Disciples Divine Design – Moadiym

The Moedim are:

the Appointed Times of the Lord

or also called

The 7 Feasts.

They can also be seen as

The Divine Design for Discipleship,

simply because they are an annual cyclical sequence of reminders to aid the observers to keep moving forward on the straight and narrow WAY.

These times are much more than an opportunity to focus on the Hebraic roots of our faith and beliefs. They are more than simply days to think on the prophetic meanings without physical participation, even though they are essentially fulfilled through Jesus/Yeshua’s Life, death and resurrection.

These Moadiym/Moedim, offer great spiritual insight and give us a unique opportunity for being discipled by His Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh; as we walk in the WAY of His Son, ever moving towards realizing our full potential and servant-hood for our Heavenly Father.

As we spend time learning their meaning in light of Jesus/ Yeshua and then living out the fullness of each of the Moedim as it relates to a disciples lifestyle; believers in Messiah will draw closer to Him and in that personal and intimate relationship, will become that much more effective and victorious. (Living a life of victory for and in Yeshua/Jesus.)

Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות ‎ or סֻכּוֹת Hebrew pronunciation: , sukkōt; traditional Ashkenazi spelling: Sukkos/Succos),

commonly called the Feast of Tabernacles or in some translations the Festival of Shelters, and known also as the

Feast of Ingathering

(חג האסיף, Chag HaAsif),

Sukkot at the Western (Wailing) Wall, Israel.

It is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei (varies from late September to late October). (October 2-9, 2020) one of the three biblically based pilgrimage holidays (chaggim or regalim) of the year.

It is the time to give thanks and appreciate the shelters of our homes and bodies as Sukkot is a hut-like structure in which the children of Israels lived when they were traveling during 40 wilderness years.

While walking through the seasons and the corresponding Moedim each year, we must allow His spirit/ruach to sow into us the deep truths that each Moed is designed to help us remember, integrating the revelations into our understanding and spiritual perception.

The end goal being, that our Heavenly Father may gather in a great harvest through us, for His glory and to lift up His Name and the Name of His Son Jesus/Yeshua, our Savior and soon returning King.

Why observe and why bother with these old testament feasts?

One good reason is the root of the words disciple, which is discipline. Paul is the great example, 

1Corinthians 9:24. 

But what made him so effective? Discipline! And the fact that he was successful because he understood the importance of submission to the Lord.

We are well aware that discipline is the key to perseverance, yet many times we allow our flesh to determine our tolerance level. If we submit to fathers discipline as Yeshua/Jesus did…

..rather than what we think we are able to endure, it teaches us our true potential and everything becomes less of an overwhelming mountain. Then we can run the race, however if we refused to submit to the discipline of our heavenly father – the race makes us – So we need His discipline to become His disciples and run to win on the straight and narrow way; leaving the flesh in the dust that it was formed from and will one day return to.

Yom Kippur just past as an appointed time of meeting with God.

The day of atonement –

at one ment

– is not so much a feast day as others but rather a day of

repentance/teshuvah.

It is significant to all, not just for Israel.

Paul refers to it

Saying the fast had already gone by.

in Acts. 27:9

It is a time for thinking,

assessing,

keeping the flesh and its desires under.

We are not perfect and all of us are working out our salvation. Walking daily in repentance and forgiveness in newness of life dealing with daily sin as it becomes an issue, thoughts attitudes etc..

We need to vow each year to be better than the year just passed.

It is the one day a year the High Priest enters into the Holy of Holies where the ark is, to take the blood of the sacrifice and place it on the Mercy seat Kapporet/ lid of the ark, between the cherubim, where rested the presence of God/the throne of His presence.. Leviticus 23:26 – 32

This action was to atone for his and the people sins. The High Priest wore all the symbolic clothing and the light of God’s Shekinah filled the Holy of Holies where there was no other source of light. Hebrews 9:24 Jesus/Yeshua became our High Priest; Hebrews 6:20, when He presented Himself to the Father. He told Mary I have not yet ascended to My Father don’t touch Me. (This may have been because it would’ve caused uncleanness before He ascended?) The real ark/ mercy seat/ throne/ His presence – is in the heavenlies/ha shamayim. And Yeshua/Jesus’ blood paid the price for all time. Hebrews 3:1; 2:14; 4:14; 5:9; 9:7; 9:11.

To be a propitiation means to be the agent through whom forgiveness and atonement can be achieved.

Yom Ha Kipuriym – Day of the Atonements.

יום הכיפורים‬

It is the holiest day on Israel’s calendar perhaps even surpassing the 7th day Shabbat.. Like the 7th day, Yom Ha Kipuriym is designated a Shabbat Shabbaton. This means it is a day to stop from all kinds of work and to rest completely once a year and begins the evening before at sundown.

Not primarily a feast because it is a day to deny self or afflict ones soul. As the High Priest performs the atonement for himself, the altar, the Tabernacle and the whole community of Israel; the people participate through their non participation! Not only are they not to come near the Holy place on this day but are to deny their own existence. They are in essence – to: stop being. By not even giving in to themselves for basic needs such as food and water.

Like Passover/Pesach, many scholars agree that Yom Ha Kipuriym find it’s clear fulfillment in Jesus/Yeshua as He is both High Priest and our sacrifice. He atoned for us once and for all and is continually making intercession for us before the Father

Intercession is more than prayer:

It is entering in and making a difference in someone’s life.

In Greek it is ENTUGCHANO, meaning to petition or to intercede.

The act of intervening or mediating between differing parties; particularly the act of praying to God on behalf of another person.

In Hebrew: PAGA – פָגַע. – paw-gah’. 

A primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity — come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, to meet, encounter, reach.

Intercession is prayer that pleads with God for your needs and the needs of others. But it is also much more than that. Intercession involves taking hold of God’s will and refusing to let go until His will comes to pass. Intercession is warfare  fighting the good fight of FAITH– the key to God’s battle plan for our lives.

He does not need to make sacrifices for Himself and for us year after year in order to atone for our sins.

It is already been accomplished forever.

Our self denial on this day therefore does not cause, aid or enhance our atonement but allows us to become acutely aware of our own mortality, our sin, our need for atonement and our desire for life. At the same time it causes us to appreciate on some very tiny level the sacrifice Messiah made on our half as He denied His own life. The sanctity and holiness of this day cannot be overstated.

Though we may find great joy in our eternal atonement in Messiah Yeshua, this is a day for remembering that atonement (at one ment) in such a way that will be very hard to forget. We ought to be completive, repentant, humble and dead/ die to self. We are to remember that we live and breathe only because the Father chooses. And that by His choice, He has the power to take it away as well.

These are the themes to think on, that without Messiah, we are truly hopeless, without hope, truly dead,

but

through His atoning blood and intercession

we are truly alive forevermore.

Five days after Yom Ha Kipuriym on the 15th day Office seventh month for seven days is the feast of the tabernacles Chag ha Sukot . (Leviticus 23:33-36, 39; 40-43)

Also called Chag ha Asif – feast of the ingathering….

Why?

Because it occurs at the outgoing of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labor from the field. Lev.23:16

Like the feast of Matzah (unleavened bread), Sukot (Sukkot) lasts for seven days and is a time of great celebration. It is different to Matzah in the way that only the first day of Sukot is a holy convocation. On this day Israel is commanded to do no regular work and to rest.

The main focus is the SUKAH – booth or tabernacle, constructed from various trees and flora from around Jerusalem. This is to remind the Israelites that brought them out of Egypt.

The spiritual significance is of

divine protection,

deliverance and

provision.

The temporary and flimsy construction of the SUKAH reminds us of our own weakness, fragile and temporary condition of our physical bodies that we dwell in on earth.

It is also symbolic of how Adonai

cares for us,

shades us, and

hides us from the elements that focus on our destruction.

(Those that would seek to steal, kill & destroy, prince of the power of the air)

At the time of the final ingathering we are to celebrate with overwhelming joyfulness that:

1. He has delivered us.

2. Watched over us.

3. Will soon be taking us to dwell permanently with Him in the SUKAH that will have no end.

The seventh day became known as

Hashanna Rabba

and was celebrated with a huge water libation ceremony to ask for abundant rain over the coming season.

 

This was the moment Jesus/Yeshua cried out…

click links below for more:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sheltering-presence-god/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/endings-are-simply-new-beginnings/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-sheltering-presence-of-god-cont/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/seeds-and-seasons/

The Eighth Day assembly.

In the scriptures: Leviticus 23: 36, 40. Nehemiah 8:14. 

it is written that this is to be observed

On the 22nd day of the seventh month.

The 7 day Sukot is the last moed of the year.

Yom HaShmiyniy Atzaret – The 8th day assembly.

The commands for this day are simply:

do no regular work, rest and assemble together.

It is a time to say goodbye to Sukot and the past years moedim/moadiym.

It is time to rest and reflect

but also a time to look forward to the future

because in six months time,

the cycle of life and annual rehearsal for the ultimate wedding of all time begins again.

Though this moed is often deemed insignificant or instead celebrated as Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah) which is an extra biblical Jewish holiday; it can also be very meaningful as we look back at the journey along the WAY that we have just completed.

The cycle of life that has come full circle and also to look forward to the new one that lies ahead.

