TORAH TEACHING INDEX: BY RABBI FRANCISCO ARBAS
This is an easy index of my Netzari teachings. Let Y'hovah our wonderful Father have His Way through His Ruach by the renewing of your mind, as you take on the likeness of His Son Y'hoshua HaMashiach. I hope you find encouragement and revelation as you explore their messages!
My goal is to have new articles and teachings coming out every Shabbat. Email if you want to join our torah teachers. Let me know if you have an article that aligns with our emunah.
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Leviticus 27, Vows, and Estimations
Leviticus 27 regulates vow estimations under the Mosaic Covenant. Numbers 6 adds the Nazir vow of separation. We examine Samson, Samuel, and Paul, and discuss whether Nazir vows should be practiced today in Netzari Mashiach Judaism.
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Relationship Over Religion: Walking with Y’hovah Through His Word and Spirit
True faith is found in relationship, not religion. This teaching calls disciples to walk with Y’hovah through obedience to Scripture and leading of the Ruach, rejecting religious systems that replace intimacy with Elohim.
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Erek of His Talmidim: Our race of patient endurance
Erek—long-suffering patience—is the endurance every talmid of Y’hoshua must develop. This teaching reveals how Y’hovah forms steadfastness in us so we may run our race faithfully.
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Causes of Death and Suffering: Wickedness, Free Will, and a Fallen World
Death and suffering aren’t random. Torah reveals causes: human wickedness and free will (Qayin and Hevel), a fallen creation, consequences, spiritual warfare, and righteous testing. Learn how talmidim of Y’hovah respond with truth, compassion, and hope.
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Who Will Make It in the End of Days?
Revelation 14:12 reveals who endures to the end: the set-apart ones who guard Elohim’s commands and hold to the faithfulness of Y’hoshua. Ya’aqob confirms it—faith without works is dead. Is your faith mere belief, or discipleship that obeys?
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Shalom: The Wholeness of Y’hovah
Shalom is the wholeness, restoration, and covenant life of Y’hovah in the talmid of Y’hoshua. This teaching reveals how shalom guards the heart, restores the soul, and is cultivated through trust, Torah, obedience, prayer, and daily union with the Messiah.
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The Strong Delusion: A Biblical Examination of Christianity and Truth
Could the “strong delusion” warned of in Scripture be connected to Christianity? This teaching examines 2 Thessalonians 2, lawlessness, division, and the loss of Torah as the biblical standard of truth.
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Simchah: The Joy of Y’hovah That Sustains the Talmid
True joy (simchah) is not an emotion but the strength of the talmid — a covenant-based reality rooted in Y’hovah’s presence. This teaching explores joy in trials, hope, endurance, and the transforming power of the Ruach HaKodesh.
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Ahavah: The Fulfillment of TORAH and the Mark of a True Disciple
Love is the first fruit of the Ruach and the fulfillment of Torah. As talmidim of Y’hoshua, love becomes the defining mark of our obedience, our identity, and our transformation into the likeness of Y’hovah.
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The Spirituality of Abundance
Abundance begins when Y’hovah becomes the center of our existence. Despite hardship, He invites us to choose life, trust His promises, and live fully in His abiding presence.
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The nations shall know that I am . . . יְהוָֹה Yehovah
And I make My holy name known among My people Israel, and no longer pollute My holy name. The nations will know that I, Yehovah, the Holy One, am in Israel. YEHEZQĔL (EZEKIEL) 39:7 “And I shall make My set-apart Name known in the midst of My people Yisra’
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Cleansing and Purifying the Soul — The Path of Spiritual Renewal
Spiritual renewal begins when the Word of Y’hovah divides between soul and spirit, exposing hidden motives and restoring purity through daily surrender to the Ruach HaKodesh.
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Biblical Foods and Kosher Living: Eating According to the Torah of Y’hovah
Discover how Y’hovah’s Word transforms eating into worship. This six-part series explores the Torah foundation of kosher living and the holiness revealed through every meal shared in obedience and gratitude.
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The Oneness of Elohim
Discover the unity of Y’hovah—one Elohim revealed in Y’hoshua HaMashiach, the Creator and Redeemer of Yisra’el.
