Tag: Harvest

Fishers and Hunters

Jeremiah 16:16-17

“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”

 I will send for many fishers . . .

The words refer to the threat, not to the promise.

The fishers,

as in Amos 4:2; Habakkuk 1:15,

are the invading nations, surrounding Judah and Jerusalem

as with a drag-net, and allowing none to escape.

לְדַוָּגִ֥ים

דַּיָּג, dayyāg 

a fisherman

Biblical Pronunciation: da-YAWɡ

Transliteration: dayyāg

hunters

צַיָּדִ֔ים

צַיָּד,

ṣayyād

A huntsman

Biblical Pronunciation: tsa-YAWD

Transliteration: ṣayyād

Hunters – sayyadim

צַיָּדִ֔ים

is another aspect of the same thought so far as can be traced, it points to the distinction between them, “to the work of the irregular skirmisher as the former image did to that of the main body of the army: men might take refuge, as hunted beasts might do, in the caves of the rocks, but they should be driven forth even from these.”

It is common with the sacred writers to represent

enemies and oppressors

under the metaphors of 

fishers and hunters, 

because they use all the methods of

open force and

secret stratagem

to make men their prey.

The scattering of the people is to be like that of

hunted animals,

of which but few escape.

The ancient method of hunting being to enclose a large space with beaters and nets, and so drive everything within it to some place where it was destroyed.

The destruction of the whole male population was one of the horrible customs of ancient warfare, and

in Herodotus

the process is called 

sweeping the country with a

drag-net.

(and allowing none to escape)

The same authority tells us that this method could only be effectually carried out on an island.

Literally, understood, the fishers are the main armies who, in the towns and fortresses, capture the people in crowds as in a net, while the hunters are the light-armed troops, who pursue the fugitives over the whole country, and drive them out of their hiding places as hunters track out their game.

The application of the words either,

to the gathering of the people after their dispersion

or

to the later work of the preachers of the Gospel

has its source in Jesus/Yeshua’s words recorded in 

Matthew 4:19.

I will make you fishers of men.

It is possible that those words may have been suggested by those of Jeremiah, the same image being used, as in the parable of Matthew 13:47,

to describe the blessing

which had previously presented its darker aspect

of punishment.

Looking a little closer at verse 19.

I will make you fishers of men.

This statement of Jeremiah seems to be very prophetic as regards this new testament scripture.

The fishers/fishermen

catch the fish

in nets

or

with a baited hook.

but neither

the net

nor the hook

kill the fish.

They are caught alive.

This is certainly a picture of the Fathers

grace and mercy

…though we the fish

are dead spiritually in our sins…

we are caught alive

by a fisherman of the Lord.

Somebody told us about the saving power of God through Yeshua,

and that as Jesus/Yeshua said

you must be born again.

We were fished

by those who were made into

fishers of men themselves.

Then in turn, as like begets like,

we are the fishers, who in turn make fishers.

These fishers catch mens souls but unlike Nimrod

they point the WAY

to salvation

through the blood sacrifice of Yeshua/Jesus,

the Master fisher of men.

This is how we follow Him.

Preaching and teaching that the spiritual kingdom of God is here.

WHY?

Because He brought it with Him.

He said

It is at hand,

meaning: it is here – now.

It is within us because He is within us

and so, we also carry the kingdom with us.

Next Jeremiah prophesies that:

later I shall send for many hunters.

Hunters are different from fishermen

in that whatever prey they pursue they kill.

Hunters lay in wait, they stalk,

they lay traps and set snares;

to disable, maim and kill the focus of their hunt.

Using camouflage to deceive and trick.

Sounds like the adversary, the tactics of the devil.

They have no intention to take them alive but God sends these.

Why?

Because His eyes are upon all our ways and they are not hidden from Him and He will pay back their iniquity and their sin Double because they defiled the land and made gods for themselves.

Chp 17:5 the warning which cannot be separated from the previous verses;

(The chapter distinction should not be a stopping place, it is not so in the original scrolls as there is no punctuation as we know it.)

Verse 5 this is part of why He sends the hunters, those who made flesh their arm and their trust is in man.

Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is the arm of the Lord,

we are to trust in God through Jesus/Yeshua His Messiah

17:7 The one who trusts in the Lord this one is blessed.

The first hunter was Nimrod.

נִמְרוֹד

Phonetic Spelling: nim-rode’

Strong’s Hebrew: 5248. נִמְרוֹד (Nimrod) 

He was a descendant of Cain who was inclined to depend on himself and his own efforts; and became the first to kill in a downward spiral of jealousy, leading to hate and eventually murder.

