Whole lotta Shakin' going on!

Shabbat Shalom Loved One!

There is and will be even a greater shaking coming on the USA and the entire planet. Many of you loved ones are already experiencing the economic fall out, from South Africa to Texas. We will rely more and more on Him and His plan as we seek Him diligently in prayer and fasting. (Heb 12:22) But you have drawn near to Mount Tsiyon and to the city of the living Elohim, to the heavenly Yerushalayim, to myriads of messengers, (Heb 12:23) to the entire gathering and assembly of the first-born having been enrolled in heaven, and to Elohim the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, (Heb 12:24) and to יהושע the Mediator1 of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling which speaks better than the blood of Heḇel. Footnote: 1See 8:6. (Heb 12:25) Take heed not to refuse the One speaking. For if those did not escape who refused the warning on earth, much less we who turn away from Him from heaven, (Heb 12:26) whose voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” (Heb 12:27) And this, “Yet once more,” makes clear the removal of what is shaken – as having been made – so that the unshaken matters might remain. (Heb 12:28) Therefore, receiving an unshakeable reign, let us hold the favor, through which we serve Elohim pleasingly with reverence and awe, (Heb 12:29) for indeed, our Elohim is a consuming fire.



Apparently, whatever we are found trusting better have the solid foundation under it which is Moses (Torah) and the prophets. A close friend recently reminded of the verse below. (Pro 28:8) He who increases his possessions by interest and profit gathers it for him who shows favor to the poor. (Pro 28:9) He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination1. Footnote: 1See also 15:29, Isa. 59:1-2, John 9:31, 1 John 3:22. (Pro 28:10) He who causes the straight to go astray in an evil way, falls into his own pit; but the perfect inherit the good. (Pro 28:11) A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.



Last week we discussed leprosy and we now turn our hearts and minds to this week’s Torah portion and about YHWH’s plan for CLEANSING THE LEPER. Remember He promises IF we repent and obey Him He will put (allow) none of the diseases of the Egyptians on us! (Exo 15:26) And He said, “If you diligently obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim and do what is right in His eyes, and shall listen to His commands and shall guard all His laws, I shall bring on you none of the diseases I brought on the Mitsrites, for I am יהוה who heals you.”



This week’s Torah Scriptures: Metzorah- Cleansing the Leper

(I have taken the liberty to slightly increase Mal and Romans reading to help clarify)

Leviticus 14:1-15:33; Malachi 3:1-4-6; Romans 6:9-23;

2 Samuel Chapters 4, 5, and 6

(Lev 14:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, (Lev 14:2) “This shall be the Torah of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest, (Lev 14:3) and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look and see, if the leprosy is healed in the leper, (Lev 14:4) then the priest shall command, and he shall take for him who is to be cleansed two live and clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. (Lev 14:5) “And the priest shall command, and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (Lev 14:6) “Let him take the live bird and the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water. (Lev 14:7) “And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird loose in the open field. (Lev 14:8) “And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair and wash himself in water, and shall be clean. Then after that he comes into the camp, but shall stay outside his tent seven days. (Lev 14:9) “And on the seventh day it shall be that he shaves all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shaves off. And he shall wash his garments and wash his body in water, and shall be clean. (Lev 14:10) “And on the eighth day he takes two male lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe lamb a year old, a perfect one, and three-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil. (Lev 14:11) “And the priest who is cleansing shall present the man who is to be cleansed, with these offerings, before יהוה, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. (Lev 14:12) “And the priest shall take one male lamb and bring it as a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before יהוה. (Lev 14:13) “And he shall slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a set-apart place. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest. It is most set-apart. (Lev 14:14) “And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. (Lev 14:15) “And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. (Lev 14:16) “And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before יהוה. (Lev 14:17) “And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest puts some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering. (Lev 14:18) “And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he puts on the head of him who is to be cleansed. And the priest shall make atonement for him before יהוה.



(Lev 14:19) “And the priest shall make the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterwards he slaughters the burnt offering. (Lev 14:20) “And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. (Lev 14:21) “But if he is poor and is unable to afford it, then he shall take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil, (Lev 14:22) and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford, and one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. (Lev 14:23) “And he shall bring them to the priest on the eighth day for his cleansing, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before יהוה. (Lev 14:24) “And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before יהוה. (Lev 14:25) “And he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. (Lev 14:26) “Then the priest pours some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. (Lev 14:27) “And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before יהוה. (Lev 14:28) “And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering. (Lev 14:29) “And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he puts on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before יהוה. (Lev 14:30) “And he shall prepare one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he is able to afford, (Lev 14:31) that which he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before יהוה. (Lev 14:32) “This is the Torah for one who had an infection of leprosy, who is unable to afford for his cleansing.”