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The Vision of Yeḥezqel’s Temple
Yeḥezqel’s vision of dry bones reveals Y’hovah’s promise to restore Yisra’el through His Ruach. This prophecy points to the Renewed Covenant in Y’hoshua HaMashiach, where Y’hovah’s Spirit brings new life, unity, and obedience to His people once scattered among the nations.
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“Abolishing the Enmity”
Ephesians 2:15 is often misunderstood to say that Y’hoshua abolished the Torah. Yet from a Messianic Jewish perspective, Sha’ul reveals that what was truly abolished was the enmity—the hostility dividing Jew and Gentile. In Y’hoshua, unity is restored and Torah remains holy.
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Guarding the Covenant
Many profess faith in Y’hoshua yet fail to guard the covenant. To shamar Torah is to walk as true talmidim—faithful, watchful, and restored to relationship with Y’hovah.
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When Does a Day Begin?
A deep Messianic study on when Y’hovah’s day truly begins. Does Scripture teach sunset to sunset, or sunrise to sunrise? Discover the biblical rhythm of light, creation, and covenant that defines a true Y’hovah-day.
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Does Messianic Judaism Believe in the Trinity?
Many Messianic Jews still affirm the Trinity, yet Scripture proclaims Y’hovah Echad. This teaching traces the Greek origins of the doctrine and restores the Hebraic revelation of oneness through Y’hoshua HaMashiach.
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Restoring the Soul: The Path of True Discipleship *Part 1
Spiritual rebirth renews the ruach but leaves the nefesh in need of restoration. True deliverance begins when the disciple learns to love Y’hovah, judge self, and walk in daily renewal through the Ruach HaKodesh.
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Restoring the Soul: The Path of True Discipleship *Part 2
Sanctification is the lifelong work of the Ruach HaKodesh, shaping the talmid into the likeness of Y’hoshua. Through patience, obedience, and abiding in the Word, the disciple overcomes the flesh and walks in divine love.
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I thought I was Born Again?
Many believe being “born again” means reciting a prayer or making a decision—but Scripture reveals something far deeper. True rebirth is the transforming work of Y’hovah’s Spirit through Y’hoshua HaMashiach, bringing obedience, renewal, and covenant restoration to those who truly follow Him.
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Should we use the term “Christian” to describe ourselves as True Believers?
The designation “Christian” appears only a few times in the Scriptures—and even then, it was never a title given by Y’hovah, nor His true worshipers and talmidim. Instead, it was a term applied by outsiders, specifically the Greeks, to those who followed Y’hoshua HaMashiach. The Origin of
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Why are there two different names for God?
Why does the Torah use both Elohim and Y’hovah in creation? These divine names reveal one Elohim—both the mighty Creator and the covenant Father—made known to us through Y’hoshua HaMashiach.
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YOU WERE CALLED TO BE A DISCIPLE!
You were not called to a denomination but to be a disciple of Y’hoshua HaMashiach. True faith means restoring covenant life—guarding Torah, walking as He walked, and living as true talmidim in the ancient Way.
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GOD: A NAME OF IDOLS!
Many unknowingly use the name of a Canaanite idol when calling on “God.” Scripture commands us to guard Y’hovah’s Name and restore pure worship to Him alone.
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Y’hoshua Ben Y’hovah
David and Shlomo described the Word and Torah as light for our path. Y’hoshua HaMashiach revealed that He Himself is that Light—Y’hoshua Ben Y’hovah, the Living Word who brings illumination and life to all who follow Him.
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Remember: you do not bear the root, but the root bears you!
Gentile believers are grafted into Yisra’el’s covenant — not replacing the root but being sustained by it. The faith of Y’hoshua HaMashiach is Hebraic at its core; remember, you do not bear the root — the root bears you.
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WHAT APOSTLE PAUL DO YOU FOLLOW?
1. Paul told us to follow his example. Php 3:17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and pay attention to those who live according to the pattern we have set for you. 2. Paul always kept the Shabbat. Act 17:2 According to his usual practice, Sha’ul went in; and
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Torah Versus Wisdom
Wisdom describes what is; Torah prescribes what should be. Torah is not mere knowledge, but Y’hovah’s living instruction revealed through Y’hoshua HaMashiach, guiding His people from understanding into obedience.
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How do we get Yah from YehovAH?
