The Book of the Natsarim Study Notes

 The Book of the Natsarim Study

Why this study?

2nd Esdras 14 (hidden books) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+14%3A44-48&version=RSV

  • His Word is not confined to the 66 book cannon

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+25%3A2%2C+john+21%3A25&version=KJV

Test all things https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+thess+5%3A21&version=KJV

There is a free pdf & audiobook

Read Foreword

1 (pg 25)

1:1-2 – Age gap

1:4 – New Testament apocrypha witnessed a cave, this text brings them together.

  • Also cave of treasures (Adam and Eve)

1:6-7 – Like Joshua https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=num+13%3A16&version=KJV

1:16 – This book does profess Messiah is Elohim (the son) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+7%3A14-16&version=KJV

1:19 – Quotes Is 2 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+2%3A1-6&version=KJV

1:21 – Confirmed they were not rich – Luke 2 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+2%3A22-24%2C+lev+12%3A6-8&version=KJV

2

2:4 – Sons of Elohim https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+1%3A9-12%2C+1+john+3%3A1-7&version=KJV

2:5 – John the Baptist – Mal 4 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mal+4%3A5-6&version=KJV

2:10 – Balaam prophecy https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=num+24%3A15-19&version=KJV

2:12 – The Righteous are hated https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+5%3A10-12%2C+is+59%3A15%2C+wisdom+2%3A12-20&version=RSV

2:21 – Yahusha came in the flesh (had to deal with all we deal with)

  • Temptations, fear, anger, etc..

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+2%3A52%2C+heb+4%3A14-15%2C+1+john+4%3A1-3&version=KJV

3

3:5 – This makes a bit more sense than follow me and they did (as if under a spell of sorts)

3:7 – Giving Yah the praise always. We are to act like Yahusha

3:9 – Why didn’t he cure all? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+119%3A71%2C+jer+30%3A11%2C15%2C+heb+12%3A6-8&version=KJV

  • Natsarim 8:25-26 (pg 80)
  • If you haven’t been cured yet, endure, you’re time may come!

3:10 – Jer 30:17 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+30%3A17&version=KJV

3:13 – Is 25 ref https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+25%3A9&version=KJV

3:15 – The light https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+6%3A23%2C+ps+119%3A105%2C+ps+18%3A28%2C+ps+19%3A7-8%2C+1+pet+2%3A9&version=KJV

3:16 – Tasks within our power – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+3%3A17-23%2C+matt+25%3A14-15&version=RSV

  • Natsarim 7:24 (pg 73)

3:17-18 – Truth https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+119%3A142%2C+ps+119%3A151%2C+Psalms+56%3A4%2C+Psalms+118%3A6&version=KJV

3:19-20 – The hard way is better https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+7%3A1-14%2C+sirach+2%3A1-5&version=RSV

3:21 – Training children with austerity (thesaurus) https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/austerity

3:22-23 – Watering

3:24-25 – Conspiracy junkies (we’ve learned the world is a lie, but is everyone our enemy?)

3:26 – Truth and light https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+119%3A142%2C+pro+6%3A23%2C+Psalms+43%3A3%2C+Malachi+2%3A6&version=KJV

PART 2

3:26-27 – We cannot forget these basic terms that help interpret the rest of scriptures!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+119%3A142%2C+pro+6%3A23%2C+Psalms+43%3A3%2C+Malachi+2%3A6%2C+is+26%3A1-2%2C+rev+22%3A14&version=KJV

3:29 – To the root of the issue (much like Matt 5)

3:32 – This is the context and basis for turn the other cheek

3:35 –  Helping the weak https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rom+15%3A1%2C+rom+6%3A2%2C+1+thes+5%3A14%2C+james+5%3A7-15&version=KJV

3:36-38 – We have a purpose – I don’t think any of us want to be the second man

3:39 – Each according to their abilities (talents) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A14-30&version=KJV

3:40 – Even though we may not see the reward of our labors, press on https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A9%2C+john+4%3A36-37%2C+is+26%3A17-21&version=ESV

3:43 – Another angle to the parable of the seeds https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+13%3A18-23&version=NASB

3:45 (first verse) This walk requires diligence and perseverance https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A13%2C+rev+2%3A26%2C+2+peter+3%3A14-18&version=KJV

3:46 – Patience (life, walk, bearing fruit) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+pet+1%3A1-11%2C+sirach+3%3A23-24&version=RSV

3:49 – No turning back https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+14%3A27-30%2C+luke+9%3A62&version=NASB

3:50 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen+3%3A17-19%2C+exo+20%3A9-11%2C+deut+28%3A1-12%2C+deut+33%3A11%2C+pro+12%3A11%2C+12%3A24%2C+14%3A23%2C+ecclesiastes+2%3A24%2C+3%3A13%2C5%3A12%2C+&version=KJV

  • Natsarim 4:33 (49) 28

PART 3

4:1-4 Good deeds https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+5%3A14-16%2C+44-45%2C+pro+12%3A10&version=KJV

4:5-7 – Does a hard life mean automatic entry? No! 2 Esdras 7:1-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+7%3A1-25&version=RSV

4:8-9 – We must be humble and meek with wisdom: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+3%3A17-29%2C+ps+25%3A4-9&version=RSV

4:10-11 – Not understanding yet the nature of life – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+2%3A1-13&version=RSV

4:14 – Which path? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+7%3A13-14%2C+ps+119%3A1%2C+2+esdras+14%3A19-22&version=RSV

4:15-16 – Some are too uptight and some are too loose.

