From previous posts most readers will recognize that
a nun or noon;
different spellings are used.
is the 14th letter of the Hebrew alef-bet
and that it looks like this in the chart below.
The early paleo picture symbol meaning of this letter is that of a seedling/sprouting seed with the root coming from it
later it developed into
this modern shape below;
with an additional shaped letter for the
called noon sofeet;
and the symbol of a fish was also used.
In the 4 gospels
Yeshua/Jesus repeatedly speaks of the seed
as a picture reference in His parables.
Matt 13:23 Mark 4:1-20 Luke 8:1-15
are well known and popular scriptures, and with the reference Yeshua/ Jesus gives,
it is made clear how the seed grows and how
we have nothing to do with the process
once we sow the seed.
However how does this apply to our lives?
It tells us …
Although the man does not know how it grew
and we are just the same…
Many times we understand the concept. The parable or scene described is a great picture and then we are left to wonder how does this apply to me and how do I do it?
How does it become a reality in my life?
Many times the Sermons we hear are all very encouraging and uplifting and we feel great, only to have the feelings fade once we go home and face daily life.
The application of His Word needs to be evident if we are to mature and bring forth a harvest that is not only a good harvest; but an enduring one with eternal value.
That your fruit may remain. John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
John 15:16
Your fruit should remain means:
keep up the fruit you are bearing, or
continue with the fruit you are bearing and never stop,
or keep on bearing the fruit you have started bearing.
The phrase: Your fruit should remain, expresses habit.
A habit is something we do so often and regularly that it is very hard to stop.
We should feel like this regarding the work of the Lord.
The word says we are to sow seed.
God is the supplier of all seed (Nun/Noon)
He cannot supply seed to us unless we are first born again by His RuachHaKodesh/His Spirit of Holiness; and then we need to have faith to turn over our hands, so that the seed might fall to the ground and become a great harvest in our lives.
He gives to all the measure of Faith.
After that it doesn’t need our help
it’s not the seed or the one who sows that produces the crop
but the soil by itself
with no help from humans.
The Father gives the increase.
We believe that since something grows where we scattered, that it grew from our seed.
What proof is there that the seed we scattered and planted is the same seed that sprouts and grows?
First the stalk
after that the head
and after that
the full grain in the head.
The truth is that from the moment it leaves our hand and is covered with soil we do not see the seed again. We just trust that the seed we sowed is the same seed that will grow is and is the one that pushes up through the earth.
This evidence is only based on circumstances because the truth is, once the seed leaves our hands and is put in the soil we never see the seed again!
All we can do is simply trust/faith, that what we planted will actually grow.
We wait,
we sleep at night,
awake in the day
but how does it grow?
We just don’t know!
Our work was finished at the sowing.
This parable is a picture of the kingdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed on the earth.
Meaning the kingdom produces through its’ own power.
Scripture says
BY ITSELF
the soil produces a crop
but the soil by itself
with no help from any person.
For by itself the earth brings forth fruit.
The person’s work has already been done by scattering the seed on the ground.
This is all the individual does and as the days pass the seeds springs up and grows.
Another verse of this parable says the seed is the Word of God and the ground/earth are the individuals who are in the world and their reaction to the word/ seed sown once embedded in its birthing place;
and the type of ground/ is the persons life.
The ground is the world.
The sower is our Heavenly Father.
Yeshua/Jesus explained it clearly.
Life springs forth –that life comes from the soil of the earth which our Father created.
In this parable/example He says:
First, the stalk
this is describing and likening his kingdom to the support structure planted deep in the life giving soil.
There is a Godly order to everything our Heavenly Father created; everything in its timeand season.Eccl.3 and Genesis 1
Yeshua/ Jesus was aware of timing and said:
My time has not yet come.
Secondly, after that the head:
which is the housing for the fruit of the crop.
The process continues, with
the third, after that the full grain in the head
Here He is giving the progress of the seed,
both as
how it is received
and then
what is produced.
Meaning, the fruit comes forth in abundance.
Here we see that in perfect time Godly order that
life gives way to fullness
and the seedling grows to maturity.
For the believer maturity is revealed by abundant fruit.
Becoming mature is to become a stable vessel fit for the Masters use.
Why is this important?
It is for Him to flow His power through us to do the works of Jesus/ the Father, the power is to make visible the works of His kingdom in visible demonstration.
This is how to apply it to ourselves we need more of His Spirit of Holiness to cleanse us and prepare us to be suitable vessels.
As it was said of Paul in
Acts 9:22more and more power flowed through him.
(Acts 9:20) Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
How do we produce lasting fruit and what is it?
Lasting fruit is in Matt.10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.
And Matt.28:19
AND The making of disciples who endure.
Making disciples is about continuing the cycle of redemption, passing on the faith that was passed to us; it starts with salvation and continues with a lifetime of growth.
The final destiny of the seed is realized from its humble beginning/Genesis, in the sowers hand, it has reached its potential in fullness.
However it has not yet served its ultimate purpose even in its most pristine and grandest state..
Why?
Because it cannot grow anymore… the maturity has been reached….
So what is next?
The crop is ready… the harvest is ripe
The farmer, the man, sends forth the sickle and
life gives birth to death.
The crop is cut down in its prime and
now able to finally fulfill its destiny and purpose.
This is the completion of a disciples life on earth…
as we give
birth to death, our purpose here is completed,
we die physically/ temporarily
in order to live spiritually/ eternally!
It is a transition from natural to supernatural, we are harvested by His hand and translated into His eternal kingdom in the heavens.
At the point we can go no further, when we reach the point of maturity in Him, which is destined by His plan and purpose for us. He calls us to Himself and we are plucked from the earth and gathered unto Him.
Our task complete,
once we have finished our race
He takes us home.
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2Thess. 2:1
He gathers the wheat into His barn/storehouse.
Matthew 3:12
We, like the farmers seed, have been scattered on the ground; but He is calling us today to sprout and grow.
How… we don’t know!
But by itself… His spirit…
His Ruach HaKodesh
His Spirit of holiness produces a crop!
The Lord is calling us to lay down our lives
for the time is at hand
when the head will be full of grain.
The time of the harvest has come and as soon as it is in full ripeness and ready… He will come with His sickle.
We must yield ourselves and be ready to die in order to live because the time of the harvest has come and the Lord of the harvest is coming.
For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant), And like a root out of dry ground; Is 53:2
Surely he has borne our sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. – American Standard Version Job 14:2
Just as He grew up to be cut down
so must we grow up to be cut down.
First, we are to mature to the fullest and be taken and used for his purposes.
We are to surrender to Him because
we cannot know how seeds sprout and grow..
Only He can do that in us;
and only as we surrender and yield to His Way of raising and growing us up to maturity; allowing His Ruach/Spirit to do the hidden work in us and then through us.
We must realize we are not here for ourselves, to live a nice life, we are here to be matured into fruit worthy of the kingdom of the Heavens. We’re not to focus on things and people and places of this earth because it will all pass away very soon. We must focus on Him, on fulfilling our place and purpose, to bring Him glory and to bring many sons with us from the seeds sown.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb.2:10
Every farmer/ gardener knows, we plant and watch and wait for the fruits and crops to be declared ready and ripe before reaping the harvest.
Wrong timing means a poor harvest;
which is why He waits for the precious fruit of the earth.
In Luke 6:37
But as soon as the crop is ready to yield itself, immediately the man sends forth the sickle because the harvest has come.
The only seed that flourished and produced any fruit
was the seed that fell into
good ground.
If we are not planted in the good ground of His Word – found in His kingdom, then we will neither grow to maturity nor produce any lasting fruit that will endure or bring glory to the Lord.
