Friday, April 1, 2011
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April 2, 2011
Shabbat Shalom Loved One! Happy New Year!
Loved One- we’ll be correct with our Torah Cycle starting the New Year- Genesis1:1 next week!
Happy New Year! End Times upon us? See www.shabbatshalomlovedone.blogspot.com for His power and help March 14 Torah study at www.seedtime2harvest.com No time to play religion
HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVED ONE! Soon anyway- the Biblical NEW YEAR starts at sundown Monday April 4! Why is that of any importance to you and me living today? Because many of the body of believers have been blinded by the enemy of our souls and still follow vain traditions which are mostly manmade additions and traditions of “Churchianity” handed down from the anything but a “Holy” Roman Empire ruler Constantine; who was a sun god worshipper and enforced these “man made doctrines” with the penalty of death for rejection. Please understand we should know when the year starts so we can observe and do His commanded Holy Days (Holidays) and not do vain observations that He considers abominations. Many Christians honor all the TRADITIONAL holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Lent and never consider their pagan roots which were orchestrated by Rome. Some know that the day of the sun (Sun-day) was rooted from sun god worship and Easter was the pagan fertility goddess, where the Easter Priests (Not Christians or follower of Messiah) - would impregnate the virgins on the sunrise service and sacrifice the 3 month old babies from the prior years' sunrise service, dipping the eggs of Easter into the freshly sacrificed babies blood and declare- HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! Have a prosperous and fertile year! This was their form of Happy New Year! Lent was the 40 days of fasting and weeping for Tamuz- goodness- Loved Ones- think maybe these traditions are possibly an abomination to our Creator? He taught us to NOT LEARN the ways of the heathen and say we are worshipping Him! (Jeremiah 10:2) Thus said יהוה, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, 1 and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.2 Footnotes: 1Lev. 18:3, Dt. 12:30 & 18:9, Ezek. 11:12 & 20:32, Eph. 4:17, 1 Peter 4:3. 2Dt. 4:19 & 17:3. He also COMMANDED US: (Deuteronomy 4:2) “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not subtract from it1, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you. Footnote: 1See also 12:32, Prov. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19. Do you and I suppose he has changed His mind about that; so we think it okay to ADD these manmade traditions as holy days and festivals (holidays)? And SUBTRACT His Feasts and festivals?
Do "we" worship in VAIN? (Maybe we should consider doing only what He says and not what tradition allows)
Really- Worship in VAIN? Goodness – maybe we should really reconsider Loved Ones- another Scripture comes to mind- “Come out of her my people or partake in her plagues!” Loved Ones, should we worship Him the way He says or obey men and our traditions? Is obedience to the Word made flesh that dwelled among us really important? Let’s repeat that; Worship in VAIN? Goodness – maybe we should really reconsider Loved Ones- another Scripture comes to mind- “Come out of her my people or partake in her plagues!” Is our own judgment really only a heartbeat away? Do we really want to nullify all the promises received from obedience- given in the Word?
Mat 15:3 He answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim1 because of your tradition? Footnote: 1See Mat. 5:20. Mat 15:4 “For Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ Mat 15:5 “But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me has been dedicated,” Mat 15:6 is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition. Mat 15:7 “Hypocrites! Yeshayahu rightly prophesied about you, saying, Mat 15:8 ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. Mat 15:9 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as my doctrines- the commands of men.’ ”1 Footnote: 1Isa. 29:13, Mk. 7:7, 2 Kings 17:19.
Obedience really comes from LOVE of Yahshua: (John 14:10) “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak from myself. But the Father who stays in me does His works. (John 14:11) “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in me, otherwise believe me because of the works themselves. (John 14:12) “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do he shall do also. And greater works than these he shall do, because I go to My Father. (John 14:13) “Whatever you ask in my name, that I shall do, in order that the Father might be esteemed in the Son. (John 14:14) “If you ask whatever in my Name, I shall do it. (John 14:15) “If you love me, you shall guard (keep) my commands.1 Footnote: 1See Ex. 20:6, vv. 21&23, 1 John 5:2-3, 2 John v. 6. (John 14:16) “And I shall ask the Father, and He shall give you another Helper, to stay with you forever – (John 14:17) the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you. (John 14:18) “I shall not leave you orphans – I am coming to you. (John 14:19) “Yet a little while, and the world no longer sees me, but you shall see me, because I live, and you shall live. (John 14:20) “In that day you shall know that I am in my Father and you in me, and I in you. (John 14:21) “He who possesses my commands and guards (keeps) them; it is he who loves me. And he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and manifest myself to him.”
