Newcomers to the faith - did you know you are no longer a "Gentile?"

A WORD FOR NEWCOMERS TO THE TORAH OBSERVANT FAITH: Did you know that when you become a believer in YAHWEH/Yeshua/Torah, you are no longer considered a "gentile" because you have "crossed over" to become a "Hebrew?”

The word "Hebrew" in the Hebrew language means "to cross over"(Ezra 6:21, Nehemiah 5:8-9, Isaiah 9:1, 42:6) - which is what the pagan Chaldean, Avram (later renamed "Avraham"), did in Genesis 12, when he accepted Yahweh as His God and obeyed the command to go to the Land he was told to enter.

Genesis 12:1 Now Adonai said to Avram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” (CJB)

Avram was referred to as “Avraham the Hebrew” in Genesis 14:13, which is the first time that the word is used in the Bible. He was ultimately renamed "Avraham" (Genesis 17:5) which means "father of many."

In the Tanakh ("Old Testament") the words "gentile", "heathen" and "pagan" were often synonymous. Therefore, when gentiles accept YAHWEH as their ELOHIM and Yeshua as His Divine Messiah, they can refer to themselves as "Hebrew" if they wish.