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Prophetic Fulfillment – What Are The Odds??

Biblical Prophecy can be thought of as His Story, Gods own future unfolding through the ages and generations or as pre‐written history.

The TaNaKH/Old Testament written hundreds of years and some, more than a 1,000 years, before Yeshua/Jesus’ birth contains some

351 prophecies

that refer to the coming of the Mashiach, Yeshua/Messiah, Jesus, the Only Son of the one true living God; who fulfilled them through His life, death and resurrection.

Circumstances such as his birthplace, lineage, and method of execution were beyond Christ’s control and could not have been accidentally or deliberately fulfilled.

So what are the odds?

Mathematically speaking, they are staggering!

The actual odds of anyone fulfilling a small amount of prophecy is impossible!

1 person fulfilling 8 prophecies: The chance of this happening, they say, is 1 in 1017 power. Which is 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000

1 person fulfilling 40 prophecies: 1 chance in 10 to the 157th power

1 person fulfilling 351 prophecies: completely impossible for anyone …except

Messiah Yeshua/Jesus!

We should recall that in Matthew 5, Yeshua/Jesus clearly told us:

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

He fulfilled all prophecy concerning His Father’s plan of redemption spoken by the Old Testament prophets/ Nevi’im and in so doing, He fulfilled the requirements of the covenant directions for us. This is something none of us can do for ourselves.

At the time of Yeshua/Jesus there was only the Hebrew scriptures in the form of scrolls which were called collectively the TaNaKH

Which we know as

The הישנה ברית

Old Testament

Ta•nach. 

Hebrew: תַּנַ”ךְ‎,

pronounced: taˈnaχ or təˈnax;

also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach

In Hebrew Tanakh it is not a name it is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text’s three traditional subdivisions of the Old Testament:

Torah (the Law) ‘Teaching’, also known as the Five Books of Moses

Ne•vi•eem (Prophets); and

Ke•tu•vim (Writings).

—hence TaNaKh

The three-part division reflected in the acronym Tanakh is well attested in the literature of the Rabbinic period. During that period, however, Tanakh was not used.

Instead, the proper title was Mikra 

or

Miqra, מקרא,

meaning: reading

or

that which is read

because the biblical texts were read publicly. 

Mikra 

continues to be used in Hebrew to this day, alongside 

Tanakh,

to refer to the Hebrew scriptures.

In modern spoken Hebrew, they are interchangeable.

The Torah, תּוֹרָה,

literally

teaching,

also known as the Pentateuch 

or as previously mentioned, the Five Books of Moses.

Printed versions (rather than scrolls) of the Torah are often called 

Chamisha Chumshei Torah

חמישה חומשי תורה‎

Five fifth-sections of the Torah

and informally a

Chumash.

The Torah includes:

the five books of Moses /Pentateuch,

following Be•re•sheet /Genesis; 

Shemot /Exodus; and Vaikra /Leviticus.

Be•mid•bar / Numbers is its 4th book,

with Deuteronomy/ Devarim the 5th.

Each of the Torah books is named after either the very first word in that book (as in Genesis where the very first word ‘be•re•sheet’ is the name of the book), or the second (as in Exodus where it is the second word in the verse), with one exception occurring in the book Be•mid•bar (Numbers), which gets its name from the fifth word of the fifth verse of the book.

The Book of Numbers, Be•mid•bar, means in the wilderness.

Only the Creator and King of the universe/Melech haOlam could know beforehand and accomplish all that was written about the Messiah/Mashiach, the Redeemer of humanity. This historical accuracy and reliability sets the TaNaKH/ Bible apart from any other book or record by its reliable historical accuracy. The details of these prophecies mark the Word of God as being inspired by His Ruach HaKodesh/Spirit of Holiness.

If we question whether Messiah Yeshua/Jesus can be found in the TaNaKH/Old Testament the Word itself answers that in

Matthew 5:17‐20

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commandments (10 sayings); will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Again in John 5:39‐40, He says:

You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

 

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:25–27

“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!” John 5:39

 

And He clearly told the 2 on the Emmaus road in Luke 24:25

He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Here is a list of the prophesies:

The Book of Genesis/B’resheet/ בראשית Beginning:

The prophecy of Yeshua/Jesus goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3:15. God fulfilled his promise from Genesis 3:15 by sending his son into the world as a baby. He was fully God and fully human. The offspring of the woman would eventually crush that old serpent, Satan.

In Genesis 3, God forewarned the Serpent that he would bruise the heel of the woman’s Seed (descendant), but that descendant would bruise the Serpent’s head, implying a death blow. When the Spirit of God conceived the Lord Jesus in Mary’s womb over 4,000 years later, He fulfilled the part of the prophecy that mentioned the Seed of the woman. The serpent bruised the Lord Jesus’ heel when He suffered crucifixion for our sins. 

Revelation 20:10 glimpses the future time when the Lord Jesus will bruise the serpent’s head and destroy him.