Why is this even important to us today- because if we cannot determine when the year starts we cannot observe His commands out of loving obedience!
Do we realize that IN THE BEGINNING Yahshua (Jesus) was the word and is the word even at Mt Sinai? Malachi 4 and Hebrews 13:8 testifies that He changes not and is the same yesterday, today and forever- what part of “forever” is so difficult for us to understand? The enemy has planted many tares and blinded many of us into thinking our religious traditions are acceptable to our King! However; He claims we are worshipping Him in VAIN! Please let us not use the excuse that those words have passed away because Yahshua addressed that thought beforehand and leaves us no excuse when we stand in His presence; (Mat 5:17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, (Torah- Instructions) or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. (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. (Mat 5:19) 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. So; is it ALL fulfilled? What is fulfilled were the Spring Feasts of YHWH; He was and is the Passover Lamb, He is the High Priest who had to be in seclusion until the First Fruits Offering and could not be touched (“Don’t touch me Mary- I have not yet ascended to the Father”) then the graves opened and many were seen around Jerusalem risen from the dead as He was the first of many of the First Fruits Offering; then on Shavuot (we now call Pentecost) He poured out His Spirit that His commands would no longer be impossible (burdensome) to keep. These were and are the Spring Feasts he and we start our year with- they are the shadow picture of things to come. The Fall Feasts have not yet been fulfilled- we are finally; during our generation, approaching the Feast of Trumpets and at the LAST TRUMPET, the dead in Messiah rise first; then 10 days later we have the DAY OF ATONEMENT or some of us call Judgment Day; then 5 days later we have The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkoth when we tabernacle or dwell with Him forever; then on the eighth day of this Feast we have the LAST GREAT DAY or the WEDDING FEAST OF THE LAMB. Once again; these Fall Feasts are not yet fulfilled. So what does Yahshua say about this; are there still a heaven and an earth? If there is a heaven and earth still we are commanded to: (Mat 5:17) think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. (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. (Mat 5:19) 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.
Passover commanded!
(Exodus 12:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon in the land of Mitsrayim, saying, Exodus 12:2) “This month is the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of the year for you. (Exodus 12:3) “Speak to all the congregation of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month each one of them is to take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. (Exodus 12:4) ‘And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the beings, according to each man’s need you make your count for the lamb. (Exodus 12:5) ‘Let the lamb be a perfect one, a year old male. Take it from the sheep or from the goats. (Exodus 12:6) ‘And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then all the assembly of the congregation of Yisra’ĕl shall kill it between the evenings. (Exodus 12:7) ‘And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. (Exodus 12:8) ‘And they shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire – with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. (Exodus 12:9) ‘Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire, its head with its legs and its inward parts. (Exodus 12:10) ‘And do not leave of it until morning, and what remains of it until morning you are to burn with fire.
END TIMES FOR JAPAN AND USA ONLY? Should there not be signs and indications of these times before the GREAT AND TERRIBLE (Great for believers- terrible for those disobedient who are subject to His wrath) Day of YHWH? Watch this video by a scientist who has some startling facts for you to consider about Japan and apparently at least both coasts of the USA due to the possible 1000’ tsunami coming to West Coast and the Gulf Coast tar volcano BP drilled into:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1yIfOYQWxA&feature=related (51 min)
Remember LOVED ONES- WE FEAR NOT! (Psalms 20:5) We sing of your deliverance, and in the Name of our Elohim we set up a banner! יהוה (YHWH) does fill all your requests! (Psalms 20:6) Now I know that יהוה (YHWH) shall save His Anointed; He answers him from His set-apart heavens with the saving might of His right hand. (Psalms 20:7) Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we remember the Name of יהוה (YHWH) our Elohim. (Psalms 20:8) They, they have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and are established. (Psalms 20:9) Save us (YHWH) יהוה! Let the Sovereign answer us in the day we call.
