Friday, September 13, 2013
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September 14,
2013
Shabbat Shalom
Loved One!
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that includes us who were once DRY BONES! All
who KNOW HIM and call on His name will be delivered- HalleluYAH!
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Sorry- would not attach for some unknown reason. Why
are we on a different schedule of the Torah Cycle than the mainstream and the
Orthodox? For me it is about restoration of all things- explanation continued
(as always) at end of this week’s study-
There appears to be a greater
shaking coming on the USA and the entire planet. Many of you loved ones may already be
experiencing the economic fallout and the general scorn (hate) for believers, from South Africa, Namibia Costa Rica, to the
USA (Worldwide). Whether they finish
the GLOBAL RESET of currencies (Asset
backed and remove the term FIAT) and postpone financial meltdown or
determine to start their ENDGAME and continue to collapse the world economy
purposely. I expect we shall all know by the end of November- or before. We
will (Read MUST) 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 Mediator 1 of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling which
speaks better than the blood of Heḇel. Footnote:
1 See 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 abomination 1. Footnote: 1 See
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.
I can
also say; whoever rejects the Holy Spirit (Yes, even
unknowingly) will also find themselves hopeless! Why do I make such a bold
statement? Many Torah keepers have unknowingly rejected the Holy Spirit and
many Christians have rejected the Torah and the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh). Why do they reject the Holy Spirit? They
are FEARFUL OF THE SUPERNATURAL and afraid of getting a demon. We’ll look
together…
First Yahushua (Yeshua, Jesus) was filled with the Holy Spirit
(Mar 1:8) “I indeed did immerse you in water, but He
shall immerse you in the Set-apart Spirit.” (Mar 1:9) And it came to be in those days that יהושע came from
Natsareth of Galil, and was immersed by Yoḥanan in the Yardĕn. (Mar 1:10) And
immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and
the Spirit coming down on Him like a dove. (Mar 1:11) And a voice came out of the heavens, “You are My Son, the Beloved,
in whom I did delight.” (Mar 1:12) And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the
wilderness. (Mar 1:13) And He was there in the wilderness forty days
(fasting and testing by hasatan),
tried by Satan, and was with the wild beasts. And the messengers (Angels) attended Him. (Mar 1:14) And
after Yoḥanan was delivered up, יהושע
came to Galil, proclaiming the Good News of the reign of Elohim, (Mar 1:15) and saying, “The
time has been filled, and the reign of Elohim has come near. Repent, and
believe in the Good News.”
Then Yahushua spends the remainder of
Chapter One, all of Chapter Two casting out demons and healing the sick, and we
pick up the story in Chapter Three.
(Mar 3:10) For He healed many, so that as many as had
afflictions fell upon Him to touch Him. (Mar 3:11) And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw
Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, “You are the Son of Elohim.” (Mar 3:12) But
He warned them many times that they should not make Him known. (Mar 3:13) And
He went up on the mountain and called to Him whom He wished, and they came to
Him. (Mar 3:14)
And He appointed twelve to be with Him, and to be sent out to proclaim, (Mar 3:15) and to possess authority to heal
sicknesses and to cast out demons.
Next we see hasatan’s counter
attack and accusing (hasatan always uses
those who are choosing Him as their God and Father). This attack is always
guaranteed as hasatan comes to steal the seed (the Word) that was planted that will produce fruit that remains.
Hasatan is not fearful of you and me; but he is deathly afraid of Yahushua’s
seed (His word) because it has the
power within itself to produce fruit it was sent for. This is why we must
always stand firm in the Word (Yahushua)
that we might receive the thing promised, and not agree with facts or what is
seen. What is “seen” (facts) is/are
temporal (temporary) and what is
“unseen” is eternal- Yahushua said, “My words are life and health and healing to all your flesh,”
and “Heaven and
Earth will pass away, but my words will remain forever.” The accusation is that the power
is not from the Holy Spirit but Beelzebub (hasatan). PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO ASSIGN THE WORKS OF THE
HOLY SET APART SPIRIT TO DEMONS- THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS FOR THIS OFFENSE!