God embedded a prophecy into His post-Flood promise to Noah, saying, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” We are reminded of God’s faithfulness and the Bible’s truth when we see the seasons change every year.

The apostle Paul explains how a prophecy God spoke to Abraham continues to be fulfilled, saying, “And the Scripture Genesis 12:3, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ‘In you all the nations shall be blessed.’ So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.” Other passages reinforce the “all the nations” aspect of this Genesis prophecy, and even now the gospel is going out into all the world, blessing people and changing lives.

Finally, God confirmed the Genesis 3 promised seed for each generation of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then Jacob/Israel prophesied,

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah…until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people,”

indicating that one of Judah’s descendants would become the long-awaited King of all. Christ, the King, was a descendant of Judah, just as Genesis prophesied.

Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 20 prophecies in Genesis.

The most significant being Genesis 28:8

For the real sacrifice

God had His own Son in mind

not Abrahams!

In the second book of the Torah

in the Hebrew Bible:

שמות‎, Šemot, Names

Book of Exodus

from Greek ἔξοδος, Exodos, meaning: going out; 

we are told how the Israelites leave slavery in Egypt through the strength of Yehoveh/YaHWeH. The Book of Exodus narrates how Moses led the Israelites in building the Tabernacle Exodus 35–40 based on God’s instructions Exodus 25–31. Even though it was written long before Yeshua/Jesus.

Exodus contains 9 prophecies (21‐29) about Yeshua/Jesus.

He fulfilled all 9 in Exodus.

The Book of Leviticus

is the 3rd book of the Torah and of the

TaNaKH/Old Testament.

from Greek Λευιτικός, Leuitikos,

meaning: relating to the Levites;

Hebrew: ויקרא‎,

Wayiqra, or VaYikra

And He called

Most of its chapters 1–7, 11–27 consist of God’s speeches to Moses, in which he is commanded to repeat to the Israelites. This takes place within the story of the Israelites’ Exodus after they escaped Egypt and reached Mt. Sinai Exodus 19:1. Then in Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests how to make offerings in the Tabernacle and how to conduct themselves while camped around the holy tent sanctuary.

Leviticus contains 7 prophecies (30‐36) about Yeshua/Jesus, He fulfilled all seven.

The Book of Numbers

בְּמִדְבַּר

Be•mid•bar,

means

in the wilderness.

is the 4th book of the Hebrew Bible,

and the 4th of 5 books of the Jewish Torah.

The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites. Numbers begins at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have received their laws and covenant from God and God has taken up residence among them in the sanctuary. The task before them is to go in and take possession of the Promised Land. The people are counted and preparations are made for resuming their march. The Israelites begin the journey, but they murmur at the hardships along the way, and about the authority of Moses and Aaron. For these acts, God destroys approximately 15,000 of them through various means. They arrive at the borders of Canaan and send spies into the land. Upon hearing the spies’ fearful report concerning the conditions in Canaan, the Israelites refuse to take possession of it. God condemns them to death in the wilderness until a new generation can grow up and carry out the task. The book ends with the new generation of Israelites in the Plain of Moab ready for the crossing of the Jordan River.

Numbers also contains 3 prophecies (37‐39) about Yeshua/Jesus, all three prophecies in Numbers were fulfilled by Him.

De•va•rim,’ ‘Deuteronomy,’ 

Hebrew:

דְּבָרִים‎, Devarim,  [spoken] words

from Greek

Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronomion, second law;

The Book of Deuteronomy is the 5th book of the TaNaKH/Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah. Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land.

The 1st sermon recounts the forty years of wilderness wanderings which had led to that moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law, later referred to as the Law of Moses;

the 2nd reminds the Israelites of the need to follow Yahweh/Yahoveh/YHWH, and the laws He has given them, on which their possession of the land depends;

and the 3rd offers the comfort that even should Israel prove unfaithful and so lose the land, with repentance all can be restored. The final 4 chapters (31–34) contain the Song of Moses, the Blessing of Moses, and narratives recounting the passing of the mantle of leadership from Moses to Joshua and, finally, Moses death on Mount Nebo.

One of its most significant verses is

Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema Yisrael,

which has become the definitive statement of Israelite/Jewish/Hebrew identity: 

Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Verses 6:4–5 were also quoted by Yeshua/Jesus in

Mark 12:28–34 as part of the Great Commandment.

Deuteronomy contains 5 prophecies

(40‐44)

about Yeshua/Jesus; He fulfilled all five.

 

The Book of

Joshua Yehoshua יהושע

gives the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile. It tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes, framed by two set‐piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of the land, and, at the end, the last by Joshua warning of the need for faithful observance of the Law (torah) revealed to Moses.

Joshua contains 1 prophecy

(45)

about Jesus. He fulfilled the prophecy.

 

ספר רות ב

The Book of Ruth

רות Rut – friendship:

is named after its central figure,

Ruth the Moabitess,

the great-grandmother of David.

The book tells of Ruth’s accepting the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own.