Nimrod is described in

Genesis 10:8–12 as

the first on earth to be a mighty man.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.

Nimrod established a great kingdom that included 

Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

A mighty hunter before the Lord:

It means

against the Lord/ in opposition to..

and he hunted mens souls.

In coming against the Lord, he built the famed tower of babel

which was the reason YeHoVeH came down and confused their languages to stop the progress of their plans.

ציד

Tsayid  hunter venison , hunter , victuals , provision , hunting , catch , food , hunting

Tsayad – hunter.

Other scriptures with hunter:

Ps. 91:3 he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

Prov. 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Lam. 1:6 ו Vav All her splendor has vanished from Daughter Zion. Her leaders are like stags that find no pasture; they walk away exhausted before the hunter.

There are hunters who hunt for meat for food;

there are those who hunt for sport and

those who hunt for mens souls.

As Solomon said there is nothing new under the sun…

the same is true today; as predatory individuals stalk, hunt, trap and snare others, especially the most vulnerable, for their own ungodly lusts and desires.

There is not much anywhere in the scriptures that supports or applauds hunters.

Along with Nimrod there was another famous hunter, Esau.

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents

His story does not end well either!

But are there for our education and as warnings, to beware of the things of the flesh life that can cause us to fall away from our Heavenly Father; and their inevitable consequences.

Fishers are not as aggressive in their active pursuit of prey and many will return their prize to the waters they came from. Releasing them if they are not fishing for food to sustain self and family.

Mentioned in

Ezekiel 47:10
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

Hooks catch ones,

nets catch many

at one casting.

The analogy that Jesus/Yeshua uses is for both as in:

leave the 99 and seek the ONE. 

Matthew 18:12 & Luke 15:4

Also the 2 instances of the

casting of the net

and

catching the fish.

One was at the start of His ministry

when calling the disciples to become

fishers of men

and the

2nd was after His resurrection.

Both times the nets were filled to over capacity.

The First Disciples

Luke 5:4-7
…3Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat. 4 WhenJesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” 5“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”…

Jesus Appears by the Sea of Tiberias

after His Resurrection

…5 So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered. 6 He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish. 7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.…

Fishers of men were what He called them to become and as they were obedient to His instructions the results were miraculous.

This shows us that as we too are obedient to His instructions we will see Him work miracles through us.

Mark 16:20. “And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”

Humanity is flailing around in the oceans of life,

tossed to and fro by winds of doctrine.

Tossed about like a wave “by every wind of doctrine”. It is “doctrines“, in great part, which have broken up unity. By the sleight of men. Their tricks. Cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. Craft and cunning, employed by teachers of false doctrine in order to deceive. Ephesians 4:14

 

The seas of the worlds systems have them caught in tides of both confusion and controlled directions.

We must be ready to fish with both hooks and nets,

to haul in the harvest of souls

before the predators hunting them get to them first.

 

The call of God to each of His children never changes, it is to make disciples of all nations. Being a fisher of those disciples begins with casting the net in faith and obedience

and baiting the hook

with the bread of life

of which also the crumbs

are sufficient to bring deliverance

and salvation…

the sweet smelling savor to those perishing. 

The one whose

hope is in the Lord…

this one is like the tree planted by the waters.

Yeshua/Jesus the Tree of Life and

the life giving water source.

He is the fountain of living waters…

fish live in water;

not on the mountains, hills, or holes in the rocks.

We are fish and the symbol was used back then and still is today.

WE are the fish thriving in the living waters.

Pulled from the sea of humanity and from the fast flowing rivers of the worlds ways… we are not of those who hide ourselves in the mountains and in the holes of the rocks.

We are not the hunters, the predators.

We are the fish

and the

fishers of men.

We need to continually remind ourselves that all Jesus/Yeshua quoted from, was the Torah and Prophets and Writings. The New Testament writings did not exist at that time, nor in the apostles days. Yes, we need to study what we call the Old Testament or none of the New makes sense.

Yeshua/Jesus’ message echoed the call of the prophets

to repent and turn to the lord.

We swim upstream against the flowing tide

of iniquity, sin and ungodliness;

which carries the multitudes

towards an eternity

without our Heavenly Fathers presence.

We are to reach out

snatching them from the fires of judgment.

Jude 1:23

Today is the day of salvation,

together let’s cast that net

lets be the fisher we were called to be

and that fisherman/disciple He promised to make us into.