(Mar 3:21) And when His relatives heard about this, they
went out to seize Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” (Mar 3:22) And
the scribes who came down from Yerushalayim said, “He has Beʽelzebul,” and, “He casts out demons by the
ruler of the demons.”
(Mar 3:23) And calling them near He said to them in
parables, “How
is Satan able to cast out Satan? (Mar 3:24) “And if a reign is divided against itself, that reign is
unable to stand. (Mar 3:25) “And if a house is divided against itself, that house is
unable to stand. (Mar 3:26) “And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided,
he is unable to stand, but has an end. (Mar
3:27) “No one is able to enter a strong man’s house
and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall
plunder his house. (Mar 3:28) “Truly, I say to you,
all the sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they
speak, (Mar 3:29) but he who blasphemes
against the Set-apart Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is subject to
everlasting judgment,” (Mar 3:30) because they said, “He has an unclean
spirit.”
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! (Exodus 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
Leviticus 14:1-15:33; Malachi 3:1-4-6 (Extended);
Romans 6:9-23 (Extended);
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! (If only we knew how important obedience 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.”
Discharges from the flesh
(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. (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.’ ”
YAHUAH (Yahweh) CHANGES NOT
(Also Hebrews 13:8)
(Mal 3:1) “See, I am
sending my messenger 1, and he shall
prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Master you are seeking comes to
His Hĕḵal (Temple),
even the Messenger (Messiah) 2 of the covenant, in
whom you delight. See, He is coming,” said יהוה of hosts. Footnotes: 1 generally interpreted as Yoḥanan
the Immerser. 2 The 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 change 1,
and you, O sons of Yaʽaqoḇ, shall not come to an end. Footnote:
1 Jas. 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!
The “STOREHOUSE” may be a congregation
(those who spiritually feed you) but likely we are still accountable to Him for
His tithe and offerings! Remember additionally who Yahweh commands the tithe
for- (James 1:27)
Clean (Pure) and undefiled religion
before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows
in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained (Un-spotted from sin) from the world. (Exodus
22:22) “Do not afflict any widow
or fatherless child (orphan). (Deuteronomy 10:17)
“For יהוה your Elohim is Elohim of mighty ones and Master of masters, the
great Ěl, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. (Deuteronomy 10:18)
“He executes right-ruling for the fatherless
(orphans) and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and a garment. (Deuteronomy
24:19) “When you reap
your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field,
do not go back to get it. Let it be for the stranger,
for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that יהוה your Elohim
might bless you in all the work of your hands.
(Deuteronomy 26:12) “When you have completed tithing all the tithe of your increase
in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have
given it to the Lĕwite (Sold out to Yah and has no
possessions), to the stranger,
to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within your
gates and have been satisfied, (Deuteronomy 26:13) then you shall say before יהוה your Elohim,
‘I have put away the set-apart portion from my house, and also have
given it to the Lĕwite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to the
widow, according to all your command which You have commanded me. I have not
transgressed your commands, nor have I forgotten. (Deuteronomy
26:14) ‘I have not eaten any of
it when in neither mourning, nor have I removed any of it for any unclean use,
nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of יהוה my Elohim, I have done according to all that you have commanded
me. (Deuteronomy 26:15) ‘Look from your set-apart dwelling place,
from the heavens, and bless your people Yisra’ĕl and the land which You have
given us, as you swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’ (Deuteronomy 26:16) “Today יהוה
your Elohim is commanding you to do these laws and right-rulings. And you shall
guard and do them with all your heart and with all your being. (Deuteronomy 26:17)
“You have today caused יהוה to proclaim to be
your Elohim, and to walk in His ways and guard His laws, and His commands, and
His right-rulings, and to obey His voice. (Deuteronomy
26:18) “And
יהוה
has caused you to proclaim today to be His people, a treasured possession,
as He has spoken to you, and to guard all His commands, (Deuteronomy 26:19)
so as to set you high above all nations
which He has made, for a praise, and for a name, and for esteem, and for you to
be a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim, as He has spoken.”