Messiah fulfilled an intermediate fulfillment of all three Fall Feasts at His first coming:

1.) Announcement: Yom Teruw’ah, ushering in the King.

2.) Circumcision: Yom Kippur, removal of the veil (foreskin) called “face-to-face.”

3.) Dwelling with us: Sukkot; dwelt with us in a corruptible body.

John 1:14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among & we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth.

If Jesus/Yeshua was born on the 1st day of Sukkot, the 15th day of the 7th month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord?  Lev.23:34,

Then He would have been circumcised on the eighth great day – a festival following sukkot,

Shemini Atsaret – Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly

is a festival observed immediately after Sukkot Tabernacles,

i.e. on 22nd Tishrei (the seventh month) Luke 9:23

Messiah will fulfill all three Fall Feasts at His second coming: 

1.) Husband Ushering in the Bride: Yom Teruw’ah.

2.) Husband removes veil from the bride’s face: Yom Kippur.

3.) Husband consummates the marriage with the 4th cup: Sukkot; Dwells with bride for 1,000 years of Sabbath rest.

Coming very soon – so let’s keep looking up!

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

And spread over us the sukkah (shelter) of Your peace. Blessed are You, HaShem, Who spreads the Sukkat Shalom upon us, upon all of His people and upon Jerusalem.

Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus 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 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 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. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Bones of Fire and Graffiti?

The (hand)writing on the wall is an idiom meaning there are very apparent and obvious signs that something bad will happen in the future. The phrase comes from the Book of Daniel chapter 5, in which the prophet interprets some mysterious writing that a disembodied hand has inscribed on the palace wall.

The expression ‘the writing is on the wall’ is used whenever an inevitable result or imminent danger has become apparent; it came to refer to any prediction or omen that a venture was doomed to failure.

In our Modern understanding we think graffiti is writing or drawings, humorous, rude, or political, scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place usually as a form of artistic expression, without permission and within public view.

Although the common image of graffiti is a stylistic symbol or phrase spray-painted on a wall by a member of a street gang, some graffiti is not gang-related.

One dictionary definition is: Drawings or inscriptions made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and so as to be seen by the public.

God certainly did not need permission to write but it was an inscription made on a wall so as to be seen by the public!

This was no trendy slogan or tag! For Belshazzar it was a day of reckoning

Day of reckoning meaning:  God’s judgment of wickedness – the time when one is called to account for one’s actions.

Brief explanation of who was the king in this verse and why the Temple Menorah was in his possession.

Timeline of Jeremiah / Daniel (3304-3399 / 457-362 BCE)

Date Ref 553 BC Dan 7 30 has dream of the 4 beasts

551 BC Dan 8 31 in 3rd yr of Belshazzar, vision of Ram & Goat

539 BC Dan 5 32 Daniel brought to Belshazzar to read writing on the wall by a hand.

I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem” (Daniel 9:1-2)

Daniel is from David’s royal family For hundreds of years, a descendant of David had been on the throne in Jerusalem. In 605 B.C., the dynasty was in its twilight years.

Nebuchadnezzar successfully besieges Jerusalem and carries off some of the treasure from the temple of God to Babylon.

Judah’s exile from Jerusalem. Jeremiah’s prophecy of a 70-year exile was fulfilled

Daniel 5 tells the story of the 539 BC Babylonian ruler Belshazzar, a rich and debauched king/ co-regent of Babylon and a descendant of the great Nebuchadnezzar.

He is referred to as the son of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 5:18, 22), although he was not Nebuchadnezzar’s immediate successor (Jeremiah 52:31).

Belshazzar gave a banquet to his court. During the drunken party, the sacred vessels from the Jewish temple, stolen by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, were used in a blasphemous manner including using them to ‘toast’ and honor their gods and giving praise to idols.

Note Over by the candlestick was a reference to the temple Menorah

The lampstand in front of the wall where Nebuchanezzer saw the finger of God write was the Temple menorah. He was abusing and disrespecting the Holy/set apart things of the Lord and the words written were a warning and a judgment

At the height of the festivities, a man’s hand was seen writing on the palace wall the mysterious words (verse 25).

The biblical account of the mysterious and shocking/frightening appearance of the phrase was no doubt the origin to the modern expression “the handwriting on the wall,” meaning “a portent or warning of inevitable misfortune.”

The biblical record in Daniel 5 has Belshazzar’s knees knocking in fear.

Daniel 5:5-6 In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosened, and his knees knocked against each other.

The king was terrified. But no one could understand what the words meant.

All attempts at interpretation by Belshazzar’s wise men failed. Interestingly it was a woman who told him who to ask. Reminds us of Pilates wife giving wise counsel and advice at critical times. She recognized the True God as she said in 5:10-12 and Daniel was given the name Belteshazzar by the king. (Verse 12)

Daniel was one of the captives from Judah brought to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, so taking the advice given, Daniel is called out of retirement to interpret the writing for Belshazzar, he references Nebuchadnezzar’s eventual obedience to God,

Nebuchadnezzar’ was cut down like tree to a stump until he acknowledged there was a God in heaven who controls everything

He was to be humbled and cut down as the great tree was cut down. As the stump of the tree remained with a protective band of iron and bronze, so Nebuchadnezzar and his kingdom would eventually be restored.

Daniel 4:15 But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field.

The Tree would sprout again from the stump so his kingdom would be restored.

Natsar

(reminds us of another branch that sprouted from a root!) see

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-or-what-is-the-mystery-of-the-choter-or-is-it-both-conclusion/

Daniel advised the king to humble himself, turn away from his sins, and show mercy to the poor.

Daniel 4:24-27. God sent a clear warning to Nebuchadnezzar. Through Daniel, the Lord encouraged Nebuchadnezzar to repent of his sin before it was too late.

However, the King did not take this warning to heart.

Now the same warning had come to Belshazzar,

and then Daniel says this:

“But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.23 Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.”

He was cut down like a tree to a stump, until he acknowledged there was a God in heaven who controls everything.

Daniel was given wisdom from God to read and translate the words, which meant:

“numbered, numbered, weighed, divided.”

Daniel told the king, “Here is what these words mean:

Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians” (Daniel 5:26–28).

Peres is the singular form of upharsin.

The Bible never identifies what language the words were in.
Some translations spell upharsin as parsin.

Parsin – ‘to divide (into many pieces)’

Peres – ‘to divide (once)’

mene mene tekel upharsin

you are weighed in the balance and found wanting

here wanting means empty.

As a menorah lamp is empty of oil and is no longer capable of supporting a flame and thus gives forth no light, If we are empty as the lamps in the parable of the 10 virgins awaiting their bridegroom; we too will be found wanting and will not be inside after the door closes.

Daniel read it Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin and explained it to mean that God had numbered the kingdom of Belshazzar and brought it to an end; that the king had been weighed and found wanting; and that his kingdom was divided and given to the Medes and Persians (Dan. v. 1-28).

MENE – ‘numbered’ or ‘mina’.

Mina is a measure of weight and money weight

TEKEL – ‘weighed’ or ‘shekel’ Shekel is a unit of weight and money

UPHARSIN – ie ‘Parsin’ (singular Peres (verse 28)),

Parsin – ‘to divide (into many pieces)’

Peres – ‘to divide (once)’

As can be seen the words ‘mene’ and ‘tekel’ carry meanings which indicate weight and monetary value. (As a result of this observation many have felt the word ‘upharsin’ should likewise be understood as ‘half mene’ or ‘half shekel’.)

Belshazzar, co-regent of the Babylonian Empire, watched as these words were supernaturally written on the palace wall the very night his kingdom fell (539 BC).

Each of the words the hand wrote on the wall is a measure of weight (like our ounce, pound, and ton, or milligram, gram, and kilogram).

The basic unit of the Babylonian/Chaldaic monetary system was the Gerah.

The unit of weight/table of measures, was the gold Shekel (Tekel in this verse).

The Mena equalled 50 shekels;

the Upharsin (half a mena), equalled 25 shekels.

The four words stood for:

Mena 1000 Gerahs or 50 shekels/tekels;

Mena 1000 Gerahs or 50 shekels/tekels;

Tekel, 20 Gerahs or 1 shekel;

Upharsin, 500 Gerahs or 25 shekels.

The total equalled 2520 Gerahs or 126 shekels.

Twenty of these Gerahs formed one Shekel, or Tekel.

One thousand Gerahs made a Minah or Mena.

Peres or Upharsin (the plural of Peres) means division and was used as we use the word half, for e.g. a half dollar. It referred to a half Minah which was equal to 500 Gerahs

The people of Babylon use shekels and mina for their currency. One shekel weighed one fourth of an ounce. One mina was worth 50 shekels. Sometimes if a Babylonian had to pay a large amount they would sometimes use clay tablets. The people of Babylon could also trade money. E.G one mina for 50 shekels etc.

In addition, each shekel can be divided into even smaller units (as a pound can be divided into ounces, for example). The shekel was equal to 20 gerahs (Ezekiel 45:12). The 126 shekels of Daniel 5:25 is equivalent to 2,520 gerahs.

mene: maneh, mina (a measure of weight) 4484

Original Word: מְנֵא
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mene
Phonetic Spelling: (men-ay’)
Definition: maneh, mina (a measure of weight)

te’-kel (teqel)

tqal: Tekel 8625

Original Word: תְּקַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tqal
Phonetic Spelling: (tek-al’)
Definition: to weigh

Tekel, be weighed

means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the scales/balances and have not measured up.

shaqal: to weigh 8254

Original Word: שָׁקַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shaqal
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kal’)
Definition: to weigh

UPHARSIN is plural: divisions;

PERES is singular: divided.

