Friday, April 17, 2015
TM
April
18, 2015
Shabbat
Shalom Loved One!
Again, some have asked why we are on a different schedule of the
Torah Cycle than the mainstream and the Orthodox. I always answer that question
at the end of this Study. Reminder: Last
week I called dear friends to visit briefly who have a radio program (Jerusalem
Broadcasting- Two Faithful Beach Bums). The phone was answered like this- Hey
Thurston—great to hear from you—we are LIVE in 45 seconds—30 seconds—15
seconds…What would you like to share on your heart today Thurston? Ha, hmm…
well; we remember the word declares for us to be ready in season and out of
season—when loved ones tug on the Tzitzit; we are commanded to stop and give reason for
the hope within us! I truly trust and love these two so you can go and listen
to 2 ½ hours of our Midrash—and what Yahweh is revealing to us about these days
and days upon us…they are both Ruach filled with Love for Torah and Ruach of
His presence. If you really want to know what we are being shown—this is
excellent Midrash and you will glean some insight to what YHWH is showing us.
Then you take it to YHWH in prayer and spit out what you want to, and digest
the rest. This way YHWH can build on what we have been shown for you. PLEASE LOVED ONES- I WANT YOUR
FEEDBACK- remember the body of Messiah ministers to each other and we ALL have
a part to play.
Listen here: http://www.jerusalembroadcasting.com/reviveamerica/ Go to far right ARCHIVES YHWH’S LOVE
and then click on the date 4/9/2015
This year is very special loved one. I believe this is the year
we have allotted by our Heavenly Father to draw very near and seek the presence
of the Father- before the Day of Vengeance of our Elohim. His face or presence;
not so much just His hands- our names cannot be Jimmie—Gimme Gimme Gimme. We
need to seek His face and know His heart on matters—then when we seek Him He
may be found and His answers spring forth quickly! It is the year of
determining the wise virgins from those who are foolish. We need His presence-
His Ruach HaKodesh to overflow in us that we may become rivers of living water!
The Holy Spirit is likened to oil for provision and light and also as life
giving presence of water going downstream and healing all the death and
destruction of the schemes of hasatan and a fallen rebellious people.
OUR RELATIONSHIPS
I want us
to recognize that our Creator wants today and wanted then an intimate
relationship with each and all of us; but in our fear we rejected His presence at
Mt Sinai (still works that way today for the most part). Today, we must be
careful to not be desiring acceptance from our family and friends as priority and
denying our own responsibilities to our Creator first and foremost. Yep our
ancestors of the faith asked YHWH to let Moses talk to us only- keep Elohim
away- and later we relegated Him to a box! Guard against FEAR! The fearful are
thrown into hell’s flames with the drunks, whores and sorcerers! He wants us to
trust Him who has power to both kill the body and throw us into hell fires!
Hasatan is only a created being allowed only to test the bride to see who she
is- really- yes even in the fiery furnace- we can trust our mighty Elohim who
sent Yahshua to pay the price of bitter waters and death of the whoring,
adulterous bride that He may come again for a bride who makes herself READY and without spot
or blemish! Hallelu-YAH!
Isaiah 1:16 "Wash yourselves, make
yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease
to do evil, Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good; seek justice,
rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh, "though
your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red
like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:19
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good
of the land; Isaiah 1:20 But if you
refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword"; for the mouth of
Yahweh has spoken.
He still desires intimacy and that comes
from WILLING obedience as that is the only sacrifice that is acceptable to Him! A heart to obey will always
receive more instructions whereas a heart in rebellion will be cut off and
allowed to stumble until REPENTANCE comes!
Our results
are guaranteed for obedience in doing and guarding His commands- not man made
ones we may have inherited in Church or Judaism! Note guaranteed Generational
Curses or Blessings based on our response to His WORDS (Instructions-Torah)!
Some think they are “hiding” their sin- there is no hidden sin from our Creator; as He
will always deliver the JUST results- yes even to our children’s grandchildren
if need be! Flee sin and FEAR NOT! Remember; everything done in darkness will
be brought into the light and those words whispered in secret will be shouted
from the rooftops! We should recognize Jeremiah’s words as we are the last days
body of believers;
Jeremiah 16:14 “Therefore
see, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when it is no longer said, ‘יהוה lives who brought up the children of
Yisra’ĕl from the land of Mitsrayim,’ Jeremiah 16:15
but, ‘יהוה lives who brought up the children of
Yisra’ĕl from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven
them.’ For I shall bring them back into their land I gave to their fathers. Jeremiah 16:16 “See, I am sending for many
fishermen,” declares יהוה, “and they shall fish
them. And after that I shall send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them
from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. Jeremiah 16:17 “For My eyes are on all their ways; they
have not been hidden from my face, nor has their crookedness been hidden from
My eyes. Jeremiah 16:18 “And first I shall repay double for their
crookedness and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the dead
bodies of their disgusting matters, and have filled My inheritance with
their abominations.” Jeremiah 16:19 O יהוה,
my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles
shall come to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood (lies-traditions), futility, and there
is no value in them.” 1 Footnote: 1 See Psalms 147:19, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah
60:2-3, John 4:22, Romans 2:20, Romans 3:2, Romans 9:4.