In chapter 1:16–17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother‐in‐law,

“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

Ruth contains 1 prophecy

(46)

about Yeshua/Jesus. He fulfilled the prophecy in Ruth.

The Books of Samuel/

Shemuel

שְׁמוּאֵל   name of God:

1 Samuel and 2 Samuel,

make up part of the history of Jacob/Israel in the

prophets Ne•vi•eem’

portion of the

TaNaKH/Hebrew Bible/Old Testament,

which includes

Joshua,

Judges,

Samuel

and Kings

comprising a history of

the children of Israel/Jacob; i.e. the Israelites.

Samuel begins with the prophet Samuel’s birth and God’s call to him as a boy. The story of the Ark of the Covenant tells of Israel the Philistine oppression, which brought about Israels first king, Saul, being anointed by him. However, Saul proved unworthy and God turned to and chose David, who defeated Israel’s enemies and brought the Ark of His Covenant to Jerusalem/Yerushalayim. God then promised David and his successors an everlasting house/dynasty.

1&2 Samuel contain 6 prophecies

(47‐52)

about Yeshua/Jesus.

He fulfilled all 6 prophecies in Samuel 1 and 2.

Some biblical commentators believe the books of Joshua and Judges and 1&2 Samuel, were written to provide an explanation for the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah by Babylon in 586 BC and lay a foundation for a return from exile.

The Book of Kings:

melek מֶלֶך.

monarch, sovereign. 

The Books of 1&2 Kings, are the 11th and 12th books and were originally a single book. They complete the early history of Israel presenting its’ history from the death of King David to the release of Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, which was a period of approx. 400 years between 960 and 560 BC.

Kings contains 1 prophecy

(53) about Jesus, He fulfilled the prophecy in Kings.

The Books of Chronicles:

Divrei HaYamim

הימים דברי

The Chronicles narrative begins with Adam and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely by genealogical lists, down to the founding of the first Kingdom of Israel 1 Chronicles 1–9. after a brief account of Saul the remainder of 1 Chronicles, is concentrated on the reign of David 1 Chronicles 11–29. The next section records the life of Solomon, David’s son. 2 Chronicles 1–9, and the final part is about the Kingdom of Judah with somel references to the 2nd kingdom of Israel 2 Chronicles 10–36. Judah is destroyed in the last chapter and the people taken into exile in Babylon, and in the final verses the Persian king Cyrus the Great conquers the Neo‐Babylonian Empire, and he authorizes the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the return of the exiles.

Chronicles contain 3 prophecies (54‐56) about Jesus/Yeshua. He fulfilled all 3 prophecies in Chronicles.

The Book of Job  

Iyov 

אִיּוֹב 

is recorded as being in an obscure land called Uz, far from Israel, during an unknown time period, this book focuses on questions about God’s justice and asks why good people suffer attacks from the adversary/ hasatan /Satan.

שָׂטָ֖ן śātan

Throughout the book, Job, his wife, and his friends speculate on and discuss why he, an upright man, suffers. Job accuses God of being unjust and not operating the world according to principles of justice, and his friends believe that Job’s sin caused his suffering. Job decides to talk directly to God. And when he does his eyes are opened and he understands.

Job contains 2 prophecies

(57‐58)

about Yeshua/Jesus He fulfilled both prophecies in Job.

The Book of Psalms

תהילים

tehilim:

contains an amazing number of

102 prophecies about Yeshua/Jesus

(59‐160).

The name Psalms

is derived from the Greek translation,

ψαλμοί, psalmoi,

meaning: instrumental music

and includes, the words accompanying the music.

Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 102 prophecies in Psalms.

The Book of Proverbs is the

2nd book in the Ketuvim or Writings,

the 3rd section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).

The full Hebrew title is Mishlei Shlomo,

or

The Proverbs מִ֭שְׁלֵי of Solomon/ שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה

מִ֭שְׁלֵי

The Book of Proverbs Mishlei/מִ֭שְׁלֵי

is a collection of writings relating to a way of life which lasted for more than a 1000 years. It highlights traditional Biblical wisdom, raising questions of values, moral behavior, the meaning of human life, and right conduct. The repeated theme is that the beginning of wisdom is having the fear of God; which means submission to the will of God. Wisdom is praised for her role in creation; acquiring her before anything else, and through her He brought chaos into order. Because humanity has life and prosperity by conforming to Gods’ order of creation, therefore, seeking wisdom is both the goal and essence of the godly lifestyle.

Proverbs contains 2 prophecies

(161‐162)

about Yeshua/Jesus.

He fulfilled both prophecies in Proverbs.

Song of Songs,

שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה shir hashirim

song of songs שיר השירים 

or, as some know it, the 

Song of Solomon,

separates itself from the other books in the Bible. There is no reference to covenant or laws wisdom or the God of Israel. The opening words introduce a poetic work whose subject is romantic love; the plot is about the courtship and marriage of a maiden referred to as the Shulammite and takes place in ancient Israel, in the woman’s garden and the king’s palace.