Last Weeks End Times Possibility:
Ten minutes of Understanding These are the possibilities or maybe even probabilities- BUT FEAR NOT! Why did the earthquakes of Chile and Japan happen on those particular dates? Most important- what's ahead? Here is one possibility-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfOfBrNUOGA&feature=player_profilepage (10 min)
Should not we also be praying- (SHEM’AH- HEAR AND OBEY ISRAEL), fasting AND PLANNING and learning how to worship? FEAR NOT! Draw close to YHWH- wash our hands and seek our Creator with fear and trembling- while He may be found- He alone is our deliverer! This is no surprise to YHWH nor should it be to us- perhaps we should read Isaiah 24- He turns the Earth upside down, a great shaking indeed.
Here is the Great Shaking
(Isa 24:1) See, יהוה is making the earth empty and making it waste, and shall overturn its surface, and shall scatter abroad its inhabitants. (Isa 24:2) And it shall be – as with the people so with the priest, as with the servant so with his master, as with the female servant so with her mistress, as with the buyer so with the seller, as with the lender so with the borrower, as with the creditor so with the debtor; (Isa 24:3) the earth is completely emptied and utterly plundered, for יהוה has spoken this word. (Isa 24:4) The earth shall mourn and wither, the world shall languish and wither, and the haughty people of the earth shall languish. (Isa 24:5) The earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torot1, changed2 the law, broken the everlasting covenant3. Footnotes: 1Torot - plural of Torah, teaching. 2Jer. 23:36. 3This is the only reason, according to all Scriptures, why the earth shall be burned in the day of judgment – see also 13:9, 13:11, 26:21, 66:24, Mic. 5:15, Zeph. 1:2-18. (Isa 24:6) Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left. (Isa 24:7) The new wine shall fail, the vine shall languish, all those glad at heart shall sigh. (Isa 24:8) The joy of the tambourine shall cease, the noise of those who rejoice shall end, the joy of the lyre shall cease. (Isa 24:9) No more do they drink wine with a song, strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. (Isa 24:10) The deserted city shall be broken down, every house shall be shut, no one enters. (Isa 24:11) There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy shall be darkened, the gladness of the earth shall be gone. (Isa 24:12) The city is left in ruins, and the gate is stricken with destruction. (Isa 24:13) Thus it is to be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive tree, like the gleaning of grapes when the grape harvest is done. (Isa 24:14) They lift up their voice they sing of the Excellency of יהוה, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
The answer to the great shaking is praise and He punishes the rulers of the earth
(Isa 24:15) Therefore praise יהוה in the east, the Name of יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl in the coastlands of the sea. (Isa 24:16) From the ends of the earth we shall hear songs, “Splendor to the Righteous One!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray, with treachery the treacherous betray.” (Isa 24:17) Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth. (Isa 24:18) And it shall be that he who flees from the noise of the fear falls into the pit, and he who comes up from the midst of the pit is caught in the snare. For the windows from on high shall be opened, and the foundations of the earth be shaken. (Isa 24:19) The earth shall be utterly broken, the earth shall be completely shattered, and the earth shall be fiercely shaken. (Isa 24:20) The earth shall stagger like a drunkard. And it shall totter like a hut, and its transgression shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. (Isa 24:21) And in that day it shall be that יהוה punishes on high the host of exalted ones and on the earth the sovereigns of the earth. (Isa 24:22) And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and be punished after many days. (Isa 24:23) And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, for יהוה of hosts shall reign on Mount Tsiyon, and in Yerushalayim, and before His elders, in esteem (glory)! UNDERSTAND- PRAISE CHANGES THE VERY ATMOSPHERE!
Here are this week’s Torah Scriptures: Pekudey “Accounts”
Exodus 35:1- 38:20; 1 Kings 7:40- 8:21; Isaiah 24
Want His help? Loving Obedience is to set HIS Sabbath apart- sure go to church whenever you want- but set apart His Sabbath!