Babylon is being divided once into two branches

(Media and Persia will take their respective portions).

There is no contradiction here, just a linguistic variation to highlight two different aspects of this prophecy, (one separation into two pieces).

Upharsin and they divide, or, And they are dividing. 

A Chaldee word, an active plural form with the conjunction prefixed; while PERES or PHARES, from the same root, is a passive participle, and means divided,  It is a pure Chaldean word. Peres is only a simple form of the same word.

The u in Upharsin is the conjunction and, while pharsin, or, rather, parsin, is the plural of peres, a noun which implies divisions and also Persians. It appears from Daniel 5:28 that the empires of Babylon and the Medo-Persian empire are those signified as being divided.

The Difference between Upharsin and Peres.

Specifically, the fact that one verse reads upharsin while another has the word peres. Apparently both share the meaning of being divided. The difference is that upharsin is the singular form while peres is the plural.

Most prophetic scriptures clearly portray a time dimension.

The words of the handwriting on the wall symbolize that God had weighed Belshazzar’s kingdom and found it wanting (Daniel 5:26-27). Empty of anything to do with the true living God.

The empire would be given to the Medes and the Persians, who entered and captured the city of Babylon that same night.

Belshazzar is slain by Darius that night and Darius becomes king that night, (he is a Mede, son of Xerxes.

God was about to punish Belshazzar’s realm for 2,520 years.

This is confirmed by another prophecy found in Daniel 4.

Through Daniel, God told King Nebuchadnezzar that a total of seven times of punishment would befall Babylon (verses 16, 25). In prophecy, a time equals a year of 360 days.

This can be seen by noting that 3 1/2 times equals 42 months or 1,260 days (Revelation 12:6, 14; 13:5).

Seven times, therefore, equals 2,520 days, and Nebuchadnezzar himself spent seven years without his human reason, living like a beast (Daniel 4:31-37).

In certain prophecies, however, such as in Daniel 5, each day represents a year in fulfillment (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6). These back-to-back prophecies in Daniel 4-5 show the type (Nebuchadnezzar) and anti-type (Babylon) fulfillment of many biblical prophecies. This is the prophetic principle of duality.

So, then, from the experiences of both Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, it is evident Babylon would be punished for a period of 2,520 years.

Interesting notes: After that time, it will rise again, as symbolized by the tree that sprouted and grew after the iron band was removed (Daniel 4:10-16, 19-26).

Since this period of 2,520 years expired in 1982, we can expect to see the rise of modern Babylon in this present generation (also foretold in Revelation 18); it may even now be well advance in its  formation.

Also Daniel is a Hebrew name meaning “God is my judge”!

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting … 26 And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27 TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28 PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”…

The Aramaic tekel, similar to the Hebrew shekel, used in the writing on the wall during the feast of Belshazzar according to the Book of Daniel and defined as weighed, shares a common root with the word shekel and may even additionally attest to its original usage as a weight. Second Temple period half-Shekel Temple tax

Hebrew: מָנֶה, māne (H4488)

Strong’s Number: H4488

Hebrew Base Word: מָנֶה

Part of speech: Noun Masculine

Usage: Maneh, pound

Definition: Properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e., (technically) a maneh or mina.

 

As for the bones of fire………

the prophet Jeremiah had been the one to warn Belshazzar’s predecessor Nebuchanezzer and we usually associate Jeremiah with his sadness and distress over Gods rebellious People when he had repeatedly called for them to repent in the generations before Daniels time.

in Jeremiah 46 13 25 because of 44:20-23 he was warning that God would come and strike the land of Egypt.

This description of Jeremiah is not the usual one we see of him weeping over the nation for he was Gods chosen mouthpiece. He was laughed at and even told from the beginning that he would declare God’s word and that no one would listen.

What a calling!

And if he decides to keep his mouth closed and not speak any more in Gods Name, speaking forth His Word, he says; describing it as a burning fire shut up in his bones; he says he is weary of holding it in, indeed he is unable to refrain from speaking.

Is this the case with us or is it that we simply fear the ridicule and rejection of peoples reactions and if we do is it because we are unsure of what we believe what is true reality to us.

Jeremiah was overwhelmed by the power of the word of God not just dwelling but burning within him and he had no choice but to voice Gods words of warning.

Are we like Jeremiah or do we say I am not able. We should be saying I am not able to stop.

The love of God compels us to share, to speak,

to be the voice of hope,

to be the voice of warning,

the voice of comfort,

the voice of faith,

loving kindness compassion, truth and love.

The Voice of declaring the Way to salvation.

Let us no longer be weary of well doing. 

Let us desire of the Lord that He ignite a fire in us that cannot be contained.

Let us burn with the Holy Fire of Pentecost/shavuot…

That same fire that filled the room….

The same fire that flowed out to 3000 souls in a day.

Let the fire burn up all flesh that limits those life-giving words…

The Ruach of Shavuot did not come to make us feel comfortable but to burn up everything that is not of Himself.

Let us be the fire brand in the hand of God setting ablaze all that is in our path,

אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh;

 fire (literally or figuratively):—

burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.

A CONSUMING FIRE – KAESH  כאשׁ  

Jeremiah 20:9: “Then I said, I will not make mention of him nor speak anymore in his name.  But his word was in my heart as a burning fire and shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forebearing and I could not stay.”

The metaphor that God is a Consuming Fire suggests that He is both indescribable and passionately concerned with our devotion to Him.

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire” ( Heb. 12:28-29).

Consuming Fire in Hebrew: ’Esh ’okhlah. Strong’s Concordance numbers: 784, 398.

Esh Oklah is literally translated from the Hebrew to eat by fire. Interesting to think that for a moment there are people who claim to commit crimes in the heat of passion.

Burning fire in the Hebrew text is kaesh which is a destructive or all consuming fire as used in this context.   In Semitic literature a kaesh or consuming fire is a metaphor for passion.

As Jeremiah was voicing his complaint to God, God allowed Him to enter His heart and feel His passion. When he felt it he just couldn’t contain it.

As Moses recounts for the people the events of Sinai and commands them to keep the covenant, Moses declared,

“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God” (Deuteronomy 4:24).

He would not tolerate worship of others; He was a consuming fire in the sense that He desired all of the worship of the Israelites. Deuteronomy 9:3 also refers to the Lord as a consuming fire. In this context, God would serve as a consuming fire to destroy Israel’s enemies.

Then I said, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name. But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not hold back.

aish – esh – fire –

alef, sheen/shin,

aysh

Eshshah – strongs# 800

eshshah: a fire

Original Word: אֶשָּׁה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: eshshah
Phonetic Spelling: (esh-shaw’)
Definition: a fire

Esh – strongs#784

Feminine of ‘esh; fire — fire.

esh: a fire

Original Word: אֵשׂ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: esh
Phonetic Spelling: (aysh)
Definition: a fire

the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.

Sometimes we forget this…. We forget that we only live because He deems that we can still be here. We breathe and live at the hand of God and for no other reason. As the Presidents people serve at the Presidents pleasure, it is the same in Gods kingdom. Everything we do is known to the king: not just people like Daniel, who acknowledge Him, but those like Belshazzar who turn and spit in His face and choose to worship other gods.

And there will be a day of reckoning for all.

In case we might choose to relegate this standard to the old testament time and therefore has no relevance to us; consider…. Jesus/Yeshua, said He had the keys of hell and death; and this means no one dies but it is in His hand. He has the keys of death so He approves the timing. We belong to Him not to ourselves. The spirit returns to God who gave it! If we are not His at death then hell follows immediately after… as Rev. 6:8 tells us it will be for those who have not repented and turned to Him.

Yes we are in the age of grace, but grace is not a license to sin and live how we please, we are still required to obey His written Word  and Jesus/Yeshua’s teaching as He is the Living Word.

Just as on the road to Emmaus our hearts will burn within us as we allow Him to open the scriptures to us.

The consuming fire is the Akal Esh

pronounced: okhlah aish

Akal is translated consuming and is spelled

Aleph Kaf Lamed.

 

Aleph

 is the picture of the  ox 

and means the strong leader, the first, or God the Father.

Kaf 

 is the picture of the  palm 

 of the hand and means to cover or uncover, to open, or to allow.

Lamed

is the picture of the shepherd staff

and means to control, to have authority, or can mean the tongue.

Ancient Paleo Hebrew

Modern Hebrew

 Esh – Fire – Alef Shin/Sheen, we find a clear picture of God the Father consuming or destroying.

What He is going to allow or not allow has something to do with the Esh / the fire.

Our Heavenly Father is also a consuming fire, it is an indication that our heavenly Father is going to exercise His control over us by applying Esh to either consume and destroy us or not.

Look at the pictographs of Esh combined with those of Akal.

Esh or fire is spelled Aleph Sheen and is translated fire, flames, or burning.

