This was the question that Yeshua/Jesus asked His disciples.
He didn’t ask the disciples
who people thought the Son of Man was
out of ignorance or
because He needed to know.
It was a primer for revealing His second question;
which was simply to give each of them an opportunity
to assess the true level of their individual faith.
But you… who do you say that I am?
Matthew 16:15
מי אתה אומר שאני
Parallel accounts are found in
Luke 9:18–20 and Mark 8.
Matthew relates that Peter did more than just identify
Yeshua HaMashiach /Jesus as the Christ/Messiah;
he also proclaimed Yeshua/Jesus’ divine nature:
You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God
Matthew 16:16
Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah
Upon hearing such a bold response from Peter,
Yeshua/Jesus replied,
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 16:17
Anochi or Anoki אָנֹכִי
pronounced aw-no-kee’
is the Hebrew of
I AM
and is referring to His essence, it is something that cannot be alluded to by any name or intimation.
The most famous statement ever uttered in all of history
The Ten Sayings/Commandments
begins with this unusual four-letter word:
Anochi.
The word means I, referring to God
I the Lord Your God took you out of Egypt….
Ani
is the common Hebrew pronoun for
I.
Some scholars say that
Anochi
is an acronym for
Ana Nafshi Ketovit Yehovit.
Which simply translated is:
I Myself wrote [these words and] gave [them to you].
In Exodus 3 and you will see the ancient Hebrew form for
“I am” is ehyeh.
In Ancient Hebrew
Future tense and Present tense were IDENTICAL.
Ehyeh is BOTH future and present tense.
Ancient Hebrew did not make a time distinction in its verb “tenses”, but a completion distinction.
An action was either complete or it was not complete.
In Hebrew, traditionally they call the completed aspect
(perfective) “past tense”;
and the not-completed aspect
(imperfective) “present/future tense”;
this is just so English speakers
don’t get too confused by perfective and imperfective.
ehyeh asher ehyeh
for
I am who I am
sometimes you will even find the footnote,
saying
as a alternate translation,
I will be who I will be.
Not to get too technical or hung up on language details…
Here below are some names of
God/YHWH/YHVH/YaHoVeH
in mp4 format
The ancient Hebrews didn’t write the vowels down, so we don’t know for sure, but Jehovah and Yahweh are both guesses at how this was pronounced.
The important thing is they give us a bigger picture of our Heavenly Father, based on characteristics revealed to people through their experiences, they are known as the attributes of God and these ‘Names’ tell us more about Him, describing His divine nature.
In this video they have pronounced the names according to their knowledge or understanding, it has Hebrew (ivrit), English & urdu translation and transliteration.
El De’ot – The God Of Knowledge: 1 Samuel 2:3.
El Emet – The God Of Truth: Psalm 31:6
El Yeshuati – The God Of My Salvation: Isaiah 12:2
Immanu El – God Is With Us: Isaiah 7:14
El Elyon – The Most High God: Genesis 14:18.
Jehovah Shammah The Lord is There
Jehovah-Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Jehovah Rapha The Lord That Heals
Jehovah Nissi 10. Jehovah Shalom God my peace
Jehovah Tsidkenu The Lord Our Righteousness
Jehovah Mekoddishkem The Lord Who Sanctifies You
Jehovah Jireh My Provider
Elah Yerush’lem – God of Jerusalem: Ezra 7:19
Elah Yisrael – God of Israel: Ezra 5:1
Elah Sh’maya – God of Heaven: Ezra 7:23
Elah Sh’maya V’Arah – God of Heaven and Earth: Ezra 5:11.
YHVH Elohim – LORD God: Genesis 2:4
YHVH M’kadesh – The LORD Who Makes Holy: Ezekiel 37:28
YHVH Yireh – The LORD Who Sees/provides: Genesis 22;14
YHVH Nissi – The LORD My Banner: Exodus 17:15
YHVH Shalom – The LORD Of Peace: Judges 6:24
YHVH Tzidkaynu – The LORD Our Righteousness: Jeremiah 33:16
Elohei Ma’uzzi (The God of my strength) 2 Sam 22:23
Elohei Mikkarov (The God who is near) Jer 23:23, 26.
Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide)
Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace)
Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
Yhwh Elohe Ẓeba’ot (“Yhwh God of Hosts”) or “God of Hosts”
Elohei Chasdi (The God of my kindness) Ps 59:17
Elohei Haelohim (The God of gods) Josh 22:22
Elohei Marom (The God of heights) Micah 6:6
Elohei Tseva’ot (The God of Hosts) 2 Sam 5:10
Elohei Kedem (The Eternal God) Deut 33:27
Elohei Tehillati (The God of my praise) Psa 109:1
Elohei Avotenu (The God of our fathers ) Deut 26:1
Elohim Avinu (God our Father)
Elohim Bashamayim (God in heaven) 2 Chron 20:6
Elohim Chayim (The Living God Jos 3:10
Elohei HaChayim (The God of the Lving) Mk 12:27
Elohei haricot l’chol-basar (The God of the spirits of all flesh) Num 16:22
Elohim HaAv (God the Father ) Gal 1:1
Elohim Emet (The God of truth) Jere 10:10
Adonai Yir’eh (The Lord who sees) Gen 22:14
obviously this is not a complete list however
in the end,
it doesn’t matter what everybody else thinks
it only matters…
who do you say that I am?