2 Timothy 4:2 KJV: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Acts 1:6 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Speak that word in season,

give that tract.

Cast the net

and be part of

gathering His harvest.

May His true Shalom/Peace

rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.

‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..

NOT SURE if you are part of His Family?

YOU CAN BE..

Say the following and mean it from your heart…

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 came in the flesh and 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 in my spirit 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.

When Is A Nun A Noon And It’s Not Midday?

From previous posts most readers will recognize that

a nun or noon;

different spellings are used.

is the 14th letter of the Hebrew alef-bet

and that it looks like this in the chart below.

The early paleo picture symbol meaning of this letter is that of a seedling/sprouting seed with the root coming from it

later it developed into

this modern shape below;

with an additional shaped letter for the

called noon sofeet;

and the symbol of a fish was also used.

In the 4 gospels

Yeshua/Jesus repeatedly speaks of the seed

as a picture reference in His parables.

Matt 13:23 Mark 4:1-20 Luke 8:1-15

are well known and popular scriptures, and with the reference Yeshua/ Jesus gives,

it is made clear how the seed grows and how

we have nothing to do with the process

once we sow the seed.

However how does this apply to our lives?

It tells us …

Although the man does not know how it grew

and we are just the same…

Many times we understand the concept. The parable or scene described is a great picture and then we are left to wonder how does this apply to me and how do I do it?

How does it become a reality in my life?

Many times the Sermons we hear are all very encouraging and uplifting and we feel great, only to have the feelings fade once we go home and face daily life.

The application of His Word needs to be evident if we are to mature and bring forth a harvest that is not only a good harvest; but an enduring one with eternal value.

That your fruit may remain. John 15:16

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:

John 15:16

Your fruit should remain means:

keep up the fruit you are bearing, or

continue with the fruit you are bearing and never stop,

or keep on bearing the fruit you have started bearing.

The phrase: Your fruit should remain, expresses habit.

A habit is something we do so often and regularly that it is very hard to stop.

We should feel like this regarding the work of the Lord.

The word says we are to sow seed.

God is the supplier of all seed (Nun/Noon)

He cannot supply seed to us unless we are first born again by His RuachHaKodesh/His Spirit of Holiness; and then we need to have faith to turn over our hands, so that the seed might fall to the ground and become a great harvest in our lives.

He gives to all the measure of Faith.

After that it doesn’t need our help

it’s not the seed or the one who sows that produces the crop

but the soil by itself

with no help from humans.

The Father gives the increase.

We believe that since something grows where we scattered, that it grew from our seed.

What proof is there that the seed we scattered and planted is the same seed that sprouts and grows?

First the stalk

after that the head

and after that

the full grain in the head.

The truth is that from the moment it leaves our hand and is covered with soil we do not see the seed again. We just trust that the seed we sowed is the same seed that will grow is and is the one that pushes up through the earth.

This evidence is only based on circumstances because the truth is, once the seed leaves our hands and is put in the soil we never see the seed again!

All we can do is simply trust/faith, that what we planted will actually grow.

 

We wait,

we sleep at night,

awake in the day

but how does it grow?

We just don’t know!

Our work was finished at the sowing.

This parable is a picture of the kingdom of God.

The Kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed on the earth.

Meaning the kingdom produces through its’ own power.

Scripture says

BY ITSELF

the soil produces a crop

but the soil by itself

with no help from any person.

For by itself the earth brings forth fruit.

The person’s work has already been done by scattering the seed on the ground.

This is all the individual does and as the days pass the seeds springs up and grows.

Another verse of this parable says the seed is the Word of God and the ground/earth are the individuals who are in the world and their reaction to the word/ seed sown once embedded in its birthing place;

and the type of ground/ is the persons life.

The ground is the world.

The sower is our Heavenly Father.

Yeshua/Jesus explained it clearly.

Life springs forth –that life comes from the soil of the earth which our Father created.

In this parable/example He says:

First, the stalk

this is describing and likening his kingdom to the support structure planted deep in the life giving soil.

There is a Godly order to everything our Heavenly Father created; everything in its time and season. Eccl.3 and Genesis 1

Yeshua/ Jesus was aware of timing and said:

My time has not yet come.

Secondly, after that the head:

which is the housing for the fruit of the crop.

The process continues, with

the third, after that the full grain in the head

Here He is giving the progress of the seed,

both as

how it is received

and then

what is produced.

Meaning, the fruit comes forth in abundance.