4:18 – We must learn to treasure all of his Word! https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut+8%3A3%2C+matt+4%3A3-4&version=KJV

4:19 – Natsarim 7:8 (pg 70)

4:20-22 – His word is like a two edged sword https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb+4%3A12%2C+ps+149%3A4-6%2C+jer+23%3A29&version=KJV

  • Natsarim 16:46-47 (pg 155)

4:23-24 – False humility is rampant (torah terrorism) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+tim+2%3A24-26&version=KJV

4:25 – Keep it all!!

4:27-28 – This isn’t just about material possessions, this is a parable about the righteous persecuted by the wicked

4:28 – Life is hard and so it is supposed to be – What about “my yoke is easy and burden light”?

4:29-30 – Easy way is rarely the best (confirming the toil spoken just prior to this)

4:31 – Another look at the meaning of life!!! Enoch 36:4 is another https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe039.htm

PART 4

4:32 – This is the core of what Yahusha was trying to change within his people

4:33 – Working https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+thess+3%3A10-15%2C+1+tim+5%3A8&version=NASB

4:34 – Do unto others… https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%206%3A31&version=KJV

  • Natsarim 3:25 (38)

4:35 – James 3:1 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james+3%3A1%2C+jer+23%3A1-2%2C+14-17%2C+lam+5%3A12%2C+1+Kings+14%3A16&version=KJV

4:36 – A parable about 4:35 (recall first half of 35)

4:37 – Duty of the rich (one of the jobs within the body) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+12%3A6-11&version=NASB

4:38 – Riches are not sinful (Abraham) Jasher 22:11-13 https://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/22.htm

  • Wealth gained by exploitation – Writings of Abraham 29:2-10 (66) https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Order-of-The-Ancients.pdf
    • Think Egypt and built up by slavery
    • Think today… top 0.1% have more than 90% of the world’s wealth
      • This is loving themselves more than others

4:39 – Friends (Sirach 6) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+6%3A5-17&version=RSV

4:40 – Vanity of the flesh – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+4%3A8&version=KJV

  • Yahusha expounds on this later in the book

4:41-42 – This is talking about those who want to withdraw from society…(laying down our lives)

4:44 – Change with soft words and ruach vs the sword https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+16%3A32&version=NASB

4:45-46 “How to love one another more”

4:47-48 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A38-39%2C+john+20%3A29%2C2+esdras+1%3A35-37&version=RSV

  • Consider it a blessing if an angel hasn’t visited, or that he hasn’t appeared to us…
  • This passage is powerful, much like if he forced us all to be obedient, how would there be separation between good and evil?

4:51 – Don’t be puffed up! https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2018%3A10-14&version=KJV

Ch 5 –

5:7 – Don’t fear man https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+10%3A24-33%2C+deut+1%3A16-17&version=NASB

Part 5

6:1 – Test of Levi 5:9-30 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe276.htm

6:4 – Tempted like man https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb+4%3A12-16%2C+john+1%3A14%2C+1+tim+3%3A16%2C+1+john+4%3A2-3%2C+2+john+1%3A7%2C+&version=KJV

6:7 – A separator (we are called to be separate from the world as well) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+3%3A11-12%2C+10%3A34-37&version=KJV

  • Natsarim 1:20 (28) 2:12 (32) 9:31 (91) 13:18 (121) 13:62 (129)

6:8 – They judged, but not according to righteous judgement – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+7%3A14-24&version=KJV

6:10 – They hated him because he healed on the shabbat (not against Torah, but oral)

6:11 – Sounds like the katy people of today…

6:14 – How to deal with the issue https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+tim+2%3A24-26%2C+1+Peter+3%3A13-16&version=KJV

  • Speaking plainly vs. speaking with eloquence
  • Also recognizing “the brick wall” – plant and reap

6:15 –  Praise Yah, this is what he came to do (we spoke about it last week)

6:20- Yahuah judges the inner man, not outward appearance: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+sam+16%3A6-7%2C+james+2%3A1-5%2C+4%3A11-12%2C+Matthew+10%3A28%2C+2+cor+4%3A16-18%2C+&version=KJV

  • Testimony?
  • Did any of us have any choice in our looks?