מי אתה אומר שאני
Each of us must answer
Yeshua/Jesus’s question for ourselves.
Who is He to us?
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
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.
While preparing this weeks post, Father/Avinu changed the focus and this is what He would say to us today…
It is for those whose hearts are heavy; and for those dealing with circumstances that seem greater than we are able to bear.
He knows we cannot handle life and all its’ challenges without His help, His presence and His intervention.
He has heard the cries and He is bringing His shalom to comfort all our waste places.
Times of testing, trials and tribulation are not a judgment upon us but rather the place where our faith rises to meet His provision, however low the height of our faith His reach never falls short of meeting our needs.
Family/Mishpachah,
we are His Children, 1John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Luke 18:15-17. And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
John 21:5 Jesus said to them, (His disciples) “Children, do you have any fish?”.
Our Heavenly Father/Avinu is real, Jesus/Yeshua is real.
He lives.
He knows you one by one,
name by name,
wherever you are in the world.
Whatever your situation is,
know that you are better than you think you are.
His goodness is in you!
Especially if there are things in your life
that are very hard; and when
there is physical and emotional pain too,
remember always,
that Our Heavenly Father
and Yeshua/Jesus/ יֵשׁוּעַ love you.
His sheep hear His voice,
and He calls His own sheep by name
and leads them out. John 19:27
4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
Yeshua/Jesus knows your name.
We know that He calls the stars by name. Ps 147:4
and the scriptures tell us
He knows the very number of the hairs on our heads. Luke 12:7
He knows our goings out and our comings in. Is. 37:28
He cares for the sparrows, and God Himself says
you are more valuable than many sparrows.
You are of inestimable worth and you are
His delight,
His beloved,
His joy;
and when God looks at you,
He smiles.
He loves you so very much.
He knows the pains and the difficulties we face.
He knows the decisions and disasters that cover our paths.
He knows the rejections and rebuffs we receive,
and He cares about the deep hurts we have known.
This is why He wants us to see Him as our Father, a true loving Father, who cares deeply about what is happening to His children.
We are to cease striving like the world does,
we are to stop trying to make it on our own
and really
surrender ALL to Him
for He cares for us.
That is the child-like faith…
believing He is able,
to take all our cares
when we roll them over onto His shoulders;
and let Him carry them
and us too.
All of us have a name that was given by someone else, usually our parents. Names in the Bible had a great significance and were often prophetic to that individuals life, where the meaning became their destiny in God.
It is not so true today, however the scripture tells us that one day we will be given a new name and that no one but us will know it.
This is significant in that, if you don’t know the name of something/ someone, you cannot have dominion or power over them. So It could be that our new name means that nothing will ever defeat us or have power over us again.
Revelation 2:17 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and
anew name
written on the stone
which no one knows but he who receives it.’
If we hold fast to our faith,
if we confess to knowing the Name
of the One who knows our name…
then we trust
that God will carry us through anything. Is. 43:2.
In John 10:14,15
God knows our names
and loves us enough,
not only to know the number of hairs on our head,
but to offer us His only Son.
This is the God who knows us,
the God who calls us by name.
He knows our weakness.
He knows our helpless despair.
He knows our restless misery.
This next week marks the Passover/Pesach season.
As we remember what He did for us…
know that what we may be experiencing is temporary.
God Knows Your Name:
You Belong to Him and He loved you enough to give His life for
YOU
My prayer is that each one would know
‘How deep is the Fathers love is for you.’
His blood paid the price for us to not only be forgiven,
but to be in His eternal presence…
Remember He said through the prophet
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name;
you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1).
That powerful promise confirms that God knows your name!
And Rev. 3:5
and I shall confess
his name
before my Father and before his angels
Below is a song to minister to everyone,
whether you are in a place of great need or not
it’s for a point from which we can place all our focus on Him
and the victory won at Calvary.
Below are some scriptures to aid our quiet times.
I know we love to study and learn of His Word, however spending time in His presence yields far greater treasures. If you are not in a place of great need, then take the time to pray for those who are…we are one family,
one body and when one hurts we all hurt.
