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What Is The Connection Between The Descender, A Spring, An Eye, A Dove And A Miracle?? Part 2

Last post we looked at some of the connections

between the

ירדן

Descender/Yarden/Jordan

and

John the Baptizer
יוחנן המטביל

And we visited two locations that are mentioned

in the scriptures for immersion;

and we saw that the meaning of

Aenon/Aeiynon/Ain-Yon

עֵינָן.  = spring, eye of a dove.

Aenon = “springs”

the name of a place “near to Salim”.  John 1:37

Ainon- pronounced: ahee-nohn’ of Hebrew origin

(a derivative of 5869, place of springs).

In Greek: Αἰνών Ainṓn, ahee-nohn’; of Hebrew origin,

place of springs; Ænon.

According to the scriptures, here is the location that is more accurately describing the place where Yeshua/Jesus immersion occurred.

The place is called

Bethabara – בֵּית בָּרָה

John 1:28
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

And in other versions…

This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.

 

This is clearly Not the same as the 2 previously mentioned places in verse 22. Bethany an AREA which was EAST of the Yarden/Jordan/Descender.

Bethabara beyond Jordan

the other side of the Jordan and

Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River.

Bethabara –  בֵּית בָּרָה

means: house of the ford or crossing.

 בֵּית בָּרָה Bêyth Bârâh,

Pronounced: bayth baw-raw’;

 beth-ba’-ra (beth barah; Baithera):

Perhaps Beth-`abharu,

of Hebrew origin from H1004and H5679;

H1012 – bêṯ bārâ – Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon (kjv)

Strong’s Greek: 962 Βηθαβαρά

 – Bethabara

In Jordan this place is called

Qasr al-Yahud –

Baptismal Site of Yeshua/Jesus:

Located across the river from Jericho, this is the believed to be the place where Yeshua/Jesus was immersed/baptized.

It’s also a popular place where many people go to be immersed/baptized today.

Bethabara is located about 2 miles (3.2 km.) east of Hwy. 90, across from Jericho. It re-opened in 2011 but the Jordan River there is muddy brown, the infrastructure isn’t as developed, and Qasr al-Yahud doesn’t have the marketing power of Yardenit, which sadly separates money from Christians with impressive business acumen.

It’s also known as:

Qaser al-Yahud/Kasser al-Yahud.

Close by there is also a

Cave of John the Baptist/John the Baptizer
יוחנן המטביל

Why the change of location?

Until the Six-Day War of 1967, Qasr al-Yahud, located a few miles north of where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea, was considered the location of

Yeshua/Jesus’ baptism.

After the Six-Day War, the southern stretch of Jordan River became the mined, militarized border between Israel and the country of Jordan, making Qasr al-Yahud inaccessible.

To provide an alternative site that could be safely visited, in 1981 Israeli Ministry of Tourism funded Kibbutz Kinneret, a Jewish farming cooperative on a picturesque part of the Jordan River, there they built Yardenit.

However as we can see from the scriptures in

Verse 26. He that was with thee beyond the Jordan.

 

Amplified Bible
These things occurred in Bethany across the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing], where John was baptizing.

So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about–He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

John 10:40
Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

John10:40  And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

Now some Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.” This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

JOHN 1:25-28

In verse 28, John identifies the location where John the Baptist was baptizing as 

Bethany beyond the Jordan.

(the NJKV follows an inferior textual variant, Bethabara distinguishing it from the Bethany that was near Jerusalem.

This verse also confirms the

other side of the Jordan:

Above Immersion areas at Qaser al-Yahud/Kasser al-Yahud/Bethabara. Jordan side on right in top left and both bottom pictures and Israel side on the left except top right which is Israel side/site.

The Syriac and Persic versions call it:

Ain, or In you,

the fountain of the dove;

and the Arabic version reads ,

the fountain of Nun:

and whether it was a town, or river,

it seems to have its name from a fountain near it,

or that itself was one, where there was

as the text shows

an abundance of water.

Above early excavations at Bethany beyond the Jordan site:

Qaser al-Yahud/Kasser al-Yahud/Bethabara.

 

Judaism had understood up to this point that the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit was only ever given in a measure: Usually only a Prophet, Priest or King.

The sent Word speaks the Word of the God; and John directs things to Messiah 1:26, I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. Then he waited until the next day to draw the contrast between his

baptizing/immersion in water and

Yeshua/Jesus’

baptizing/immersion in the Ruach Hakodesh/Holy Spirit

John 1:29, 31-33

It is the Word, Jesus/Yeshua, Who is given authority by the Father to pour out His Spirit without measure, something that had never happened before in Israel.

This is prophetic of the outpouring of His Spirit at

Shavuot (Pentecost)

50 days after the Resurrection of Yeshua/Jesus.

Isa.44:3; Joel 2:28; Acts 2.

John 3:35  

The Father

Greek: Ho-pater, Hebrew:Ha-Av

loves = ohev in Hebrew

His Son = et-beno in Hebrew,

and the all, everything,

every individual – pas in Greek, ve’et-kol in Hebrew

has been given – didomi in Greek, natan in Hebrew

into His hand – be’yado in Hebrew.
 
Having revealed the promised outpouring of the Fathers’ Spirit of Holiness, Yochanan/John, spoke of the Father having given all creation into the hands of the Son. Here the 3-fold conceptual image is revealed in unity as all three are recorded as being manifested in one place at the same moment. Yeshua/Jesus has been given authority because it is through Him, (a man, Who is also God/YHVH/YaHoVeH), that humanity and creation are to be redeemed. Yeshua/Jesus in turn will submit both Himself and all of the renewed creation to the Father.

There’s a deeper spiritual meaning to the word Jordan/Yarden.

In the same way we must descend to access the Jordan/Yarden Rivers’ waters physically,

we must descend and humble ourselves

before we can ascend spiritually. 

This concept is seen in many of the miracles that happened in and around its shores.

Descending as in

Jordan/Yarden

the Descender.

The place of the descending as a dove was here.

The Jordan/Yarden, is also frequently mentioned in connection with the ministry of John the Baptist,

John the Baptizer.
יוחנן המטביל

JOHN 1:28, 10:40.

Although The Jordan/Yarden is rather shallow and relatively easy to cross, at certain times of the year, the river was in flood stage and could be a formidable natural barrier for advancing armies.

Adam – This is the place where the waters of the Yarden/Jordan river backed up to when the Israelites crossed the river which was about 20 miles, 32/33 km. above the crossing place.

Bethabara –  בֵּית בָּרָה

means: house of the ford or crossing.

No coincidence that the waters were in a heap at a place called Adam!!!!

Recall the scriptures tell us that the Israelites crossed the Jordan/Yarden River on dry ground as the waters were miraculously parted. 
Joshua 3:14–17: So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), 16 the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam [20 miles, 32 km. north], the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. 17 Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.

Over the years, several earthquakes, where the African and Arabian tectonic plates collide, have altered the course of the river and it now runs further away from the site shown in the maps and photos.

This means that the place Messiah was immersed is now dry ground and interestingly, no one can be immersed on exactly same spot.

We have answered most of the question posed but

What about the miracle??? 

The miracle was MUCH MUCH bigger

than we may have realized because

we have not understood the geography of the area,

that this was a river valley and as

the river was at flood stage,

it was overflowing its banks yet…

when the priests feet touched the river..

the water stopped flowing!

As previously mentioned, the body of water that would have gathered would have been approx. 20 miles (32/33 km.) long, 2 miles (3.2 km.) wide, and around 120 ft. (37 m.) high.

This was a massive body and a high wall of water that the 3 million or more Israelites would have witnessed as they walked alongside it for about 2 miles (3.2 km.)!

The miracle was similar to the crossing of the Reed/Red Sea after the Israelite’s Exodus from Egypt. God repeated this miracle to reveal His glory and faithfulness. 

