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5-19-2012 (27 Iyar 5772) Parasha #31  h©,«eªj‰C Bechukotai “In My Statutes”
Readings: Leviticus 26:3-27:34; Jeremiah 16:19-17:14; Matthew 23:1-24:2; John 14:15-21; 15:10-12.

Topic: Let the WORD of God “Yeshua” Speak to you. Prophetic Word for JCIA: ““You are My people- My remnant. I will take care of My small remnant – My People. I will bring justice to those that deserve justice. There are many that hate Me.  Those that hate Me will continue to hate Me and continue in their wickedness. They shall be judged for their wickedness.”

Prophetic scripture given: Isaiah 41:10  “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”

Choose good not evil: Josh. 24:15  “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Mat 24:21  “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”

Tribulations lie ahead: Jeremiah 16:9-10  “For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?”

What is our iniquity?
Leviticus 26:1-13 (KJV) The Just shall live by Faith (Hab 2:4;  Heb 11:1; Rom 1:17; Rom 3:30; Gal 3:26; Eph 2:8) 

Jeremiah 17:5-10 (KJV)--Curses or Blessings. Are you rebellious to the LORD - stiff-necked, stubborn to His Gospel message for your salvation? 1Sam 15:23  “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”

Be obedient to the bridle-rein of Torah.
Be a tree planted by the water (Psalm 1:1-6 (KJV)

Kingdom destinies: life or damnation--- e  KOPH. Psa 119:145-146 “I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.   I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.”

Choice: Life eternal (Leviticus 26:1-13; Deuteronomy 28:1-14)
              Eternal damnation (Leviticus 26:14-33; Deuteronomy 15-68)

We can live in Torah obedience and receive God’s blessings or we can seek the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life.
You make daily choices.  1 John 2:16  “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

REPENT--- The Father cannot look upon sin (Habakkuk 1:13a). Rom 6:23  “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Mark 1:15  “And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”Luk 13:5  “I tell you (sinners), Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Peter to the Sinner:  Act 8:22  “Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.”

 John 14:15-21 (KJV) John 14:26  “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

Yeshua’s Promise to us. Act 1:4-5  “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”
Jer 17:10  “I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”
John 14:23  “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”

God’s WORD is true!--Mat 5:18  “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

The LORD IS PREPARING A REMNANT!

Mat 5:16  “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

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5-12-2012 (20 Iyar 5772) Parasha #30 r§n¤t Emor “say”
READINGS: Leviticus 21:1- 24:23; Ezekiel 44:15-31;Mark 2:23- 3:5; Luke 4:14- 32;Matthew 5:38- 42 (KJV)

Topic: Heb 11:3 “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God (God said the creation into being), so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” We see Messiah’s Creation plan for us through His Feasts, Priesthoods, and His Rabbinical teachings. As a remnant of Overcomers, we find joy in keeping the Feasts of the LORD.  These are His set-apart moedim for us, just as the Sabbath is meant for man--- not man for the Sabbath.  So also the Feast are special, set-apart days for man-- Days not to do your own pleasure.  A rehearsal of God’s plan for mankind.   They all point to Abba’s Son.

Leviticus 23…..Feasts of the Lord

Lev 23:3  “Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.”

The Sabbath: Mat 12:8  “For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.” (Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5)

The Sabbath is the focal point of our relationship with the LORD.

Luke 4:14- 23 (KJV)

Isaiah 61:1-2 (KJV) “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, ---- and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”

He came to His own but they did not accept Him.

Luke 4:25- 27 (KJV)

The Father is patient and long-suffering for His people to find Him, but if the Jewish people remain indifferent to a relationship with Him He will go unto the Gentiles.

Jesus likewise is prophesying that the acceptable day of the Lord is fulfilled this day, but will be a blessing going forth to the Gentiles – the Melo ha Goyim.

What did Jesus say? “To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” And he closed the book, (Luke 4:19-20)
Jesus said: the Kingdom is here now but not yet!---Or “already here is your Mashiach for salvation to all who believe upon Me.”  The Kingdom of God on earth was inaugurated in Christ’s 1^st coming that day.

But “yet” is by waiting patiently in persistence, perseverance, yearning and longing for the consummation of the age when the ONE NEW MAN is complete in the Church of the Firstborn..Jew –Gentile are ONE. (Hebrew 12:23)

In the wrath of His 2^nd Coming “to comfort all that mourn;” when the “partition & enmity” is removed, we shall be One in Christ (Eph. 2:14-15).  

It is the elect righteous that serve the Lord in the Millennial Temple.

Ezekiel 44:15-17 (KJV)

A Levitical Priesthood of Zadok serves in Yeshua’s Church of the Firstborn.

Of what Priesthood do we as saints with crowns vested in white linen co- reign with the Lord? The OVERCOMER resides in the Church of the Firstborn.

Overcomers are obedient to the Lord’s Torah and honor His Sabbaths and Feasts.  

Lev 23:4 “These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.”

Passover ….Leviticus 23:5

Unleavened Bread…. Leviticus 23:6-8
Firstfruits …… Leviticus 23:9-14

Shavuot …….. Leviticus 23:15-22

Feast of Trumpets … Leviticus 23:23-25

Yom Kippur …….. Leviticus 23:26-33

Sukkoth ……. Leviticus 23:34-44

Shavuot/Pentecost (Lev 23:15-17 & 21) - also known as the “Feast of Weeks” is seven weeks (seven Sabbaths) 50 days after the Feast of Firstfruits - the offering of the first ripe barley sheaf which was “resurrected” from the ground,  and lifted up (waved) before the Lord by the Temple Priest.  That barley sheaf typifies a person -  Jesus Christ (the “Seed of the woman” in Gen 3:15) the firstborn of the Father, who died and rose again, being offered up to the Father in the Heavenly Temple as the Firstfruits of the resurrection. The term, Firstfruits” implies that the rest of the barley is yet to come. Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits indicates a promised resurrection of many more (John 12:24 - “Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit;”(I Cor 15:23 - “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming;”  Romans 8:23 - ....“but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body”).

During the 50 days from Firstfruits to Shavuot, the reaping and harvesting of the barley is going on, and the wheat fields also begin to ripen and become ready for the harvest.  This seven-week, 50-day period is called the “Counting of the Omer.” Spiritually, the counting of the omer represents the bringing in of the believers.  This “spiritual harvest” which began in Acts 2 when the Holy Spirit came in fulfillment of Jesus’ promise, and the commission was given in Mark 16:15-16  - “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.” Another name for this time period is “Filling up of the Measure.”  Spiritually, the sowing and watering of seed continues as the body of Christ reaches its “full measure” of those who are gathered unto Him, as sons of God - the body of Christ - the “church of the firstborn” (Heb 12:23).  Eph 4:13  speaks of coming into the “unity of the faith.....unto a “perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”

The Feast of Shavuot marks the end of the barley harvest, and the firstfruits of the wheat harvest (Ex 34:22-23)  It was the second harvest of the year.  Although the Feast of Shavuot has been partially fulfilled in Jesus Christ’s first coming, there is a yet future fulfillment of a wheat harvest, or gathering together, depicted in the “firstfruits” offering” of wheat. The 144,000 sealed servants of all 12 tribes of Israel (Rev 7:3-8 & Rev 14:4) most probably represent the “firstfruits” of the wheat harvest in re-gathering of the whole House of Israel - the House of Joseph and the House of Judah (Ezek 37:16; Jer 31:27,31-40).  This partial, and yet future, fulfillment may be depicted in the Temple offering for the Feast of Shavuot of two loaves of bread to be made of fine flour, baked with leaven - as the firstfruits offering unto the Lord (Ex 23:17-2).  The priest was to wave the offering of two loaves made from the finest of the newly harvested wheat flour, but they were not placed on the altar because the Lord declared “no grain offering which you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven (Lev 2:11). “Leaven” represents “sin.”  These two “leavened” loaves may very well represent those servants who have “washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” - Jesus Christ (Rev 7:14).  Two lambs were also offered as a Peace offering during Shavuot.  This marked the only public peace offerings of the sacrificial year.  This unique offering celebrated the peace and fellowship existing between God and those whom He has cleansed from sin, and also was to restore peace between Jew and Gentile.  (Eph 2:14-16 - Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God “is our peace, who hath made both (Jew and Gentile) one..........that He might reconcile both unto God in one body, by the cross”).  The final fulfillment of Shavuot depicts the two loaves as one offering - Jews and Gentiles - coming together as “one in Christ Jesus” (Gal 3:29), grafted into the olive tree.  The root is Jesus Christ, the “firstfruits” (Rom 11:16 - “if the firstfruits be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.”    The whole House of Israel is united, and enlarged as a nine-branched Menorah (chanukiah) is depicted in Zech 4:12-13,  as the olive tree flanked by two olive branches is prophetic of the restored Messianic Kingdom to come - Jews and Gentiles together under one King, our Lord, Jesus Christ - Yeshua ha Maschiach (Zech 14:9).

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5-05-2012 (13 Iyar 5772) Parasha #29  o h¦J«s§e Kedoshim “Holy”
READINGS: Leviticus 19:1- 20:27; Amos 9:7-15;  Romans 1:18- 32; Matthew 5:33-- 48; 15:1-11; Mark 12:28- 34; Galatians 5:13- 26; James 2:1- 9; 1 Peter 1:13- 21 (KJV).

Topic:  Romans 12:21 (KJV) “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” The Overcomer is the Holy Spirit-filled Christian who is a believer from the heart not from his mind’s eye. He strives to be in the image of Christ. John 16:33b “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”-- 1 John 4:4  Who is the Overcomer? He that confess and believe in Jesus (1 John 5:1-5) and loves God, loves the brethren and in faith keeps God’s commandments. He that has overcome evil (Romans 12:21); Resists the devil (1 John 2:12-14); Has spiritual discernment (1 John 4:1-6); Is Spirit-filled (oil in lamp) (1 John 4:1-6);Forgives his brother  (Matthew 18:21-35); Is that new man with renewed mind (Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:8-11); lives Christ-centered not self-centered (1 John 2:15-17). The Overcomer is the Heirs to the Kingdom (Revelation 21:5-8)

Promises to the Overcomer: Rev 2:7; Rev 2:11;  Rev 2:17; Rev 2:26-28;  Rev 3:5;  Rev 3:10-12; Rev 3:21 (KJV).  “

Today’s Parasha Leviticus reading is an amplification of the 10 commandments with the small print instruction for living righteously in the eyes of your Creator. Leviticus 19:2-3 (KJV)  “Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.  Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 19:9-11 (KJV); Leviticus 20:6-8 (KJV) Lev 19:18 (KJV)  “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.” Abba Father demands accountability. We cannot hide from God as we are completely transparent in our thoughts, words, deeds and actions.

Amos 9:8-15 (KJV) The abdominal, the wicked and the unbeliever will shall perish and not be part of the coming Kingdom. We are in the vestibule of the latter days—The Day of the LORD.  Complete restoration to the overcomer. Guidelines for becoming an Overcomer are from the whole of the Scriptures, as New Testament is an amplification of Tanach.

What is your spiritual inventory?... Look in the mirror and try self-introspection! How do your friends/acquaintances perceive you?  By non-verbal communication most discerning people can read you as a book.  We may be deceiving only ourselves in self-righteousness and pious behavior. Are you using your God-given and acquired tent-making skills to do Kingdom work…Mandate : DO THE WILL of the FATHER. Comfort one another with empathy and love; yet, admonish those with deviant Christian behavior.  A choice: Walk  as an Egyptian with lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life or walk led by the Spirit (1 John 2:15-16). How do you use Your God-given attributes/Fruits/Gifts?

Do you know the attributes of the Holy Spirit (Isa. 11:2) The  Holy Spirit  dwells within you as your teacher &   comforter (Shekinah) giving you Knowledge; Understanding; Wisdom so that you become a Counselor –an Agent of Christ to advise, guide, and give others spiritual guidance/direction.  The Overcomer is filled with the Power of Holy Spirit --the Holy Spirit is upon you (Gifts) (Ruach HaKodesh is upon you). Fear the Lord.

Fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:12-13)---Radiate the Kavod of Christ with Love, Joy, Peace,  Patience (long suffering), Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness,  Meekness (humility), Self-control (Temperance).
Eph 5:8-10  “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)  Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.”

The Tanach (Old Testament) conceals Yeshua Jesus Who is in the New Testament revealed. The Tanach's immutable Commandments of God are amplified in the New Testament for you to see and understand God’s simple instructions (Torah) for righteous living and accountability so that you have no doubt regarding His requirements for you to become the Overcomer.

Romans 1:18-25 (KJV)
Matthew 5:43-48 (KJV)
Matthew 15:7-11 (KJV)
Mark 12:28-34 (KJV)
Galatians 5:13-26 (KJV) Don’t be vain and seek self-glory (the pride of life) be content with a lesser position living in humility and meekness for the Kingdom.
James 2:1-9 (KJV)
1 Peter 1:13-22 (KJV)

The wages of sin is death
–REPENT –
Yes, the free gift of God is eternal life for the Overcomer. 

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4-28-2012 - 6 Iyar 5771 Torah Study #28
READINGS: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33(KJV)

2 Kings7:3 – 20 (KJV)
Luke 17:1 – 37 (KJV)

How have we come to this spiritual degraded condition?

The special law of the Leper has established that, despite the fact that his contamination is shown as a change in his body, it was caused by his degraded spiritual condition. Being alone outside the camp gives him the time to reflect on his sin and to repent so that once again he can become worthy of becoming part of the Body of Christ again. As soon as the changes take place with in his heart and mind, the same God who has allowed him to become sick will now remove the manifestation of his body’s degradation and he can begin his journey to return.

There then begins a 3 stage process of purification which is unique to the Leper.

The 1^st stage of purification.

The Leper brings before the Priest; 2 live clean birds, because his sin is chatter, gossip, and slander like chirping and twittering birds.

The Leper brings cedar wood, because it grows tall, imposing, and wide, the cedar symbolizes arrogance which is the root slander and gossip.  

The Leper brings crimson thread and hyssop, because the thread is dyed by a small insect, a lowly creature showing humility.

The 2ed Stage of purification.

In verse 9 it says, “He shall shave.” The Leper is shaved by the priest. He shaves all the hair anywhere on the outside of the body. The shaving of the head, beard, and eyebrows are the three areas of hair symbolizing his sin. The head represents arrogance. The beard frames the mouth, which spoke the gossip and slander. The eyebrows represent the trait of jealousy or the narrowness of the eye.

The third stage of purification: offerings

The sacrifice was of three animals, the meal offering, and the oil. This sacrifice was given at the entrance of the tent of meetings, as he stands just outside the eastern entrance to the Tabernacle Courtyard. The main objective here is he shall provide atonement. this is stated with great importance as it is mentioned three times in the context of the offerings.

Afflictions on Houses.

As we read in verses 33 through 57 afflictions (mold and mildew) on houses are clearly supernatural occurrences. For sure, their appearance is for a purpose. Most likely these afflictions, like all others are Gods way of pointing out our selfish behavior and gossip. A shaking of the house if you will. God mercifully begins by inflicting property, first the house and then the garments then, if the victim does not draw the proper lesson and repent he will be stricken by the afflictions on his person.

Male and Female Discharges.

  The entire chapter 15 deals with different kinds of discharges from the human body that are contaminated to various degrees, and which may require offerings as part of the person's purification process. The most interesting part of this chapter is versus 19 through 28. This passage is the basis of the sanctity of the home, for it contains the laws of Niddah, the monthly time when husband and wife may not be together. It is significant to know this is known as purity of the family. Often times I encounter people who are looking for loopholes not too obey the Torah. These same people think they have found their legal loophole when they try to divert the attention away from the obvious Commandments in Scripture to a misunderstanding about the laws surrounding a woman's uncleanliness. These very same people in their attempt to do away with the authority of Torah for new covenant believers are constantly trying to bring out literal misinterpretations of Scripture in order to somehow prove that nobody is able to follow the instructions of Abba father. They therefore assume that the first five books of Moses (the Torah) is just a test to show that no one can obey it, so therefore we should throw out the first five books and only read the New Testament. In the final analysis, we can see that the laws of Niddah are greatly misused and often times abused within Judaism. And are completely ignored within Christianity and used at context as an excuse to degrade the Torah entirely in the life of the renewed covenant believer. The laws of uncleanliness as we can see, are not exclusive to women, the deceptive nature of Eve in the Garden of Eden was nailed to the tree with our Messiah who was sacrificed for us and so the female gender is redeemed equally with the man from all sin and uncleanliness.

Luke 1: 1 – 17

Luke 17:1 KJV

(1)  Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

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29 Nisan 5772 (4/21/09) Parasha #27 Tazria   “conceived”

Readings: Leviticus 12:1-13:59; 2 Kings 4:42-5:19; Mark 5:1-43; Matthew 8:1-4; Matthew  11:2-6;      Mark 1:40-45

Topic: We are conceived unclean and need a Savior to be born-again and be Holy as He is Holy (Leviticus 11:44a; Romans 11:16). Stay clean and be in His Image.  Maintain your perpetual “Peace Offering” keeping yourself committed to a personal relationship with the Lord.  Yes, He lives that you also might live and be His Firstfruits of the resurrection. Leviticus 19:2 “Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.”

Leviticus 13:1- 8 (KJV) Leprosy disfigures and marks your body to set you apart. Leprosy deforms your body with auto-amputations (a form of self-mutilation). Leprosy is a metaphor of what? Sin - “a little leaven that leavened the whole loaf”.. Your whole body is consumed!  By the outward signs of leprosy ,you will be recognized, but spiritually you can “walk like a duck, talk like a duck” but not be a duck!! -  A description of a cloaked, crypto-Christian!

Sin is contagious and counter multiplies in your soul. Sin will consume you …takes you out of being in the image of Christ (spiritually disfigures you) and isolates you from the Father. As quarantine is isolation for infectious disease, so also sin quarantines as it breaks your relationship with Abba Father…Who cannot look upon sin (Habakkuk 1 13).

Leviticus 11:45  “For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”

Come out of Egypt. Be not of the world…..

1 John 5:4-5  “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?”

Galatians 2:20 (KJV) “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Faith is that bridge that connects you to the Father. It is by Yeshua’s righteousness that Abba sees us as a special people unto Himself. His remnant! The unclean leper must be separated (quarantined) - kept away from others. They are separated from the congregation so that others don’t become unclean.

Is spiritual uncleanness contagious? What about the company you keep? Don’t sojourn with unbelievers – unequally yoked! Spiritual uncleanness also comes from disinformation of false teachers & is infectious to those with “itchy ears” – gullible as a sponge!

Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

Have spiritual discernment. You cannot serve two (2) masters (Matthew 16:24). You take on the image of him whom you serve (Romans 6:16)! Today, more than any other time, we need to query non-Biblical sources of information that we feed upon, so that we don’t give others another gospel (Acts 17:11).  Watch what comes out of your mouth! How does the world recognize that you are a child of God?  Your mouth and your works

1 Peter 1:15 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;”

Keep yourself holy and true … walk in the Fruits of the Spirit. Do not be yoked to unbelievers.

 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 “Do not be yoked together (in bondage) with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?  and be separate,  says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing,”
2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1.. Be Holy and Clean

Intro: 2 Kings 5:9-19 (KJV) The LORD heals the righteous and cleanses the repentant sinner of all sin. He requires obedience not sacrifice (Psalm 51:17). Swift judgment is to start at the House of the LORD for chicanery….. 2 Kings 5:20-27 (KJV) Abba’s wrath and His swift judgment.

Ephesians 1:4 “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:”

How do the clean become unclean?

How does the believer stay clean- Live under God’s Blessings (Deuteronomy 28:1-14).
How do we become unclean--Live under God’s Curses (Deuteronomy 28:15-68)

Matthew 8:1-4 (KJV) Jesus heals the unclean. Jesus is Torah observant. “Do as Moses commands.” ibid…….Mark 1:40-44. The compassion of Jesus is that the unclean be healed.

Mark 5:6-13 (KJV) Legion was a demon possessed man. Yeshua Jesus cast out the unclean spirits. They knew Who He was! Demons can coexist within man!  All they need is a portal of entry. Sin causes you to put down your shied of faith and allows the adversary to establish a toe-hold. Unclean spirits cause you to be double-minded and return to the old self.
The Promises of God’s word

Demonstrated by miracles of Jesus: Matthew 8:16 (KJV) 16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
By his disciples: Acts 5:12-16 (KJV) 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;
By you: Luke 10:19-20 (KJV) 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Mark 16:15-18 (KJV) “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” 

Be a clean vessel to be used by the Lord

Ephesians 5:27  “That He (Yeshua) might present it (His Bride) to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
Rom 6:16  “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”

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14 April. 2012, (22 Nisan 5772) Parasha Study 5772 #26 Sh’mini

Readings: Leviticus 9:1– 11:47, Jeremiah 7:21– 8:3; 9:22, 23, Acts10:1 – 11:18, Mark7:1 -23

Topic, Are you allowing the world to tell you how to honor God.

Leviticus 9:1 – 6

God commanded Aaron and his sons to remain at the tent of the meeting (Tabernacle) for seven days while Moses performed inauguration and dedication service. The sages say that Moses did this service for seven days and as he did this service in the Tabernacle, Moses performed the entire service and then disassembled the Tabernacle when the service was done. This inaugural service ended with the consecration of Aaron and his sons as prescribed on the eighth day.

After the national fall from worshiping the golden calf it was probably necessary for God to build a Tabernacle as a resting place for the Shekinah. And to put into place a Holy priest to serve as a go between. If this is true then there was joy mixed with sadness. For the nation of the Jews realized that the people had given up their opportunity for a greater holiness.

Leviticus 10:1 to 7

After the dedication of the tent of meeting, we are informed of the death of Nadab and Abihu as an indication; coming unprepared and unbidden into the Tabernacle. We enter with praise and worship; these men entered with their own thing not what had been commanded; and the most important thing is they did not wait upon the Lord God; Moses was waiting for the falling of heavenly fire. The first incense was to be kindled with God's own fire. Because it was God celebration, as the king, He forbid the usual expression of grief. As we see the heavenly fire did fall but Nadab and Abihu were not authorized.

Leviticus 11:43 to 47

Leviticus 11:43

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that crepes ... With any creeping thing that flies in the air, excepting the four sorts of locusts, Lev11:22 and with any creeping thing in the waters, Lev11:10 or with anything that creeps on the land, by eating any of them; which being abominable for food, would make the eater of them so to God, he thereby breaking a command of his: neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them; by touching and bearing them, as with dead beasts, so with dead flies and the like: that ye should be defiled thereby; in a ceremonial sense.

Let's look at another way; it is a way of honoring our God by following the kosher laws. We can also look at these laws as a prevention of building a barrier that blocks out your comprehension of holiness. Just as someone is constantly exposed to loud music or harsh noises slowly and surely suffers a loss of his ability to hear fine sounds in the subtle changes in music. So too is the eating of non-kosher foods the eating of foods not allowed impedes a person's ability to sanctify himself through Yeshua. The Torah places these laws in a new light; it shows that forbidden food can contaminate the soul in ways that no physical examination can show. It can create a barrier between you and your Messiah. Just as painkillers dull the nerves so does forbidden foods dull the spiritual antenna.

(Leviticus 11:45 KJV)For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

The reason you have been redeemed out of bondage, sin, Egypt is so that you would accept the Commandments. Since this is the reason God redeem you from sin it is proper that you shall praise to him by living up to his goals and standards. God's purpose in delivering you was for you to make yourself good enough to recognize his greatness without a go between, intermediary and to become holy and eternal.

Acts 10:9 to 22

Acts 10:22) And they said, Cornelius, the centurion ... A certain person, by name Cornelius, a Roman or Italian, as his name shows, and by office a "centurion", that was over an hundred soldiers and one that feareth God; the true God, the God of Israel, and worshipped him, both internally and externally. and of good report among all the nation of the Jews was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house; the Centurion did not send for him of himself. And to hear words of thee: the doctrines of the Gospel and the ordinances of it: that being taught by the one, he and that he might submit to the other.

Acts 10:34 to 36

It rests upon us to know the Torah and its laws, not only the abstract but the practical application. The Torah urges us to make the delicate and difficult distinctions that are essential to carry out God's will. Must we know the difference of the donkey or the cow as food? No, the difference is obvious. This part of the Word falls upon us to learn, to distinguish between purity and contamination or that fraction of an inch that makes the difference of a proper life with the Christ, Yeshua or an improper life.

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4-07-2012 (15 Nisan 5772) Parasha # 25 ,«um©n©v d©j Chag HaMatzot “Feast of Unleavened Bread”

READINGS: Exodus 12:1-51; Numbers 28:16-25; Joshua3:5-6:27; Matthew 16:13-28; Mark 8:27-38, 9:9-13; Luke 9:18-27; John 3:1-21; 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 (KJV)

Topic: Examining the Messiah’s role going to the cross and beyond and your part in Abba’s salvation plan to bring you home to Him.

Exodus 12:1-14 (KJV) Selecting the Pesach Lamb– 10th Nisan.

Exodus 12:26-30 (KJV) A blood covering spared the death angel – 14 Nisan.

Exo 12:51  “And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.” “selfsame day” alludes to the 14th of Nisan a journey from Goshen to Succoth (Exodus 12:37).
What is a Hebrew Day?

Gen 1:5  “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”

A Biblical day which begins in the evening at ~ 7 pm and has 8 divisions with 12 hours at night by 4 watches (1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th) and 12 hours in a day by 1st, 3rd, 6th and  9th hour.

The First Passover. Nisan now becomes their religious New Year. On the 10th of Nisan they  select the Passover Lamb and kill the lamb in the  evening of 14 Nisan. It is roasted, eaten with unleavened Bread & bitter herbs- all must be eaten by morning.  They ate with their loins girded, shoes on and staff in hand. The lamb’s blood was put on doorposts at evening. The death angel passed over land at midnight (laytah). You have Yeshua Jesus’s blood over the lintel of your heart so that the avenger can’t touch you as you maintain a communal “Peace Offering” relationship with the LORD.

Numbers 28:16-18, 24-25 (KJV)… Feast of Unleavened Bread (15-21 Nisan with High Holy Sabbaths on the 15th & 21st):  What is leaven (1 Co 5:7-8)?   Who took our leaven upon Himself?  What does the Exodus Passover Lamb symbolically portray? - A shadow pointing to redemption fulfillment by our Savior for He Who was without sin- the spotless “Lamb of God” –became leaven that we might become unleavened  and clean through Him and by His righteousness  we can “sit under the fig tree” face to face with the Father. How, was Yeshua Jesus propitiation for our leaven? (1 John 4:10; 1 Pe 2:24-25; 1Pe 1:18-20).

The Father Himself provided a Savior culminating at the finished work at the Cross (Isa 43:3; John 17:1-4; John 19:30).  The finished work…Tetelestai…It is done!- PAID IN FULL.  He provided eternal life for us when we are “born-again” of Him.

Joshua’s and Josiah’s Passover (Joshua 5:10-11; 2 Ch 35:1) 

Alternative Biblical Passovers if unclean. (Num 9:10-11  Hezekiah Passover--14 th day 2nd month (2 Chronicles 30:1-27) 2 Ch 30:15) 

Yeshua’s 3 ½ year ministry covered 4 Passovers.. (John 2:23-25; John 5:1-3, John 6:4-6, John 13:2-5).
Did Jesus have memory lapse or did He keep the Torah Biblical Passover? He called the “Lord’s Supper” “His Passover” (Matthew 26:18,: Mark 14:14; Luke 22:8,11).  Remember Jesus was totally Torah observant.