The Scriptures below reminded me of mold being found and making some real estate worthless at great financial loss here in USA! (If only we knew how important obedience really is)



(Lev 14:33) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, (Lev 14:34) “When you come into the land of Kenaʽan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a plague of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession, (Lev 14:35) then shall the one who owns the house come and inform the priest, saying, ‘It seems to me that there is some plague in the house.’ (Lev 14:36) “And the priest shall command, and they shall empty the house, before the priest goes in to look at to look at the house. (Lev 14:37) “And he shall look at the plague and see, if the plague is on the walls of the house with sunken places, greenish or reddish, which appear to be deep in the wall, (Lev 14:38) then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. (Lev 14:39) “And the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look and see, if the plague has spread on the walls of the house, (Lev 14:40) then the priest shall command, and they shall remove the stones with the plague in them, and they shall throw them outside the city, into an unclean place, (Lev 14:41) while he lets the house be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. (Lev 14:42) “And they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and take other mortar and plaster the house. (Lev 14:43) “And if the plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has removed the stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered, (Lev 14:44) then the priest shall come and look and see, if the plague has spread in the house, it is an active leprosy in the house, it is unclean. (Lev 14:45) “And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall bring them outside the city to an unclean place. (Lev 14:46) “And he who goes into the house, all the days while it is shut up, becomes unclean until evening. (Lev 14:47) “And he who lies down in the house has to wash his garments, and he who eats in the house has to wash his garments. (Lev 14:48) “However, if the priest indeed comes in and looks at it and sees that the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. (Lev 14:49) “And to cleanse the house, he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. (Lev 14:50) “And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water, (Lev 14:51) and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and shall sprinkle the house seven times. (Lev 14:52) “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and the live bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet, (Lev 14:53) and he shall let the live bird loose outside the city in the open field, and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean. (Lev 14:54) “This is the Torah for any infection of leprosy, and eruption, (Lev 14:55) and for leprosy of a garment, and of a house, (Lev 14:56) and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot, (Lev 14:57) to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the Torah of leprosy.”



Sores and discharges (Torah)



(Lev 15:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, (Lev 15:2) “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his flesh, his discharge is unclean. (Lev 15:3) ‘And this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge; whether his flesh runs with his discharge, or his flesh is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. (Lev 15:4) ‘Any bed becomes unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and any object on which he sits becomes unclean. (Lev 15:5) ‘And anyone who touches his bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:6) ‘And he who sits on any object on which he who has the discharge sat, has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:7) ‘And he who touches the flesh of him who has the discharge has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:8) ‘And when he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:9) ‘Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides becomes unclean. (Lev 15:10) ‘And whoever touches any of that which was under him is unclean until evening. And he who is carrying them up has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:11) ‘And anyone whom he who has the discharge touches without rinsing his hands in water, shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:12) ‘And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharge touches has to be broken, and every wooden vessel has to be rinsed in water. (Lev 15:13) ‘And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in running water, and be clean. (Lev 15:14) ‘And on the eighth day he takes for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and shall come before יהוה, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall give them to the priest. (Lev 15:15) ‘And the priest shall prepare them, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before יהוה because of his discharge.



Sexual Instructions (Torah)



(Lev 15:16) ‘And when a man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:17) ‘And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, shall also be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:18) ‘And when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they both shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:19) ‘And when a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her flesh is blood, she has to be in her separation for seven days. And whoever touches her is unclean until evening. (Lev 15:20) ‘And whatever she lies on during her separation is unclean. And whatever she sits on is unclean. (Lev 15:21) ‘And anyone who touches her bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:22) ‘And whoever touches any object that she sat on has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:23) ‘And if it is on the bed or on any object on which she sits, when he touches it, he is unclean until evening. (Lev 15:24) ‘And if any man lies with her at all, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days. And any bed he lies on is unclean. (Lev 15:25) ‘And when a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her monthly separation, or when she discharges beyond her usual time of monthly separation, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her monthly separation. She is unclean. (Lev 15:26) ‘Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge is to her as the bed of her monthly separation. And whatever she sits on is unclean, as the uncleanness of her monthly separation. (Lev 15:27) ‘And anyone who touches them is unclean, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. (Lev 15:28) ‘But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she is clean. (Lev 15:29) ‘And on the eighth day she takes for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting. (Lev 15:30) ‘And the priest shall prepare the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before יהוה for the discharge of her uncleanness. (Lev 15:31) ‘Thus you shall separate the children of Yisra’ĕl from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they defile My Dwelling Place which is in their midst. (Lev 15:32) ‘This is the Torah for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby, (Lev 15:33) and for her who is sick in her monthly separation, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with an unclean woman.’ ”



