 

The human race passes through five ages first infancy, then boyhood, then youth, then maturity, and then old age. 

Moses delivered the law to the people in five books. Each table which he received from GOD contained five commandments. 

The veil covering the holy of holies had five pillars. 

The altar of burnt-offering also was five cubits in breadth. 

Five priests were chosen in the wilderness, — namely, Aaron, Nadab, Abiud, Eleazar, Ithamar. 

The ephod and the breastplate, and other sacerdotal vestments, were formed out of five materials; for they combined in themselves gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 

And there were five kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua the son of Nun shut up in a cave, and directed the people to trample upon their heads. 

Any one, in fact, might collect many thousand other things of the same kind, both with respect to this number and any other he chose to fix upon, either from the Scriptures, or from the works of nature lying under his observation.

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The folly of arguing that there IS NO "CROSS" upon which Y'SHUA+ the M'SHIKHA was crucified is apparent. 

Is it not folly to CHANGE a word in the Holy Writ ... without some linguistic authority to do so ?  

Yet, the Netzarim Publishing house's version of the New Covenant, translated by Mr. Andrew Roth , has done this very thing. 

Is it not folly  to  IGNORE the Early Church apologists who wrote about Pre-Nicene Christianity in the 100 to 200's AD ... and pretend we know better than these early followers of Y'SHU+ who obviously were taught by men who were taught of the Apostles and Evangelists and Disciples of Y'SHU+ ... firsthand ?  

Yet, the AENT published by the Netzarim Publishing House has done so. 

Is it not folly  to cast aside the wisdom of Justin Martyr, Ignatius, and Irenaeus .... and establish one's own doctrine which conflicts with these martyrs of Y'SHU+ ? 

Yet, the Netzarim's AENT has done so.

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In the coming months and years, fellow followers of Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA, we will 

ALL NEED TO ADHERE 

to sound doctrine and to each other, 

as the kingdom of the 10 Kings of Revelation 17:12   wreak havoc with us all... beheading us, driving us from our homes as the Syrians have been driven, marking us and our homes with the "N" for Nazarene , as has been done in Iraq.

Times are NOT going to become "better" but rather, worse as the time approaches of His+ 2nd Appearing. 

Be wise, be wise. Tolerate only the TRUTH+... for in HIM+ will be our only place of safety on planet earth.

Thousands have already paid the price .... just like the Early Christians did .... for following Y'SHU+.  Do not think for a moment that we will escape the wrath and demonized policies of the 10 kings, set to destroy the human race. Christians and Jews especially are targeted. 

Maranatha, LORD Y'SHU+, Maranatha. 

The ALMAH of Isaiah's ALAHA ... The Hidden ONE+ from Eternity

St. Ignatius Noorono 3rd Patriarch of AntiochPicture courtesy of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch,
Archdiocese of the Western USA
http://www.soc-wus.org/ourchurch/St.%20Ignatius%20Noorono.htm

How Did Ignatius, the ancient Bishop of Antioch, 

View This ALMAH... 
  

who was the Hebrew Virgin Mariam ?

The Hebrew Virgin Mariam, carrying the Un-begotten SON+ of The FATHER in her un-opened womb was purposely robed in obscurity, hidden under the Hand of The LORD, sheltered from the eyes of the hardened of heart, as well as hidden from the wicked one who was ready to devour the Man-Child+ as soon as HE+ was born. 

The Early Christian writer, martyr, and Bishop of Antioch, Ignatius, explained this hiding as a MYSTERY of GOD in the Syriac version of the Letter to the Ephesians. 

Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians,
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 57 , Chapter 19

"Now the virginity of Mary was hidden from the prince of this world, as was also her OFFSPRING+, and the death of The LORD: three mysteries of renown, which were wrought in silence, but have been revealed to us." 

It is of good note that the shorter Greek version has the same details of the HIDDEN nature of this miraculous event. 

Which brings us to the conclusion that EVERY WORD of Scripture is inspired of GOD ( ALAHA ) .... and ought not to be tampered with, as some have done. 

There are excellent reasons why Our LORD chose to express Scriptural truths by using CERTAIN words: it is for the exact expression of HIMSELF, HIS Character, and His Truth. 