He promises us:
For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the
fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate
me, (Yahweh does not judge us for the sins of our parents,
grandparents, great grandparents etc., however; Like Esau was hated by YHWH- He
considers those that disobey Him to hate Him and those that willingly obey Him
to love Him—See John 14:21… this desire to disobey Him allows a generational
curse of iniquity- or better said an open door and opportunity for hastan to
tempt children, grandchildren etc. with like mannered sins) (Exodus 20:6) but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love me and guard my
commands. (Exodus 20:7) “You do not bring1 the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for יהוה does not leave the one unpunished who brings His Name to naught.
Footnote: 1Or lift up, or take. (Exodus 20:8) “Remember
the Sabbath day, to set it apart. (Exodus 20:9) “Six days you labor, and shall
do all your work, (Exodus 20:10) but
the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor
your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle,
nor your stranger who is within your gates. Footnote: 1 There
are other Sabbaths, but this is the weekly Sabbath. (Exodus 20:11) “For in six days יהוה
made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested
the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath
day and set it apart.
We are being manifested sons and
daughters of Yahweh! The whole earth is groaning for us to come forth! This is
our year to MAKE OURSELVES READY BY DESIRING AND MAKING PROVISION TO RECEIVE
HIS PRESENCE! We are being asked to circumcise our hearts and become without
spot or blemish as His bride. We MUST make ourselves ready loved one! He (Yahshua) will come looking for those who love one another-
offering mercy and love and NOT condemnation- (We are required to JUDGE OURSELVES- NOT OTHERS) especially on the
matters drawing men to Him and squabbling over when and how others try and
practice obedience to His Moedim (Appointments-
FEASTS). Let’s be careful we ourselves aren’t found “pointing the finger in judgment”. Look at
His instruction regarding Yom Kippur aka Day of Atonement or JUDGMENT DAY for
you and me. Because of the shed
blood of the Lamb of Yahuah (Yahweh-YHWH) again-we are to walk JUDGING
OURSELVES NOT OTHERS:
We
should fast and pray to rid ourselves of UNBELIEF in ourselves- dealing with
ourselves and not pointing the finger at others for all our problems and
shortcomings!
Isaiah
58:1
“Cry aloud, do not spare. Lift up your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My
people their transgression and the house of Yaʽaqoḇ
their sins. Isaiah 58:2 “Yet they seek me day
by day, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and
did not forsake the right-ruling of their Elohim. They ask of me rulings of righteousness;
they delight in drawing near to Elohim. Isaiah 58:3
they say, ‘Why have we fasted, and you have not seen? Why have we
afflicted our beings, and you took no note?’ “Look, in the day of your fasting
you find pleasure, and drive on all your laborers. Isaiah
58:4 “Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to
strike with the fist of wrongness. You do not fast as you do this day, to make
your voice heard on high. Isaiah 58:5
“Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his being? Is it
to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do
you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to יהוה? Isaiah 58:6
“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of
wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break
off every yoke? Isaiah 58:7 “Is it not to share your bread with the
hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you
see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh? Isaiah 58:8 “Then your light would break forth like
the morning, your healing spring forth speedily. And your righteousness shall
go before you; the esteem of יהוה would be your rear
guard. Isaiah 58:9 “Then, when you call, יהוה would answer; when you cry, He would say,
‘Here I am.’ “If you take
away the yoke from your midst, the
pointing of the finger, (Blaming
or judging others for all our problems) and the speaking of unrighteousness, (Words
that disagree with YHWH’S words or Scripture) Isaiah
58:10 if you extend your being to
the hungry and satisfy the afflicted being, then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, and your darkness be as noon. Isaiah 58:11“Then
יהוה would guide you continually, and satisfy
your being in drought, and strengthen your bones. And you shall be like a
watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. Isaiah 58:12 “And those from among you shall build
the old waste places. You shall rise up the foundations of many generations.
And you would be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to
Dwell In. Isaiah 58:13 “If you do turn back your foot
from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and
shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor
finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, Isaiah 58:14 then you shall delight yourself in יהוה. And I shall cause you to ride on the heights of the earth, and
feed you with the inheritance of Yaʽaqoḇ your father. For the mouth of יהוה has spoken!”
We are those that
DO the will of our Father in Heaven!
(Matthew 12:49) And he stretched forth his hand toward his
disciples, and said, behold my mother and my brothers! (Matthew 12:50) For whosoever
shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Are you and I those who is doing
the will of the Father? His word and His
will are the same. Remember we are
told by Yahshua (John 17:17) sanctify them through thy truth: thy word
is truth. (John 14:6) Yahshua said to him, I
am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me. What or whose will was Yahshua doing? (John 5:30) I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me.