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

opened the waters to provide the exit from bondage and then opened the waters to provide an entrance into the freedom of the promised land/Israel.

In the same WAY in our lives we can trust our Heavenly Father that as we leave a situation behind us, He opens the WAY before us. How we leave a place or set of circumstances is how we will enter the next.

Crossing into the Promised Land is also a picture of living in victory.

Our Heavenly Father shows us His WAYS in scripture by His patterns, entering and leaving is one of those and just as we will reap what we sow in life; consequences of our actions or lack of them, will determine the pattern we set for ourselves.

It is surely possible that the people in Jericho saw what happened as the flood waters parted, and this no doubt is what made them fear the Israelites.

There are so many things that occurred at this very strategic location when we recall scripture references and see that we have missed their importance since this place was re placed by the Yardenit Baptismal Site near Galilee.

Quick recap and some wonderful scriptural connections:

The meaning of the place across from where John was baptizing/Immersion…

Spring – eye – dove.

Dove = Jonah

The name Jonah,

in Hebrew, Yonah – יונה,

means: dove.

 It is the name of a biblical prophet whose story is read on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement!

Yeshua/Jesus said in Matthew 12:39 An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

This was a reference to the mixed Goyim/Gentile nation at Nineveh being included in the Fathers plan of redemption if they repented. Also Messiah was indicating that He was about to initiate the same offer to the nations of the world; extending it outwards from just Abrahams seed and the children of Israel. Did it also refer prophetically by default, to the DOVE/Ruach HaKodesh Who was soon to come?

In speaking of the end of the age Yeshua/Jesus also said in

Matthew 24:37

But just as the days of Noah, so will the coming of The Son of Man be. When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived. 

The Dove returned to Noah after he released it to see if the water level had dropped and if, again, all the species that he had saved could live on dry land; the dove quickly returned as there was nowhere for it to rest. Genesis 8:11.

Noah – נח – is believed to come from the Hebrew “Noach,” meaning “rest.”

Also possibly “long-lived”, “comforter”, or “wanderer. pronounced NOH-ach with a ch like Bach

We enter into the rest of Messiah by His Ruach/Spirit.

Noah waited 7 more days and sent out the dove again, the dove returned with an olive branch. 

Noah waited 7 more days and sent out the dove again, who did NOT return. Interestingly the dove returned symbolically upon Messiah as He raised up out of the waters of immersion/baptism/cleansing to the new life/start that Noah also experienced and we do too.

The living waters of cleansing and renewal.

Elijah parted the waters of the Yarden/Jordan/Descender here…

2 Kings 2:6–8: Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. 7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground….

And he ascended to heaven here…

The area in the picture below is also associated with the ascension of the Prophet Elijah into heaven,

which is commemorated at a hill called

Tell Mar Elias

or

Jabal Mar-Elias (Elijah’s Hill).

John the Baptizer came in the spirit of Elijah.

And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

Matthew 11:14

Elisha took Elijahs prayer shawl/mantle and parted the waters here twice in 2 Kings 2:8 and 2:14. 

Naaman, the Leper,

was healed in the Jordan River

by the Prophet Elisha.
2 Kings 5:10–14: : 

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”

The place of the

crossing of the Jordan River

by the Israelites is located close-by to the

Immersion/Baptismal Site of Yeshua/Jesus.

Recall that prophetically Joshua/Yehoshua

is a type and shadow of Jesus/Yeshua.

Joshua’s name is יְהוֹשׁוּעַ or,

transliterated into English,

Yehoshua, a form of Yeshua.

This is where we get the English name Joshua. But, when the Hebrew name is translated into Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament, it becomes Ἰησοῦς, which transliterates into Iēsous. This is where we get the English name Jesus. Thus, Yeshua and, correspondingly, Joshua and Jesus all mean “Yahweh Saves” or “The Lord Is Salvation.”

Jesus and Joshua are really the same name, although in different languages. The Greek form (in English) is Jesus. The Hebrew form (in English) is Joshua. The Greek form of the name “Joshua” (“Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation”) is “Jesus.” As Joshua led Israel to victory over her enemies and into possession of the Promised Land, and as he interceded for the nation after it had sinned and been defeated, so does Jesus/Yeshua. 

Before entering the Promised Land, the Israelites camped on the east side of the Yarden/Jordan River, opposite Jericho.
Joshua 3:1: Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

The splitting of the Yarden/Jordan, the waters of the descender, is comparable to that of the Sea of Reeds, which was through the staff of Moses (Exodus 14:16) and ultimately to the second creation day, when the primordial waters were divided. (Genesis 1:6). 

For them to make this crossing, the Lord held back the water of the Jordan by means of the Ark of the Covenant (Joshua 3:16)

The waters parted at Jordan and the priests

went first with the ark YHVH/Gods presence in the earth

when their feet stepped into the water they parted.

Jesus/Yeshua descended into the

waters/immersion/baptism and as our

High Priest

and the presence of the Lord in the earth

went through the waters

to make the Way for us

to enter into our promised land

the kingdom of God/the heavens.

Yeshua/Jesus leading the WAY through the waters of immersion/baptism for repentance and into the new life He gives into the new land, the kingdom of the heavens.

The Jordan River represented life and vitality to the Israelites. They were desert people, and water was their life. Messiah used this concept to teach them that in the same way water was vital for their physical lives, He was vital for their spiritual lives as well.

As the start of Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land, God ordered Joshua to set up a memorial after crossing the Jordan and they placed 12 stones in the middle of the river.

Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day. Joshua 4:9.

In order to facilitate this crossing, the Lord held back the water of the Jordan by means of the Ark of the Covenant (Joshua 3:16)

Naaman, the Leper, was healed

in the Jordan River

by the Prophet Elisha.
2 Kings 5:10–14: : And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

All these miracles happened in the Jordan/Yarden River

Who was the ultimate (Yarden/Jorden) descender?

Yeshua, Messiah Jesus, He said Himself

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who

descended

from heaven–the Son of Man. John 3:13

Yeshua/Jesus THE descender from heaven

and when He ascended at Shavuot/Pentecost,

His Spirit of Holiness/RuachHaKodesh,

Who came before as a DOVE/Jonah was the DESCENDER as tongues/flames of fire on the waiting Talmidim/Disciples.

Joh 14:17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Hallelujah!! He is with us always!

 

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם‎,

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week, you are greatly loved and prayed for daily. Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation or without our Heavenly Fathers’ shalom ENVELOPING you and the deep inner knowing that you are sealed to the day of redemption by the Blood of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

Not sure ..you can be…

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

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

You are very precious in His sight.

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT 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.

What Is & Who Is >

is a mathematical symbol meaning

greater than,

> is right next to the ? key on the keyboard.

So when we have a ? remember the > symbol is just to our left

and our Heavenly Father/ Yeshua/Jesus is

greater than >

any ? that may trouble us.

Greater than
in Hebrew is

Gadol min

Hebrew for greater is רבתי

Strong’s Hebrew: 1419. גָּדוֹל (gadol) — great

In Mark 3:17

There was a day that the disciples were discussing who was the greatest among them.

Luke 9;46-48 46 An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side 48 and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.

Mark 9:33-37 33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Mathew 18:1-5  At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

In Mark 10:35 Two of the disciples James and John had a mother who wanted the prime place for them beside Yeshua/Jesus in His coming Kingdom.

Then Salome the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons James and John and knelt down to make a request of Him. And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.”

23“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers.

Messiah sat down with the 12 in Matthew 20:25,26

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

Whoever wishes to be 1st or greater than everyone else will be last of all, servant of all.

We are to grab on to Yeshua/Jesus, its not about us, or about being great, or first, or the best, or the greatest; it’s about Him and the Father; for if we take hold of Him we are taking hold of the One who sent Him.