Our life will be fruitless and as Solomon said, all is Vanity – in vain, without purpose and useless.
Time to ready ourselves and let His Ruach Ha Kodesh
do the work in and through us,
making sure our lives are good ground.
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are 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.
Today in Hebrew, this is the most common word for a gift. It is exactly the same word that was used in both in the Old and the New Testaments.
The root of this word is
na•tan,
gave, gift
spelled with the letters:
noon,tav, and noon.
this is actually the name Nathan.
In Hebrew, a gift, can also mean
כִּשָּׁרוֹן
kisharón.
This refers to someone who is gifted, or has a special talentor ability.
In modern Hebrew, there are two different words for
gift:
מתנה. Matana
שי Shai
Generally a gift would be
matana מתנה
in Hebrew however lesser used synonyms are:
shay שי and doron דורון
and are often used as names alongside
מתן to signify someone being a gift to the world or life.
In modern Hebrew the most common word would be
מַתָנָה pronounced ma-ta-nah
and also meaning:
present, offering, donation, largess, or a bribe, depending on the context and the intention you are using the word with.
There are at least a dozen other words in Hebrew with the same meaning of: a thing given willingly to someone, without payment or retribution or as a gratuity.
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
This parable has more than one message within it and all have relevance to our life and times.
First it’s a warning, telling us to stay alert, because we do not know the day nor the hour of His return. Then He likens it to the situation described in the parable:
“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. 14 For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.
Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. – Matthew 25:13 (NKJV)
So the foundation of the parable of the talents really begins with verse 13. That’s why this parable is one of preparedness – because eventually, Yeshua/Jesus is coming back and sooner than most realize or want Him to!
In the Parable of the Talents Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus/Yeshua again used a story to encourage His followers to be ready for His return at all times.
“Be on the alert,”
He said,
“for you do not know which day your Lord is coming” Matthew 24:42.
In the parable, He describes a man who goes on a journey, entrusting his servants with his wealth and possessions in his absence.
The man traveling is Yeshua/Jesus and we are the servants.
From this understanding, let’s look at the various meanings people have pointed out.
First the talents referred to here are coins, money.
In the chart above we see that a talent or mina is worth a lot of money!
We often picture it as a few coins; as in the picture below:
This is an incorrect image and alters our visual understanding of what Yeshua /Jesus was trying to illustrate.
Just one talent could be valued at around
$400,000 in today’s U.S.dollars!
Or approx.. 300,000 UK pounds or Euros.
1 drachma = 1 days wages
1 mena = 100 drachma which = 100 days wages
60 minas = 1 talent which was = to about 19 years wages!!
So it would have been according to that which was given of
5, 2 and 1 talents.
5x 400,000 = 2,000,0000
2x 400,000 = 800,000 and 1 = 400,000
This could not have been put in a little bag under a stone!
It also says how much the Lord values us and how much He values what He gives us. More than most people will see in a lifetime.
However it is not really talking about money.
More importantly, it is talking about:
stewardship,
responsibility,
obedience
and preparedness.
Looking at this parable, it really is one of self-examination; and a good one to meditate on during the season prior to Shavuot/Pentecost.
We often say of someone they are very talented or they have talent! This does not mean money it means they have an ability or are gifted in some area either musically, artistically, creatively, usually in regard to making something that others admire. Many times it is above what is considered the normal or average ability.
So we interchange the word
gift for talent
and don’t think of it as money or currency.
Here it may surprise us to discover that this parable may have nothing to do with natural gifts and abilities
but what rather relates to
THE GIFT of His Holy Spirit.
Mincha Ruach HaKo’desh
Here we must point out that the Hebrew reads
רוח הקודש
ruach hako’desh
the spirit of the holy one
also transliterated
ruacḥ ha-qodesh and
literally spirit of holiness/holy spirit
YHWH – hwhy (Yahoveh)’s Spirit.
His Spirit of Holiness is Jesus/Yeshua
because He said in John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. John 14:18
His spirit of Holiness is not an it or a thing and it seems strange that we always seem to refer to Him as ‘the’? when it should be His Holy Sprit, or, Gods’/Fathers’ Holy Spirit or Yeshua/Jesus’Spirit of Holiness. We lessen the purity and reverence that is due to the essence of our Heavenly Fathers presence.
He is with us always even to the end of the age.
He is the same Spirit of Holiness that created the universe and hovered/ brooded over the face of the deep. We need a fresh and deeper revelation of the gift/mincha we have been given. His power has been given in a measure that will not harm or destroy us but will enable us to walk as Yeshua walked while on this earth.
Every power source needs a stable container, uncontaminated with certain parameters to maintain its correct operation and function. This is why we are to be cleansed, purified and prepared; the very essence of the OMER and a special reason they were to count the OMER that particular year. 50 days to Pentecost/Shavuot and the time of receiving the promise; His impartation and the promise of His being with us always. Literally living, residing, within us.
A portion of the kingdom of the heavens – the gift/mincha of eternal life; followed by the flowing out in physical manifestation of: preaching the good news of the kingdom of the heavens, healings and casting out unclean spirits raising the dead, performing miracles and working the works of Jesus/Yeshua.
It is the Father doing the works through us, just the same as through Jesus/ Yeshua. Heal the sick, the lame, give sight to the blind, cleanse the lepers set the captives free.
We know that Shavuot/Pentecost is the time of the
giving of His gift/mincha,
of His Spirit of Holiness.
It is important that we must never measure our spiritual capacity on the basis of our education or intellect; but rather our capacity in spiritual things is measured on the basis of the promises of God.
2 Cor. 1:20
All the promises of God in Him are yes and in Him Amen.
If we receive less than God wants for us to have, we are in danger of falsely accusing Him; just as the servant in the parable did because he did not know his master.
The giver of the gift.
Which in essence, still belonged to the master who received it back upon his return.
So that puts another angle on it also. Was the servant was saying: You expect more of me than you equipped me or gave me the power to do. Your demands are too much on me my time and my life and I cant do what you want me to in what you have chosen for me??!
Here’s your talent back….
We need to remember that when it’s a question of our Fathers Spirit, we never say, I Cant; that is simply turning the responsibility on ourselves and we are to be dead to self. If we are still trying to figure out everything and organize our time and schedule our lives, we are not submitted to His spirit working in us. We are still in control and we must never allow the limitations of our own natural ability to enter into any given situation. If we received His Spirit of Holiness He expects the work of His Spirit to be exhibited in us just as He did with Jesus/Yeshua.
In the parable the servant justified himself and at the same time was condemning his lord /master on every point; as if to say, your demand on me is way out of proportion to what you gave me.
Have we been falsely accusing God? By daring to worry after what He has promised inMatt 6:33? Worrying means exactly what was implied by the servant.
I know your intent to leave me alone and vulnerable.
We must be careful to remember that our lives will only reflect that which is from within and that our capacity and capability in spiritual matters is measured by, and based on the the promises of God who alone is able to fulfill them.
Do we believe that?
Our answer to that question will depend on whether or not we have received His Mincha/His Spirit of Holiness.
Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift.
First He came in the flesh and now is present with us always.
If we are still only come as far as asking God for things, we have never come to the point of understanding the least bit of what surrender really means; and we have instead become a Christian based on our own terms. Jer. 45:5.
As we continue to count through the days from the Omer lets surrender all, and prepare ourselves to receive afresh His Minchathe gift of His Spirit of Holiness; and re evaluate what the parable of the talents is saying to us. The lateness of the hour is evident and to whom much is given much is required and we have ALL been given the gift of the measure of faith.