As we die to our
own will, we become more like Him, we will walk like He walked and do even greater works
because He has gone to the Father
VAIN WORSHIP - I don’t think
this can be overstated; Here’s why we MUST forsake traditions that are
not lined up with His Torah - (Instructions
Word-Law): Our doctrines (DOINGS) MUST line up with the word forever
established in Heaven if we expect our Creator to confirm His word with signs
and wonders following as also He told Jeremiah- “I am watching over my word to
perform it!”— (Jeremiah
1:11) And the
word of יהוה came to me,
saying, “What do you see, Yirmeyahu?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond
tree.” (Jeremiah 1:12) And יהוה
said to me, “You
have seen well, for I am watching over my word to do it.”
(Matthew 15:8) ‘This people draw near to me with
their mouth, and respect me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. (Matthew 15:9)
‘But in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings the
commands of men.’ ”1 Footnote: 1
Isaiah 29:13, Mark 7:7, 2 Kings 17:19.
And the King James: (Mat 15:8) this
people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their
heart is far from me. (Mat 15:9) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines (doings) the commandments
of men.
(Mar 7:6)
He answered and said unto them, well hath Esaias
prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, this people honoureth me with
their lips, but
their heart is far from me. (Mar 7:7) Howbeit in vain do
they worship me, teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men. (Mar 7:8) For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the
tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things
ye do (Mar 7:9) and he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
your own tradition.
Would
you and I really sacrifice a potential intimate relationship with our Creator
to keep our church, family and friends happy with us? YIKES! This is a question
that demands a verdict as YHWH will hold us accountable for our loving obedience or what
He considers (Such as Esau’s record) hate in rebellion and
disobedience.
Loved
One; today we start our study at week 4 of the “beginning of months” which was 2
weeks before Passover.
Here are this Week’s Torah Scriptures: Vayera “And he appeared”
Genesis 18:1-22:24; 2 Kings 4:1-37; 2 Peter 2:4-11
Should we
not also fellowship with our Elohim and make Him welcome by obedience and
set-apart living? Do we also laugh at YHWH’s promises thinking our needs are
too vast? Perhaps we should consider that YHWH could have delivered even 1 that
is righteous- as nothing is too hard for Him and truly He can deliver us also. Note
also that YHWH does not hide His plans from those who walk in humble obedience
and relationship.
(Genesis 18:1)
And יהוה appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, while he was
sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. (Genesis
18:2) So he lifted his eyes and
looked, and saw three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he
ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
(Genesis 18:3) and said, “יהוה, if I have now found favor in your eyes, please do not pass your
servant by. (Genesis 18:4) “Please let a little water be brought, and
wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. (Genesis
18:5) “And let me bring a piece
of bread and refresh your hearts, and then go on, for this is why you have come
to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have said.” (Genesis 18:6) So Aḇraham
ran into the tent to Sarah and said, “Hurry, make ready three measures of fine
flour, knead it and make cakes.” (Genesis 18:7) And Aḇraham ran to the herd, took a tender
and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hurried to prepare it. (Genesis 18:8)
And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set
it before them, and he stood by them under the tree as they ate. (Genesis 18:9)
And they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “See, in
the tent.” (Genesis 18:10) And He said, “I shall certainly return to you
according to the time of life, and see, Sarah your wife is to have a son!” And
Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him. (Genesis 18:11)
Now Aḇraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age, and Sarah was
past the way of women. (Genesis 18:12) And Sarah laughed within herself, saying,
“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my master being old too?” (Genesis 18:13)
And יהוה said to Aḇraham, “Why did Sarah laugh,
saying, ‘Shall I truly have a child, since I am old?’ (Genesis
18:14) “Is any matter too hard for יהוה? At the appointed time I am going to return to
you, according to the time of life, and Sarah is to have a son.” (Genesis 18:15)
But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And
He said, “No, but you did laugh!” (Genesis 18:16) And the men rose up from there and looked
toward Seḏom, and Aḇraham went with them to send them away. (Genesis 18:17)
And יהוה said, “Shall I hide from Aḇraham what I
am doing, (Genesis 18:18) since Aḇraham is
certainly going to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed in him? (Genesis 18:19) “For I have known him, so that he commands
his children and his household after him, to guard the way of יהוה, to do righteousness and right-ruling, so that יהוה brings to Aḇraham what He has spoken to him.” (Genesis 18:20) And יהוה
said, “Because the outcry against Seḏom and Amorah is great, and because their
sin is very heavy, (Genesis 18:21) “I am going down now to see whether they have
done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me, and if
not, I know.” (Genesis 18:22) So the men turned away from there and went
toward Seḏom, but יהוה still stood before
Aḇraham. (Genesis 18:23) And Aḇraham drew near and said, “Would you
also destroy the righteous with the wrong? (Genesis
18:24) “Suppose there are fifty
righteous within the city, would you also destroy the place and not spare it
for the fifty righteous that were in it? (Genesis
18:25) “Far be it from you to act
in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should
be as the wrong. Far be it from you! Does the Judge of all the Earth not do
right?” (Genesis 18:26) And יהוה
said, “If I find in Seḏom fifty righteous within the city, then I shall spare the
entire place for their sakes.” (Genesis 18:27) And Aḇraham answered and said, “Look, please,
I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה, (Genesis 18:28)
“Suppose there are five less than the fifty righteous, would you destroy the
entire city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find there forty-five, I do
not destroy it.” (Genesis 18:29) And he spoke to Him yet again and said,
“Suppose there are found forty?” And He said, “I would not do it for the sake
of forty.” (Genesis 18:30) And he said, “Let not יהוה
be displeased, and let me speak: Suppose there are found thirty?” And He said,
“I would not do it if I find thirty there.” (Genesis
18:31) And he said, “Look,
please, I have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה:
Suppose there are found twenty?” And He said, “I would not destroy it for the
sake of twenty.” (Genesis 18:32) And he said, “Let not יהוה
be displeased, and let me speak only this time: Suppose there are found ten?”
