Ani Ma’amin
as modified for Messianic use from Maimonides
by Messianic Rabbi Adam J. Bernay

  1. I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is the Creator and Guide of everything that has been created; He alone has made, does make, and will make all things. [Genesis/Beresheit 1; Gospel According to John/B’Sorah v’Yochanan 1]

  2. I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is One, and that there is no unity in any manner like His, and that He alone is our God, who was, and is, and will be. [Deuteronomy 6:4; Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Mattityahu 22:36-40; Gospel According to John/B’Sorah v’Yochanan Chapter 10]

  3. I believe with perfect faith that the nature of ADONAI is a compound unity (echad) manifesting Himself in three primary ways to us (HaAbba [The Father], HaBen [The Son, Yeshua/Jesus, the Messiah, the Middle Pillar of the Godhead, the physical, human manifestation of God] and Shekinah [the Dwelling of God with Man, also called the Holy Spirit/Breath]. [Exodus 24:9-11]

  4. I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is the first and the last. [Gospel According to John/B’Sorah v’Yochanan 1; Isaiah 44:6; Revelation 22:13]

  5. I believe with perfect faith that to the Father, blessed be His Name, and to Him alone, it is right to pray, and that we should pray to Him in the Name of the Son, the Creator. [Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Mattityahu 6:9-10; First Letter to the Corinithians 1:2; Ephesians 5:20]

  6. I believe with perfect faith that all the words of the prophets are true. [Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Mattityahu 5:17]

  7. I believe with perfect faith that with a perfect faith that the prophecy of Moses, “The L-RD thy G-d will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him you shall lend an ear,” speaks of our teacher Yeshua the Messiah, and it is He to whom I shall lend my ear. [Yesha’yahu/Isaiah 51:16; Gospel According to Luke/B’Sorah v’Uri 2:25-34; Gospel According to John/ B’Sorah v’Yochanan 8:25-30, 12:44-50, 17:5-8; Ma’aseh Shelichim/Acts of the Apostles Chapter 3]

  8. I believe with perfect faith that the entire written Torah that is now in our possession is the same that was given to Moses, our first teacher, peace be upon him, and that this instruction, as amplified and explained (though never contradicted or changed) in the Tenakh (Prophets and Writings) and the Ketuvei HaShelichim (Writings of the Apostles) is how God calls His Redeemed People Israel – whether their individual background is Jewish or of the Nations – to live. [Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Matityahu 5:17-18]

  9. I believe with perfect faith that this Torah will not be exchanged, and that there will never be any other Torah from the Creator, blessed be His name, although it will be renewed and written upon our hearts at the time of the coming of the Kingdom. [Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Matityahu 5:17-18]

10. I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, knows all the deeds of human beings, and all their thoughts, as it says: "Who fashioned the hearts of them all, Who comprehends all their actions." [Tehillim/Psalms 33:15]

11. I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, blesses those that keep His commandments and punishes those that transgress them, and has provided through the sacrifice of Yeshua HaMashiach for the salvation of man from the ultimate punishment for those transgressions, grafting and regrafting all those who Believe into the Tree of Israel. [Deuteronomy/Devarim Chapters 28 & 30; Yesha’yahu/Isaiah Chapter 53; Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Matityahu 5:17-18; Gospel According to Mark/B’Sorah v’Mordechai 16:20; Igeh'ret et haRomim/Letter to the Romans Chapter 11]

12. I believe with perfect faith in the returning of the Messiah; and even though he may tarry, nonetheless I wait every day for his coming. [Isaiah/Yesha’yahu Chapters 27 & 28; Joel/Yoel Chapter 2; Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Matityahu Chapter 24; First Letter to the Corinthians/Igeh’ret Rishon et haCorintim Chapter 12; First Letter to the Thessalonians/Igeh’ret Rishon et haTesolonikim Chapter 4]

13. I believe with perfect faith that there will be a revival of the dead to judgment – some to life eternal through the atonement of the Messiah, others to death in the fiery pit – at the time(s) appointed by the Father, blessed be His name, and His name shall be exalted for ever and ever. [Gospel According to Matthew/B’Sorah v’Matityahu Chapters 11 & 12; Gospel According to John/B’Sorah v’Matityahu Chapter 5; Letter to the Romans/Igeh’ret et haRomim 2:1-8, 14:10; First Letter to the Corinthians/Igeh’ret Sheni et haCorintim Chapter 4; Letter to the Hebrews/Igeh’ret et Ivrim Chapters 9 & 10; Peter’s Second Letter/Igeh’ret Sheni v’Kefa; Revelation to John/Hitgalut et Yochanan Chapter 20]