Luke 22:1  “Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.”

  Feast of Firstfruits: (Lev 23:15-17) “morrow after the sabbath”…There is a disagreement in  interpretation by Pharisees and Sadducees.

Pharisees: The morrow after 15th Nisan (High Holy Sabbath). 50 days later falls is fixed at 6 Sivan, but on our Gregorian calendar that day varies within the week each year.

Sadducees: The morrow after the weekly Sabbath when Firstfruits of the barley harvest is cut with counting 50 days  and it always falls upon a Sunday.

Firstfruits of the Resurrection is Yeshua Jesus. (1 Co 15:20; Col 1:15; Rom 8:29; Col 1:18; 1 Co 15:23) 

We, in Christ, are His Firstfruits of the Resurrection (James 1:18; Rom 8:23; Jer 31:9c; Heb 12:23).

Abba’s time table is precise- Jesus spent 3 days and 3 nights in the Grave (Mat 12:40; Luk 9:21-22) 

As our High Priest was His blood sprinkled upon the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant? Remember:  “for there is no remission of sin without shedding of blood.” (Lev 17:11; Heb 9:22)

What does Yeshua mean?

John 20:17  “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

What does Yeshua mean?

Mat 12:8  “For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.”

Is Yeshua Jesus the “Lord of the Sabbath?” Is the Sabbath’s the Lord’s Day not Sunday?

Death could not hold Him. Rev 1:18  “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” He died that we might live. Because He lives, we can face tomorrow, without fear.

He has risen on the Sabbath! 

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3-31-2012 (8 Nisan 5772) Parasha #24 u‹m Tzav “Command”
READINGS: Leviticus 6:8-8:36; Malachi 3:1--4-6; Hebrews 13:10 -16;   1 Timothy 2:1-10;  Mark 12:28-34; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:14 -23  (KJV)

Topic: Leviticus starts with the command (Tzav) to offer sacrifices to an Awesome Almighty Holy God. A Korban is the use of a sacrifice offering “to draw near” to God. We come into the presence of God, our Father, with meekness and humility being clothed in Christ’s garments of righteousness, which are freely given to the OVERCOMER (Psa 51:16-17; 1 John 5:4-5). The continuing saga of God amongst us as He was at Azusa street and of our being in fellowship with Him as a korban, as a “LIVING SACRIFICE, ” we are drawn near to Father God.  We are not in bondage to the fear of the world, but we are spirit-filled Overcomers of the Father. Rom 8:15  “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Pleasing God…. How do we please God? Praise the LORD in thanksgiving - draw close to Him in worship to honor Him and be obedient to His Word – “to obey is better than sacrifice (1 Sam. 15:22)
 

Leviticus 7:11-20 (KJV) The Personal Peace offering (shelam). The Peace offering is a minchah to bestow appropriate gifts of loving-kindness to ABBA. Korban = sacrifice: animal (zevachim), grain (menachot). The Peace Offering is a communal meal with the LORD consisting of a meal (grain) and meat offering. (Lev 3:1-3)  The Peace Offering was the only zevachim not offered on the north side of the altar. It could be killed anywhere in the court yard. A zevachim is from the herd or flock (sheep or goat) but not a pigeon.

The Peace offering is a communal meal with God of a family or a group, and on special occasions with the kahol (Pentecost, Shavuot) – a friendship expression of being in fellowship with the LORD, in praise, thanksgiving and drawing close to Him by honoring Him. It is a special time of being together with one another and with the LORD in “loving kindness” as a fellowship gathering.  A menachot (meal or grain) is an offering with salt, oil and wine with bread  - unleavened or leavened at Pentecost/Shavuot.
“Three types of Peace offering:

1. Thanksgiving offering for being thankful for God’s provisions or change in your circumstances.

2. Giving thanks for a vow answered. (a covenant God) – Gratefulness for fulfillment of a petition.

3.  Voluntary, as a free-will offering, to please God and sup with Him in fellowship.

Portions of the zevakh are given to Levitical Priests as the “wave offering” (breast) and “heave offering” (right shoulder).

When gathering to thank the LORD, all the zevakh must be eaten that day as the thanksgiving offering , but if a peace offering of a vow or free-will in extended thanksgiving, the remainder may be consumed by the next day and could be eaten by “clean” guests, strangers, paupers, servants and the Levites. Any “leftovers” had to be destroyed on the third day and disposed of outside the camp. In as much, as the meal was a Holy encounter with the LORD, the partakers were required to make themselves holy by cleansing themselves from impurity, which would exclude their participation. They must appear before the LORD washed and in fresh garments…a holy meeting with the LORD, sometimes in festive garments.

Which Church are you a part of this day?---The Church of Philadelphia or Laodicea?
A status based upon your desire to be pleasing unto the LORD or indifferent (lukewarm and critical). What does the LORD desire of thee O’ man.

Mic 6:6 “Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?”

Haughty indifference – a disregard for the sensitivity of God’s heart.

 Mic 6:7  “Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
 Mic 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

“Malachi 3:6-12 (KJV) Mal 3:6  “For I am the LORD, I change not;” Heb 13:8  “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”
How shall we relate to God? Live under Father God’s blessings (Deuteronomy 1-14) or His  curses (Deuteronomy 15-68). Are you living under the Blessings of the tithe or its curse of indifference? Live amidst Heavenly blessings “I will open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.”
From Sabbath to Sabbath and from New Moon to New Moon live in a communal fellowship of peace with Abba and receive His blessings. For He is our peace (Eph 2:13-14).

1 Timothy  2:1-10 (KJV)

1Ti 2:3-4  “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” Who is God our Saviour?

Isa 43:3  “For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:”

Isa 43:11  “I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.”

Isa 43:15  “I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.”

Bible book # 43 is the Gospel of John listing the genealogy of Jesus Christ as God from God… John 1:1

Isa 44:6  “Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”

Isa 9:6  “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

The everlasting Father:

John 10:30 “I and my Father are one.”

1Ti 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”

Hebrews 13:11-17 (KJV) Jesus was crucified outside the Camp on the north side of the altar where the Sin, the Burnt and the Trespass offering were killed. All these sacrifices were prophetic shadows of Passover. That is where we meet Him at the foot of the Cross. We also are not of this world, but await a city from above to be our home …our oiketerion (dwelling). We offer our peace offering of praise and worship with raised, holy hands, in fellowship giving thanks for all His provisions.

The eternal life lost in the Garden of Eden
can be regained through faith
 in the finished work of Yeshua Jesus.

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03-24-2011 (1 Nisan 5772) Parasha #23 Vayikra “And he called”

Reading: Leviticus 1:1- 6-7: Isaiah 43:21- 44:23; Romans 8:1-13; Hebrews 10:1-39  (KJV)

Topic: Isaiah 59:2  “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” Hab 1:13  “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:” We are sin +.  Sin separates you from your God. Psalms 66:18  “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:” No remission of sin without shedding of blood
 (Hebrews 9:22 & Lev. 17:11 (KJV). Leviticus gives instructions of how to worship and remain in fellowship with Abba; how to be obedient and clean.  

Who offered the first animal sacrifice to cover sin? Genesis 3:21 “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”

Leviticus 1:1-11 (KJV)  What are the sacrifices all about? Their purpose in Hebrew is called as a Korban.  

Korban means to draw near to Abba.  The blood and fat are Mine  (Lev. 3:16) --  The select parts of organs and retroperitoneal fat were a “sweet savour” to the LORD … just as is our prayers are His fragrant aroma to Him (Rev 5:8).  The sacrifices were a temporary blood covering for unintentional sin.

 Rebellious and intentional sin’s penalty (testified by 2 witnesses) was a stoning to death

Axiom: You sin…You die on the Torah side of the cross.

Conclusion …Sin is death!

The sacrifices were a shadow pointing to Jesus, as the final atoning sacrifice Who freed man from death and the death penalty of sin..

Psalm 51:19 (KJV) “Then shalt thou (LORD) be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.”

Deu. 33:10 (KJV) “They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.”

Burnt offering = Olah (whole or total offering  ascending to God) except skin is given to the Priests.

A voluntary offering given completely to the LORD. Nothing withheld…surrendered entirely  to Abba

Today, what is your burnt offering you  give? - withholding nothing! “Living sacrifice”   (Romans 12:1)              

It is a double-minded incomplete offering when you have a toe or foot hold in Egypt or keep the desires of the flesh.

The Complete Burnt Offering is totally consumed to teach us that Christ’s sacrifice was a complete atonement. He satisfied the Fathers requirement for divine justice for sin….Propitiation.

Just as the animal bore the penalty of sin, Jesus took our sin upon Himself.  He was sacrificed on the north side of altar. (Lev 1:11) and outside the camp (Lev. 4:11-12; Hebrews 13:11-12) In the last days false teachers will come teaching their you the way to damnation.  2 Pe 2:2  “And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”

Isaiah 43:22-28 (KJV) God will not force His desires upon you. Sacrifices and offering are voluntary from the heart.  Psa 51:16-17  “For thou (O’ LORD) desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”

How can we ignore the outstretched hand of a loving omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient Awesome God?

Isaiah 43:10-15 (KJV)

Isa 44:6  “Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”

This Awesome God so loves you that he gave His only begotten Son that you might choose to love Him, serve Him and be in fellowship with Him.

1 John 4:10  “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

1 John 2:1-2  “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:   And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”

Rom 3:23-25  “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:   Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”

We needed a Redeemer- a Savior.

Romans 8:1 (KJV)¹ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Is this an important statement?  Condemnation …to be put under adverse judgment, doomed, condemned.

Rom. 8:1 (NIV) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

Rom. 8:1 (NCV) 1 So now, those who are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty.

Rom. 8:1 (NLT) So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

Rom. 8:1 (SCJB) Therefore, there is no longer any  condemnation awaiting those who are in union with Messiah Yeshua.

Two choices: Two Kingdoms: Be ye the carnal person or the spiritual person?

Who is the spiritual person of Abba’s Kingdom? He that is  a “born-again” believer in Yeshua Jesus.

Nicodemus comes to Jesus asking about the Kingdom.

John 3:3-6  “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

The sum of the matter.

The sacrifices are a prophetic shadow and a remembrance of our propitiation price that was paid in full.

Tetelestai …..It is finished

Heb 10:1-3  “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.”

Heb 10:12  “But this man (Yeshua Jesus), after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”

He died that we might live. Death could not hold Him. Because He lives, we can face tomorrow, without fear.

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3-17-2012 (26 Adar  5772) Parasha # 22  Pekudei  “Accounts”
READINGS: Exodus 38:21-40:38; 1 Kings 7:51-8:21; 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:17; Revelation 15:5-8 (KJV)

Topic: Diligent preparation of the Tabernacle by the people (kahol) and priests is a shadow of the sanctification of your Temple. Moses completes the Tabernacle in preparation to meet God. What is the state of your accounts (pekudei) when you meet Yeshua Jesus at the bema seat? Will your testimony be chaff-straw or gold-silver (1Co 3:11-15).  As Christians, we are an accountable at the Bema Seat judgment. Books of the Lord are kept for auditing your accounts - Your Halachah! (Mat 12:36 ). Your “Pekudei,” (accounts), will be tried by fire certifying your relationship on Earth with the LORD. Prepare  to meet your God.

Exodus 19:9-11 (KJV) We must be sanctified to enter God’s presence.
Moses completes the Tabernacle in preparation to meet the Glory of God.
Exodus 40:9-16 (KJV) .... Exodus 40:34-38

1 Kings 8:1-11 (KJV) The Awesome presence of God. (2 Ch 5:13-14;  2 Ch 7:3; Isa 6:1-4 )

Awesome presence of God - Jesus is the “I AM” of the burning bush.

John 18:5-6  Whom seek ye? “They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.”

Why revival at 312 Azusa Street? Was it fertile ground: America was a Christian nation. Godly people were seeking God as influenced by the 19th century Biblical awakening of Whitefield & the Wesley brothers etc. They were spurred by the 1904 Pentecostal revival in Wales’s coal miners and in India. Small groups of Los Angeles missionary Church leaders held fervent prayer groups. Their quest was to, likewise, receive the Holy Spirit as a Pentecost outpouring. They were opposed by main-line Churches, the world and scoffers. God desires to be amongst His people when they seek Him.

San Francisco earthquake was in 18 April 1905.
Azusa Street revival opened in April 1905.
And by June signs followed (Mark 16:20). They experience the presenced of the Holy Spirit.

Faith must replace pessimism, even when you see nothing. ….. Believe. God answers prayer: a revival driven by the breath of God as a Pentecostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit occurred (1905-1909) bringing Heaven onto Earth as a faith-based movement.

Today, can revival occur when anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity prevails? The British Government says Christians don't have right to wear a  cross at work. After facing consequences for refusing to cover or remove their crosses at work, two Christian women are taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights.

Today, can revival occur today when anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity prevails? Yes: God’s mercy precedes judgment, as testified by the history of the tribes of Israel.

Revelation 15:5-8 (KJV) God’s smoking wrath.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 (KJV)
It is the divine, ordained agency of the Holy Spirit that empowers the Church today.

1Co 2:5  “That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”

 We are in the presence of God when His Spirit dwells within us, as the cloud and the fire of His Shekinah.

1Co 2:10  “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
1Co 2:12  “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”
John 7:38  “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
Joh 14:16  “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”
Joh 14:26  “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
Joh 16:7  “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”

Jesus sits at the Father’s right hand….Who does the work of the Kingdom?........ YOU!
1Co 2:13b  “the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”

“The whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.” (Isa 61:4)

Where is Azusa Street today?

In your presence O’ Lord

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3-10-2012 (16 Adar 5772)  Parasha Study #21 Ki Tissa  “When you take”

Exodus 30:1 – 10 (KJV) ...."of shittim wood shall thou make it:" of the same that the altar of burnt offering was made, which was covered with brass, but this with gold, as after related; of this sort of wood; as this altar was a type of Christ, the shittim wood may respect his human nature; which wood, though it sprung out of the earth, was not common, but choice and excellent, and very strong durable, and incorruptible.

Exodus 30:3 "And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold",.... Hence this altar is sometimes called the golden altar, for it is a symbol of the Christ whose head is as the most fine gold, and is in the divine nature, in the form of God, and is the brightness of his glory, and possessed of the same perfections; or rather the glorification of his human.

Exodus 30:6 "Thou shalt put it before the Vail" ... That divides between the holy and the most holy place; not within the Vail in the holy of holies, but before it at the holy place....that is by the ark of the testimony… which was the testimony of the will of God and it stood in the most holy place, next to the holy place stood the altar of incense:
where I will meet thee

In this week's Haftorah, Elijah the Prophet demonstrates the worthlessness of the Baal, just as Moses chastised the Israelites for serving the Golden Calf. The background of this week's Haftorah is King Ahab and Queen Jezebel ruled the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and encouraged the worship of the Baal deity as well as other forms of idolatry. To prove that God alone is in control and provides sustenance, Elijah decreed a drought on the kingdom--no rain fell for three years. When Ahab then accused Elijah of causing hardship for the Israelites, Elijah challenged him to a showdown. He, Elijah, would represent the cause of monotheism, and 850 idolatrous "prophets" would represent their cause. Ahab accepted.

1 Kings 18:1 – 8, 13 – 18 (KJV)
1 Kings 18:18 And he answered ... That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not fearing the face of the king, being sent to show himself to him in the name of the King of kings: "I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house; they, by their sins, were the cause of all the troubles, those sore evil and sad calamities that were upon them." ... in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord: to have no other gods before him, and not to make images, and worship them, which they had done.....and thou hast followed Baalim; the several Baals, the Sun, moon, and stars, the whole host of heaven, worshipped under this name; not content with the Phoenician Baal, or Baal of the Zidonians.

1 Corinthians 10:1 (KJV)  "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"
1 Corinthians 10:2 (KJV)  "And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea"
We should not depend upon our knowledge, and gifts, and attainments, since it is clear, from these instances, that the highest external privileges, favors, and enjoyments, cannot secure men from falling.

1 Corinthians 10:4  "And did all drink the same spiritual drink"... By which is meant the water out of the rock, which was typical of the blood of Christ, which is drink indeed, and not figurative.

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3-3-2012 (9 Adar  5772)  Parasha # 20 Tetzaveh “You shall command”
Thy will be done on Earth as in it is in the Heaven

READINGS: Exodus 27:20-30:10; Ezekiel 43:10-27; Romans 12:1-13:4 KJV)

Topic: Last Sabbath--- Your are the Temple of God - Give yourself as a “living Sacrifice.”  Tetzaveh “You shall command” us in Your Scriptures of Your ways that we might know Your will for us- the 10 Commandments and the 613 mitsvah given on Mount Sinai and now we have 1050  commandments at the end of Yeshua Jesus’s ministry. We are commanded to know the construction of the House of God (Ezekiel 44:5).

Rom 13:12 “ The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”
Your Kavod -radiance of God’s Glory- is a love-based Halachah with the Fruits of the Spirit.

Exodus 27:1-8 (KJV) Instruction for building the Bronze sacrifice altar.
Why is it Bonze? Bonze is judgment.
Yeshua’s  first coming….. Yeshua’s  second coming.

Luk 4:18  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
Isa 61:1-2  “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;   To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”
Rev 1:15  “And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.”

Why are Yeshua’s feet bronze? Isa 63:1-4  v4….. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.”

Introduction: Ezekiel 43:1-7 (KJV) Instructions to build a Millennial Temple bronze sacrificial altar (Ezekiel 43:13-17)(Zec 14:9-11)
Ezekiel 43:18-27 (KJV)  Sanctify the Altar before Millennial sacrifices can be offered.

The first Sanctified altar:  Exo 29:37  “Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.”
Maccabees 164 BC.. Rededication of the altar of Zerubbabel and Joshua’s Temple after it was desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanies IV ..Menorah oil lasted 8 days. First Chanukah Celebration.

What does the LORD desire from us?
Psalm 51:15-17  “O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.   For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise (scorn me).”
Love the LORD Thy God with all thine heart , soul and might.

Romans 12:1-14 (KJV) The will of the Father is found in His Word. Do the will of the Father.

Mat 7:21  “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”
Rom 13:10  “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”
Romans 13:11  “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed”
Mat 24:36  “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”

The right arm of the LORD comes from Bozrah.
Isa 52:10  “The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”

The time is neigh!
Remember, we being many are one body in Christ

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2-25-2012 (2 Adar 5772)  Parasha # 19 Terumah “Heave Offering”

READINGS: Exodus 25:1-27:19; 1 Kings 5:26-6:13; Hebrews 8:1-9:5 (KJV)

The Heave offering: Is that  choice portion  of the peace sacrificial offering that was set apart and reserved for Abba Father and is ‘heaved upward to be released totally from us to Him and given to His priesthood (Exodus 29:27-28).

Topic: Exodus 25:8-9  “And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them …” (Heb 8:5b).  The building of the Lord’s House. Providing provisions for Abba’s House  –  a house from Terumah? God desires to dwell amongst His people. What God ordains in the physical is to lead us to its spiritual revelation. Abba’s dwelling place points to Yeshua. Torah is a Shadow of Christ.  John 5:39  “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”

Tabernacle: Exodus. 25:1-9 (KJV) The Israelites left Egypt with great wealth (gold, silver, precious stones, and linen) and livestock to contribute to building God’s Tabernacle. A Terumah House of God! Provisions for the Lord’s House are freely given to honor the Lord –Thy God. “Good eye” or “evil eye”
Exodus. 25:17-22 (KJV) God’s desire? Lev 26:12  “And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.”

Tabernacle is a shadow of Christ.
Exodus 26:14 (KJV) “And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.”
Isa 53:2  “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.”

Abba Father has a permanent dwelling place. Deu 12:11  “Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:”

Solomon’s Temple: Abba’s 2nd dwelling place or the 1st temple …a permanent home
1 Chronicles 28:11-19 (KJV) King David provided Terumah for Temple
1 Kings 5:1-10 (KJV) Building materials from Goy. Hiram King of Tyre…A Gentile! Prophetic? Prophetic of millennial Temple ?
Zec 6:12  “And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:”
The Millennial Temple is the Temple of the “one new man.” Jew & Gentiles may well build it with Messiah, as it is built and sacrifices offered in 75-8=67 days (1335 days).

Hebrews 8:1-6 (KJV)
Hebrews 10:1 (KJV)  “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.”
That shadow of good things to come is the New Covenant mediated by Christ - a covenant having better promises.  Tit 2:14  “Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Sin price absolutely paid in full … tetelestai.

What was the Purpose of the Sacrifices? A shadow -- a prophecy. All the perfect sacrifices pointed to Christ. Sacrificial Blasphemy! Malachi 1:8. The sacrifices  are our reminder pointing back to the temporary nature of the daily and Yom Kippur sacrifices.
Why Millennial sacrifices?
Ezek. 40:5-44:9; Isa. 56:7, 20-23; Jer. 33:18; Zech. 14:16-21; Mal. 3:3-4; Zech. 8:1-23, 9:9-17,14:2

Herod’s Temple : 3rd  dwelling place or 2nd temple.
Temple of AntiChrist:  5th dwelling place or 4th temple.
Wait! …a Gap!! Where is the 3rd Temple - Abba’s 4th dwelling place?

Where is the Temple and sacrifices today?
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (KJV) “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
Sacrifices..Korban “to draw near” Can you see yourself as Terumah?  Living sacrifices.
Rom 12:1  “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

Dependence upon Abba as your provider Father! Walk in Faith.
And
Dwell in the House of the LORD

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2-18-2012 (25 Shevat 5772)   Parasha Study #18   Mishpatim “Judgments”
READINGS: Exodus 21:1-24:18; 2 Kings 12:1-24:18; Mark 7:1-23 (KJV)

Topic: Contending with sin and death (1 John 1:5-10). If we live by the letter of the law, we die. Galatians 2:21 “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” MESSAGE of TRUTH:  Heb 4:12  “For the word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”  You can live in the knowledge of Scriptures knowing God’s Word but what is missing? You need a personal heartfelt relationship being born-again of the spirit and dependence upon God as your provider Father! Have Faith.  Edify one another by your Fruits of the Spirit (1 Tim. 1:4) 

Exodus 21:1-6 (KJV) Understanding God’s instructions - the “law” -Torah.
Laws- instructions- V. 2 laws in servitude for a Hebrew servant (“slave”) for 6 years of labor. Separating what belongs to the servant and what to the master in permeations and combinations. A choice: Serving as a commitment by law or by free-will choice (heart). Do you see your 7th day choice of the Kingdom? -7000 year plan. Serve as an obligation or serve in personal relationship! Our choice to serve:  religion or personal relationship! Are we willing servants of Christ? Examples of servants of Christ:

Paul: Romans 1:1 “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ;”
                        Titus 1:1 “Paul, a servant of God.”
James: James 1:1 “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,”
Peter: 2 Peter 1:1 “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,”
Jude: Jude 1:1 “Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ”

Exodus 20:12  “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” Exodus 21:15  “And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.” Exodus 21:17  “And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.”
Recall your own teenage rebellion or your teenager’s rebellion.
How many of us are under the death penalty?
Do we need a Savior?

Heb 10:28  “He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:”
Rom 6:23  “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

We have liberty in Christ - a free-man - not in bondage to sin. You are God’s Covenant people.

Jehoash (Joash) Intro. .. 2 Ki 9-10 ---   2 Kings 12:17-18 (KJV) Knowing God’s laws, instructions, Commandments and covenants when the rubber hits the road, who do you rely upon? Who do you seek first? Seek the Lord in troubled times. How do you handle the “Night Seasons?” Seek Him first in all matters.

James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
Colossians 3:1-2 (KJV) “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”

Mark 7:1-13 (KJV) Can you see Jesus’ problem? Fences of the Pharisees around the Instructions from God….. Confusion in Believers (a spirit of confusion).  Which is my priority? Dogma; Non-Salvation issues; Different gospel messages!
Dogma!  (Foundations # 7 Understanding Galatians and Colossians teaching by Pastor Laurel on web site)

“Christ bore our sins ….He paid our sin price..Tetelestai. 

Galatians 2:16  “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”
2 Timothy 1:10  “But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:”

It is the living Word, the Gospel message of Jesus Christ that brings life and light into our heart, soul and Temple?

We live by the spirit of the law (Rom.8:1-2), the Word written on our circumcised hearts. Love is the eternal glue of God’s Kingdom. This is both an OT & NT message

ABBA: Exo 20:2, 6 “ I am the LORD thy God, ….“I am a God “And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Jesus: John 14:15  “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”

Let your mantel - covering - be a personal relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ living with your manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit, with  love & forgiveness always giving praise and glory in worship of Abba Father. 

Galatians 5:14, 16 (KJV) “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” ---- “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

The sum of the matter: Love one another

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Parasha Study 5772 #17  "Jethro” Yitro  ---  Government of God

Reading: Exodus 18; 19; 20; Isaiah 6:1-13; 9:5-7; Matthew 5:17-32; Hebrews 12:18-26 (KJV)

Topic: Establishing the government of God, a covenant.

TORAH.

Introduction (Exodus 18:15 - 24) Moses became a teacher/counselor/leader of an organized nation of Israel. His disciples were to be his agents in teaching Torah, discipleship, counseling and judging at varying levels of complexity of the Israelite issues. He chose worthy godly men & taught them the accountability of Torah. How to become righteous leaders? The government of God is being established through a mixed multitude of people, Yisro (Jethro).

Exodus 18:21 (KJV) Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people, or look out from among them; (see Act 6:3) able men; or "men of power" men that have strength of heart, men of spirit and courage, and are not afraid to do justice, to repress vice, boldness to deliver the oppressed from the hands of the oppressor....such as fear God; who have the fear of God before their eyes, and on their hearts, in all they do....men of truth; true men, sincere, upright, and faithful men, that love truth and hate lies and falsehood, and will take some pains to get at the truth of a cause. A frame work is in place, now the nation has a way to use what the Lord God is going to give them. The Nation of Israel will follow the Cloud, follow the presence of God to the place of covenant.

Exodus 19:3 – 8 (KJV)The entire world belongs to God and all human beings are precious to Him, for they are higher than other forms of life, and within this category, Israel is the most precious.

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 6:1-8 (KJV) Moses and the Nation of Israel had experienced a prophecy that showed them God’s Glory and the calling they were given to be Kingdom of leaders and a Holy Nation. In Isaiah we are given a similar prophecy of the picture of God’s great calling upon us and the Nation of Israel.
Isaiah 9:5 – 6 (KJV) But against a backdrop of idol worship in the Temple and our lives, there is mercy by the Son that would be named by God Himself. He would be called the Prince of Peace and will lead His people to new heights. 
 
NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Matthew 5:17 – 18 (KJV) Yeshua came not to "destroy", or loose men's obligations to, but "to fulfill" it; to make a way to fulfill, by yielding perfect obedience to all God’s commands, whereby he became "the end", the fulfilling end of it. By "the prophets" are meant the writings of the prophets, in which they illustrated and explained the law of Moses; urged the duties of it; encouraged men by promises; and directed the people to the Messiah, and to an expectation of the blessings of grace by him: all which explanations, promises, and prophecies, were so far from being made void by Christ, that they receive their full accomplishment in him.
"heaven and earth pass" shall pass away, as they will, with a great noise and fervent heat, as to their present form and condition; than the least part of the law shall: which expresses the perpetuity of the law, and the impossibility of its passing away, and the superior excellency of it to the heavens and the earth. It is a saying of "the whole world is not equal even to one word out of the law,''

Hebrews 12:18 – 26 (KJV)
Whose voice then shook the earth, That is, at the giving of the law on Mount Sinai: Christ was then present; his voice was then heard; which was either the voice of thunder, or the voice of the trumpet.