Hey- this is good news- MESSIAH YAHSHUA IS COMING! We might want to refrain from horror-scopes and Harry Potter and magic shows! It will be good that we repent from lying and any adulterous eyes and actions we may have done! (Pro 6:32) He who commits adultery with a woman lacks heart; he who does it destroys his own life. (Pro 6:33) He finds smiting and shame and his reproach is not wiped away. Another few verses that come to mind: (2Pe 2:4) If Elohim did not spare the messengers who sinned, but sent them to Tartaros, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be kept for judgment, (2Pe 2:5) and did not spare the world of old, but preserved Noaḥ, a proclaimer of righteousness, and seven others, bringing in the flood on the world of the wicked, (2Pe 2:6) and having reduced to ashes the cities of Seḏom and Amorah condemned them to destruction – having made them an example to those who afterward would live wickedly, (2Pe 2:7) and rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed with the indecent behavior of the lawless1 Footnote: 1The Greek word here, and in 3:17, is athesmos (not the usual one, anomos) but it also means “lawless.” (2Pe 2:8) (for day after day that righteous man, dwelling among them, tortured his righteous being by seeing and hearing their lawless works), (2Pe 2:9) then יהוה knows how to rescue the reverent ones from trial and to keep the unrighteous unto the day of judgment, to be punished, (2Pe 2:10) and most of all those walking after the flesh in filthy lust and despising authority – bold, headstrong, speaking evil of esteemed ones, (2Pe 2:11) whereas messengers who are greater in strength and power do not bring a slanderous accusation against them before the Master. (2Pe 2:12) But these, like natural unreasoning beasts, having been born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheme that which they do not know, shall be destroyed in their destruction, (2Pe 2:13) being about to receive the wages of unrighteousness, deeming indulgence in the day of pleasure, spots and blemishes, reveling in their own deceptions while they feast with you, (2Pe 2:14) having eyes filled with adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable beings, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse, (2Pe 2:15) having left the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Bilʽam the son of Beʽor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, (2Pe 2:16) but he was rebuked for his transgression: a dumb donkey speaking with the voice of a man restrained the madness of the prophet.



King of all Kings will soon reign from Jerusalem!



(Mal 3:1) “See, I am sending my messenger1, and he shall prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Master you are seeking comes to His Hĕḵal, even the Messenger2 of the covenant, in whom you delight. See, He is coming,” said יהוה of hosts. Footnotes: 1Generally interpreted as Yoḥanan the Immerser. 2The Messiah, obviously. (Mal 3:2) “And who is able to bear the day of His coming, and who is able to stand when He appears? He is like the fire of a refiner, and like the soap of a launderer. (Mal 3:3) “And He shall sit as a refiner and a cleanser of silver. And He shall cleanse the sons of Lĕwi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall belong to יהוה, bringing near an offering in righteousness. (Mal 3:4) “Then shall the offering of Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim be pleasant to יהוה, as in the days of old, as in former years. (Mal 3:5) “And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practicers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear me,” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal 3:6) “For I am יהוה, I shall not change1, and you, O sons of Yaʽaqoḇ, shall not come to an end. Footnote: 1Jas. 1:17. (Mal 3:7) “From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My laws and did not guard them. Turn back to me, and I shall turn back to you,” said יהוה of hosts. “But you said, ‘In what shall we turn back?’ (Mal 3:8) “Would a man rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing me! But you said, ‘In what have we robbed you?’ In the tithe and the offering! (Mal 3:9) “You have cursed me with a curse, for you are robbing me, this nation, all of it!



Remember the tithe is where YHWH says it is- the widows and orphans and the Levites! (Those priests of His who will tell, teach, and do the truth and don’t live for pride and lusts for things!)