The fire of God will consume those who refuse to follow and obey His commands, but His fire will also be allowed to lead His faithful followers through any darkness, as well as burn away the dross in the process of purifying their lives.

This process is tied in to the Kapporet/Mercy Seat and the High Priest/Kohen haKadol. Both are connected to Jesus/Yeshua in Lev. 16. The cloud in which God would appear above the mercy seat was the cloud of fire or Esh. Heb. 10 reassures us how each of us can enter the Holy place without fear of destruction. ( Being consumed by fire)

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. 

Only by the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, Yeshua Ha-Mashiach, that we can enter the Holy place and we are allowed there because we are under the authority and control of the Heavenly Father who has intended all along that we should be guided and purified by the fire we will experience there and not consumed by it.

The handwriting on the wall proved true.

In fact, it proved fatal for the rebellious Belshazzar.

Just as Daniel had said, the kingdom of Babylon was divided between the Meded and Persians (Modern day Iraq), and it happened

that very night.5:30

When Belshazzar was killed, and his kingdom passed to Darius the Mede (Daniel 5:30–31).

It was his day of reckoning

The scriptures say there are days of reckoning ahead for everyone so we need to be like Jeremiah…on fire for Messiah!

The appearance of mene mene tekel upharsin on the king’s wall is a reminder that whatever we sow, that we will also reap (Galatians 6:7–8).

God is the Judge; He justly weighs all matters and metes out retribution in His time (Psalm 94:2).

Sometimes God speaks very clearly into our lives, convicting us of sin and warning us of pending judgment (see John 16:8).

It does not pay to ignore the “handwriting on the wall.”

The graffiti is for our benefit!

We are to seek to acknowledge a King who holds us, all we do. All our ways, where we live, move and have our being: all of this too is in the hand of God and is of importance to Him.

He love is unconditional and unchanging,

He is always there for us in time of need.

Is our passion for the living God of Yisrael/Israel, a burning raging fire on the inside of us, or has our affection for Him waned and been reduced to a glow?

Has the fire gone out?

Sometimes circumstances overwhelm us and that is when we need encouragement to keep the fire going!

Songs by Janny Grein

 

It is time to let his Ruach/spirit blow on these embers stirring up the fire, and fanning them until they burst into flame.

Have we given ourselves so completely to the word of Adonai/God that we have to be restrained from bringing Him anymore?

As disciples of Messiah may our hearts be set ablaze and no longer cold or lukewarm towards him. (See Revelation 3:16 for the end of those who are lukewarm).

We are to give Him all that He is due, with everything we have and all that we are. Let us give of ourselves continually, abundantly and passionately, to the one who died for us. Let’s forget our religious traditions and doctrines of men making us rigid and conformed to accepted images of what a Christian should be; and exchange it from a shriveled dried up bunch of leaves, for the childlike innocence of a new flower opening its petals and releasing the zeal of youth. He will renew our spirit like the eagle, that is His promise.

Father/Avinu in the name of Jesus/Yeshua, restore to us the joy of our salvation which will by its very essence strengthen us and then let us rise up and declare You are My Lord and we will not simply shine but be ablaze with Your Holy Fire and raise our voices like a Yubel!

Let us not grow weary of well doing of boldly presenting the truth and love of Messiah; instead may our zeal be so hot shut up in our bones, that we instead become weary of holding it in.

The answer to not being found wanting is in the yoke!

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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.

The Servant Heart of Hadassah and Yeshua.

There is a precious connection to the servant heart of a brave, courageous, faith filled and obedient woman called Hadassah whose memory is celebrated each year at Purim and to the coming Messiah. He came the first time as the suffering servant whose brave, courageous, faith filled and obedient life and death opened the WAY to eternal life in the presence of God for whosoever will accept His offer.

One thing is clear and that is we are to emulate and follow Him. His instructions for our new life in Him are recorded for our benefit and education. His Words are instructions for life/chaim.

Mark 9:35 KJV: And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all.

First a word of encouragement…

It is soon the time of year we remember Messiahs sacrificial death and the celebration of His resurrection which gives us more than a fleeting wishful thought of a future with the Lord; it is a hope that is rooted deep in faith anchored in the foundation of the written word of promise which was fulfilled in the physical life of a physical savior; and who is Himself the living Word and will physically return.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-the-ogehn-of-tiqvah/

The spirit of Jesus/Yeshua is the spirit of prophecy; and He is that self fulfilling prophecy whose words of promise will not pass away but will be fulfilled just as He spoke. These words are recorded for us in the 4 gospels, Acts and in Revelation.

He is faithful and true and we can be assured that all is well.

He is in control of all things.

Nothing is a surprise to Him because He is the great co ordinator watching over His creation to will and to do His good pleasure.

1 Chronicles 28:20 – And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do [it]: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, [even] my God, [will be] with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said,

I will not

in any way fail you

nor give you up nor leave you without support.

[I will] not,

[I will] not,

[I will] not in any degree leave you helpless

nor forsake

nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)!

[Assuredly not!]

Hebrews 13:5 Amp.

Do not be dismayed for those things coming upon the earth.

Joshua 8:1, God says, “Fear not, neither be dismayed.”

Yes, there may be a dark and evil storm raging around us, and  some tribulations coming upon the earth at this season; for we are in a time of great change.

Things will be different going forward as scripture is being fulfilled before our eyes. BUT the Lord says,

Do not be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.”

and He has armies that we do not see.

So let the peace of God rule and reign in our hearts, His true Shalom!

 

Continuing from previous post…

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-has-a-flower-got-to-do-with-a-servant-heart-salvation-and-a-bridegroom/

there is a need for us to know our identity… who we really are.

We are not the persona we have created for ourselves, namely the one we show to the world or even the one we show to church members, nor even maybe family members. In reality we are who God made us to be, and as we have accepted the terms of the renewed covenant;

we are grafted in to the olive tree of spiritual Israel and

now part of Messiahs Bride/Kallah.

We are joint heirs with Him.

We are now to become the person that He strategically placed and positioned here on this earth for this season and His reason.

We are bought with a price that we could never repay and like Esther/Hadassah, for such a time as this we were called into His Kingdom.

The church age is finite.

In that, it had a specific beginning on the day of Pentecost and it will have a specific end; an alpha and omega, an alef and tav.

One day this age will end.

That day will be the day Messiah comes for His Bride, His Challah and time is running out.

2000+ years have passed and if we believe the 1000 year to a day ratio, then 2 days are completed and

on the third day I will raise you up!

29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30 will fail to receive many times more at the proper time—

and in the age to come, eternal life.”

The Kingdom Age is an eternal one, infinite and it’s the one we are familiar with and say as part of the Lords /apostles/disciples prayer.

THY KINGDOM COME…..

We are, saints, children of the Most High, and are to be sharing the good news that the DALET/door to salvation, the WAY to eternal life is still available for whosoever will.

Encourage all to Seek Him while He may be found. As Messiah said:

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

And So must we…

This Gregorian calendar year of 2020 reminds us of the optician chart that measures if we have 20-20 vision… the message is clear for those with eyes to see and ears to hear.

One aspect of 2020 is that it overlaps with Hebrew year 5780, where the Hebrew character that represents 80, (PeyFey) is a pictograph representing an open mouth.

A reference perhaps to prophecy, and the spoken word. It also speaks of grace for reaching the lost through declaring the gift of salvation through Messiah. We are to speak out and boldly declare the signs of the times.

And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel. Eph. 6:19

The salvation of the people is the most important thing and that it can be found by turning to Jesus and turning means repenting of our rebellion and sinful ways.

Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds. Jer.4:1

Turn and keep on coming.

There is always resistance to this message of repentance and holiness, but the word says:

But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.

On the behavioral aspect of Holiness that Hebrews 12:14 touches on, its clear, without pursuing holinessno one will see The Lord.

Intimacy with God, communion with Ruach HaKodesh/ Holy Spirit, will not be taking place unless one pursues holiness.

It requires a cleansing of our hearts and allowing Him to wash us clean with His precious blood.

And a purging by fire.

It surely is not ‘coincidence’ that the whole world is being told to wash its hands!

They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations. Isaiah 1:16 

As above so below,

on earth as it is in heaven;

  the duality of spirituality.

What is happening on the earth is indicative of what is taking place in the spiritual realm.

Everything we need to know is in His Word – He has EVERYTHING covered!

Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.” James 4:8,

This is not insignificant as many of todays pulpits are not calling for repentance or holiness. It does not have the same appeal as other subjects yet

Jesus own words in Luke 13:1-9

3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish…

 If you don’t get right with God, you are going to perish.”

 

This is part of our calling, to pray more will be saved.

It was David who then pondered who could go into the presence of such a holy sovereign Lord…

(i.e., to the tabernacle on the hill [holy hill in Psa.2:6] of the Lord and its holy place).

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

Ps 24:3

Verse 4 answers: He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Only those whose heart is pure and hands are clean.

God’s hill is, in reality, the highest heaven, wherein He has His dwelling-place. Then its’ representative on earth was, Mount Zion, where it was already pre determined that the temple should be built, and where David was about to transfer the ark of the covenant.

This question was asked as a warning to the Levites, because David was ready to have them move the ark. He was ensuring that they would purify themselves in heart and soul before taking part in the serious and holy ceremony.

