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The Natsarim

~ scriptures are from the Hebraic Roots Bible, and HBR Bible Notes in italics.
Bible Commentaries and Notes.

Natsarim - נֹצְרִים
Natsarim is a Hebrew term meaning "watchmen" or "guardians," derived from the root natsar, "to watch" or "to guard," and refers to the early followers of Yahusha who adhered to the Torah and considered themselves a faithful remnant. This term emphasizes their role as keepers of Yahusha's teachings and the commandments, a concept that distinguishes them from the broader term "Christian".

Key Aspects of Natsarim Beliefs and Practices:
Following Yahusha and the Torah:
Natsarim strive to follow Yahusha's teachings, example, and actions in daily life, including observing the Ten Commandments, honoring the seventh-day Sabbath, and celebrating Yahuah's Feasts.

1. Torah - Keep My Words.
2. Torah Warnings for Disobedience.
3. The seven-day cycle, the Week.
4. The Weekly Sabbath ~ the 7th Day.
5. Denominational Quotes about the 7th Day Weekly Sabbath.
6. Yahweh's Holy Times and Sabbaths.

Emphasis on "The Way":
They consider themselves to be walking in "The Way" of Messiah Yahusha, which involves a life of obedience to Yahuah's Word out of love, not for salvation.

1. The Way, Truth, and Life.

Whole Bible Observance:
Their faith centers on the understanding that salvation comes by grace through faith, not by works, and they practice whole Bible observance, including dietary instructions and a focus on virtues like humility and compassion.

1. An Understanding.
2. Do we then nullify the Torah by faith? Far be it. We establish the Torah!

Rejection of Pagan Practices:
Natsarim emphasize living a set-apart life and reject pagan practices and worldly influences.

1. Rewriting the New Testament.
2. Quartodeciman Controversy - Rome Enforces Easter / Outlaws Passover.
3. Constantine's Universal Christianity.
4. The Constantine Government established The Council of Nicaea In 325 AD.
5. The Council of Laodicea.

Restoration of Sacred Names:
Some Natsarim traditions, focus on restoring sacred names like "Yahusha" for Jesus and "Yahuah" for God, believing this reflects a truer understanding of scripture, and a rejection of pagan titles now used, - Jesus and God.

1. The many changes from Yahshua to Jesus.
2. The Bible Translators REMOVED the name of YAHWEH.

Act 24:14-15 But I confess this to you that according to the Way, which they say is a sect, I do serve the Elohim of my fathers, believing all the things written in the Torah and in the prophets. And I have a hope in Elohim, which they also themselves expect, that there is to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and the wicked.

The Natsarim, as spoken of by the Prophets (Old Testament) and in the Brit Hadasaha (NT).
The first followers of Yahusha were known of as a sect called the Natsarim.
They were not accepted by the teachers of Judaism nor the early Christian church.

The fourth century Church Father, Epiphanius, gave a detailed description of the Natsarim:
“We shall now especially consider heretics who.. call themselves Natsarim; they are mainly Yahudim and nothing else. They make use not only of the New Testament, but they also use in a way the Old Testament of the Yahudim; for they do not forbid the books of the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings... so that they are approved of by the Yahudim, from whom the Natsarim do not differ in anything, and they profess all the dogmas pertaining to the prescriptions of the Law and to the customs of the Yahudim, except they believe in Messiah.

They preach that there is but one God, and His Son Yahusha the Messiah. But they are very learned in the Hebrew language; for they, like the Yahudim, read the whole Law, then the Prophets ... They differ from the Yahudim because they believe in Messiah, and from the Christians in that they are to this day bound to the Yahudi rites, such as circumcision, the Sabbath, and other ceremonies.

They have the Good news according to Matthew in its entirety in Hebrew. For it is clear that they still preserve this, in the Hebrew alphabet, as it was originally written.”

Christian Meaning.
The Greek word XRISTIANOS is the origin of the word CRETIN.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition - ©2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
The Greek word “kristianos” (Latin, Christianus) was a term of scorn, traced back through a related word which history never revised:
cre·tin (krēt'n) n.

1. A person afflicted with cretinism.
   Slang: An idiot.
   [French crétin, from French dialectal, deformed and mentally retarded person found in certain Alpine valleys, from Vulgar Latin *christiānus, Christian, human being, poor fellow, from Latin Chrīstiānus, Christian; see Christian.]
   

Demonination Meaning:
All de-nomi-ations which etymologically, from the Latin (denominatio),
means *"a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy,"*

Metonymy, from the Latin (metonymia) and Greek (metōnymia), means *"change of name."*

It was prophesied people will call him by the name of baal ... Lord, Jesus.
Jer 23:26-27 How long is this there in the heart of the prophets, the prophets of lies; yea, the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
They plot to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which they tell, each one to his neighbor, even as their fathers have forgotten My name for Baal (Lord).

Hos 2:16-17 And at that day, says YAHWEH, you shall call Me, My husband; and you shall no more call Me, My Baal . For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth; and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

Mal 2:1-2 And now, O priests, this command is to you. If you will not hear, and if you will not set it on your heart to give glory to My name, says YAHWEH of Hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed it, because you are not setting it on your heart.

Psa 74:10 O Elohim, until when shall the enemy speak evil of You? Shall the enemy scorn Your name forever?

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