This introduction is the hook by which Yeshua has made us fishers of men, harkening back to Jeremiah: that in the last days, the Notzerim – those set apart to Yehovah in holiness – would hear the Spirit calling us from the spiritual bondage we inherited and returning us to the true path, to a walk with a pure heart. Many scriptures we share here show no contradiction between the Mosaic (“old”) covenant and the Messianic (renewed/”new”) covenant but are in continuity, like a branch to its root.

Notzerim¹ means olive branches, guardians, or branches of preservation – those having the testimony of Messiah: Matthew 5:17, “Do not think I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to establish.” The original faith was never meant to be a carnal, Gentile-dominated, interpretation, but a way of life for the set-apart ones who are chosen (“the saints”). These are chosen because they have crossed over to the Hebrew mindset, that of Abraham (“crossing over” is the literal meaning of the word “Hebrew”). Genesis 26:5, “… because Abraham obeyed my voice and guarded my Charge: my mitzvot (commands), my chuqot (statutes), and my torot² (instructions).”

1. 1. “Notzerim” is the plural form of the Hebrew word “netzer,” which means a shoot from the root system of an olive tree, which survives underground whether the tree is dead or alive or is chopped down. Also means branch of preservation, or watchers or guardians or ones being guarded. Yeshua of Nazareth comes from this term nazareth (netzerit), which comes from Isaiah 11 “an olive shoot will come from the stump of Jesse.”
   2. torot is the plural form of the commonly-used term “Torah”
      
      Romans 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”

This is the renewal of our understanding in the Jewish and Hebrew context, which was Paul’s mindset. Many scriptures, with no Hebraic (eastern) foundation, have been twisted by Greek (western) thinking, especially those who interpret Paul’s writings. Peter warned that this would be misunderstood and twisted.

2 Pet 3:14-16, “Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.” (Isaiah speaks of those who take scripture bites; a little here a little there, who fall backwards and are destroyed)

2 Peter 3:17-18, “You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard (the Hebrew word guard, can be the word Notzerim, or guardians) that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men (in Hebrew this means “men without Torah”) and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua Messiah. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of the world (age) to come. Amen.”

Because the New Covenant (“New Testament”) writings were not yet cohesively compiled, when Paul said all scripture is God-breathed, he was referring to the Tanakh, or what we call the “Old Testament” (another misnomer we’ll explore). We will look into many scriptures that have been taught by our forefathers of Christianity concerning their twisting of Paul’s writings. We will delve into newly found and translated Hebrew versions of the “New” Covenant. This will open our eyes to the misunderstandings and false teachings of men.

We are the Notzerim – the watchers and guardians – and those who have been guarded from Israel’s ancient root. We share our testimony regarding the path set apart by Yehovah and His Son, Yeshua the Messiah. Yehovah has shown us His heart through the Scriptures – a call to those who are hurting and afflicted, who feel weighed down by lies and separation from Truth. This is a journey, a massive exodus happening now. Yehovah’s plan is to bring back His scattered people – being redeemed through Yeshua – and the necessary steps required to clean up our lives and walk in purity.

Yeshua said, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men,” Matthew 4:19, echoing Jeremiah 16:16, “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says Yehovah, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.” The original faith is described: “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints,” Jude 1:3. Paul stated at 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” Paul was referring to the Hebrew Scriptures (what we call the Old Testament), and the context refers to the TANAK or Old Testament our idea and concept of old and new covenants is absolutely wrong and misleading first we must combine them into one cohesive continuity and see that the old is something that is passing and yet is at the same time being renewed.

A Founder’s Testimony: The Journey Begins

When I was 18, my brother and I started searching for the real truth. We stopped going to church, even though we grew up Catholic. No one preached to me or shared a testimony or so-called Gospel—I just wanted the truth that I knew churches couldn’t give. That’s when I experienced the New Covenant in Yeshua. I prayed with all my heart for truth, which would end up being the Hebrew kind—a full surrender. As I prayed, the Holy Spirit came down with great power, sent by Yeshua. My brother and I heard thunder, and outside, the fog was so thick you couldn’t see 10 feet ahead. I felt a deep fear as I breathed in His Spirit, but I trusted He wouldn’t harm me. All night, I heard what sounded like angels praising God in an unknown language—a beautiful song with the sound of thousands of harps coming from inside me.

This was Yehovah keeping His promise spoken by the prophets and Moses: “Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where Yehovah your God drives you, and you return to Yehovah your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that Yehovah your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where Yehovah your God has scattered you. If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there Yehovah your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then Yehovah your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers” (Deuteronomy 30:1-5). And: “But from there you will seek Yehovah your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to Yehovah your God and obey His voice (for Yehovah your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them” (Deuteronomy 4:29-31). That night was my initial return from spiritual exile.