Another view of The Parable of the Talents is, that Yeshua/Jesus uses it to help us understand our calling as Christians and our responsibility to use what God has given us to bring Him glory and honor! We can only do that when we invest our time, talents and treasure into His Kingdom and not one of our own making, based on us and making a life for ourselves!
We have the most valuable gift/mincha of all,
the Word of God and the
saving Gospel
of Jesus Christ/Yeshua haMashiach.
Reading the verses it’s also clearly a HEAVEN and HELL parable! The servants who used their talents entered into heaven,
“the joy of the Lord”.
The servant who didn’t use his talent was cast into hell.
Some say the only thing the talents could represent is – saving faith!
That view says that salvation, which is entering the Kingdom, is only by grace though faith. It is a gift from God. Everyone is given the opportunity to have faith.
It is up to us what we do with it.
Do we use it
or
do we bury it?
Are those who put their talents to work are simply those who have genuine faith? “Faith without corresponding actions is dead” i.e. not genuine.
These servants would seem to represent the Jewish “sinners” of Messiah’s day, and the humble poor, who were believing in the grace of God and receiving Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah.
Will they enter into the Kingdom?
Are they are the good and faithful servants simply because they have faith?
The lazy servant represents the self righteous religious people of His day and the prideful rich. This wicked servant buried his talent, hid his faith, because he didn’t believe in the goodness and grace of God. Instead he believed that God was a hard task master who demands we give to Him and also what we are not able to give. This is a mindset of law based thinking, which Yeshua/Jesus came to correct. This evil unbelieving servant represents those who trust in their works or their riches to save them, Pharisees’ rules and laws, those who ultimately reject Messiah and God’s grace.
The parable is given to contrast:
faith vs works,
grace vs law,
the gift of righteousness vs self righteousness
and humility vs pride.
The talents were given according to ability, 5, 2 and 1.
Remembering what a talent is = to in todays money.
It is all referring to that which God knew He had imparted into them and what they were able to do.
Its also about obedience.
Using our talents for the kingdom of the heavens, not for our own success fame and fortune. It’s a test of our allegiance and to whom we are in submitted. If we are truly dead to self then we have no goal, no personal agenda other than to serve our Father in His Kingdom; no vision other than the heavenly one.
We need to stop making excuses and go, make disciples!
Just as He told us to.
We are all too often working the wrong works.
Ultimately is wasn’t about the amount given or the ability to use it, it was about –
did they use it?
Did they use their faith or did they bury it?
Did they believe in the goodness of their master or did they believe wrongly about him?
Those who receive the grace of God by faith, will enter into the Kingdom and receive grace upon grace, those who reject His grace through unbelief will have everything taken away from them and will be cast into outer darkness.
Jesus/Yeshua uses a number of parables to communicate essential principles about His return.
We have seen that a talent in the first-century was a unit of currency and 1 talent represented a large sum of money. A lot of older translations used to use the word talent, so the parable came to be known as The Parable of the Talents. The value of the money entrusted to the servants isn’t that important. Obviously the master was extremely rich and was entrusting a tremendous amount to them.
In the beginning, we see the master making the disciples responsible for managing a portion of his estate. Even though the servants are given different sums to take care of, it all still belongs to the master. They’re merely administrators who will answer for how they invested the master’s belongings.
This fact reinforces the principle of stewardship.
As believers, we are all given resources according to our skills and abilities, but those resources ultimately belong to God. We will eventually answer for how we invest and reminding us that we really own nothing it is on loan to us from the Father.
When the master returns and hears the reports of the first two servants, he’s pleased.
His response is to invite them to share in his happiness.
This seems a strange suggestion…
why?
In place of only the wrath of God that people associate with His judgment, Jesus/Yeshua shows that upon His return, the faithful will be entering into His happiness and will experience His joy. He made a similar statement in
Luke 12:32. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
The unfaithful servant who doesn’t give the master a return on his investment is thrown out where he will never experience the master’s happiness.
When the unfaithful servant returns the exact amount he received, the master is infuriated. Where is the return on the servant’s investment? To excuse himself, the servant reveals to the master that he was scared. Knowing the master to be a merciless boss, he was afraid to invest and lose the master’s money. This is the reason he just buried it in the yard.
The master responds in anger. Is he saying that if that servant were truly afraid of him, he would have responded differently, and would have done anything to have something to offer?
Too often we allow our misunderstood views about God to justify or excuse poor stewardship or disobedience.
As servants of Messiah/Christ, we are called to be productive. All of our health, money, time, and abilities have come from Him, and we are tasked with putting them to use to benefit the kingdom. A time is coming when the Master will return to settle accounts, and then it will be too late.
It’s not enough to say, I didn’t waste what you gave me, Lord. We want to demonstrate how we have used the gifts and abilities we have been given to benefit the kingdom. God desires that we be those who step out in faith, who share His commitment. That’s how we’ll enter into the happiness of the Master.
Consider what Yeshua/Jesus said in Matt. 25:14-15.
A man traveled to a far country, called his own servants, delivered his goods to them, and immediately went on a journey.
We must see the parallels….Yeshua/Jesus came to earth, called His disciples, entrusted them with the message of the gospel, and departed when He ascended back to heaven, and
Matthew 25;19 completes this picture.
After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. (NKJV)
This verse is a reminder that not only did Messiah leave this earth, but one day He will come back and we will have to give account. This is one of the most important points.
The parable of the talents is a reminder that Jesus/Yeshua is coming back and we have some work to do.
While we are still counting from Omer, below are some things to prayerfully consider.
One of the phrases we read this story is
to each according to his own ability;
leading to simple questions:
What is our role in the kingdom,
what has God given us to do?
and what is His expectation of us?
Remember, He began the parable by saying
the kingdom of heaven is like.
God has given each of us a responsibility, according to our abilities. So often we leave the work of preaching the gospel and making disciples to those who are called to do it.
The reality is that calling is for all of us.
Some may have more responsibility if God has called them to do that in a full-time capacity, but we are all called to this purpose. These are the talents/goods God has delivered to each of us.
It does not matter if God has positioned us to do this full-time or not, it is critical to recognize what God has given each of us as individuals. The message of the gospel, which is the talents/goods/gifts are alive in us if we know Yeshua/Jesus as our Savior.
What has God given us?
The responsibility, applies to everyone,
and now that we are aware of it we are accountable, so we must ask ourselves,
what are we doing with it?
Looking at this in a very practical way; recall one had 5 talents, one had 2 talents, and one had 1 talent. We need to see that our mindset needs an adjustment and understand that in Gods eyes, everyone is in full-time ministry. The difference is what is the primary focus of our ministry.
It could be described as this:
Some people’s ministry is only focused on the gospel and disciples all the time (5 talents). Some people work full-time outside of a church or ministry setting and may volunteer to serve in church. For this person the majority of their ministry happens in their jobs and communities (2 talents or 1 talent). So being a teacher, business person, an accountant (or whatever your occupation) is really full-time ministry.
The difference is that the primary focus of an individuals ministry is not just preaching the gospel; but it is still ministry. In the course of working, we can shine His light and share the truth of the gospel when the opportunities arise.
The bottom line is we may not be able to do as much as someone with 5 talents, but we still can and should contribute with the talents God has given us.
To whom much given much is required.
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:48).
Again reminding us that we are not alone in the quest for doing good and that we have to be responsible in using His gifts.
One of the most important thing to remember from this parable of the talents, is the suddenness of the master’s return.
This takes us back to Matt. 25;19
After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. (NKJV)
There are two points of emphasis here:
First, the master (Yeshua/Jesus) will return one day,
and second,
we will have to give account.
