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Once again we are entering the wonderful season of Pesach/Passover. The remembrance of the Exodus from Egyptian bondage when the children of Israel left slavery behind; and the blood of an innocent lamb was smeared on the lintel and dalet/door posts, so the angel of death would see it and Pass-over that home. The firstborn of every household that had no blood applied died that night. The first Passover was a prophetic picture of the Messiah Yeshua haMashiach/Jesus Christ, Who came and was Himself the Passover Lamb and became the firstborn from the dead. He called Himself the Door/Dalet and His blood was shed so that when we apply it to our lives we have passed over from spiritual death to life.
There is so much prophetic symbolism and deep meaning in these events, much of which has been covered over the years in previous posts. However there are always pearls hidden for us to discover and as we often call the weekend prior to Passover Palm Sunday, let’s take a look at some things we may have missed.
Why do we call it Palm Sunday?
No doubt it is in reference to John 12:13: “Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
Some call this day the Triumphal Entry.
The people cried Hosanna which is really a Greek transliteration of the
Aramaic word Hoshanna,
which means:
to save, rescue or help
and in this form it can be easily translated as
Salvation has come.
So when we read in the gospels that Messiah Yeshua/Jesus entered Yerushalayim/Jerusalem a week before His crucifixion, He was greeted with a crowd who were joyfully shouting:
Salvation has come.
Picture this, that they were shouting salvation has come, as the road to Yerushalayim /Jerusalem was lined with thousands of the pilgrims who were commanded to present themselves every year at one of the 3 Shalosh Regalim, required Appointed Times/moedim. This moed was rehearsed annually by the Israelites believing that one day Messiah would come and this year He did!
In order to fulfill the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9, He purposely entered riding a donkey, and not only that but also to show that He was coming in peace/shalom. In those days when someone rode into a city on a horse it was usually to announce the presence of royalty and it could also indicate an intention to make war; so when the people saw Yeshua/Jesus ride in on a donkey everyone immediately understood that He was not there to set Himself up as a king nor to declare His intention to overthrow the existing government. Again we miss so much when we are unaware of cultural symbolism and their significance, often misinterpreting the picture presented to us in scripture. Most of us have probably heard sermons which criticize the Jews of that time, saying that one week they were cheering Yeshua/Jesus and then the next week they were shouting demanding for his death; claiming that this change in attitude by the Jews is due to their disappointment when He didn’t lead the overthrow of the Roman government.
Here we should look at the situation where the crowd called for Barabbas to be set free and for Messiah to be crucified. There is no evidence, other than church tradition, that supports that all the people were wanting Messiah dead. In fact the court that Jesus/Yeshua was tried in when people cried out for His crucifixion could only hold 30-50 people. In the film The Passion of the Christ we are shown the most accurate scene where only a select few were allowed to be in the inner court and there was a small crowd of supporters pushing to gain access but were forced out. In Matthew 27:25 the scene before Pilate is known as the Pavement of Judgment and was part of the famous Antonio Fortress complex which served as a military barracks for the Roman soldiers guarding the Temple Mount and was large enough for only 300 people.
These were individuals gathered by and stirred up by the Cohen haGadol/High Priest, Sanhedrin and religious hierarchy. The Role Of The Sanhedrin Mark 15:11 notes, “the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.” The Sanhedrin had already convicted Yeshua/Jesus of blasphemy (Luke 22:67-71) but lacked authority to enforce capital punishment (John 18:31).So it was not the thousands who had lined the road to Yerushalayim/Jerusalem but approx. between 50 – 300 people who demanded His death and declared his blood be upon us and our children, accepting guilt for His death. This means that it was confined only to those present and not to all of Israel; and further, Messiah Himself forgave them from the cross in Luke 23:34 and therefore it should not be viewed or used as a reason to fuel flames of anti-Semitism.
Sadly in some cases the church has portrayed the Jews as blood thirsty killers of the Messiah who demanded that He be put to death. It should be remembered that the average Israelite had no desire for anyones execution, they had lived through wars and captivity and with the government of Rome using crucifixion the last thing they wanted was to see an execution of a holy man, a prophet and miracle worker. The sages had so many rules and regulations and appeals that had to be made recorded in their Oral Tradition, that it was almost impossible to execute someone because execution was hated so much. Even today Israel has outlawed capital punishment and apparently the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichman was the only person ever executed in Israel.