(Exodus 35:1) And Mosheh assembled all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and said to them, “These are the Words which יהוה has commanded you to do: (Exodus 35:2) “Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a Sabbath of rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death. (Exodus 35:3) “Do not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Want His help? Become a giver! Everyone can give something-
(Exodus 35:4) And Mosheh spoke to all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “This is the word which יהוה commanded, saying, (Exodus 35:5) ‘Take from among you a contribution to יהוה. Everyone whose heart so moves him, let him bring it as a contribution to יהוה: gold, and silver, and bronze, (Exodus 35:6) and blue, and purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, (Exodus 35:7) and ram skins dyed red, and fine leather, and acacia wood, (Exodus 35:8) and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, (Exodus 35:9) and shoham stones, and stones to be set in the shoulder garment and in the breastplate. (Exodus 35:10) ‘And let all the wise-hearted among you come and make all that יהוה has commanded: (Exodus 35:11) the Dwelling Place, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its columns, and its sockets, (Exodus 35:12) the ark and its poles, the lid of atonement and the veil of the covering, (Exodus 35:13) the table and its poles, and all its utensils, and the showbread, (Exodus 35:14) and the lampstand for the light, and its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for the light, (Exodus 35:15) and the incense altar, and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the covering for the door at the entrance of the Dwelling Place, (Exodus 35:16) the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand, (Exodus 35:17) the screens of the courtyard, its columns, and their sockets, and the covering for the gate of the courtyard, (Exodus 35:18) the pegs of the Dwelling Place, and the pegs of the courtyard, and their cords, (Exodus 35:19) the woven garments to do service in the set-apart place, the set-apart garments for Aharon the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests.’ ” (Exodus 35:20) and all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl withdrew from the presence of Mosheh.
Moved by the Spirit? Become a giver! Your gift is accepted based on your desire to give- (2Co 9:6) and this: He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows on blessing shall also reap on blessing. (2Co 9:7) Let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not of grief or of necessity, for Elohim loves a joyous giver. (2Co 9:8) And Elohim is able to make all favor overflow toward you, that you, always having all you need in every way, have plenty for every good work. (2Co 9:9) As it has been written, “He scattered abroad, He gave to the poor, His righteousness remains forever.” (2Co 9:10) And He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, shall supply and increase the seed you have sown and increase the fruit of your righteousness, (2Co 9:11) being enriched in every way for all simplicity, which works out thanksgiving to Elohim through us. (2Co 9:12) Because the rendering of this service not only supplies the needs of the set-apart ones, but also is overflowing through many thanksgivings to Elohim. (2Co 9:13) Through the proof of this service, they esteem Elohim on the submission of your confession to the Good News of Messiah, and generosity in sharing with them and all men, (2Co 9:14) and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding favor of Elohim in you. (2Co 9:15) Thanks also to Elohim for His unspeakable gift! (Yahshua)
Giving from a willing heart
(Exodus 35:21) And everyone whose heart lifted him up and everyone whose spirit moved him came, and they brought the contribution to יהוה for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all its service, and for the set-apart garments. (Exodus 35:22) And they came, both men and women, all whose hearts moved them, and brought earrings and nose rings, and rings and necklaces, all golden goods, even everyone who made a wave offering of gold to יהוה. (Exodus 35:23) And every man, with whom was found blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red, and fine leather, brought them. (Exodus 35:24) Everyone who would make a contribution to יהוה of silver or bronze brought it. And everyone with who was found acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. (Exodus 35:25) And all the wise-hearted women spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, the blue and the purple, the scarlet material, and the fine linen. (Exodus 35:26) And all the women whose hearts lifted them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair. (Exodus 35:27) And the rulers brought shoham stones, and the stones to be set in the shoulder garment and in the breastplate, (Exodus 35:28) and the spices and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. (Exodus 35:29) The children of Yisra’ĕl brought a voluntary offering to יהוה, all the men and women whose hearts moved them to bring all kinds of work which יהוה, by the hand of Mosheh, had commanded to be done. (Exodus 35:30) And Mosheh said to the children of Yisra’ĕl, “See, יהוה has called by name Betsal’ĕl son of Uri, son of Ḥur, of the tribe of Yehuḏah, (Exodus 35:31) and He has filled him with the Spirit of Elohim, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work, (Exodus 35:32) to make designs, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze, (Exodus 35:33) and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving wood, and to work in all workmanship of design. (Exodus 35:34) “And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Oholiaḇ son of Aḥisamaḵ, of the tribe of Dan. (Exodus 35:35) “He has filled them with skill to do all work of the engraver and the designer and embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and a weaver, doing any work, and makers of designs. (Exodus 36:1) “And Betsal’ĕl and Oholiaḇ, and every wise-hearted man in whom יהוה has given wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all work for the service of the set-apart place, shall do according to all that יהוה has commanded.” (Exodus 36:2) And Mosheh called Betsal’ĕl and Oholiaḇ, and every wise-hearted man in whose heart יהוה had given wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up, to come and do the work. (Exodus 36:3) And they received from Mosheh all the contribution which the children of Yisra’ĕl had brought for the work of the service of making the set-apart place. But they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning, (Exodus 36:4) so all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the set-apart place came, each from the work he was doing, (Exodus 36:5) and they spoke to Mosheh, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which יהוה commanded us to do.”