Mark 9:37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”

Mark 10:35

Yeshua/Jesus went on to say more about

greater than:

Matt. 12: 41, The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

  1. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

   Luke 11 32.  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Matt. 12:6. “But I say to you that there is something greater than the Temple here.”

6. wa’ani ‘omer lakem ki yesh-poh gadol min-haMiq’dash.

One

greater than

the Temple is here

Strong’s Hebrew: 1965. הֵיכַל (hekal — a palace, temple

Original Word: הֵיכַל.

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine.

Transliteration: hekal.

Phonetic Spelling: (hay-kal’)

Definition: a palace, temple.

Word Origin. (Aramaic) of foreign origin.

Strong’s Hebrew: 1964. הֵיכָל (hekal) — a palace, temple

The temple was a building made with human hands Yeshua/Jesus came to destroy that physical structure and replace it with Himself through His resurrected body and the release of His Ruach.

He not only filled the building/house they were in, (Acts.) but the physical body their spirits were indwelling.

This He has done for us.

Now we are the temple/the sanctuary/the inner holy of holies

where He abides with every true believer.

He does not live in a sanctuary made with human hands. Acts 17:24

The word temple is sanctuary

and that is where His Ruach HaKodesh, the presence of our Heavenly Father was, in the ark located inside the holy of holies; now the sanctuary/temple is in us and there is no need for a physical building because we are the lively stones.

 

 

One >

greater than

Jonah is here

Luke 11:29 32

& Matthew 12:41

Yonah ונה’

יוֹנָה֙     yō-w-nāh

w’hinneh-phoh gadol miYonah.

One greater than Yonah is here.

Jonah was a prophet, however he was also not very quick to obey; and being disobedient, he ran in the opposite direction from his assignment and ended up in the belly of a whale!

When he did finally obey, he was irritated that the people heard him and repented. He was more concerned about saving face than saving souls. Yeshua/Jesus made Himself of no reputation and loved not His life unto death. He set His face towards Jerusalem in obedience to His Father and did not run from His destiny knowing what He was to face after Moses and Elijah had been discussing His situation on the Mt of Transfiguration. Matt. 17, Mark 9, Luke 9.

His flesh would have preferred to have the cup pass from Him

…if it be possible, let this cup pass from me …” Matthew 26:39.

yet He still submitted willingly to the Fathers plan and purpose. Learning obedience by the things He suffered.

7. During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

8.Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Hebrews 5:8.

The words in verse 8 may be connected with what was written in the previous verse, 7, which implied that He was heard for His reverent fear, not because, in the preeminent sense, He was God’s Son.

This puts a greater demand on us also, to always be in the correct attitude toward our Heavenly Father showing reverent respect for Who He is.

One

>

greater than

Yonah/Jonah who was in the belly of a whale is

Jesus/Yeshua

Who went into the belly of the earth

and both came forth to victory.

However Yonah/Jonah was mentioned by name from the lips of Messiah as a reference point to His own death, burial and resurrection. The number of days in the belly of the earth.

He said this will be the only sign for a wicked and adulterous generation. Below are some of the signs given for the generation that

seeks after a sign..

Jonah/Yonah spent three days inside the belly of a great fish because of his own sinfulness and rebellion.

Yeshua/Jesus spent three days inside the belly of the earth because of our sin and rebellion.

Yonah/Jonah ran from the difficult calling God gave Him. Jonah 1:3

Yeshua/Jesus perfectly obeyed the Father’s will, coming to earth and dying on the cross.

Jonah was asleep on the ship during a storm caused by his own disobedience and was eventually thrown overboard. Jonah 1:4-12.

Yeshua/Jesus slept on a boat during a storm, and rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. Mark 4:35-41.

The difference was that Yonah/Jonah was the cause of a storm. Yeshua/Jesus had authority over the storm.

Yonah/Jonah feared the Creator

Who had authority on earth. Jonah 1:9.

Yeshua/Jesus is the Creator with all authority over heaven and earth. John 1:3; Matthew 28:18.

While he was inside the fish, Yonah/Jonah knew that Salvation belongs to the Lord. Jonah 2:9.

Yeshua/Jesus’ name means Yahweh saves.

ישוע

Yeshua/Jesus is the way of salvation. Hebrews 5:9; Acts 4:12.

Yonah/Jonah became angry with God for showing grace toward repentant sinners. Jonah 4:2.

Yeshua/Jesus showed God’s grace toward repentant sinners. Romans 3:24.

Yeshua/Jonah was angry enough to die because of the grace of God’s shown toward his enemies. Jonah 4:3.

Yeshua/Jesus was compassionate enough to die because of His love for his enemies in an ultimate show of Grace. Romans 5:10.

w’hinneh-phoh gadol miYonah.

One

greater than

Jonah/Yonah is here.

 

One

>

greater than

Solomon is here

Mark 11:31 & Matt 12:42

w’hinneh-phoh gadol miSh’lomoh.

One greater than Shelomoh is here.

שלמה

gadol miSh’lomoh

Strong’s Hebrew: 8010. שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh)

The name Solomon means Recompense, or Fair Penalty.

Solomon (Σολομών) is also ancient Koine Greek name, derived from 3rd cent. B.C.E. Septuagint translation of the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh).

W’hinneh phoh gadol mish’lomoh

One greater than Solomon is here.

He was the king of Israel, the son of David and asked YHVH

only for wisdom to rule His people.

Solomon was the wisest that lived … yet, Yeshua/Jesus said

one greater that Solomon is here.

The Queen of the south came..

to hear the wisdom of Solomon/Shelomoh.

lish’mo`a ‘eth-chak’math Sh’lomoh

The wisdom of God was in Jesus/Yeshua

And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke 2:52 

and therefore His wisdom was directly from His Father I and the Father are one.

So His wisdom was

greater than

that of Solomon.

James said if any of us lack wisdom we should ask and the Father will impart it to us.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Jam.1:5

and yet Solomon/Shelomoh ended with the view

that all is vanity worthless and declared

there is nothing new under the sun…

that should make us think!

 

One

>

greater than

Moshe/Moses is here.

The name Moses

is written in the Hebrew Bible as

משה

mosheh,

Strong’s #4872

This name is derived from the Hebrew verb

משה

M.Sh.H, Strong’s #4871

meaning “to draw out.”

Mosheh was named such,

because the Pharaoh’s daughter

“drew him out of the water”

Exodus 2:10.

A prophet like unto Moses

משה

The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, Deut.18:15

Moses led the people out of bondage. He stood before the face of the Lord God/YHVH and received the 10 sayings that they were to live by and to follow the feasts annually in preparation for the wedding. Recall they were betrothed to the Lord at that time and Jesus/Yeshua came saying that, He was the bridegroom…in answer to the ? about why His disciples were not fasting.

He came to fulfill the law, the torah, the teaching, and to fulfill the feasts that were set in place. Moses/Moshe was the agent of deliverance for the children of Israel; their salvation from bondage to Egypt came through His obedience… a type of Jesus/Yeshua in the Re-New –ed Covenant.

The Father caused the waters before Moshe/Moses to be split – to make a WAY for them to go forward in order to meet with YHVH at Sinai and be betrothed to Him through covenant.

The children of Israel were to focus on Moses and the journey NOT on the enemies pursuing them. Just as we are to focus on Yeshua/Jesus and in the same way the waters split leaving Egypt and at the river Jordan entering the Promised land….

The veil in the temple split as Messiah Jesus/Yeshua made the Way – opening access back up to the Father on the cross for us.

So we can become part of that bride awaiting the return of her bridegroom.

Their deliverance was in the physical; ours is in the spiritual. An eternal relationship

One

>

greater than

Moses

is

Yeshua

It is always a process of coming out and going in, leaving and entering, of deliverance to freedom

One

>

greater than

Adam is here..