Another explanation of their rejection of Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah is that they turned on Him when he failed to set Himself up as King and yet, culturally and historically, the very fact that He rode in on a donkey and not a horse was clearly a signal of His true intentions. As Mary’s firstborn child He would be redeemed according to Torah requirements, Luke 2:22-24 (Numbers 3:47-48, 18:15-16.) and it is interesting that the Torah Exodus 13:13 further states that in firstborn livestock, a lamb would be sacrificed in place of the male donkey. A firstborn donkey may be purchased back from the Lord in exchange for a lamb or baby goat;
The Lamb rode a donkey,
the significance of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus riding on a firstborn donkey colt highlights Him as being the firstborn for humanity.
It is important to see that the people still cheered Him even though they realized He was coming in peace/shalom, and it was very likely that this display of love and adoration was what panicked the power held by the religious order of Orthodox Judaism and made them decide on a course of action resulting in their determination to put Yeshua/Jesus to death.
But why specifically branches of the Palm tree?
In Hebrew the word for Palm Branches is
Lulav – לוּלָב
spelled: Lamed Vav Lamed Vav
In Europe and the Middle East, palm branches symbolize many things, for example in ancient Greece, a palm branch was awarded to the victorious athlete because the palm leaf or even the tree itself was the most common symbol in Rome for Victory.
To many it symbolized peace.
To the Assyrians it represented a connection between earth and heaven and it was associated with the goddess Ishtar (Easter) and the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna.
To the ancient Egyptians it symbolizes eternal life. It was the sacred symbol for Apollo.
So why were the crowds cheering?
Is it possible that the people were not looking for a king or someone to overthrow the Roman Empire? They were well versed in the scripture of the TaNaKH and of the prophecy of a Messiah who would save them from their sins; One Who would bring them eternal salvation and they recognized Jesus/Yeshua as their Messiah.
The words they cried out: Hoshanna “Salvation has come” is exactly the same cry we have today as we declare our love and devotion to our Savior, Lord and King.
As for the palm branches? They mean a lot of things to different people in the Middle East, but to the Jews, the Hebrew word itself explains what it meant to them, Lulav. (Also used in the celebrations of the moed Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles.)
The Hebrew word Lulav:
Lu means: to or unto, and
Lav means: heart.
What they were showing by waving the palms was in other words…
We give you our hearts.
By the crowds greeting Him with Palm leaves was a clear sign that they accepted Him as their Messiah.
This year, when we celebrate during Passover/Pesach week, we may not have a palm branch to wave, but we can cry out with great joy and thanksgiving… Hoshanna/ Hosanna – to you we give our hearts, Yeshua/Jesus our Messiah.
The Day of the Lulav – the Day of our heart cry!
Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family
and cheverim/friends!
It’s all about Life and Relationship,
NOT Religion.
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
NOT SURE?
YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen
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This title may remind us of the scripture in Revelation 13:18
“This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.”
This is one of the references to the use of the Gematria in the Scriptures.
So what is the Gematria?
The Gematria is a study that treats Hebrew letters by way of their numerical meaning and finds relationships between words based on numeric equivalents.
Recall that each letter in the Hebrew alef bet (alphabet) has a numerical value see charts below.
Hebrew rabbis, teachers, scholars, and sages placed their seal of approval on the use of the Gematria a long time ago but many in the west dismiss such conclusions from this type of study, even though there are Universities in the East that study the Gematria.
For an example of this Gematria we can look at Moses and his name in Hebrew which is Moshe sometimes written Mosheh and Moshah משׁה
MOSES – MOSHAH משׁה
Exodus 2:10: “And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.”
Original Word: משֶׁה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Mosheh
Pronunciation: moh-SHEH
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-sheh’)
KJV: Moses
NASB: Moses, Moses’
Word Origin: [from H4871 (מָשָׁה – drew)]
1. drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued
2. Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance 4872
Moses From mashah; drawing out (of the water),
i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver — Moses.
Word Origin from mashah
Definition a great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver
The first definition of Moses/Mosheh is, draw out of water. Being given a name that means to draw out of water does not sound very significant or noteworthy, however the ancient rabbis and sages saw much more to the name Moses.
