The Twelve Pillars Daniel C. Juster, Th.D.

1. The Twelve PillarsDaniel C. Juster, Th.D. Tikkunamerica.org

2. Ephesians 2:20-22, “You have been built on the foundation made up of the shlichim and prophets, with Messiah Yeshua Himself being the cornerstone. In Him the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple for the Lord. In Him, you also are being built together into God’s dwelling place in the Spirit.”

3. 1 Peter 2:5, “You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua.” Tree of Life BibleMichael Washer

4. Pillar Five: The Kingdom is Expressed in a Life of Character

5. Matthew 28:18-20, “Yeshua came up to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Ruach ha-Kodesh, teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And remember! I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

6. Romans 8:13, “For if you live according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.”

8. Romans 8:5-6, “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and shalom.”

9. Jeremiah 31:32, “I put my Torah within them and write it on their hearts.”

10. Matthew 5:17-18, “Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets! I did not come to abolish, but to fill full. Amen, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, notthe smallest letter or serif shall ever pass away from the Torah until all things come to pass.”

11. Romans 6:14-15, “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

12. Romans 8:4, “So the requirement of the Torahmight be fulfilled in us, who do not walkaccording to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”

14. Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

16. Matthew 5:37, “But let your word ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’—anything more than this is from the evil one.””

17. Matthew 6:1-2, “Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you do tzedakah, do not sound a trumpetbefore you as the hypocrites doin the synagogues and on the streets,so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

19. Matthew 6:19, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.”

21. V’ahavta et Adonai Elohechab’choll’vav’chaAnd you shall love the Lord your Godwith all of your heart.

22. John 17:21, “That they may be one as you Father and I are one, that the world might believe that You have sent me.” Pillar Seven: The Kingdom is Expressed in a Quest for Unity

23. Psalm 133

24. Five-Fold MinistriesEphesians 4:11-13, He Himself gave someto be shlichim, some as prophets, some as proclaimers of the Good News, and some as shepherds and teachers—to equip the kedoshim for the work of service, for building up the body of Messiah. This will continue until we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of Ben-Elohim—to mature adulthood, to the measure of the stature of Messiah’s fullness.

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27. Count von Zinzendorfand the Moravians

28. Colossians 2:15, “After disarming the principalities and powers, Messiah made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.”