He was the last Adam

אדם

The Hebrew word

אדמה

adamah

is the feminine form of

אדם

meaning

ground

 Genesis 2:7.

The word/name

אדום

Edom

means

red.

Each of these words has the common meaning of

red.

Dam is the “red” blood,

adamah is the “red” ground,

edom is the color “red”

and adam is the “red” man.

The Hebrew word 

adam is translated either as man or Adam

depending on context and on the presence or lack of the definite article (“the” in English, ha in Hebrew).

So ha-adam  is translated usually as the man

(referring to either an unspecified man or to mankind as a whole, depending on context),

whereas adam (without ha)

is translated as Adam

(referring to the specific man by the name).

Strong’s Hebrew: 120. אָדָם (adam) — man, mankind

The Hebrew letter Mem as the last letter in Adam’s name discloses what is at the end of the PATH that Adam chooses. Mem.

Mem is pictured as WATERS.

Mem can mean the Waters of Life as pictured by as the gentle rain, a clear spring, running brook or a gently flowing stream as well as storm.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Romans 5:12

The first Adam sinned and caused everyone that followed to be born in sin and death

האדם האחרון

the last Adam came and caused everyone that believes and recieves Him to be born again in to life and be free redeemed from sin and death.

 

One

>

greater than

John the Baptist is here

Mark 11:9,10 11:11

Yochanan HaMatbil  

יוחנן המטביל

Yochanan/Johns birth was a miracle

and His name was supernaturally given.

The name John has a long history that traces back to

the Hebrew name

יוחנן Yôḥānnān,

which means

Yahweh is gracious.

John the Baptist:

Yochanan HaMatbil –

יוחנן המטביל 

John: Yochanan יוחנן

Yo = God,

Chanan = to bless; to amnesty 

Baptist: Matbil [מטביל]

From the root T.B.L- to immerse; to baptize:

John is Yawchanan or יוחנן

John/Yochanan came in the spirit and power of Elijah and Jesus said.. 

And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.

Matthew 11:14

&

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.’. Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist” Matthew 17:12-13.

As was prophesied in Malachi 3:23

Now I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the day of the Lord comes, the great and terrible day; 24 He will turn the heart of fathers to their sons, and the heart of sons to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the land with utter destruction.

John/Yochanan the forerunner He described the One who was coming after him He was the voice in the wilderness crying repent return to the Lord prepare the way for Him…

This is what John preached to the people: “There is one coming after me who is ·greater

[mightier; more powerful] than I;

I am not ·good enough [fit; qualified] even to kneel down and untie [L the thong/strap of] his sandals [C a task of a servant or slave]. Mark 1:7

 Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

Luke 7:28

Yeshua/Jesus said none born

greater than

John yet the least of these

For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

The One Who Sends Is

Greater than

the One Who Is Sent.

One

greater than

anyone who has ever lived on this earth is here..

He remains in every stone of those fitly joined together

“lively stones, are built up a spiritual house” 1 Peter 2:5,

and like the temple of Solomon, where “the glory of the Lord filled the house” 2 Chronicles 7:1,

these stones…each one of US…

“also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit” Ephesians 2:22.

Himself being the Rosh Pinah – the corner stone.

The One that was rejected.

We are builded together in Him – the son of man/son of God We are here in His Bride whom He is preparing to present to Himself without spot or wrinkle.

One greater has come

and paid the price for our sin

redeemed us by His blood

loving His life not unto death and

pouring out Himself dying that we may live.

The Lamb of God did take away the sin of the world

and our individually too

if we receive His sacrifice personally

and are washed in the blood He willingly shed.

Yes one

greater than

Adam

Moses

Jonah

Solomon

John

and the Temple/Sanctuary

IS HERE.

Students are not greater than their teacher,
and slaves are not greater than their master.
Matthew 10:24

We are not greater than our teacher

but we are like Him as we follow Him continually!

The greater one is in us and Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater `works’ than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. John 14:12

Let’s be ready. Let’s be prepared for those greater works!

We will never be one greater than Messiah Matthew 10:24

but we have the

one greater than

us within.

Remember, He is wearing us! Lets choose to die to the self life and yield to His spirit and let Him work those works of the Father through us.

Let go of the world and all that it offers and take up your cross today and every day..

for one

greater than

the call of the wild or the world

is calling us to come up higher….

Remember As Jesus/Yeshua said 

You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and

I am coming back to you.’

If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because

the Father is

greater than

I.

John 14:28

You are of God, little children,

and have overcome them,

because He who is in you is

greater than

he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4

The Fathers’ Spirit of Holiness/Ruach HaKodesh, our Helper, has made His home in us as believers. What a miracle, the Greater One lives inside us. We are the sanctuary/temple of the living God.

 “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”1 Corinthians 3:16,

Wherever we go, He goes with us. Wherever we are, He is there. He is everything we need Him to be. If we know Who lives in us and if we believe God’s Word, then no matter what or whom we face in life, we will have no fear. The Greater One Who lives in us is

greater than

he who is in the world!

He will give us the victory in life!!!

so let’s Raise a Hallelujah

These songs touched my heart this week

hopefully they will touch and bless yours also. Let’s Believe for it  because there is power in His Name and Miracles are waiting to be claimed….remembering all our sisters and brothers all around the world going through tests and trials and praying this for them….

May His true Shalom rest upon each one in Yeshuas’ Name.

You are greatly loved Mishpachah Family 

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa

and prayed for daily..

 make sure you are secure in the knowledge 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.

 

Is There A Connection Between Vav VavVav and Faithful Talmidim?

Is There A Connection Between 6 66 and Faithful Disciples?

6 66 Not what we thought?

We saw in a previous post (link below) that 6 is the numerical value of the letter VAV in the Hebrew Alefbet,

https://www.minimannamoments.com/in-times-of-need-and-during-days-of-uncertainty-whos-got-our-vav/

and we are no doubt aware of the inference to the multiple of it as 666 from the reference in Revelation 13:17

Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.

In Revelation 13, The beast is identified as the number of a man and gave these numbers as the name of the antichrist. Meaning: The one against Christ – christ means anointed, so it is against the anointing. It is referring to more than just one individual as it’s a spiritual influence that is totally opposed to His Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh, the living God/YHVH and Jesus/Yeshua Messiah. This spiritual influence was already in the world back in the days Jesus/Yeshua was here.

It is anti messiah/anti anointing and part of the beast system in the worlds matrix/construct.

We must understand that since the time of the Early Church up until now, the spirit of Antichrist has already been at work, preparing the way for the Antichrist to take center stage, lawlessness is already at work. (2 Thessalonians 2:7).

And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. 1 John 4:3

What ever is opposed to Gods’ ways, is antichrist in spirit, influence and action.

When the reference system of chapter and the verses were added as an aid to the Scriptures it was not without interesting assignments of the numbers. Notice for example, how many scriptures with the reference 3:16 in different books are significant in their content.

Most famous being John 3:16.

For a list of all the 3:16’s click link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/316-2/

So what is the connection between a faithful talmidim/true disciple and 666?

תלמידם  – TALMIDIM – [tal-mee-DEEM] – Disciples

As we know, nothing in the Word of God is there by coincidence, so it is a noteworthy comment that a particular scripture in John’s gospel has these specific numbers as its reference.

666 vav vav vav

6 in Hebrew has a meaning of the number for man/humans and is used for both the letter W and V.

The letter Waw/Vav is the sixth letter of the Aleph-Bet/ alef-beis, having the numeric value of six.

The pictograph for Vav looks like a tent peg, whereas the classical Hebrew script (ketav Ashurit) is constructed of a vertical line and conjoined Yod.