(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 Ěliyah 1 the prophet before the coming of
the great and awesome day of יהוה. Footnote: 1 Luke 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 destruction 1.” Footnote:
1 Zech. 14:11.
What or WHO we obey is our master.
(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.
David becomes Shepherd (King) of Israel
(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.
Restoring the Ark of the Covenant (The Presence of Yah) Hearing and Obeying (Faith) The Battle is
Yahuah’s (Yahweh, God)
(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.
Disobedience (Touching the Ark)
brings separation from His presence- where the presence of Yahuah is- there
is blessing!
(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 fattened 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.
My prayer for you loved one is simple yet will result in profound intimacy when you act
upon it with all diligence. I pray that you seek
intimacy (through repentance individually and for your country) with YAHUAH (Elohim- God) through the Set Apart Spirit- the Ruach HaKodesh, that you may know
Him, hear and obey Him and gain His shalom by being in His presence. Hint:
Worship is a surefire way of getting into His presence because He inhabits the
praises of His people- while demons and distractions FLEE! Nothing will satisfy
you more than intimately knowing Him not just knowing about Him. (Isa 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. (Isa 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. Here’s our answer
for your diligence in seeking His presence loved one; (Jeremiah
29:11)
‘For I know the plans I am planning for you,’ declares יהוה, ‘plans of
peace and not of evil, to give you a future and expectancy. (Jeremiah 29:12)
‘Then you shall call on me, and shall come and pray to me, and I shall
listen to you. (Jeremiah 29:13) ‘And you shall seek me, and shall find me, when
you search for me with all your heart 1.
Footnote: 1 Dt. 4:29, Joel 2:12. (Jeremiah 29:14)
‘And I shall be found by you,’ declares יהוה,
‘and I shall turn back your captivity, and shall gather you from all the
gentiles and from all the places where I have driven you, declares יהוה. And I shall bring you back to the place
from which I have exiled you.’
Here are the wonderful
and tangible results of seeking the Ruach diligently- as we are commanded by
Yahushua (Jesus, Yeshua): (John 20:21) Then יהושע said
to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” (John 20:22) And having said this, He breathed on them, and said to them,
“Receive the Set-apart Spirit.
(Amos 5:6)
“Seek יהוה
and live, lest He break out
like fire upon the house of Yosĕph, and shall consume it, with no one to quench
it in Bĕyth Ěl. (John 14:26) “But the Helper,
the Set-apart Spirit, whom the
Father shall send in My Name, He shall
teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you. (Act 1:8) “But you shall receive power when the
Set-apart Spirit has come upon you, and you
shall be my witnesses in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehuḏah and Shomeron, and to the end of the earth.” (Act
10:44) While Kĕpha was still speaking these words, the Set-apart
Spirit fell upon all those hearing the word. (Act 10:45) And those of the
circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Kĕpha, because
the gift of the Set-apart Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles also,
(Act 10:46) for they were hearing
them speaking with tongues and extolling Elohim. (Act 13:52) And the taught ones were
filled with joy and the Set-apart Spirit. (Jude 1:20) But you, beloved
ones, building yourselves up on your most set-apart belief (faith), praying in the Set-apart Spirit, (Jude 1:21) keep
yourselves in the love of Elohim, looking for the compassion of our Master יהושע
Messiah unto everlasting life.
Shalom to your home Loved One,
Thurston
Continued explanation of 2012-13 Torah Cycle restart at beginning of
months… It is about YHWH restoring
all things which sometimes means we are walking alone. I start over annually
when YHWH’s year starts over; this is not to say that I am correct and others
are wrong, I 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
(10 scattered northern tribes called
Ephraim and Israel) from all languages of the nations take hold, yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the
garment of a man, a Yehuḏite1,
saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote: 1 John 4:22.