(Mal 3:10) “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And please prove me in this,” said יהוה of hosts, “whether I do not open for you the windows of the heavens, and shall pour out for you boundless blessing! (Mal 3:11) “And I shall rebuke the devourer for you, so that it does not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor does the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal 3:12) “And all nations shall call you blessed, for you shall be a land of delight,” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal 3:13) “Your words have been harsh against me,” said יהוה, “but you have said, ‘What have we spoken against you?’ (Mal 3:14) “You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve Elohim. And what did we gain when we guarded His Charge, and when we walked as mourners before יהוה of hosts? (Mal 3:15) ‘And now we are calling the proud blessed – not only are the doers of wrongness built up, but they also try Elohim and escape.’ ” (Mal 3:16) Then shall those who fear יהוה speak to one another, and יהוה listen and hear, and a book of remembrance be written before Him, of those who fear יהוה, and those who think upon His Name. (Mal 3:17) “And they shall be Mine,” said יהוה of hosts, “on the day that I prepare a treasured possession. And I shall spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. (Mal 3:18) “Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wrong, between one who serves Elohim and one who does not serve Him. (Mal 4:1) “For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up,” said יהוה of hosts, “which leaves to them neither root nor branch. (Mal 4:2) “But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall. (Mal 4:3) “And you shall trample the wrongdoers, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal 4:4) “Remember the Torah of Mosheh, My servant, which I commanded him in Ḥorĕḇ for all Yisra’ĕl – laws and right-rulings. (Mal 4:5) “See, I am sending you Ěliyah1 the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה. Footnote: 1Lk. 1:17. (Mal 4:6) “And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction1.” Footnote: 1Zech. 14:11.



Remember that SIN is defined as transgression against the Torah (law-Instructions of YHWH) (1Jn 3:4) everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (Torahlessness)



(Rom 6:8) And if we died with Messiah, we believe that we shall also live with Him, (Rom 6:9) knowing that Messiah, having been raised from the dead, dies no more – death no longer rules over Him. (Rom 6:10) For in that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in that He lives, He lives to Elohim. (Rom 6:11) So you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to Elohim in Messiah יהושע our Master. (Rom 6:12) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires, (Rom 6:13) neither present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to Elohim as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to Elohim. (Rom 6:14) For sin shall not rule over you, for you are not under the law but under favor. (Rom 6:15) What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Torah but under favor? Let it not be! (Rom 6:16) Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? (Rom 6:17) But thanks to Elohim that you were servants of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of teaching to which you were entrusted. (Rom 6:18) And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

(Rom 6:19) I speak as a man, because of the weakness of your flesh. For even as you did present your members as servants of uncleanness, and of lawlessness resulting in lawlessness, so now present your members as servants of righteousness resulting in set-apartness. (Rom 6:20) For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. (Rom 6:21) What fruit, therefore, were you having then, over which you are now ashamed? For the end thereof is death. (Rom 6:22) But now, having been set free from sin, and having become servants of Elohim, you have your fruit resulting in set-apartness, and the end, everlasting life. (Rom 6:23) The wages of sin is death, but the favorable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע our Master. (2Sa 4:1) And the son of Sha’ul heard that Aḇnĕr had died in Ḥeḇron, and he lost heart, and all Yisra’ĕl was troubled. (2Sa 4:2) And the son of Sha’ul had two men, commanders of bands, and the name of one was Baʽanah and the name of the other Rĕḵaḇ, sons of Rimmon the Be’ĕrothite, of the children of Binyamin. For Be’ĕroth was also reckoned to Binyamin, (2Sa 4:3) because the Be’ĕrothites fled to Gittayim and have been sojourners there until this day. (2Sa 4:4) Now Yehonathan, son of Sha’ul, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Sha’ul and Yehonathan came from Yizreʽĕl, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it came to be, as she hurried to flee, that he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephiḇosheth. (2Sa 4:5) So the sons of Rimmon the Be’ĕrothite, Rĕḵaḇ and Baʽanah, went and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed at noon. (2Sa 4:6) And they came into the midst of the house, to fetch wheat, and they struck him in the stomach, and Rĕḵaḇ and Baʽanah his brother escaped. (2Sa 4:7) Thus they came into the house when he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him. And they took his head, and went the way of the desert plain all night, (2Sa 4:8) and brought the head of Ishbosheth to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron, and said to the sovereign, “See, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Sha’ul your enemy, who sought your life. So יהוה has given my master the sovereign vengeance on Sha’ul and his seed this day.” (2Sa 4:9) And Dawiḏ answered Rĕḵaḇ and Baʽanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Be’ĕrothite, and said to them, “As יהוה lives, who has redeemed my life out of all distress, (2Sa 4:10) when someone reported to me, saying, ‘See, Sha’ul is dead,’ and he was a bearer of good news in his own eyes, I then took hold of him and slew him in Tsiqlaḡ, which was the reward I gave him for his news. (2Sa 4:11) “How much more, when wrong men have slain a righteous man in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?” (2Sa 4:12) And Dawiḏ commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Ḥeḇron. And they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Aḇnĕr in Ḥeḇron.