But now he hath promised, saying ...yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven; not only the land of Judea, and particularly Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it, who were all shaken, and moved, and troubled at the news of the birth of the Messiah, but the heavens will now also be shaken.

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2-04-2011 (11 Shevat 5772) Parasha #16 Beshalach “When he sent”
READINGS: Exodus 13:17-17:16; Judges 4:4-5:31; John 6:25-35; Revelation 15:1-4 (KJV)

Topic: Shalach is a “sent-one” of the LORD …acting in agency…an empowered agent. You also are called  to be a “sent-out one” - a Shalach. When your receive that calling, wait for Abba Father to empower you. Always be in remembrance of God’s WORD that is how you come out of Egypt/the world … MY people..  “I will be your God and you shall be My people.” A mixed multitude goes to the Promised Land - Jew and Gentile.  Our earthly walk to the Promise Land is filled with trials and tribulations.  It is impossible for the nonbeliever to find that Promised Land of eternal life without Yeshua. (Deuteronomy 27:3)

Exodus 14:1-14 (KJV) Why did the LORD harden the Pharaoh's Heart? The Hebrews had left Egypt peaceably. Why stir the pot? Let “by-gones” be “by-gones!”  Can you see Yeshua Jesus in the reading. 

Exo 14:13 “And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation * of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.”  *SH #3444… éùÑåÌòä   yeshû‛âh …. yesh-oo'-aw

It was a short journey to the Promised land by traditional trade routes - The Via Maris or Kings Highway (11 day journey) v. 3… “They are “entangled in the land. The wilderness hath shut them in.”
The Exodus Hebrews were trapped but rescued by God’s Right hand.  Song of Moses: Exo 15:6 “Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.” Exo 15:12 “Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.”
Psalm 136:15 “But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.” -- The Pharaoh died in the Red Sea? They are now free men! ..No longer slaves in bondage!

Abba chooses new agents to do His will on earth for His people being held captive in bondage.
Judges 4:1-16  (KJV) from Song of Moses:  Exo 15:11 “Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” Mi Ka Mocha
Is Barak a type of Yeshua?  ---Jdg 5:12 “Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.” Abinoam….father of grace

Eph 4:7-8 “But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
Eph 4:11-12 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”

Jesus feeds the 5,000 with 5 barley loaves and 2 fish (John 6:8). Leftovers  “gathered” 12 baskets of pieces of Barley loaves (6:13)

GOSPEL OF JOHN : John 6:25-40 (KJV) Yeshua Jesus was an Agent.

John 6:38-40 “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.  And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

What’s going on with the feeding of the 5000?
John 6:12 “When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”

John 21:10-11 “Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three (153): and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.”

Hebrew gematria=  Sons of God  =153
Greek gematria = fishes -- ichthus = 153 x 8
Hebrew gematria = Pesach - - =153
Greek gematria = “Joint heirs with Christ” =153 x 7
Jesus gave direct blessings in the Gospels to 153 individuals.

Revelation 15:1-4 (KJV) Consummation of Tribulation Judgment…Wrath of the Father…. The Great Tribulation. 
Rev 7:13-15 “And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.”
The Tribulation saints are the Temple servants of Yeshua (His agents) – Defined as servants & “fellow servants”(Rev. 6:11.) as the tribulation of Revelation begins.

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1-28-2012 (4 Shevat 5772) Parasha # 15  Bo “come” 
Readings: Exodus 10:1-13:16; John 19:31-37; Jeremiah 46:13-28 (KJV)

Topic: Promise from Scriptures: Yeshua as the Right Arm of the LORD comes to restore captivity taken captive…. He shall come again with a sharp two-edged Sword out of His Mouth and with His armies of Heaven (Rev. 1:16,  19:14-15).  Two comings: I come to redeem and bring peace upon the Earth. John 3:16-17. Come to me.    John 6:35  “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” Galatians 5:1 

Exodus 12:21-28 (KJV) The blood of the slain lamb or goat had to be special! “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:” (Exo 12:5).
Who does the lamb point to as a shadow of things to come? Rev 5:6-7

John 5:39  “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” Romans 15:4 (KJV) “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” (Ecc. 1:9, 3:15)

Bo Prophecies: Greater than 360 OT prophecies of Christ’s 1st coming; Greater than 2000 (OT & NT) prophecies of His 2nd coming
Simeon, The High Priest saw the salvation of the world. (Luke 2:30-32   Isaiah 9:2)

What is the prophetic shadow of “blood over the doorposts?”  By the Blood of Jesus Christ our crimson sins are washed away and we are made white as wool? Isa. 1:18  “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Though we strive for righteousness, we as sinners are unable to take every thought captive!  Un-captured thoughts lead to words, actions, deeds and sin. Isa.64:6  “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” 

Do you understand that we can only be cleansed by the blood of Yeshua Jesus? As repentant believers, overcomers, the Father remembers our sin no more as when He looks upon “His own,” He sees the door post of our heart covered by the blood of His Son – The Lamb. Act 13:39  “And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

John 1:29  “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” 

John 19:28-37

John 19:29-33 • Verse 30:  “It is finished”:  The moment of His death was the moment of our salvation (Romans 6:3; Gal. 2:20)
• He “gave up the spirit”: Willingly surrendered His life (John 10:18).  Pilate marveled that he was already dead (Mark 15:44).
• Verse 33:  “They broke not his legs” Prophecy fulfilled (Exodus 12:46; Psalm 34:20).  The Passover Lamb was not to have a bone broken.
John 19:34-42 • Verse 34: “pierced his side”:  Ruptured and broken heart (Ps 69:20, Ps 22:14).
• Verse 37:  “…another scripture saith”:  Not fulfilled yet (Zech. 12:10; Rev. 1:7).
• Verse 41:  The tomb:
              • Near crucifixion location (19:41)
              • Belonged to a rich man (Isaiah 53:9; Matt. 27: 59-60)
• Never been used before (19:41)
• New sepulcher (Numbers 19:9)
• Hewn out of a rock (Mark 15:46)
• Stone rolled over the door (Mark 15:46)

THE ORDER OF EVENTS AT CALVARY
• Carrying the cross (John 19:17)
• Simon substituted (Luke 23:26)
. Pierced hands and feet (Ps 22:16)
• “I thirst”--Offer of drink (Matt. 27:34)
• Nailed between two thieves (John 19:18-24)
. Cast lots (Ps 22:18)
• “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34)
• Jews mock Jesus (Matt. 27:39-43, Ps 22:7-8)
• One thief railed at Jesus; the other receives salvation (Luke 23:39-43)
• “Today shalt thou be with me” (Luke 23:43)
• “Woman, behold thy son” (John 19:26, 27)
• Darkness (Matt. 27:45)
• “My God…” (Matt 27:46, PS 22:1)
• “I thirst” (John 19:28)
• “It is finished” (John 19:30)
• “Father, into thy hands… (Luke 23:46)
• Our Lord gave up the spirit (John 19:30b; Psalm 22:15b,Ps 31:5)

Give your life to Jesus Christ (Rom 10:9-10)  Sozo* To be redeemed by a Savior, Salvation is yours, to be preserved from evil, to be delivered from the death curse of Torah, to be cured or made well, healed, made whole, recover, to be restored from a fallen Adam state, to be preserved to be under the fig tree

Jeremiah 46:24-28 (KJV) In today’s Torah, Egypt is under God’s wrath of plagues. In Jeremiah there is another prophetic judgment upon Egypt by the Babylonians.  Judgment upon Pharaoh & Egyptian gods (v. 25-26) by great nation from north by Nebuchadnezzar. In the latter days, 40 years of desolation is pronounced upon the daughter of Egypt  from the north (Ezekiel 29:7-12). Day of the LORD: The world is thrown into turmoil by a great army from the north …Gog-Magog (Russian Islamic confederation against Israel (Iran, Ethiopia, Africa, Libya, Baltic Russian Republics, Turkey and Germany? ) (Ezek. 38:1-6) Complete destruction of enemies of Israel at Armageddon. 

I will come again for you. A Restoration of all things.  Yeshua Jesus restores the nations of the world into His Kingdom.  Promise from Scriptures: …I Come to restore “captivity taken captive” He returns with His armies and with the  Sword from His Mouth (Ps 68:18/ Eph. 4:8) Isa 60:4  “Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.”
Zec 14:16  “And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”

ONE NEW MAN IN CHRIST

Israel restored (Book of Hosea and Obadiah)
Gentiles restored (Isa. 60:3; Mal 1:11; Romans 11:16-21)
Egypt restored (Ezekiel 29:14-16, Zechariah 14:18-19)
Arab nations restored (Isaiah 60:6-7)

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1-21-2012 (26 Tevet 5772) Parasha # 14 Va’era “And I appeared”
READINGS: Exodus 6:1-9:35; Ezekiel 28:25-29:21; 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 (KJV)

Topic: Wherein lies the greater suffering?- In the physical flesh or the free-will choices that you make for the spiritual man – your eternal soul? Many are being held captive unknowingly by the traditions of man and the quest of the world for your soul. The day of bondage is coming that “Even the elect be deceived if possible” (Mat 24:24) The Israelites were a people indoctrinated to bondage. Exodus 6:9  “And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage”
Because of the Scriptural blindness of our religious leaders, we as a people suffer – unequipped to know God’s will. Let no man deceive you by another Gospel message. Gal. 1:7 “but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.” 

Exodus 7:19-25 (KJV) The Almighty God does signs and wonders in Egypt greater than those of the sorcerers and magicians of Pharaoh. The Egyptians worshiped the Nile River as a source of life-giving sustenance. The Nile River is Egypt’s lifeline. Silt deposits from the Nile made the surrounding land fertile as the river overflowed its banks annually, until putting in the Aswan dam.

A Profile of the Antichrist is seen in the Pharaoh with his hardened heart - A man of “fierce countenance”
Dan. 8:23  “And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”
Habakkuk 2:3-19 A proud, unjust person with intoxicated pride and perversions, a glutton, a lustful person who seeks world conquest by taking that which is not his; coveth to himself by evil and the power of evil; has a sheared conscience; intoxicates and preys on his neighbor’s weaknesses; not trustworthy to his friends and associates; a maker of a graven image.
Daniel 7:7, 19-25 Man of deception, speaks lies, and has eyes of surveillance, pompous, prideful, having a mighty countenance, devours the whole earth to establish a one world rule, blasphemies God and wars with God’s saints, changes God’s laws and Feasts. He is in the “prototype” of Antiochus Epiphanies IV (Daniel 11:1-45)
Zechariah 11:16-17 “Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.”

Ezekiel 29:2-6 (KJV) Pharaoh = Leviathan = Kingdom of Antichrist = bondage. He boasts in his pride of making the Nile River his own as he is god, an Egyptian god. Note: Fish (symbolic of Christians) adhering in bondage to that great dragon in his river, that serpent of Ha’ Satan. They shall perish as judgment upon the wicked. Their demise is the Feast of Leviathan (Rev. 19:21). Don’t be a nominal Christian without a heartfelt personal relationship with Jesus.

Biblical consistency in use of metaphors: Darkness vs. light; Snake, serpent, adder, leviathan, scorpions (all unclean creatures) represent the kingdom of darkness. Fish = Christians (Believers); Egypt = the world system.

Are we a people indoctrinated to bondage? When we were without Christ, we were in bondage to sin of the world. Our bondage started with Constantine and the Church of Rome - the mother of harlots, who is to rise again as “Mystery Babylon.” Today our apathy and lethargy for Biblical truths within the Church has identified us a people in bondage. Apathetic congregations! We are in bondage to our sinful nature and the world system of corruption. Judgment will start in the House of God. Be on fire for the Lord. Your heart need to be that burning bush.

Exodus 6:6-7 (KJV)  “Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:  And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”
Matthew 2:15  “And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.”
Hosea 11:1  “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.”

2 Corinthians 6:11-18 (KJV) Don’t be Unequally yoked. Break your bonds with unrighteousness. Keep yourselves separate be holy as the Lord is Holy. Don’t defile the Temple of God. Come out of bondage. You are His sons and daughters.
Exodus 8:22-23 (KJV) “And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be. And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.”

Abba puts division between us and the dragon. What should our ministry be as a Sanctified people?
2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (KJV) We have a higher calling than to exist in Babylonian /Egyptian captivity. Egypt’s religion traces back to Babylon.  We are free men/women from Egyptian/Babylonian bondage by the Pesach Lamb.

Our Lord, our King, our Mighty God

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1-14-12 (19 Tevet 5772)  Parasha Study # 13 Shemot "Names"

Hazak, hazak, v’nit’chzek
Be strong, be strong, and let us be strengthened together.

Beginning Torah Book: Exodus  Shemot=Names

Exodus 1:1-10 (KJV)
Now these are the names of the children of Israel which came down into Egypt ... Of the twelve patriarchs, the sons of Jacob, who were heads of the twelve tribes, whose names are given here; since the writer of this book is about to give an account of Hebrews coming out of Egypt, and that it might be observed how greatly they increased in it, and how exactly the promise to Abraham has been started, of the multiplication of his seed, was fulfilled: this book being connected with the former by the connection of "and"; and when this was wrote, it is highly probable there was no division of the books made, but the history proceeded in one continues account:

Which came down to Egypt:  this part of the verse uses the present tense, which suggest that they are arriving only now. Telling us a new era is beginning with the passing of Joseph. Now the Nation is coming to Egypt.

With Jacob. This implies that the 12 tribes where attached to Jacob and this is the secret of the nation of Israel’s strength and survival. Although each son had his own family, the son remained united with Jacob like a branch growing from a vine.

And that entire generation. All 70 came with Jacob. As with any of us (make the connection) here all three levels of Jewish government alive, the generations maintained a high spiritual level. The three levels of Jewish greatness, the patriarchs, the 12 tribal leaders, and the 70 souls, had all passed away the spiritual fall and the descent into slavery accelerated.
Joseph has been saved, the Hebrew nation has been saved but the people have gone into slavery. Hashem, the Lord, loves His people. He rises up a savior.

Exodus 2:1–10 (KJV)
and she called his name Moses, and she said, because I drew him out of the water; this word is derived from the Hebrew word, "Mashah", “that is  rescued”, which signifies to draw out, and is only used of drawing out of water.

Isaiah 27:6 (KJV)
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
That is, the richness of Jacob, the seed of Israel, in a spiritual sense; such who are Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile; these shall be so far from being plucked up, or rooted out of the vineyard, the One New Man, that they shall take deeper root, and their roots shall spread yet more and more; they shall be rooted and grounded in the love of God, in the Word of God. Which is be understood as the fruits of grace and righteousness, which shall appear upon the people of God, in all parts of the world; and of the great number of the harvest.

Isaiah 29:22–23(KJV)
That brought him from out of his land of slavery, freed him from idolatry, and from before conversion, delivered him from many evils and dangers before and afterwards; and saved him with an everlasting salvation, through the Messiah,Yeshua, the great Redeemer, that sprung from him, and took on him the nature of the seed of Abraham:
But when he seeth his children, ‘he shall not be ashamed of his sons, for he shall see them from now on walking in the ways of righteousness and truth.’
The work of my hands - That is, this change by which the nation will be reformed, will be produced by the agency of God himself. The sentiment is in accordance with the doctrines of the Scriptures everywhere, that people are recovered from sin by the agency of God alone (Eph_2:10).
In the midst of him - In the midst of his people. The name Jacob is often employed to denote all of his richness, or the whole nation of the Jews.

Acts 9:1–31 (KJV)
(V20) And straightway - Immediately. It was an evidence of the genuineness of his conversion that he was willing at once to avow himself to be the friend of the Lord Jesus.
He preached Christ - He proclaimed that Jesus was the Christ.
That he is the Son of God - That he is the Messiah Yeshua.

Acts 9:21
(21)  But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

Abraham, Jacob, the Nation
Yeshua, Saul/Paul
At each point in history God has made a way for His people to be saved and He has named each from before time. We have come full circle and as we come into the One New Man we are given revelation to bring us into the House of God to be completed. I think a very good question to be answered at this point is why has the returning to our biblical roots become such a stumbling block to Jew and Gentile?

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1-7-2012 (12 Tevet  5772)  Parasha # 12 Vayechi  “And He lives”
READINGS: Genesis 47:28-50:26; 1 Kings 2:1-12; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Hebrews 11:21-22 (KJV)

Topic:  Man lives on despite death?  How?? We, in Christ Jesus, are a destine “promised” people. We walk by Faith not by sight. The Holy Scriptures are a light to our path leading us from this world into eternity (the Olam Haba). Our Testator provided us the New Covenant (Brit Chadasha) that by His death we have a heavenly home  (oikētērion) (Hebrews 9:15-17). What awaits the spotless bride with oil in her lamp? Recall, the fate of the 10 virgins:  Who was ready? Who was “left behind” when the door closed?
Hers is an undefiled, incorruptible inheritance reserved for her in a heavenly mansion in her eternal oikētērion.

Genesis 48: 15-22 (KJV) Jacob’s proclamation (Genesis 48:5) A prophetic faith blessing (Hebrews 11:21). Jacob was looking unto the future destiny of the nation of Israel through the tribes even unto the Gentiles as a part of Israel. Prophecy!

Gensis 48:4  “And said unto me (Jacob), Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude* of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.”  *SH# 6951 – קהל  kahal
Genesis 48:16  “The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow1711  into a multitude* in the midst of the earth.” *SH# 7230 robe
Genesis 48:19  “And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude* of nations**.”  * SH 4393 melo
** SH# 1471  גּוי  gôy  a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; heathen, nation, people.
Melo ha Goyim …. “Multitude of nations”
“thy seed shall be come the “fullness of the Gentiles.” (Romans 11:25)

Hebrew life is centered on the family (Mishpachah) and their progeny.
Blessing of the firstborn: Family priest; oversees siblings; authority in father’s absence or death; receives a double portion of inheritance – birthright.  Joseph gets birthright (1Ch 5:1-2). Joseph gets a double portion blessing. …as Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons and takes Ephraim & Manasseh as his own sons.

Ephraim means very fruitful (doubly fruitful).
Manasseh means “to be forgotten.”

Joseph’s Blessing (Genesis 49:22-26) He will be as fruitful amongst the nations as he was in Egyptian bondage. God’s Covenant to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: Genesis 26:4  “And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;” --- Offspring are to be as numerous as stars in sky, dust of the Earth and sands of the sea…..An unconditional covenant.
Joseph’s gets the “double portion” plus a land grant (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5-6).

1 Kings 2:1-4 (KJV) My son take heed to my dying words – Hearken! - As they are for your wisdom and inheritance. Walk in righteousness as written in the Law of Moses (The Torah) and you will live well and prosper. God’s instructions are for our benefit – our sustenance. Give this advice to your children that they will have your full heritage. Why did the Davidic Kingship fall?  King Solomon's lust of the eye and the lust of his heart (Idolatry).

1 Peter 1:3-12 (KJV) What “lively hope” does Yeshua Jesus bring to believers? (1 Peter 1:4)  What is your “season of heaviness?” You shall undergoing free-will testing, just as King Solomon was tested. Your will be tried to test your inner man. Will you persevere? How? By Faith, Hope and Love as lead by the Promises of the Word of God and the Holy Spirit within your Temple.
You have a Holy Spirit guided conscience.  

Our inheritance
 We’re a part of the Family of God (John 17:16-21).
 Abba’s sons/daughters (John 1:12).
 Heirs and joint heirs with Christ of kingdom (Romans 8:17).
 Body of Christ as Church of the Firstborn (Hebrews 12:23).
 A imperishable inheritance (1 Peter 1:4).
 A pedigree: seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:29) who was the 1st Hebrew (Gen 14:13)
 Jacob’s kahal (Gen 48:4).
 By genetic heterogeneity, some are an off-shoot of the branch of Joseph – a fruitful vine (Hosea 1:1-11).
 The prophetic melo ha Goyim (Gen 48:19).
 A teeming swarm of fish as a rapidly growing multitude (the fullness of the Gentiles)(Gen 48:16).
 Brother of Judah (Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek 37:16-28).
 One in Messiah (Eph 2:15).  

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12-31-2011 (5 Tevet 5772) Parasha #11 Vayigash “And came near”
READINGS: Genesis 44:18-47:27; Ezekiel 37:15-28; 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 (KJV)

Topic: Today, in PaleoHebrew we have a study of the  nun, the bent humble man undergoing the trials and tribulations along the road of life. Consider a situation in your life of doom, despair, emptiness and helplessness, but in Christ Jesus, you shall prevail and be triumphant as the soffit nun – upright and holy before the Father and sitting under the vine and under the fig tree. Be reconciled to Abba by His Word. Despite your gloomiest, darkest day(s) The Good News Gospel brings, hope for we that live in Christ, live by FAITH, not by sight. Faith is a Heart Walk. Perfect your faith by renewing your mind.

2 Corinthians 4:18  “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
2 Corinthians  4:16 “but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
Romans 12:2  “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

Genesis 44:6-14 (KJV) Can you sense the despair of Joseph’s brothers. They already have a guilt-trip about Joseph and now BENJAMIN! It goes to the roots of inflicting even more despair upon their grieving father, Jacob. They have just spent 3 days in prison - not knowing the ‘morrow. Now, innocence of a crime, they face the stern, judgmental ruler of Egypt. Have you ever been in their shoes? God provides Genesis 45:3-4  Reconciliation!

Introduction: Jeremiah 31:31-34 (KJV) Israel denotatively is the House of Israel, Northern Kingdom, Ephraim, and House of Joseph. Israel connotatively is all Israel (both Houses).

The New Covenant is Brit Chadasha  (New Testament). It shall be written on your heart as you walk by the Spirit of the law, not written on your mind as the letter of the law or bony finger of the law. We live by Faith knowing that the blessed hope of the Good News Gospel is true. Our hope of tomorrow is going Home. Our sins are forgiven by a sin price paid by Yeshua. Faith is a Heart Walk

Ezekiel 37:15-23 (KJV) The divided kingdoms had two different God-given destinies.

Ephraim was assimilated for 2700+ years into the heathen nations (Melo ha Goyim). They vaporized.
Judah became “the wandering Jew”- the target of Satan’s anti-Semitism.

They shall become one in the Hand of God - reconciled to One New Man. Not Jew, Israelite, Sephardim,  Ephramite, Gentile, Church, Messianic believer but ----One New Man.

Remember, we are not clothed in our own righteousness, but in the righteousness of Yeshua Jesus. 

2 Corinthians 4:7-9  “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;”
2 Corinthians 4:2-4  “But (we) have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

The consummation of our blessed hope. 2 Corinthians 5:1-11 (KJV)
Paul’s word play…. Euphuisms …play on words!
Word study:

Earthen vessels = clay vessels made by the potter
Earthly house  oikia  = worldly abode.
Tabernacle skēnos = temporary residence.
Building oikodomē = a material structure.
house oikētērion = “heavenly  home”
Home endēmeō = one’s declared home.

Jude 1:6  “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”
Estate archē = chief dwelling place or beginning place.
Inhabitation oikētērion = residence    from  G3611 oikeō, = dwelling cover, to reside in ---from oikos= a family house

We live in mortal, perishable bodies with God given free-will to make choices. We are free to choose our eternal destiny while we sojourn for our finite time on earth.  Earth is God’s “testing ground” to discern a people who will love Him, obey His Commandments and do His will. No one is exempt from this testing…no not even Yeshua Jesus…our Spotless Passover Lamb.

Paul’s reconciliation message: Those who serve the will of the Father, their calling is as ambassadors to a reconciliation ministry (2 Cor. 5:18-21).
Reconcilate katallassō = to change -- from root  allassō = to make different:  a change.

2 Corinthians 5:17  “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”   ONE NEW MAN

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12-24-2011 (28 Kislev 5772) Parasha #10 Miketz “At the end”
READINGS: Genesis 41:1-44:17; Zechariah 2:10-4:7; John 6:1-71 (KJV)

Topic: REPENT:  Seek a personal relationship with Yeshua Jesus. Keep His fire in your heart. Be in obedience to His WORD. Living a holy life keeps you in the God’s will.  He who enters the Kingdom of heaven “doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21-23). Psalm 40:8 “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Believe the Truth of the Scriptures for in them is Yeshua - The manna of the Gospel of your Salvation (Luke 24:44; John 5:39). 1 Peter 4:17-18 “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” Time is of the essence. Harken unto the Word. 
 
Yeshua is found throughout Scriptures in metaphors, symbolism, parables or phenotypes.  “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:” (John 6:35) 

Psalm 40:7  “Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,”
John 5:39  “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”

God’s Word is the immutable TRUTH. As the Word (John 1:1) Jesus is eternal… “I AM”

Matthew 24:35  “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
Matthew 5:18  “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Luke 16:17  “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.”

Joseph as a type of Christ --- a phenotype

Zechariah 2:6-11 (KJV) The dispersed of Israel return to the Lord. Come out of the world (Egypt, Babylon)! The vision is for our generation: daughter of  Babylon, daughter of Zion). Do you see restoration through the mighty hand of Yeshua Jesus in the reading?

Prelude: A redeemed “fire-brand.” The angel of the Lord (Christophany) removes the high priest’s (Joshua) filthy rages and forgives his sins. The restored priest is given a crown???

Zechariah 3:6-10 (KJV) “Protested”= SH# 5749 means to repeat/reiterate. V. 6 A matter is established by 2 witnesses (Gen. 41:32)  V. 8 You, Priesthood of Melchisedec hear and discern your King.
Who is the Branch? (Zechariah 6:12; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15; Psalm 80:15). Are we a part of the vineyard/fig tree/olive tree of the Branch? We are branches of a wild olive tree grafted into our Hebraic root, which root is Yeshua (Romans 11:24)

“Seven eyes” (Revelation 5:6) Do we also have “seven eyes” as believers?

Isaiah 11:1-2  “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:  And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;”

We have that same spirit within us (Epghesians 1:17-18).

John 6:4  “And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.” Who is pictured in the Jewish Passover?
Who provides our spiritual sustenance to “sit under the fig tree.” In John 6 Jesus provides physical nourishment to the multitudes. What is the true “Bread of Life” (John 6:27; Ephesians 1:13). 

John 6:48-60 (KJV) “A harsh Saying.”…. But prophecy fulfilled (Isaiah 53:4-5).   

1 Corinthians 11:23b-26 “That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.”

Doctrine of the Catholic Church: In the Eucharist, the substance of bread and grape wine is physically transformed into the substance of the body and the blood of Jesus. Declared and defined by man, not God. The Council of Trent, in its thirteenth session ending October 11, 1551, defined transubstantiation as "that wonderful and singular conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the Body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the Blood of Christ. 

The Lord’s Supper we do in “remembrance” of Yeshua Jesus, our Passover Lamb – The sacrificed Lamb. 