The meaning of the word vav is “hook,” as a connecting hook used when the mishkan (tabernacle) was assembled.

In the Bible, the number 6 symbolizes man and human weakness, the evils of Satan and the manifestation of sin. As such, it represents “Adamic man,” who was created in Genesis 2.

 Man was created on the sixth day. Men are appointed 6 days to labor. A Hebrew slave was to serve six years and be released in the 7th year.

If you are new to mmm link below for the pictographs:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/ancient-pictographic-hebrew-language/

 

We could see it then as a triple point being made to humanity, especially in relation to the subject content of the verse here in John, which is also a very critical scripture.

John 6:66

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

The number of this 6.66 beast causes listeners to scoff and not believe in truth when spoken, and its name is backsliding, giving up… however as talmidim, we are called to

endure to the end…

John 6:66 in Context from 6:53

6:53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 

56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 

57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 

58 This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away.

Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away? John 6:67

60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

They went away backwards!

His teachings were just too hard for them to accept and believe. The direction here is backward, not simply stopping where they were, but they reversed their position; losing anything they may have gained by having been in His presence.

When what He requires of us does not fit our paradigm, when it is too inconvenient, or may cause discomfort and interrupt our daily routine, are we any different from the grumbler’s? Do we say it is too hard a thing for us to do?

They were disciples/talmidim and by the very definition of the word, they were used to discipline. Yes, some of His sayings were hard so hard they left off from following Him..

It makes one wonder, where do we get this picture that following Jesus/Yeshua and being a ‘Christian’, is like a picnic on a sunny day with everything absolutely perfect, skipping through flower filled meadows with birds singing, animals frolicking in springtime youthful play? So much of our thinking is pure fantasy and not based on the reality of His Word, especially Messiahs words. We project the love side/ aspect almost with a bias and neglect the seriousness of the scriptural issues at stake. He said, in this world you will have tribulation. It is part of our training, in order to build up our faith, so if we are not experiencing tests and trials then it would seem we are not being trained. That is why we are to rejoice….we are maturing!

James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, a whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

We are in a battle, a fight for life itself, eternal souls are in the balance and the Way, His WAY is narrow, the way is hard, it is uphill, the path is steep, that road is full of pitfalls and we need Him every step of this Way.

No wonder He said few there are that find it.

So we must need to look because He said those that seek Me will find Me. Prov. 8:17

When? How?

When we seek/ look for Him with our whole heart.

Chevarim and Mishpachah, we are in perilous times

BUT we are NOT to fear… He said they would come.

2 Timothy 3 (NKJV) Perilous Times and Perilous Men. 3 But know this, that in the last days [] perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, [] unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

None of this life in the Spirit is automatic and being saved is not an end in itself,

it is the start of a new life with His spirit within.

Yeshua/Jesus says we must stop living to protect the life of the flesh. It’s not the real us, and it cannot be redeemed; it can only be quickened to accommodate our walk spiritually.

Being filled with His Spirit is not an end, it’s the power to walk the WAY/Derekh, it’s the strength to follow Him and to find that ancient path of holiness. We are a peculiar people, set apart, we are to be in contrast to the world. We are not to be absorbed into it but separate from it and willingly embrace the hard sayings. Don’t be seduced and don’t succumb to the 6 66 and end up following Him no more.

In John 6:53-59 He was referencing the tabernacle /Mishkan and the eating of the showbread of His presence, and the Passover lamb of unleavened bread and 4 cups of the Seder meal.

He was saying.. I am here to fulfill this appointed time, I am the Passover lamb, THE sacrifice to take away all sin.

The ones who left Him may have been confused, because cannibalism was very evident in many pagan worship rituals 2000+ years ago; and some of the listeners may have thought mistakenly, He was meaning to literally eat Him.

And they did not comprehend what He meant, for in their minds, how could what He said be possible? Firstly, that He was alive and secondly, that He was saying He was from heaven… to them, the facts did not add up.

Confusion is a great tool of the enemy, it causes many to fall away through lack of clarity and understanding. Let’s not be of those who fall away for any reason, but of those who press on, like Paul, to the prize of the high-calling.

If we don’t believe or think tests, trials and hardships are what we are supposed to experience in life. Read what happened to all the apostles and disciples. Only John lived a full life, all the others were killed for their faith. Pauls life as an apostle/ a sent one, to the Gentiles, was a series of horrific events. Recorded in 2 Corinthians 11:25.

Paul’s ship sinks on the way to Rome.

Those whose lives bear hardship and trials seem to be those whose lives are dedicated to His calling. Compare any of the apostles to today’s ministries. There’s something very inconsistent with the Scriptures and the modern western lifestyles. When compared with the true church/ ecclesia we must be discerning as we follow Him along the narrow way that leads to the dalet, the door, Yeshua/Jesus. Through Him, we enter everlasting life and like the camel through the eye of the needle, whose load had to be removed before it could go through the small door into the city. We too must off load all that we carry unnecessarily and lay it down, as well as all the burdens that prevent us following Him whole heartedly.

John 6:66 (Context.)

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

This should give us pause for thought, for He knows the intent of our hearts whatever we say or do to those around us.

Another more positive angle on 666 is the numerical value of the letters vav vav vav; when added together = 18 which is the same value of the letters for chai – the Hebrew word for life.

Chet (ח) and Yud (י)

חי

which signifies life and represents being alive.

There is life/chai/18 in 6.66 when we don’t reject His hard sayings and ways.

 

In John 6:66 The word, Talmidim/disciples, meaning students.

This is not a reference to His inner circle of 12 men; or of the 12 apostles, for they are distinguished from these in the next verse; nor any of the 70 disciples, for their names were written in heaven, and could not apostatize totally and finally, as these did.

For we read that John spoke up…

He and the others knew Messiah had the words of eternal life..

It is referring to some of the multitude of the disciples, who followed Messiah, heard Him, and professed to believe in Him, and were baptized in His name, but were not true disciples, only nominal ones.

 They withdrew themselves from His ministry, they dropped their profession of faith in Him, and relinquished Him as a Savior and Redeemer and Lord: for when it became clear that He would not be made their king, or a temporal redeemer; and then talking of Himself as the bread of life, and of coming to Him, in a sense they did not understand.

They turned their backs on Him; and as the words may be literally read,

returned to the things that were behind;

to the world, and to their old ways and old companions/habits, to satan and their own hearts lusts; like the dog to its vomit, and the swine to its wallowing in the mire: their true picture is drawn, in the parable of the unclean spirit going out of the man, and returning, (Matthew 12:43).

this is why Paul says forget the things behind…if we focus on them they can lure us backwards…

And they returned to their previous teachers, the Scribes and Pharisees, and to the law of works, and to seek for righteousness by it; setting up their own righteousness, and not submitting to the righteousness of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach; they looked back and drew back, 

and walked no more with him;
never returned to Him anymore,

or went with Him from place to place as before:

never attended on His ministry again

or had any intimacy/friendship and fellowship with Him:

and so it commonly is with apostates who turn from the profession of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach; they seldom or ever return, or are recovered; it is difficult, if not impossible, which is sometimes the case, to renew them again to repentance. Only He can touch their hearts as we pray for their teshuvah/repentance.

תלמידם. talmidim-

A plural Hebrew noun meaning “disciples” in its truest sense: those who leave family to study and follow the ways of their teacher [rabbi].

They study not only to learn what their teacher knows but to become the type of man their teacher is.

We are to endure to the end and this is the reason for the warning and why if we yield to 6.66 turn away and follow Him no more, it is more than likely those individuals will succumb to the 666 system that John spoke of in writing the Revelation of the resurrected Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.

From the time many of his disciples/talmidim went back and walked with Him no more.

It’s a moment of truth,

it’s the time when the rubber hits the road.