In modern Judaism the Song is read on the Sabbath during the Passover/Pesach, which marks the beginning of the grain harvest as well as remembering the Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition reads it as an allegory of the relationship between God and Israel, Christianity regards it as an allegory of Messiah and His bride/challach the Ecclesia/called apart ones.

Song of Solomon contains 1 prophecy

(163)

about Yeshua/Jesus and He fulfilled the prophecy in

Song of Solomon.

שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה shir hashirim

Be encouraged to take some time thinking and reading the prophecies for yourselves..they are truly amazing… What a wonderful Father we love and serve…

Conclusion in Part 2

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua 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.

It’s 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.

 

 

 

The Man The Tribe The Land – Yisrael/Israel – Prophetic In Every Way Part 3

The Land

Eretz  land  אֶרֶץ

Yisrael

pronounced: Iss-rah-el

The term

Land of Israel

is a direct translation of the Hebrew phrase

ארץ ישראל ‎ 

Eretz Yisrael,

which occasionally occurs in the Bible,

and is first mentioned in the

Tanakh/Old Testament in

1 Samuel 13:19,

following the Exodus, when the

Israelite tribes were already in the

Land of Canaan.

The Name Yisrael means

God strives,

it is another name of Jacob and his descendants.

ישראל

Strongs 3478

Original Word: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: Yisrael
Phonetic Spelling: yis-raw-ale’

The name Israel was first introduced in the Bible in

Gen. 32:29. “And he said, ‘Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince you have power with God and with men.

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history is called Etymology.

The roots of the word Yisrael come From the verb

sarah  שרה sara:

to become rigid from the retention of liquidity,

and

 the word

el אל

 God.

and from (1) the verb

ישר yashar, to be upright,

and (2) the word אל  ‘el, God.

This name has been translated several different ways including:

he wrestles with God,

Prince of God,

he struggles with God,

and several others.

The name Israel

is actually a complete sentence in one word.

The name has three components –

Y, SR and AL.

The Y is a prefix meaning he.

The AL usually pronounced as

el is the Hebrew word for God.

The SR is the part that seems to have caused

most of the problems in translation.

The Hebrew word

SR

literally means

turn the head.

It is often translated as

prince or ruler

one who turns the head of the people.

The feminine form of this word is SRH or Sarah.

Abraham’s wife Sarah was very beautiful

and probably

turned the head 

of the men who saw her.

Another word related to

SR is yasar

meaning discipline.

When you discipline your children you are

turning their head

from a path of bad to a path of good.

Because the Y is in front of the word SR 

we know that this is a verb and not a noun, this is standard Hebrew grammar; and can literally be translated as

he turns the head of God.

It can be understood that when Israel, either Jacob or his descendants; speaks to God, as the Father of Israel, He stops what He is doing and turns to His son and says

What do you want My son.

Today’s name is the Hebrew name of the

Land of Israel,

E•retz Yis•ra•el.

The word

a•retz

is the general word for

land,

and eretz

becomes more specific, and it means

the land of.

The Land of Israel is one of several names for an area of indefinite geographical extension in the Middle East. Related biblical, religious, and historical English terms/names include:

the Land of Canaan,

the Promised Land,

the Holy Land, and 

Palestine.

The land was called other names before being named Israel and through the centuries, the territory was known by a variety of other names, including

Canaan,

Djahy,

Samaria ,

Judea,

Yehud,

Iudaea,

Syria Palaestina

and Southern Syria.

Because of geopolitical reasons, the boundaries of

Eretz Yisrael

and, hence, the final borders of the

State of Israel,

have not yet been agreed upon between Israel and its neighbors.

The major obstacles are the territories of Judea and Samaria, which are claimed by the Palestinians as their land.

Biblically, these areas are under the definition of the

Land of Israel,

and especially those which comprise of major large parts of Jerusalem.

The official name of

Israel

in

Hebrew

is

 מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎,

Medīnat Yisrā’el

or the

State of Israel.

And upon gaining independence in 1948,

the country formally adopted the name.

Israel has been the name of an ethnic group in the Levant going back at least 3200 years, based on the first known mention of the name in the written record, which was in ancient Egypt.

Based on the Bible itself, the ancient peoples of the Levant were generally named for their progenitors.

For example,

the smaller southern

kingdom of Judah

is named for Judah,

the son of Jacob.

The Levant

is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia

with its islands

and neighboring countries.

In this post we have seen

the prophetic nature of

Israel

The Man – The Tribe – The Land 

in scripture

as in just how many prophecies have been fulfilled, not least that of Isaiah; in chapter 35:1-2,

the prophet said that although Israel would become a desolate land, its deserts would one day bloom again. Isaiah lived about 2,700 years ago.

He declared that the wasteland will come to life and recent rains in Israel have caused the deserts to bloom, just as Isaiah prophesied!