Or who shall stand in his holy place?

Who: This refers to those who shall stand and minister inside the tabernacle, when the ark has been placed inside, and it has thus become, God’s Holy place?

His throne/kapporet/presence, here on earth.

We are to rend our hearts in true repentance and sorrow for Salvation is by God’s decision and God’s decision is based on what He sees (1 Samuel 16:7).

Some things that God delights in seeing:

obedience (1 Samuel 15:22)

repentance (2 Chronicles 7:13-14; Jeremiah 18:7-10; Jonah 3:10) humility,

and we know He looks on the heart motive.

Psalms 15 and Isaiah 33:15; Isaiah 33:18.

These give an elaboration of this answer, which is remarkable, because it expresses in language so clear that a child may understand it.

It is simply that the only service, the only character which can be thought worthy of such a habitation, is that which conforms itself to the laws of:

truth,

honesty,

humility,

justice,

love.

Millenia have passed, Jerusalem has fallen, the Jewish monarchy, its priesthood with its rituals and religion have been missing, yet Davids words by which all wise and good men would measure the worth and value of men remain.

Only those that are truly His.

Only those that love and trust Him enough to continue to abide in Him, through obedience and love.

Those who, knowing His word, loving it, and living it, will speak it, without fear or compromise.

Those who answered His call to true Holiness/set-apartness.

Sadly it is not those who claim to be His and yet do not obey His commands, or continually follow His Way.

He is still calling with the open invitation, yet only a few will come. Matt. 7:14

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and few there be that find it.

The truth is clear that if we are in sin we cannot stand in His Holy/Kadosh place. A Holy God does not live where sin is, and we must be filled with His Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh, clothed with His Spirit, that robe of righteousness –

the correct wedding garment.

Once we let the light of His love and glory shine upon us, in us and through us, all will be revealed to us that we need to do to remain His.

We are to run to His light today and be so full, that others will see this light and want it for themselves. this is what He calls us to do, reveal the light of Jesus to the world.

Being of service to others – by being a servant that is how to be the true bride/challah of the King, holy – without spot or wrinkle. Holiness unto the Lord – this is also engraved on the crown of the High Priest.

Dedicated and single minded.

Like both Esther/Hadassah and Jesus/Yeshua.

He is faithful and true.

Doesn’t He deserve the same attributes and character from His bride to be? And surely why He asks if will He find faith(fullness) in His servants when He comes? Luke 18:8.

Being faithful means to be true to one’s word or promises, be steady in allegiance, and be consistent with the truth. A faithful person is loyal, reliable, trustworthy, and believable. From a Spiritual perspective, faithful means to literally be full of faith.

Faithful if necessary unto death…

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-was-hadassah/

Matt 24:42-51; Mark 13:34-37; Luke 12:35-48.

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times? Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes. Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

It immediately preceeds the parable of the 10 virgins which has a similar eschatological theme of being prepared for the day of reckoning.

What is the meaning of being a Servant?

Servant in the New Testament is the correct translation of 3 Greek words: Diakonos oiketays and doulos.

These three words are worlds apart because

Diakonos is also translated as minister and Deacon while

doulos and oiketays are also translated slave,

meaning bond servant.

An oiketays was a bond servant who was only a household servant: a maid, a Cook, a nurse, a butler or similar work.

A bond servant is a person who has been purchased for a specific time or job.

We are to be serving the servant King.

In the late 1800s it was common for people in Europe to agree to work for an American Company for a specified time in payment for their passage to the USA.

A believer is to be this bond servant for the Lord in the sense that we are obligated totally to Him because our Redeemer purchased us with His blood/His life. He is more than an employer because He has each of us under contract/covenant.

This is different from slavery because we have free will and can the break contract if we desire.

In Romans Paul wrote to Titus, in Jacobs letter to Peter and Jude also starts by referring to the author as a doulos, a bond servant of God or Yeshua.

The relationship to people is as a diakonos and some translations use servant/minister to illustrate this point.

A minister is ordained to serve people, as Jesus/Yeshua came to serve, not to be served. Matthew 20:28

In the Hebrew scriptures, the references to slaves are overwhelmingly to bond servants and specifically that meaning.

In Greek and Roman law, slaves were possessions, like furniture, that an owner could treat however he wanted to, even killing a slave was not considered a crime.

In Scripture, the slaves were bond servants who had to be set free if they were injured. Exodus 21:26:27.

Every Hebrew bond servant was released in the seventh year and all bond servants were released in the Jubilee 50th year.

Ezekiel 27:13 is The only reference to slavery in the Hebrew Scriptures, where the phrase nefesh adam is used, it’s commonly translated as human lives or human souls.

In the New Testament the only reference to Greek and Roman slavery is in Revelation 18:13 where the Greek word somata is used of the merchants weeping over the loss of their wealth with the destruction of Babylon.

Here it is speaking of them as possessions which was the case with slavery and was not only in Greece and Rome but also in other countries. This was not the slavery of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Hammash is a Hebrew word that means servant. shammash (also spelled “shammas”) As in servant candle on the menorah.

Also He was the Branch as the branch of the menorah and the branches of the myrtle/haddasah/Esther, as well as other trees, mentioned in Nehemiah 8:15; were to be used as construction for the booths!

The booths/tabernacles, the sukkahs, the temporary shelters, for the final feast of succot which represents God tabernacling/dwelling with His people.

The Word for Servant in Hebrew:

A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers. KJV: a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. INT: be Canaan A servant of servants shall be to his brothers. Genesis 9:26 HEB: וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃ NAS: And let Canaan be his servant. KJV: and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 9:25 
HEB: אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה
NAS: be Canaan; A servant of servants
KJV: [be] Canaan; a servant of servants

Strongs 5650.

ebed: slave, servant

Original Word: עֶבֶד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ebed
Phonetic Spelling: (eh’-bed)
Definition: slave, servant

5649

abad: slave, servant

Original Word: עֲבַד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: abad
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-bad’)
Definition: slave, servant

Ezra 5:11 
HEB: אֲנַ֣חְנָא הִמּ֡וֹ עַבְדוֹהִי֩ דִֽי־ אֱלָ֨הּ
NAS: us, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God
KJV: are the servants of the God

עַבְדִּיאֵל

proper name, masculine servant of El;

strongs 5661

עַבְדִּיאֵל Abdiel

8334 sharath: to minister, serve

Original Word: שָׁרַת
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sharath
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rath’)
Definition: to minister, serve

Genesis 39:4 
HEB: חֵ֛ן בְּעֵינָ֖יו וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת אֹת֑וֹ וַיַּפְקִדֵ֙הוּ֙
NAS: in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer
KJV: in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer
INT: favor his sight and became made over

Genesis 40:4 
HEB: יוֹסֵ֛ף אִתָּ֖ם וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת אֹתָ֑ם וַיִּהְי֥וּ
NAS: in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement
KJV: Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season

Exodus 24:13 
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ מְשָׁרְת֑וֹ וַיַּ֥עַל מֹשֶׁ֖ה
NAS: with Joshua his servant, and Moses
KJV: rose up, and his minister Joshua:
INT: Moses Joshua his servant went and Moses

An attendant in the service of someone, as Joshua was the servant/minister of Moses (Numbers 11:28). (3) As a ‘term of respectful self-depreciation referring to one’s self, thy servant, or your servant is used in place of the personal pronoun of the first person:

Hebrew Words for Servant:

 Ehbed

עֶבֶד

and

Sharath

שָׁרַת

The Hebrew word for ‘Servant’ is משרת (meh-sha-ret) for male and משרתת (meh-sha-reh-tet) for female.

This is used mainly for domestic servants and is not considered politically correct anymore so we say rather someone is a person employed by another to perform tasks and duties serves only at the employers pleasure as they are not related to the one they are working for.

The first time God called someone My Servant, is in Job 1:8

The book of Job is considered the oldest of the books and immediately we read that haSatan /adversary is in the Courts of Heaven. 

He doesn’t own up to anything specific but only that he has been going to and fro about his business as the prince of this world. When Satan least expected it, an irresistible opportunity is dangled in front of his eyes and he doesn’t waste any time taking the bait as he seeks to enlarge his own reputation at the expense of what he erroneously imagines is an incorrect assessment of Gods Servant Job.

Job 1:8:

 The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”

Surely it aggravated Satan that God had built a hedge of protection around righteous Job. We know that because of his instant response and not needing to even check Job out…

“Take down the hedge of protection and stretch forth your hand and take away all his blessings and he will curse you to your face” 

“I will not do that” reported the Lord.  “But I will allow you to do your worst against Job except you must not take his life.”

No doubt Satan immediately rushed out eager to begin doing his worst against the one man that God considered precious in His sight.

The one who God called, My Servant Job.

Genesis 18:1-3. The Hebrew word Servant is in the story of the Lord appearing unto Abraham to announce the soon arrival of the Promised Son!

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Ehbed   דבֶעֶ

Ayin beyt and dalet

Dalet/daleth beyt/bet/beit ayin

(or Avdi) Remember b is also a letter v.

The word servant used for Moses is

Ehbed and indicates ownership.

It is often used as a term to describe a bond-servant or a slave who has been set free by the owner but chooses by his/her freewill to remain with his owner and serve him out of love and devotion.