YHWH instructed them who were giving so abundantly- ENOUGH!
(Exodus 36:6) Then Mosheh commanded and they sent this word throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the contribution of the set-apart place.” And the people were withheld from bringing, (Exodus 36:7) for what they had was enough for all the work to be done, more than enough. (Exodus 36:8) Then all the wise-hearted ones among them who worked on the Dwelling Place made ten curtains woven of fine linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. They made them with keruḇim, the work of a skilled workman. (Exodus 36:9) The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits, all the curtains having one measure. (Exodus 36:10) And he joined five curtains, one to another; and the other five curtains he joined, one to another. (Exodus 36:11) And he made loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain of one set, the same he did on the edge of the end curtain of the other set. (Exodus 36:12) Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the end curtain of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another. (Exodus 36:13) And he made fifty hooks of gold, and joined the curtains to each other with the hooks, and the Dwelling Place became one. (Exodus 36:14) And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the Dwelling Place, he made eleven curtains. (Exodus 36:15) The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits, the eleven curtains having one measure. (Exodus 36:16) And he joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. (Exodus 36:17) And he made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set. (Exodus 36:18) And he made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent, to be one. (Exodus 36:19) And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins, dyed red, and a covering of fine leather above that. (Exodus 36:20) And for the Dwelling Place he made boards of acacia wood, standing up. (Exodus 36:21) The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half. (Exodus 36:22) Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. So he did to all the boards of the Dwelling Place. (Exodus 36:23) And he made boards for the Dwelling Place, twenty boards for the south side. (Exodus 36:24) And he made forty sockets of silver to go under the twenty boards, and two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons. (Exodus 36:25) And for the other side of the Dwelling Place, for the north side, he made twenty boards, (Exodus 36:26) and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. (Exodus 36:27) And he made six boards for the west side of the Dwelling Place. (Exodus 36:28) And he made two boards for the two back corners of the Dwelling Place. (Exodus 36:29) And they were double beneath, and similarly they were complete to the top by one ring. So he did to both of them for the two corners. (Exodus 36:30) And there were eight boards, and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each of the boards. (Exodus 36:31) And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling Place, (Exodus 36:32) and five bars for the boards on the other side of the Dwelling Place, and five bars for the boards of the Dwelling Place at the rear, westward. (Exodus 36:33) And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other. (Exodus 36:34) And he overlaid the boards with gold, and their rings he made of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. (Exodus 36:35) And he made a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine worked linen. It was made with keruḇim, the work of a skilled workman. (Exodus 36:36) And he made four columns of acacia wood for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold. And he cast four sockets of silver for them. (Exodus 36:37) And he made a covering for the Tent door of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine woven linen, made by a weaver, (Exodus 36:38) and its five columns with their hooks. And he overlaid their tops and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze.
Ark and the Lid of Atonement
(Exodus 37:1) And Betsal’ĕl made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. (Exodus 37:2) And he overlaid it with clean gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it. (Exodus 37:3) And he cast four rings of gold for it, for its four feet, two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side. (Exodus 37:4) And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. (Exodus 37:5) And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to lift the ark. (Exodus 37:6) And he made a lid of atonement of clean gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. (Exodus 37:7) And he made two keruḇim of beaten gold. He made them from the two ends of the lid of atonement, (Exodus 37:8) one keruḇ at one end on this side, and the other keruḇ at the other end on that side. He made the keruḇim from the lid of atonement, from the two ends. (Exodus 37:9) And the keruḇim spread out their wings above, and covered the lid of atonement with their wings, with their faces toward each other the faces of the keruḇim were turned toward the lid of atonement. (Exodus 37:10) And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, and