City of David Established- David dances before YHWH!



(2Sa 5:1) And all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl came to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron and spoke, saying, “Look, we are your bone and your flesh. (2Sa 5:2) “Formerly, when Sha’ul was sovereign over us, you were the one who led Yisra’ĕl out and brought them in. And יהוה said to you, ‘Shepherd My people Yisra’ĕl, and be ruler over Yisra’ĕl.’ ” (2Sa 5:3) And all the elders of Yisra’ĕl came to the sovereign at Ḥeḇron, and Sovereign Dawiḏ made a covenant with them at Ḥeḇron before יהוה. And they anointed Dawiḏ sovereign over Yisra’ĕl. (2Sa 5:4) Dawiḏ was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. (2Sa 5:5) In Ḥeḇron he reigned over Yehuḏah seven years and six months, and in Yerushalayim he reigned thirty-three years over all Yisra’ĕl and Yehuḏah. (2Sa 5:6) And the sovereign and his men went to Yerushalayim against the Yeḇusites, the inhabitants of the land. And they spoke to Dawiḏ, saying, “Except you take away the blind and the lame, you are not going to come in here,” thinking, “Dawiḏ is not going to come in here.” (2Sa 5:7) But Dawiḏ captured the stronghold of Tsiyon, the City of Dawiḏ. (2Sa 5:8) And Dawiḏ said on that day, “Anyone who smites the Yeḇusites, let him go by the water-shaft and take the lame and the blind, which are hated by Dawiḏ’s being.” That is why they say, “The blind and the lame do not come into the house.” (2Sa 5:9) And Dawiḏ dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of Dawiḏ. And Dawiḏ built all around from the Millo and inward. (2Sa 5:10) And Dawiḏ went on and became great, and יהוה Elohim of hosts was with him. (2Sa 5:11) Now Ḥiram sovereign of Tsor sent messengers to Dawiḏ, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built a house for Dawiḏ. (2Sa 5:12) And Dawiḏ knew that יהוה had established him as sovereign over Yisra’ĕl, and that He had exalted His reign, because of His people Yisra’ĕl. (2Sa 5:13) And Dawiḏ took more concubines and wives from Yerushalayim, after he had come from Ḥeḇron, and more sons and daughters were born to Dawiḏ. (2Sa 5:14) And these were the names of those born to him in Yerushalayim: Shammua, and Shoḇaḇ, and Nathan, and Shelomoh, (2Sa 5:15) and Yiḇḥar, and Elishua, and Nepheḡ, and Yaphiya, (2Sa 5:16) and Elishama, and Elyaḏa, and Eliphelet. (2Sa 5:17) And the Philistines heard that they had anointed Dawiḏ sovereign over Yisra’ĕl, and all the Philistines went up to search for Dawiḏ, but Dawiḏ heard and went down to the stronghold. (2Sa 5:18) And the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the Valley of Repha’im. (2Sa 5:19) And Dawiḏ inquired of יהוה, saying, “Do I go up against the Philistines? Do you give them into my hand?” And יהוה said to Dawiḏ, “Go up, for I shall certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” (2Sa 5:20) And Dawiḏ came to Baʽal Peratsim, and Dawiḏ smote them there. And he said, “יהוה has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” So he called the name of that place Baʽal Peratsim. (2Sa 5:21) And they left their images there, and Dawiḏ and his men took them away. (2Sa 5:22) And the Philistines again came up and were spread out in the Valley of Repha’im. (2Sa 5:23) And when Dawiḏ inquired of יהוה, He said, “Do not go up, turn around behind them, and you shall come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. (2Sa 5:24) “And it shall be, when you hear the sound of stepping in the tops of the mulberry trees, and then act promptly, for then יהוה shall go out before you to smite the camp of the Philistines.” (2Sa 5:25) And Dawiḏ did so, as יהוה commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geḇa as far as Gezer. (2Sa 6:1) Now Dawiḏ again gathered all the chosen men of Yisra’ĕl, thirty thousand. (2Sa 6:2) And Dawiḏ rose up and went with all the people who were with him from Baʽalĕ Yehuḏah, to bring up from there the ark of Elohim, that is called by the Name, the Name יהוה of Hosts, who dwells between the keruḇim. (2Sa 6:3) And they placed the ark of Elohim on a new wagon, and brought it from the house of Aḇinaḏaḇ, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Aḥyo, sons