Here we see that in perfect time Godly order that

life gives way to fullness

and the seedling grows to maturity.

For the believer maturity is revealed by abundant fruit.

Becoming mature is to become a stable vessel fit for the Masters use.

Why is this important?

It is for Him to flow His power through us to do the works of Jesus/ the Father, the power is to make visible the works of His kingdom in visible demonstration.

This is how to apply it to ourselves we need more of His Spirit of Holiness to cleanse us and prepare us to be suitable vessels.

As it was said of Paul in

Acts 9:22 more and more power flowed through him.

(Acts 9:20) Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

How do we produce lasting fruit and what is it?

Lasting fruit is in Matt.10:8

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.

And Matt.28:19

AND The making of disciples who endure.

Making disciples is about continuing the cycle of redemption, passing on the faith that was passed to us; it starts with salvation and continues with a lifetime of growth. 

The final destiny of the seed is realized from its humble beginning/Genesis, in the sowers hand, it has reached its potential in fullness.

However it has not yet served its ultimate purpose even in its most pristine and grandest state..

Why?

Because it cannot grow anymore… the maturity has been reached….

So what is next?

The crop is ready… the harvest is ripe

The farmer, the man, sends forth the sickle and

life gives birth to death.

The crop is cut down in its prime and

now able to finally fulfill its destiny and purpose.

This is the completion of a disciples life on earth…

as we give

birth to death, our purpose here is completed,

we die physically/ temporarily

in order to live spiritually/ eternally!

It is a transition from natural to supernatural, we are harvested by His hand and translated into His eternal kingdom in the heavens.

At the point we can go no further, when we reach the point of maturity in Him, which is destined by His plan and purpose for us. He calls us to Himself and we are plucked from the earth and gathered unto Him.

Our task complete,

once we have finished our race

He takes us home.

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2Thess. 2:1

He gathers the wheat into His barn/storehouse.

Matthew 3:12

We, like the farmers seed, have been scattered on the ground; but He is calling us today to sprout and grow.

How… we don’t know!

But by itself… His spirit…

His Ruach HaKodesh

His Spirit of holiness produces a crop!

The Lord is calling us to lay down our lives

for the time is at hand

when the head will be full of grain.

The time of the harvest has come and as soon as it is in full ripeness and ready… He will come with His sickle.

We must yield ourselves and be ready to die in order to live because the time of the harvest has come and the Lord of the harvest is coming.

For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant), And like a root out of dry ground; Is 53:2

 Surely he has borne our sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. – American Standard Version Job 14:2

Just as He grew up to be cut down

so must we grow up to be cut down.

First, we are to mature to the fullest and be taken and used for his purposes.

We are to surrender to Him because

we cannot know how seeds sprout and grow..

Only He can do that in us;

and only as we surrender and yield to His Way of raising and growing us up to maturity; allowing His Ruach/Spirit to do the hidden work in us and then through us.

We must realize we are not here for ourselves, to live a nice life, we are here to be matured into fruit worthy of the kingdom of the Heavens. We’re not to focus on things and people and places of this earth because it will all pass away very soon. We must focus on Him, on fulfilling our place and purpose, to bring Him glory and to bring many sons with us from the seeds sown.

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb.2:10

Every farmer/ gardener knows, we plant and watch and wait for the fruits and crops to be declared ready and ripe before reaping the harvest.

Wrong timing means a poor harvest;

which is why He waits for the precious fruit of the earth.

In Luke 6:37

But as soon as the crop is ready to yield itself, immediately the man sends forth the sickle because the harvest has come.

The only seed that flourished and produced any fruit

was the seed that fell into

good ground.

If we are not planted in the good ground of His Word – found in His kingdom, then we will neither grow to maturity nor produce any lasting fruit that will endure or bring glory to the Lord.

Our life will be fruitless and as Solomon said, all is Vanity – in vain, without purpose and useless.

Time to ready ourselves and let His Ruach Ha Kodesh

do the work in and through us,

making sure our lives are good ground.

 

May His true Shalom/Peace

rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.

‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..

 

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

You are precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Disciples Divine Design – Moadiym

The Moedim are:

the Appointed Times of the Lord

or also called

The 7 Feasts.

They can also be seen as

The Divine Design for Discipleship,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feast of Ingathering

(חג האסיף, Chag HaAsif),

Sukkot at the Western (Wailing) Wall, Israel.

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

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

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

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

Why observe and why bother with these old testament feasts?

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

1Corinthians 9:24. 