And He said, “I would not destroy it for the sake of ten.” (Genesis 18:33)
Then יהוה went away as soon as
He had ended speaking to Aḇraham. And Aḇraham returned to his place.
Angels sent to clean things up and bring
YHWH’s righteous judgment… many of us know that Sodom has been located and is
peppered with “brimstone” (encapsulated sulfur) tested and
found to burn at 5000 degrees Fahrenheit and produce poison gas. This is so hot
the human body burned at this temperature is reduced to SALT! Note Lot and how
when we associate with ungodly we think ungodly living is okay and natural and
we are vexed in the spirit also…but there remains a judgment by fire loved one.
(Genesis 19:1)
And the two messengers (Angels)
came to Seḏom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Seḏom. And when
Lot saw them, he rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face
toward the ground, (Genesis 19:2) and he said, “Look, please my masters, please
turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet, and
rise early and go your way.” And they said, “No, but let us spend the night in
the open square.” (Genesis 19:3) But he urged them strongly, and they turned
in to him and came into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked
unleavened bread, and they ate. (Genesis 19:4) Before they lay down, the men of the city,
the men of Seḏom, both old and young, all the people from every part
surrounded the house. (Genesis 19:5) And they called to Lot and said to him,
“Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, and let us
‘know’ them.” (Genesis 19:6) So Lot went out to them through the doorway,
and shut the door behind him, (Genesis 19:7) and
said, “Please, my brothers, do not do evil! (Genesis
19:8) “Look, please, I have two
daughters who have not known a man. Please, let me bring them out to you, and
do to them as you wish, only do no deed to these men, because they have come
under the shadow of my roof.” (Genesis 19:9) But they said, “Stand back!” And they said,
“This one came in to sojourn, and should he always judge? Now we are going to
treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came
near to break down the door. (Genesis 19:10) But the men reached out their hands and
pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. (Genesis 19:11) Then they
struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small
and great, and they wearied themselves to find the door. (Genesis 19:12)
And the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? A son-in-law, and
your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city – bring them
out of this place! (Genesis 19:13) “We are going to destroy this place, because
the cry against them has grown great before the face of יהוה, and יהוה has sent us to destroy it.” (Genesis 19:14)
And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his
daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place, for יהוה
is going to destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be as one
joking. (Genesis 19:15) And when morning dawned, the messengers urged
Lot to hurry, saying, “Get up, and take your wife and your two daughters who
are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” (Genesis 19:16)
And while he loitered, the men took hold of his hand, and his wife’s
hand, and the hands of his two daughters, יהוה
having compassion on him, and they brought him out and set him outside the
city. (Genesis 19:17) And it came to be, when they had brought them
outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind (I have
heard that “looking behind” is a Hebrew idiom for going back- which apparently
Lot’s wife did- that test will be for us also in the days of great trials
ahead) you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest
you be consumed.” (Genesis 19:18) And Lot said to them, “Oh no, יהוה! (Genesis 19:19) “Look, please, your servant has found favor
in your eyes, and you have increased your kindness which you have shown me by
saving my life, but I am unable to escape to the mountains, lest calamities
overtake me and I die. (Genesis 19:20) “Look, please, this city is near enough to
flee to, and it is small. Please let me escape there – is it not a small matter
– and let my life be saved?” (Genesis 19:21) And He said to him, “Look, I have favored you
concerning this matter also, without overthrowing this city for which you have
spoken. (Genesis 19:22) “Hurry and escape there. I am not able to do any deed until you arrive
there.” So the name of the city was called Tsoʽar. (Genesis
19:23) the sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Tsoʽar. (Genesis 19:24) and יהוה rained sulphur and fire on Seḏom and
Amorah, from יהוה
out of the heavens. (Genesis 19:25) So He overthrew those cities, and all the
plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. (Genesis 19:26)
But his wife looked back
from behind him, and she became a post of salt. (Genesis
19:27) And Aḇraham arose early
in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before יהוה, (Genesis 19:28)
and he looked toward Seḏom and Amorah, and toward all the land of the plain.