a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. (Exodus 37:11) And he overlaid it with clean gold, and made a molding of gold all around it. (Exodus 37:12) And he made a rim of a handbreadth all around it, and made a molding of gold for the rim all around it. (Exodus 37:13) And he cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs. (Exodus 37:14) The rings were next to the rim, as holders for the poles to lift the table. (Exodus 37:15) And he made the poles of acacia wood to lift the table, and overlaid them with gold. (Exodus 37:16) And he made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, and its cups, and its bowls, and its jars for pouring, of clean gold. (Exodus 37:17) And he made the lampstand of clean gold. He made the lampstand of beaten work, its base, and its shaft, its cups, its ornamental knobs, and its blossoms were from it. (Exodus 37:18) And six branches came out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. (Exodus 37:19) There were three cups like almond flowers on one branch, with ornamental knob and blossom, and three cups like almond flowers on the other branch, a knob and a blossom – so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. (Exodus 37:20) And on the lampstand were four cups like almond flowers, its knobs and blossoms, (Exodus 37:21) and a knob under the first two branches of the same, and a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, for the six branches coming out of it. (Exodus 37:22) Their knobs and their branches were of it, all of it was one beaten work of clean gold. (Exodus 37:23) And he made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, of clean gold. (Exodus 37:24) He made it of a talent of clean gold, and all its utensils. (Exodus 37:25) And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high. Its horns were of it. (Exodus 37:26) And he overlaid it with clean gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns. And he made a molding for it of gold all around it. (Exodus 37:27) And he made two rings of gold for it under its molding, at its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to lift it. (Exodus 37:28) And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. (Exodus 37:29) And he made the set-apart anointing oil and the clean incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer. (Exodus 38:1) And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high. (Exodus 38:2) And he made its horns on its four corners, the horns were of it. And he overlaid it with bronze. (Exodus 38:3) And he made all the utensils for the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the forks, and the fire holders. He made all its utensils of bronze. (Exodus 38:4) And he made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, under its rim, midway from the bottom. (Exodus 38:5) And he cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles. (Exodus 38:6) And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. (Exodus 38:7) And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to lift it. He made the altar hollow with boards. (Exodus 38:8) And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who did service at the door of the Tent of Meeting. (Exodus 38:9) And he made the courtyard: for the south side the screens of the courtyard were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long, (Exodus 38:10) their twenty columns and their twenty sockets, of bronze. The hooks of the columns and their bands were of silver. (Exodus 38:11) And for the north side the screens were one hundred cubits long, their twenty columns and their twenty sockets, of bronze. The hooks of the columns and their bands were of silver. (Exodus 38:12) And for the west side there were screens of fifty cubits, their ten columns and their ten sockets. The hooks of the columns and their bands were of silver. (Exodus 38:13) And for the east side eastward, fifty cubits: (Exodus 38:14) fifteen cubits of screens on the one side, with their three columns and their three sockets, (Exodus 38:15) and fifteen cubits of screens the other side of the courtyard gate, on this side and that side, with their three columns and their three sockets. (Exodus 38:16) All the screens of the courtyard all around were of fine woven linen. (Exodus 38:17) And the sockets for the columns were of bronze, the hooks of the columns and their bands were of silver, and the overlay of their tops was of silver. And all the columns of the courtyard had bands of silver. (Exodus 38:18) And the covering for the gate of the courtyard was the work of an embroiderer, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and of fine woven linen, and twenty cubits long, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the screens of the courtyard. (Exodus 38:19) And the columns were four and their sockets of bronze four, their hooks were of silver, and the overlay of their tops and their bands was of silver. (Exodus 38:20) And all the pegs of the Dwelling Place and of the courtyard all around, were of bronze.
Here is the Account from Solomon’s View: Nothing in the Ark but 2 Tablets of Stone (Commandments)…and the GLORY OF YAH! (REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE IS TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE!)