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

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

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

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

The day of atonement –

at one ment

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

repentance/teshuvah.

It is significant to all, not just for Israel.

Paul refers to it

Saying the fast had already gone by.

in Acts. 27:9

It is a time for thinking,

assessing,

keeping the flesh and its desires under.

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

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

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

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

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

Yom Ha Kipuriym – Day of the Atonements.

יום הכיפורים‬

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

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

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

Intercession is more than prayer:

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

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

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

In Hebrew: PAGA – פָגַע. – paw-gah’. 

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

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

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

It is already been accomplished forever.

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

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

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

but

through His atoning blood and intercession

we are truly alive forevermore.

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

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

Why?

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

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

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

The spiritual significance is of

divine protection,

deliverance and

provision.

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

It is also symbolic of how Adonai

cares for us,

shades us, and

hides us from the elements that focus on our destruction.

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

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

1. He has delivered us.

2. Watched over us.

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

The seventh day became known as

Hashanna Rabba

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

 

This was the moment Jesus/Yeshua cried out…

click links below for more:

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

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

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

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

The Eighth Day assembly.

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

it is written that this is to be observed

On the 22nd day of the seventh month.

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

Yom HaShmiyniy Atzaret – The 8th day assembly.

The commands for this day are simply:

do no regular work, rest and assemble together.

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

It is time to rest and reflect

but also a time to look forward to the future

because in six months time,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shemini Atsaret – Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly

is a festival observed immediately after Sukkot Tabernacles,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

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

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

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Seeds And Seasons

מוֹעֵד

moed

Strongs #4150

Phonetic Spelling: mo-ade’

Today as disciples/believers in Jesus/Yeshua as Messiah; we learn about, observe and celebrate the Appointed Times of God as if they were something just recently discovered, a new trend, the latest thing; when in fact they have been followed since Moses was instructed concerning them.

It’s only new to us, not to the children of Israel; and even they were more aware of their significance in earlier times.

In truth God set things in sync. in Genesis:

It is most probable that in Genesis 1:14, where ׳ מ אֹתֹת, the reference is to the sacred seasons as fixed by moon’s appearance; and so also ׳ עשׂה ירח למ he made the moon for sacred seasons Psalm 104:19, although many Lexicons & Commentaries refer these to the seasons of the year.

The word translated as seasons

in the Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT) is

moedim (H4150),

which means

appointed times.

Let Them Be…For Feasts?

Many folks associate the word seasons in Genesis 1

with the feasts of YHVH outlined in Leviticus 23

because it is the same Hebrew word moedim used in that text:

The Hebrew noun מועד moed,

Strong’s #4150

is translated as

appointed time, meeting, or season.

It literally means an appointment.

Genesis 1:14 
HEB: וְהָי֤וּ לְאֹתֹת֙ וּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים וּלְיָמִ֖ים וְשָׁנִֽים׃
KJV: and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years

Read that verse again replacing seasons with appointed times or festivals and it takes on a much richer meaning. Considering that God/Yahweh/YHWH, made the sun, moon, and all the stars for not only days and years and signs (something else to consider), but also for appointed times.

The plural moedim (מועדים), refers to any of the 3 mandatory Pilgrimage Festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. 

Shavuot (חג השבועות), also called Weeks or Pentecost.

This marks the climax of the Passover Season,

the giving of Torah at Sinai

and the

giving of the Ruach (Spirit) at Jerusalem.

It is the genesis/beginning

of the Re-New-ed Covenant

for all nations, tribes, and tongues…

Centuries and millennia ago the Lord’s seasons and appointed times were critical to daily life.

For them it was crucial to watch the sun and moon and stars and fix their eyes on the heavens.

Why?

Because they had to be sure when to plant,

when to wait,

when to harvest and

when to let the land lie follow.

In Luke 21:25 Jesus/Yeshua said there will be signs and they that see them would know.

This was also His accusation towards the religious leaders of the day, the fact that they did not recognize Him, that the signs should have confirmed His coming to them but they did not see them, or worse, chose to both ignore and deny them.

Matt 16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

His disciples asked Him what they should be looking for..

Matt 24:1-51

Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 24:1-51, Mark 13:1-37, Luke 21:5-36

Destruction of the Temple,

Signs of the Times and End of the Age

For the people, the waiting between events was just as important and as anticipated as the appointed times on certain days.

And they simply lived in harmony with the natural cycles of life and of the heavens and met with God when He said it was time.

