The House of Yahweh of Odessa
The Original House of Yahweh established by Jacob Hawkins in 1975
The House of Yahweh of Odessa
The Original House of Yahweh established by Jacob Hawkins in 1975
The Original House of Yahweh established by Jacob Hawkins in 1975
The Original House of Yahweh established by Jacob Hawkins in 1975
JACOB HAWKINS, THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH, A RELIGIOUS ORDER, ESTABLISHED ACCORDING TO JACOB HAWKINS
When The House of Yahweh was discovered in 1962, Yohanan Aharoni did not understand the prophetic importance of his discovery. It wasn’t until June 29, 1973, when Jacob Hawkins came upon an article in the Jerusalem Post, which described the findings of Mr. Aharoni, that the prophecy of Isaiah 2:2 was fulfilled. Jacob was living in Nazareth, Israel at the time, had moved to Israel in 1969, with his family and a small group of believers, to settle and start a work of Yahweh in the Holy Land. He was an ordained Minister and Messianic Rabbi, who had spent his time living in a Kibbutz and preparing his family and this small group of believers to set up a ministry to do the work of Yahweh. In Jacob’s own words he describes how he established and founded the family name, House of Yahweh in these last days.
This excerpt is taken from the Prophetic Watchman Magazine, November 1983 issue:
At the time we went to Israel we did not carry any title, though we did believe in the name of the creator and his son. We were looked upon as Messianic Jews. Later I began to publish the Prophetic Watchman. It was not until about 2 years later after starting the Prophetic Watchman, that we began to call ourselves the House of Yahweh. This came about in the Friday’s edition of the Jerusalem Post. It was Friday, June 29, 1973 and an article entitled, “Unearthing the land” appeared in the Jerusalem Post. This article talked about the many archeological discoveries in Israel. But what caught my eye was this, “At Arad, excavated by Yohanan Aharoni, reference is made to a bayith YHWH...” At this precise time Yahweh began to flash through my mind the many scriptures of Yahweh which referred to His people as The House of Yahweh. Yahweh brought to my mind how the prophets had foretold that the House of Yahweh was to be brought back to the Earth in the last days: “But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the House of Yahweh shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall flow unto it.” Micahyah 4:1 At that time we were living in the new city of Nazareth, the Jewish section. So on Monday, July 2, 1973, I caught a bus down to the old city of Nazareth, and had a letterhead drawn up with these words. Inserted is a copy of the old letterhead.
The HOUSE OF YAHWEH
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
P.O. BOX 1039
NAZARETH ILLIT ISRAEL
JACOB HAWKINS, WORLD OVERSEER PUBLISHERS OF THE PROPHETIC WATCHMAN
At the time the House of Yahweh was established on the high mountains of Israel as was foretold by the prophets, Read Eze. 17/22-24, The word established comes from the word “KUN” and means: “be fashioned”, “be prepared”, “be set in order”, “confirmed”, “make ready”, “ordain”, “set aright”, etc. That very day, Monday July 2, 1973, the House of Yahweh was fashioned, prepared, set in order, confirmed, and ordained back on this earth. That very day the remnant of the 144,000 began to be sealed. The gleaning work had started just where the Apostles of Yeshua had left off. It started in the very city where Yeshua started his ministry, where he grew up. Yes, where he lived with his mother, step father, brothers and sisters, where he played as a boy and preached as a man. The following year 1974 THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH was listed in 1974 Copyright edition of the “DIRECTORY OF SABBATH OBSERVING GROUPS” ON PAGES 143, PAGES 144, and 145 as THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH, WORLD HEADQUARTERS, NAZARETH ILLIT, ISRAEL, JACOB HAWKINS -OVERSEER. It is listed there along with the doctrines and beliefs and its goal of publishing and preaching the Evangel among all nations.
The Overseer who guides the House of Yahweh moved it west of Israel in 1975 to Odessa, Texas to start a work of Yahweh in America. Jacob Hawkins guided it to Odessa, Texas because he believed the prophets foretold that it would be set up in a desert, a place called Odessa. Isayah 21:1 the word “burden” is from the Hebrew word, “Massa”, and means a SONG or SINGING, ODESSA IS GREEK FOR “SONG” OR “SINGING”. It was to be in a basin, a place once a sea, but had dried up into a desert. Isayah 21:1 See also Eze. 19/1,14, Hos. 2/14,17. Read Rev. 7/1,8. When this sealing of the gleanings of the 144,000 is finished, the House of Yahweh will return to Israel, from whence it came. When this sealing is finished the great tribulation will start.
In preparing to gather the 144,000 firstfruits, Yeshua told the Apostles--”Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Matt.4/18. Yahweh foretold through the prophet--”Behold I will send for many fishers (Apostles) saith Yahweh, and they shall fish them; (the fishing work ended with the Apostles), AND AFTER WILL I SEND FOR MANY HUNTERS, (OUR DAY OF GLEANING), AND THEY SHALL HUNT THEM FROM EVERY MOUNTAIN, (RELIGIOUS SECTS), AND FROM EVERY HILL, AND OUT OF THE HOLES OF THE ROCKS.” JER. 16/16. The word “hunt” means almost the same as “glean”. It means “to search carefully after; to seek...” Today we are searching and seeking carefully for the remnant of the 144,000.
The article that Jacob Hawkins read in the Jerusalem Post on that July day in 1973, told of an inscription which had the writings “Bayith Yahweh” or House of Yahweh on some ostrica. This was the beginning of a House of Yahweh, that was to be established as a work, family, and name for Yahweh’s habitation, but most importantly this was Yahweh’s revealing to His servants what we are called. For over two thousand years this name had been hidden from the world, as a religious order, or a family name, without anyone having any indication of the importance of calling the faith or family of believers a “House of Yahweh”. The prophecy had to be fulfilled as written by the prophets Isaiah and Micah, that this would not take place until the extreme last time, called the last days. Jacob Hawkins fulfilled this important prophecy, by re-establishing the family Name of Yahweh, called, House of Yahweh as a religious order promoting the Law and the Prophets.
Isayah 8:20 “To the Law and to the Testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
The word testimony is #8584 and means: testimony, attestation, confirmation; testimony, (prophetic) injunction.
Jacob Hawkins attested or affirmed the House of Yahweh to be the name of Yahweh’s family and fulfilled the prophetic injunction of Isaiah and Micah. This act of founding a House of Yahweh could have been done by anyone, but the fact of the matter is that it was performed, confirmed, and established by Jacob Hawkins.
When Jacob Hawkins returned to the United States of America, he established a religious institution, a body of believers, called by the family name, House of Yahweh, and located it in Odessa, Texas. He continued to preach and publish the message of the Kingdom of Yahweh until his death on March 22, 1991.
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