And he looked and saw the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a
furnace. (Genesis 19:29) Thus it came to be, when Elohim destroyed the
cities of the plain, that Elohim remembered Aḇraham, and sent Lot out of the
midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt. (Genesis 19:30)
And Lot went up out of Tsoʽar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two
daughters were with him, for he was afraid to dwell in Tsoʽar. And he and his
two daughters dwelt in a cave. (Genesis 19:31) And the first-born said to the younger, “Our
father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us, as is the way
of all the earth. (Genesis 19:32) “Come, let us make our father drink wine and
lie with him, so that we preserve the seed of our father.” (Comment: seems we create our own Ishmael’s when we take YHWH’s
promises and try and help Him!) (Genesis 19:33) So they made their father drink wine that
night. And the first-born went in and lay with her father, and he was not aware
of it when she lay down or when she arose. (Genesis
19:34) And it came to be on the
next day that the first-born said to the younger, “See, I lay with my father
last night. Let us make him drink wine tonight as well, and you go in and lie
with him, so that we keep the seed of our father.” (Genesis
19:35) So they made their father
drink wine that night as well. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he
was not aware of it when she lay down or when she arose. (Genesis 19:36)
Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. (Genesis 19:37)
And the first-born bore a son and called his name Mo’aḇ, he is the
father of the Mo’aḇites to this day. (Genesis 19:38) And the younger, she also bore a son and
called his name Ben-Ammi, he is the father of the children of Ammon to this
day.
YHWH watches over His TREASURE- He told me one
time that- “you are my treasure because you obey me- and those that will not
obey me cannot keep and control my treasure” Later, I found a scripture that
said He calls His own who are obedient to His commands (Torah) -- His treasure!
(Genesis 20:1)
And Aḇraham set out from there to
the land of the South, and dwelt between Qaḏĕsh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
(Genesis 20:2)
And Aḇraham said concerning Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And
Aḇimeleḵ sovereign of Gerar sent and took Sarah. (Genesis
20:3) But Elohim came to
Aḇimeleḵ in a dream by night, and said to him, “See, you are a dead man
because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.” (Genesis 20:4)
However, Aḇimeleḵ had not come near her, and he said, “יהוה, would you
slay a righteous nation also? (Genesis 20:5) “Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’?
And she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my
heart and in the innocence of my hands I have done this.” (Genesis 20:6)
And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this in the
integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against me. For this
reason I did not let you touch her. (Genesis 20:7) “And now, return the man’s wife, for he is a
prophet, and let him pray for you and you live. But if you do not return her, know
that you shall certainly die you and all that are yours.” (Genesis 20:8)
So Aḇimeleḵ rose early in the morning, and called all his servants,
and spoke all these words in their hearing. And the men were greatly
frightened. (Genesis 20:9) And Aḇimeleḵ called Aḇraham and said to
him, “What have you done to us? In what have I sinned against you that you have
brought on me and on my reign a great sin? You have done matters to me that
should not be done.” (Genesis 20:10) And Aḇimeleḵ said to Aḇraham, “What did
you have in view, that you have done this matter?” (Genesis
20:11) And Aḇraham said, “Only
because I said to myself, the fear of Elohim is not in this place, and
they shall kill me for the sake of my wife. (Genesis
20:12) “And yet, she is truly my
sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother,
and she became my wife. (Genesis 20:13) “And it came to be, when Elohim caused me to
wander from my father’s house that I said to her ‘this is your kindness that
you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, say of me, “He is my
brother.” ’ ” (Genesis 20:14) Then Aḇimeleḵ
took sheep, and cattle, and male and female servants, and gave them to
Aḇraham. And he returned Sarah his wife to him. (Genesis
20:15) And Aḇimeleḵ said, “See,
my land is before you, dwell wherever it is good in your eyes.” (Genesis 20:16)
And to Sarah he said, “See, I have given your brother a thousand pieces
of silver. See, it is to you a covering of eyes before all who are with you and
before all others, and you are cleared before everyone.” (Genesis 20:17)
And Aḇraham prayed to Elohim, and Elohim healed Aḇimeleḵ, and his
wife, and his female servants, so they bore children, (Genesis
20:18) for יהוה had closed up all the
wombs of the house of Aḇimeleḵ because of Sarah, Aḇraham’s wife. (Genesis 21:1) And יהוה visited Sarah as He had said, and יהוה did for Sarah as He had spoken.
Here we see the Father of our faith- having
produced fruit of his own and now bearing the troubles and heartaches that
helping YHWH produces-
(Genesis 21:2) So Sarah
conceived and bore Aḇraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of
which Elohim had spoken to him. (Genesis 21:3) And Aḇraham called the name of his son who
was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him; Yitsḥaq. (Genesis
21:4) And Aḇraham circumcised his son Yitsḥaq when he was eight days
old, as Elohim had commanded him. (Genesis 21:5) And Aḇraham was one hundred years old
when his son Yitsḥaq was born to him. (Genesis
21:6) And Sarah said, “Elohim has
made me laugh, and everyone who hears of it laughs with me.” (Genesis 21:7)
And she said, “Who would have said to Aḇraham that Sarah would nurse
children? I have borne him a son in his old age.” (Genesis
21:8) And the child grew and was
weaned, and Aḇraham made a great feast on the day that Yitsḥaq was weaned. (Genesis 21:9)
And Sarah saw the son of Haḡar the Mitsrite, whom she had borne to
Aḇraham, mocking. (Genesis 21:10) So she said to Aḇraham, “Drive out this
female servant and her son, for the son of this female servant shall not
inherit with my son, with Yitsḥaq.” (Genesis 21:11) And the matter was very evil in the eyes of
Aḇraham because of his son. (Genesis 21:12) But Elohim said to Aḇraham, “Let it not be
evil in your eyes because of the boy and because of your female servant.
Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice, for in Yitsḥaq your seed
is called. (Genesis 21:13) “And of the son of the female servant I also
make a nation, because he is your seed.” (Genesis
21:14) And Aḇraham rose early in
the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, which he gave to Haḡar,
putting it on her shoulder, also the boy, and sent her away. And she left and
wandered in the Wilderness of Be’ĕrsheḇa. (Genesis
21:15) and the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy
under one of the shrubs. (Genesis 21:16) And she went and sat down about a bowshot
away, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” And she sat opposite
him, and lifted her voice and wept. (Genesis 21:17) And Elohim heard the voice of the boy, and
the messenger of Elohim called to Haḡar from the heavens, and said to her,
“What is the matter with you, Haḡar? Do not fear, for Elohim has heard the
voice of the boy where he is. (Genesis 21:18) “Arise, lift up the boy and hold him with
your hand, for I make a great nation of him.” (Genesis
21:19) And Elohim opened her
eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water,
and gave the boy a drink. (Genesis 21:20) And Elohim was with the boy, and he grew and
dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. (Genesis
21:21) And he dwelt in the
Wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of
Mitsrayim. (Genesis 21:22) And it came to be at that time that
Aḇimeleḵ and Piḵol, the commander of his army, spoke to Aḇraham, saying,
“Elohim is with you in all that you do. (Genesis
21:23) “And now, swear to me by
Elohim, not to be untrue to me, to my offspring, or to my descendants. Do to me
according to the kindness that I have done to you and to the land in which you
have dwelt.” (Genesis 21:24) And Aḇraham said, “I swear.” (Genesis 21:25)
And Aḇraham reproved Aḇimeleḵ because of a well of water which
Aḇimeleḵ’s servants had seized. (Genesis 21:26) And Aḇimeleḵ said, “I do not know who has
done this deed. Neither did you inform me, nor did I hear until today.” (Genesis 21:27)
So Aḇraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Aḇimeleḵ, and the
two of them made a covenant. (Genesis 21:28) And Aḇraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock
by themselves. (Genesis 21:29) And Aḇimeleḵ asked Aḇraham, “What are
these seven ewe lambs which you have set by them?” (Genesis
21:30) And he said, “Take these
seven ewe lambs from my hand, to be my witness that I have dug this well.” (Genesis 21:31)
So he called that place Be’ĕrsheḇa, because the two of them swore an
oath there. (Genesis 21:32) Thus they made a covenant at Be’ĕrsheḇa. And
Aḇimeleḵ raised with Piḵol, the commander of his army, and they returned to
the land of the Philistines. (Genesis 21:33) And he planted a tamarisk tree in
Be’ĕrsheḇa, and there called on the Name of יהוה, the Everlasting Ěl. (Genesis 21:34) And Aḇraham sojourned in the land of
the Philistines many days.
Here I am Yah! Can we also say? I will obey
even unto death- knowing that you YHWH can keep your promises in spite of me
and that OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE! Hallelu-YAH! Note that most extra
biblical text or should I say what was once considered biblical before recent
changes- showed that Isaac was not a little boy but a grown man who also
trusted YHWH to provide the provision of sacrifice… YHWH YIREH means YHWH’s
provision seen…… Hallelu-YAH!
(Genesis 22:1)
And it came to be after these events that Elohim tried Aḇraham, and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” (Genesis 22:2) And He said, “Take your son, now, your only
son Yitsḥaq, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriyah, and offer him there
as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I command you.” (Genesis 22:3)
And Aḇraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took
two of his young men with him, and Yitsḥaq his son. And he split the wood for
the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place which Elohim had commanded
him. (Genesis 22:4) And on the third day Aḇraham lifted his eyes
and saw the place from a distance. (Genesis 22:5) So Aḇraham said to his young men, “Stay here
with the donkey while the boy and I go over there and worship, and come back to
you.” (Genesis 22:6) And Aḇraham took the wood of the burnt
offering and laid it on Yitsḥaq his son. And he took the fire in his hand, and
a knife, and the two of them went together. (Genesis
22:7) And Yitsḥaq spoke to
Aḇraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
And he said, “See, the fire and the wood! But where is the lamb for a burnt
offering?” (Genesis 22:8) And Aḇraham said, “My son, Elohim does
provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” And the two of them went
together. (Genesis 22:9) And they came to the place which Elohim had
commanded him, and Aḇraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order.