When Pharaoh’s daughter drew Moses out of water, specifically the waters of the Nile river, she was drawing him out of the one of the most significant Egyptian gods. The Egyptian god of the Nile was known as Hepi and was to them a fertility god, celebrated and worshipped specifically during the annual flooding of the Nile, when the floodwaters deposited fertile soil on the river banks.
With this in mind, let’s take a deeper look at why Pharaoh’s daughter was at the Nile.
In the account in the second chapter of Exodus and verse 5 we are told that she came to wash herself or to bathe.
For Pharaoh’s daughter to take a bath or to clean herself, in the sacred waters was very unlikely, she was a princess who took luxurious baths filled with all sorts of exotic fragrances like myrrh and frankincense. We may have again misread the meaning of the Hebrew which has been lost in translation.
The word used in Hebrew here for washing or bathing is
rachats
which means to pour water upon yourself; (like an anointing).
Strongs 7364 (also lirhos – wash the feet or other body parts.)
Original Word: רָחַץ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: rachats
Pronunciation: rah-KHATS
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khats’)
In those days, when the season came for the Nile to overflow, it was a signal that Hepi had arrived and it was believed she made women pregnant. So it was quite possible that she went to the Nile just at this specific time because women would anoint themselves with water from the Nile, hoping Hepi would bring about a pregnancy. With this picture in mind, when the daughter of Pharaoh finds a baby in a basket floating down the Nile, it must have seemed it was a gift from the god Hepi. She knew she would face criticism because it was a Hebrew child, so she cleverly named him Moses/Mosheh… drew out of the waters… of the Nile making it clearly appear as the baby was a gift from Hepi.
Interestingly, the name Moses, also means to separate and we know that he was actually drawn away from the gods of Egypt, separated from them unto the One True God of the Israelites. Moshe /Moses comes from the same root word as does Messiah and we know that Moses was a picture of the Messiah; in the same way as Moses would free his people delivering them from slavery in Egypt, the Messiah would come and free us, delivering us from the bondage of our sins.
Examining the numerical value of the Hebrew letters in the name
Mosheh/ Moses indicates that he would have a long life.
The numerical value of the name Mosheh/Moses is
Mem = 40, Shin = 300 and Hei = 5 for a total of 345.
(remember there are no vowels in Hebrew alefbet.)
Scripture records that Mosheh/Moses lived to be 120 years old.
In Hebrew the word for 120 is beshagam
which is spelled בְּשַׁגַּם
Beth = 2, Shin = 300, Gimmel = 3 and Mem = 40 for a total of 345.
And as we understand the definition of Gematria is a study that treats Hebrew letters by way of their numerical meaning and finds relationships between words based on numeric equivalents this is a notable example.
Moses/Mosheh is known as,
Mosheh Rabeynu
meaning
Moses our teacher.
As we saw above the numerical value of Moses is 345,
the numerical value of the word for teacher/ rabeynu is
Resh = 200, Beth = 2, Yod = 10, Nun = 50, Vav = 6 for a total of 268.
If we add 345 + 268, it comes to 613.
613 is the number of commandments in the Torah and we know it was Moses/Mosheh who presented these commandments to His people. Here His means the Almighty and spelling the name Mosheh /Moses backward from
m sh h (no vowels) h sh m gives the name Hashem
which is a Hebrew term for the Almighty meaning
The Name.
Hashem: The Name 2044
Original Word: הָשֵׁם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Hashem
Pronunciation: hah-SHEM
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-shame’)
There is another example of the use of the Gematria also in Exodus19:20. And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses [up] to the top of the mount, and Moses went up.
We may have missed the significance of the fact that
Moses went up Mt. Sinai and
God came down to Mt. Sinai.
Specifically and most importantly this was
a meeting between heaven and earth.
There are other places in the Bible where a meeting between heaven and earth is recorded. One is in Genesis 28:12/13: And he (Jacob) dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
is spelled Samek סִינַ֖י
Yod Nun Yod = 60,
Yod = 10, Nun = 50, Yod = 10
which gives a total numerical value of 130.
Ladder in Strongs 5551 Hebrew is sulam סֻלָּם֙
which is spelled
Samek = 60, Lamed = 30, and Mem = 40,
and also has a numerical value of 130.
There is a relationship in the number 130 between the ladder of Jacob and Mt. Sinai which is a connection between heaven and earth.
There is a further connection with a Hebrew word that also has the value of the number 130 and it describes what happens when heaven and earth connect or our heavenly Father connects with His children.