Let’s agree together that our Father will keep us and watch over us in our afflictions, that we not despair in situations which seem insurmountable. He can and has always seen us through. Help us to remember Your deliverance when we least deserved it. Thank you Father that the precious Blood of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua cries mercy for us and covers us, protecting us in His Name.
1Cor. 12:26 And whenever one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Isaiah 43:1But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1-28 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. …
Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
John 10:14-15 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Psalm 139:1-24 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. …
Psalm 91:14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
Exodus 33:17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
Isaiah 49:1-26 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away. And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.” And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength— …
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
Isaiah 43:7 Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
Isaiah 43:1-7 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. …
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
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.
It’s true that the Hebrew verb chadesh can mean either
“to make new”
or “to renew,”
but the adjective as used in this passage means
“new.”
Re-New-ed Covenant
or New Testament
The title ‘Brit Chadasha’ is a Jewish term direct from the Tanakh. In Jeremiah 31:31-34. The prophet Jeremiah foresaw a day in the future of the people of Israel when G-d would establish a new covenant (Brit) which would be different than the covenant of Mt. Sinai under which was given the Law (Torah).
Hebrew ברית חדשה berit hadashah ;
Greek διαθήκη καινή diatheke kaine
In
Matthew
מתתיה matityah
Matityahu
מַתִּתְיָהוּ
This name is the Hebrew noun
מתת matat,
Strong’s #4991
meaning “gift” or “reward,”
and the name יה Yah,
Strong’s #3050.
Combined, this name means
“gift of Yah”
or
“reward of Yah.“
Greek: “Ματθαῖος” MatthaiosMatthaios ;
this was Latinised as Matthaeus,
which became Matthew in English.
Yeshua/Jesus ישוע
is the
King of the Jews
מלך היהודים
Yeshua Hanotsri Wemelek Hayehudim“
“ישוע הנוצרי ומלך היהודים”.
Latin for
“Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews”
is
“Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Iudaeorvm“
and the acronym for this title is INRI.
In
Mark
The name Mark (or rather Markos in Greek) belongs to the assumed author of the second synoptic gospel. Neither of the gospels mentions the name Mark, but since the times of the early church fathers, it’s been attested that the gospel of Mark was written by John Mark, the name John is Hebrew, while Marcus is Latin.
Yeshua/Jesus ישוע
is the
Servant
ebed עֶבֶד
sharath
המשרת
In
Luke
is a contracted form of the Latin name
Lucanus or Lucilius
Greek name Lucas
Latin: Lucas;
Ancient Greek: Λουκᾶς, Loukâs;
Hebrew: לוקאס , Lūqās; Aramaic: לוקא ,
Yeshua/Jesus ישוע
is the
Son of Man
בן אדם
ben-‘adam
בנו של האדם
בר אנש, translit. bar ‘enash, lit. ‘son of man’
In
John
Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן ), “Graced by Yah”,
or
Yehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָן ), “Yahweh is Gracious”.
the Hebrew original, Johanan, consists of two elements.
The first part is יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu),
which is the truncated form of יהוה,
which is YHWH, the Name of the Lord.
The final part of the names John/Johanan
comes from the verb
חנן (hanan),
meaning to be gracious:
Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע
is the
Son of God
בנו של אלוהים
BENEI ELOCHIM בני אלוחים
Beth Nun Yod Aleph Lamed Vav Cheth Yod Mem
In
Acts
GEVUROT MEYRUACH HAKODESH
מעשי השליחים
Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע
is the
Savior of the World
מושיע העולם
yasha
תֵּבֵל world tevel tebel
The word ישה (yasha) is a simple verb meaning “to deliver.”
In
Romans
הרומאים
SHLIACH SHA’UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN ROME
Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע
is the
Righteousness of God
צדקת האלוהים
tsadaq- to be in the right, be justified, be just, be righteous.
Hebrew has several words for joy, each with different shades of meaning. ‘Simcha’ (ch is a soft gutteral, between h and the ch of ‘Bach’) means happiness in the most full sense.
‘Gila’ is a stronger sensation of joy but more transient and worldly (related to ‘gal’ = wave.) ‘rina’ is a joy related to singing and shouting.
without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely ity, sound, without spot, undefiled,
From tamam; entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth — without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.
Being a Jew, his Hebrew name would have been שמעון בן יונה (shimon ben yonah).
The name שמעון (shimon, Strong’s #559) means “heard.”
In Mark 3:16 we are told that Yeshua (Jesus) gives Shimon the name Peter (Petros in Greek), a Greek name that has no equivalency in Hebrew.
However, in John 1:42 we are told that his new name is, according to the Greek, Kephas (Cephas), not Petros (Peter). Kephas is a Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name כאפא (Kepha, pronounced kee-phah) meaning “stone.”