In this case, ALMAH , which stems from OLAM, carries with it the essential meaning of "hidden."  

That clue is crucial to the understanding of WHO+  YESHUA+ HaMASHIYACH+ is, how HE+ was born, and why HE+ was crucified. 

Neither the crucial details of His+ birth nor the victorious consequences of His+ death were revealed to the satanic forces around HIM+. 

For, if they would have known the VICTORY over death, hell, and the grave coming... they would NOT have crucified The LORD of Glory !  

His+ death wrought the death-blow to the the power of satan over mankind ... for those whosoever will come to YESHUA+.   

Furthermore, In HIS+ Name, we too are enabled to defeat satan's purposes by our deaths. That VICTORY by the sons of Adam, granted by the victory of the Second ADAM+, was also hidden from the eyes of satan. 

This is "why"  the Hebrew virgin had to be an ALMAH , and not any other word for "virgin."  Neither the Greek nor the Latin reveal this crucial aspect to the coming of Our LORD in the virgin birth. 

HE Who was the fount of all languages, knew EXACTLY in which words to reveal HIMSELF to mankind. 

Why should we attempt to change that ? 

Let us take heed to ourselves to handle the Word of GOD in purity, without deceit. 

For edification here is the account of the trial of Ignatius, courtesy of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, Archdiocese of the Western USA, listed under "I" , under the "Saints Lives" tab. 

St. Ignatius is condemned by Trajan.

For Trajan, in the ninth year of his reign, being lifted up with pride, after the victory he had gained over the Scythians and Dacians, and many other nations, and thinking that the religious body of the Christians were yet wanting to complete the subjugation of all things to himself, and thereupon threatening them with persecution unless they should agree to worship demons, as did all other nations, thus compelled all who were living godly lives either to sacrifice to idols or die. Wherefore the noble soldier of Christ Ignatius, being in fear for the Church of the Antiochians, was, in accordance with his own desire, brought before Trajan, who was at that time staying at Antioch, but was in haste to set forth against Armenia and the Parthians. And when he was set before the emperor Trajan, said unto him:

"Who are you, (unlucky) wicked wretch, who set yourself to transgress our commands, and persuade others to do the same, so that they should miserably perish?"

St. Ignatius replied: "No one ought to call Theophorus (one who carries God) wicked wretch; for all evil spirits and demons you worship have departed from the servants of God. But if, because I am an enemy to these spirits, you call me wicked in respect to them, I quite agree with you; for inasmuch as I have Christ the King of heaven within me, I destroy all the devices of these evil spirits."

Trajan answered, "And who is Theophorus?"

St. Ignatius replied, "He who has Christ within his breast."

Trajan said, "Do we not then seem to you to have the gods in our mind, whose assistance we enjoy in fighting against our enemies?"

St. Ignatius answered, "You are in error when you call the demons of the nations, gods. For there is but one God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that are in them; and one Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, in whom I hope may be saved by His love."

Trajan said, "Do you mean Him who was crucified under Pontius Pilate?"

St. Ignatius replied, "I mean Him who crucified the sin, with its inventor, and who has condemned all the deceit and malice of the devil under the feet of those who carry Him in their heart."

Trajan said, "Do you then carry within you Him that Christ (was crucified)?"

St. Ignatius replied, "Truly so; for it is written, I will dwell in them, and walk in them" (2 Cor. 6: 16.).

Then Trajan pronounced sentence as follows: "We command that Ignatius, who affirms that he carries about within him, Him that was crucified, be bound by soldiers, and carried to the great [city] Rome, there to be devoured by the beasts, for the gratification of the Romans (people of Rome)."

When the holy martyr heard this sentence, he cried out with joy, "I thank You, O Lord, that You have vouchsafed to honor me with a perfect love towards You, and have made me to be bound with iron chains, like Your Apostle Paul." Having spoken thus, he then, with delight, clasped the chains about him; and when he had first prayed for the Church, and commended it with tears to the Lord, he was hurried away by the savage cruelty of the soldiers, like his Lord as distinguished ram the leader of a goodly flock, that he might be carried to Rome, there to furnish food to the bloodthirsty beasts.