It is the Hebrew word “alal” (עלל) which signifies a connection between heaven and earth, often used in contexts that illustrate divine interaction or presence. It reflects themes of elevation and divine authority, emphasizing the relationship between the spiritual and physical realms. This word ‘alal is spelled
עלל – Ayin = 70, Lamed = 30, and Lamed = 30, a value of 130.
This Hebrew word “alal” (עַלָּל) 5764
also refers to a nursing mother or a woman who is suckling her infant. It emphasizes the bond and care between a mother and her nursing child, highlighting the nurturing aspect of motherhood.
What a beautiful picture we are given here, that when our Heavenly Father connects with us there is ‘alal, a bonding and nurturing towards us as His beloved children while we are in His divine presence.
Just maybe there’s more to numbers than we thought?
Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family
and cheverim/friends!
It’s all about Life and Relationship,
NOT Religion.
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
NOT SURE?
YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen
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What is the principle thing?
Proverbs gives us the answer, it is wisdom.
In Hebrew the word for Proverbs is mishlei
and for
wisdom is hokhmah or Chokmah.
Hebrew: חָכְמָה, romanized: ḥoḵmā,
also transliterated as chokma,
chokhmah or hokhma strongs # 2451 & H2461.
The proverbs/mishlei, are for learning about hokhmah/wisdom.
They are also for learning about discipline –
The Hebrew word for discipline is musar.
Mishlei are for hokhmah and musar.
They are for understanding words expressing deep insight and for gaining an intelligently disciplined life, doing what is right just and fair. They are for learning wisdom and discipline and proverbs links these two together.
Wisdom is using and applying knowledge intelligently and appropriately, it is having the ability to understand and apply the knowledge gained.
Discipline/musar derives from knowledge based on experiences, including learning from mistakes.
We often say we are always wise in hindsight, looking back we see how we could have done things more wisely.
Proverbs teaches wisdom and encourages discipline and learning from others experiences.
The Jewish sages teach that Solomons proverbs are in the form of allegories and illustrations.
They also include important life principles and wise generalized truths.
The term hokhmah-wisdom, is prominent in Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes; occurring 189 times in these books and 346 times in the TaNaKH/old testament.
In its most basic meaning, wisdom refers to skill. Parallel terms found in wisdom literature include discernment, insight and knowledge. Related terms include moral discipline, prudence, shrewdness, sensibleness, intelligence, discretion, guidance and experiential knowledge.
In verse 7, the fear/reverent respect of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom\Knowledge; hear, learn, understand, the ability to counsel well, endowing with caution those don’t think; gaining an intelligently disciplined life.
Who would not want this?
Verse 22 tells us that fools hate knowledge.
So it is wise for us to not be fools!
In Hebrew/Israelite society those called sages or wise men developed alongside the priests/cohanim and the prophets/naviim.
Whereas the cohen/priest and prophet/navi had mainly religious duties, the wise men/ were more concerned with the practical side of life. The proverbs state generally accepted truths about Adonai and His relationship both to the good and the wicked but don’t address any details that existed in the many exceptions.
The main concern of proverbs is wisdom, which has its source in our Heavenly Father as creator and ruler of the universe, and yet it is available to people. Humanities relationship to life is divided into two opposing paths, first the path/way/road of the righteous and second, the path/ way/ road of the wicked. Moral excellence only comes from being in right relationship with our Heavenly Father, fearing Him, respecting Him and acquiring/ gaining wisdom.
Books where wisdom is written are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon.
Job and Ecclesiastes deal with some of the more difficult things and complexity of life. The Psalms have several ‘wisdom psalms’. Song of Solomon offers wisdom on how to live wisely in courtship and marriage. These books include proverbial statements, debate questions, give intellectual reflection and instructions about mastering life and seeking life’s secrets.
The concept of wisdom pre-supposes that there is order at work in our Heavenly Father’s moral universe, and improper moral behavior threatens to disrupt and destroy this order. Although some say they understand wisdom to be the pursuit of the right attitude in making sense of a disordered world, wisdom is more accurately the search for an order already embodied as part of our Fathers’ creation. This order already functions perfectly without human intervention, oversight, control, interference or meddling.
This wisdom is available and given to us for the purpose of knowing how to live in harmony with His creation.