The master didn’t announce his coming, he just came back after a long time!!
It will be the same with Yeshua/Jesus.
After a while, He will come back.
The question is,
are we ready for His return?
Another way of looking at it is—what would we want to be found doing when Messiah returns? Hopefully, the answer is to be taking what He has entrusted us with and sharing it with those around us. After all, this is the only way possible He can get a return on what He has entrusted you with.
Are we ready for His return?
Why is this a recurring theme in the posts? Because it is the message coming from His Spirit of Holiness at this hour, and the hour is very, very late……
When we read the whole story, there were two different responses given to the servants. Two of them heard well done and one heard you wicked, lazy servant. That is why it is so important to focus on what we do with the task/responsibility God has given us and not the amount of responsibility God has given us.
The point made in this situation is the servant with the smallest amount of responsibility was the one who was declared wicked and lazy. This confirms that it is not how much God has given us but what are we doing with it. In other words, there are no excuses.
This is a challenging word, but it is part of the calling and what Yeshua/Jesus has entrusted us to do. What God has given us is real and very valuable and we have a responsibility to share it, even if all we have is 1 talent. That can make a very big difference in the kingdom of God, and it can also make a difference in what God will say to us on that day.
What will Yesua/Jesus say to us on that day and
where do we go from here?
Each reader be encouraged to consider what God has entrusted and placed in us. Consider what He is asking us to do. Remember everyone is not going to be full-time (5 talents). Most of us will only have 2 talents or 1 talent.
Whatever God has asked us to do, we are to work at it with all our might, being the best we can be and doing all we can for the kingdom of God.
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength. Ecc. 9:10
Gifts can be talents placed within us, given by our Father to use for and in furthering His Kingdom; talents are also gifts/goods that we are entrusted with, to put to His use and increase their volume; so we can present them to Him upon His return and show that we have been good stewards.
Paul makes it clear that faithfulness in that calling was not an option; it was a requirement.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Let a man so consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
1Peter 4:10
There’s a purpose why God has given us what we have right now. Let’s not waste what God has given us. Make sure we do our best to increase what God has given us. As good stewards, we have the responsibility to manage and handle our resources so we can earn an increase.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Cor. 15:58
Family, His truth is what we need in this hour and not having our ears tickled… like the people said in Isaiah 30:10
who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and to the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
Oh prophesy to us of pleasant things
…they did not want to hear the voice of their Lord through His prophets …He was calling them telling them to repent/teshuvah, to turn back to Him and His ways ..He is speaking the same today; and above all let us be found faithful doing that which we have been called to do.
Days are quickly coming when an unshakable faith in the Way the Truth and The Life is going to be critical. We must not be moved by what we see or hear, but stand fast in who and what we know.. He will strengthen our hearts…
The kingdom of the heavens is this parable, and it exists right this moment, each minute of the day we have a choice to use our gifts wisely; to go forward into growth and maturity, or retreat back to safety.
Just what is it we are supposed to do with these talents?
We are to serve with all our hearts and then we will experience the true joy of the Lord that always accompanies the blossoming and thriving of life/chaim. Let us us not fail to use our gifts/mincha by burying and hiding them….
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
Isaiah 55:6-9
Seek the Lord while He may be found don’t wait one more day…today is the day of salvation.
The greatest mincha was and is Himself – Jesus/Yeshua
John 3:16
God GAVE
and salvation is
His GIFT/mincha
to us.
“God recommends his own love to us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8.
Are you sure of your salvation?
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
please make certain you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
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.
In previous posts we looked at the 5 women mentioned in the Geneology of Messiah.
In that same list is another enigmatic individual whose name is Chanokh.
We may be more familiar with the English translation of
Enoch.
Enoch in Hebrew is pronounced as Chenock
and sounds close to Henokh.
The name Hanok is from the same Hebrew word translated Enoch in both verses, Genesis 4:17 and Genesis 5:18. Other translations say Hanoch, hhanock or Henoch. The only difference is one of English spelling.
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine Transliteration: Chanok Phonetic Spelling: (khan-oke’) In the pronunciation sounds like anochi
Who was Enoch /Chanoch?
Enoch the name means:
dedicated, initiated one.
chet nun vav kaf
חֲנוֹךְ
Genesis 5 shows the direct line from Adam to Noah.
In Luke 3 working backwards:
Which was the son of Cainan,
which was the son of Arphaxad,
which was the son of Sem,
which was the son of Noe,
which was the son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Mathusala,
which was the son of Enoch,
which was the son of Jared,
which was the son of Maleleel,
which was the son of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos,
which was the son of Seth,
which was the son of Adam,
which was the son of God.
If the ages of the individuals genealogies are added together, we will discover that Adam was alive at the same time Enoch was alive!
Enoch was the 7th from Adam, and the great-great Grandfather of Noah,
and his son Methuselah died the same week that Noah entered into the ark.
The meanings of their combined Hebrew names preach the gospel message of the coming Messiah.
Adam – Man
Seth – Appointed
Enosh/Enos – Mortal
Kenan/Cainan – Sorrow
Mahalael/Maleleel – The Blessed God
Yared/Jared – Shall Come Down
Enoch – Teaching
Mathusala/ Methuselah – His Death Shall Bring
Lamech – The Despairing
Noe/Noah – Comfort/ Rest
Adding in: is, to, but and the it could read
Man is Appointed to Mortal Sorrow
but The Blessed God
Shall Come Down Teaching
His Death Shall Bring the Despairing
Comfort/ Rest
In Genesis 5:1-32
1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
5Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
7 After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.
10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
13After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
16After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Genealogy of Yeshua/Jesus. Luke 3:21-38
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josek, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah,
the son of ENOCH
the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
He is also mentioned in Hebrews
Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Hebrews 11:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT) 5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[ a] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. 6 And it is impossible to please God without faith.
Jude 14-15 King James Version (KJV) 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[ a]
Enoch is located at position seven in the Genesis 5 genealogy he is not to be confused with Cains son by the same name in Genesis 4:17 the number seven is a symbolic number denoting perfection this is a fact Jude did not overlook when he referred to Enoch as the seventh from Adam, or a perfect man.
Jude 14-15 Amplified Bible (AMP) 14 It was about these people that [ a ] Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, “Look, the Lord came with [ b ] myriads of His holy ones 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the [ c ] ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Jude clearly notes Enoch as a prophet for he says
Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said,
In Jude 14-15, Jude describes the second coming with the following quote:
“See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones.”
The Jewish historian Josephus and the secular historian Tacitus report an army seen in the clouds at the start of the Jewish War in A.D. 66!
So Who was this man there are only such few verses about him in the Scriptures?
Even a casual reading of Genesis account emphasizes that
Enoch walked with God,
the only person in the entire genealogy to do so
and whats more he walked with God for 300 years!
The significance of Methuselah.
Enoch’s son Methuselah, was the oldest man that ever lived and died.
In truth it is Methuselah’s father who is the oldest man that ever lived, because Enoch never died!
Followed of course by Elijah.
Enochs great grandson Noah built the ark and was spared from the flood and that year his grandfather died.
Two facts we can compare:
Genesis 5:27
tells us that Methuselah died at age 969
Second in Genesis 5:25
Methuselah’s age was 187
when Lamech was born’
and Genesis 5:28
Lamech’s age was 182
when Noah was born.
Genesis 7:11
+600
Noah’s age when the flood came.
Total 969
From these two facts anyone can calculate that Methuselah died the year of the flood.
Soon after Methuselah was laid in the ground the fountains of the great deep broke up.