And he bound Yitsḥaq his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. (Genesis 22:10)
And Aḇraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son, (Genesis 22:11) but the Messenger of יהוה called to him
from the heavens and said, “Aḇraham, Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” (Genesis 22:12)
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor touch him. For now I
know that you fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only
son, from me.” (Genesis 22:13) And Aḇraham lifted his eyes and looked and
saw behind him a ram caught in a bush by its horns, and Aḇraham went and took
the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. (Genesis 22:14)
And Aḇraham called the name of the place, ‘יהוה Yireh,’ as it is said to this
day, “On the mountain יהוה provides.” (Genesis 22:15)
And the Messenger of יהוה called to Aḇraham a
second time from the heavens, (Genesis 22:16) and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares יהוה, because you have done this, and have not
withheld your son, your only son, (Genesis 22:17) that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall
certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which
is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies. (Genesis 22:18)
“And
in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have
obeyed my voice.” (Genesis 22:19) Then Aḇraham returned to his young men, and
they rose up and went together to Be’ĕrsheḇa. And Aḇraham dwelt at
Be’ĕrsheḇa. (Genesis 22:20) and it came to be
after these events that it was reported to Aḇraham, saying, “See, Milkah too
has borne children to your brother Naḥor: (Genesis
22:21) “Uts his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Qemu’ĕl the father
of Aram, (Genesis 22:22) and Keseḏ, and Ḥazo,
and Pildash, and Yiḏlaph, and Bethu’ĕl.” (Genesis
22:23) And Bethu’ĕl brought forth
Riḇqah. These eight Milkah bore to Naḥor, Aḇraham’s brother. (Genesis 22:24)
His concubine, whose name was Re’uwmah, also bore Teḇaḥ, and Gaḥam,
and Taḥash, and Maʽaḵah.
Trusting YHWH when it seems only more lack
will come from this giving thing- Obedience always brings blessings- even life
from the dead!
(2 Kings 4:1)
And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out
to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your
servant feared יהוה. And the lender has come to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
(2 Kings 4:2)
And Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Inform me, what do
you have in the house?” And she said, “Your female servant has none at all in
the house except a pot of oil.” (2 Kings 4:3) And he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere,
from all your neighbors, empty vessels, do not get a few. (2 Kings 4:4)
“And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your
sons. Then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the filled ones.” (2 Kings 4:5)
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who
brought the vessels to her, and she poured it out. (2 Kings 4:6)
And it came to be, when the vessels were filled, that she said to her
son, “Bring me another vessel.” But he said to her, “There is not another
vessel.” And the oil ceased. (2 Kings 4:7) So she went and informed the man of Elohim,
and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt. And you and your sons
live on the rest.” (2 Kings 4:8) And it came to be on a day that Elisha went
to Shunĕm, where there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat some
food. And it came to be, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to
eat some food. (2 Kings 4:9) And she said to her husband, “Look, I know
that this is a set-apart man of Elohim, who passes by us continually. (2 Kings 4:10)
“Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall, and let us put a
bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand. And it shall be,
whenever he comes to us, let him turn in there.” (2
Kings 4:11) And it came to be on
a day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down
there. (2 Kings 4:12) And he said to Gĕḥazi his servant, “Call
this Shunammite woman.” So he called her, and she stood before him. (2 Kings 4:13)
And he said to him, “Please say to her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this
trouble for us. What is there to be done for you? Should I speak on your behalf
to the sovereign or to the commander of the army?’ ” And she answered, “I am
dwelling among my own people.” (2 Kings 4:14) And he said, “What then is to be done for
her?” And Gĕḥazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” (2 Kings 4:15)
And he said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
(2 Kings 4:16)
And he said, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” And
she said, “No, my master, man of Elohim, do not lie to your female servant!” (2 Kings 4:17)
And the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had
come, of which Elisha had spoken to her. (2 Kings
4:18) And the child grew. And it
came to be on a day that he went out to his father, to the reapers, (2 Kings 4:19) and he said to his father, “My head,
my head!” And he said to a servant, “Take him to his mother.” (2 Kings 4:20)
So he took him and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees
till noon, and died. (2 Kings 4:21) And she went up and laid him on the bed of
the man of Elohim, and shut the door on him, and went out. (2 Kings 4:22)
And she called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the
young men and one of the donkeys, so that I hurry to the man of Elohim and
return.” (2 Kings 4:23) And he said, “Why are you going to him today?
It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well!” (2 Kings 4:24)
And she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive and go, do
not slow down, except I speak to you.” (2 Kings 4:25) And she went, and came to the man of Elohim
at Mount Karmel. And it came to be, when the man of Elohim saw her at a
distance that he said to his servant Gĕḥazi, “See, the Shunammite woman. (2 Kings 4:26)
“Please run now to meet her, and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it
well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’ ” And she answered, “It is
well.” (2 Kings 4:27) And she came to the man of Elohim at the
hill, and she caught him by the feet, but Gĕḥazi came near to push her away.
But the man of Elohim said, “Leave her alone, for her being is bitter in her,
and יהוה has hidden it from me, and has not
revealed it to me.” (2 Kings 4:28) And she said, “Did I ask a son of my master?
Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?” (2 Kings 4:29) And he said to Gĕḥazi, “Gird up your loins,
and take my staff in your hand, and go. When you meet anyone, do not greet him,
and when anyone greets you, do not answer him. And you shall lay my staff on
the face of the child.” (2 Kings 4:30) And the mother of the child said, “As יהוה lives, and as your being lives, I do not
leave you.” And he rose and followed her. (2 Kings
4:31) And Gĕḥazi went on ahead
of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child. But there was no voice
and there was no hearing, so he went back to meet him, and reported to him,
saying, “The child has not awakened.” (2 Kings 4:32) And Elisha came into the house and saw the
child was dead, lying on his bed, (2 Kings 4:33)
and he went in, and shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to יהוה. (2 Kings 4:34) And he went up and lie on the child, and put
his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands,
and stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm.