Wisdom is not something we are born with or that we seem to be able to operate in naturally. It is not an inborn trait, a temperament or intellectual acumen, rather it’s a relationship to the Creator gained through experience. Some claim that there is no connection with the rest of the TaNaKH to the wisdom literature, however the fear of Adonai – obedience to the Torah of Moses, (instructions/law), creation theology and the call to love, obey and trust our Heavenly Father, does provide and show the agreement with the rest of it.
Proverbs 10:27 Fear of the Lord adds length to life. So wisdom is the principle thing, the first and most important attribute to acquire and we are to get wisdom and get understanding.
Job 28:28, the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
And we understand fear here, as reverent respect not as being scared.
The understanding is to depart from evil which is everything out of harmony with God, His will, plan and purposes. The kingdom of our Father exists and operates on faith and love but satans kingdom operates out of fear and hate, so it is easy to identify the origin of thoughts and actions that come into our lives as temptations.
Trust and follow in the simplicity of obedience, then the understanding will come. Keep the Lord as our primary goal and wisdom shall be given each day, don’t reverse order.
James 1:5 tells us that if we need wisdom we are to ask for it.
How do we apply the knowledge given in the wisdom to our lives? We are to remain in harmony with our Heavenly Father and listen to His Holy Spirit Who is Yeshua/Jesus abiding within our spirit, Who will never leave us nor forsake us.
He promises to give us wisdom liberally as much as we need whenever we need it and knowing we need it and ask for it, is wisdom in action!
Let’s stop moving forward with knee-jerk actions and reactions and instead ask for, and apply His wisdom for every decision we make; learning to be patient, waiting for that still small voice within prompting us that…
Faith will not work without patience, patience is the outward evidence of our faith in our Fathers timing and will. The more we trust and mature in our walk with Him, the less we will be wise in hindsight.
Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family
and cheverim/friends!
It’s all about Life and Relationship,
NOT Religion.
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
NOT SURE?
YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen
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There are two distinct Kingdoms in the Bible,
the kingdom of this world and
the Kingdom of God /of the Heavens.
The one we physically live in, which is the kingdom of this world and its systems, and the prince of it is the devil. The New Testament describes satan variously as “the ruler of this world” John 12:31, and the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 1 Corinthians 15:22-25,
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.
The second is the Kingdom within us, the Kingdom of Heaven. Luke 17:20-21 God’s Kingdom is within us – Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the kingdom of God come?” Jesus answered, “God’s kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes. People will not say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ because God’s kingdom is within you.”
Describing the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13:22 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches. This parable illustrates the growth of the Kingdom of Heaven from small beginnings to great influence.
Three times Messiah named satan as the prince of this world and scripture is clear that the world’s inhabitants are either under the influence of this world with its cunning, deception, and spell; or they are in Messiah and under the direction of the Spirit of God. We must be clear that there is no neutral ground.
Keeping this in the forefront of our thinking and rationale will help to remind us of what is real and what is truth concerning our position in life. We must lay aside all we thought we knew and face truth. The wisdom of this world is foolishness and appeals to the carnal mind and the senses and lusts of the flesh. We often read Messiahs words in the beatitudes without seriously understanding or applying them. We think we know them having heard them or read them on numerous occasions, and we turn a deaf ear because we have already made up our mind as to their relative importance and how they relate to us personally. Let’s look again at the caveat and think for a moment. Messiah warned us, and it bears constant repetition, that the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the lust for other things will choke out the Life of God in us.
Matthew 6:25-30 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns..
This is about Messiah teaching his followers not to worry about their material needs, using the example of how our Heavenly Father as Creator of the universe and everything in it; how He takes care of the birds and flowers as a demonstration of His provision and care for His people in every way.
Matthew 12:22 captures a clear picture of Messiah’s mission when a man bound by demons causing his blindness, and muteness is set free by HIm. The verse reveals Messiah’s absolute authority over both the spiritual and physical kingdoms/realms, and of His fulfillment of promises, prophesied over previous millenia.
He warns us in John 16:33 that in this world we will have tribulation, tests, trials and problems; until we are with the Lord we will never be free from all the reoccurring waves of this warfare. Ephesians 6. The tests and trials are designed to prove our faith, to see who and where we turn to in times of need.
If the attacks are not directed towards clothing and food, it may be about our financial position or lack of funds. It could be about family members or friends, or lack of friends, health or lack of health, or any other difficult situations.
