{"id":17,"date":"2026-04-26T18:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/covenant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T05:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:11:39","slug":"covenant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/covenant\/","title":{"rendered":"The covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-dark ioy-glow ioy-fullbleed\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner ioy-hero\">\n    <div class=\"ioy-hero__lintel\">\n      <span class=\"ioy-tetra ioy-tetra--lintel\">\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"ioy-hero__eyebrow\">A binding covenant before Yahweh<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"ioy-hero__title\">The Private Membership Covenant<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"ioy-hero__sub\">Read this slowly, in prayer. Sign only if it sits true in your spirit. The covenant is not a contract; it is a recognition between souls under Yahweh&rsquo;s authority alone. Ten clauses, sealed in scripture.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ioy-rule\"><span class=\"ioy-rule__ornament\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-dark\" style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\">\n    <div class=\"ioy-image-hero\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ark-of-Covenant.png\" alt=\"The Ark of the Covenant &mdash; the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, witness of the binding covenant\" loading=\"eager\">\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 820px;\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center; font-style: italic; opacity: 0.85;\">The text below is the covenant offered to each accepted applicant. The signature is administered by the steward Yahweh has assigned to your care, when the time has come. The act of signing is by hand, witnessed; the e-signature is a record, not a substitute for the hand.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ioy-rule\"><span class=\"ioy-rule__ornament\">\u2726<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;1<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">Names and Standing<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">I, the undersigned, having read and weighed this document in prayer, hereby enter into covenant with the Israel of Yah Trust &mdash; an ecclesiastical private trust held under the lawful jurisdiction of Yahweh and His exclusive Equity, of which the Father, Yahweh, is the sole Grantor; Yeshua the Messiah, the Head Trustee; and a single soul, by his own request anonymous, the Primary Beneficiary. I enter as a free, living soul, of my own willing accord, neither compelled nor under duress.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;2<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">The Spiritual Frame<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">This covenant is not a contract of commerce. It is a recognition between souls under Yahweh&rsquo;s authority alone. I do not approach this Trust as a customer, a client, or a consumer of services. I approach it as a brother or sister of the called remnant, walking in fellowship with those whom the Spirit has gathered for these final hours.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;3<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">What the Trust Covenants to the Member<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">The Trust, in covenant with each accepted member, shall:<\/p>\n    <ul style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.7; text-align: left; padding-left: 1.4rem; margin: 0.6rem 0 0;\">\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Walk with me year by year, in prayer and counsel, through whatever Yahweh appoints &mdash; letters that arrive from agencies, citations, the matters of inheritance and provision, and the unforeseen things that come to a household in these last days;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Stand with me in the day of trouble &mdash; what arises is brought to the Trust, and I do not face it alone;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Provide spiritual counsel, scripture, and prayer through my designated steward;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Offer clerical assistance with the writings I undertake under my own name;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Hold an encrypted Vault for the records I entrust to its keeping, accessible only to the stewards designated for my care;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Gather me into the weekly fellowship of those walking the same road;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Carry the widow, the orphan, and any brother or sister who simply cannot give right now &mdash; for free, until they are able;<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Hold the covering of the Trust between Babylon and my household, that I may walk freely under Yahweh&rsquo;s exclusive Equity.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;4<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">What the Trust Does Not Do<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">The Trust is not a tax preparation firm, a law firm, or a financial advisor. It does not offer legal or tax advice; the prayerful counsel of a steward is not professional advice and shall not be relied upon as such. The Trust does not guarantee any earthly outcome, refund, settlement, or release. I understand that I alone am responsible for the lawful application of any guidance I receive within these walls.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;5<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">Free-Will Offerings<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">I shall sustain the work of the Trust through a free-will covenant offering, weighed and offered as the Spirit leads:<\/p>\n    <ul style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.7; text-align: left; padding-left: 1.4rem; margin: 0.6rem 0 0.6rem;\">\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\"><strong>Stage 1 &mdash; ongoing covenant covering:<\/strong> three hundred and fifty dollars per year for the individual, seven hundred dollars per year for the business member, sown as an annual lump-offering most preferred. Should the lump be beyond my present means, I covenant before Yahweh that I do not have it at this time and shall give every month the best I am able &mdash; thirty dollars for the individual, sixty dollars for the business &mdash; until the day I am able to give the lump.