And I tell you, that you are Kepha, and upon this rock (kepha) I will build my assembly. (Matthew 16:18
He always was, He always is, and He always will be…
Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone
He was bruised and brought healing
He was pierced and eased pain
He was persecuted and brought freedom
He was dead and brought life
He is risen and brings power
He reigns and brings Peace
The world can’t understand Him,
The armies can’t defeat Him,
The schools can’t explain Him, and
The leaders can’t ignore Him.
Herod couldn’t kill Him,
The Pharisees couldn’t confuse Him, and
The people couldn’t hold Him!
Nero couldn’t crush Him,
No one could silence Him,
The New Age can’t replace Him, and
No one can explain Him away.
He is Light, Love, Longevity, and Lord.
He is Goodness, Kindness,
Gentleness, and full of Mercy.
He is Holy, Righteous, mighty, powerful, and pure.
His Ways are right, His word is Eternal,
His Will is Unchanging, and His mind is on us.
He is my/our Redeemer, He is my/our Savior,
He is my/our Shepherd,
He is my/our Guide,
and He is my/our Peace!
He is my/our Joy,
He is my/our Comfort,
He is my/our Lord,
and He rules my/our life/lives!
WHO IS HE??
He is Abel’s Sacrifice
Noah’s Rainbow
Abrahams Ram
Issacs Well
Jacob’s Ladder
Ezekiel’s Burden
Judahs’ Scepter
Moses’ Rod
Davids sling shot
Hezekiah’s sundial
A Husband to the single and the widow
A father to the orphan
To those traveling in the dark night He is the Bright Morning Star
To those in the Lonesome Valley He is the Rose of Sharon
He is the Lily of the Valley
The Honey in the rock
The Staff of Life
He is the Pearl of great price
He is a Rock in a very dry land, gushing the Water of Life
He is the Counselor,
the Comforter,
the Everlasting Father
and the Government of our lives
is upon His Shoulders.
He is Peter’s shadow
Stevens’ signs and wonders
Pauls’ handkerchiefs and aprons
He is the Son of the living God
He is the cup that runneth over.
He is Mashiach Yeshua
Jesus Messiah
YESHUA HAMASHIACH ישׁוה המשׁיה
As we draw near to Pesach/Passover
let’s take time to reflect on
Who Messiah is to us personally….
As Faith comes by Hearing and Hearing By His Word read the previous list out loud and see what happens…
Is Messiah Found In
The TaNaKH and
Brit Chadashah?
Without doubt the answer is
YES..
however the most important question is …
Is Messiah to be found in our hearts
????
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
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.
it is written 158 times in the New Testament/Brit Chadashah.
נאמנות
Today is the Hebrew/Jewish holiday of
Purim
פורים
Lots
it lasts 2 days,
starting at sunset last night.
Also called
mikra’ei kodesh
מִקְרָאֵי קדֶשׁ,
‘times in which holiness is proclaimed’.
Lev. 23:2;
the Spring season of
Appointed Times of the Lord/Moedim
are initiated this week with Purim.
Recorded in the Book of Esther is
the victory over Haman’s evil plot
in which he tried to destroy the Jews.
This plan was thwarted by Queen Esther
and continues to be celebrated even today.
26 So they called these days Purim, after the name [a]Pur.
Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who would join them, that without fail they should celebrate these two days every year, according to the written instructions and according to the prescribed time, 28 that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants.
Esther 29:26-28
The remembrance of Purim is a precursor to the 7 that follow on the Hebrew Calendar.
Purim commemorates the selfless action of woman chosen for a specific time and purpose.
Purim is always 30 days before Passover/Pesach.
Giving those that follow this calendar
a heads-up,
a marker,
for those with eyes to see
and ears to hear,
of what is about to begin!
Esther was required to spend 12 months
in careful detailed preparation for one purpose…
and that was to be found
acceptable in the Kings sight.
All this?
Just to be found appealing to the King?
That required great humility and obedience,
a commitment
to a long and intense
process of purification –
in the same
way we are to make ourselves ready for
our King.
Mashiach Yeshua/Jesus.
There is work He does in us
and work we do ourselves.
He is coming for an ecclesia
without spot or wrinkle
that He will present to Himself!
in order to present the
church/ecclesia/called apart ones,
to himself in all its beauty–
pure and faultless,
without spot or wrinkle
or any other imperfection.
Ephesians 5:27
He that findeth his life shall lose it:
and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.
Fear not,
simply rest in Him
and be comforted,
God is WORKING!
All things are in His hands and
nothing happens that He has not allowed
in His plans and purposes;
both those that did commendable things
like Mordecai and Esther
and those that did evil as did Haman and his family.
Stay alert, prepared and be ready!
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Share His comfort
to those going through times
of testing and trouble…
be an encourager of hearts
and tell them
GOD IS WORKING
behind the scenes!
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without the knowing in your heart
you are totally His.
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.
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