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12-03-2011 (7 Kislev 5772) Parasha # 7 Vayetze “And he went out”
READINGS: Genesis 28:10-32:3; Hosea 12:12-14:9; John 1:19-51 (KJV)

Topic: God has remnant people – those with a heritage – they that have claimed their birthright by confessing Jesus Christ as their Savior (Romans 10:8- 13). Now, they live in faith, with hope, and love in obedience to the truth of God’s Word. But what about a poor, wayfaring stranger who is traveling through this world of woe, who doesn't know or doesn’t care, or has rejected his heritage of being a joint-heir in God’s Kingdom with Yeshua Jesus. How will those lost and forsaken travelers on the broad road find Jesus to become rightful heirs unto eternal life with Abba Father, Jesus, the angels, the saints and with their loved-ones, who are secure in Christ, and awaiting them. The joy and satisfaction of this world will come to an end, then you are alone without your loved-ones, who have chosen that narrow road as a way of life The broad road leads to Hell - a place for the unrepentant sinner. The unbeliever is as a whoremonger, an adulterous fornicator, a drunkard or a liar for he shall not see the face of God. It’s all about the hope of being with our Heavenly Father.

Genesis 28:10-22 (KJV) Jacob takes a journey to find a wife amongst his heritage (Gen 28:1-2) – the people of the family of Abraham, the relatives of Abraham’s brother. So he sojourned in search of the promise (v. 13-15) – and makes a covenant (v. 20) - “If------Then.” Jacob in the flesh continues from Bethel as a wayfaring stranger in search of his family. In his wanderings, God was with him. His blessings all start at the well of “living water.”

Genesis 29:1 “Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.”

He meets Rachel at the well. Jacob has “many wives” which bear him 12 sons to continue his heritage. He accumulates great wealth in cattle, camels, sheep, goats, manservants and maidservants.
Will Jesus also take as wives many diverse people? Not just only the Jewish people!

Hosea 13:1-3 (KJV) Ephraim shall be scattered to the four winds, as they had become like the heathen with idol worship and they had no fear of God. We, the dispersed, are the center theme of Hosea.
His wife, Gomer, a prostitute, adulterous wife bears children out of her fornication. (Hosea 1:1-6)

His son, Jezreel, - “I will sow or scatter you”
His daughter, Lo-ruhamah, - “I will show no mercy.”
His son, Lo-ammi - “You are not my people and I am not your God.”

They were scattered as aimless wanders for their whoredom -idolatry. They are ideal candidates to be attracted to the Church of Rome. Evil separated Ephraim from God. Is there any hope for those who have rejected God?
Hosea 14:1-9 (KJV) A cry of repentance from Ephraim from amongst the heathen ---I REPENT!
Turn from your wicked ways, for I will hear you and heal you and re-gather you as a hen gathers her chicks… No more Jezreel. I shall turn away Mine anger and remove the “Lo.” You shall be Ruhamah, “I will show mercy.” And you shall be Ammi for “you are My people and I am your God.”

Is there similar hope for those who have rejected the Salvation message of Jesus? --- Yes—“I REPENT”
Remember, we were all lost at one time without hope being just as desperate as Ephraim.

Eph 2:11-12 “Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:”

God was not with us and we lived under His curses for all mankind – the Torah is the plumbline for the believer or the unbeliever-(Deuteronomy 28:1-68).

At the white throne judgment, reserved for the unbeliever, the wicked, and the abominable, there will come their final judgment by the Judge, Yeshua Jesus. He shall use as His yardstick- the plumbline - for deliverance - those instructions given mankind as found in the Holy Scriptures.

Likewise, Yeshua Jesus was a wanderer; He had no place to set his foot.

Matthew 8:19-20 “And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”

John 1:29-42 (KJV) At the age of 30 Jesus became a Holy Spirit-filled Agent of the Father. As the Good Shepherd,He began to gather disciples. Jesus recruits His army of foot soldiers for the Gospel message.
They, just as we are, were commissioned to gather Kingdom sheep. Mark 16:15-20 (KJV)

We are a wayfaring stranger passing through the Road of Life as hopeless sinners rejected, lost and forlorn.

But what about those other vessels destined unto damnation? Those who are on that broad road unto damnation? Repent! Now before it’s too late! Know TRUTH!...SEEK the narrow road of life unto life and light.

1 Corinthians 6:11 “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”

Estranged from your heritage? Jacob left father and mother because of Esau’s hatred for him. Ephraim was estranged from God by the glitter of the world.

Despite the hatred, envy and jealousy of mankind, the dazzling attraction of the world, and desires of the flesh, you can travel life’s road in the blessed hope of tomorrow, knowing that God’s Promises are true. We were all lost, but now we are found, as sheep by the Good Shepherd. As believers, overcomers, we are justified in Christ Jesus. Yes, golden fields lie just before us where God's redeemed shall ever be.

John 20:21 “Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”
Matthew 28:18-20 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

The “lost can be saved unto everlasting life for just as myself, Jesus saved a wretch man, like me.... “I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now, I see.”

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11-26-2011 (29 Cheshvan 5772)Parasha #6 Toldot “Generations”

Topic: Query? Fate of the sons of Esau? One son given unto salvation and one son cast unto damnation! Why? Romans 11:1 “I say then, Hath God cast away his people?” What about Israel –the Jewish people? What about us today?

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Abba Father desires that none be lost, but all come to salvation of eternal life with Him (1 Tim. 2:3-4; 2 Pet. 3:9). He has provided a way. The WORD - Truth- Faith - Hope - Love.

Hebrews 11:7 “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”

We are written in the Book of Life. The life given to a newborn on his first gasp of the breath of life. Yet, God who created us knows aforehand that some vessels are only fit for destruction. Esau was such a vessel!
Genesis 25:19-28 (KJV) Generations of Isaac ... note in the Hebrew the missing vav (Gen.25:19) By the “seed” -zera (SH# 2233 זרע zera ) - (SG# 4690 σπέρμα sperma) of Isaac God give him of two twin sons from his barren wife, Rebekah. Do they have or will they have parallel destinies? Esau sells birthright to Jacob? (V. 29-34). Esau loses blessing of the firstborn (v. 27:1-40).
Heb. 11:20 “By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.” .. seed of Messiah
How important is your birthright to be heirs with Christ in Abba’s Kingdom. Rom 8:17 We.. “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be

Malachi 1:1-7 (KJV) Romans 9:13 “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” Behold Israelites! God has judged Esau-Edom, will He not also judge him whom turns his back away from Him and His WORD. They treated the Lord with contempt…v12. Hence, where will Abba Father’s Blessings go?

Mal 1:11 “For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Paul is troubled and concerned for the salvation of his Jewish brethren…Romans 9:1-3; Romans 10:1-4; 11:1-2a (KJV)
Hath God cast away his people?
Rom 4:13 “For the promise, that he (Abraham) should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.” Rom 9:31-33 “But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.”

Why the “law?” Romans 3:20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
By the directive of the OT “law” the Hebrew-Jewish people took on the mandate to stay pure and holy, by living a separate existence from the world that surrounded them.

Romans 9:6-16 (KJV) We are foreknown to Abba as those who shall be His Heirs. Romans 9:20-26 (KJV) Gentiles shall be the children (sons) of the “living God.” They shall be of the olive tree of Israel by grafting. Through its root Yeshua Jesus, we are Echad- a Oneness in Christ being neither Jew or Gentile but “one new man” (Ephesians 2:15).
What about us today? -- Vessels of righteousness or vessels destined for destruction –Salvation or destruction? Avoid Destruction. Hebrews 12:14 “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Some vessels will not hold the “living water” that is offered to everyone – freely. His Holy Spirit says “drink”….yet most desire the glitter of the world and desires of the flesh. Jer. 2:13 “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”

Who will not inherit kingdom of God: Hebrews 12:16-17 “Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.”
Those who will not claim their birthright will not remain written in the Book of Life.

Blotted-out! Who are they? And what are their works? Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars…… Galatians 5:19-21; Revelation 21:8.

Seek the “living waters” of life and be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Difficult verses: Romans 10:6-7 6“But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead – (Don’t concern yourself with what you should eat or drink…. Let God be God!)- (8) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

The empowered remnant- Php 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Claim your birthright. Don’t be blotted out of the Book of Life. Chose life and light. Be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

You are heirs of the Kingdom of the “living God”
- A Child of the King

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11-19-2011 (22 Cheshvan 5772) Parasha #5 Chayei Sarah “And Sarah’s life”
READINGS: Genesis 23:1-25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31; John 4:1-42 (KJV)

Topic: Consider life! Psalms 102:11 “My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.” 1 Peter 1:24 “For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:”---Examine the seasons of your life (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8).

Abba Father desires that none be lost but all come to a free-will gift of salvation. He desires that His children have the faith and the righteousness of Abraham. For though, we be sinners, righteousness is imparted by the Holy Spirit through a faith walk, doing Kingdom work. What is Kingdom work?

Luke 9:62 “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Kingdom work requires a humble dedication, commitment, conviction and perseverance to do God’s will on this Earth, as we are Holy Spirit-filled disciples – Agents. We are commissioned by Jesus, and filled with God’s Spirit. A full life is one of blessings during trials and rewards of our toil…. Living under the Blessings! (Deuteroniomy 28:1-14)
Have you thought seriously about your salvation …an eternal destiny?

Genesis 23:1-4 (KJV) Sarah dies at 127 years of age. Abraham seeks a family burial place. Abraham negotiates to purchase the cave of Machpelah before Mamre in Hebron.
Genesis 23:10-20 (KJV) Abraham dies at 175 years of age.
Genesis 25:7-10 (KJV) God’s promises to Abraham are transferred to the next generation.

1 Kings 1:1-8 (KJV) The days of King David are numbered. David’s son plots against him. King David seeks advice from Nathan, the prophet, and Bathsheba to decide about the future kingship of Israel. (v. 10-31)
1 Kings 1:32-40 (KJV) King David ordains Solomon as the King of Israel desiring that the next generation is to follow the will of God. Rulers are placed by God for a season according to His will and the hearts of the people.

The Samaritan woman at the well: John 4:9-15 ; 21-26 (KJV) Meeting the Gentile Bride at the well!

“Living water” that you will never thirst again. Yeshua Jesus presents to the Gentiles their prophetic future of eternal salvation. His brief 3 ½ year ministry was ordained since the foundations of creation to be that “lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world.” When Yeshua Jesus died, we were made capable to worship the Father through Him “in spirit and truth.” This is the worship that the Father desires of Christians and Messianic Jews that they worship Him “in spirit and truth.”

Your life is as Vapor. James 4:13-14 “Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”

Where are you and your loved-ones today in making a free-will choice of a destiny of eternal life? - Live as children of the light- Holy Spirit-filled & in Truth.

A remnant is on a narrow road, for the broad road is crowded with those going to Hell. The Holy Spirit brings God’s fullness into your life.

Isaiah 40:6-8 “The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Micah 5:7 “And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.”
Psalms 1:1-6 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

God can shape you into a vessel of honor, if you will fear Him; submit to Him and allow Him. Crucify the “old man of the flesh.”

Jeremiah 18:4 “And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.”

Repent and become sons of God – claim your heritage.
The sum of the matter: The remnant is going home!

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11-12-2011 (15 Cheshvan 5772) Parasha Study #4   Vayera “And He appeared”
READINGS: Genesis 18:1-15; 2 Kings 4:1-37; Hebrews 11:17-19; James 2:14-24 (KJV)

Topic: Preparing the remnant to preserve in the face of overwhelming circumstances. What is a faith walk? What is Hope? How is love to be integrated into Faith and Hope?

Galatians 5:5-6  “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.  For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availed anything, nor un-circumcision; but faith which worked by love.”

Genesis 18:1-15 (KJV) Sarah had a denial of the reality of the power of God in all circumstances but God’s provisions when all seems futile!
Satan’s attack upon the Blood of the Messiah left many of the patriarch’s wife with barren wombs until God intervened.

Sarah
Rebekah
Rachel
Others Hannah, Manoah wife (Samson’s mother) and Elizabeth (John the Baptist mother).

2 Kings 4:1-7 (KJV)
2 Kings 4:8-17 (KJV)
2 Kings 4:18-37(KJV)
Whose faith brought about the miracles?

Yeshua and Abba
Yeshua and the Bride
Yeshua and Faith
Hebrew 12:2  “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 11:17-19 (KJV) Hebrews 11 is the Old Testament “hall of fame” of those who lived by faith.

James 2:14-24 (KJV) The meaning here is, that faith which does not produce good works, or which would not produce holy living if fairly acted out, will save no man, for it is not genuine faith. James calls this kind of faith a mockery or dead.

1 Corinthians 13:13  “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”

1Thessalonians 5:8  “But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

We believe in the existence of objects which are invisible, and we are influenced by them. To walk by faith, is to live in the confident expectation of things that are to come; in the belief of the existence of unseen realities. People live for wealth, honor, splendor, praise, for the objects which this world can furnish, and as if there were nothing which is unseen. 

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11-05-2011 (8 Cheshvan 5772) Parasha # 3 Lech Lecha “Go Out”
READINGS: Genesis 12:1-17:27; Isaiah 40:27-41:16; Romans 3:19-5:11; Galatians 3:6-29 (KJV)

Topic: “GO OUT” from Egypt…from Babylon……Shema! Hear God---listen to the Voice of God. Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:”

Seeking to Hear God. Hearing is insight into the door way into the Kingdom of God. Psalm 61:1 “Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.” Psalm 4:1 “Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me (made room for me ) when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”

Genesis 12:1-5 (KJV) Abram hears God’s instructions to leave Ur of the Chaldeans and go to the land of the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Moses hears God’s voice from the burning bush.

Exodus 3:4 “And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.” Exo 3:14 “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

Yeshua Jesus is the “I Am” of the burning bush- Hayah Asher Hayah.

John 8:58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”
Rev 1:8 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Hayah Asher Hayah

Who else heard God’s voice? 1 Samuel 3:1-13 (KJV) Samuel in Hebrew means heard; heard of God, appointed; to hear God.
Who else? Paul, a Torah observant Jew, heard the WORD on the Damascus road (Acts 9:3-6).

Does Abba sleep and slumber? Isaiah 40:27-31 (KJV) Abba hears… Be patient and long suffering.

Psalm 121:3-4 “He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.”

Abraham is the father of faith. He believed the Word of God. Galatians 3:6-9 (KJV) repeated (Romans 4:13-25)God “preached before the gospel unto Abraham”

Gen 26:4-5 “And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

Abraham heard and saw the WORD ( John 8:56). “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”

Different ways of How to hear from the Lord.
….Pastor Irene

Lord let me hear You.
Open the eyes of my heart Lord.

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11-29-2011 (1 Cheshvan 5772) Parasha #2 Noach “Noah”
READINGS: Genesis 6:9- 11:32; Isaiah 54:1-55:5; 1 Peter 3:3-22 ; 2 Peter 1:3-3:18 (KJV)

Topic: All Mankind-Jew and Gentile - are descendents of one righteous man, Noah. Gen 6:9 “These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” Bereisheet --- A new beginning for humankind after the flood- Hope – but--in the days of Noah man’s heart was incurably wicked. Noah was a preacher of righteousness, but a wicked and perverse generation would not heed his voice and repent. The infectious nature of sin - “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”

Gen 6:5-7 “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.” Gen 6:12 “And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”

Quest! Why such a narrow road to eternal life? What is the greatest spiritual defeat to man and woman! Of the three thought-voices that we perceive, which one is the most beguiling? The unholy trinity….. Me-myself and I.

1 Peter 2:11 “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”

Bereisheet (Genesis) 11:1-9 (KJV) In the Hebrew, Nimrod means rebel, to be rebellious, to resist authority, valiant-strong ruler, we will rebel.

Gen 10:8-9 “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before* the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before* the LORD.” * SH# 6440 פּנה pâneh, paw-neh‘ to be against, anger, over against the person, in defiance, turn (aside, away, back, face)

Babel – the origin of all the occult religions headed by the pagan trinity of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz. These pagan gods were the basis of occult worship in all nations that came against Israel.

Nimrod= Osiris, Bel, Baal, Marduk, Apollo, Abaddon
Semiramis = Isis, Ishtar, Diana, Cybele, Ashtoreth
Tammuz = Horus, Dionysus, Jupiter, Isawara, cupid

Isaiah 54:1-10 (KJV) Heirs of the Promise…
Isa 54:3 “For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles,”
The Promise of Abraham was that his offspring be as numerous as stars of the sky (Gen. 15:4-6), dust of the earth (Gen. 13:16), and the sand of the sea (Hebrews 11:12), being the collective Body of Christ - The One New Man.

1 Peter 2:10 “Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”

Restoration of all Israel! Jew and Gentile -- One New Man in the Kingdom - now - and yet future with an end time re-gathering of the Messianic Jew to Mashiach (Messiah).

Is v. 2 familiar? --…The Prayer of Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:9-10)

Isaiah 54:10 “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed;” Judgment wrath begins The Day of the Lord. A Destruction of earth by water and fire because of sin and God’s wrath upon the unrighteous sinner.

2 Peter 3:5-7 (KJV) What lies ahead? Abba’s Father’s rainbow covenant is His Word - no global flood.
Seth, it is said, engraved the knowledge of his father, Adam, on two columns, one of brick, and the other of stone, Josephus says, was still to be seen, in his day, in Egypt predicting that the world would be destroyed by water and or fire. As it was in the days of Noah: 2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”

When in human history has man been capable of his own annihilation by fire in a nuclear holocaust?

Walk away from evil. Rid yourself of the self-serving trinity God within you - (ME, MYSELF, and I)
1 Peter 3:8-12 (KJV) Show one another your kavod .. God’s radiant Shekinah …. Your Fruits of the Spirit, for that is how we shall know one another. (Galatians 5:22-23)
Ephesians 5:8-9 “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)”

1 Peter 3:8-12 is a message to restrain one’s soulish self….Be Echad –of one accord/one mind in the Kahol – the Body of Christ. Have compassion, and love one for another- be courteous; show pity, empathy; render no evil in revenge; no railing slander –only blessings; God’s Blessings fall upon those who bless others; no “lashon harah” - “let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile”- Those with no guile will “sit under the fig tree;”- eschew evil, SG #1578 εκκλίνω, ek-klee'-no --to absolutely to shun evil; do good faith works; seek peace even under persecution.
1 Peter 3:12 “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.”

Are you in the Ark? - Under Abba’s tallit? (Psalm91)

Change my heart oh Lord

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10-22-2011 (24 Tishri 5772) Parasha Study #1 Bereisheet “In the beginning”
READINGS: Genesis 1:1-6:8; Isaiah 42:5- 43:10; John 1:1-18 (KJV)

Topic: We have an Awesome pre-existent God Who desires a “chosen” and a “called-out” people to Himself – that He would be our God and we would be His People. Through His tripartite Being - the Trinity - He cannot look upon sin; yet, He suffered as man to take all our sins; yet, being The Sovereign Theocracy Ruler, He can dwell simultaneously in all of us who are believers. Yeshua Jesus and the Father are one – Echad. And He has always been Echad. Is Yeshua Jesus Echad or is He lesser?

John 10:27-30 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.”

Genesis 1:26-2:-7 (KJV) Who is the God of creation?

Beresheet (In the beginning) Bara (created) Elohim (God) et ha-Shamayim (the Heaven) et ha-Eretz (and the Earth). El or Eloah is singular for God. Elohim is a plural Oneness of God as Godhead, just as echad is a Hebrew word for one in the plural sense! --- Example Husband and wife.

In the Hebrew script can you see Jesus? He is the servant candle?
Our Father God is a composite Oneness. The Father is the intelligent designer of all creation. Yeshua Jesus is the Creator carpenter. The Holy Spirit is the power that brought the creation into being in response to Jesus’ spoken Word. THEY created us in THEIR image! Angels are not created in the image of God. The human genome and body is of complex design. Design requires a designer. Design is not random chance. Random chance is chaos and not of divine order. Evolution is a man-created myth.
God the Father is unique – Exo 15:11 “Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”

God Almighty exists as the Trinity.

1 John 5:7 “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

We, in the image of God, exist as a tripartite being – body (Jesus), soul (our unique self), and spirit (Holy Spirit – image of Father God Who is Spirit)

A believing remnant is preparing to become the Bride of Christ and receive a new name. At the consummation of the age there will be a coronation, and the King takes His bride to join in matrimony. But--- the eternal Kingdom, for those in immortal-imperishable bodies, has even more to offer! We are sealed in a love relationship with Elohim. We are echad with Elohim.

John 17:21 “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”

Isaiah 42:1-9 (KJV) Are these verses Messianic? Can you see Yeshua Jesus? - servant, reed, judge, creator, hand, covenant. In what roles?-Messiah ben Joseph, Mashiach (Spirit of God is upon Him- the empowered One), innocent Lamb, bruised for our inquiries (Isa. 53:4-7), Word (His law), creator (Col. 1:16), His “sent agent”, righteous-sinless (“lamb of God”), miracle worker & healer, light of life, kinsman redeemer, conquering king, judge, and prophet.

John1:1-18 (KJV) V 4 -- After creation, darkness and death entered the world, but Jesus is the light of life for those who believe on Him.
Jesus was the true light –the Mashiach – the anointed or empowered One – but the world and His own knew Him not. However, those who did receive Him are Kingdom heirs. They are “born again,” being Spirit-filled – “God in them”. The only Begotten Son of the Father was born of a virgin woman to be in the flesh amongst us, as the Son of Man. In an immortal body, He now sits at the right hand of the Father. He bears our inflicted nail prints. He is the Word – the Truth. He gives, to the overcomers, mercy and grace by His shed blood that they may receive everlasting life. It’s a free gift. -- Claim it!

Is Yeshua Jesus God? Arianism and its variant theologies crept into the early Church. The Arian concept of Christ is that Jesus, the Son of God, did not always exist, but was created and is therefore distinct from God the Father. He is a manifestation of the essence of the Father – a lesser being. The Nicene Conference in 325 AD and the First Council of Constantinople in 381 AD declared this as heretic doctrine. They declared Jesus is “God from God being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made [both in heaven and on earth]; born of a virgin birth, He was made man.”

Augustine's Amillennialism and Preterism are dogma contrived by man. Replacement theology will not bring in God’s Kingdom. We are in the vestibule of 7-year Tribulation and the world is becoming darker. In Europe, less than 3-15 % of the population is Christian. Atheistic doctrine is being delivered from the pulpit of the mainstream Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). In the PCN one-in six- clergy are agnostic or atheist. They preach that there is no life after death, that Jesus is mythical or just a good man, that there is no God, only world experience.

2 Timothy 4:1-4 (KJV)

The Deity of Yeshua Jesus

John 1:1-14; Prov. 8:22-23, 35-36; John 10:30-33, 38, 58; John 17:22b; John 14:9; Ex. 3:14; John 18:4-6; Ex. 31:18; Col 1:15-16; John 15:15; Gen 1:1; Dt 6:4-9; John 9:6; Genesis 1:7; Isaiah 7:14; John 10:29; John 17:5; Micah 5:2; Ex. 3:14; and Rev 1:8

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“And this is the blessing”
Vezot Haberachah

Reading:
Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Joshua 1:1-18; Luke 24:1-53; Mark 9:2:-10; Jude 3-4, 8-10.

Man’s spiritual focal point (your Christian Foundation) is Salvation given as a gift by the Aleph & Tav, our Kinsman Redeemer. Almighty God provides you His Holy Spirit which dwells within the Temple of your heart…keeping out evil as the crowning accomplishment of the very Spirit of God, HIMSELF, giving you the Blessed Hope, New Hope for all mankind, through the resurrection death of Jesus. Isn't Abba's plan perfect!

……Revival in the 8th day. Yes it took the death of God Himself to save us from the death of sin

TORAH
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (KJV) Moses dies in Moab not entering but seeing the Promised land. Moses was filled with the Shekinah Glory of God and his body was healthy.
Who is the prophet like Moses?

 HAFTORAH  
Joshua 1:1-11 (KJV) Why did the Lord pick Joshua to lead the Israelites? .... His faith and obedience. Abba encourages them to have Faith. When did they show wavering Faith?
Why 3 days v. 11?
    3 day’s seems to be a preparation time and waiting.
    3 day trip from Pharaoh (Ex. 3:18, 8:27).
    3 day to cleanse oneself at Mt. Sinai (Ex 19:11).
    3 days tested without water (Ex. 15:23).
    3 days darkness over all Egypt except Israelites (Ex. 10:22).
    E days Daniel prays to Lord before the Lion's den (Dan. 1:5).
    Rachael hides spies 3 days in Jericho (Josh 2:16).
    1st 3 days of 10 days of  AWE.

   NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
Jude 9 (KJV) What is special about the body of Moses?

Matthew 17:1-2 (KJV) John writes at the drosh level. What is after 6 days? Where are those days on that on the prophetic clock? Is the millennial reign of Christ knocking at the door. But first 10 days of Awe…… Hummmm …(3 + 7)? Jesus Shekinah Glory is how intense? It will light the New Jerusalem as there will be no night?
What was the primordial light?

Mark 9:2-9 (KJV) Mt. Nebo and the transfiguration. They saw the Shekinah Glory vestment of God.   

Luke 24:1-9 (KJV) He has risen…. Death & Satan defeated. Where is the body?
Evidence that Yeshua Jesus rose from the dead.     
     A public execution assured His death.
     Death verified by guarding Centurion at the cross .
     A high Jewish official & member of Sanhedrin secured the grave site & wrapped Jesus in burial garments according to the method of the Jews. The Jews demanded a guarded grave site.
     In spite of Roman guards the tomb was empty and no body.
     To produce the body of Jesus would have stopped the Christian movement.
     Dramatic transformation of Apostles.
     Cowards became bold men
     They Turned the world upside down with NT Gospel of Salvation.
     Eyewitnesses were > 500
     His brothers Jude and James became Christians
     Eyewitnesses were willing to die for cause.
     Fulfillment of OT & NT scriptures
     No man had previously escaped death but death could not contain Him.
     He was Abba’s Firstfruits of the resurrection proving His death was an acceptable sacrifice..
     By His death He defeated Satan.
     Abba’s plan for redemption was foretold and awaits the end of the harvest.
     What other religious leader has defeated death?

Jude 3-4 (KJV) Jude has an earnest message as he changes the subject material . Be warned about wolves in sheep clothing?

 Have Spiritual discernment, spiritual maturity. Let no man deceive you …Beware of wolves in sheep clothing.

    1 John 3:7-10 (KJV) Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he (Jesus) is righteous. 8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed (Jesus) remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother

Why is the resurrection of Christ important?

    Romans 10:9-11 (KJV) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.   

 We shall be raised (quickened) together with Christ! 

    Colossians 2:13-15 (KJV)And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.    

By His Resurrection Satan was defeated.

    1 Corinthians 2:7-8 (KJV) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

     Hebrews 2:14 (KJV) Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

    Colossians 2:15 (KJV) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

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“Give ear”
Hazinu

Reading:
Deuteronomy 32:1-52; 2 Samuel 22:1-51; Peter 1:1-2:25; Hebrews 12:14-29; Romans 10:14-21; Romans 12:14-21.

“Give ear”...Hear...Shema….. …”Give ear” to My teachings, My WORD (debar, logos), repent & forgive one another as you are a “called-out people” to do My Ministry & to claim your inheritance as a Royal Priesthood forever.

The ROCK of my Salvation is CHRIST and Christ in us.

TORAH
Song of Moses ….. Moses gives Israel their 1st national anthem…A song of remembrance. …A “Rock” song…The Theme is God the Father and God the Son. Echad is the Rock . Hear Father God, Creator, the Most High God and His Son, The WORD.
Song of Moses is in three sections:
Initially, Remembrance of Abba’s Hand & introduces the Rock
Mid-section, Remembrance of their spiritual amnesia and spiritual failures.
Final section, Remembrance that no other nation has the Rock as you have (Rock of Israel) v. 31 & Abba shows Himself as an all loving God (unconditional Love).
Points to the Rock of our Salvation, Yeshua Jesus. (Ps. 118:22; Mat. 21:42;   1 Peter 2:7-9)

    * The Foundation stone
    *  The Cornerstone
    *  The Stone the builders rejected.