When the test of our commitment is proved, because when Our Father gives us a clear understanding of His will, by His spirit, through His word, 1John 1:7, we must walk in the light of it. We are constrained by love to abide by our decisions and commitment to do what we have said we will do, what we have promised the Lord in our covenant agreement. We do not swear in vain we are bound by oath.

If we know to do it and don’t, we will sink to a level of bondage that the Lord never had in mind for us.

The point of revealing, our personal apocalypse of who Messiah is, and the reality of His redemptive work in us has a profound effect, in that we should be so changed from our former self so as to be almost unrecognizable.

The Lord Jesus/Yeshua our Rabbi (teacher), in us – the hope of glory. If He is in us then it should be obvious in every aspect of our new creation reality.

Do people know you by your affiliation to Jesus/Yeshua or by some other imagery? What we present to the world and to others in it, is how we really want them to see and know us.

Is it by our designer clothes labels, what we wear. Do we buy the latest fashion to be the same as everyone else? Are we known by where we live or our status in the community, our belongings and our worldly prosperity and success in our chosen field, or are we workers in His vineyard, seeking His face, His kingdom and His pleasure.

Are our lives acceptable in His sight?

Acts 26:19 is a key.

If we are mentally disobeying the heavenly vision it will make us a slave to ideas and to viewpoints that are completely at odds to those of Jesus/Yeshua. We as disciples, are not to look at others and say. If he/she can prosper with those views/ beliefs why can’t I?

We must walk in the light on the revealing/ the vision/ the picture that has been given to us and not compare it with those of others. If we find that one of our favorite and strongly held beliefs or views on things clashes with the heavenly vision. i.e.

That which has been revealed to us in scripture and what is truth and righteousness in all its ways, we must not begin to argue and bend His scriptures to fit our personal dreams, desires and goals.

The moment we do that we will fall into one of the snares of the devil, which is the pride of life, a sense of prosperity and personal rights/ of entitlement/ will surface in us and these are the things that Jesus/Yeshua placed no value on, as He indicated to the rich young ruler. These are the works that will be burned up, they are wood hay and stubble.

In fact these things are the root foundation of everything foreign to Him and His life and He was opposed to them in every way.

Luke 12:15 He said, one’s life does not consist of the abundance of possessions.

If we don’t see or understand this, it is because we are choosing to ignore the foundational principles of His teaching and many even say I don’t want that for my life, but I want this, I want to do that, I want my own way.

We tend to lie back and relax, leaning on the memory of wonderful experiences of the past, when His will was first revealed to us. However if these standards of discipleship have been revealed to us by His light and we don’t try to measure up to them, or even feel the need to have a desire to do so – then we begin to backslide. The movement of a walk is by its very nature/essence a movement forward, it’s action, not static or reverse.

And it means our conscience does not respond to the truth, the choice to respond is left to our free will. We can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth, when personal apocalypse comes, there has to be a reaction; and all actions have consequences and future outcomes, either directly or indirectly.  

This moment in time shines His light upon us and He marks us as a disciple, we either continue and press forward with even more zeal and devotion; or as someone who walked with Him no more, turn to go backwards.

In our lives:

Turmoil/Ra comes from reacting to people.

Peace/Shalom is born of response to His Spirit.

Darkness is always related to light – the one always follows the other.

God/YHWH/Yehoveh, made the evening and the morning and called it day.

Our experience is a daily combination of evening and morning darkness and light

We go to sleep/ rest as the darkness comes and rise into the light in the morning

Psalm 139:12

Darkness and light are all the same to God – this is because His light penetrates the darkness and as we walk by faith and allow His light in, the darkness will flee.

So the connection to a true disciple is found in the scripture John 6:66

666 From the time many of His disciples/talmidim went back and walked with Him no more.

The antichrist spirit influences humanity in three areas, the world, the flesh, the devil! against our spirits, souls and bodies, which is why this Scripture 1 Thess. 5:23 is important.  

Days are coming when people are going to see the unbelievable and hear of truths that have been hidden from the public view. Jesus/Yeshua warned us that peoples hearts would fail them for fear of seeing things coming upon the earth…

What will we do?

Who will we believe and who will we follow??

Will hard sayings and our physical senses cause us to follow Him no longer? 

There are 4 options:

Are we walking towards Him,

or away from Him

or are we walking WITH Him

The only WAY we should see this direction

is if we are following Him

or are we

between 2 minds? 

“How long halt ye between two opinions?” (I Kings 18:21).

These are the words of the prophet Elijah. They were spoken to a large group of people on Mount Carmel. They had departed from God.

Elijah warned the people to make a choice

1 Kings 18:21 The term “halt you” in the King James’ Version (“falter,” NKJV) provides a literal picture of what Elijah means.

It suggests a person staggering, unable to catch his balance, and failing to accomplish anything of any consequence because his mind is divided.

The person in such a circumstance cannot get a grip on life. These people were wavering back and forth, which the scriptures record was typical of the Israelites. The Bible shows in many places that the people continued to worship God, yet also served their idols

Essentially, they tried to worship both the true God and pagan idols, which suggests a divided mind. “No man can serve two masters; for . . . he will hate the one and love the other” (Matthew 6:24). But the one that he hates is still a part of his mind, and it will cause problems.

In Elijah’s word-picture, he is indicating that though nothing is wrong with the rest of the body, because the mind has no focus, the body’s efforts have no direction. This sets up a situation where, at best, there will be little movement—that is, little accomplished—and at worst, there will be no forward movement at all, but just staggering, first this way then that. That sort of situation produces nothing.

Elijah is quite instructive here. He began to prophesy in a time of immediate crisis, one that would become far worse before it ever improved. There was tremendous evil to overcome. His ministry took place about 150 years before Israel was to fall, becoming the Lost Ten Tribes, so God was beginning to make a powerful witness to them. Elijah’s work was to reveal the true God to Israel in a time of growing national crisis. (sound familiar?)

Elijah prepared the way for Elisha, who had a double portion of Elijah’s spirit and did many more miracles. In this regard, Elijah was a type of John the Baptist, and Elisha, a type of JesusYeshua. God’s pattern is being established. He sends someone long before the real crisis reaches its peak, while it is building.

Elijah says disturbing things. This is a prophet’s job, a hallmark of a prophet of God. People like to feel comfortable. The only trouble is that people like to feel comfortable in moral mediocrity. They become “settled on their lees,” as it says in Zephaniah 1:12.

The prophet comes along and troubles people by awakening them to their sins, making them feel guilty about their relationships with God and each other. He awakens them to their spiritual and moral responsibilities. These Israelites were lethargic in terms of true, spiritual matters.

When an individual is freezing to death, he feels a pleasant numbness that he does not want to end, so he just goes to sleep as he is freezing to death. However, when heat is applied, and blood begins rushing into the affected areas, pain immediately occurs. Even though it hurts, the pain is indicative of rescue and cure. God sends a prophet to people who have become cold in their relationship with Him, like they are spiritually freezing to death, and although they want to stay that way, the prophet turns the heat up, and so they become angry with him, often accusing him of causing their pain, when he is actually working to reverse their condition. 

A prophet’s life is never a happy situation Jeremiah is an example of this, he moaned and complained to God,

“This is more difficult than You ever told me it would be.”

He didn’t like the position God put him in and wanted people to like him. However, he was faithful and did his job even though he was in trouble his whole life.

There are several ideas as to exactly what Elijah meant by How long will you falter between two opinions? One is that he likens them to a bird in a tree that cannot make up its mind where it wants to settle down, so it just keeps hopping around.

 How long are you going to hop from branch to branch?

Another idea is that it pictures a person shifting his weight from one foot to the other, indicating a degree of lameness.

A third is that he is describing somebody teetering on a tightrope and trying to maintain his balance.