As Methuselah died the year of the flood it speaks to us that his name was very prophetic, giving insight that his father Enoch was a prophet. As Jude declared over 3000 years later. A prophet tells things ahead of time not only about the flood, but he also foretold the second coming in Jude 15.
The fact that Methuselah died at the oldest age on record reveals the mercy of God in not wanting to send the flood until he has given time for man to asked for forgiveness, to repent.
Is not the fact that we are called to
repent/ teshuvah
the very core of salvation?
This is why in the New Testament Peter tells us that he is not slow in his coming as some men thinks slowness.
Peter spoke about God’s reluctance to destroy mankind in direct connection with the lifestyle of Methuselah when he referred to the patience of God while the ark was being built 1 Peter 3:20
Did God keep extending Methuselah’s life year-by-year because he is long suffering toward mankind and is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance? 2Peter 3:9
Noah a preacher of righteousness was only able to save his family by Gods directive. 2Peter 2:5
Enoch, who by position was already part of the Godly lineage, found his life radically altered by the birth of Methuselah. Apparently, God came to Enoch and informed him of the prophetic significance of the child that his wife was soon to give birth to. He was also told to call his name Methuselah because, when he dies, an event will occur which will be recorded historically as the flood.
This new birth led to a new walk and
Enoch walked with God
after he begat Methuselah.
The new walk
in turn led to a new life
and Enoch walked with God and
he
was not –
for God took him.
The term
was not –
has two meanings:
It is a Hebrew idiom meaning
he died
but it can also be interpreted as his
being translated –
going straight to heaven without dying, (physical body).
In the version of the Septuagint, “and he was not found, for God translated him.” Hence, in the New Testament it is said, Hebrews 11:5, “By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death.”
The first is one word in Hebrew
we’eynennû,
which could be literally translated
“and he not there,”
the verb “was” to be supplied:
”he was not there/he was no more.”
It could mean that he disappeared or that he died.
1) to go, to walk, to go along (to, through or over a place, with someone, after someone, to follow someone, to pursue someone);
2) “to walk” is to live, to follow any manner of life (to follow someone’s footsteps is to imitate him in life and manners)
הלך hâlak is similar in sound and meaning to ילך yâlak (Strong’s #3212) “to go” which according to some lexicons is first used of the Serpent in Eden being forced “to go” on its belly without its legs but also of Abram’s great commission (Genesis 12:1) to leave Ur and go to a new land, clearly using his legs not slithering like a snake.
From these meanings, Halak
clearly shows
a literal place where he went daily
in order to walk and talk with God.
Of course Enoch also walked with God in the usual sense of the term as he sought to include into every aspect of daily life the lessons he learned during intimate communion with God.
Amos 3:3 poses the question:
can two walk together except they be agreed
since the obvious answer is that they cannot,
and since God does not change,
Enoch discovered what we must also learn
that it is we/us that must do the changing.
We must continuously adjust and strive to stay closely connected with God.
The last three words about each of Enochs’ predecessors are
that he died.
Genesis 5:55:8:5:11 5:14 5:17 5:20.
The last three words about Enoch are:
God took him
Genesis 5:24
We are informed later in the New Testament that God took him, means that he did not see death because God translated him Hebrews 11:5
The Enoch principle to remember from the Genesis account is that: he walked with God.
This phrase can be reduced to one word – fellowship.
Enoch pleased God and the next time we find Enoch mentioned in the scriptures is at the 2nd position in the Hebrews list of Faith heroes. Heb. 11:5,6; By faith Enoch…
Whereas the Genesis account mentions twice
that Enoch walked with God
and the Hebrews account speaks twice of
Enoch pleasing God.
Verse 6 is one of the most popular faith verses in the Brit Chadashah,
it should be looked at as a comment on Enoch and then verse 7 quickly moves to Noah.
Since the emphasis of the Hebrews account is that
Enoch pleased God
it follows that only by
walking with God
(genesis text)
will one ever please Him.
(Hebrews text)
Or to put it another way Fellowship precedes approval. Yeshua/Jesus will never say I knew You, unless we are intimate with Him during our sojourn here and that is not summed up in us giving Him our list of wants and calling it prayer time!
Hebrews adds some interesting insights about Enoch one is that his translation did not seem a surprise to him.
By faith Enoch was translated.
His translation was something Enoch was believing for. The word translate here is
metathesis
Strongs 3331 3346
and means: transportation ie transferal to heaven
Enoch miraculously stepped from the earthly realm to the heavenly realm
How does faith come?…
by hearing and hearing by the word of God, Rom. 10:17
The question arises; how did he hear the word in order to receive such faith; especially for an event for which there was no precedent (translation)? At this time the revelation from God to man was not much in evidence. Man did not know much more than of sin and sacrifice.
Seeing as Enoch had no Bible to read, nor church to attend; how could he hear Gods word??
Refocus on the words
Enoch walked with God
and consider that it is possible that Enoch and God conversed as the two of them walked together? Just as his 7th generation forebear Adam had done? According to the scripture in 1 John 4:12Enoch could not see God, however, according toJohn 10:27;Enoch could hear Gods voice. This would be similar to how we hear His voice today and maybe even in a stronger sense because he did not have the other means of the Father’s grace extended to him. Was Enochs’ diligence in seeking the Lord rewarded with God giving him a clear revelation of Himself?
Again in Heb 5:22,24 the Hebrew word for walk is Halak and means to walk up and down with another, to be conversant with…
God was conversant with Enoch, before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God,
The word testimony here means witness
Enoch had the witness the vocal testimony that he pleased God. Was it was upon hearing this witness that he received faith to step up into the heavenly dimension?
We should remember that they had enjoyed fellowship and daily conversation for 300 yrs!!
Enoch had adjusted his life following the instructions from the voice. it is possible God found in Enoch what he had intended and longed for with Adam and Eve and when it was lost he found it again with Enoch?
These are the same principles seen in later examples of fruitfulness. Moses, Joshua, David, Daniel etc. Yeshua/Jesus is our prime example.
He had FELLOWSHIP with His Father in perfect obedience.
For the first 30 years we hear almost nothing of Him, then he received public declaration of his Fathers APPROVAL at the Jordan river before His public MINISTRY.
The Biblical order the scripture repeats for us to see is Fellowship Approval Ministry.
For Enoch there was a moment when something special and unique occurred … He was transported into the Fathers presence. In Hebrews 11:5 we are told His family searched for him but he was not found … It was as though he vanished into thin air; with no trace no sign of struggle … nothing…. for God took him God had translated him.
In Genesis, we have the Enoch principle that is fellowship and the Enoch principle in Hebrews is Approval. When a person fellowships with God and pleases Him through obedience, God is usually pleased to then use that person as a mouthpiece to others.
This leads us to the third scripture where Enoch is mentioned.
The book of Jude precedes Revelation and is placed strategically because it is prophetic of the things which will unfold in the last days immediately prior to the Lords return. It is in this very short book Enoch is mentioned. Jude 14.15
The Enoch principle in Jude is that of Ministry which is based on the statement that Enoch also prophesied.
He spoke TO God
before he
spoke FOR God
The underlying Enoch principles are:
FELLOWSHIP leads to
APPROVAL and that leads to MINISTRY
Relationship precedes permission to preach!?
Jude is referencing the book of Enoch when he quotes Enochs prophecy about the Lords return. This book was never received as canonical and its certain that not all the letters Paul wrote are included either! Many are not aware that Paul wrote a letter to the Laodecians is just an example. It is notable and important to see that God made sure that Judes book was included and that a small portion of Enochs prophesies were included in the ‘canon’!
It may surprise readers to know there are scrolls believed to have been written by Enoch however they are not well known and have been somewhat hidden from view.