It is a constant assault on our senses and circumstances. They will roll over us like flooding waves unless we raise up the banner against it, by allowing the Spirit of our Heavenly Father to intervene.
We are not to worry about our lives. Messiah said to be careful/ serious about only one thing, our relationship to and with Him.
Common sense screams how absurd that is, we must think and figure out how we are going to live, to eat, to drink. Messiah says we must not. We must be aware of allowing ourselves to think that He says this because He does not understand our circumstances, since that was over 2000 years ago in a different time and culture.
Jesus/Yeshua knows our circumstances better than we do, He says we must not think about these things to the point where they become the primary concern of our lives. When there are concerns vi-ing for attention we are to be sure we always put our relationship to our Heavenly Father first.
From many pulpits and teachers we’ve been told we are to have wealth, blessings, a trouble free life and if you are not, then you are the one with issues; this is not correct according to the Word of God. However the promise of Matthew 6:30 if God so clothes the grass of the field will He not much more clothe you? is a simple statement but it’s a puzzle to us because we often refuse to be simple. Simple is not stupid. Simple is having a basic trusting faith, just as a child trusts. This is how we can maintain the simplicity of Yeshua/Jesus so that we can understand Him. By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, our life will become amazingly simple.
He asks us to consider, to think on, verse 30. How much more will he clothe us if we keep our relationship right with Him? Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with the Father and Messiah, it’s because we have been disrespectful to Him, thinking that we know better than He does.
We have allowed the cares of this world to enter in 13:22, by forgetting the much more of our Heavenly Father. We can keep these cares out, that is our part. 6:26 look at the birds of the air. They are created to obey the instincts that He placed within them and He watches over them. Not one falls without Him knowing, being aware and allowing it as part of His plan. Messiah Yeshua/Jesus said that if we have the right relationship with Him and will obey His Spirit within us, then the Father will care for our feathers too.
6:28 consider the lilies of the Field.
They grow where they are planted. The truth is many of us refuse to grow where the Father plants us and because of that we don’t take root anywhere and we don’t mature. For the lilies, all they need require for growth is right there where they are planted. It’s the same for us, where ever we are placed, everything we need will be supplied right where we are. Yeshua/Jesus said if we will obey the life/chaim of God within us He would look after all other things.
How many of us really believe that?
How many of us are actively trusting and being a doer of that Word?
Did He lie to us? Absolutely not.
Are we experiencing the much more that He promised? If we are not, it’s because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have allowed our minds to become cluttered with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking our Heavenly Father pointless questions when we should be totally free to concentrate on our service to Him. This takes concentration and dedication, as serious as marriage vows, which is exactly what our relationship to, and with Him, is to be. Concentration is the act of continually separating ourselves from everything except that which His Holy Spirit has appointed us to do. It’s not a one time experience, but an ongoing process.
To which kingdom do we truly belong? Are we continually separating ourselves and looking to our Heavenly Father every day of our lives?
6:34 sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
How much trouble has started to threaten us today?
What kind of mean little demons have been looking into our lives and whispering, tempting, testing our resolve and challenging our faith? Taunting us with relentless questions, for example: What are you going to do about this situation? How are you going to pay this bill, etc. etc.
In these times of unusual storms and weather related disasters, wars and rumors of wars, our faith is tested seemingly beyond what we can handle. But it is not, He knows, He sees, and is waiting on us to call for His intervention. He is showing us that we can’t make it without Him. This is why Yeshua/Jesus says don’t worry about these things and to call on Him. We should look again into His Word and His promises and keep our minds on the how much more of our Heavenly Father. Matthew 6:30; 7:10-12; 12:12. Rom.5:9; 9:5-11. Heb.9:14 are just a few examples. Our faith will grow as we allow His Word to dwell in us richly Col.3:16 and it, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word. Romans 10:17.
We should remember, For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes“) ascends to God for his glory. All His promises are yes and amen with the condition.. IF. The choice of our free will to decide. We must put Him and our relationship with Him first place and then all these things will be added. We must do the things and live life His Way from the Kingdom of Heaven within us; all the while living in this kingdom of the world, and yet not conforming to this worlds way of being and doing.…
To which Kingdom are we emeth/faithful?
Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family
and cheverim/friends!
It’s all about Life and Relationship,
NOT Religion.
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
NOT SURE?
YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen
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