Whatever the case, there is no doubt about Elijah’s intent: “How long will you keep shifting from one opinion to the other?” Their spiritual lethargy for the true God made them uncommitted. Their commitment went one way, and then it went the other way.

Once Elijah began preaching, their conscience pricked them, and it encouraged them to worship the true God. But their carnality and their fear of men persuaded them to worship Baal, because they wanted to be friends with their fellow Israelites. They were straddling the fence in a precarious state of imbalance, attempting to combine the worship of God with the more popular worship of Baal and Asherah but it will not work.

When Elijah preached his message, it put the people in a bind because they knew their conscience was telling them that they had to commit themselves to God or to Baal. It disturbed them. Only the individual could decide which side he would be on, because Elijah made it clear, “God does not want you the way you are. Either you are going to be committed to Him or not. If you will not be committed to Him, you are going to die.”

This indeed was a hard saying!

The lesson for us becomes clear, because Jesus/Yeshua says the same thing in Matthew 6:24; 12:25. The Sovereign Creator is not a God who allows His favor to be bought. He is a loving Master who only is to be simply obeyed and served – and only on His terms/covenant which we often fail to understand.

The devil never lets men halt if he can help it. That is the last thing he would ever think of doing. He keeps them so fully occupied, and so on the go, driving hard for the things of the world and of the flesh, that they have not time to halt. It is hard to get them to listen for 2 minutes because he pushes them in business, pleasure, family, consequences, anything that will take their/our attention.

We have heard the references to the days of Elijah

אֵלִיָּהוּ

Eliyahu

This name is written two different ways – אליה,

pronounced as eliy-yahu

or

אליהו, pronounced as eliy-yahu / ay-lee-yaw’-hoo

meaning, My God is Yahweh /YHWH.

In Malachi 4:5  I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

(He may have been referring to John/ Yochanan’s ministry)

and

because of that scripture in Jesus/Yeshuas day, they thought John the Baptist was Elijah returned.

In Matt 17:12 Jesus said: But I say to you, behold, Elijah has come, and they did not know him, and they have done unto him everything whatsoever they wished;

We think of John as the metaphorical Elijah, or re reading Messiah’s words, it may have been Elijahs spirit in Johns flesh body as in the same way we read Elisha had a double portion of Elijahs spirit!? Interesting concept…. as there is much we do not understand regarding spiritual matters and this generation is probably about to get a wake up call concerning what is real and what is not! God is God and He can do whatever He pleases. We limit Him by the parameters of our own understanding and reduce Him to mortal abilities and finite actions.

John called people to repentance and a life of obedience, preparing the people of his generation for the coming of the Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, the One who had come 

to seek and to save what was lost. (Luke 19:10)

and to establish the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18).

The days of Elijah were days of upheaval trials famine darkness and war, yet it was also preparing the WAY of the Lord…we are here again Gods pattern comes full circle and days of repentance

We are the voices crying in the wilderness we are the voice of the yovel calling for repentance and salvation…

Lets continue to prepare ourselves for Shavuot so His fire may fall on us and that we are so filled with His Holiness that all within us that is not of His spirit is consumed.

Then all that remains are vessels full of His Light, His Glory; and His sayings will not be so hard that we will follow Him no more – but rather be the beacon of hope to the world in darkness, the light on the hill, the burning lamp whose oil will not fail. Why? Because we are filled with all the fullness of His presence continually and people will see Jesus/Yeshua, the Light of the world in us.

Next time we see or hear 666 lets remember John 6.66 and whose we are and who we serve!

Remember He said…

It Has Been Said We Are The Elijah Generation…If we are then we are in for a wild and serious ride……

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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.

Knot Just Another String Theory

Secrets of Mantles, Covenants and Cords of Redemption.

God’s instructions in Numbers 15:37-41, were that every prayer shawl was to have fringes, and among the fringes; would be a blue string.

This custom figures prominently into many Old Testament and New Testament stories.The Tallit or Prayer Shawl is part of so many stories in the Bible and the more we read, the more it all makes sense and we continue to see how everything is connected.

One of the most beautiful scenes is in the book of Ruth 3:9. This account provides a further illustration of covenant, when Ruth pulled the prayer shawl/tallit of Boaz over herself as she lay at his feet on his threshing floor. 

(Threshing-floors are in danger of being robbed. For this reason, someone always sleeps on the floor until the grain is removed. Ruth 3:7)

Most translations say she pulled his skirt over her, however the Hebrew says,

she pulled his wing over her.The wing refers to the long established Hebrew tradition

referring to the way a male bird opens his wings during reproduction and courtship.

The tradition in Jewish history has been for a bridegroom to cover his bride with his prayer shawl at their wedding.It is interesting to note that a similar custom still prevails at Jewish weddings. The bridegroom covers his bride with the wing of his tallit, his prayer shawl, with its tassels at each corner, signifying that he is taking her into his care.

 This tradition evolved into the present day chuppah.  חוּפָּה‎    Literally, “canopy” or “covering”.

This is a prayer shawl held up by four poles and covers the bride and groom under its wings for their wedding ceremony; which is in fact, a blood covenant.

When Ruth pulled the prayer shawl over her she was in effect saying to Boaz, ‘let’s get married’. As he was her nearest relative/kinsman, she was asking that he perform the custom of the kinsman redeemer. 

“I am Ruth thine handmaid. Spread therefore your skirt (Hebrew), the corner of your garment over your handmaid; for you are my near kinsman.”  Boaz, did as was customary concerning this. He “spread his skirt” over Ruth. It is understood that by his immediate response, he was acknowledging his role and responsibility, indicating that he was by legal authority, taking her under his protection as his wife.This is a beautiful type and shadow of Jesus/Yeshua the Lion of the tribe of Judah is also our Kinsman-Redeemer.and the body of believers, His bride.

Incidentally, the location where Boaz winnowed barley on his threshing floor (Ruth 3:2),

 and where Ruth reveals herself to Boaz (Ruth 3:6-9);

was the very same threshing floor that David bought from Ornan the Jebusite (Araunah). Together with the oxen David gave fifty shekels of silver and built an altar there. (2 Samuel 24:18-24 1 Chronicles 21:18-28).
This was the very same place where Abraham had taken Isaac who had to be willing to be a sacrifice for God’s covenant to be established. That particular place which had been named Jehovah-Jireh for God would provide HIMSELF as the Lamb, (which He did). Isaac was bound with cords of sacrifice and ultimate redemption. (2 Chronicles 3:1).This very same threshing floor that David was instructed to purchase, later became the site of Solomon’s Temple. Located upon Mount Moriah, in Jerusalem and was also the place of the final covenant through Messiahs sacrifice. It is truly amazing how everything is connected.The Hebrew term ‘kanaph’ means an edge or ‘extremity’ of a garment. This passage obscured by English translations; speaks then of the fringe of Boaz robe being spread over Ruth, symbolizing the taking of Ruth under Boaz authority.

 

In Ezekiel, God speaks to Israel and says:

“Now when I passed by you, behold your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore unto you, and entered into covenant with you, and you became mine.” (Ezekiel 16:8)

As believers, the corners of our hearts and lives must be extended. Our compassions must not be limited to our family, friends; love and compassion must be extended to strangers and the poor who dwell in the four corners of the earth.

As a child of God there must be no end to our love, joy, giving and Shalom.

 As the children of Israel had extended the corners of their robes, so too, we must extend the corners of our hearts and reach out to those who are outside our lives. As we lengthen the cords of our lives and show love in a way that leads others ‘to touch the hem of our garments’, as they did His and by faith, find healing and miracles as His power flows through us by the indwelling Holy Spirit. To understand the significance of the tassel, we must first understand the significance of the hem.

The hem of a Jew’s garment was not, as in modern clothes, a simple fold of the cloth, sewn down to prevent the edge from fraying. It was a decorative feature that made a statement about the status and importance of the wearer.