Several fragments of it, in Aramaic, have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. (It is not known if the book was written originally in Hebrew or in Aramaic, the common language of the time.) He gave his writings to Methuselah (the son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah), and Noah to preserve them “so they can be delivered to the generations of the world”.
It is not regarded as scripture by Jews or any Christian group, apart from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which to this day regards it to be canonical. This prophesy of Enoch is not found in the Tenach, but is found in “The Book of Enoch,” a work that has long been lost and only discovered in Africa the 17th century. The book was thought to have been lost, for over 2,000 years, with many ancient sources referring to it, and even quoting parts, but no complete copies were known. Then in 1773, James Bruce brought three copies back from Ethiopia, having spent some years exploring the country.
Access to their content is now more easily available with the internet offering the contents and it has become more popular now we are nearing the return of Messiah. Many say they should not be read as they are not included in the Bible…There is some evidence that they were excluded by decree of men around the time of Constantine and the council of Nicea who determined what books should be left in and which should not. Would we read the writings of Noah or Abraham if they existed? We read Job, Jeremiah, etc,. etc,. without thinking; yet we stumble over the so called apocryphal books, saying they are not genuine. Then we read Josephus the historian employed by Rome, and believe what he wrote concerning the events of the times in which he lived. Here is where we trust the Fathers spirit of holiness and read with a discerning heart and noting that if the contents are confirmed by scripture they may well have benefit now that as Daniel prophesied, knowledge shall increase in the last days.
There is certainly some curiosity to read what Enoch wrote, a man who walked with God for 300 years, pleased God, prophesied of the end time, mentioned by the new testament writers and literally did not die but was taken up to be with the Lord…. Let the reader decide.
Many scholars think that Enoch could be one of the 2 witnesses of revelation along with Moses and or Elijah seeing as Enoch and Elijah did not physically die, they may return to die as stated inRevelation 11 :1-14.
Enoch was divinely inspired to prophesy that Jehovah /YeHoVeH would come “with his holy myriads to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him.
The first words of the book are very close to known scriptures.
The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect ⌈⌈and⌉⌉ righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked ⌈⌈and godless⌉⌉ are to be removed.
And he took up his parable and said–Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by
God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, ⌈which⌉ the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.
Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai,
⌈And appear from His camp⌉ And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
And all shall be smitten with fear
And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
And the high mountains shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame p. 32
And the earth shall be ⌈wholly⌉ rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
But with the righteous He will make peace.
And will protect the elect, And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered,
And they shall ⌈all⌉ be blessed. ⌈And He will help them all⌉,
And light shall appear unto them, ⌈And He will make peace with them⌉.
And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of ⌈His⌉ holy ones To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy ⌈all⌉ the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works ⌈of their ungodliness⌉ which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners ⌈have spoken⌉ against Him.
Abel is the first person in the scripture who is identified as a prophet but Abel has no recorded words in scripture. Looking at him more closely we see that Yeshua/Jesus obviously referred to him as a prophet through his martyrdom. Luke 11:50,51
Enoch is the first person after Abel identified as a prophet and the first one whose prophetic utterance is cited. even though we have come to the last but one book in the Bible to find it!
Enoch emphasized about the ungodliness of his day (ungodly repeated.)
Enoch the prophet speaks to us today telling us that IF we will
(IF CONDITION AGAIN)
fellowship daily with our Lord,
we will please Him
and He in turn will please us by using us for His glory
or to quote literally
Enoch walked with God, he pleased God, Enoch also prophesied…
A closer look at his name and the meaning of the individual letters with the paleo pictographs:
חֲנוֹך
chet nun vav kaf (reading right to left)
חֲנוֹך
kaf vav nun chet
chet: fence private sanctuary a place of protection and refuge
noon: fish activity and life seed
vav: iron nail connect two things together
kaf: open palm of the hand to cover teaching kippur atonement.
One combination of these pictographs could be:
chet: In a private set apart place/ sanctuary where noon /life is both created and protected, this wonderful event occurs because of a connection between 2 things separated from each other, which in this case: sinful man and a Holy God – the separation is restored/healed by an iron nail – vav – which is connected to the kaf the palm of the hand. And the picture of the letter kaf seems to tell us what this is about, that it is the redemptive work of atonement which came through Jesus/Yeshua.
Is this what our Heavenly Father was thinking
as a indication of his redemptive plan
when He named Enoch?
חנוך
hhanokh
7th from Adam
7= divine perfection
which was manifest in Yeshuas life, death and resurrection.
Enoch pleased God/YeHoVeH.
is this also an indication of the coming Messiah?
Let us be among those of whom it can be said
He becomes a rewarder of those who seek Him out
They referred to
חנוך
hhanokh
Enoch as
“the man who walked with God.”
Is that how others refer to us?
It is interesting that we read many books without even a second thought. Then when we are told not to read something written by a direct ancestor of Messiah we are almost afraid to even look at it.
The contents of Enochs’ writings are somewhat controversial and being prayerful and discerning is at the readers personal discretion. MMM is simply presenting information for those who love to study.
For individuals who are led by His Ruach HaKodesh together with an interest in further study of his writings; some of which were also attributed to Noah! There are downloads available as well as hard copies that can be purchased on line.
We are living in the closing days of this age, some of which are what Enoch prophesied about. If you have not already made a decision or given your heart to Yeshua/Jesus or just simply NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved…. Today is the day of salvation for we are not promised tomorrow….
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.
A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon
First of course, He did what His Father told Him
Yeshua/Jesus always obeyed His Father, but it was not by routine actions devoid of feeling and concern . Yeshua/Jesus cared deeply for the people and all the situations around Him.
In other words, Yeshua/Jesus being moved with compassion was an expression of His Father. Surely, our Heavenly Father ‘feels’ things as deeply as Yeshua/Jesus.
There was a force within Him that was able to alter the elements of reality around Him and effect changes in the lives of the multitudes that followed Him.
Matthew 9:36. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 14:14. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
Mark 8:2-3 “I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.
Mark 1:41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be cleansed. Luke 7:13.
Matt 20:34 And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.
When we read in Scripture that Yeshua/Jesus was moved with compassion; it was a deeply heart-felt reaction to any given situation that led to an action. When confronted with the evidence that satan had deceived people, and kept them in sickness and oppressed them. He reacted with help, to undo the wrong, to set people free.
In different situations the scripture records Yeshua/Jesus was “moved with compassion.” In other versions it is sometimes translated as
take pity, Indignant, and heart went out to….
However they fall short of the Greek meaning.
“Moved with compassion”
is more than feeling pity or sympathy for someone. This word means a feeling that comes out of the innermost being.
It is that gut-wrenching, feeling we get in the pit-of-the-stomach when something really bad happens or we believe that it is going to happen.in the bowels hence the saying bowels of compassion. Colossians 3:12-13 – Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, however, it is not a feeling of powerlessness.
At those times when Yeshua/Jesus was moved with compassion, He did something, a physical action followed; whether it was casting out demons, raising the dead, healing the sick or teaching about the gospel of the kingdom of the heavens in order to bring people out of ignorance about their Heavenly Father and His ways.
True compassion involves resistance to the wrong and why some translate it as “indignant” and includes action to correct it or, at least, bring comfort through it.
In our own pain we need to look on others not in pity or with sympathy for what they are going through, but be moved with compassion. We need to become the hand of Yeshua/Jesus in ministering to them. They need to look into our eyes and see the love and compassion of the infinitely caring God looking back at them through us.
in Matthew 20 where Yeshua/Jesus asked two blind men, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him” Matthew 20.32-34.