Many have claimed that the poetic form Yah (יה) reveals the “correct pronunciation” of the Divine Name Y’hovah (יהוה). However, this argument is based on misunderstanding both Hebrew linguistics and Scriptural usage. No one disputes that Yah is a true reference to Y’hovah. It appears in the Tanakh,
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Jesus the Y’hudi - Restoring the ‘WAY’
About this Facebook group He was a Y’hudi (Jew)! His Hebrew name was given to his Hebrew parents, Yosef and Miriam, by the messenger of YHVH/Y’hovah. His proper Hebrew name is Y’hoshua. He lived as a Y’hudi Now, when he went to Netzaret, where he had been brought up,
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Don’t believe what I post. Research what I post!
Do not believe every post or teaching—test all things by the Word of Y’hovah. The Berean Approach calls believers to daily study and spiritual discernment through the Ruach HaKodesh and the living Word of Y’hoshua HaMashiach.
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
The Shabbat is a covenant sign, a commandment, and a delight. When we honor it, we encounter the peace of Y’hovah and the renewal of our souls. Shabbat teaches us to rest, trust, and walk in His eternal rhythm of grace.
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What are Gentile Hebraic Roots?
Discover the true Hebraic roots of faith in Y’hoshua HaMashiach. Gentile believers are grafted into Yisra’el through obedience to Torah, Shabbat, and the Feasts of Y’hovah—not replacing Yisra’el, but restored to its covenant roots.
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The covenant in My blood
The New Covenant did not begin in Bethlehem but at Golgotha. Y’hoshua’s death sealed the covenant in His blood, fulfilling Torah and opening the way for believers to walk in righteousness, shalom, and joy in the Ruach HaKodesh.
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Where did the name “Jesus” come from?
Yehoshua means “Y’hovah is salvation.” Over centuries, His Hebrew name became Greek Iēsous and later English Jesus. Restoring His true Name reconnects us with the divine truth: salvation belongs to Y’hovah through Y’hoshua HaMashiach.
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LOOKING BACKWARD
A Lesson from Torah Life often calls us to look back — not with regret, but with remembrance. The Torah repeatedly commands Yisrael to remember Y’hovah’s faithfulness, for memory strengthens faith. The wilderness journey recorded in Devarim [Deuteronomy] reminds us that Y’hovah’s hand guided, tested, and sustained
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Matthew 28:19; Spurious?
Historical and scriptural evidence suggest the Trinitarian phrase in Matthew 28:19 may be a later addition. The earliest believers immersed only in the Name of Y’hoshua HaMashiach, affirming His authority as Y’hovah’s salvation.
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The Olive Tree Metaphor
Y’HOSHUA OUR TREE OF LIFE Using the olive tree metaphor: “I am the Roots (Netzar), and you are the Branches (the Netzarim).” As Isaiah 11:1 says, a rod shall come forth from Jesse, and a branch will grow from his roots. Here, the metaphor identifies Y’hoshua as the foundational
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Y’HOSHUA FULFILLING THE TORAH!
Y’hoshua did not abolish the Torah — He fulfilled it in His life, death, and through His talmidim. The Torah lives in us today through His Ruach HaKodesh, empowering us to walk in holiness, love, and obedience to Y’hovah.
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DEREKH The ‘WAY’
Y’hoshua is the Derekh — the Way back to the Tree of Life. The Torah is that Tree, and keeping His commandments is walking in His Way. To follow Y’hoshua is to live in obedience and truth, restored to fellowship with Y’hovah.
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YOU ARE UNLEAVENED!
Through Y’hoshua HaMashiach, our Passover Lamb, we are redeemed and declared unleavened—free from sin. As we keep the Feast with sincerity and truth, we live as new creations, walking in purity and obedience to Y’hovah.
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Salvation or Kingdom Good News (Gospel)?
The Good News is not only about salvation but about the Kingdom — Y’hovah’s reign in our hearts and lives through Y’hoshua HaMashiach. Salvation gets us into the Kingdom; the Kingdom gets Y’hovah’s rule into us.
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I WILL CHOOSE A TIME TO PRAY
Choose to pray. Set a time, set a place, and use a simple “Prayer Clock” to keep your heart engaged. As you guard His Word and honor His Name, Y’hovah will strengthen you by His Spirit and shape your life through communion with Him.