Remember thine heritage is That Foundation Rock. Identifying The Rock of thy Salvation.
  Deuteronomy 32:1-20 (KJV) Did Israel not heed the Song of Moses? Who are we who have not heeded the Word of the Lord? Today, we represent the Church of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22 (KJV)).
WHY is Abba provoked to anger?

    * Lack of Faith
    * Disobedience
    * Idolatry

Their fruits become bitter
Learn from what happened aforetime…..don’t let your Fruits become bitter.  

HAFTORAH  
In the Song of David, Abba controls the elements of the Earth. He shall deliver us. He delights in us. He is faithful and true.
 
2 Samuel 22:1- 42 (KJV) Did David know of Yeshua Jesus? Was not Christ  a “mystery” to His Hebrew people?

    Where is Yeshua Jesus in this Song of David?
    – Rock x5 ,fortress, deliverer, shield, horn, High tower, refuge, savior, Lord, stay, lamp, way, word, buckler, shield, tower.

    2 Samuel 23:1 - 3 (KJV) Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake (debar) by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake (debar) to me,

Yeshua Jesus is both the Rock and the WORD (debar)….These 2 witnesses attest to King David that the Messianic Kingdom is to come.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
1 Peter 2:2-12 (KJV) Feed on the Word of God and be led by the Holy Spirit within you. The rejected Stone is the foundational Head Stone. He is “a Living Stone” and We are His "living stones" ….. We are in the image of Christ. …To be “living sacrifices” holy and pure as the Bride of Christ…spotless.
Was not a similar commission given to Israel at Mt. Sinai.

    Exodus 19:6 (KJV) And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

Did they fulfill this mandate?
What is our commission?

    1 Peter 2:9-10 (KJV) But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

 Romans 12:9-21 (KJV) Forget not brotherly love. Rejoice, maintaining hope, patience, prayer, and love. Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not. Be compassionate having empathy. Be of one mind
Be an overcomer.

 
Avenge not….WHY?

    Romans 12:19-21 (KJV) Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

  Hebrews 12:18-29 (KJV) On Mt. Sinai …..a trumpet, a voice of Words, an awesome fire filled the mountain and the people were afraid. Abba's harsh WORD of obedience fell on their ears....Holy is the Father…. Come not near His Holiness unprepared.
 
We are prepared to see the Father by Christ in us for being covered by the blood of Christ, the Father  sees us only in the image of Christ. . Refuse not Him that speaketh. Only the unshakable will remain after the consuming fire….a remnant. Serve Abba with reverence and a godly fear.

    Hebrews 12:22-24 (KJV) But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

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“And we went”
Vayelekh

Reading:
Deuteronomy 31:1- 30; Hosea 14:1-9; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-17; Philippians 1:1- 2:30; Hebrews 13:5- 8.

“And he went” …… to the Cross that you might live. Believe in that crowning accomplishment. Christ is your inheritance. Many that depart from the faith will come against you. Therefore, console one another in Scriptures, The "Living WORD."

TORAH
Deuteronomy 31:15-23 (KJV) The Lord foretells a falling-away of Israel. “I will hide my Face.” Loss of fellowship with Abba, our Creator God.
Joshua is appointed their new leader.
The Song of Moses

    HAFTORAH
Hosea14:1-9 (KJV) Israel return unto your God. You are without fellowship with Abba. Healing for their backsliding (Restoration / Revival).
Ephraim rejects Idols.
Joel 2:1- 17 (KJV) What can you say about the day of the Lord. …..Darkness, Devastation, Earthquakes,
Sun & Moon without light….. a time of the wrath of the Lamb and Abba Father on a dark, sinful world.
 A Yom Terurah passage ?? v. 1. Yeshua Jesus comes with His Army. … When??...V.15 Yom Kippur
 

Micah 7:14-20 (KJV) A Exodus simulating the Exodus from Egypt.
Abba pardons iniquity & delights in mercy. Checed (SH# 2617) means loving-kindness, mercy.
Yeshua Jesus feeds the flock of His inheritance.
The nations will be astounded. “Who is liken unto you O Lord our God.” Abba’s Mercy… “I will never leave or forsake you.” Abba’s Unconditional promise to Abraham.
How do we prepare for the Day of the Lord?... It not all roses for believers for prior to the Pre-tribulation rapture, we shall suffer as we undergo the wrath of the adversary and Christian/Messianic persecutions by an apostate world....  

    1 Peter 4:16 - 19 (KJV) Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Paul recalls persecution for Gospel of Christ as example to us.
Philippians 1:12-30 (KJV) “well done good and faithful servant” …. If you are not sincere in Christ, the whole Body of Christ can suffer. United we become strong under persecution. We abide in the flesh to confide in one another. Tribulations are to the furtherance of our faith and joy in Yeshua Jesus.
Keep your lives Christ-centered. We shall bear Paul’s conflict.

Do Abba’s will and His good pleasure.
Philippians 2:12-24 (KJV) By obedience as you work out your salvation with fear & trembling. Abba’s Holy Spirit is within You to do all good things. Be Sons of God amidst perversion. A light unto the world even in darkness all around you.
Rejoice in knowing you have eternal life. Seek to be a Timothy amongst the brethern.

Hebrews 13:5-18 (KJV) Yeshua Jesus will never leave nor forsake you.Have no fear as Our Lord God never Changes; He is faithful and true. We shall bear His reproach. Remember, we are not of this world.

 The Fruit of our lips bears witness of our hearts. Stay in fellowship.

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"You are standing”
Nitzavim

Reading:
Deuteronomy 29:10- 30:20; Isaiah 61:1- 63:9; 1 John 5:1- 21; 1 Timothy 6:1- 21; Romans 9:30- 10:13; Hebrews 12:14-15.

“You are standing” in the presence of Abba’s deliverance. Only Yeshua Jesus knows His Sheep. We become sufficient in Him by the Holy Spirit. These days since 1948, He is bringing-forth the consummation of the Kingdom in Zion.

TORAH
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (KJV) Choose life and blessings. Each has its eternal consequence. As a just & righteous God, He says what He means and means what He says. He will denounce those under the curses and they shall surely perish. In Him, Christ Jesus, you have life.
How do we look in man's eyes? ...How do we look in God's eyes?

 You will stand before Yeshua Jesus, your Shepherd, and He will know who you are! Yes, for amongst the nominal, pious double-minded “believers” who profess His Name only He knows His Sheep. 

HAFTORAH
Isaiah 61:1-2 (KJV) Christ’s 1st Coming in verses 1 and 2A but note that Yeshua Jesus stopped at the comma (Luke 4:16-21) and He closed the Book of Isaiah for that Sabbath reading and said “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears”.
 
Isaiah 63:2b-9 (KJV) After this coma, in verses 2B-9, we are shown the prophecy of His second Coming. Christ’s 2nd Coming will bring the Day of Vengeance and the year of our redemption. Abba’s wrath upon the unbeliever, His anger, His fury…….. Be ready….
 Prepare yourselves in these Days of Awe, a time for our repentance as Christians and Messianic Believers …..a time to draw close to Abba in fellowship.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
Romans 9:30-10:4 (KJV) The Rock is Christ. Torah’s Hidden Christ…. a Jewish stumbling block. Righteousness is by Faith. Christ the goal of the law.

1 Timothy 6:3-12 (KJV) Wholesome are the inspired words of the scriptures; teach the words of Yeshua Jesus.
Flee temptations, foolishness, lust and seek righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness. Lay up your treasures in Heaven; you are not of this world.

Hebrews 12:14-17 (KJV) Don’t sell your inheritance. Walk with peace & holiness.

 1 John 5:1-12 (KJV) You have victory over death in Christ. Believeth on the only Begotten Son of God. Walk in love knowing your Salvation (Yeshua Jesus).  

  A closing thought through the Holy Scriptures for this week:
 
 Hebrews 6:4-9 (KJV) 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

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"When you come”
Ki Tavo

Reading:
Deuteronomy 26:1- 29:8; Isaiah 60:1- 22; Matthew 25:1- 46; James 1:1- 2:26; Matthew 13:1-23; Romans 11:1- 15.

1. “When you come” ... into your inheritance.
2. “When you come”....into the Promised Land.
3. “When you come”…. to understand the mystery of the Abba’s Plan.
4. " When you come" to understand the New Covenant.
Understanding the New Testament mysteries of Yeshua Jesus and why Abba revealed Him to us as a New Covenant.

TORAH
Deuteronomy 26:1- 11 (KJV) “When you come” into your inherited Land bring your Firstfruits of the harvest. Who is our Firstfruits of the Resurrection.
Deuteronomy 29:1-4 (KJV) A Covenant is renewed….Which one is the renewed covenant?
This is the time that the Mt. Sinai Covenant was renewed on the plains of Moab. ….. Seems to be an upgraded version of 1st covenant. A reaffirmation of the covenant to the people, both then and future. (Deuteronomy 29:12-15 (KJV)).
Hermeneutics in the Hebrew and Greek language distinguish between the renewal of the 1st covenant and the New Covenant of the Gospel’s message based upon Christ crucified. Christ’s Blood covenant was an OT mystery concealed until Yeshua Jesus presented Himself as the Lamb of God (Ephesians 1:9-14; Ephesians 3:2-6; Colossians 1:26-28; 1 Timothy 3:14-16)
Your inheritance is the New Covenant. The last Will and Testament of Jesus Christ.

    Hebrews 9:14-17 (KJV) How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth  

“When you come” to understand Abba’s Plan, you are revealed mysteries of Abba’s hidden wisdom.
     -OT is Christ concealed & focuses on history & Torah works
     -NT is our Salvation and justification. Mysteries revealed so that we can be enlightened of Abba’s Plan for those with spiritual eyes.
     -V.4 “this day” is it prophetic of Israel’s destiny in New Covenant when their scales are removed.
     -Orthodox Jews under the Tanach are blinded to Christ, His Church, His Gospel

    Romans 11:25 (KJV) For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

   HAFTORAH
Isaiah 60:1-11 (KJV) Zion to see the re-gathering of her children. “When you come” to Zion from afar.
Book 60 of Isaiah = James

    James 5:7-9 (KJV) Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

James1:1- 8 (KJV) James gives instructions to the exile 12 tribes.
“When you come” have unwavering Faith.
“When you come” have a thick shield of faith

     Matthew 9:28-30 (KJV) And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, “Believe ye that I am able to do this ?” They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it unto you.” 30 And their eyes were opened;  

You can’t be double-minded in God’s Kingdom as you are unstable without a firm foundation.

Matthew 25:1-13 (KJV) “When you come” have oil in lamp.

Matthew 13:1-23 (KJV) “When you come” bearing good fruit (evident by your Halakah)

Romans 11:1-12 (KJV) “When you come” be in the image of Christ ..for as the Body of Christ you are echad    
….you come all alike ….Echad = One Body of Christ (Jew & Gentile).

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"When you go”
Ki Tetze

Reading:
Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19; Isaiah 52:13- 54:10; Matthew 19:1- 12; 1 Corinthians 7:1- 40; Luke 20:27- 38; 1 Corinthians 9:4-18; Galatians 3:9- 14

TOPIC: When you go to be His bride in white linen. The righteous ones of God are His Bride. Don’t go and separate (divorce) yourself from the Lord…... don’t fall out of Abba’s fellowship and go back into Egypt, the world. Separation brings broken relationships in marriage, in brotherhoods and in the Church, the Body of Christ. Be in unity and of one mind in Christ. What is Abba’s purpose for humankind ? A CALLED-OUT PEOPLE FOR HIMSELF and FINDING that ECHAD RELATIONSHIP ( echad = Hebrew plural one; while echat is single one).

John 14:20 (KJV) At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

Ephesians 5:28-32 (KJV) So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
How do we understand the Echad relationship? Genesis 1:27-28 (KJV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
 .... by 2 witnesses: Genesis 5:1-2 (KJV) This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 2:24-25 (KJV) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh (echad S# 259). And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Lessons:

    TORAH
Deuteronomy 21:15- 17 (KJV) Two wives? One beloved and one hated?....any examples?
Why Leah & Rachel ? Also Israel separated itself into two wives which today are the Redeemed Israel in Christ and Judah under Torah bondage to sin and death penalty.
But they shall become brothers as one new man in God’s Plan. Ezekiel 37:15-28)
First will be last………
Discuss the blessing of Firstborn.
Deuteronomy 24:1- 4 (KJV) A certificate of divorce in Hebrew is a "get."
Israel (Ephraim) was given bill of divorce (Jer. 3:8).
Hosea remarried his harlot wife…prophetic of what?

    HAFTORAH
Isaiah 54:1-10 (KJV) Who is being addressed in these passages as they point to Yeshua Jesus.
     Married wife, wife of Youth, widowhood
     Thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles v.3
     Covenant of Peace… Jer. 31:33
 
Who is the barren woman & the desolate woman ?
Desolate…many children (our flesh man, the broad road of sin and bondage leads to our death penalty.)
“Barren”…. Married, rejected, widowed but by the grace and mercy the barren of Israel is made fruitful in Christ.
Isaiah 54 above is explained in Galatians 4:21-31 (KJV)  What does this all mean? Our bondage is to sin. Paul is talking to Christians in Galatia who want to be under the law as taught by Judaizers amongst them. Paul professes his belief in Christ and expresses how much the Jews need Christ to escape the death penalty under the law.
Abraham 2 sons and are Allegorical of 1st (law) and 2nd (grace) covenant.
1. Ishmael..Son by bondwoman (Hagar) of flesh …Sin of the flesh is defined in 1st covenant by law given at Sinai. Under the law you are in bondage to sin as is all sinners whose destiny is eternal death. Sin genders to bondage. At Paul’s time, sin/law answereth to the religious system of Jerusalem (the Temple was the center of the law) which is earthly but in bondage with her children …Allegorically the desolate maidservant of Sarah, Hagar the Egyptian, the bondswoman, has more children of sin (broad road). The broad road represents all unbelievers not of the echad Body of Christ.
2. Isaac …Son by freewoman, Abraham’s wife Sara, who is barren but under the Promise that Messiah is to come from loins of Isaac. Promise points to 2nd covenant of grace answereth to Jerusalem which is above ….Those of the promise have a husband/Bridegroom.. We in Christ are children of the freewoman and children of the Promise.
 
Continuing in Isaiah 54:1-10 (KJV)
Today spiritually barren is unredeemed Israel (House of Judah) awaiting Messiah, Yeshua Jesus.
Awaiting to be that One stick in Abba’s Hand (Ezekiel 37:17) One united House of Jacob (Israel).
Only now do we see the re-gathering of One New Man.
All Israel and sojourner become redeemed (saved) to become echad in Christ.
In Christ ..no Jew/Gentile or male/female or slave/ free man.
 
The whole House of Judah awaits its inheritance ( a King, a land and a united people and eternal life).
 

  NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
Matthew 19:1- 9 (KJV) Divorce was not in Abba’s plan. Divorce because of the hardness of your heart

 Luke 20:27- 38 (KJV) No marriage in Olam Haba as all are echad in love (John 14:20 (KJV).

1 Corinthians 9:7-14 (KJV) An echad attitude in tithes and offerings to keep the Body of Christ healthy.
Don’t muzzle the oxen that worketh for you.

Galatians 3:9-14 (KJV) We are echad as the Body of Christ by the Promise made manifest through Christ of the Spirit through faith. Because He lives so also shall we live who are echad in Him.
Your Halakah proves you are the Bride of Christ.. Love one another, live in obedience, hinder not the Gospel message. Avoid self-concern & concentrate on not being a stumbling block to the Gospel message of Salvation.. Be Christ-centered not self-centered. Be not judgmental. As the bride, be prepared as His Coming is near.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 (KJV) Echad in marriage. Don’t put away your wife.

      
    Galatians 3:26-29 (KJV)
    26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Put on and be that The One New Man in Christ being neither Jew nor Gentile.

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Hazinu “Give ear”
September 29, 2007 (8 Tishri 5767)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 32:1-52; 2 Samuel 22:1-51; Hosea 14:1-9; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-17; 1 Peter 1:1-2:25; Hebrews 12:14-29; Romans 10:14-21; Romans 12:14-21.

Topic: Hear...Shema! That Rock is CHRIST and Christ is in us through the Agent of the Holy Spirit.----

The last days! The Lord says Hear! Hear while there is yet time! I call to witness the creation that my Gospel is for all people and generations….That is God’s immutable WORD.

We have a Bridegroom. Yeshua Jesus …The ROCK of our Salvation- He shall call His Bride home shortly at some future Yom Terurah.

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 32:1-2 (KJV) 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak (debar); and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: (1 Peter 1:24 KJV); (Isaiah 40:6-8 (KJV)

A message to an apostate generation. Call the heavens and earth to witness. (Psalm 50:1-5 KJV);

Deuteronomy 32:35-43 (KJV) The Lord will judge, and avenge, Time of the last days! Vengeance is mine says the Lord.

Isaiah 63:4 (KJV) “For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.” He is preparing a remnant of Overcomers solid on the foundation of the ROCK.

HAFTORAH

Deliverance of the righteous. 2 Samuel 22:1-7 (KJV) Shema …Hazinu…”give ear” God does hear our call …our prayers. Yeshua Jesus is our High Priest and Intercessor. Keep the faith in all trials with perseverance. Give your whole self to the Lord (“living sacrifice”) and totally depend on him in times of need. The Lord is with you and will not leave or forsake the Overcomer. But many shall depart from the faith for the cares of the world and to preserve their flesh. They “cave-in” to the pressures of an apostate world.

Day of the Lord …is at hand! Hosea14:1-9 (KJV) Israel return unto your God. They lost their fellowship with Abba. Heal their backsliding- Restoration / Revival- Ephraim rejects Idols. Ephraim is my Firstborn Today these storm clouds are forming as Anti-Christian tribulations. (Jeremiah 31:9 (KJV)

Joel 2:1- 11 (KJV) What can you say about the day of the Lord. Darkness-Devastation-Earthquakes-Sun & Moon without light.

Examine this Yom Terurah passage ?? v. 1. A great invasion. Tribulations begin V. 10. Yeshua Jesus comes with His Army. Great repentance v. 12-14…Days of Awe??? When does Christ return??

WHEN? Joel 2:15 -17 (KJV) Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? …..A Yom Kippur passage ….

Matthew 24:21 (KJV) 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Micah 7:14-20 (KJV) A Exodus liken unto Egypt. Abba pardons iniquity & delights in mercy. Yeshua Jesus feeds flock of His inheritance. The nations will be astounded and confused. Who is liken unto you O Lord our God. Abba’s Mercy… “I will never leave or forsake you.” Abba’s Unconditional promise to Abraham.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Your salvation is worth suffering. 1 Peter 1:3-9 (KJV) Our lively hope is in Yeshua Jesus. We are the heirs of the Kingdom. But shall suffer for a season. A Trial of your faith. Remember you are a Family of God.. The Body of Christ.

1 Peter 3:8 (KJV) “Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful (sympathetic, tender-hearted) , be courteous:” Love one another as He so Loves us.

Peter gives an encrypted message at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit fell upon the new born Church. He prophesized the completion of the fullness of the Gentiles ( the end of the Church age)

Peter’s hidden Prophecy …

Act 2:15-21 (KJV) For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:

Here Peter is saying that the Holy Spirit is in you. This is the new Church age ..Spirit-filled people.

I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Here Peter is saying that the Church age shall be empowered with the gifts and calling of the Holy Spirit from the time of its inception until the fullness of the Gentiles is complete (~2000 years). God intended us to be a Spirit -filled Church with Holy Spirit signs and wonders and prophecy, just as they were "drunk in the Spirit".

And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Here Paul describes the end of the age, as the time of the fullness of the gentiles-the end of the Church age- that is herald as cosmic signs of the time.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Here is the key verse- during the Church age anyone who calls on the Name of Jesus Christ will be saved. They can call on Him in their native language and be saved. Jesus

Hebrews 12:9-11 (KJV) Hard love-- God chastens who He loves. Hold fast to the Faith of the Promise. Love God and Love thine Brother/sister. Bless your enemies. Patience and prayer with trials and tribulations. Have compassion-empathy-understanding …Be humble and meek not hoity

Avenge not . Have compassion and love for your enemy as you in your love you are heaping coal upon his head as he sees your light which is different than his darkness.

The Chevalie Shal Mashiach is a man travailing as a woman in childbirth : Jeremiah 30:5-7 (KJV)

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"Judges”
Shoftim

Reading:
Deuteronomy 16:18- 21:9; Isaiah 51:12- 52:12; Matthew 18:1- 35; Acts 3:13- 26, 7:35- 53; 1 Timothy 5:17- 22; Hebrews 10:28- 31.

All judgment the Father has given to the Son.

John 5:22 (KJV) 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son :

 Luke 7:19 (KJV) 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

    John was saying: I know you are Messiah Ben Joseph but is there to be another Messiah?

THERE IS ONLY ONE BEGOTTEN SON OF THE FATHER. He is Yeshua Jesus, The Anointed One, The Moshiach, The Christo, The Christ. He is both Messiah Ben Joseph and Messiah Ben David Who will judge.

When will the Son judge?

Let us examine what the Christ brings to mankind. What did Jesus fulfill at His first Coming? He was a Servant, a Rabbi, a Prophet, the promised Moshiach, The Lamb of God, and Messiah Ben Joseph. Today, Who is Yeshua Jesus now? He is our Savior, the prophesized Kindsman Redeemer, who now sits at the Right Hand of Abba as our High Priest, and our Intercessor with the Father. At His second coming He will be that same Christos, our High Priest, a King/ Lord, a Judge, and Messiah Ben David.
An Overview of today's Parasha.

We are accountable for our actions, sins, transgressions and iniquities. We shall all face His piercing eyes in judgment. Revelation 1:14 (KJV) His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
His eyes will examine the believer at the Bema seat Judgment:

1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (KJV) For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
The unrighteous, wicked and unbelieving scoffer at the Great White Throne Judgment:

 Revelation 20:11-12 (KJV) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
 
TORAH
Deuteronomy 16:18 -22 (KJV) Judgment starts at home at the city gates. We have a Just, Wise, Righteous Father.
 
Deuteronomy 18:9 -22 (KJV) Have discernment for sorcery, enchanters, witchcraft, false prophets and teachers. The Jews were to expect a prophet greater than Moses? Who was that Prophet?
 
Deuteronomy 19:15-21 (KJV) “A matter is established by two witnesses.” The Bible authenticates itself by the Roach HaKodesh’s fingerprints using Chiastic Hebrew poetry, as a case in point of Abba’s 2 witness approach.

HAFTORAH
   
Isaiah 52:1-12 (KJV) Tzion (Israel) has been judged and is captive amongst the nations. Remove the yoke around her neck of captivity. O’ Daughters of Tzion, you are a new generation. You are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb.. Not money
The Book of Isaiah chapter 52 is the companion Bible Book of 1 Thessalonians. Note Isa. 52:5a and observe "that my people is taken away for nought?" "taken away" is the Hebrew word "laqach" which is the Hebrew rapture word for both Enoch and Elijah. ...see the crosstalk between Isa. 52 and 1 Thessalonians!

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
 Matthew 18:15-20 (KJV) Provision to settle disagreements. 2 witnesses
 
Acts 3:13- 23 (KJV) Christ fulfilled Tanach prophecy. He is preached in every page. The Old Testament points to the New Testament.

 Repent, blot-out your sins … be accountable.
Acts 7:35- 43 (KJV) House of Israel is exiled beyond Babylon for idolatry.

You who condemn the innocent… awaken unto your own house. Cleanse your house of Idols…a demonic portal.

1 Timothy 5:17-22 (KJV) Constructively “rebuke” one another in Love.
 
Hebrews 10:28-31(KJV) Confess your sins; repent .. Walk in Fruit of the Spirit… don’t separate yourself from Jesus' Salvation… v. 29. 

“It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God”

    Get your House in order. Teshuvah (Repent)! On 1 Elul we entered a period of Teshuvah (repentance) for 40 days from 1 Elul to 10 Tishri. Your salvations (sozo) is by the Redeemed Blood of Christ,
 
Take this time to mend broken relationships, ask and seek forgiveness, walk in the Fruits of the Spirit so that you can use this time to draw closer to Abba.

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Nitzavim “You are standing”
September 12, 2009 (23 Elul 5769 )

Reading:
Deuteronomy 29:10- 30:20; Isaiah 61:1- 63:9; 1 John 5:1- 21; 1 Timothy 6:1- 21; Romans 9:30- 10:13; Hebrews 12:14-15.

Topic: A Remnant! ….Alone …No !!! As the Father has many remnants. They are being preserved by the Holy Spirit's covering, gifts and Fire. Be an Overcomer! …

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 30:1-6 (KJV) Plain and simple folks -- Blessings or Curses! Know TORAH! With spiritual failure you are in captivity to sin and bondage to the kingdom of darkness and are lost to the pagan world.

Abba knows His remnant ..The Overcomers… “I’ll find you” wheresoever’s you are and bring you into the Promised Land given to Abraham.

Simple formula---circumcise your heart with God’s WORD….(“seed”=Ephraim (Church) & Jew).

Shema---Hear the voice of the Holy Spirit as he will be to you as the Comforter in all things. ---and live a plentiful life under Abba’s tallit.

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 62:1-12 (KJV) What are we dealing with in these verses? ??? A city, Zion, Jerusalem, Jesus, the Bridegroom, the people, the “lost” Israelites, the Gentiles, the Church , the Bride?????

Metaphors and mixed metaphors!!! Yes, the verse alludes to all these situations! Read carefully. Very Messianic and Kingdom to come.

V. 12 redeemed people and a city used interchangeable. A Hebrew/Jewish method of thought and writing.

Who is verse 11? Daughter of Zion is a new generation to go to Zion. They are to behold their salvation (Yeshua).

Isaiah describes a wedding in verse 5.

What is the New Jerusalem? Is the Bride a city or people. Check out verse 12. You people as Overcomers; You are the Bride. Yeshua Jesus is now in the Father's house making a home for the Bride...a city for her to dwell within for all eternity.

Revelation 21:2 (KJV) 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Isaiah 62= 1 John as a miniature Bible

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

1 John 5:1-12 (KJV) Be an Overcomer. Circumcise your heart. You have victory over death in Christ by being that Obedient Bride that He is waiting to receive into His home-The New Jerusalem.

Believe on the only Begotten Son of God and be born of God. ..New birth comes with Baptism. Walk in love knowing your Salvation is by the son of man (Yeshua Jesus) as in Christ you have overcome the world. He suffered just as you suffer each day. He suffered as man unto death that His Bride might live. Be an Overcomer

Be convinced that Yeshua Jesus is the Son of God….God from God. An eternal Godhead -the Father, The Word (the Son) and the Holy Spirit….the Trinity. We are also echad with that Godhead.

Who is the Overcomer?

Confess and believe in Jesus 1 John 5:1-5

Resist the devil ...1 John 2:12-14

Avoid deception-- Have spiritual discernment.. 1 John 4:1-6

Spirit-filled …….. 1 John 4:1-6

Christ-centered not self-centered … 1 John 2:15-17

Overcome evil ….Romans 12:21

Forgives brother ….. Matthew 18:21-35

New man with renewed mind … Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:8-11

Become Heirs …..Revelation 21:5-8

Walk and abide in Faith, Hope, and Love 1 Cor. 13:13

Keep commandments of God by Love God, love brethren..