 

These prophesies confirm and reaffirm

YHWH

Yehovehs

hand is on His chosen place and people spiritually and physically; and leaving no doubt that as each one has been fulfilled to date that everyone yet incomplete will be, in His perfect timing.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Exodus 3:15

https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/

His ways are not our ways and His thoughts not as ours.

As it’s only within the confines of the physical earth realm that we experience time constraints; the hour of His revealing will no doubt come as a thief in the night to the unprepared.

He has given us His Word both written and in Messiah Who was His Word made flesh.

Everything is written for our understanding so we should not be surprised or fearful of how He concludes His plan and the events of the end of the age. We are clearly given the signs/signals of their unfolding in His teaching about the very last days before His return, He told His disciples to watch Israel/Yisrael and the increasing interest that other nations show in her, as a sign/signal of His coming:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed….

This is recorded in Matthew 25, Mark 16 and Luke as well as in His Revelation in the Brit Chadashah /the new Testament; and by all the Prophets in the Tanakh/the old Testament.

 

Surely the end times began as Yeshua/Jesus’ physical earthly life ended. The religious leaders and many others missed the day of their visitation. It seems crazy that all the prophets had told them ahead of time what to look for, that they did not see it, and recognize the events unfolding before their very eyes as literal prophecy was being fulfilled in real time.

But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.

And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 2 Cor.3:14.

2000+ years later let’s be sure that we do not miss the signs/signals of His imminent return according to His Word and specifically those of Yeshua/Jesus recorded in

Matthew, Mark, Luke and Rev.

For as certain as those we have just looked at have already come to pass; so will every word ..

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished. Matthew 5:18.

Maranatha  – Come Lord Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach

The cup of indignation of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Yisrael is full.

Once more it is at critical measure and the earth is again filled with violence as in the days of Noe/Noah and Lot. This time He is not sending a flood but fire and He is coming as judge to those who have rejected Him, His Son, and His offer of forgiveness and redemption.

The compensation is that on seeing Him,

the scripture says

all Israel/Yisrael will be saved

for they shall look upon the one they pierced.

As the veil is removed from their eyes.

Mishpachah’

Family

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa

we are grafted in to spiritual Israel;

A Jew is not one

outwardly

but

inwardly

and there is no scripture that demands anyone convert to the religion of Judaism. The words of Jesus/Yeshua are clear..

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,

nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly;

and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.

Romans 2:28

Let’s remain humble and thankful in a

repentant attitude of heart and mind.

In the midst of the worlds chaos

we must stay in that place of true shalom/peace.

As Job said,

I know that my redeemer lives

and He is returning for

His Bride

and we are

His Kallat Mashiach

His K’doshiym – His Holy Ones.

Israel/Yisrael is the apple of His eye

His land

His first fruits

it is where

He chose to put His Name. 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/

And it is His focus for timed events to unfold.

So do NOT be afraid or dismayed when events concerning Yerushalyim/Jerusalem are in front of our eyes and she is surrounded by her enemies once again.

Luke 21:20

According to scripture all

These things must take place; and when

is trodden underfoot for 42 months,

remember…

it was prophesied,

and so it will happen.

He is cleansing

His House – Beit El

and Mt Moriah;

it begins with the house of God.

1Pet 4:17 So, Judgment begins in the house of God

means:

That discipline begins in the house of God.

Accountability begins in the house of God.

Weeding (holiness; separation) begins in the house of God.

Time to circumcise our hearts….Because

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael/Israel

IS Truly

Prophetic In Every Way..

His will be done His kingdom come both in the earth and in our individual lives…

 

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua 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.

It’s 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.

 

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael Israel Prophetic In Every Way Part 2

Last post we looked at the origin of the name

Israel/Yisrael

and that it began with a man called

Yaakov/Jacob.

Yaaqob  יעקב,

Y A K B

Pronounced: Ya’ah’kov

(Remember the Hebrew letters b and v are interchangeable)

When we think or speak of

Israel/Yisrael

ישראל

pronounced: Iss-rah-el

we instinctively refer to Israel the country

and not how it came into being.

Continuing our theme the next part focuses on

Israel/Yisrael

ישראל – the tribe.

The tribe of Israel began with

Jacob/Israels’children,

who are known as

Israelites

Jacob had 12 sons

(Joseph had 2 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were included by Jacob into the family tribes making 13 altogether. In various scripture references some of the names are omitted and others added e.g. Dan is not listed in Revelation, however the number seems to always add up to 12. )

They became the tribes of Israel.

Shivtei Yisrael

 שבטי ישראל‎ 

His children and subsequent generations continue even to today.

We looked at the tribes in a previous post

Link below

https://www.minimannamoments.com/21-12-21-12-12-12-12-12-12-conclusion/

His parents are Isaac and Rebekah;

Genesis 25,

and his grandparents are Abraham and Sarah.

The nation of Israel came from

4 matriarchs.

Leah and her servant Zilpah,

Leah’s sister Rachel and her servant Bilhah.