The Call to Return: Gathering the Scattered of Israel and the Nations

The prophets say: “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says Yehovah, “that it shall no longer be said, ‘As Yehovah lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As Yehovah lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers” (Jeremiah 16:14-15). And: “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says Yehovah, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As Yehovah lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As Yehovah lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land” (Jeremiah 23:7-8). Right now, a bigger exodus is happening—one greater than when Israel left Egypt. This is Yehovah’s kind plan for His scattered, divorced children: the lost tribes like Ephraim, spread out among the nations: “Then God said, ‘No longer shall your name be called Lo-Ruhamah, for I will show mercy to the house of Judah, and I will save them by Yehovah their God; I will not save them by bow, nor by sword or battle, by horses or horsemen'” (Hosea 1:7; note: Hosea 1:6 refers to Lo-Ruhamah as “no mercy” for Israel). And: “And I gave her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear but went and played the harlot also” (Jeremiah 3:8). But He says, “I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!'” (Hosea 2:23).

If you’re hurting or humbled, feeling like something’s off with what you’ve been taught in Western churches, this is for you. Yeshua says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30). If you’re unhappy with man-made doctrines and want the old, true ways, answer the call. Nations who fear God are included, grafted into Israel’s spiritual and natural family: “But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, ‘Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.’ Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fearful. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore, consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?” (Romans 11:17-24). And: “Thus says Yehovah: ‘Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them'” (Ezekiel 37:21-22, note: full context in Ezekiel 37:15-28 describes uniting Judah and Ephraim). Leave the bondage behind, just like leaving Egypt, and step into Yehovah’s renewed covenant.

Unveiling the Hebrew Roots of Our Faith

Our faith comes from Hebrew roots, based on the covenants with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Yehovah has shown us that Yeshua fulfills these promises—He’s the Redeemer and Restorer. “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6). In Yeshua, mercy and following the rules come together. Western teachings have hidden these roots by mixing in outside ideas, like replacing Yehovah’s holidays with other traditions and ignoring Yeshua’s Jewish life.

We speak the name of Yehovah openly, while most Christians do not know what it means. Many think His name is “I AM,” because when Moses asked, He responded with a verb—the Hebrew word for existence: “And God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you”‘” (Exodus 3:14). Later in the same passage, He says, “Moreover God said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: “Yehovah God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations”‘” (Exodus 3:15)—a combination of the verb “to be” in past, present, and future: the One who was, is, and will be. “I AM” explains who He is, not His complete name.

The New Covenant tells us Yeshua came from Yehovah and is called the Word of Yehovah: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it… He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:1-14). In other words, Yeshua came as the explanation of the Father—He came to make the Father’s name known: “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word” (John 17:6). Israel had been exiled from truly knowing or approaching the Father. That’s why Yeshua said, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwellings; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?’ Yeshua said to him, ‘I am the way, 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 also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him'” (John 14:1-7)—echoing the “I AM” from Exodus. Yehovah revealed Himself to Moses through an angel at the burning bush: “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of Yehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So, he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, ‘I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.’ So, when Yehovah saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then He said, ‘Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.’ Moreover, He said, ‘I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God” (Exodus 3:1-6)—using a messenger. In the same way, Yeshua as the Son is the ultimate agent and explanation by which Yehovah reveals Himself to all who believe. All the Torah points to what Messiah would do, through hidden councils, uncovered in the prophets and instructions.

We want you to learn about the feasts as pictures of redemption: “Let no one judge you in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of the new moon or of the Sabbath, which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Messiah” (Colossians 2:16-17), the Sabbath as a taste of real rest: “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience” (Hebrews 4:9-11), and the commandments as a way to show love: “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3). This is the practical walk: living holy, guided by His rules for a full life in Messiah.

Coming Out of Vanities and Lies Inherited from Our Forefathers

Jeremiah said the nations would admit: “O Yehovah, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, ‘Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity and unprofitable things. Will a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?'” (Jeremiah 16:19-20). Yehovah has shown us these lies—like mixing pagan ways with truth, forgetting His name, and separating grace from obedience. He calls us to leave it behind: “Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities'” (Revelation 18:4-5).

For those who are humble and struggling, this means freedom: dropping the false teachings from past generations and getting back to pure Scripture. Yehovah’s redemption plan works through Yeshua, who took our sins so we can heal: “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24; drawing from Isaiah 53: “Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4-5)). He offers the path to clean up: “Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yehovah, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (Isaiah 1:18). By trusting His sacrifice, we wash our lives clean, ready for what’s ahead: “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands… So he said to me, ‘These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb'” (Revelation 7:9, 14).

A Personal Invitation to the Path Ahead

If Yehovah is speaking to you, pulling you into this big return, accept His plan. The scattered are coming home, the separated ones restored like a clean bride: “I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know Yehovah” (Hosea 2:19-20). And: “That He might present her to Himself a glorious assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:27). Join us Notzerim—check out teachings on prophecy, Torah, and real stories. Let’s walk this together toward the Kingdom.

“Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says Yehovah of hosts.
“But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’” (Zechariah 1:3)

This is not a sentimental appeal. It is a covenant language.