Every farmer/ gardener knows, we plant and watch and wait for the fruits and crops to be declared ready and ripe before reaping the harvest.

Wrong timing means a poor harvest; which is why He waits patiently for the precious fruit of the earth. James 5:7,

In Luke 6:37 it is implied throughout these verses, that God acts as we are exhorted to act. They give a picture of the gracious spirit of God.—καὶ.

Give — Liberally to those that need your assistance; and it shall be given unto you —

For your kindness and liberality will naturally gain you love and respect; and God also, by His supernatural grace, will influence men’s hearts in your favour.

Good measure,

pressed down,

shaken together,

and running over —

Messiah makes use of these 3 phrases to express all the different kinds of good measure, according to the different nature of the things measured.

Some of them, to make the measure good, must be pressed down and trodden, like grapes and olives;

some of them must be shaken, as the several kinds of grain;

and some of them must be running over, such as all sorts of liquids.

The meaning of giving this

good measure into one’s bosom,

is an allusion to the eastern dress, which were long pieces of cloth wrapped round their bodies, and girded up with a girdle.

Their garments being of this kind, they could receive into their lap or bosom a considerable quantity of such dry goods as they sold by measure.

Μὴ κρίνετε, μὴ καταδικάζετε,

judge not, condemn not.

By judging, we decide as to the goodness or badness of an action: by condemning, we determine as to the person, what (punishment) the guilty has deserved.

Proverbs 10:5

In this the son is not wise because he stops to wonder if the correct time for harvesting has come. Is he not following events closely, so he doesn’t know what time it is?

However the son is wise because he gathers in Summer which is the appointed time, God’s timing.

Regardless of his understanding, he is to respond wisely and gather because the season has arrived.

The second part says he who sleeps in harvest time is a son who causes Shame.

There are many reasons God’s children fall asleep during a time of harvest.

It may be because we are sick, distracted, lazy or just think we know better than what God is telling us.

Whatever the reason we sleep, the outcome is that we miss the harvest because we weren’t paying attention to the time, to the season, to the Kingdom of the heavens, to the cycle of life and His/our appointed time.

This is why the children of Israel were instructed to Count the Omer because they were commanded to Count the days from Passover/Pesach to Pentecost/Shavuot.

Jesus/Yeshua kept and fulfilled the Appointed Times – Precisely.

It was crucial because they needed to know where they were according to Gods’ timetable. His schedule, His calendar; for the simple reason they would be ready to reap when it was time.

The reason we have a problem following Gods calendar, and the reason we fail to observe and do; is because we are keeping our own calendar, our own schedules, and our own plans and purposes, and our own important dates – those that are not on His calendar/ annual rhythm of life.

We need to remember that God’s calendar is

His will and His way..

and it has not changed since He initiated it with Moses.

It is men who have changed it and obscured the biblical rhythm of lifecycles. Instead of looking up we have our heads buried in busyness and business and miss even the most obvious things going on around us..

Here is a back handed compliment, in that, if you are under assault/attack in various ways then we are causing problems for the adversary/ha satan because we are keeping His commands.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1Peter 4:12,13

Nevertheless it is time to

wake up

stay alert

be on guard

and watch

so that our Heavenly Father’s seasons will not pass us by un-noticed any longer.

We are to be wise children and keep in sync. with our Heavenly Father, so that we will be ready for His gathering of the harvest when the summer arrives.

It was fulfillment prophetically, and as are all things pertaining to the coming of Messiah, this is a time to both reflect and prepare. The harvest of Shavuot/Pentecost may be more significant than we realize.

When He told them in Matthew 24 Mark 13 Luke 21, to wait in Jerusalem until the promise came, He was referring to Daniel 9:27 7:1311:31 and Joel and Isaiah 13:10 Ezekiel 32:7

It was not an enforced, all-restricting, lock-down; they were fully cognizant of the Time of the Omer and its significance. Pentecost/Shavuot, was waiting for the first fruits harvest, however the coming of the Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh on Shavuot was a new experience and it initiated a spiritual harvest – the first fruits of Messiah’s resurrection.

3000 Jewish individuals were converted to Messiah in one day. We  often miss the significance because we do not know His seasons.

3000 perished were Lost in the wilderness.(Num 26:10)

and it is not coincidence that 3000 was the number SAVED at shavuot/pentecost!

They were not new prophecies. He was reiterating prophecies already in the Torah, prophets and writings, which they were familiar.

Certain events have occurred in past generations however, the key is Matthew24:33 when all these things happen at the same time…

This is the generation that will not pass until all be fulfilled.