Their 12 sons would become the patriarchs of the 12 tribes of the nation of Israel.

Israel’s 1st born son is Reuben.

Rueben – see a son

ראובן – Ra-Ah-Wa-Ban

Genesis 29:32.

His mother is Leah. Reuben forfeits his station of 1st-born son when he sleeps with Bilhah, the mother of his two half-brothers Dan and Naphtali. Gen. 35:22.

Israel’s 2nd son is Simeon, also with Leah

Simeon Affliction heard

שמעון – Sha-Ma-I-Wan

Gen 29:33 49:5-7

Simeon forfeits his position in the family/tribe when he and his brother Levi revenge the rape of their sister Dinah by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite. Gen. 34:2;

by killing every male living in the city of Hamor. Genesis 34:25.

Israel’s 3rd son is Levi, also with Leah.

LEVI joined to me

לוי – La-Way

Gen. 29:34 49:5-7

He also gives up his position on the family, along with his brother Simeon.

 

Israel’s 4th son is Judah 

Judah praised most high

יהודה – Ya-Ha-Wa-Dah

Gen. 29:35 49:8

Due to the crimes of his three older brothers, Judah rises to inheritance position of ‘firstborn’.

The land of Judah is central to Israel, and the capital of Israel, Yerushalyim/Jerusalem, was situated in Judah. King David was from Judah, and Joseph, the father-by-law of Yeshua/Jesus was from Judah as well.

By the time of Yeshua/Jesus, the name Judah has been applied to the Roman province of Judea, and the Israelites who made it out of the Babylonian exile became collectively known as Jews, meaning those of Judea.

The 5th son of Israel is Dan.

Gen.30:6.

His mother is Bilhah, the servant of Rachel

Gen.30:4.

The 6th son of Israel is Naphtali, also with Bilhah.

Naphtali my wrestling

נפתלי – Na-Pa-Tha-Lay

Gen 30:8 49:21

Israel’s 7th son is Gad 

Gad troop

גד- Gad

Gen. 30:11 49:19

Gad’s mother is Zilpah, the servant of Leah.

Gen.30:9.

 

Israel’s 8th son is Asher

Asher happy

אשר – Ah-Shar

Gen. 30:13 49:20

Asher’s mother is Zilpah as well.

 

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

Hebrew:

שבטי ישראל ‎,

Shivtei Yisrael,

the breastplate had to be worn to atone for the sins of the children of Israel. These twelve stones also correlate to the foundation of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 

Deuteronomy 27:12–13 lists the twelve tribes:

Reuben (Hebrew רְאוּבֵן‎ ‎ Rəʼūḇēn)

Simeon ( שִׁמְעוֹן‎ ‎ Šīməʻōn)

Levi ( לֵוִי‎ ‎ Lēwī)

Judah ( יְהוּדָה‎ ‎ Yəhūdā)

Issachar ( יִשָּׂשכָר‎ ‎ Yīssāšḵār)

Zebulun ( זְבוּלֻן‎ ‎ 

Dan (דָּן‎‎ Dān)

Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי‎‎ Nap̄tālī)

Gad (גָּד‎‎ Gāḏ) Asher (אָשֵׁר‎‎ ’Āšēr)

Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִן‎‎ Bīnyāmīn)

Joseph (יוֹסֵף‎‎ Yōsēp̄),

later split into two “half-tribes”:

Ephraim (אֶפְרַיִם‎‎ ’Ep̄rayīm)

Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה‎‎ Mənašše)

Israel’s 9th son is Issachar,

Leah’s 5th son

Issachar he is hired

יששכר – Ya-Sha-Sha-Kar

Gen. 30:18 49:14

 

Israel’s 10th son is Zebulun,

Leah’s 6th son

Zebulon dwelling

זבולן- Za-Ba-Wa-Lan

Gen. 30:20 49:13

Israel’s 11th child was a girl.

Her name is Dinah and her mother is Leah

Gen.30:21.

Israel’s 11th son is Joseph. His mother is Rachel.

Gen.30:24.

In time, the tribe of Joseph breaches in two sub-tribes, named after Joseph’s two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. Their mother’s name is Asenath.

Ephraim fruitful

אפרים – Ah-Pa-Ra-Yam

Gen. 41:52

Manasseh  made to forget

מנשה – Ma-Na-Shah

Gen.41:50-52.

 

Israel’s 12th son is Ben-oni or Benjamin. 

Benjamin son of the right

בנימין- Ba-Na-Ya-Ma-Yan

Gen 35:16-18 49:27.

The name Israel/Yisrael appears also frequently in the Brit Chadashah/New Testament, 78 times in 12 of the 27 books; Specifically in the 4 Gospels, Acts, the letters of Paul (where he said he was a Hebrew of the Hebrews), and Revelation.

In Greek, Israel is spelled Ισραηλ, and the ethnonym.

Israelite in Greek is spelled Ισραηλιτης and appears 9 times.

