Summary Statement of Faith of
B'nei HaMelech / Family Bible Ministries

We stand by these basic Biblical truths:

 • G-d. We believe in only one true and living G-d as declared in the Sh’ma (Devarim [Deuteronomy] 6:4), Who is Echad (one, a compound unity), and Who eternally, simultaneously, and distinctly exists as G-d the Father (Abba), G-d the Son (HaBen Yeshua), and G-d the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) (Yesha`yahu [Isaiah] 48:16-17, B'resheet [Genesis] 1:1-2, Sh'mot [Exodus] 3:6, Mishle [Proverbs] 30:4, Ephesians 4:4-6).

 • Yeshua HaMashiach. We believe in Messiah Yeshua’s deity (Yesha`yahu [Isaiah] 9:6, Yochanan [John] 1:1-4,10-14), His virgin birth (Yesha`yahu [Isaiah] 7:14), His sinless life, His atoning death (Yesha`yahu [Isaiah] 53, Tehillim [Psalms] 22), His bodily resurrection, His ascension, and His future return in power and glory to rule the world from the throne of his ancestor David.

 • Bible. We believe that the whole Bible is but a single unit, consisting of both the TaNaKh (so-called “Hebrew Scriptures”) and the Ketuvei HaShalichim (Apostolic Scriptures), and that it is the one and only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of G-d (Tehillim [Psalms] 119:89, Mishle [Proverbs] 30:5-6, 2 Timothy 3:16-17).

 • Torah. Though G-d progressively revealed His will to mankind from Gan Eden to the end of the Apostolic Age (i.e., the death of Shliach Yochanan, ca 90 C.E.), we believe that He has now, and has always had, but one Torah (divine instruction) (Sh'mot [Exodus] 24:4) for all people of all time, and that it is the singular standard of righteousness by which all mankind will be judged.

 • Talmud. We believe the Scriptures when they say that Moshe Rabbeinu “wrote down all the words of Adonai”  (Sh'mot [Exodus] 24:4). We therefore believe that the writings of the Sages (Talmud, Mishnah, etc.), while valuable for our understanding and application of the Torah to our daily walk, do not constitute a “Second Torah” or “Oral Torah,” and that they were not divinely inspired but are the product of men. They therefore do not have the authority of Torah ( Mishle [Proverbs] 30:6, D'varim [Deuteronomy] 12:32).

 • Israel. We believe in G-d’s eternal covenant with Avraham, Yitzhak (Isaac), and Ya'akov (Jacob), and with Ya'akov’s descendants forever. We therefore unconditionally stand with and support the Jewish people and the State of Israel, and hold fast to the Biblical heritage of our forefathers.

 • Miqra. We acknowledge that the “Body of Messiah” is composed of both Jews and Non-Jews who have received Yeshua the Messiah as the Promised Redeemer. The “middle wall of partition” has been broken down and now we worship the G-d of Israel together (1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 2:13-14), united as one Holy and Called-Out People in Messiah Yeshua.

 • Conversion. We recognize that all Jewish people — physical descendants of Avraham (Abraham) through Yitz'chak (Isaac) and Ya'akov (Jacob), whether through the mother's or the father's blood-line — who place their faith in Israel’s Messiah Yeshua continue to be Jewish according to the Scriptures (Rom. 2:28-29). Gentiles who place their faith in Yeshua are “grafted into” the Jewish olive tree of faith (Rom. 11:17-25), becoming adopted sons and daughters of Avraham (Gal. 3:28-29) and full and equal citizens of the Commonwealth of Israel, partaking equally with the natural-born children of Avraham, Yitz'chak, and Ya'akov in the Torah, the Covenants, and the Land of Israel. We therefore specifically reject the idea taught by some that it is beneficial in any way for non-Jewish people to submit to any formal “conversion process” to become full partakers in the Commonwealth of Israel. Furthermore, we hold that any such “conversion process” is contrary to the clear teaching of the Scriptures, and only serves to rebuild and re-affirm the “middle wall of partition” between Jew and Gentile.

 • Moadim. We observe and celebrate the Jewish Holy Days given by G-d to Israel, with their fulfillment in and through Messiah Yeshua. We believe that true “Biblical Judaism,” the faith of first century Messianic Believers which we seek to practice, acknowledges the continuity of faith in the one true G-d, revealed throughout the Scriptures, and ultimately manifested in G-d’s Son, Yeshua the Messiah. We believe that salvation has always been “by faith,” and that works of law, or righteous acts, have never saved anyone (Gen. 15:6; Rom. 2-6; Eph. 2:8-9; Heb. 11:6, 39).

 • Future. We further believe that the Messianic Restoration Movement is the beginning of the fulfillment of the Biblical prophecies concerning the Restoration of Israel that will be completely fulfilled in the Messianic Age, when HaMelech Yeshua HaMashiach will reign physically on earth from His throne in Jerusalem, and that it is also the beginning of the fulfillment of the prophecies in Zekharyah [Zechariah] chapters 6 and 9 concerning the Gentiles who will worship alongside the Jews in the Temple of HaShem (see especially Zekharyah [Zechariah] 8:20-23), which will also be completely fulfilled in the Messianic Age.

For more information about our beliefs, please refer to our Doctrinal Summary.