(1Ki 7:40) And Ḥiram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. And Ḥiram completed doing all the work that he was to do for Sovereign Shelomoh on the House of יהוה: (1Ki 7:41) the two columns, and the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the columns, and the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the columns; (1Ki 7:42) and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the columns; (1Ki 7:43) and the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; (1Ki 7:44) and the one Sea, and twelve oxen under the Sea; (1Ki 7:45) and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these utensils which Ḥiram made for Sovereign Shelomoh for the House of יהוה were of polished bronze. (1Ki 7:46) The sovereign had them cast in clay in the district of Yardĕn between Sukkoth and Tsarethan. (1Ki 7:47) And Shelomoh left all the utensils unweighed, because they were so many, nor was the weight of the bronze searched out. (1Ki 7:48) So Shelomoh made all the utensils for the House of יהוה: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread; (1Ki 7:49) and the lamp stands of refined gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the Speaking Place, with the flowers and the lamps and the snuffers of gold; (1Ki 7:50) and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the ladles, and the fire holders of refined gold, and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the Most Set-apart Place, and for the doors of the house of the Hĕḵal. (1Ki 7:51) Thus all the work which Sovereign Shelomoh had done for the House of יהוה was completed. And Shelomoh brought in the set-apart items of his father Dawiḏ: the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the House of יהוה. (1Ki 8:1) Then Shelomoh assembled the elders of Yisra’ĕl and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to Sovereign Shelomoh in Yerushalayim, to bring up the ark of the covenant of יהוה from the City of Dawiḏ, which is Tsiyon. (1Ki 8:2) And all the men of Yisra’ĕl assembled to Sovereign Shelomoh at the festival in the month of Ěythanim, which is the seventh month. (1Ki 8:3) And all the elders of Yisra’ĕl came, and the priests took up the ark, (1Ki 8:4) and brought up the ark of יהוה, and the Tent of Meeting, and all the set-apart utensils that were in the Tent. And the priests and the Lĕwites brought them up, (1Ki 8:5) and Sovereign Shelomoh, and all the congregation of Yisra’ĕl who had assembled with him, were with him before the ark, slaughtering so many sheep and cattle, that they could not be counted or numbered. (1Ki 8:6) And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of יהוה to its place, into the Speaking Place of the House, to the Most Set-apart Place, under the wings of the keruḇim, (1Ki 8:7) for the keruḇim spread two wings over the place of the ark, and the keruḇim covered over the ark and its poles. (1Ki 8:8) And the poles extended so that the ends of the poles were seen from the set-apart place, in front of the Speaking Place, but they were not seen from outside. And they are there to this day. (1Ki 8:9) There was naught in the ark, only the two tablets of stone which Mosheh put there at Ḥorĕḇ, where יהוה made a covenant with the children of Yisra’ĕl, when they came out of the land of Mitsrayim. (1Ki 8:10) And it came to be, when the priests came out of the Set-apart Place, that the cloud filled the House of יהוה, (1Ki 8:11) so that the priests were unable to stand and perform the service because of the cloud, for the esteem (glory) of יהוה filled the House of יהוה. (1Ki 8:12) And Shelomoh said, “יהוה has said He would dwell in the dark cloud. (1Ki 8:13) I have indeed built you an exalted house, an established place for you to dwell in forever.” (1Ki 8:14) And the sovereign turned around and blessed all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl, while all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl was standing. (1Ki 8:15) And he said, “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, who spoke with His mouth to my father Dawiḏ, and with His hand has filled it, saying, (1Ki 8:16) ‘Since the day I brought My people Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Yisra’ĕl in which to build a house for My Name to be there, but I chose Dawiḏ to be over My people Yisra’ĕl.’ (1Ki 8:17) “And it was in the heart of my father Dawiḏ to build a house for the Name of יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl. (1Ki 8:18) “But יהוה said to my father Dawiḏ, ‘Because it has been in your heart to build a house for My Name, you did well that it was in your heart. (1Ki 8:19) ‘Only, you do not build the house, but your son, who is coming from your loins, he does build the house for My Name.’ (1Ki 8:20) “Now יהוה has established His word which He spoke, and I have been raised up instead of my father Dawiḏ, and sit on the throne of Yisra’ĕl, as יהוה promised, and built a house for the Name of יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, (1Ki 8:21) and have appointed there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of יהוה which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim.”
Once again Loved One, since it is important we now bow the knee to our coming KING, I want to share with you what Yahshua spoke to me many years ago when I humbled myself and trusted YHWH about receiving from Him a prayer language in unknown tongues. He shared the importance of actually using this wonderful gift (praying in unknown tongues also called praying in the spirit as defined by Scripture: (1Co 14:14) If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. (1Co 14:15) What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. I might even call this gift you only receive by humbling yourself and giving over your tongue; a weapon of mass destruction against the enemy (hasatan) and his camp of highly organized minions. Here’s the parable He shared with me so long ago; “A person who can read and does not- has no advantage over the one who cannot read; likewise, the one who can pray in the spirit and does not, has no advantage over the one who cannot.” My desire and prayer for you, loved one, (I believe His also) is that as a follower of Messiah Yahshua- YOU HAVE ADVANTAGE! Especially with what seems to be appearing on the horizon of Planet Earth- the end of this age! (No- of course not the end of the world) Thanks for your prayers for us- you are much loved and appreciated- AND remembered in our prayers at the THRONE!
Shalom to your home Loved One,
Thurston
