What is YaYiN About?

At YaYiN, Academic disciplines, Pneumatic training, and Messianic insight meet as one.

God Incarnate – A World-Changing Reality

Without a doubt, no single person has had the level of influence upon humankind as the humble son of a carpenter, Yeshua Ha Maschiach. History has even been divided into the period before his birth and the period after his birth. Over two thousand years later, he remains the most compelling figure globally. All of this hints at the compelling truth of the bible. The Bible states, “the word of God became flesh” (John 1:1). God supernaturally inserted himself into the human equation, into human experience. From a humble root out of dry ground (Isa. 53:1-2), the world changed forever.

Making God Known

The creator is necessarily unknowable. However, there was a part of God, his reflection, his image that mankind could see and know: his glory, Yeshua is the “express image of God” (Heb. 1:1-3). He is the revelation of God: he is also the means by which God can be known, the ratio cognoscenti. This is the essence of the teachings contained on this site-to reveal Yeshua, Christ. Those who have seen him have seen the Father (John 14).

World Class Teaching

At YaYiN,  therefore, the main theme is ‘revealing Christ, Yeshua.’ You will receive world-class teaching in a range of topics that will enhance your understanding of Christ, the living Word of God. In order to achieve this, it will often be necessary to look at ancient culture and language. Some of these topics, such as Galilean Aramaic and Messianic hermeneutics, cast tremendous light upon the teaching of the greatest life ever lived. Yeshua spoke Aramaic, and many of the things he said can only be appreciated by understanding the unique features of this language. 

Yeshua taught according to existing hermeneutical principles that were well-known to his audience. In most modern institutions, students are not exposed to this level of teaching. Finally, a key aspect of Yeshua’s ministry was pneumatic healing, deliverance, and revelation in the line of the Old Testament prophets. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are taught and explored. At Yayin, students will be developed to an extraordinary level of academic, spiritual, and Messianic insight.

The university consists of three major schools:

-The School of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatic and Prophetic training)

-The School of Academic (and Theological) Knowledge (SOAK)

-The Yeshivah (Advanced Christological and Messianic studies)

An Apprenticeship Like Jesus- Follow in his Footsteps, Learning as he Learned: Essential Foundational Skills

Before entering the above schools, it is important to be equipped with some basic knowledge and skills. Children in the time of Jesus would have been taught oral law, Torah, linguistics, and Messianic theology. Preparation for these schools, therefore, begins with completing modules from the ‘Beyt Sefer’ (house of the book). This was the traditional starting point for most students in the time of Jesus and still continues today. In order to learn as Jesus learned, and truly understand the words of Jesus, students would need to become familiar with biblical languages such as Hebrew and Aramaic. It is helpful to also be aware of the Torah, oral law, and basic rabbinic interpretation.

Jesus came to fulfill or explain the law. By the age of twelve, he was able to ask penetrating and insightful questions about the law. In order to truly follow the arguments in the Gospels and letters of the Apostles, it is important to understand the ‘oral’ law and traditions. In the School of Knowledge, students will be equipped with essential skills to understand the meaning behind Yeshua’s words in the Gospels, and the complex arguments from the law set forth by the Apostle Paul.

Jesus the Healer -the Gifts Continue

Jesus, as we can read in the scriptures, also had extraordinary prophetic and pneumatic ability in the tradition of the great Old Testament prophets. These abilities used to be honed in ‘schools of the prophets.’ John the Baptist was the last of this line of great prophets before Jesus. Jesus imparted spiritual authority to his disciples and trained them in the gifts of the Spirit (Matt. 10:1). The Beyt Sefer, therefore, includes studies in relevant pneumatic and prophetic topics. Understanding the Backdrop to the Law

 After completing studies at YaYiN, students will be competent in biblical and ancient languages; understand and flow in their spiritual gifts; have the ability to think theologically and critically at a high level, and be trained in missiology. It, therefore, combines the academic and theological with the pneumatic and missiological. Students who choose to study at SONS will have a solid apologetics foundation for their academic studies. This combination of academic, pneumatic, missiological, and messianic studies is what produces world-class disciples of Christ called Talmidim.

Mashiach, Jesus Christ.

The Ethos:

The overall emphases of the Yeshivah are academic, pneumatic, messianic, and Philo-Semitic. The Hebrew scriptures were meticulously transmitted and preserved by the Jews over many centuries. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed the accuracy of the transmission process. The Jewish nation, particularly the Masoretes, deserve credit for their devotion to God’s word which has placed into the hands of the modern student an accurate copy of God’s word and established a common basis from which to embark upon theological study. The Yeshivah, along with early tradition, believes in a personal messiah who will ultimately usher in the messianic age and whose kingdom will have no end. After students have been developed pneumatically, academically, and in terms of their knowledge of the Messiah, they will be fully equipped to transform their societies.

Why YaYiN?

Many online institutions focus purely on theology from a European perspective. Often, institutions omit the pneumatic development of the students and emphasise purely academic disciplines. Finally, the messianic thrust of the scriptures is frequently passed over leaving students with little knowledge of the Jewish backdrop to the scriptures. At YaYiN, all three major aspects are given full attention and the student can receive a holistic course that will empower him or her to fulfill their God-given potential. The student will be immersed into the world of the bible and New Testament as it was when Yeshua walked the earth and be able to contextualise his teachings into the modern era. This is what makes studying at YaYiN so powerful.