Practice “perfect love”…agape love (unconditional love)

1 Timothy 6:11-12 (KJV) Wholesome words are the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Flee temptations, foolishness, lust & seek righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness.

Be an Overcomer …..and …..Lay up your treasures in Heaven; you are not of this world. Fight the good fight and get your Kingdom crowns. Your earthly treasures are nothing- see verse 7. Fight the good fight.

Hebrews 12:14-17 (KJV) Guidelines in righteousness for the righteous man (Tzadik). Be an Overcomer. Don’t sell your inheritance. Walk with peace & holiness…Your Halacha is your manifestation of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 7:20 (KJV) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

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Your Spiritual Survival preparation manual

Jesus Christ confessed as your personal Savior.

Spirit-filled with the Holy Spirit.

Baptism of water (Acts2:38; Mark 16:16).

Walk (Halakah) with obvious Fruits of the Spirit.

Integrated into fellowship as Body of Christ…ONE body..BRIDE.

“If you love me keep my commandments”

Love you brother --showing evidence of Torah on Heart

Commitment to daily feed on manna of Bible** The WORD

Diligent study with daily cleansing by the WORD.

The voice of God will lead you….Spirit led-being.

Be an overcomer washed in the Word.

The Remnant…….. Rev. 12:17 (KJV) Those that keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ,

The Overcomer ….. 1 John 5:5 (KJV) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

Is not the Remnant synonymous with the Overcomer!!

The Lord always preserves a Remnant……They are under the preservation of the Holy Spirit.

You are that remnant for the last days.

Sow the seed of the WORD of God and reap the Harvest. Be of one mind as were the first century Church’s Judeo-Christians. Know the Hebraic roots of your Christian faith.

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"Behold”
Re’eh

Reading:
Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17; Isaiah 54:11- 55:5; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13; 1 John 4:1-6.

Overview: Behold evil exists amongst us. Behold the adversary roams the Earth looking for someone to deceive and lead away from God’s WORD, the Truth. Therefore you must have discernment of all doctrine and teachings. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 (KJV) 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. Behold He who is within us is greater than he who is in the world.

TORAH 
Deuteronomy 13:1- 18 (KJV) Beware of False prophets who would mislead those of you who have “itchy ears.” That false prophet will be the death of you & himself.
 Beware of those closest to you who would lead you away from Abba. Burn all idols. Cleave not to any cursed thing…..Don’t hold onto pagan idols!

HAFTORAH   
Isaiah 54:13-17 (KJV) Who is the blacksmith & waster?
         Isaiah 54:16 (KJV) Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Note, the Hebrew parallelism: God created the smith and the waster and those instruments of his work are to destroy?
No forged weapon shall harm you !! Have faith and be led by the Holy Spirit. For He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. The deceiver is amongst you.
 Remez using Isaiah’s miniature Bible where Isaiah book 54 = 1 Timothy
      1 Timothy 4:1-5 (KJV) 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
 

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
1 John 4:1-6 (KJV) Discern spirits. Confess Jesus Christ as your Savior & God. Don’t quench the Holy Spirit in your Temple. Listen to His still small voice & keep the Lord’s Commandments. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and might. Walk in the light as Children of the Light ..walk not in darkness as Children of the dark side.
 
1 Corinthians 8:1-13 (KJV) Don’t be a stumbling block to your Christian brother.
       Matthew 15:10-11 (KJV) And he (Jesus) called the multitude, and said unto them, “Hear, and understand : Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”

1 Corinthians 5:6- 13 (KJV) What will one sour apple do to whole barrel? Purge the leaven amongst you.
 
      1 Corinthians 10:21 (KJV) Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

    1 John 1:6-10 (KJV) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
 
Confess & Repent as King David did…for He is a Faithful and a Just GOD.

Satan roams the Earth to deceive mankind.
         Job 1:6 - Job 1:7 (KJV) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Therefore you have discernment of all doctrine and teachings.
  1 Peter 5:8-9 (KJV) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
 

 Our souls are the objects of an unseen warfare… What is your personal relationship with Christ
 

    James 4:7-8 (KJV) .Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
 
Only two choices… live in light or live in darkness. 

 Scripture of the day: Colossians 2:8 (KJV) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

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Ki Tavo “When you come”
September 5, 2009 (16 Elul 5769 )

Reading:
Deuteronomy 26:1- 29:8; Isaiah 60:1- 22; Matthew 25:1- 46; James 1:1- 2:26; Matthew 13:1-23; Romans 11:1- 15.

Topic: “When you come” ---to understand the mystery of the Plan of God. “When you come”---- .... into your inheritance as a fruitful olive branch, the Lord will meet you at the top of Jacob’s Ladder.

Rejoice for the Kingdom of God is within you. Today’s pathway to that Kingdom.

By dispersion we come to understanding the two Houses of Israel-----A Redemption plan of Remnant by Yeshua Jesus ---Re-gathering as ONE NEW MAN .

Let us understand terminology Isaiah 48:1(KJV) 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah,

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 28:61-68 (KJV) Is God’s Prophetic Word True? Did not this dispersion come true?

Deu 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

The wandering Jew is to be found in every town, country nation of the world. Let us examine what happen when the House of Jacob fell under the curse of Deuteronomy 28.

The House of Jacob began as the 12 Tribes ruled by Judges. Then the United Monarchy (Saul of tribe of Benjamin-- 1050--1010 BC; David of tribe of Judah--1010--970 BC; Solomon of tribe of Judah ---970--930 BC. Then the Divided Kingdom: Northern Kingdom of House of Israel (Ephraim)--930--722 BC. and Southern Kingdom of House of Judah--930--70AD.

Are these to be 2 witnesses in God’s Plan to gather unto Himself a remnant people.

Understanding the Dispersion of the House of Israel is to understand Joseph and his sons.

Gen 49:22 (KJV) Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Hos 14:6 (KJV) His branches (Ephraim) shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Principle of Tracer chemistry…Particle physics… Where is Ephraim?---Dispersed amongst the nations as vapor. Ephraim is dispersed everywhere just as the wandering Jew to be found all over the face of the earth.

Let’s see…….Northern Kingdom dispersed in 722 BC…..Totally Assimilated into the Gentile Melo Ha’Goyim (nations) --Generations of intermarriage …Migrations…wars.. 722 + 2000=Hum…..2722+ years!!!!

Do any of us really know who we are descendents from ….?? We are the Children of Abraham…"Israelites" (Galatians 3:26-29)

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

James 1:1-18 (KJV) James is addressing the lost 12 tribes. What happened afore time is for our learning! Endure temptations and trials with patience and perseverance. Live by faith, hope and love… be fruitful. Trials increase your faith or by trials you will abandoned the faith. Think about the days ahead..watch the geo-political-religious scene. Hold steadfast to your faith….be patient

James 5:7-9 (KJV) Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Romans 11:1-16 (KJV) ..A remnant is always preserved…Salvation is a narrow road for broad is the road to destruction.

Matthew 25:14-32 (KJV) A Parable to us (the Branches). To whom much is given …much is expected and even more shall be given. But to him/her given less..also more is expected . What are we talking about?

Be a fruitful branch. ….A Mandate!

Mark 16:15-19 (KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

The talents are your anointing of the right ear lobe, right thumb and right great toe. What are you going to do with your measure of Faith? Remember: Faith plus works. Don’t hide under a basket. Seek a Crown of Life.

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 60:1-15 (KJV) A Restoration. The threshold of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ! Even Muslims are redeemed believers.

Isaiah is a miniature Bible Isa. 60 = 1 Peter

1 Peter 1:1-12 (KJV) Your inheritance is worth waiting for-- –don’t expect a free lunch. Eternity is yours by faith and perseverance through the Holy Spirit. The earthly life is a probation period---We have not arrived yet!

Restoration : Jews in Israel have a Messianic expectation of the return of Ephraim. Sound the Shofar to the four corners to gather our exiles. Sephardim are arising out of the sands of New Mexico and Texas.

Revelation 21:10-14 (KJV) Which Gate will you enter? Which gate has your tribal name?

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"Because”
Ekev

Reading:
Deuteronomy 7:12- 11:25; Isaiah 49:14-51:3; Hebrews 12:1- 29; Luke 4:1-13; James 5:7-11

Because of Adam’s fall, sin entered man’s world
Because of Abba’s “tough love” … be ye refined as pure molten gold….He will Humble you
Because of His chastisement and trials you will be drawn closer to Abba.
Because of our sin Abba Himself provided a way for reconciliation
Because He loves You…Unconditionally.

 Hebrews 12:6 (KJV) 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.    List 3 things Abba can’t do:
    (1.) Can’t lie
    (2.) Can’t look upon sin
    (3.) Can’t force you to love Him

Lessons:

 TORAH 
Deuteronomy 8:1- 20 (KJV) Abba speaks of our obedience and accountability. He knows your heart. He will Test you…., chasteneth, discipline you. But He will not leave no forsake you. He will draw you back to Himself through trials & tribulations.
 Fear the Lord your God …An Awesome God. He will bring you into a good land. Don’t forget Abba when He provides abundance for you. Don’t harden your heart to His will for you….. Be obedient ...... have Torah written on your heart.

HAFTORAH
   Let us examine “higher intellectual” eisogesis or Gnostic distortion of God’s WORD:
(1) Torah not written by Moses according to the documentary hypothesis instead Torah is the works of a composite origin with K, E, P, D authors.
(2) Synoptic Gospels not by Luke and Matthew. Their source was Mark plus other source material.
(3) Daniel not written in 8th century by Daniel as it is a composite 8th century with early 1st century BC portions
(4) Deutero-Isaiah …2 authors of Isaiah ?? A mid-book change in writing style??
 
Isaiah 49:1 -7 (KJV) Who is “me?” …
The Nation of Israel….House of Israel= Ephraim…Yeshua Jesus? How can we clarify????? Just wait a minute and be led by the Holy Spirit as He unfolds the mysteries of the Scriptures.
Isaiah 49 is a Tanach Messianic prophecy. Isaiah 49 has a counterpart in the NT Book of Ephesians (the 49 book in the whole of the Bible)!. Ephesians is the NT Book about the Body of Christ with Christ as chief cornerstone. It describes that the Church is to be the Bride united with Christ = Echad. All believers are brought together with Christ as Head. As represented by the Hebrew letter the vav. The bottom-line is to understand Isaiah 49, you need to read its companion book, Ephesians.

Let us examine the Deutero-Isaiah hypothesis :
This hypothesis proposes 2 different authorships for this Tanach book. The first part of Isaiah is in Old Testament language but prophetic. While the second part is Messianic & prophetic about the mystery of Christ and the Church.
There is only one author as attested by a single dead sea scroll found in 1947 in cave #1. It contains intact all the 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah (1QIsa) and from all of the 11 Qumran caves, 21 identical Isaiah manuscripts bear witness. Only minor word differences exist between 1QIsa and with the Masoretic Text.
Note: Book of Isaiah is 66 chapters.. Today’s Bible is 66 Books. Read Isaiah 40:3 and Matthew 3:3 and be impressed of the work of the Holy Spirit in knitting the Word of God into a hologram. We have 27 NT Books same as the number of Hebrew letters including the soffit forms. Originally, the Tanach was composed of 24 books but today they are re-divided into 39 books. 

   NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
Luke 4:1-13 (KJV) The number 40 is prophetic of trials, testing and woes …. Even Yeshua Jesus underwent testing for 40 days. Chastisement is for our purification to righteousness.
Jesus deals with the “father of lies” & deception. Satan holds title deed to planet Earth v. 5-8. (Remez in John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11; 2 Cor 4:4).
Does Satan plot against God’s plan (read Psalm 11:3). Satan is out to destroy God's people, the righteous ones, those in white linen whose light chases away darkness.
 Even Satan quotes scripture v. 10-11 (Ps. 91:11-12**)…but misquotes…twists (adds & embellishes and deletes)…beware of false teachers amongst you.…don’t add or subtract from WORD. The Holy Scriptures are veiled to Satan and his followers (1 Corinthians 2:7-8 (KJV); 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (KJV))
Hebrews 12:1- 15 (KJV) God’s ‘tough love’ folks; it brings us into fellowship with Him for we seek Him in times of need such as 9/11.

    Psalm 11:5 (KJV) The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

As we drift out of fellowship with Abba into the ways of the flesh, the ways of the world, we will be tested, disciplined, chastised ;we will have suffering, purging, scourging, rebuking,,, You must resist evil. As you draw closer to Abba in these times of trial, it will be more self-evident that you are out of the will of God.

Perseverance, endurance, patience, longsuffering are a Fruit of the Spirit. As a Holy Spirit-filled believer, you are not tested beyond your tolerance.
 

    1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV) 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

James 5:7- 11 (KJV)
Abba disciplines those whom He loves.

Have patient endurance ..seek to return to fellowship with Abba.
His Bride is refreshed in the early and latter rains. (prophetic of the 1st and 2nd coming of Christ).

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Ki Tetze “When you go”
August 29, 2009 (9 Elul 5769)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19; Isaiah 52:13- 54:10; Matthew 19:1- 12; 1 Corinthians 7:1- 40; Luke 20:27- 38; 1 Corinthians 9:4-18; Galatians 3:9- 14.

Topic: “When you go”…. to be His bride in white linen. Shema (Hear) - He is calling to us to become a set-apart (sanctified) people unto Him. Setting our selves apart, form this world, is by being submissive to Jesus Christ. What is Abba’s purpose for humankind- FINDING AN ECHAD RELATIONSHIP…..the perfect Bride. The righteous of God is found in His Bride...not a single imperfection! She, as a red Heifer, is made holy-white as wool- by the Blood of Christ

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 24:1- 4 (KJV) A certificate of divorce was allowed. Yes, because of hardness of your hearts… A get ( ) is the Hebrew word for a certificate of divorce. Its Paleo-Hebrew meaning is the crowning accomplishment of a good marriage being turned bad.

A Hebrew wedding is a two step process:

1. A marriage contract (ketuba) for commitment to be one (echad)

2. A consummation to be one under chuppah

Fornication is a mockery of God’s oneness for us.

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 (KJV) 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Hosea remarries his harlot wife. .... Hosea 3:1-5 (KJV) Is this prophetic that Abba will take adulterous Israel for a wife again? BUT…….Torah! How can Abba, being Torah observant, take back idolatrous Israel?

Jeremiah 3:8 (KJV) And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

NOW Reread Torah…… Deuteronomy 24:4 (KJV) 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 24:4 ………has a Messianic overtones….Can you see God’s solution? How can that which is tainted become white as snow.

Isaiah 1:18 (KJV) Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Abba reunites all who sin and fall short of His Glory by the Blood of Jesus! Can you see the power of the Blood of Jesus to overcome sin?

Hebrews 13:20-21 (KJV) Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, (21) Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Jerermiah 32:41 (KJV) “Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”

We can only do good, be righteous by the Blood of Jesus not by Torah. Righteousness only comes unto Salvation by the Blood of Christ. Torah is a schoolmarm (instructions) to be obedient after having achieved righteousness. We the Church (redeemed House of Israel) and House of Judah, are redeemed from adultery (idolatry & disobedience) when we accept Jesus as our Lord, Redeemer and Savior. Abba is to united and justify all Israel (House of Jacob) thru Christ.

It is God’s plan to make us, all be one in Christ? (echad). Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Separation from Abba brings broken relationships in marriage, in brotherhoods, in the Church.

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 54:1-10 (KJV) Two women:….The barren woman & the desolate woman. Who is the barren woman & the desolate woman ?

1. The barren woman is unredeemed Judah. The married wife of Jehovah at Mt. Sinai and wife of Youth, but a widow as they did not recognize their Messiah, a Jewish Rabbi, Yeshua Jesus. Now unredeemed in widowhood. “Barren…. Married, Rejected, Widowed!" Barren Judah…failed their commission

Exodus 19:5-6 (KJV) 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles (Isa. 54:3). How shall this Covenant of Peace come about for Israel? A New Covenant made by the Blood of Yeshua Jesus with the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us in all things.

Jeremiah 31:31-33 (KJV) 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2. The desolate woman has many children.These passages points to Yeshua Jesus' Church. Desolate Ephraim (sown to Gentiles) was to be that fruitful branch of Joseph to become the Church. The Gentiles were the fertile soil for Gospel of Salvation. It went to all nations and tongues = many children being King and Priests of Melchizedek. Seed of Abraham sowed to all nations, people and tongues by Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 3:29 (KJV) And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

He is faithful and true and will restore the kingdom to His “chosen”/ “called-out” ones.

Abba uses the marriage/ divorce as a metaphor of His restoration Plan.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Matthew 19:1- 9 (KJV) Divorce was not in Abba’s plan. God cherishes the Marriage covenant made before him as a man and woman choose to become one in His eyes. Divorce was allowed because of the "hardness of your heart" - because of unforgiveness, unlove, lack of submission, lack of self –denial, lust of eyes, pride). Yet, the Father has done everything possible that we might return to Him as the Bride of Christ. Keep yourselves prepared to be Christ's Bride. You know His expectations...."If you love Me keep My Commandments"

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 (KJV) As the bride of Christ, it is good to flee from fornication (don’t touch, look, speak about)… leave no room for the enemy! Let every one of us (believers) stay Christ-centered. Not leading one another astray by following other god’s or dealing deceitfully (wrong) with each other. We were bought with a price, even with the blood of Christ. We are were created to be free (one in Christ- Shalom)

Eph. 4:24 "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."

Col. 3:10 "And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"

Once under fornication, without repentance, is to be under the bondage of sin.

Romans 8:8-17 (KJV)

Galatians 5:7-26 (KJV)

Galatians 3:13-14 KJV)

End time preparation of the Bride .

He Comes for His spotless Bride.

..Are you Ready

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"And I besought”
Va’etchanan

Reading:
Deuteronomy 3:23- 7:11; Isaiah 40:1- 26; Mark 12:1-44; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 10:25-37; Acts 13:13- 43; Romans 3:27-31; 1 Timothy 2:4-6; James 2:14- 26.

What is to be besought? Shema….Hear the WORD of God! Romans 10: 17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. What is to be besought? Besought is to earnestly seek! What have we lost that we earnestly seek and eagerly plead for?.....TRUTH…..TRUTH IS THE WORD. Today we see a famine of Truth….Shortly we shall see a famine of the WORD. They, the secular world, die in the midst of plenty and know not why. The Truth of God’s Word leads to your Personal salvation, being justification by the Blood of Christ to eternal life but be not a light under a basket instead show love and good works toward your brother. The Truth state of your person is not found centered in yourself, but in your brotherly love, empathy, good works, love, kindness, Halachah.

Look for these words in today’s study. Hear, heard, heard of, hearken, spoke, spoken, speaking, says, said, voice, mouth, breath, blow, word, words, proclaim, said, declare, ask, asked, sound, command, calls, calling, cry-out, cry, shout, lift-up (voice), answer, answered, read, told, testified, reply, replied, teach, teaching, taught, preach, witness, and debating.

TORAH
    Deuteronomy 6:3-9 (KJV) Shema Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
 
Deuteronomy 5:23-28 (KJV) And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
Deuteronomy 4:1- 14 (KJV)
Israel’s marriage ketuba under chuppah (v. 11).
Do not change the word of God.

Lust comes from what you see & your heart desires to covet.

 You have seen the wicked devoured.
The commandments are for your wisdom and understanding. This is your codex to make you a great nation …. A Chosen people.

HAFTORAH
    Isaiah 40:5- 11 (KJV) A Messianic Passage in OT predicting Yeshua Jesus as our Good Shepherd.
Man is temporary…God’s WORD is forever ……seek Jesus who give us The Holy Spirit . Christ shall rule at His 2nd Coming as the strong arm of God..
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

 Acts 13:22- 33 (KJV) How is the Promise of Torah fulfilled? Does the Law give Salvation? Certainly not. Does the Law put us in fellowship with God?
Yes, the Law is our meal offering.… Offered with fine flour, incense & salt…. a private sup with Abba. We give ourselves as a "living sacrifice", pleasing unto the Lord. 
 

    Luke 10:25- 37(KJV) Yeshua Jesus is stating in this parable ....You know Torah but can you apply it? Who is thine neighbor? Share with one another from the goodness of your heart.
All the commandments can be reduced to Love.

James 2:14-18 (KJV)
 Help your Brother in need !!!!!

    1 Timothy 2:1-8 (KJV) Halakah ..seek communication with Abba for all men by Supplication, Prayers, Intercession, Thanksgiving, and Pray for leaders, those in authority whether they be believers or unbelievers and even if you disagree with them. (2 Peter 2:17-18) 

    Romans 3:20-28 (KJV) The law has not been done away with. The law is faithful and true. The law gives us knowledge of sin. The lawless shall have everlasting death. Without Christ, the penalty for sin is death in God’s eyes. (under the definition of Mosaic Law to sin is to die). In Christ you live!
 

    Matthew 4:4 (KJV) God’s manna! Tav= God’s TRUTH = God’s WORD = Torah = became flesh = Yeshua Jesus= The Gospel message of salvation unto eternal life not death.
 

    Mark 12:28-34(KJV) Walk in Brotherly love. Walk in Fruit of Spirit. …… then thou art not far from the Kingdom of God.

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"Logos”“Words”
Devarim

Reading:
Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22; Isaiah 1:1-27; Acts 7:2- 60; John 15:1- 11; Hebrews 3:7- 4:11

Topic: Abide in Me and My WORD shall abide in you. Keep Torah on Heart not on shelf. The Concealed Jesus of Tanach (Old Testament) (OT) is revealed in the New Testament (Brit Chadasha). Choose good/evil…. Abba or Baal (alternative belief systems). Which vessel are you? … a full cistern or a broken vessel and empty cistern?? As a believer you are covered by the Blood of Christ. Keep in fellowship ….Keep His Commandments. Today is the time to remember our iniquities, sins, trespasses and transgressions of God’s commandments. Salvation assured in Christ. Bema seat rewards are to be given according to your Halachah amongst your brethren. Remember…Recall… Repent…. Find peace in your soul return to ABBA. Reflect on your walk just as Moses recalls for the Israelites in today's Parasha study. We will began our remembrance with the call of Abraham as presented by Stephen.

The Dalet...Door

Lessons: Acts 6:8-15; 7:1-8 (KJV)

The Promise of Abraham was the OT gate to Salvation (Yeshua Jesus). Anything less than faith in Jesus Christ will not suffice. We serve the God of Abraham, Isaac & Israel. Only one narrow path to eternity.. Your Salvation is Yeshua Jesus Who paid the redemption price that we live not die. (John 14:6-7) The Word of God, His Torah, is the key to keep you in alignment with His will. Understanding Abraham is the key to the Salvation Plan of Abba Father.

    * Covenant Blessings given Abraham:
      • Great Name …..Gen. 12:2
      • Righteous by Faith not law…Gen.15:6; James 2:23
      • Father of Gentile Christian Faith (Rom.4:16; Gal. 3:7)
      • Friend of God … James 2:24
      • Personal Blessings
          Material (Gen. 13;14-17; Gen. 24:35)
          Spiritual (Gen. 15:16; John 8:56-58)
      • Blessing to others thru Christ (Gal. 3:13-16)
      • Blessing to those whom bless Him (Gen. 12:3)
      • Curse to those whom curse Him (Gen. 12:3; Num. 24:9B; Jer. 30:16;     Isa. 49: 25b-26)
      • Great Nation/numerous offspring …Gen: 13:16; Num. 23:10A (dust); Gen. 15:4-6 (stars), Heb. 11:12: Hosea 1:10A(sand)
      • Father of Nations. (Gen. 17:4) All families of the Earth (Gal. 3:16; John 8:56-58)
      • He saw the Eternal city & Yeshua Jesus (Heb. 11:10,13,16 John 8:56-58)
      • Obtained God’s grace (Rom. 4:16)
      • Introduced the Priesthood of Melchizedek (Gen. 14:17)
      • Everlasting covenant …an inheritance (Gen . 15:9)
      • Received the Holy Spirit ……. hey inserted
         Abram to Abraham (Gen. 17:5)
         Sari to Sarah (Gen. 17:15)

Did Abraham know Torah?

    * Abraham heard the voice of Abba Father.
    * Abraham understood that the Promise leads to Christ.
    *  Yes, Abraham knew Torah.

Genesis 26:4-5 (KJV)4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Vet...Make righteous choices

TORAH
 
Deuteronomy 1:19-39 (KJV)  The rest of the rebellious Israelite story! Rebellion against the Lord despite the cloud by day and fire by night amongst them who ate His manna.

The Reysh...Wickedness prevails

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 1:1-20 (KJV) A rebellious people in the divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah. How frequently do we show our rebellious nature toward Abba’s will as He desires for us to do good not evil!

The Yod .. Our root Yeshua Jesus

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

    John 15:1- 12 (KJV)

 “I am” “the true vine … “Abide in me” “And MY WORDS shall abide in you”
You shall be known by the Spirit within you. You cannot serve God and Baal. Your Halakhah (walk) is by the Fruit you show others.
 
    Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance.

Soffit Mem..Don't conceal your belief in Christ..don't live in unbelief.

Hebrews 3:6-19 (KJV)  Believe in our unseen God…. have the Faith of Abraham! What is unseen will be revealed under the fig tree. Your concealed treasures are in Heaven. “Run the race for the Prize”.. Crowns are for your KINGDOM works and are awaiting you in Abba’s REST. Today, make your choice who you will serve.

 
Acts 7:51-60 (KJV) We, also, shall see Heaven open & the Face of our God. Just as Stephen “glowed” with the Spirit so also will we put on the Glory of God.

Read Psalm 37 (KJV) (homework)

Romans 8:6-9 (KJV) For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

The Child of God will keep His Commandments (John 14:15, 21-23). God accomplishes His works in your life through circumstances & people using Earth’s resources and His Divine intervention in response to prayer. He is always at work around you but your life must align to the will of Abba, our Father. Believe & be of strong substance in your Faith.

James 5:19-20 (KJV) Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

 Where are you in your Halachah?

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Shoftim “Judges”
8-22-09 (2 Elul 5769)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 16:18- 21:9; Isaiah 51:12- 52:12; Matthew 18:1- 35; Acts 3:13- 26, 7:35- 53; 1 Timothy 5:17- 22; Hebrews 10:28- 31.

Topic: Judgment (In Hebrew t??a??am--tah'-am); THE Judge (in Hebrew Ha' Shofet) Who is the ultimate Judge for our Judgment? Where will you receive Jesus’ non-partial (honest) judgment?-at the Bema seat or THE WHITE THRONE? Are you written in The Lamb’s Book of Life? Who is Yeshua Jesus? He is the Pre-incarnate Elohim, Messiah ben Joseph, Messiah ben David, Emanuel (God with us). He has all the needed credentials to judge us.

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 18:15-22 (KJV) God give Moses a note of caution for the Israelites and us to have discernment over prophetic words spoken (V. 20).

Taken from Mike Bikle..Growing in the Prophetic. Bickle alerts us that many times prophetic words are embellished even in mature prophets. The use of prophetic gifting is to edify Christ and the Body of Christ not the prophet. There are times a prophet should be silent.

How then is there Prophetic accountability?

1 Corinthians 14:29-33 (KJV)29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. 30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Who is that Prophet “to rise up” ? He is the Word. Torah from Mt. Horeb…HARSH WORD. Who is the Word from Mt. Horeb?

John 1:1-4 (KJV)1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

….Even today people find God’s Word too harsh to hear ….