A harvest season may be the season of His return but He said we do not know the day nor the hour but be assured,  the Bridegroom WILL COME for His Bride.

Paralambano – Greek: παραλαμβάνω 

Strong’s #3880: paralambano 

(pronounced par-al-am-ban’-o) from 3844 and 2983; to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn:–receive, take (unto, with)

verse 40 and 41. At the midnight hour which is more accurately: the mid of night.

 

Immediately before the washing of his feet in John 12:26/7  He said,

A short time is light among you walk in the light while you have it so you can become the children of light.

So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” John 12:35

While you have the Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light.

Verse 36b When Jesus had said these things, all these things he left and HE HID FROM THEM they would not be able to find him.

There is a time coming when He is not going to be found by those seeking.

The DOOR of grace will be closed as in was to the ark…. and the flood came and took them all away. Door/dalet I AM the Dalet/Door. Messiah is our ark.

Harvesting The Crop of SEEDS.

Mark 4:26, 29


How to succeed in sowing a seed

Everything Yeshua/Jesus taught them was in parables.

Examples of truth are enveloped in a simple story that gave a clear meaning to the listeners, that is; if they had ears to hear and eyes to see.

Secrets of the kingdom of the Heavens/Shamayim, hidden since the foundation of the world

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world. Matthew 13:35

We are living in the days the prophets spoke of and whatever we choose to believe will not change the truth our personal opinions are of no value unless they precisely echo the words of Yeshua/Jesus.

He said every word will be fulfilled, that means the bad as well as the good.

In Gods ways,

death initiates life….

and darkness is dispelled by light;

forward and upward are His directions

and we leave as we came  – with nothing…

The kingdom of God, the kingdom of the heavens; Jesus/Yeshua said it has come. He told us to pray for it to continue to come; so it is a critical element in our individual walk.

There are many references to it and what it is like what its composition is and how to recognize it.

Here in Mark it is likened to a person who cast seed on the earth.

This is all the individual does

and as the days pass,

the seeds spring up and grow.

Although the man does not know how it grew.

God is the supplier of all seed (Nun/Noon) and we need to have faith to turn over our hands, so that the seed might fall to the ground and become a great harvest in our lives.

For by it self the earth brings forth fruit.

It doesn’t need our help it’s not even the seed or the one who sows that produces the crop but the soil by it’s self with no help from humans.

Truly this is a mystery

 

What proof do we have that the seed we sowed is the same seed that sprouts and grows?

First the stalk after that the head and after that the full grain in the head

As soon as the crop is ready to yield itself, immediately the man sends forth the sickle because the harvest has become.

The evidence is all circumstantial we think that since something grows where we put the seed it has grown from our seed that we planted.

The truth is that from the moment it leaves our hand and is covered with soil we do not see the seed again. We just trust that the seed we sowed is the same seed that will grow is and is the one that pushes up through the earth.

We wait,

sleep at night,

awake in the day

but how it grows we just don’t know

and our work was done at the sowing

 

This seed once nestled into its womb

and place of birth,

the earth,

then Life springs forth –

that life comes from the soil of the earth.

Another verse of this parable says the

seed is the word of God

and the

earth is the life of the individual

and the type of ground/ Life.

Here He is giving the progress of the seed both as how it is received and then what is produced.

 

First the stalk

This is the framework the structure that is planted deep in the life-giving soil and will support the plant.

To understand the parable is the mystery of the seed and despite all of our knowledge of science and biology, we still cannot explain why/how seeds sprout and grow.

The first point is:

that the seed is like the grace/chen of God which is an essential part of the process of becoming a disciple. We have to pray and realize that if God is not in it all of our efforts will come to nothing.

We have to be willing to be discipled from the Grace/Chen of God and not our own egos. When God is not at the heart of our efforts to spread the good news, then we are simply witnessing and not making disciples. Initially we need to get rid of our pride, prayerfully humble ourselves and ask our Father to give us the grace/chen to both reach and make disciples in faith.

It is the foundation which must be stable, likened to the house built on sand or rock a sure foundation is essential or in any kind of storm it will not withstand the elements and be destroyed.

Next the head

wheat

This is the container for the fruit that will yield the fruit for the crop. The stalk must be strong to hold this head of fruit.

corn

It is like a house and within it is the precious new life/chaim.

We too are His House on the earth and since Jesus/Yeshua came, we are the containers, the precious fruit of the earth that He waits patiently for.