The people of other nearby nations also had this custom. In texts found in Mesopotamia, references indicate that the removal of the fringe of a man’s garment was the equivalent of removing part of his personality. To cut off the hem of a wife’s garment was regarded as divorcing her.

Tablets have been found with the impression of a fringe as the mark of the individual, a personal seal or signature; the hem or fringe of a garment indicated the rank or personality of the wearer.

Kanaph also means the end, and tzizit is a tassle that extends the end.

 Although the Jews today have special garments called tallit to which they attach the tzitzit, this was not what God originally commanded. He intended the Hebrew people to add tzitzit to the regular clothing, not to create special garments to attach them to. The scholarly magazine Biblical Archeology Review offers some excellent insight into the ancient Hebrew custom.

The tassels were in fact extensions of the hem, as we learn from innumerable illustrations in ancient Near Eastern art.

“The hem of an ancient Near Eastern garment was not simply a fold sewed to prevent the threads of the cloth from unraveling. The hem of the outer garment or robe made an important social statement. It was usually the most ornate part of the garment. And the more important the individual, the more elaborate and the more ornate was the embroidery on the hem of his or her outer robe. The tassel must be understood as an extension of such a hem.”Extra-Biblical texts also teach us that the ornate hem was considered a symbolic extension of the owner himself and more specifically of his rank and authority….

The significance of the hem and of its being cut off is reflected in another famous Biblical episode. When the young and future king, David, fled from the jealous wrath of King Saul, Saul pursued David into the Judean wilderness near the Dead Sea. Weary from his pursuit, Saul went into one of the caves near the spring at Ein Gedi to relieve himself, unaware that David and his men were hiding in that very cave.

David’s men urged him to kill the unsuspecting Saul. Instead, David cut the hem of Saul’s cloak to prove that he could easily have killed Saul if he had wanted to, but that he would not harm the Lord’s anointed. The passage has a deeper significance, however – in some ways the opposite significance. The hem that David cut off was an extension of Saul’s person and authority. David did in fact harm the Lord’s anointed; that is why David immediately felt remorse for what he had done: “Afterward David reproached himself for having cut off the hem of Saul’s cloak” (1 Samuel 24:6). According to the New English Bible translation, David’s “conscience smote him” (1 Samuel 24:7).

Although protesting that he had not lifted a finger or a hand against the Lord’s anointed (1 Samuel 24:10), David had in fact committed a symbolic act – cutting off Saul’s hem – of enormous significance.

This significance was not lost on King Saul; he understood full well and no doubt why he said:

“Now I know that you will become king” (1 Samuel 24:20).‘David crept up on king Saul at the cave at En Gedi, and cut off his the fringe of his garment And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.’

David’s conscience troubled him for he knew that to cut off the king’s fringe of his garment, was like usurping or stealing his authority.It degraded and lowered him. At En Gedi, David had deprived Saul of his “authority.” (I Samuel 24:1-7).

After David prostrated himself before Saul, holding the severed fringe in his hand; David explained to Saul that he had not killed him, despite the urging of his men to do so. Saul’s heart, once again was touched with his integrity in the sparing of his own life spared that of David.

Vesture / Vestments

The High Priest wore a Vesture and we saw in the last post that Jesus/Yeshua also wore a tallit and surely used it to drape over the body of a Jairus’ daughter, when He called her back to life. Someday, when Messiah Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach returns, He will be wearing a “vesture dipped in blood.” That vesture will no doubt be a recognizable Jewish tallit. He too is our Great High Priest. 

Kohen Gadol

כהן גדול‬

Another famous story connected to a tallit, concerns the time of Elijahs departure, when he and Elisha travelled from Jericho to Jordan. Then on the west bank Elijah took his cloak rolled it up and struck the water with it. Like the (Red) Reed Sea parted as the children of Israel left Egypt, the waters of the Jordan parted allowing the two men to walk across on the dry riverbed.After Elijah was caught up to heaven in a whirlwind; Elisha took Elijahs cloak and repeated the miraculous crossing from the East bank back to the West. Twice the waters parted.Jewish traditions indicate that the mantle that fell from Elijah was a talitt/tallith or prayer shawl.

The tallith of a prophet or master teacher would have dark purple-blue threads in the corner tassel.

People believed that the purple thread contained miracle power. This is why the woman with the issue of blood wanted to touch the hem of Jesus’ tallith or garment. When she was healed, Jesus said, “Who touched Me?…I felt virtue leave Me.” Then He told her, “Your faith has made you whole,” clarifying it was not a purple thread but her faith in Him as Messiah (see Matthew 9:20-22 and Luke 8:43-48).Elijah’s tallith, mantle, or “adar” symbolized that Elisha had removed any barriers to his relationship with God. He was no longer the servant but now stepped into the place of the prophet he had served.

Elijah’s mantle was a doorway to God’s power.

Elijah told Elisha that if he saw him taken, he would have his desire to carry on the prophetic ministry with a double portion of his spirit.The mantle is a symbol of joy and completion.

Elijah left his mantle as a sign that he had completed his assignment.

Elisha picked up Elijah’s mantle indicating the start of a new era; he was picking up where Elijah left off and beginning his own ministry as a prophet.

Elijah’s mantle was a symbol of an agreement of power and authority between Elijah and God.

Elisha’s picking up Elijah’s mantle symbolized that he was entering into the same agreement with God. When Elisha used Elijah’s mantle to part the Jordan River, God established His agreement or covenant with Elisha.Elijah’s mantle was probably a prayer shawl, a tallit. 

The pattern for the prayer shawl was first given to Moses atop Mount Sinai to represent the individual’s tabernacle.

It symbolized the fact that the human body was a temple and that the brain was the site of the Holy of Holies. Each morning every man stood in front of his “tent” (tallit), as the morning sacrifice was made at the brazen altar in the center of the camp. This repetitive action taught the people the art of worship and prayer.Elijah used his tallit to drape over the shoulders of Elisha when calling him to be his successor.When Elijah was caught up in the heavenly chariot, he gave his tallit to Elisha. The tallit was a holy garment and used in praying for the sick. Both Elijah and Elisha placed the tallit over the bodies of dead boys when praying for the miracle of life. Just as Jesus/Yeshua did with Jairus daughter.For some people, the tallit is a sacred garment worn during special occasions. To others, it is a mysterious object full of symbolism and hidden meaning. The significance of the prayer shawl is that it symbolically represents God’s presence, healing, love, forgiveness and resurrection life.

THE TALLIT and COVENANT AUTHORITY:

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up and His train filled the temple.” (Isaiah 6:1)

The concept of the outer edge of the tallit, is seen in Isaiah’s vision of the Lord, whose “train” filled the temple.

The Hebrew term for “skirt” is KANAPH, and means “wing or extremity.” Sometimes SHUL is also used, meaning “loose hanging.” (Exodus 28:33) In the Authorized Version it is rendered as “hem.”

Also in Psalm 133:2, we read:

“Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard: even Aaron’s beard, that went down to the skirts of his garment.”

Probably his tallit and its zitzit.

As we remain under His wings and close to His heart…then we will be ready when He returns to gather us up under His Wings forever. For us the key question is:

Are we wrapping our life with the Lord like the wrappings of the talitt? If so, how tightly? 

Are we so completely entwined, that there is no chance of ever being undone or separated?

Are we clinging tightly to Him alone?This symbolic twisting and intertwining of cords, tassels and zitzit, will aid us in living our life for Him and not seeking after our own heart and our own eyes, but only after His.

 Shalom! His Peace Always Be With You.

Please don’t leave this site without knowing you are saved and assured that you belong to Him; with a deep conviction that you know where you will go, when your body can no longer sustain you in this realm. 

Make 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?

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 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.

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