Both Joshua and Moses are called servants the one for Moses is Ehbed;

but the word used for Joshua is very different, it is Sharath. This tells us more about each of them and their ministries.

Joshua 1:1,2 opens with a command to the new leader.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

In this verse the Hebrew word ehbed is servant and used for Moses indicating ownership.  (As we just saw above, it’s often used to describe a bond-servant who has been set free but chooses to remain with his owner and serve him out of love and devotion.)

The word used for Joshua is very different it is Sharath. The word here which is translated as Moses’ minister, also means servant; but refers to a high ranking servant, who directly and personally ministers to his master.

Genesis 9: 25 is the first place where the word Ehbed is used

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Ehbed of Ehbed means Servant of servants and reveals the consequences of the sin of Canaan/Cain. This being that he is destined to never again serve God, his true master, but instead he will be forced to serve only other servants. It will not be his free will choice but he will be forced to serve out of duty and not out of love and devotion. This indicates he will be the lowest of servants.

Ehbed is spelled Ayin Beyt Dalet.

A look at the pictographs may give some more insight.

Ayin is the picture of the eye and means to see, to know, or to experience.

Beyt is the picture of the tent and indicates a family or a dwelling place, and is the first letter in the Torah that identifies the Son of God.

Dalet is the picture of the doorway and points to a pathway, a gate, a place of decision, or a place where change can take place.

The pictographs reveal the meanings of the original Hebrew words show in the word Ehbed that Moses could willingly choose to serve God because he had not only experienced Him but had come to know God the Son and in this relationship he came to a place of decision. Moses was the author of the accounts in Genesis of Abraham and Jacob and their meetings with God in the flesh, which seems to be indicating the person of Jesus/Yeshua as the preincarnate Messiah.

Genesis 39:4 is the first place Sharath is found. When in Egypt, Jacobs son Joseph, was serving as a personal slave to Pharaoh’s captain of the guard, Potifer.

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

Sharath translates as the word served and tells us Joseph was a high ranking and trusted slave even though he was in a foreign land.

The conditions Joseph was in and the grace extended to him indicates he must have served with whole-hearted devotion.

in Exodus 33:11.  Joshua showed this same whole-hearted devotion towards Moses

And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

The verses in Exodus 24:13 & 33:11 tell us that in the Tabernacle Joshua was in Gods presence with Moses and on the mountain.

Joshua was there to serve Sharath Moses wherever he went.

Sharath is spelled Sheen Reysh Tav.

And the pictographs of Sharath reveal the following:

Sheen/Shin is the picture of teeth and means to destroy or to press and is the one letter God uses to identify Himself.

Reysh/Resh is the picture of the head and stands for the leader, the highest, the most important, or the prince.

Tav is the picture of crossed wooden sticks and symbolizes a covenant, a sign, or a cross and can mean to seal.

The pictographs of Sharath reveal how devoted Joshua was in his service to Moses. 

At this point we need to remind ourselves that Joshua is a type of Jesus/Yeshua. Joshua served with the same loving devotion that the Son of God would show His Father as He went to the cross.

Hidden in the pictographs was the mystery kept for us, so that we could see that it was written so long ago. Declaring that in loving devotion to His Heavenly Father, Jesus/Yeshua would go to His death on the cross of His own free will.

The Sharath /servant, Messiah would by doing so fulfill the Father’s plan of salvation for all those under the curse of sin.

Known also as the suffering servant.

Remembering that each Hebrew letter is also a number, we can gain a little further insight.

The letter Sheen is the number 300 and signifies the final blood sacrifice of the Perfect Lamb of God.

The letter Reysh is the number 200 and balances the complete sufficiency of God with the insufficiency of man.

Tav is the number 400 and stands for a divinely ordained period of time that will bring about deliverance and renewal.

Here we see a summing up of the plan of God:

the blood sacrifice of Jesus/Yeshua, the Lamb of God, will be sufficient to deliver fallen man from the bondage of sin and bring us to a new life in Him.

There is one more mystery we can now see makes sense.

(And as there is no word for coincidence in Hebrew as everything is considered part of Gods plan.)

It is more than interesting that of all the 22 letters of the Hebrew Aleph Beyt; the last 3 letters

sheen reysh tav

make up the word Sharath.

Just as the first three letters Aleph Beyt Gimel stand for the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and begin/genesis our story,

av ben ruach

father son spirit

the last 3 show us there will be a

Servant

sheen reysh tav

Sh-r-th

Sharath

No we know who will finish this story for us:

the Son Yeshua will be Sharath to the Father

and will finish the plan of salvation

at the Tav,

the wooden cross.

Servant

  Dalet     Beyt       Ayin

   4          2            70

the meaning of the three letters in the Hebrew word we translate into English as Servant.

Ayin

To See     Know    Experience
To Understand

Beyt

The House or Tent

God the Son

Dalet

Jesus/Yeshua The Door that Leads to Eternal Life…

God has placed a hidden in plain sight revelation at the root of the picture meaning of the word Servant.

This revealing/apocalypse, is meant to cause us to re-examine the concept from God’s vantage point and to understand the ultimate purpose of a servant, ehbed.

Recall earlier, that servant is defined in the dictionary as “a person employed by another to perform duties, most often those duties are domestic.”

The servant is the one person who is welcomed into the home in order to assist in the smooth management of the household. The servant is not related to the master of the household but serves at his pleasure.

Hebrew Word Picture for the Servant is below and gives another picture of a servant.

 there is a discernible difference in the meaning:

To see, know and experience the Home of the Prince of Heaven, the Son of God by entering into the Door that sets us on the path/WAY to heaven and eternal life.

God called Job My Servant.

BUT

Job had not seen, known or experienced the home of the Prince of Heaven, the Son of God…or had he??

Had Job entered the door that leads to Eternal Life? Actually the answer is YES, if we consider Jobs declaration of faith in the Redeemer as recorded in:

Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

Therefore it should surely follow that those who are God’s servants here on earth will one day see, know and experience heaven. But we know our Heavenly Father is not looking for domestic servants in shamayim/heaven.

So what is God’s plan for His servants here on earth?

If it were not promised in the Scriptures over and over again, the answer is almost too incredible to voice, because the answer is, that the God who called Job, My Servant, would one day call Job His adopted son!

His spiritual future destiny was to call his Creator Father, Abba, Av /Avinu, his Heavenly Father.

Job’s

spiritual future destiny is also our

spiritual future destiny…

if we love God and have put our faith and trust in His only begotten Son; who came to undo the curse brought into the world by Satan and sin; and redeem us from it by His own blood.

Messiahs promise to His disciples:

John 15:15

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Listen to what Yeshua/Jesus says to us:

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

First, Yeshua/Jesus came as the servant of all

and now we understand the fuller meaning of the mystery contained in the Ancient Hebrew Pictograph word pictures.

His servant heart preceded His Coronation

and so too does ours!

The king is coming!

Now we understand what a servant is, even though we are also His friends, let us be found faithful servants; discerning the fullness of His calling on our lives as we each serve Him in all truth as a bond-servant…..

ONE who has been set free but chooses to remain with his owner and serve him out of love and devotion.

Bond servants – ehbed and sharath

for the coming king of kings and Lord of Lords.

We Have this BLESSED ASSURANCE!

The suffering servant Ehbed and Sharath

will return as our Conquering King! 

THIS IS our story.. 

THIS IS our song!

How Marvelous How Wonderful!

Please don’t leave this page before you commit to be His bond servant and if you are not sure you can be.

Shalom, shalom, mishpachah!

The JOY of the Lord is Your Strength!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

Fear not, simply rest in Him and be comforted, God is WORKING!

Stay alert, prepared and be ready!

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You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

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.

In Times of Need and During Days of Uncertainty …. Who’s Got Our VAV?

Who’s got our Vav?

This reference to the Hebrew Alefbet is because the letter Vav also has the numerical value for 6.

This is a military term for fellow soldiers and all military personnel meaning basically, who has your back/ blind side covered is: your 6.

This is by way of saying during combat situations, I’ve got your 6 or, watch your six.

 

I’ve got your six was a phrase first used in the U.S. Armed forces Basically means “I’ve got your back.” It comes from the old pilot system in which directions correspond to hours on the clock, where 12 o’clock is forward and 6 o’clock is behind.

Thus anyone behind you is at your six. Six o’clock is straight behind you and sets up the best strike zone. WWI pilots were the first to say, “I got your six,” meaning

they’ve got you covered so the enemy can’t come up behind your back and kill you.

It declares a story of loyalty. . . I’m loyal to you. I’ve got you covered.

Sometimes 4 paws help out too!

As we are in the spiritual battle of the ages it also applies to everyone who has accepted salvation through Jesus/Yeshua’s Atoning Blood. In case we weren’t already aware, that was the moment when we automatically became part of the army of the Lord; we are in a battle, a spiritual one that continually spills over into the natural realm.

 Ps 18:18 Amplified Version.

They confronted and came upon me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my STAY and SUPPORT.

This is an interesting point: 18 is 3×6 and used twice for this Psalm reference.

Vav is the 6th letter of the alef bet and has that numerical value; recall, they are interchangeable in the Hebrew language.