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To you who are of the Assembly of Philadelphia
The message to Philadelphia calls talmidim to steadfast love and faithfulness. Y’hoshua opens a door no one can shut for those who guard His Word and Name, promising them eternal honor as pillars in the renewed Yerushalayim.
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KEEPING THE SABBATH THE 4TH COMMANDMENT
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Y’hovah. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor
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יהוה - YHVH in Tehillim (Psalms) 119; His TORAH
The Torah of Y’hovah! As the longest acrostic in the Scriptures, Psalms 119 consists of twenty-two stanzas, corresponding to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alef-bet. Each stanza is comprised of eight verses, each beginning a Hebrew letter. It’s the majestic poem the extols the virtues and benefits of the
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Defending the Father’s name: Y’hovah
Defending the sacred Name Y’hovah through ancient Hebrew manuscripts and Masoretic evidence. Over 1,000 codices reveal the true vowels (e, o, a), confirming Y’hovah as the authentic pronunciation preserved through Jewish tradition.
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Netzari Mashiach Judaism, THE WAY - back to the Tree of Life!
Many have lost sight of HaDerek—THE WAY that leads back to the Tree of Life. Netzari Mashiach Judaism restores this ancient path of Torah obedience and faith in Y’hoshua HaMashiach, guiding talmidim to walk as He walked, guarding the mitzvot and living by every word from Y’hovah.
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The Name Arbas — My Story, My Roots, My Calling
From Arba of Hebron to the four corners of today’s mission field, my name—Arbas—traces Scripture, heritage, and calling. This is my journey back to the Hebraic roots of Y’hovah through Y’hoshua HaMashiach, and the mission to make talmidim.
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BEREAN APPROACH
Become a true Berean and take The Berean Approach to confirm your beliefs before embracing them.
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THE WAY OF YEHOSHUA. LIFE
Rabbi Yehoshua gave up his celestial glory as the Word/Dabar/Logos. He made himself of no reputation. He took on the form of a human and a servant. He lived a sinless life.
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Nazarenes or Netzarim
“Nazarenes” or “Netzarim” are titles used to identify the 1st-century foundational group of disciples of Rabbi Yehoshua.
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Ani Ma’amin (אני מאמין) “I believe”
I believe with complete faith that Yehoshua, Mashiach of the Creator, Yehovah, blessed be His name, came to restore and uphold perfectly Torah, that He is the embodiment of His Word, the living Torah.
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STATEMENT OF BELIEFS
Verify all teachings and practices by researching them in authoritative resources, “prove all things; hold fast to that which is good,“ 1Thessalonians 5:21. We humbly set forth this doctrinal summary of Netzari Mashiach Judaism.
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OUR PURPOSE IS: RESTORATION
The world has fallen asleep in religion, but Y’hovah is awakening His people to restoration. Through the call of Netzari Mashiach Judaism, this teaching urges believers to return to Torah, embrace covenant life through Y’hoshua HaMashiach, and become repairers of the breach in these last days.
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You must be BORN AGAIN!
Being born again is a new covenant commandment. After we are born again, we then embark on a lifetime of following, learning, and growing in the Messiah, Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Yehovah. Each talmid works out their own salvation with fear and trembling. Following His halakhah, the complete Torah.
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HIS COVENANTS
The Mashiach did not teach Religion! He taught the Israelites to return back to the COVENANT made with them.
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NETZARI MASHIACH JUDAISM
The aim of this Ministry is Hebraic Messianic Restoration of Emunah. The Emunah/Faith, which is called Netzari Emunah or the “WAY” in Acts_24:14, Acts_24:5. Which is a return to the Faith (Jude 1:3) once delivered to the Kedoshim (set-apart ones) and it is a return to the whole Scriptures.
New or Renewed, it’s a better Covenant
The Renewed Covenant fulfills Y’hovah’s promises through Y’hoshua HaMashiach, writing His Torah on our hearts. It does not replace previous covenants but completes them, reaffirming His eternal faithfulness to Yisrael and welcoming the nations through grafting.
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About Netzari Mashiach Judaism. The ‘WAY’
Netzari Mashiach Judaism is a Messianic teaching and discipleship ministry restoring true talmidut through Torah and Rabbi Y’hoshua Ben Y’hovah, equipping believers to walk in Spirit, truth, and preparation for the coming Millennial Kingdom.
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