<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\"><strong>Stage 2 &mdash; a one-time offering for the living soul, when Yahweh draws further:<\/strong> seven hundred dollars, sown on day one of my covenant standing, or later when I am ready. Stage 2 applies to the living man or woman, not to the business structure. Should I walk both stages in my first year, the total upfront offering shall be one thousand fifty dollars for an individual member (three hundred fifty Stage 1 + seven hundred Stage 2), or one thousand four hundred dollars for a business member (seven hundred Stage 1 + seven hundred Stage 2 for the living owner).<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\"><strong>Specific household matters that arise after that<\/strong> are walked case by case under the same covering &mdash; three hundred and fifty dollars per case as a suggested offering, unless the matter requires significantly more time or resources, in which case the steward shall share the appropriate suggested offering with me privately.<\/li>\n      <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\"><strong>A tithe of restored fruit:<\/strong> when Yahweh restores fruit to my hand &mdash; refunds received or any other increase brought back by His labor &mdash; I shall return ten parts in one hundred to the Trust as a cheerful giver, in addition to my annual offering.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.7; text-align: left; opacity: 0.92;\">Should I be a widow, an orphan, or any brother or sister who simply cannot give right now, the Trust ministry shall carry me for free until I am able. The covenant is not built on coerced gifts.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;6<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">Confidentiality<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">All communications between me and the stewards of the Trust are private ecclesiastical correspondence, exchanged within the covering of this covenant alone. I shall not publish, paraphrase, or cause to be reproduced any private communication of the Trust to any party outside the membership. The Trust, in like covenant, shall not disclose my correspondence, records, or identity to any party outside the membership without my written consent &mdash; saving only what may be required by Yahweh&rsquo;s direct command, which the trustees alone shall discern.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;7<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">Member Responsibility<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">The Trust provides the maps, the witnesses, the prayer, and the fellowship; the walking is mine, with Yahweh. I shall not present to any agency, court, vendor, or counterparty any draft prepared by the Trust without first satisfying myself, in prayer, that the draft is true to my conscience and to scripture. I take ownership of every word that bears my hand.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;8<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">The Two Stages<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">Within this single covenant I may walk one or both of two stages, as Yahweh leads and as the steward concurs:<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.7; text-align: left; margin-top: 0.8rem;\"><strong>Stage 1 &mdash; the Coming Out:<\/strong> the answering of Yahweh&rsquo;s call to come out from the world&rsquo;s economy and to walk by His lawful weights and true scales, in prayer, simplicity, generosity, and household stewardship. Members are restored to the full fruit of their labor and walk year by year under the Trust&rsquo;s covering. Yahweh is the Chain-breaker.<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.7; text-align: left; margin-top: 0.8rem;\"><strong>Stage 2 &mdash; the Crossing Over:<\/strong> the deeper crossing through the gate Yahweh has kept open for His covenant people in these last days, walked privately with my steward, soul by soul, as the hour for it comes. Stage 2 may be entered at the start of my standing or in due season, as the Spirit moves and the steward confirms my readiness.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;9<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">Document Storage and Member Rights<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">I understand that documents I entrust to the Trust for clerical assistance are stored on an encrypted server, accessible only to the stewards designated for my care. The Trust shall not disclose these documents to any party outside the membership, nor retain them on its live server beyond one hundred and eighty days after my matter is concluded. I may request the deletion of any record at any time, and the stewards shall comply within seven days of receiving a written request through the member portal.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-fullbleed ioy-parchment-bg\" style=\"padding-top: 2.5rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem;\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <p class=\"ioy-plate__eyebrow\" style=\"color: var(--ioy-crimson); text-align: left; font-size: 0.95rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem;\">&sect;10<\/p>\n    <h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem; text-align: left; font-size: 1.5rem; font-style: italic;\">Scripture Witness<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"ioy-scripture\" style=\"text-align: left; max-width: none; font-size: 1.5rem; margin: 1rem 0 1.6rem;\">\n      &ldquo;Where the Spirit of Yahweh is, there is freedom.&rdquo;\n      <cite>2 Corinthians 3:17<\/cite>\n    <\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 1.75; text-align: left;\">This covenant is sealed in the witness of Holy Scripture. I sign in the presence of Him who knows my name and reads my heart. <em>Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ioy-section ioy-dark ioy-fullbleed\">\n  <div class=\"ioy-section__inner\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\">\n    <div class=\"ioy-rule\"><span class=\"ioy-rule__ornament\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/span><\/div>\n    <p style=\"text-align: center; font-style: italic;\">The signature is by hand, witnessed by your steward. The e-signature record is administered through your member portal once a trustee marks your application accepted.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ioy-cta-row\">\n      <a class=\"ioy-btn\" href=\"\/index.php\/apply\/\">Apply for standing<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <p style=\"text-align: center; opacity: 0.85; font-style: italic; margin-top: 2rem; font-size: 0.95rem;\">Questions about any clause? 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Sign only if it sits true in your spirit. The covenant is not a contract; it is a recognition between souls under Yahweh&rsquo;s authority alone. Ten clauses, sealed in scripture. \u2726 \u2726 \u2726 The text below is the covenant offered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelofyah.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}