(2 Kings 4:35)
And he returned and walked back and forth in
the house, then went up and stretched himself out on him. And the child sneezed
seven times, and the child opened his eyes. (2
Kings 4:36) And he called Gĕḥazi
and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And she came in to him, and
he said, “Pick up your son.” (2 Kings 4:37) Then she went in and fell at his feet, and
bowed herself to the ground, and picked up her son and went out. (2 Kings 4:38)
And Elisha returned to Gilgal. And the scarcity of food was in the land,
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his
servant, “Put on the large pot, and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.” (2 Kings 4:39)
And one went out to the field to gather plants, and found a wild vine,
and gathered wild cucumbers from it, filling the skirt of his garment, and came
and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were. (2 Kings 4:40)
They then served it to the men to eat. And it came to be, as they were
eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “O man of Elohim, there is death
in the pot!” And they were unable to eat it. (2 Kings
4:41) And he said, “Then bring
some flour.” And he put it into the pot, and said, “Serve it to the people to
eat.” And there was no evil matter in the pot. (2
Kings 4:42) Now a man came from
Baʽal Shalishah, and brought the man of Elohim bread of the first-fruits,
twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he
said, “Give it to the people to eat.” (2 Kings 4:43) And his servant said, “What? Do I set this
before one hundred men?” And he said, “Give it to the people to eat. For thus
said יהוה, ‘Eat and have some left over.’ ” (2 Kings 4:44) and he set it before them, and they
ate and had some left over, according to the word of יהוה.
We must STOP transgressing His Torah (Instructions-Law) or EXPECT and prepare for His righteous judgments!
(2 Peter 2:4)
For 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, (2 Peter 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, (2
Peter 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, (2 Peter 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.” (2 Peter 2:8) (for
day after day that righteous man, dwelling among them, tortured his righteous
being by seeing and hearing their lawless works), (2
Peter 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, (2
Peter 2:10) and most of all those
walking after the flesh in filthy lust and despising authority – bold,
headstrong, speaking evil of esteemed ones, (2 Peter
2:11) whereas messengers who are
greater in strength and power do not bring a slanderous accusation against them
before the Master.
Loved
One, we need to remember this warning about the days we live in and turn and
walk by His Word (Spirit and not fact or flesh
realm): (2 Timothy 3:1) But know this, that in the last days hard (Perilous) times shall come. (2
Timothy 3:2) For men shall be
lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, thankless, wrong-doers, (2 Timothy 3:3) unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without
self-control, fierce, haters of good, (2 Timothy 3:4) betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of
pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim, (2 Timothy 3:5) having a form of
reverence 1 but denying its power (A FORM of reverence: Religion without relationship- be it the church
system or Judaism) And turn away from these!
Footnote: 1 See v. 13, Isaiah 24:5-6, Matthew
24:12, Romans 1:30-31, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-11. (2
Timothy 3:6) For among them are
those who creep into households and captivate silly women loaded down with
sins, led away by various lusts, (2 Timothy 3:7)
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
I
pray you and I learn to walk in the
spirit and not according to the lusts and directions of the flesh or
facts. (Yahshua said my words are SPIRIT!”) That we may each repent quickly wherever we miss and
stumble, and the snares all miss us. I further pray we ALWAYS forgive and speak
forgiveness and blessings on those who do and have done evil against us. They
need our love that comes from the Father (Due to obedience and building
our relationship by us getting in His presence as we are becoming His TREASURE)
to break forth and come to our King! This is how
they will recognize us; that we have love for one another and our King! It is
the LOVE of YHWH that draws men to repentance- not our knowledge! Thanks for your continued prayers for us-
they are cherished- You are much loved!
Shalom
to your heart and home!
Thurston
About the Torah Cycle and how we follow it;
for me it is about restoration of all things- which sometimes means walking
alone. We start our study cycle over annually when YHWH’s year starts over; this
is not to say that we are correct and others are wrong, we just happen to
believe we will never challenge our older brother Judah by following his
traditions. I expect Judah will be moved by our obedience to His Torah (Words
of Scripture) and seeing YHWH’s signs and wonders following our obedience- Does
the statement above mean we are not to grab the tzitzit of Yehuda and take hold
and learn from them? Of course not,
we absolutely should learn of them and from them- just not ingest and keep that
which is traditions that go against His words! Especially since we are the ten (Ten scattered northern
tribes scattered for Easter and sun god day worship which parallels closely as
a pig slop eating prodigal brother)
Let’s look; (Zechariah 8:22) ‘And many peoples and strong
nations shall come to seek יהוה of hosts in Yerushalayim, and to pray before יהוה.’ (Zechariah 8:23) “Thus said יהוה
of hosts, ‘In those days (Now? YES
and in the future also!) Ten men
from all languages of the nations take
hold, yea; they shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏite 1, saying, “Let us go with you,
for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote:
1John 4:22.