The Jewish people are referred to by many different names in the Bible.

They are called:

Israelites,

Jews,

Hebrews, 

children of Abraham,

Daughter Zion,

God’s chosen people, etc.

One of the most common names for the Jewish people in the Bible is Israelites.

A second common name for the Jewish people is Jews.

The word Jew comes from the term Judah, the leading tribe of Israel.

A Jew was, literally,

one from the land of Judah,

although the word later came to be applied to any Israelite, regardless of the tribe to which he belonged. The first occurrence of the word Jew in the Old Testament is in Esther 2:5 where Mordecai is called Mordecai the Jew.

Another common name for the Jewish people is Hebrews. The first mention of a Hebrew in the Bible is Genesis 14:13

where Abraham is called Abram the Hebrew.

The term Hebrew is the same word used for both the language and the people.

It is עברי. Ivri or Ibri

pronounced Erverh

and literally means:

from the other side

and also means:

to pass through to the other side

or one crossed over.

Related to Abraham crossing over from his fathers home of idol worship to follow the call of the One True and Living God. Then prophetically to the crossing over of the Reed Sea out of Egypt and again across the Jordan River into the Promised Land/Canaan/Yisrael; and to our future crossing over into the spiritual Promised Land of the Heavenlies.

IVRI

The script used in the Torah scrolls is the original

Ktav Ivrit which was revealed to

Avraham Avinu who was the first 

Ivri-Hebrew.

 

This script is the one with which God created the world.

The proper pronunciation in the native language of the ancient Israelites’ designation, commonly known, as Hebrew in English is IVRI 

pronounced Erh-Verh.

Many believe Hebrew in this context is related to Eber, an ancestor of Abraham mentioned in Genesis 11:14–16.

Independent of the term’s meaning, its original connection is with Abraham as founder of the Jewish people.

The apostle Paul addressed the Jews in Antioch using this term in Acts 13:26;  Romans 9:7.

Children of Abraham, points to the relationship between

Abraham and the Jewish people.

Yeshua/Jesus and Paul both called upon Jews not only to be

children of Abraham by birth,

but to imitate the faith of Abraham.

John 8:39–40; Romans 4.

The term,

Daughter Zion,

is found in many prophetic books and is

a poetic reference to the nation of Israel.

Often, the passages containing

Daughter Zion or daughter of Zion

deal with the redemption and salvation of the remnant of Yisrael/Israel, especially in the context of the coming of the Messiah/Mashiach.

Zephaniah 3:14; Lamentations 4:22;

Micah 4:8; Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 52:2.

In the TaNaKh/Old Testament,

God’s chosen people

is another name for the Israelites

1 Kings 3:8; Isaiah 47:6; 65:9.

This term highlights the fact that the Israelites/Jews/Hebrews have had a special purpose and calling from the time of Abraham to the time of the Messiah, and according to scripture, they will again be central in God’s plan for the future, fulfilling all prophecy.

 

You are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. Deuteronomy 7:6.

God promised a blessing to all the people of the world through the descendants of Abraham. Genesis 12:1–3.

Yeshua haMashiach/Jesus Christ,

of the tribe of

Judah,

was born in Bethlehem/Beit lechem,

and resided in Nazareth of Galilee.

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael Israel Prophetic In Every Way

continues in Part 3

 

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship

with our Heavenly Father and with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s 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.

 

The Man – The Tribe -The Land – Yisrael/Israel – Prophetic In Every Way.

Appearing more than 2,500 times

in the Old Testament/TaNaKH

and about 80 times

in the New Testament/Brit Chadashah,

Israel/Yisrael/יִשְׂרָאֵל

is the most used name in the scriptures.

Israel/Yisrael/יִשְׂרָאֵל

It is also a perfect example of the use of a specific name and of its’ prophetic nature being fulfilled in the future connections we frequently see in biblical names.

The Man

It all began in the beginning!

Beresheet

The genesis/beresheet

of the name

Israel/Yisrael/יִשְׂרָאֵל

started with the patriarchs/fathers,

it was first introduced in the Bible/TaNaKH in

 

Gen. 32:29. “And he said, ‘Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.’”

 

beginning with

Abraham/Avraham/אַבְרָהָם.

The words: you have power

in this scripture

is rather a weak translation,

because the Hebrew word that is used in this verse is

sa-ri-ta.

It is a past-tense verb that comes from the root word

Sar.

Sar is a prince or leader,

but as it is used as a verb in this verse,

it‘s related to the main characteristic usually associated with leadership: battle/fighting.

In the verse above,

sa-ri-ta

relates to the biblical verb that means: to fight

or put a better way: to wrestle.

Here, it illustrates as:

taking the action of a prince,

leader or hero in a battle or fight.

When the word

Israel/Yisrael/יִשְׂרָאֵל

is spoken out loud

Phonetic Spelling: yis-raw-ale’

the connection between the 2 words

is clear as they sound similar.