So we have vav vav vav twice. The paleo pictograph for VAV is a PEG meaning:

to: add, secure, hook, stake, nail, a tent peg, joining together becoming bound or nailed to.

This is a securing item, something that keeps something else in place; and something we can fasten something to. So we, as 6’s, (also the number of man), can fasten our hope/tikvah to it like an anchor/ogehn and securely attach our faith to His promises including that of protection for our 6/Vav/back.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-the-ogehn-of-tiqvah/

Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace/Shalom

whose mind is

stayed firmly

and

securely fastened

on Thee because he trusteth in thee.

Isaiah 26:3. This is connected to Eph. 6 and also with feet being shod with peace/shalom and having the mind covered by the helmet of salvation.

So who’s really got our backs, our 6, our Vav in times of war and conflict?

In Psalms – Mizmor LDavid

מזמור  לדוד 

 

In Psalm 91:4 we read of the buckler

 

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary 

Buc”kler\, n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See Buckle, n.]

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

The Medieval Buckler is in throat area, sword extended. Buckler extended, sword kept back. good pose to wind up a powerful strike. if you look carefully, you see that the fighter is looking over the shield at the enemy. His sword arm is protected, but not impeded by the shield. This large shield covers the body.

Buckler shield was one of the most common medieval shields and was specifically useful for swordsmen because of its lightweight structure. It was designed to deflect the attacking blades and could be easily controlled.

Buckler definition is – a small round shield held by a handle at arm’s length. How to use buckler in a sentence.

The shield was adapted and made larger in size so that the soldier could protect his foreleg as well as his torso while in combat.

 

He is our buckler*

A buckler*. (*Heb. ‘Buckler’ means, ’that which goes around’, a very large shield to protect the whole body on 3 sides. The Lord gives full protection).  

And mentioned also in Psalm 23 where we are told the rod and staff fend off the enemies and also direct and rescue and comfort us respectively.

Recall the relevance of rod/branch and staff from recent posts.

We are to remain under the shadow of His wings and in that safe place we are to abide.

For more click on link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-the-letting-down-of-wings/

However if we do venture out onto the battlefield, which is unavoidable, we need to know that His protection is over us. One of the most well known and most quoted scriptures pertaining to protection is in Ephesians 6:12-18.

And this same shield is also referred to in that scripture.

For a moment, let’s clear our minds from what we think we know of this familiar scripture and look at it with fresh eyes.

Ephesians 6:10-19 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the Power of His Might. PUT ON the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

NOTE: He does not say to wear it for a certain length of time!

Nor does he say to take it off again!

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,

but against principalities,

against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this age,

against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God,

that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,

and having done all,

to stand.

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with Truth,

having put on the breastplate of Righteousness,

and having shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace;

above all, taking the shield of Faith

with which you will be able to quench all

the fiery darts of the wicked one.

And take the helmet of Salvation,

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God;

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,

being watchful to this end with all

perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

and for me, that utterance may be given to me,

that I may open my mouth boldly

to make known the mystery of the Gospel.

We need to be sure not only that we are familiar with this scripture but that we are proficient with its’ meaning, operation and its’ defenses. We need to know that His gospel of shalom/peace, is on our feet. Shalom being the opposite of RA, which is out of harmony with the Lord.

Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace/Shalomwhose mind is stayed firmly and securely fastened on Thee because he trusteth in thee. Isaiah 26:3

Shalom – nothing missing nothing broken. Recall the full definition from previous posts or click link below to read it:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/shalom-ha-makem-the-place-for-our-life-to-mature/

Like every piece of equipment if we don’t use it correctly and apply the makers instructions, it does not work efficiently and operate how it’s supposed to and designed to. In order to get the best results from anything, we have to make sure we are following the manufacturers instructions/directions. if we don’t use these recommendations, very often we have to dig out those instructions and dust them off when things go wrong! This is usually because we didn’t take the time to fully familiarize ourselves with the equipment before hand.

In Eph 6, we often focus on the items themselves and not on their function and purpose.

The battle we are in is VERY real and it is not going to get easier or stop until Messiah returns. When we suddenly find ourselves in the midst of a surprise attack, that is not the time to wonder where our weapon is; or to not be certain our defenses are in position.

Helmet of salvation – keep your mind focused on Him.

Breastplate of righteousness – assurance of right standing before Him.

Belt of truth – His Word in us, memorized scriptures that are relevant to a given situation.

Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. The Peace that passes all understanding to garrison, guard and keep our thoughts and direction in line with His Will.

These are all defensive pieces of armor.

The only offensive part is the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God, that is spoken scripture coming out of our mouth/pey, speaking forth His Word.

We are not fighting flesh and blood and so this battle cannot be fought with physical weapons. The only thing we need offensively is His Word. and who is the word? Jesus/Yeshua.

It is not a natural conflict, this war is not of this world, so we need supernatural weapons and supernatural protection. This armor once spiritually applied, should never be removed. Nowhere does it ever say to take it off again! Therefore we need only confirm and affirm verbally that it is in place every night before we sleep and every morning before our feet touch the floor.

As each piece has a meaning to our spiritual health and wellbeing, we are responsible to make sure that we are secure and that we are walking in repentance, which keeps us under the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua and all that His Blood does for us.

Click link for Scripture based prayers for both the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus and the armor.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/scripture-based-prayers/

This shield is a large curved one that covers front and 2 sides of the soldiers body

however,

our back is not covered

and therefore vulnerable.

Does this mean there is no protection at our backs??

– Fear NOT!

BUT God!

He has made provision for that also, and in knowing this, it establishes His shalom in us. Nothing missing or broken and He keeps us in perfect Shalom/Peace.

So what is this extra protection?

Our Heavenly Father is concerned about detail so here is His answer to

the only part

not covered

in Eph. 6 armor.

It’s the rereward.

And we find it in Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedy: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rere-ward.

and

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. Is 52:12

This is a portion of the blessing and favor that Isaiah declared would result when Israel turned back to walk with God in true repentance.

Shall be thy rere-ward  

Shall gather thee up.

That is, shall bring up the rear, the glorious power and providence of God, preserving his people; or the glorious Lord himself, our Lord Jesus Christ, the brightness of His Father’s glory, He, as the Word may be rendered,

shall gather thee

He gathers His people to Himself;

He protects and defends them;

He takes care of the weak and feeble, and that are straggling behind;

and He brings them up, being the reward,

and saves them. 

 Our rereward / rearguard.

(Rearguard of an army is to give protection on the march.)

His Glory is also our protection/ rereward

(going before and coming after or behind us in the form of His Goodness and Mercy.)

 

Is there is any further meaning in the pictographs?

The word rereward

in Hebrew is

acaph

and this word is used throughout the scriptures.

It means: to gather or collect.

In some scriptures, it also gives the idea of:

gathering together by,

(as we would coin the phrase) bringing up the rear.

In some translations, the phrase, the rear guard is used instead.

The word acaph is made up of

alef sameach and fey/pey

Or

Aleph Samech Pey.

(This is simply a optional/different spelling of the same letters.)

אָסַף

and is pronounced  aw-saf’.

The paleo Hebrew pictographs, (word pictures,) reveal the images of:

An Ox, a Prop and a Mouth. (Read left to right).

Aleph/Alef     

 is the picture of the ox    

and has the meaning of:

the strong leader or God the Father.

 

Samech/Sameach   

is the picture of a prop   

 

a support maybe a spine with ribs?    

and means:

to support, sustain to twist slowly, or to turn. 

 

Pey/Fey   

is the picture of the mouth   

and means:

to speak or a word.

Pei-hei: Peh  – open mouth –

to declare or express communication spoken written a letter or letters a language word or words. Articulated vocalized distinct definite and manifested.

Second part Hei: to reveal make known or be evident.

Combining the meanings of the letters Alef/Aleph and Samech/Sameach from the pictogram/pictographs; 

it could be interpreted and indicate that:

a strong leader is speaking, or declaring he will support or uphold someone.

This strong leader, is our Heavenly Father, Who promises His support to those who turn to Him in true repentance in a special way.

As well as the letter Samech being a picture of a support, something that is able to prop up something else, the idea is also given that the support has a twist or turning in it.

The picture given here by the Samech/prop, could represent that: the glory of the LORD will be gathered, turned and/or twisted around His people in protection.

What a truly amazing promise giving us a clear visual form!

As everything is connected, another link is also noted with Samech; recall the posts focusing on the Menorah, the Almond Tree, Oil and Olive Tree, the source of Light/AWR and Life/CHAIM and the Branch/Choter:

As a newborn must nurse to receive nourishment for survival and growth so must we. As we are born again and desire the milk of His Word. Like the new born child we must latch on firmly grasping and holding on to the SOURCE of that nourishment and ABIDE in His Name and His Word.

The attachment is the process of grafting into the Gephen/Vine/the Olive Tree. He is the Light /AWR of our Life, and the Source of all life His Lifes/Chaim in us.

Click link below for more on chaim
 https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mysteries-of-im/

The menorah the lampstand is a supporter of the oil which gives light and is representative of our life in Him.

Samech – the source – like the menorah

contains the

shemen שמן

The Holy Anointing Oil

Shin Mem Nun

SHIN: His essence or being power intense dynamic like blazing fire a force a whirlwind. Dispensing provision source of being.