In Mark we are told about a man with leprosy who “came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed.” The man said, “If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”
Again, Scripture reports,
“Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’ Instantly the leprosy disappeared, and the man was healed” (see Mark 1.40-42).
There are other similar occurrences in Scripture. Each time Yeshua/Jesus feeds the multitudes, we’re told,
Yeshua/Jesus “had compassion on them”
(e.g., Mark 6.34; Mark 8.2; Matthew 14.14).
Often, when Yeshua/Jesus saw crowds of people who seemed lost, He was moved with compassion.
It is quite fascinating that mercy or compassion, nra-cha-min, is derived from the name of the most motherly place in the human body: the womb, re-chem.
This is where the strongest connection of compassion and love are bonded between the mother and the baby, respectively. Men may need to learn this, if you are a mother, you will have experienced this compassion first hand.
This connection has been referenced in previous posts and although it is generally understood that our faith is in Gods ability and must be present to heal; there are many scriptures where the word compassion is used as a precursor to the power for healing being manifested or miracles taking place.
Some examples referenced below:
Jesus was moved with compassion, Matt. 9:36 (Matt. 20:34; Mark 1:41; Luke 7:13). A certain Samaritan had compassion on him, Luke 10:33.
Ephesians 4:32 – And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Mark 6:34 – And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Colossians 3:12-13 – Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Compassion seems to be a spiritual force that moved Yeshua/Jesus to action and without that action it is simply observation and sympathy.
In the Torah there are clear guidelines that anyone touching a leper would be unclean
Did Yeshua/Jesus give evidence of His deity because He cleansed the leper and the leper did not make Him unclean or did it?
In reading scripture during the course of study there are differing opinions as to the meaning of this as concerns Messiah the options follow so the reader can draw their own conclusions.
This story which most people are familiar with. On one of His return visits to the Galilee, Yeshua encounters a leper who begs for healing. Yeshua, being filled with compassion, touches the leper and he is healed instantly. However, there is more going on in this incident than what lies on the surface.
And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” (Mark 1:40-44)
It is important to take a look at leprosy from a biblical perspective. The typical mental image is of a debilitating disease which leaves a person scarred and disfigured, with missing fingers and toes.
This seems to be a misrepresentation being forced onto the Scriptures due to the use of the English word, leprosy.
Biblical leprosy is known as tzara’at (צרעת)
and has no relation to modern leprosy, otherwise known as Hansen’s Disease. which is a bacterial infection affecting the skin and the nervous system,
biblical leprosy tzara’at involves none of these symptoms.
The parameters of tzara’at can be found in Leviticus 13 and 14. In the introduction to Leviticus 13, most Bibles will have a footnote saying something to the effect of,
Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases.
The text,says that tzara’at was very specific in its identification and had to meet certain criteria before it could be labeled tzara’at by the cohen(priest) NOTE: not a doctor/physician.
Also, we find that not only is it associated with a skin condition, but it can also be a type of mildew-like substance that can appear on the walls of a house (Lev. 14:33-53), or in fabric or in leather-goods (Lev. 13:47-59).
Other distinguishing factors of biblical tzara’at are its severity and transmission. According to the biblical texts, tzara’at does not transmit physical ailment akin to Hansen’s Disease. It does, however, transmit ritual impurity (making one “unclean”).
“A person or object in contact with a leper becomes both unclean and contaminating.”
What does this mean?
It means an ostracizing of the metzora (a “leper” in biblical terms).
In other words, when one has been diagnosed as being a metzora, one must remove himself from the community so as not to “infect” others
The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp. (Lev. 13:45-46)
leper מצורע
lazar. lā′zar, לזר
one afflicted with a loathsome and pestilential disease like Lazarus, the beggar.
The Septuagint, a translation of the Hebrew Bible originally used by Greek-speaking Jews and Gentile proselytes, translates the term tzaraath with Greek lepra (λέπρα), from which the cognate “leprosy” (a term now referring specifically to the bacterial infection aforementioned as Hansen’s disease) was traditionally used in English Bibles.
Although this seems like a harsh treatment for someone who has a non-life-threatening, semi-communicable impurity (and not a disease, per se), one must remember that this command was given while the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness and encamped together in close quarters.
Any contact (intentional or not) with other people or objects would immediately transfer ritual impurity to the person or object, thus rendering them tamei (טמא) as well.
This contact with ritual impurity would make these individuals unable to participate in communal worship and the sacrificial system. In order for this to be contained, the priesthood was commissioned with identifying and quarantining outbreaks of tzara’at.
A metzora had to undergo routine inspections to monitor the condition of their infection.
We have to keep in mind, however, that ritual impurity (being “unclean”) is in no way equivalent to sin.
Remembering that the definition in Torah of being unclean, was not the same as committing a sin!
Being “unclean” was part of the routine of life during the days when the Tabernacle or the Temple were standing. Women became ritually impure during their monthly cycle or during childbirth. Both men and women became unclean with any kind of bodily emission.
Tzara’at, however, was one of the most severe cases of ritual impurity, even surpassing corpse contamination, since one was only able to be purified on the condition the symptoms had vanished.
Once the symptoms were completely gone an elaborate series of sin offerings, sprinklings, immersions similar to the purification rituals of corpse contamination were required in order to be declared officially clean (“ritually pure”).
The only way sin would be connected to impurity is if an unclean person entered the Holy Temple. They would be guilty of defiling the earthly abode of the Almighty and be held liable.
There is, however, an odd condition in regard to tzara’at which makes its spiritual / ritual nature explicit. Once a metzora was completely consumed with tzara’at, and covered from head to foot and has turned completely white, he was pronounced tahor (טהור) clean / ritually pure and was free from his quarantine (Lev. 13:12-13).
Once new skin began replacing the infection, however, he was quarantined once again and the entire inspection cycle was begun anew.
There was no known cure for tzara’at. The priesthood did not affect the affliction, but only diagnosed it.
Based on several inferences in Scriptural, there are seven sins for which one may be afflicted with leprosy: slander, the shedding of blood, vain oath, incest, arrogance, robbery and envy.
The word metzora as a compound word comprised of the words “motzi [shem] ra”
this means one who “brings forth [an] evil [name].”
In other words, a leper is one who spreads gossip and slander. The sages viewed evil speech as so damaging that they interpreted slander to be one of the most grave sins:
If this is the case, it is interesting to note that this is one of the few instances in which Yeshua did not also tell the one he was healing that his sins were forgiven. Why? Because sins committed against God can be pardoned by either God or His earthly agent. However, the only way sins committed against another living human being can be pardoned is from the one whom we have wronged (Matt 5:23-24; John 20:23).
After considering the details of tzara’at, returning to the passage in which Yeshua encounters the metzora, a man who has contracted biblical leprosy. The man requests one thing of Yeshua.
“If you will, you can make me clean” (v. 40).
Notice his request was not healing, but purity.
This is an especially important aspect to the story now weve learned what Leviticus says in regards to tzara’at.
The man must have had advanced stages of tzara’at, because Luke 5:12 describes him as one who was full of leprosy. However, it is reasonable to say that he could not have been completely covered Leviticus 13:12-13 or he would have been considered tahor, ritually pure/clean. If he was already clean/ritually pure, then why would he have need of Yeshua’s touch to make him clean/ritually pure?
With this in mind, this man was still a legitimate metzora and brought uncleanness/ritual impurity upon anyone touching him.
Some teach that although Jesus/Yeshua touched the metzora, He did not become unclean and proved His Divinity.
However, if that is correct and Yeshua could not contract ritual impurity, then He was not truly human?