Here we learn the origin of the word

Wrestle

and we now know the full meaning of the name

Israel/Yisrael/יִשְׂרָאֵל: wrestled with God.

Israel/Yisrael/יִשְׂרָאֵל

started with the patriarchs/fathers,

Genesis 12:50

Abraham אברהם 

While many suggest that Abram means:

exalted father

and

Abraham means:

father of a multitude,

Actually both names mean exactly the same thing

father lifted up

or

exalted father.

The beginning of both names is:

אב AB/AV

meaning: father.

The letters

ram in Abram is דם meaning:

lifted,

which in the Hebrew language is a parent root.

The raham in Abraham is רהם

also means:

lifted,

a secondary root out from the parent root MR.

Strong’s Hebrew: 85. אַבְרָהָם (Abraham) — “exalted father …

In Genesis 17:5, the Lord promises Abram that he would be the

father of many nations

which in Hebrew is:

אב המון גוים, ‘ab hamon goyim

God changes Abram’s name to Abraham.

The Lord also promises that

Abraham‘s half-sister and wife Sarai

would

become nations

or rather:

become international

היתה לגוים,

 heyata le’goyim

and changed her name to Sarah 17:16.

 

Similar to the name Abraham,

the phrase is not related to the name.

The name Abraham אברהם

has its root from the name

Abram אברם

by adding in the letter ה he h hay hey;

in front of the final ם mem.

The name Sarah שרה

follows from Sarai שרי

by putting the same letter ה  he/h/hey/hay

in place of the final י yod.

Abraham’s father was the one who named him

אברם Abram

and it was later changed by God to

 אברהם Abraham.

As every Hebrew name has a meaning, and is always related to the character of the individual, it’s important to know what their names mean as it gives us insight to the person and also what their future may hold: especially when our Heavenly Father is the one giving or changing the name. Recall the instructions given via angelic messengers for naming John the Immerser and Yeshua/Jesus.

Then his miracle son

Isaac/Yitzak/יִצְחָק

Strong’s Hebrew: 3327. יִצְחָק (Yitschaq) — “he laughs,” son .

H3327 – יִצְחָק Yitschâq, yits-khawk’; from ; laughter (i.e. mochery); Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham:—Isaac.

and then

Jacob/Yaakov/יעקב,

one of יִצְחָק/Isaacs twin sons.

Again as every Hebrew name has a meaning, and is always related to the character of the person; we see that the name

Yaakov/Jacob comes from the verb

עקב ‘abaq, meaning:

to follow at the heel

or

supplant. עקב.

The noun עקב ‘aqeb 

means heel

In the case of

Ya’acov /Jacob/ יעקב,

he grabs the heel of his twin

His name was changed by God to

Yisrael/Israel/יִשְׂרָאֵל:

with a meaning:

turns the head of God.

Because there was a change in character,

there is also a change in the name.

As the story concerning each individual unfolds, provided that we focus on the Hebrew translation, we learn how the name is connected to the narrative.

English, Spanish, Greek and Latin, along with all other languages do not accurately or fully reveal how the Biblical name foreshadows the events in the lives of each personality, and secondly, the Hebrew name reflects and supports the accuracy of biblical events and prophecies.

Although reading the Bible in the English translation is understood by believers as reading truth, the immediate sense of confirmation, as reflected in the Hebrew name, is missing from the non-Hebrew reading experience.

This is just one reason why it is so important for every Bible follower to obtain some knowledge of Hebrew.

 

As recorded in the scripture

Jacob/Yaakov/יעקב,

had an encounter with the God of his forefathers the God who answers by fire in the form of a dream.

The ladder he saw extended from the earth to the heavens

with angelic messengers going up and down it.

He called the place the gate of heaven

And he was afraid, and said, ‘How awesome is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven’”

Genesis 28:17

and he built an altar there.

At the river Jabbok Genesis 32:28, Jacob wrestled with a supernatural messenger/angel of the Lord,

(some scholars suggest it was the pre-incarnate Yeshua/Jesus);

and as a result of finally prevailing in the struggle he too had a name change, just as his grandfather Abraham had decades before.

Jacob became

Yisrael Israel

ישראל

from the Hebrew text in Genesis 32:28,

the form

ישראל Israel Yisrael

appears to be a compilation of two elements.

The final one is the noun 

אל  El,

the common abbreviation of Elohim,

meaning:

God

but consists of many nuances and facets.

Strong’s Hebrew: 3478. יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael) — “God strives …

Yisrael: “God strives,”

another name of Jacob and his descendants.

Original Word: יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine. 

Transliteration: Yisrael.

Phonetic Spelling: yis-raw-ale’

Pronounced: Iss-rah-el

then

Jacob/Yaakov/יעקב,

 now

Yisrael/Israel/יִשְׂרָאֵל:

became a father himself…..

 the father of 12 sons and 1 daughter

The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael Israel Prophetic In Every Way

Continues in Part 2

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua 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.

It’s 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.