MEM hidden concealed the place where the seed is planted nurturing developing then trauma incubation ripening and birth

NUN birthing brought forth suddenly

His essence of being tremendous and powerful the source of being concealed

like a time of incubation

until the time of ripening

a birth brought forth in new life

His Name is in the Oil in the Shemen

SHEM N

shemen שמן – Samech Mem Nun–

and in this,

Messiah’s Name is brought forth!

Because in Hebrew it is: שמן המשחה

shemen ha-mishchah, “oil of anointing”

המשחה

ha-mishchah

Mashiach or Messiah!

Strong’s Hebrew: 8081. שָׁ֫מֶן (shemen) — fat, oil

Shemen afarsimon was a prized oil used in antiquity.

It’s mentioned in Psa.133 as the “precious ointment”

The holy anointing oil,

(Hebrew: שמן המשחה 

shemen ha-mishchah,

“oil of anointing”)

formed an integral part of the ordination of the priesthood and the High Priest as well as in the consecration of the articles of the Tabernacle (Exodus 30:26) and subsequent temples in Jerusalem.

 Who is our High Priest?

The Menorah also stands as a support for the Holy Anointing oil and the Light that comes forth from it. The Light of the world is Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.

There are Spiritual Principles incorporated here:

Faithfully completing the task assigned with patient endurance – like the trellis for the vine, it is the structure that supports and continually upholds.

John 15:1-10 Tells us of The Vine and its’ Branches. The Vine is its Life SUPPORT. The Source of Life.

If the Branch does not heed and complete the directions fulfilling the makers instructions, the patterns inbuilt inn the DNA, which are both unique and integral to that seed, will not result in the production of fruit ,or replicate itself.

The Source of Life is in the Instructions.

The Branch that does not follow instructions is cut off/pruned.

Never to bear fruit.

Fruit is only produced by the Branch that stays attached to the source getting its life from the source. 

To have oil or wine the fruit must be pressed.

Like the Menorah we need oil to produce light. So Not only will not following instructions mean not producing fruit, nor wine, nor oil; it is also is death and these are eternal principles.

And do not fear those who kill the basar (flesh), but are unable to kill the nefesh (soul); but rather fear the One who is able to destroy both basar and nefesh in Gehinnom.

Matt. 10:28; that is spiritual death literally, separation from the Father – the source of lifes/chaim.

Fear the Lord in an attitude or reverence and respect for Who He Is not as in afraid.

Rising up like sap through the vine and giving life to us the grafted in Branches which bring forth fruit. He alone is the source of our life, the branches must remain connected to the Vine, the source, or they will wither and perish. And of course we are not neglecting the alert embedded in the almond branch watch be alert and ready!

Our Heavenly Father knows that we may be able to defend ourselves from those things that come at us from the front. Those are the attacks that we can see, however, God promises to protect and defend us from all attacks that come against us from behind, from the direction of our rear, where we cannot always see.

Our VAV, our 6, is a blind spot for us but not for Him.

The scripture says that His glory, His manifested presence, His Shekinah, His Ruach HaKodesh, provides a hedge of protection that cannot be breached or broken through by anything, as long as we are honoring our part of His Covenant with us.

Another very interesting reference to Acaph is found in Judges 18:25 and records where the children of Dan threaten to kill Micah and the inhabitants of Laish whom they have just robbed.

Here the word Acaph is translated as lose, and in this scripture context, it means not only: to gather, but, to gather for destruction.  

It could be said to mean that even though God the Father promises to support and be the rear guard to those that return to Him and walk in true repentance; we see from the scripture, that His glory can also gather in order to take away. So it can mean destruction for those that come against God’s faithful people. 

Another promise of Him looking after the safety of His people and ensuring their victory.

And for those who choose to return to their God and turn from their disobedience, the promise increases to impart even more blessing.

Because each letter has a unique numerical value, we can add to our understanding of the pictographs. It is found in the meaning of the numbers that each of these letters represent.

(Reading right to left.)

אָסַף

80 60 1

Aleph/Alef is the number 1 

and refers to: deity, unity, sufficiency, and God the Father.

Samech/Sameach is the number 60 

and stands for: pride.

Gaon  גַּאֲוָה

גֵּוָה gevah

 עֲנָוָה humility anavah

Pey/Fey is the number 80

and is: 8 x 10,

or, a new beginning

or a new birth ordained in heaven.

Adding the meaning of the numbers together with those we have already from the pictograms; it could be said that:

Alef/God the Father, fey/pey/, states that He will samech/ surround and support those who choose to follow Him faithfully. Not only will He sameach/surround and protect His people with His glory, but the enemy 60 will be sameach/gathered and taken away for destruction.

We know that man’s worst enemy is his own pride, so our Heavenly Father will gather/ sameach and destroy man’s pride/60 with His glory, and instead offer man a new beginning 80 pey fey and a new birth/ 80 /pey /fey.

The promise of safety, protection and security that is hidden in the word Acaph was to one day come through His Son. This of course we know has happened and Yeshua/Jesus said it.

Recorded in John 17:1-5

Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You— 2 just as You gave Him authority over all flesh in order that as to all that You have given Him, He may give eternal life to them. 3 And this is eternal life: that they may be knowing You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You sent-forth.

Paul also speaks of it confirming in Col. 1:27.

To whom God would make known what the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

So who has our 6 – our Vav?

Our Heavenly Father God Does!

He covers that which is behind as well as going before us.

The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Isaiah 45:1-13

Remember …NOW we are certain that not only does The Lord go before us, He is behind us, He is around us, beside us, above us  and underneath us are His everlasting arms.

That is complete protection!

Be encouraged!

Be Strong in the Lord and in the power of His Might.

It’s the position He takes behind us and anyone looking at us from the front will be aware of the One who stands behind us. He protects us where we cannot see and where the enemy may try to attack.

When we are in the armor no one can see who is inside that suit!

Prayer example/option:

Adonai/Lord, Avinu/Abba/Father in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus, cover me with your atoning blood and reveal to me the weapons at my disposal. When the enemy tries to attack, remind me of the authority You have given me in your Word and through Jesus/Yeshua’s victory. I know I am seated in heavenly places spiritually, help me to be victorious for Your Glory that I may continue to serve in Your kingdom not mine. I trust completely in the authority and power you have placed in me by Your Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit. Thank you that You are with me in times of need, trouble and uncertainty, You have my back covered.

Included below for easy reference, are some scriptures from the Psalms, Isaiah and Deut.

We would do well to learn these and hide His Word in our hearts, as this is the Sword that we will need to employ. This is the offensive weapon we are to speak forth, while Father has our 6/Vav/ He is our Acaph.

Promises

Isaiah 51:3The LORD will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

Psalm 23:4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley,I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

Our Refuge is in the Lord.

Psalm 62:6-8 Truly He is my Rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

Psalm 91:4-5He will cover you with his feathers, and under His wings yo will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor. You do not need to fear terrors of the night, arrows that fly during the day,

Fear not!

It’s not a suggestion! It’s a command!

Deuteronomy 3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 91:1-16 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.”

Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the perilous pestilence.

He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall take refuge.

His Truth shall be your shield and buckler.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place,

no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.

For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him.

I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My Salvation.”

Mizmor l’David Hashem Roi

Psalm 23 

 מִזְמור לְדָוִד, ה׳ רֹעִי (תהילים כ”ג)

 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Below a short video of Psalm 23 sung in Hebrew with translation.

Mizmor le’Dovid, 
Hashem ro-i lo echsar. 
Binot desheh yarbitzeini, al mei menuchot yenahaleini. 
Nafshi yeshovev yancheini bemagalei tzedek lema’an shemo. 
Gam ki elech be’gei tzalmavet, lo ira ra ki atah imadi, shivtechah u’mishantechah hemah yenachamuni. 
Ta’aroch lefanai shulchan neged tzor’rai dishanta vashemen roshi, kosi rivaya. 
Ach tov va’chesed yirdifuni kol yemei chayai ve’shavti be’veit Hashem l’orech yamim.

מִזְמור לְדָוִד,
ה׳ רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָר.
בִּנְאוֹת דֶשֶׁא יֵרְבִּיצֵנִי,
עַל-מֵי מְנֻחוֹת 
יְנַהֲלֵנִי.
נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב, יַנְחֵנִי 
בְמַעְגְלֵי-צֶדֶק לְמֵעֵן
שְׁמוֹ.
גַם כִּי-אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא
צַלְמָוֶת לֹא-אִירָא רָע
כִּי-אַתָּה עִמָדִי, שִׁבְטְךָ
וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ הֵמָה
יְנַחֲמֻנִי.
תַּעֲרֹךְ לְפָנַי
שֻׁלְחָן נֶגֶד צֹרְרָי,
דִשַנְתָּ בַשֶמֶן
רֹאשִי כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה.
אַךְ, טוֹב וָחֶסֶד
יִרְדְפוּנִי כָּל-יְמֵי חַיָי,
וְשַׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית-ה׳
לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים.

 mp3/4 of all the Psalms link below as it was too large a file to upload.

https://youtu.be/x-WBL4CKV-w

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In Times of Need and During Days of Uncertainty Our Heavenly Father has our VAV

because

He is our Acaph!

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE That God has your 6?

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.