There are 330 Tanach prophecies foretelling of Jesus’ 1st Coming. He came as a Jewish Rabbi- a teacher, preacher, prophet, servant, shepherd, healer, deliverer, Redeemer, Savior, Messiah …. A sacrificial Lamb.

John 1:29 (KJV) “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” ….. The Passover Lamb

John the Baptist inquired of Jesus, Are you both Messiah’s?

Luke 7:19 (KJV) "And John (the Baptist) calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?" (insert mine)

Yeshua Jesus is both Messiahs ....I AM

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 51:1-13 (KJV) Who is the chapter addressing? Those who seek to be righteous (Tzaddikim)

Find the hidden Jesus:

V. 1 …rock

V. 4 … law = Torah= Word; my judgment; light

V. 5 … my righteousness, my salvation, mine arms

V.6 & 8… my righteousness, righteousness, law, my salvation (yeshua)

V. 9 &10 ….O arm, it

V. 12 …I am, he

V. 13 creator (Col . 1:16)

What is the hidden Messiah to do for mankind? ..V11.

Harken unto me (Yeshua Jesus) if you desire righteousness…V 1.

Prophetic of the Millennium v. 3 & v. 11. Prophetic of white throne Judgment and eternity V.6

Messianic (Isaiah 51=Colossians 1:12-23…) All things fulfilled in Christ.

Wisdom of God

Proverbs 25:2 (KJV) 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

1Corinthians 2:7 (KJV) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

The Bible is designed as a hologram. Here a little…there a little. It reiterates and explains itself by the principle of Chiastic Hebrew Parallelism. (an embedded message system). Designed to prevent hostile jamming. Designed to prevent the enemy from distorting the signal of God’s message….designed to reduce the signal to noise ratio. Holy Spirit hovers over God’s Word… we see the Bible's intelligent design. The New and Revised Bible Versions have deletions or an embellished text.

Look for the Encrypted Messages in Scriptures

Hebrew encryption

Albam….folded back alphabet

Atbash …split and interposed

Reishei-Tivot…. 1st letter each word

Chiastic Hebrew Poetry (Hebrew Parallelism)

NT Mystery (mysteries)….Veiled OT gospel …“OT concealed…NT revealed”

Parables

Prophecy .. “It shall come to past…..”

Prophetic code words (types, similitude's, Hebrew names) …. Such as Joshua, Joseph, Assyrian, Egypt, gold, silver, bronze, etc.

Tanach ELDS codes and NT heptad structure

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Acts 3:13-26 (KJV) Even after His Death, The Name of Jesus brings healing. Repent for salvation is through the risen Christ. Yeshua Jesus is the fulfillment of Tanach prophecy- Jew first then Gentiles.

Act 7:37 (KJV) "This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear."

Matthew 18:10-14 (KJV) Today, Christ is the Good Shepherd, the prophesized Kinsman Redeemer who sits at the Right Hand of God as Our High Priest and Intercessor.

John 10:11-18 (KJV) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

One Shepherd.…One flock. The sheep: The Jew …Brothers of His fold- “Jew first” for He came to His own and they rejected Him; then the Gospel to the Gentiles…the House of Israel (Ephraim , The Church, Sephardim)…”lost sheep;” then to the mixed-multitude grafted into Israel ..the “other sheep” not of My fold…. “all mankind”

The Lord's Judgment of your soul is for eternity.

Hebrews 10:30-31 (KJV) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

John 5:22 (KJV) For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

Christ shall judge according to plumb-line of Torah.

Now begins the 40 days of Repentance (30 days in Elul and 10 days of Awe). Yom Kippur is the final day…then the Books are closed Today is 2 Elul

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Re’eh “Behold”
11 August 2009 (25 Av 5769)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17; Isaiah 54:11- 55:5; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13; 1 John 4:1-6.

Topic: Behold God’s Blessings or curses? Behold God’s city; Behold evil exists amongst us. Behold the adversary roams the Earth looking for someone to deceive and lead away from God’s WORD, the Truth. Have discernment of all doctrine and teachings. Behold He who is within you is greater than he that is in the world

Scripture of the day:

Colossians 2:8 (KJV) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 11:26-12:14 (KJV)…. verse 26 "Behold, I set before you this day………"

Know Torah’s blessings and curses; they are found in Deuteronomy 28:1-15 (blessings); 16-53 (Curses). Don’t let the enemy’s deception lead you away from God’s Blessings for you. Under the curses you open a portal to the dark side.

Where is God’s Name upon the land? (verses 5, 11, 14, 18, 21, 26)

Genesis 22:2, 4 (KJV) 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of...... 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Bethel means "House of God"

Mountains of Moriah means:

visible to the LORD

chosen of the LORD

The place where the LORD Provides

Instructions of the LORD

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 54:11-55:6 (KJV) What is the heritage of the Lord’s servants? Shalom in Jerusalem… ? Is this a picture of the New Jerusalem?

Who is the blacksmith & waster?

Attention to Hebrew Parallelism. In review this is the format of Hebrew parallelism......................... (A___B___; a____ b_____)

Isaiah 54:16 (KJV) Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

From this Chiastic Hebraic structure, we see that God created the evil waster - the smith with tormenting fire- (Satan and His demons). The fiery work of the waster is to destroy!

The deceiver amongst you forges weapons of destruction! If you live under God’s Blessings in Christ Jesus, no forged weapon shall harm you..... for the enemy can have no claim on you. For Behold He who is within us is greater than he in the world.

Remember ....Isaiah book 54 = 1 Timothy 4:1-5) ..The waster/destroyer

1 Timothy 4:1-2 (KJV) 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (KJV) Sin in the Camp…. It is infectious! … “a little leaven” What will one rotten apple do to whole barrel? Purge the leaven amongst you.

1 Corinthians 10:21 (KJV) "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils."

Repent while it is today. Don’t be a stumbling block to your Christian brother. Are we (the congregation) Children of Light or Darkness? (1 John 1:6-10) Confess & Repent as King David did…for He is a Faithful and Just GOD.

Discussion of 1 Corinthians 5 message of "Judging” Now, A question from today’s reading: Judging one another? Is there interpersonal accountability under Torah? Who judges sin within the Camp?

Exodus 18:16 (KJV) When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Who judges sin outside the Camp?

Distinguish between Judgmental vs. Judging?

James 4:11 (KJV) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

James 5:9 (KJV) Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Judgmental is to look at your brother with a "jaundiced eye" in gossip condemnation.

Don’t judge one another?...applies to the food laws when taken in context.

Romans 14:13-15 (KJV) Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. (14) I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (15) But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

Food laws are not to be a stumbling block for Christian brothers. Also for second witness see! Romans 14:1-3

Cliché…“We don’t judge as Yeshua Jesus is the final Judge in all matters …”

Romans 2:16 (KJV) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

John 5:22 (KJV) For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

2 Timothy 4:1 (KJV) I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

To understand judging one another, we need counsel of the whole of the Scriptures and search diligently to remez.

Returning to 1 Corinthians 5:12b (KJV) 12 do not ye judge them that are within?

1 Corinthians 5:1-2 (KJV) 1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. …5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Romans 15:14 (KJV) 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Colossians 3:16-17 (KJV) 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

“Admonish”… warn, to put in mind, that is, (by implication) to caution or reprove gently; to inform or remind as a warning, exhort (to do what is proper or required).

Admonish and Exhortation in love.

Remember Satan roams the Earth and our souls are the objects of an unseen warfare… What is your personal relationship with Christ?

Job 1:6 - Job 1:7 (KJV) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

1 Peter 5:8-9 (KJV) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 John 4:1-6 (KJV) Discern spirits…. Test the Spirit behind a person or thing. Yes indeed…… There are “seeds” of Satan ….Demons embodied/ un-embodied. They become embodied by the portal of sin.

Confess Jesus Christ as Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:3 (KJV). Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

James 4:7-8 (KJV). Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

1 John 3:8-10 (KJV) He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Where have we been?

Where are we going?

The Father cannot look upon sin. His House is to be free of sin. Keep your salvation assured and exhort one another that none be lost. Beware of false doctrine as the enemy is devouring God’s Children

“Behold” ….Only two choices

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"Tribes” Parasha #42
Matot

Reading:
Numbers 30:1- 32:42; Jeremiah 1:1-2:3; James 4:1- 5:20; Matthew 5:33-37

Today we shall develop an insight and understanding our Foundations ….. Discernment by Torah!! ....A mystery of finding our Hebrew Roots amongst the Pagans as those “called-out ones” come to Abba’s Truth. Are you maintaining your foundation (Isaiah 58)?

TORAH
    Numbers 32:1-15 (KJV)
A choice: Separation of yourselves from the tribes or be echad. How do you treat your brother?
 
Numbers 32:16-33 (KJV)
Tribes settling on the East side of the Jordan. What is their consequences, if not obedient in brotherly fellowship and brotherly love?
 
Way-markers (dolmens) for us to find our way home.

Jeremiah 31:20- 21 (KJV) Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

 
Physical way-markers (Dolmens) were set-up for us to find our way home. Our spiritual way-marker is the homing device of the Holy Spirit!
Revelation 21:12 (KJV)
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
 
Which gate will you enter?? Are we, as Christians , a part of Israel? Are you Christians a part of Abraham’s sands, stars, dust? …….. Can you find yourself as being a part of the “Promise?”
 
We are the grafted branches and of the “seed” of Abraham in Christ.

HAFTORAH
 Jeremiah 1:1-5 (KJV)
With care we are individually made. woven DNA.. digital sequence. Election, predestine … man-interpreted terms (Arminianism vs. Calvinism). Simply, what is your calling and tent-making skills from Abba.
 
Jeremiah 1:6-10 (KJV)
Jeremiah is being commissioned by the “I AM.” I will send; I will speak for you; I will deliver you.
We at JCIA are commissioned to restore the ancient foundations of our Faith (Isa. 58).
Jesus has commissioned us to carry the Gospel to the 4 corners of the Earth.
John 14:12-14 (KJV)
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father . 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son . 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it
 

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
  James 4:1-17 (KJV)
Examine your foundations. You ask and receive not…why?? Your lusts and pride will consume you. Rhetorically, did God give you a spirit of lust? Resist the devil. Draw close to Abba. Be humble, no Lashon Hara  (EVIL TONGUE). You are not to be judgmental.
 
You are not of this world! Life is but a vapor ….. Live it for the Lord. You are accountable 
 

YOUR TREASURES ARE IN HEAVEN

    Matthew 5:33-37 (KJV)
Your Heart is your internal barometer. The kidneys and gut filter good and bad! …and they are conceptually like our Heart. … Your mouth reflects your heart, and your halacha (walk).
 Caution on taking vows or oaths!! Simple yes…no. Your most common pride is to promote yourself “i am.” By your mouth you curse others (character assassination) and you injure your brother with harsh words! By your mouth you can curse yourself! …… Keep yourselves a “living sacrifice” pleasing and holy and true unto Abba.
 
Remez this passage:
    Matthew 12:34-37 (KJV) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things ? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh . 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things . 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment . 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned .
 

You are accountable for you utterances!

    Hazak, hazak v’nitchazek
Be strong, be strong and let us be strengthened together 

 Recited after completion of each Torah Book.
We have now completed the Torah Book Numbers.

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Ekev “because”
8 Aug 2009 (18 Av 5769)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 7:12- 11:25; Isaiah 49:14-51:3; Hebrews12:1- 29; Luke 4:1-13; James 5:7-11.

Topic: " "Because" of our sin Abba Himself provided a way for reconciliation …. "Because" He loves You-unconditionally with a sacrificial love. "Because" of His “tough love,” you are refined as pure molten gold, humbled thru chastisement and being perfected into the Image of Christ. Trials are to draw you closer to Abba. Restoration and reconciliation of the creation to the Father is through Yeshua Jesus.

The eternal Father is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent -but there are nine things that He cannot do!

The list of 9 things Abba can’t do by revelation of Bishop Bonnie (modified).

Can’t lie (Titus 1:1-2; Numbers 23:19-20)

Can’t look upon sin (Habakkuk 1:13)

Cannot change (Malachi 3:6)

Cannot have His word return void (Isaiah 55:10-11)

Cannot despise anyone.. He hates sin but loves the sinner (John 6:7)

Will not hear vanity or an unrepentant sinner (Job 5:13; Isaiah 15:18; Psalm 118:8)

Cannot forget your being a doer of the Word (Hebrews6:9-10; Revelation 22:12)

Cannot admit the defiled into Heaven (Revelation 20:11-15; 21:17)

Can’t force you to love Him

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 9:10-16 (KJV) The Israelites are disobedience thru idol worship! Abba desires their obedience and accountability. He knows your heart, your thoughts and actions. How quickly our heart turns to evil. He will test you…. chasteneth and discipline you. He will draw you back to Himself from an incurablely wicked world through trials & tribulations.

Our idol can be possessions, wealth, and power.

Deut. 8:18 – “And thou say in thy heart, ‘My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.’ But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth.”

Without a commitment to God’s Word, we shall perish. What happened aforetime is for our learning! Have no golden aphis bulls in your closet.

Those with short Spiritual Memory without a commitment to God’s Word shall perish. What happened aforetime is for our learning. An example Judges 2:6-10 (KJV) Why this short spiritual memory?

Flesh Man …. Lusts of flesh

Soulish ….lusts of world

Back in Egyptian bondage…slavery to sin and idolatry

Temptations by Satan

Our “short spiritual memory” is caused by insecurities, inferiorities, worldly desires, our primitive flesh man and the adversary's desire for your soul.

The Holy Spirit will grieve those that drift away from God's Word. Abba disciplines those whom He loves. Be restored by these "night seasons."

Psalm 11:5 (KJV) The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

HAFTORAH

Isaiah 49: 22-26 (KJV). Who is the uplifted hand, the standard? This is another messianic chapter. See how it relates to New Testament writings. The captives are being returned home. Who were the captives set free by Jesus when He was in the belly of the earth? He took sin and death captive and freed us from Satan.

Confusion shall prevail in the camp of the enemy. Can you see the work of the redeeming Hand of the Lord?

These messianic references are for your finding as "pearls in a field," but they are revealed to all New Testament believers, as the mysteries of the Bible ...for example.

Isaiah 49 = Ephesians.. i.e.. Book 49 of the Bible ….Mystery of Christ is revealed to the Ephesians.

Ephesians. ( 3:1-12 (KJV) Amazing...the Hand of the Holy Spirit.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Luke 4:1-13 (KJV) Satan has a plan:

Psalm 11:3 (KJV) If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

The number 40 is prophetic of trials, testing and woes - a time of purification unto righteousness.

Jesus deals with the “father of lies” & deception.

Satan offers Jesus an alternate path to His rule and reign. Satan holds title deed to planet Earth v. 5-8 (John 12:31;14:30;16:11; 2 Cor. 4:4). He offers these ruling powers to Yeshua Jesus. Yeshua Jesus, a a man, withstands and rebukes the Devil.

Why is Christ concealed in O.T. Tanach to be revealed in N.T. Brit Chadasha?

1 Corinthians 2:7-8 (KJV) “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”.....

Satan's mind is not open to understand Scripture! ...God's Holy Word is veiled to unbelievers!

What is Satan’s plan for the “lost?”

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (KJV) “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. ( mine)

James 5:7- 11 (KJV). Be patient and be prepared, as the Lord is coming soon! His Bride is refreshed in the early and latter rains. Live in harmony and brotherly love.

"O how the prophets waited to see what you see."

Endure

For the Kingdom of God is yours

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Va’etchanan “And I besought”
August 1 2009 (11 AV 5769)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 3:23- 7:11; Isaiah 40:1- 26; Mark 12:1-44; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 10:25-37; Acts 13:13- 43; Romans 3:27-31; 1 Timothy 2:4-6; James 2:14- 26.

Topic: Besought what? … and I besought” to enter a good land on the other side of the Jordan. When you hear (Shema) the WORD of God and accept it (Jesus) your life changes and you have a new beginning…. you cross over the Jordan.

Romans 10: 17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Besought is to earnestly seek! What have we lost that we seek? We earnestly seek and eagerly plead for ….TRUTH! TRUTH IS FOUNDED IN THE WORD of GOD. Today, we see a famine of Truth. Shortly we shall see a famine of the WORD. We die in the midst of plenty and know not why.

The Truth of God’s Word leads to your Personal salvation, being justified by the Blood of Christ unto eternal life …Be not a light under a basket, but instead show love and good works toward your brother. ..Let your light shine! The Truth state of your person is not found centered in yourself, but in your brotherly love, empathy, good works, love, kindness, YOUR WALK (Halacha)…… ( Your Fruits of the Holy Spirit).

How do you wash in God’s WORD?

Dwell in the Scriptures under the wings of the Most High. Give yourself totally to God. Read the weekly Parasha. You will hear the still soft voice of the Holy Spirit, as you reflect on God’s Truth for your life… Knowing God intimately opens up the Scriptures to your understanding. His Truth will circumcise your heart.

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 7:1-15 (KJV) You can live under God’s Blessings or His Curses… don’t evoke His anger.

Moses makes it simple … stay away from pagan ideologies, traditions, customs and fornication….A message to us also! Such intermingling will curse you and your children…..generational curses.

Verse 4 “For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.”

They (we) are to be a holy people “chosen” & “called-out” (called-out from the nations). Who is the mighty Hand that redeemed us? God is faithful, Just and True

Haftorah

Isaiah 40:1-11 (KJV) Do you see the Messianic Passages? Note the change of tone of the writing of subsequent chapters of the Book of Isaiah. They all have reference to the Messianic Kingdom to come..

Verse 3 of Isaiah corresponds to the 40th Book (Matthew) of the Bible, 3rd chapter, verse 3! Whose way is being prepared by whom?

Matthew 3:3 (KJV) For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Isaiah is a miniature Bible!

Isaiah has 66 Chapters the Bible has 66 Books!

Verse 10-11 Who is the mighty Hand that shall rule us? Can you see the first and second coming of Christ in the Tanach reading.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Mark 12:1-12 (KJV) A Parable… Can you find the Creator God, the rebellious world, the prophets, Jesus?

Who is the rejected stone? Was Jesus talking about the scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees?

What is the fate of the rebellious husbandmen?

Proverbs. 11:23 (KJV) The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Psalm 68:2 (KJV) As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Acts 13:26-33 (KJV) Paul is preaching on the Sabbath in the Antioch synagogue. Who is in the synagogue? (Jews, Messianic Jews and Christians) Paul tells the Jews that they missed their salvation message. He gives them a miniature Emmaus Road walk!

God had fulfilled the Promise…. God’s Promise was a “seed of the Woman," and the Promised “seed” to Abraham (Jesus). ….And the Promise of the Father … Baptism of Holy Spirit, The Agent of Jesus.

Power from the Throne Room of God ….The Holy Spirit

Luke 24:49 (KJV) 49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. ..Holy Ghost upon you ..(Acts 1:8; 2:33)

James 2:14-17 (KJV) You all know what Faith is. But examine yourselves ye men and women of faith..... What are you doing as a spiritual leader in your home, your family, your neighborhood… for your Congregation, your brothers/sisters in the Body of Christ, the global Church of The Lord Jesus…for unbelievers and for sinners. (Be Ambassadors of the Gospel).

Bond yourself in an intimate relationship with the Lord by prayer, worship and reading His love letters to His Bride…and be a doer of the WORD. (Humility in the flesh…Boldness in the Word of God ).

Tav is symbolic of Truth and Perfection. The tav appears to have its foot stepping toward the left where there is no continuity or continuing letters. Just as if it is leading us into the region of the unknown, and telling us that there is something there!….Something else for us!…HOPE!!…Just beyond!…which we cannot see! …

We live by Faith. God’s Promises are found in His WORD; our blessed Hope … Best achieved by Faith and Works.

Eternity awaits the end of our mortal existence. Revelation 20:6b (KJV) “they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”

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"Phineas”
Pinchas

Reading:
Numbers 25:10-29:40; 1 Kings 19:1-18; Matthew 26:1-30; John 2:13-22; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Colossians 2:8-4:6.

Overview: Phineas is the “whisk broom” to remove leaven from amongst God’s children, from His ecclesia. If you are in the camp of Israel don’t fall back into the ways of the pagans or the apostate church. Stay with your people the Israelites. Leaven can bring on you periods of trials and tribulations. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump Special Reading for 9th Av preparation Jer. 1:14-19 (KJV) Bein ha metzarium.. “within the straits” 21 days of affliction from 17 Tammuz to 9 Av.

TORAH
    Numbers 25:1- 18 (KJV) Remove what is unclean from amongst you and see the rewards of Abba...sin within the camp brings God’s wrath….ie. His Judgment on a nation, peoples or person (Noah, Sodom/ Gomorrah, the 10 spies, Korah) Now “itchy ears and lust amongst God’s people (a remnant will be saved ..keep oil in your lamp). Recall when just the sin of one Israelite brought God’s Wrath upon the nation. (Achan’s sin (Joshua. 7:1-26) Abba, our Father, is longsuffering …. contending with us to be holy but His Just Judgment can be swift. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God!

HAFTORAH
    1 Kings 19:1-18 (KJV) What does this mean “40 days and 40 nights unto Mt. Horeb?” Forty is symbolic of our “seemingly endless” periods of trials & tribulations but the Lord is Faithful to His own. Recall other forty day trials:
Remez .. 40 as a period of testing
      Noah in Ark 40 days/nights;
      Isaac at age 40 marries Rebecca;
      Moses life in 40 year x 3 sections;
      Moses up Mt. Sinai X2 for Torah;
      Moses in wilderness 40 years;
      Jonah to Nineveh for 40 days;
      40 days Goliath challenged Israel;
      Saul, David Solomon, each reigned 40 years over Israel;
      Elijah fled to Mt Sinai 40 days;
      Joseph and Mary in Egypt 40 days;
      Jesus in desert 40 days;
      Jesus received 40 -1 lashes by Roman soldiers;
      40 days Jesus walk with disciples after Resurrection;
      40 years from Jesus death to Temple destruction (30…70AD);
      40 days time for fruit to ripen!
Today Remez: 5 June concluded 40 years for Israel since “Giants in Land (1967-2007).” Be patience during times of trials and tribulation; be the obedient bride of Christ; Abba always prevails over evil. Remain clean, holy & godly without leaven. Look for Him in a still soft voice. Despite Satan’s attempts to foil Abba’s plan a remnant is keep secure.
Here is some insight into the Prophecies of Elijah in 1 Kings 19: 15-17.
 
  First an  Overview of Prophecy in General  ---¼ of the Bible is prophecy

• 1 Thessalonians 5:19-20 (KJV) Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings.
• Amos 3:7 (KJV) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

• Prophecy is the future written in advance by the Holy Spirit to inspired men.
• Its correct interpretation is the historical record….past and future!
• 1st Coming of Kingdom prophecy was fulfilled in spring/summer feasts
• Christ's 1st Coming ~ 300 vs. ~ 2400 prophecies about His 2nd coming
• 2400 verses remain to be fulfilled (fall feasts)
• End time prophecy 3/8 in NT & 5/8 in OT

 Prophecy of Elijah in 1 Kings 19:15-17
Sequence

    * Elisha called (numbers19:19-21)
    * Transfer mantle (2 Kings 2:1-14)
    * Prophet in thy Room = stead
    * Hazael king Syria ..(2 Kings 8:7-13)
    * Jehu King Israel (2 Kings 9-37)
    * Fulfills prophecy 4 generations reign of Jehu (2 Kings 10:30; 15:12)

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

  
Matthew 26: 20- 25 (KJV) Woe unto the betrayer! Don’t Betray Jesus …. Woe unto him . Leaven in unexpected places amongst us. Woe to that man that drives the Agent of the Son of God from his temple. …Blasphemy of Holy Spirit! Satan can enter through a leavened portal (John 13:2, 26-27)

    John 2:13- 22 (KJV)  With a “scourge of small cords” Jesus cleanses the Temple, His Father’s House. Cleanse also your Temple of all leaven. What Temple did rise up on the 3rd day? Where is the Temple today? How much more zealous should we be to “scourge”/clean our temple?

    Colossians 3:1- 17 (KJV) Mortify (purge, embalm) your members (your fleshly desires). Purge-out ungodliness.. Be holy as Abba’s chosen people. Wrath will fall on children of disobedience. Pay attention to your walk (Halakah).. be a light. Show others your FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT (recall chalkboard).

 Colossians 3:17 (KJV) And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 

    1 Corinthians 5:6- 8 (KJV) 6 Your glorying (boasting) is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
 

MESSAGE
Purge (scourge) out whatsoever is evil amongst you…..be a Phineas
•  Scourge our Nation
• Scourge our Locality
• Scourge our Family
• Scourge our Congregation
• Scourge Your own Temple.
…… keep yourself clean, have no leaven amongst yourself as you are the Temple of God and the image of Christ. … by Your FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT You will be known. Don’t crossover into pagan territory.

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Devarim “Words” “ Logos”
July 25, 2009 (4 Av 5767)

Reading:
Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22; Isaiah 1:1-27; Acts 7:2- 60; John 15:1- 11; Hebrews 3:7- 4:11.

Topic: Abide in me and My WORD shall abide in you. Keep Torah on your Heart.

Lessons:

TORAH

Deuteronomy 1:21-32 (KJV) Abba’s people were led by a cloud by day and pillar of fire by night… even a Red Sea crossing…. sustenance (water/quail/manna) …. shoes that didn’t wear out! Where was their faith?They lived with God amongst them!

The Gospel of Yeshua Jesus is based upon unwavering faith in a God that we have not seen. …Don’t be a doubting Thomas.

The Israelite trials & tribulations (your Trials and Tribulation) in this world are a testing ground of your faith. The Almighty God will leave the rebel in the wilderness to perish.

Haftorah

Isaiah 1:1-20 (KJV) Enough is enough.. .. I Am is fed-up with your disobedience to Torah and Idolatry (v. 5-6; v 11-15). Where is your Spiritual maturity?

Find your own identity: the obedient or the rebel? Let us rebel against the world (sin) and be obedient to Christ!

John 14:15 (KJV) If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Only one way: … your scarlet sins become white as wool? I AM the VINE.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

John 15:1-12 (KJV) God purges us (believers) through trials and tribulations. We are clean through the Word which Yeshua Jesus has spoken unto us. We, as an Ecclesia, need to wash in the entire Word of God in order to remain as that remnant God has called us to be. No one can bear any fruit at all unless they (themselves) confess Yeshua Jesus as their Lord and Savior. For He is Gods eternal gift of salvation to all mankind.

Abba is gathering His remnant people to be set apart (sanctified/ purged) from this wicked world full of idolatry, fornication, witchcraft, gossip… Do you as a follower of Christ love Elohim (Godhead)?

Acts 7:37-43 (KJV) Jesus is that Rock of the Church in the wilderness Who provided “living water.” He is that prophet about Who Moses spoke.

Don’t desire the riches of Egypt (the world). Come out from Egypt My People! Don’t rejoice over the works of your own hands…

Hebrews 3:7-14 (KJV) As believers do we want to be considered “that generation” who always errs in their hearts and do not know His wonderful ways? Let us consider the way of Yeshua Jesus. Love (agape), righteousness, humility, thanksgiving, fulfilling the law, keeping His feasts (Passover, Firstfruits, Feasts of Trumpets, Tabernacles…), obedience, torah observant… When Yeshua Jesus comes back in a blink of an eye (rapture), what will you be caught doing? Living in sin (world) or be found as Enoch?

Gensis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 5:24 “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Abide in me and My WORD shall abide in you. ….. Torah on Heart.