The second point of the parable is the slow progression of growth: first the blade,

then the ear,

then the full grain in the ear.

We mature in faith with baby steps and saints are not made in 24 hours. Developing faith is a life time project because we change and grow in stages. Discipling is the process of mentoring people from one stage of faith to another, and having the discernment to recognize when someone is ready for the next step. Unless grace/chen has done its work, a person cannot be rushed in their development – just like growing corn, it takes 90 days not 30.

It cannot be grow any quicker. We can plant, water, fertilize, but corn will take about 90 days to ripen. Some flowers like daffodils brought inside in the early spring forces them to open but we can’t force corn. Mentoring others in faith means: having patience and a discerning eye to know when someone is ready for the next challenge to their faith muscles being stretched. Sadly some never progress beyond a certain stage and even regress, it’s all a matter of choice and freewill.

 

The next is the full grain in the head or ear.

At this stage the fruit comes forth abundantly

 

It is to be noted that it takes a specific time to develop, it’s perfect in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Everything in God’s creation tells us of His ways.

They are always in perfect time and in Godly order.

Life/nun gives way to fullness/chet/50/shavuot/pentecost, and the seed grows through its stages to full maturity the full corn in the ear.

It began as a seed in a human hand small and dormant not dead but sleeping in a kind of stasis, awaiting the perfect conditions predetermined by its creator.

When those conditions were applied from its humble origin in the seed realized it’s God assigned destiny and it reached its potential to the fullest extent.

So the third point of the parable is to recognize the harvest. When people are ready to be spiritually fruitful, they are ready to do whatever Holy Spirit leads them to do. If you have ever seen a field of corn or any crop that has reached its moment of glorious maturity it is a sight moving like the waves of the sea.

A grand Vista of proud growth pristine standing tall reaching for the sky and sunshine and yet it is not serving it’s true and final purpose it is failing to fulfill that which God has created it for. It has matured so it cannot grow anymore it is complete and ready but its final goal is not yet realized.

And the next verse 29, harvest has come, and the man sends forth the sickle. All that hard work: from birth to growing up, to establishing foundation and of maturing through life

and now

to be cut down in it’s prime?!

Life gives birth to death…and yet in that death,

finally it is now able to fulfill its’ God appointed destiny…

He grew up a shoot Isaiah 11:1
A shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Only to be cut down in His prime and yet from Him came such abundant seed which today is still multiplying from His death.

The seed the farmer sowed into the ground is a reference to us today, we like the seed, have being scattered on the ground…

and His call to us today is to sprout and grow

but like the seed we won’t know how.

But God….

as we are the containers of the seed we have within us His life/chaim. His Ruach/His Spirit and by it’s self/ Himself/His Spirit produces a crop;and with every Appointed Time of His Annual Life Cycle we are refilled and brought to fullness at Shavout/Pentecost ready to GO and Make Disciples of all nations sowing precious seed of our own for His Kingdom.

Matt 13:23; Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:1-15.

Mishpachah/family and Cheverim/friends, Our Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is calling us to lay down our lives.

Come,

come now,

and don’t delay.

The kingdom of His heavens is at hand, even at the door

and the head is full of grain

and the crop is ready;

which means He will come with His sickle –

so let us willingly, humbly, yield ourselves,

because the time of harvest has come.

He grows us up to cut us down.

It is His way, He did it with His only begotten Son Jesus/Yeshua; so why would we think it would be any different for us.

He matures us to our fullest potential and then takes us for Himself and uses us for His purposes.

Let us gladly, jointly, surrender all, to the gatherer of His harvest because we cannot know how seeds sprout and grow – only the one who created every seed understands this mystery.

He plants us, gives us Life, makes us grow and be a ready crop..

Now He comes For His Harvest!

 

Aware that the mp4 below is obviously ‘out of season’ in its timing but be encouraged to listen in amazement to this presentation of HALLELUJAH sung by Kaylee Rogers who loves Jesus with all her heart.

What makes this talented singer even more special is, Kaylee is a challenged child, overcoming autism and ADHD. She is, in the truest sense, an OVERCOMER as the BIBLE speaks of and so are her many precious schoolmates at the wonderful KILLARD SCHOOL for special needs children in Northern Ireland.

These scriptures have never seemed more real! Matt 18:3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Oh my! How much we can learn from children such as these!

P.S. For those counting, today is day 32, which is 4 weeks and 4 days of the Omer; day 49 will be Wednesday night May 27th 2020.

Shalom shalom mishpachah and cheverim! You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

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

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.