Scripture says, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
He was not merely human in appearance, but human in every regard.
If we think now with a Hebrew mind would it be true to say thta being in an unclean state was not a new experience for Yeshua? He would have no doubt dealt with this numerous times in His life. Examples being: the woman with the hemorrhage who touched Him; and then He went on to touch Jairus’ dead daughter raising her to life.
Also the raising of the widows son in Nain.
Remember, being ritually unclean is NOT the same as sinning.
His identification with humanity through taking upon Himself flesh and blood allowed for Yeshua/Jesus to truly identify with the temptations and the sufferings of mankind.
Mark tells us that Yeshua was
moved with pity, and therefore “stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, ‘I will; be clean.’”
Called the Leper Messiah by the Rabbis in Accordance to Isaiah 53:4‘Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted.’
Yeshua used this understanding as evidence that He was indeed the long-awaited Messiah when questioned by the disciples of John the Immerser:
And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed
and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.” (Matthew 11:4-5)
Did He became the Leper Messiah for our sake, bearing our griefs and carrying our sorrows by intentionally touching the lepers and taking upon himself their afflictions? His skin did not break out in white scabs. However, it seems He did become unclean/ritually impure for the sake of this man. Rather than speaking a word of healing and remaining clean / ritually pure, His compassion and empathy prompted His hand to reach out and touch the impurity of another.
Yeshua not only understood this and demonstrated this, but taught hHs disciples to do likewise by telling them,
Heal the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse lepers,
cast out demons (Matthew 10:8)
With the healing of the leper, Yeshua sends the man away with a mission:
“Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them” (Mark 1:44).
In doing so, Yeshua was commanding the man to travel to Jerusalem (a 2/3 day journey from the Galilee) to be inspected by the priesthood in the Temple. Once he was seen and declared clean, he was to offer up “what Moses commanded” for the purification of a metzora (from Leviticus 14).
This included:
Two live clean birds for purification ceremony
One male lamb for a guilt offering
One female lamb for a sin offering
One male lamb for a burnt offering
Flour and oil for grain offerings
Reading Yeshua’s instructions to this man, it raises some questions
One, if he is already clean, why does he need to show himself to the priesthood and undergo the purification rituals?
This involves an issue of obedience to Torah. Although the man has already been purified, he still needs to be declared clean by the administrating priesthood according to Leviticus 14:1-32. Without the declaration from the priesthood, the man would not be allowed admittance back into his community (or any Jewish community for that matter). Also, to refuse to do so would have been a direct violation of the Torah. In other words, he would have been sinning. By telling the man to show himself to the priesthood, Yeshua upheld the command of Torah which tells the proper procedure for declaring a metzora to be clean
Two, main stream Christianity usually teaches that Yeshua came to do away with the Temple, the priesthood and the sacrificial system/law and that we are under grace alone. so why would Yeshua/Jesus give the man specific instructions to “offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded?”
This involves the priesthood and the sacrificial system. By having the man show himself to the priesthood and offer the prescribed sacrifices in the Torah, Yeshua demonstrated the intended interpretation of his teaching in
Matthew 5:17, in which he said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.”
By doing this He upheld both the commandments and the earthly function of the levitical system. He showed that His soon coming atoning work was not in competition with the levitical priesthood and system, but that His work was greater than these and the very thing upon which they were based/foundation.
His sacrificial death and resurrection were in place long before the creation of the heavens and the earth.
In Revelation, John declared Yeshua to be
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world Rev. 13:8.
It is this pre-existing act of Yeshua on which the entire sacrificial system is based, reflects and points toward?
Three, what was Yeshua hoping to prove to them by sending this man to the priesthood as proof?
This involves evidence submitted to the priesthood.
But what did it point to?
It actually makes a connection to the two previous questions. Yeshua/Jesus remained a lamb without blemish in regard to all of the righteous requirements of His Father, by having the man submit to the commands, the authorities and the procedures given by YaHoVeH in the Torah,
He would have immediately invalidated Himself as the anticipated Messiah and would have broken at least one, if not several, of the commandments and thus become a sinner Himself, if He had ignored or changed any of these procedures or had instructed the man whom He healed to do so. Matthew 5:19
The man would have presented a threefold evidence to the priesthood:
Firstly, that he was indeed healed and could begin the rituals which would allow for him to be declared clean and thus re-enter his community.
Secondly that there was indeed a healer of lepers in Israel, which would have given rise to messianic hope.
Thirdly that Yeshua was indeed qualified as one who could lead his people as the righteous Messiah and not a lawless false prophet who had come to tempt the Israelites away from Torah with signs and wonders. Deuteronomy 13:1-5.
Exodus 29:37. you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it and it shall be an altar most holy whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
This is clearly prophetic of Messiah Yeshua.
He is the atonement for sin. Hebrews 9:12.
The part of this story which has relevance to us today is in this scripture.
Lev 6:20 whatever whoever TOUCHES the flesh of the SIN offering becomes HOLY cleansed, sanctified, made atonement for.
He was fulfilling Old Testament – Torah – law and He said
I came to fufil it.
He touches us in our state of sin in the same Way He touched the leper
Whoever touched it became holy. Leviticus 6:18.
As already noted, Leprosy was also a type of sin.
Lashaon hara – evil speech. RA opposite of shalom.
Evil = out of harmony with God and His will.
Healing + Instant cleansing.
The flesh of the sin offering was Jesus/Yeshuas physical body. The human contact, the physical contact, the transference of Gods healing/restoring /redeeming/ cleansing power
The leper touched the flesh of the ultimate SIN offering.
The spotless lamb of God.
The leper was kneeling, submission, homage, respect and with the TOUCH
he was made holy/whole/ kadosh/set apart /cleansed unto the Lord.
His life changed forever he was no longer a leper, no longer a stigma, a named category of society shunned an outcast.
The TOUCH of God
the TOUCH of Messiah
caused his life to take another direction..
towards the priest to be accepted and restored to society.
His sins forgiven. His body restored and healed and
made holy – so that the at one ment with God was redeemed
and broken relationship was re-established.
Whoever touches the flesh of the sin offering becomes holy!
Reach out and Touch Him!
When we come and humble ourselves in a true genuine authentic attitude of repentance with deep Godly sorrow we touch Him and He touches us as our sin offering and we become holy!
When we understand and accept that He is our sin offering we are instantly cleansed.
Because the lamb of God has shed His blood as the ultimate sin offering and
our sins are not only covered but removed forever.
He is also our High Priest, so verse 4 for us is included within our relationship and He presents us to the Father as our mediator.
This is the good news -this is the gospel!
This is the creator of the universe TOUCHING His creation
and bringing us into the kingdom of His heavens.
Eternal love and everlasting life/chaim.
Let Him touch each one of us today.
He is willing
verse 4
I am willing
His life touched the world
His death at Pesach touched the world
His resurrection at First Fruits touched the world
and it has never been the same since because
He is still touching the world today through us.
He touched us and we are made whole and as He resides within us.
He touches others through us and darkness must flee,
light fills the souls that are touched and
human spirits are reborn and reconnected to their heavenly father
reconciliation, restoration, redemption and royalty are the result.
The touch of Yeshua/Jesus is what we need.
The touch of the masters hand
The touch of the saviors love
The touch of the redeemers forgiveness.
And the hope of His return.
IF you need the touch of Yeshua/Jesus
make sure He is given access to the sanctuary of our hearts
let Him in to heal, cleanse and deliver and fill us
that He may in turn touch others through our lives.
Many will be familiar with the older chorus above, never truer than today:
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
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.
In previous posts we looked at the 5 women mentioned in the Geneology of Messiah. 
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