of Aḇinaḏaḇ, were leading the new wagon. (2Sa 6:4) And they brought it from the house of Aḇinaḏaḇ, which was on the hill, with the ark of Elohim. And Aḥyo was walking before the ark. (2Sa 6:5) And Dawiḏ and all the house of Yisra’ĕl were dancing before יהוה, with all instruments of fir wood, and with lyres, and with harps, and with tambourines, and with sistrums, and with cymbals. (2Sa 6:6) And when they came to the threshing-floor of Naḵon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of Elohim and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. (2Sa 6:7) And the wrath of יהוה burned against Uzzah, and Elohim smote him there for the fault. And he died there by the ark of Elohim. (2Sa 6:8) And Dawiḏ was displeased because יהוה had broken out against Uzzah. And he called the name of the place Perets Uzzah, until this day. (2Sa 6:9) And Dawiḏ was afraid of יהוה on that day, and said, “How shall the ark of יהוה come to me?” (2Sa 6:10) And Dawiḏ would not move the ark of יהוה with him into the City of Dawiḏ, but Dawiḏ turned it aside to the house of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom the Gittite. (2Sa 6:11) And the ark of יהוה remained in the house of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom the Gittite three months, and יהוה blessed Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom and his entire house. (2Sa 6:12) And it was reported to Sovereign Dawiḏ, saying, “יהוה has blessed the house of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom and all that he has, because of the ark of Elohim.” Dawiḏ then went and brought up the ark of Elohim from the house of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom to the City of Dawiḏ with rejoicing. (2Sa 6:13) And it came to be, when those bearing the ark of יהוה had gone six steps, that he slaughtered bulls and fatted sheep. (2Sa 6:14) And Dawiḏ danced before יהוה with all his might. And Dawiḏ was wearing a linen shoulder garment. (2Sa 6:15) Thus Dawiḏ and all the house of Yisra’ĕl brought up the ark of יהוה with shouting and with the sound of the ram’s horn. (2Sa 6:16) And it came to be, when the ark of יהוה came into the City of Dawiḏ, that Miḵal, daughter of Sha’ul, looked through a window and saw Sovereign Dawiḏ leaping and dancing before יהוה, and she despised him in her heart. (2Sa 6:17) So they brought the ark of יהוה in, and set it in its place in the midst of the Tent that Dawiḏ had pitched for it. And Dawiḏ brought burnt offerings before יהוה, and peace offerings. (2Sa 6:18) And when Dawiḏ had finished bringing burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the Name of יהוה of hosts. (2Sa 6:19) And he apportioned to all the people, to all the crowd of Yisra’ĕl, from man even to women, to each one a loaf of bread, and a measure, and a cake of raisins. And all the people left, each one to his house. (2Sa 6:20) And Dawiḏ returned to bless his household, and Miḵal the daughter of Sha’ul came out to meet Dawiḏ, and said, “How esteemed was the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the female servants of his servants, as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!” (2Sa 6:21) So Dawiḏ said to Miḵal, “Before יהוה, who chose me instead of your father and his entire house, to appoint me ruler over the people of יהוה, over Yisra’ĕl, so I danced before יהוה. (2Sa 6:22) “And I shall be even slighter than this, and shall be humble in my own eyes. But as for the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I am esteemed.” (2Sa 6:23) And Miḵal the daughter of Sha’ul had no children to the day of her death.

Shalom to your home loved one. Thanks again for your precious on target and heard intercessory prayers for us. Recently, I got to teach a group of 12 Pastors in Alabama for 3 hours about the Sabbath, The Feasts, and The Fullness of the Gentiles that Father has graciously given to me to wake up His church; especially since He loves us and must judge us first! May YHWH bless and direct your thoughts, hands and feet. May He give you wisdom and insight that you and your loved ones produce much fruit that will remain! Let’s become the remnant bride who makes herself ready!


Thurston