6:21-23 – This sheds new light on (you must sell all you have)

  • Not all lives are the same
  • What about an employer of many? Put them all out on the streets?
  • We all have different costs for the walk (we aren’t all rich young rulers)

6:24 – Treasure – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+6%3A19-21&version=KJV

6:26 – Reminder about the duty of the rich – Natsarim 4:37 (51)

  • How can they do this if they give everything away?
  • Reminder the rich young ruler didn’t want to give

6:27-29 – Testing the love https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+6%3A7-17&version=RSV

6:30 – He came to teach torah the right way https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+6%3A23%2C+john+3%3A16-21&version=KJV

Natsarim 7:8-9 (70)


Part 6


The Real Patrick article: https://www.ucg.org/vertical-thought/the-patrick-you-didnt-know

6:31 – Yahusha was there with the Jews during the feast days

  • Also acknowledged their shabbats etc..
  • Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

6:32 – There were many around this pool, why him? Why you/us? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+17%3A10%2C+1+sam+16%3A7%2C+john+6%3A44&version=KJV

6:35 – No Torah law forbidding healing on shabbat https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+12%3A10-14&version=KJV

6:36 – We are content with our ways… (still ring true in our generation?)

  • Natsarim 2:12 (32)

6:37 – Sometimes, you just move on , https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+30%3A9-13&version=KJV

6:39 – Snotty people (not a torah law but oral jewish) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+65%3A1-5%2C+luke+10%3A25-37%2C+eph+2%3A11-18%2C+&version=KJV

  • Some in this movement have that ‘holier than thou’ attitude
  • Injections (treating them less than human) they are just deceived (mercy, patience)

6:42 – Never thirst again / eternal life

6:47 –  This is why we still celebrate his feast days (outside of Jerusalem) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=tobit+1%3A1-2%2C10-13%2C+tobit+2%3A1-2%2C+matt+18%3A20%2C+1+cor+3%3A16&version=RSV

6:48 – The prophets foretold this end of the offerings https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+1%3A11%2C+micah+6%3A6-8%2C+jer+7%3A21-24%2C+ps+50%3A7-14%2C+1+sam+15%3A22-23%2C+dan+9%3A26-27&version=KJV

6:51 – What satisfies https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+55%3A1-3%2C+10-13%2C+ps+1%3A1-3&version=KJV

6:53 – John 4 compliments this well https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+4%3A31-38&version=NASB

6:57 – Marriage not of the flesh (gen 3) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A21-24&version=KJV

6:59 – Marriage forged through adversity, much like life

  • Natsarim 4:31 (49)

6:60 – Romance (knight in shining armor, swept of your feet, love of your life)

  • True biblical marriage is becoming one in Ruach (esp through adversity)

7:1 – Legion & Unnatural strength – Testament of Dan 2;1-4:4 https://parableofthevineyard.com/the-testament-of-dan/

7:4 – Why didn’t Yahusha tell him to follow him?

Part 7

7:5 – Shows that Matthew had time to consider and make a decision (YHWH doesn’t force)

7:6 – Are we too holy to spend time with those without?

  • The people are just blinded by Satan, do you have compassion on them?

7:7 – The heart of man https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jer+17%3A9%2C+mark+7%3A21&version=KJV

7:8 – Law of men (dangers of Judaism/Talmud) https://worldeventsandthebible.com/talmud

7:9 – New oil for the lamp (understanding/obedience)  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+6%3A23%2C+ps+119%3A105%2C+ps+43%3A3%2C+john+1%3A1-9%2C+matt+25%3A1-13&version=KJV

 7:11 – If we are to walk like messiah, are we identifying those who are in need?

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+14%3A12-14%2C+matt+25%3A31-40%2C+is+35%3A3-4%2C+2+esdras+2%3A20-23&version=RSV

7:13 – Routine repetition https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+6%3A5-8&version=RSV

  • Remember, he wants the heart!

7:14-17 – Seems to be a clearer version of: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+11%3A7-15&version=KJV

7:18 – Wrapped up within itself, hello today?

7:19 – Lol, don’t I know this too well.

7:21 – This is the goal. The Father’s Word shows us his character, his expectations. We should be able to look into it, and within ourselves. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+3%3A15-21%2C+james+1%3A22-25&version=NASB

7:24 – Recognizing what Paul said: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A11-16%2C+matt+25%3A15%2C+matt+23%3A8%2C+&version=KJV

7:25-

7:28 – Who are the mysteries revealed to? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+25%3A9%2C+sirach+3%3A17-24&version=RSV

7:29 – The best EVAR is on our side! https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+cor+10%3A13%2C+heb+4%3A14-16&version=NASB

  • Testimony of the challenges of life, yet shalom within

Part 8

7:31 – Lawful to do well on Shabbat

7:32 – Contrasting between eating and labor. Between selfishness vs Kingdom work.

7:33 – How could one man be forgiven and not another?

  • Intentions?
  • Repentance?
  • Broken heart?
  • Remember the two men praying parable?

7:36 – Spiritual Apathy (just carried on traditions passed down)

7:37 – “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”

7:39 – Let’s test him (lay a snare for him) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Wisdom+2%3A12-20%2C+ps+22%3A6-8&version=RSV

  • Reminds me of Pilgrim’s progress

7:40 – Quoting Is 11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+11%3A1-5&version=KJV

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