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"Balak”
Balak

Reading:
Numbers 22:2-25:9; Micah 5:7- 6:8; Jude 1- 25; 2 Peter 2:1-22; Revelation 2:11-15

What is today’s Parasha message?
Introduction to Numbers Readings: Israel is coming against Balak, the Moabite, who hires Balaam. Who was Balaam? Hold to God’s TRUTH with discernment. Recognize deception and wolves in sheep clothing. Don’t have itchy ears for distorted truth ……check the scriptures daily to see if what you perceive is God’s Word (Acts 17:11).

TORAH
Numbers 22:41(KJV) What did Balaam see in the Israelite camp. They were camped in the geometric formation of a cross as the two witnesses of Numbers 1:20-46 and Numbers 2:1-32 would prophesize.
Numbers 23:8-11 (KJV) Who did Balaam serve? Did Balaam curse or bless the Israelites? Why? In V.9 examine “dwell alone?” …Israel is sanctified to the Lord. Note the chiastic Hebrew poetry of Baalam’s recital… It is prophetic. Consider who is Jacob? ….. Israel defines a remnant ( Remez to Micah 5:7-8: Rom. 9:27) Again! Who was Balaam?
Numbers 23:18-27 (KJV) Verse 19 is a messianic shadow of One Who was without sin that He need not repent. In verse 24 who is as a great Lion? … the Young Lion (Remez…Isa. 5:26-30). Did Balaam behave as a willing, worthy servant of God Almighty?
Numbers 24:5-9 (KJV) Verse 24:5-9 points to end time prophecy! In verse 24:9, Lion of tribe of Judah (Isa.31:4). Who is Baalam?
The angel of the Lord did not take Balaam’s life!
Then…………………………….WHY?.............................................

Why did the Israelites take Balaam's life (Numbers 31:15-16)? Numbers. 31:8c … “Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. ”Joshua 13:22 “Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.”

HAFTORAH
    Micah 6:1- 8 (KJV) Justice shall prevail. Note how Abba sets up a Court room setting for watchers and any being that would challenge His righteousness, love and Justice. A Just, Patient, Longsuffering, Loving God endures a fallen creation. God’s people can become spiritually ignorant because of unbelief and idolatry. Abba’s warns His people?? Beware of Idols.
Watch-out for disinformation. Don’t be double minded as Janis, the Babylonian Tamuz. The adversary would lead God’s people into sin (iniquities and transgressions of Torah) so that we would fall out of fellowship with Abba. If our walk (halacha) is in love as obedient children, we shall be in the image of Christ and wear the white robes of the righteous.

    NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
2 Peter 2:1-22 (KJV) Have discernment and recognize deception by false teachers and scoffers. Severe Judgment is reserved for false teachings & those that promote false doctrine (verse 1 “bring upon themselves swift destruction” & verse. 12 “shall utterly perish in their own corruption” and verse 9 “deliver the godly out of temptation & to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished” Those in the five fold ministry are held to higher level accountability (James 3:1). Be discerning! Don’t throw your pearls before swine.

Your itchy ears will lead you away from sound doctrine (2 Timothy 4:3-4). Verse 19 …. You become like the gods you serve! Psalm 135:15-18 (KJV) 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. Romans 6:16 (KJV) 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Psalm 109:29 (KJV) 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

2 Peter 2:21-22 (KJV) 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Jude 3- 11 (KJV) Ungodly men crept in amongst the Church. They are “filthy dreamers;” “mockers in the last times;” wolves in sheep clothing. It is Abba in you as God’s Holy Spirit that keeps you from falling & He presents you faultless in the image of Christ.

Revelation 2:14-15(KJV) Describes the Church at Pergamos (Constantine's Church in Church History) Babylon infiltrates the early Church from the city where Satan lives.
Who are the Nicolaitans? Nicolas was a proselyte Gentile Greek deacon (Acts 6:5). He established a sect of Christians having a Church hierarchy leading to ecumenical harmony. Ante-Nicene Fathers brought secular thought into Church from Greek mythology .. (Zeus, Jupiter, Hercules, Bacchus, Venus, etc…..); from Roman forum theology (Plato, Socrates, Aristotle); from the Christian School at Alexandria Egypt (Eusebius & Origin ..Neo-Platonism, Stoicism, Arianism, Zoroastrianism, Gnosticism, Mithraism, Manicheism); from Constantine's Nicene Conference in 325 AD which lead to ecumenical unity of pagans and Christians. The merging Roman Catholic Church became a strong hierarchy of religious-political POWER to control Europe.

    Today’s, ecumenical movement is to a One World Order in preparation for the Kingdom of the Antichrist.

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Masei “Journey”
7-18-09 (23 Tamuz 5769)

Reading:
….. Matot “Tribes” Numbers 30:1- 32:42; Jeremiah 1:1-2:3; James 4:1- 5:20; Matthew 5:33-37 …. Masei “Journey” Numbers 33:1- 36:13; Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4; 1 John 2:1- 3:24; James 4:1- 12

Topic: We have a journey unto a Promised Land not found on this Earth. To get there Abba gives us His only Begotten Son and Torah. “I am the way” (John 14:6-7) You daily face Cross Roads for an eternal destiny journey. You have God’s instructions (His Torah) Choose! Sanctify thy self …Destroy pagan ways and idol worship……Be not of the flesh ….of the world….Don’t choose a pagan lifestyle.

Journey

Remember that Rosh Chodesh Av is Wednesday 22 July (a total solar eclipse…(Sun turned to darkness) :

Lessons:

TORAH

Numbers 33:48-56 (KJV) God gives instructions (covenant, memorandum) to the Israelites before entering into the land.… if you destroy…..then an inheritance….But !!!! … If not ....then you shall receive their judgments!

Instructions for their fruitfulness (their physical and spiritual preservation). What does good have in common with evil.

3 John 11 (KJV) 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

What are our instructions today? Don’t be unequally yoked!

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (KJV)14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Don’t bless them!

2 John 9-11 (KJV) 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Haftorah

The rest of the story in Jeremiah. Jeremiah 2:4- 13 (KJV) Can you see that Abba is speaking to Israel and to you. Israel= House of Jacob/You= House of Israel!

Unrepentant House of Jacob: You become like the God you serve..... Worthless as worthless idols !!.. Broken cisterns !! Short spiritual Memory…Israelites… How about Us today!

Israel….. will be led astray into idolatry despite this warning!…A Spirit of sleep/slumber & Spirit of religion prevailed aforetime and today. It has come upon God's people to consume them... Oh .... that a remnant might be preserved. We have become a generation contaminated by fleshly & worldly desires / itchy ears for false teachings and prophets in sheep clothing, like Balaam.

God addresses both houses : You forsook Me & became broken cisterns.

Jeremiah 3:4 (KJV) 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

Spiritual Failure ….Those with “itchy ears”…

2 Peter 2:19-22 (KJV) “ While they (the false teachers/prophets) promise them (you) liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. (you become like the gods you serve…broken cysterns)20 For if after they (“new born” Christians) have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment (Torah) delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” …….*italics mine

REPENT.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

We are preparing the Bride. Change your ways. …James 4:1-12(KJV) When you chose the path to destruction, you follow the course of a reprobate mind.

Romans 1:28 (KJV) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

We are lead to do those fleshly/worldly things that are contrary to our spiritual man in-Christ Jesus. Resist the flesh and the devil.

Read The Holy Scriptures and meditate seriously! 1 John 2:1-28 (KJV) Our end day’s guidelines! Shema ….HEAR

Guidelines for revival.

John 1:1-4 (KJV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

…Reformation! CHANGE!!!...

WORD = Torah (Jesus)=Love….

We are preparing the Bride.

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"Statute”
Hukat

Reading:
Numbers 19:1-22:1; Judges 11:1-33; John 3:1-21; John 4:3-30; John 12:27-50

TOPIC: How do you please God and become Holy before Him? What are God’s statutes? His Torah= law (nomas), mispatim, ( precepts, judgments, ordinates, statutes, decrees, ways, path, pathway),= WORD (Logos, Debar, 10 Commandments) = His Son. Yeshua Jesus (John 1:1—5). How do you find your New Beginning in Truth……by His WORD. The WORD washes and purifies us. Today, follow the Tanach readings from the waters and ashes of purification…. To the Nazarite vow...... to being "Born-again” under the New Covenant. Consecrate yourself to the Lord.

TORAH
 Numbers 19:1-9 (KJV) The Red heifer ceremony is for what reason? These are special ashes of purification for sin. Burnt ashes are symbolic of complete atonement. Do we need ashes of Red heifer today? Today, how is the sin offering handled? Who was without spot or blemish and became our sin offering?
 
Numbers 21:4-9 (KJV) What’s this all about?? …….Believe what God says; be strong in your Faith. What are the prophetic nature of these verses?

    * Let us use these Scripture verses to demonstrate the fullness of the Hebrew Scriptures as we examine the 4 levels of Hebraic Bible interpretation:
      • Peshat …(literal)… believe, test of faith
      • Remez…(complex, integrated, pearl string) sin = death. (Gen. 2:15-17)        sin~snake (Gen.3:1-7)
                  • _   How does man know sin.
                  • Tree of knowledge of good & evil (Gen. 3:12-19)
                  • Torah gives knowledge of sin (Leviticus 26).Torah without   Faith gives no salvation. (Gal. 3:9-14) Justification is by Faith in Jesus. (Gal.2:16) (Salvation is a narrow path. (Matt. 7:14).
                         – What is Faith (Heb.11:1)
                 • Righteous by the Promise of Abraham (Faith) (Gal. 3:6; Heb. 11:8)
      • Drosh…(Insight, prophecy) …Brass= judgment of sin …Yeshua took our sin and was raised on a cross, (Deu. 21:22-23) a reminder of our sin debt. (John 3:14, 12:34, )
      • Sohd or Yod…(mystery, revelation)… It’s our free-will choices but God’s foreknowledge is election. God knows who will look upon His Son & become “born-again” by Faith.

HAFTORAH
    Judges 11:29-40 (KJV) Offer a Human sacrifice?? That misconception is why we study the Hebrew Roots of our Christian faith and why we should know the Hebrew Language??
 What is the vav ( 6th letter of Hebrew alefbet). It means and/or/nor/ but/so/then/ when/ etc. Jephthah’s daughter was consecrated unto the Lord .. a virgin …. as a bride, pure unto God. Consecrate herself to the Lord..
 We also are a remnant that shall be saved by a narrow path ….be “born-again”

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
John 3:1-7, 14-17 (JKV) Are you “born-again”? HOW? Is there oil in your lamp (Matthew 25:1-13)?
 
John 4:7-14 (KJV) The Samaritan Woman. Jesus explains “living water”. Who was Jesus sojourning amongst? Their faith was based on hearing the WORD. What happened to these Gentiles? V.39-42. Is this a shadow of Gentile Prophecy fulfilled? 

John 12:34-35 (KJV) God is love. Consecrate yourself to the Lord. Today is the day!!! 

    The WORD instructs you in Blessings and Curses.
• Choose you today whom you will follow…( Joshua 24:15)
• Become Light of World (John 3:19-21, 12:46; 1 John 1:5-10)
• Have everlasting life (John 3:16, 12:50)
• Echad with Jesus and the Father (John 17:20-23)
• We serve an Awesome God who will not leave or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).
• Dreadful to fall into hands of Living God (Hebrews 10:30 - 31)
• Don’t bring strange fire before the Lord (Lev. 10:17; Numbers 16:35)

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Pinchas “Phineas”
7-11-09 (19 Tammuz 5769)

Reading:
Numbers 25:10-29:40; Jeremiah 1:1-2:3; Matthew 26:1-30; John 2:13-22; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Colossians 2:8-4:6.

Topic: Phineas and end day preparations; Phineas is the “whisk broom” to remove leaven from amongst God’s children, the kahol, the ecclesia. If you are in the camp of Israel,don’t fall back into the ways of the pagans or the apostate church. ...heed the still soft voice of Holy Spirit….

You are the Temple of God ……..Keep out leaven …

Troublesome days ahead… Bein ha metzarium.. “within the straits” .... 21 days of affliction in the history of the Jews.… 17 Tammuz to 9 Av.

Flee sin and fornication.

Lessons:

TORAH

Numbers 25:1- 18 (KJV) We must all be a Phinehas … for as Christ’s Royal Priesthood, we need to remove the leaven out from amongst us. Sin within the camp brings God’s wrath….ie. His Judgment on a world, nation, city, a family, peoples, or person (Noah, Israel, Sodom/ Gomorrah, Korah’s family, the 10 spies, Achan.

Remove what is unclean from amongst you and see the rewards of Abba... “Pride, lust, fornication & itchy ears bring sin into the camp. Recall when just the sin of one Israelite brought God’s Wrath upon the nation. (Achan’s sin Joshua. 7:1-26 )

Be assured that God’s people….a remnant will be saved. ..keep oil in your lamp.

Abba, our Father, is longsuffering …. His Just Judgment can be swift. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God!

Haftorah

When there are breaches in the foundation of Torah, Abba calls out His Prophets.

Jeremiah 1:1-9 (KJV) America like Israel (England) is “the apple of the Lord’s eye.” America faces a moral crisis…becoming a “lawless people.” Sin in the camp! Your end shall come when you are filled with false teachers, preachers, prophets and antichrists preaching another Gospel. Our hope is the next generation: the Youth of America!

Those that bless Israel will be blessed … and those that curse Israel will be cursed.

Characteristics of a great nation: 1.“Great city” (country) of Commerce; 2. Universal language; 3.A financial center (Holder of world currency standard); 4. A great city trading by sea; 5. a golden cup in the LORD’S hand; 6. O thou that dwellest upon many waters; 7.abundant in treasures; 8. The hammer of the whole earth; 9. Their land became filled with sin against the Holy One…..Creator God…

Sound familiar…Babylon …USA?

Past World Empires of commerce: Nimrod's Babylon (Satan’s city) by rivers; Tyre (Phoenicians) by sea; Neo-Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar by rivers; Rome …ships of Chittim; England … ships of Tarshish (Isa. 23:1-18) “Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. (Isa. 23:14)”; Did not Abba show His Power & Might on the Egyptians “Let My people go”

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

Betrayal of Jesus

Matthew 26:20- 25(KJV) The betrayal of Jesus by one of His disciple close to him. Apostate times are coming for the Church as leaven exists in unexpected places amongst the believers. Woe to that man that drives the Son of God from his Temple. Satan can enter through a leavened portal (John 13:2, 26-27)

John 2:13- 22 (KJV) Jesus cleanses the Temple that had become unclean with worldly contamination.

What Temple did rise up on the 3rd day? ....Yeshua Jesus ....And you also are the Temple of God! What is the spiritual condition of your Temple today? Are you zealous and on fire for the Lord? Clean your temple?

Colossians 3:1- 17 (KJV) Purge ungodliness ..be holy as Abba’s chosen people. Purge your walk (Halakhah) of worldly lusts of the flesh. Be Holy as Abba is Holy. You cannot live in defiance to God and to His Instructions, and expect to receive the Kingdom promises.

Examine your FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

Colossians 3:17 (KJV) And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Approach the Father as a worthy servant of the LORD.

Paul deals with fornication in the Church at Corinth.

1 Corinthians 5:5- 8 (KJV) Can you tolerate even a little leaven? Don’t give Satan “legal ground.” Sin of Achan (Joshua 7:1-26) No one in the Camp not even Joshua nor the Priests knew of Achan taking loot (Babylonian garment, silver, gold). But Who knew?...Almighty God...and who else knew? Yes, Satan’s “legal ground”….an open portal!

Ecclesiastes 10:8 (KJV)

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Yes, God knows your sin ….but also remember that Satan knows. You are responsible to cleanse your own life. Be assured of your salvation by a personal relationship with the LORD.

2 Corinthianes 7:1 (KJV) Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Like Achan it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Began a cleansing process: Your own Temple, Family, Locality (neighborhood), Congregation, City and beyond to the nations. …… Keep yourself clean, have no leaven in your for you are the Temple of God and are in the image of Christ. … by Your FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT You will be known. Don’t crossover into pagan territory….be sanctified .

1 Corinthians 5:6 (KJV) 6 Your glorying (boasting) is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.

Remember Phineas: Began End day Preparations ......Keep sin and fornication out of the camp (Church).

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"Korah”
Korach

Reading:
Numbers 16:1- 18:32; 1 Samuel 11:14- 12:22; 2 Timothy 2:8-4:5; 2 John 1-13

Where are we going in today’s Parasha reading? The authority of Moses and Aaron, God’s anointed Ones, is challenged as strife and discontentment enters into the camp. Don't fall into the Hands of the Living God. It can even happen today, just don’t take your eyes off Christ.

TORAH
 Numbers 16:1- 5 (KJV) Rebellion comes against God’s Shelach (His agents). The wilderness people of Israel bring strife, grumblings, and covetousness against the leadership. Here self-centeredness led to a lack of submission to the authority of God’s agents. They became lost in their self–focused behavior and they loss their personal relationship with the Lord.  
Numbers 16:16-35 (KJV) Abba filters, shifts and sieves His people but righteousness shall prevail. If it was not of the Lord, it did not survive. God demands accountability. The rebellion continues…. (v. 41-50). Judgment is death by plague for 14,700 Israelites 

HAFTORAH
    1 Samuel 8:4-10 (KJV) Preamble to today’s reading. 1 Samuel 12:13-22 (KJV) Samuel humbles himself before God and fellow Israelite. He reaffirms the Theocracy of God ….. ,Let us do it man’s way…. “a King.” Abba desires our obedience and that we serve Him with all your heart. v. 25 “But if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed.” Prophetically, the Body of Christ will not be forsaken when we behave as a Shelach within the Body of Christ…. Show your Fruits of the Spirit to others. 

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)
    2 Timothy 2:11-19 (KJV) Be a workman approved by the Lord. What happened aforetime will happen again. 2 Timothy 3:1- 9 (KJV) Men perish for lack of truth. A famine of the Word of God shall come. Learn from Korah’s rebellion…avoid strife in Body of Christ.
2 Timothy 3:16- 4:5 (KJV) For the time will come of unsound doctrine. Be constructive not destructive. How can you escape the Fiery Pit of Korah. 

STAY CHRIST-CENTERED.

    2 John 4-11 (KJ V) Love one another , walk in it … “a commandment we had from the beginning.” Be not deceived…receive your full reward. Discernment against deception. 

    Correct and reprove one another with scripture; Be led by Holy Spirit; Discuss your concerns face to face with your brother according to God's protocol. (Matthew 18:15-17, Matthew 5:23); Read daily the Scriptures that you not be deceived in these end times by lack of Scriptural knowledge. Scripture interprets scripture (Remez); Confirm your teacher’s teachings. (Acts 17:11)

    Philippians 2:2 -6 (KJV) Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

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Balak “Balak”
07/04/09 (12 Tammuz 5769)

Reading:
Numbers 22:2-25:9; Micah 5:7- 6:8; 2 Peter 2:1-22; Revelation 2:14-15.

Topic: Since the fall of Adam, mortal man’s has been in an eternal struggle of evil against good. A physical and spiritual warfare between the “seed” of the woman and the “seed” of the serpent.

A plan of the adversary to contaminate the seed” of the Promise--a people, a land, a Kingdom of God--

We are a sanctified people under attack by wolves in sheep clothes. Yeshua Jesus is the ONLY Way.

Recognize deception.

Discern wolves in sheep clothing.

Lessons:

TORAH

Who is Balak and Balaam in today’s Torah Study? Balak means a waster, to annihilate, destroying.

Numbers 23:7-11 (KJV) Is Balaam a “good guy” or “bad guy?” What did he see when looked upon the Camp of Israel?

Balaam revealed!

You cannot serve two gods (Double-minded ).

..The angel of the Lord did not take Balaam’s life! Then why did the Israelites take Balaam's life?

Numbers. 31:8c (KJV)…Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

Joshua 13:22 (KJV) Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

Numbers 31:15-16 (KJV) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

Balaam …means: 1. the destruction of the people; 2. swallowing up of the people; 3. the disturber of the People; 4. a swallowing /devouring/ destruction; . “Bal” means “nothing or a failure;” “am” …means “not of the people, a foreigner.” 6 A foreigner devouring the people of the Lord 7. Balaam was double-minded

Are you double-minded?

James 1:8 (KJV) A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

What is the foundation of your house?

…. Christ-centered or religion?

Examine your relationship with Christ….

Do you enjoy fellowship with God (Elohim)?

Or are you sensitive to sin?

Do you obey the Word of God?

Do you reject this evil world?

Do you eagerly await Christ’s return?

Do you see a decreased pattern of sin in your life?

Do you love the body of Christ (Christian brother’s and sister’s)?

Do you experience answered prayer?

Do you discern between truth and error?

Are you refused or rejected for your faith?

Numbers 25:1-9 (KJV) Those sneaky Moabite women! What was their purpose? Contamination of the “seed’ of God’s chosen people by a physical disruption of the Jewish genealogy with pagan “seed” and a spiritual disruption of the Jewish worship with pagan “seeds” of idolatry.

Haftorah

Micah 5:7-15 (KJV) Abba concern for His remnant amongst the Pagans. He warns about physical and spiritual contamination of the “seed” of the remnant.

But the seed of Christ's Church will prevail as dew amongst all peoples of the world, just as the star of David will prevail amongst the celestial bodies.

NEW TESTAMENT (BRIT CHADASHA)

2 Peter 2:1-22 (KJV) Peter’s dialog on physical and spiritual inbreeding! The interruption in the Hebrew/Jewish “seed of the woman” (an altered genome). Examples are the fallen angels at time Noah (V. 4-5) and by Balak/Balaam (V. 15)…Moabites seed being sown amongst the Israelites.. Spiritual Failure sowed amongst God’s people to bring down the righteous man that dwells amongst them. False Prophets, false teachers--- Wolves in sheep clothes. Sodom/ Gomorrah. Ungodly living/lusts of the flesh.

The reward of the unrighteous is a fiery judgment.

Matthew 7:15-23 (KJV) “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves . 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit . 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit . 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire . 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them . 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven . 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity .”

Revelation 2:14-15 (KJV) Church at Pergamum: Constantine's Church in Church History---Bringing pagan idolatry into the new Church body. The city where Satan lives.

Who are the Nicolaitans? The Nicolaitanes, that Jesus hates, have been the “tares” amongst the Church that have given rise to ecumenical religion. Nicolas was a proselyte Gentile Greek deacon (Acts 6:5). He established a sect of Christianity based on a priestly order, leading to ecumenical harmony. A sect that lead lives of unrestrained indulgence…. condoning promiscuity and idolatry.

Nicolas means a conqueror of the people.

Nicolaitanes means a destroyer of the people.

Ecumenical harmony has and is destroying the church.

Balaamites….corruptor of God’s People ...Disrupt physical and spiritual “seed” of Israel

Nicolaitanes ….. corruptor of God’s People ...Disrupt physical and spiritual “seed” of the Church

Hold to God’s TRUTH with discernment…

Test all things against the WORD of GOD Acts 17:11

Walk in the whole armor of God.

– Speaking and discerning the truth(belt)

– Hold fast to righteousness(breast plate)

– Prepared to speak the gospel of shalom(shoes)

– Having faith, without doubt, in the Lord(shield)

– Have assurance in your salvation(helmet)

– Observing, speaking and doing The Word of God(Sword)

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"Send thou”
Shelach L’cha

Reading:
Numbers 13:1- 15:41; Joshua 2:1- 24; Hebrews 3:1- 4:16

TOPIC: “Send thou” an agent, a sent one, a shelach, to testify of God’s purpose for us. That shelach is you. Today, we will observe how God authenticates or confirms His Word by two witnesses: Joshua/Caleb; Joshua's 2 spies; Ephraim/ Judah. Today’s message is about a new beginning in the land. Is this a shadows of something future….??? The whole counsel of God brings you knowledge of these new beginnings as The Word reveals God’s final accomplishment (His Rest).

TORAH
Numbers 13:17-21 (KJV) Twelve Israelites are sent into the “promised land” to spy on the pagans that reside there.
 The “promised land” is to be scouted-out for 40 days. Numbers 13:25-33 (KJV) A land of milk and honey to be delivered by the Lord. Man’s failure is a lack of faith in the power & deliverance of God Almighty.
 Numbers 14:29-34 (KJV) A generation of Israelites perished and were cut off from Abba by lack of faith. Today, faith is the foundation to our salvation. 40 is a prophetic number of trials & testing.
Who is Joshua & Caleb? They represent the 2 sticks of Ephraim and Judah (Jer. 31-31). A New Covenant is made with the House of Israel and will be made during the Great tribulation with the House of Judah
The rest of the story.. Numbers 14:37-38 (KJV)
  
Numbers 14:1-12(KJV) Who do we fear most?.... man or God? 

HAFTORAH

    Fast-forward….. 40 years later …
 Joshua 2:1-24 (KJV)
Why 2 scouts? What did Joshua learn from Moses sending sending the 12 scouts? By how many witnesses does God authenticate His message
Who is Rahab? Is she a prototype of Gentile Zionists? Name other Gentiles who have mutually helped the Jews; name other Jews who were aided by their Gentile brothers/sisters.
She is a type of what? She is a type of the Church who is sympathetic to their Jewish brothers (Christian Zionists).... A type of Gentiles helping the "wandering Jew" and the Great Tribulation Jewish people and fellow Israelites.
What was Rahab’s message? Remez … Jesus is a Jew. He is  my brother!
When Jesus sits on His millennial throne, the Church will be divided as to those on the right hand (the righteous) and those on the left (the unrighteous) according to what they did in times distress for Jesus' brothers. ( Matthew 25:31-46). Yes the Church will be sifted in a sieve of righteousness that uncovers our self-righteousness.

NEW TESTAMENT (Brit Hadashah)
    Hebrews 3:6- 4:13 (KJV) Exhort & edify one another daily!
Harden not your heart….for TODAY.. Now … is the time to accept Yeshua Jesus as your personal Savior.
Those that heard the WORD but believed not lacked faith as they lived in unbelief. Hold steadfast in your faith Today!
 What is the Rest?

    * God did also find rest after His work?
    * Sabbath is made for man.
    * The  Promised Land was to be the rest for wandering Israelites….A land of milk and honey.
    * The redeemed in Christ will rest in the millennial reign of Christ.
    * And… Later…. The Olam Haba!
What was the Gospel Preached??
Hab. 2:4b …the just shall live by his faith.
Romans 1:17 - 18 (KJV) The just shall live by faith. 18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Galatians 3:10 -11 (KJV) But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Ephesians 2:8 - 9 (KJV) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

Where do we stand with the Law???
Matthew 5:17-19 (KJV) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill . 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled . 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them , the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven .
 Romans 10:4 (KJV) 4 For Christ is the end ** of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

**SG# 5056 ..the aim, purpose, goal.
 Romans 7:12 (KJV) 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 

   In last weeks Parasha, we examined the attributes that the Holy Spirit imparts upon us as believers. We reviewed the Gifts and Callings of the Holy Spirit to make us a useful productive members of the Body of Christ. It is appropriate that we reexamine how the Holy Spirit prepares us for a ministry of reconciliation unto to the Father through the Son.
  1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (KJV) Our Spiritual Gifts.
 
What are your Spiritual gifts? How are you using your tent-making skills? You are to be fishermen of men. You are to be a Shelach!... A “Sent one,” an Agent in the image of Christ. 

Seek that which is from above…Abba’s Rest….and it begins with the Sabbath.