Ambassadors of Yeshua the Messiah
The primitive assemblies or congregations met in homes. There were no buildings designated as "church". We believe that the assemblies of today can meet in homes. We believe that believers should meet weekly for mutual edification and to share spiritual blessings. They should meet to encourage and uplift each other. Believers need to meet and pray for one another and to sing praises to YHWH and His Son Yeshua.
All believers are priests before YHWH. Therefore, we all have the authority to share in the meetings with other believers. However, everything should be done decently and in order and according to the Scriptures.
Believers should have a fellowship meal after their weekly meetings to commemorate the Death and Resurrection of the Savior, Yeshua the Messiah. Yeshua said to do this in remembrance of Him. The church today calls this the "Lord's Table"; "Communion"; "The L-rd's Supper"; the "Eucharist, etc.". Some do it weekly; others observe it monthly; and yet others celebrate it yearly. We challenge the reader to search the Scriptures and do a research into customs and manners of the assemblies of the first century to see if this is not so. Study... Research... Learn... Be willing to change as you discover new Bible Truths!
The Scriptures show, and customs and manners of the Jews prove, that believers observed a fellowship meal at the end of every Sabbath. When our Savior Yeshua had the "Last Supper" with his disciples they were eating a meal similar to a Passover meal (but not an actual Passover meal- see Gospel of John). Yeshua took the bread and wine, in the order of the manners and customs of the Passover Meal, and told the disciples that from then on they should remember His death and resurrection every time that they partook of the bread and wine. He was being sacrificed to set them free from their sins. The bread represented His body. The wine represented His blood. Yeshua was ending the need for daily and yearly lamb sacrifices that only covered their sins. He, Yeshua, was the Lamb of YHWH that took and still takes away the sin of the world.
After Yeshua's death, believers may have met after the end of the Sabbath to break bread (a Hebrew expression that means to eat a common meal) on the First Day, which always begins at sunset on the Seventh Day.
Believers (disciples) today need to study and learn about the yearly Feasts of YHWH because they have Messianic significance. Celebrating the yearly Feasts of YHWH can be done voluntarily as a way to feel closer to YHWH. This is a way to fellowship with and to worship Him. These feasts are set appointed times for believers and they were set by YHWH Himself. The Scriptures teach us that the early believers and disciples observed the Feasts of YHWH. Read the Scriptures and think about this when you read that the Apostles wanted to go to Jerusalem (many years after the death of Yeshua) in time to keep this or that feast. We usually read the Scriptures and give little or no thought to verses like these when we encounter them.
We read the Epistles, Acts, and other Messianic Scripture portions and fail to see that these were written 10 to 65 years after the death of Yeshua. There are many references that show that believers met on the Sabbath (from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday) at home and the Synagogue and received instruction from the Apostles. The Apostles also taught in the Synagogues as guest speakers.
The First day started at sunset on the Seventh Day and the disciples usually continued their Sabbath Day meeting through early the First Day (before midnight on Saturday and sometimes past midnight). This could have been the time when they shared the meal, referred as "Breaking Bread".
All believers are priests before YHWH. Therefore, we all have the authority to share in the meetings with other believers. However, everything should be done decently and in order and according to the Scriptures.
Believers should have a fellowship meal after their weekly meetings to commemorate the Death and Resurrection of the Savior, Yeshua the Messiah. Yeshua said to do this in remembrance of Him. The church today calls this the "Lord's Table"; "Communion"; "The L-rd's Supper"; the "Eucharist, etc.". Some do it weekly; others observe it monthly; and yet others celebrate it yearly. We challenge the reader to search the Scriptures and do a research into customs and manners of the assemblies of the first century to see if this is not so. Study... Research... Learn... Be willing to change as you discover new Bible Truths!
The Scriptures show, and customs and manners of the Jews prove, that believers observed a fellowship meal at the end of every Sabbath. When our Savior Yeshua had the "Last Supper" with his disciples they were eating a meal similar to a Passover meal (but not an actual Passover meal- see Gospel of John). Yeshua took the bread and wine, in the order of the manners and customs of the Passover Meal, and told the disciples that from then on they should remember His death and resurrection every time that they partook of the bread and wine. He was being sacrificed to set them free from their sins. The bread represented His body. The wine represented His blood. Yeshua was ending the need for daily and yearly lamb sacrifices that only covered their sins. He, Yeshua, was the Lamb of YHWH that took and still takes away the sin of the world.
After Yeshua's death, believers may have met after the end of the Sabbath to break bread (a Hebrew expression that means to eat a common meal) on the First Day, which always begins at sunset on the Seventh Day.
Believers (disciples) today need to study and learn about the yearly Feasts of YHWH because they have Messianic significance. Celebrating the yearly Feasts of YHWH can be done voluntarily as a way to feel closer to YHWH. This is a way to fellowship with and to worship Him. These feasts are set appointed times for believers and they were set by YHWH Himself. The Scriptures teach us that the early believers and disciples observed the Feasts of YHWH. Read the Scriptures and think about this when you read that the Apostles wanted to go to Jerusalem (many years after the death of Yeshua) in time to keep this or that feast. We usually read the Scriptures and give little or no thought to verses like these when we encounter them.
We read the Epistles, Acts, and other Messianic Scripture portions and fail to see that these were written 10 to 65 years after the death of Yeshua. There are many references that show that believers met on the Sabbath (from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday) at home and the Synagogue and received instruction from the Apostles. The Apostles also taught in the Synagogues as guest speakers.
The First day started at sunset on the Seventh Day and the disciples usually continued their Sabbath Day meeting through early the First Day (before midnight on Saturday and sometimes past midnight). This could have been the time when they shared the meal, referred as "Breaking Bread".