Tag: Obedience

What Happened At Meribah?

The Torah Parashah Chukat, includes the Instructions for the Red Heifer/Parah Adumah, The death of Miriam and Aaron, War with the Canaanites, The Copper Snake/ Nechash Nechoshet, and the Wars of Sihon and Og.

But what happened at Meribah?

While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, according to tradition there were 3 miracles that regularly occurred:

First, Water from the well of Miriam – A rock that followed the camp of Israel during their wanderings that miraculously provided water fro the people.

Secondly, Clouds of Glory for protection – The Pillar of Cloud by day and Fire by night which protected the people from both predators at night and the heat of the sun by day.

And third, Manna from heaven – Heavenly food supplied every day and enough on day 6 so they need not gather any on the Sabbath.

The story in Numbers Chapter 20 recounts how the people complained because they had no water, but why, up until that time they had an adequate supply? Hebrew literature commenting on this passage says that the people did not mourn or grieve properly when Miriam died on Nisan 10 and was buried; and because of this Adonai caused the well of Miriam to dry up. Water was essential to them staying alive, so the Israelites quickly gathered to complain to Moses and Aaron about this crisis speaking words of death.

Moses and Aaron took the need to the Lord in prayer they went into the Mishkan and waited for instruction. The Lord told Moses to take his staff, which was a sign of authority, and to speak to the rock (of Miriam?) to release its water. Moses was told to speak words that would bring them life and faith to counteract the negative words of death and fear.

“Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” Numbers 20:8

There are possible reasons why Moses and Aaron were forbidden to enter the promised land, and this incident may offer some answers.

Whether it was spontaneous or premeditated, that we don’t know. Moses may have been frustrated and angry with the rebellious complaining Israelites and although he did fulfill the directions, it was not accurately performed; and here we must note that the end did not justify the means.

Did Moses not believe he could get water from a rock by speaking to it, or did he think the Lords decision to not punish the people for their incessant complaining wasn’t the right one?

Some think it was the use of the pronoun ‘We’, which was the fateful mistake and that the Lords judgment was that Moses did not trust Him enough to ‘sanctify’ Him in the presence of all the people by making certain the people knew the provision was from and by the Lords power. Moses appeared to act under his own authority and it inferred that it was by Moses and Aarons own ability they brought forth water providing for the people. It is suggested by commentators that Moses arrogance was impossible to overlook because it was so public.

The obvious fact of course, is that Moses directly disobeyed the command of the Lord even after He had explicitly instructed them ‘to speak to’ the rock, he chose to ‘strike it’. Prophetically Moses had earlier struck the rock in order to provide water for the people in Ex. 17:5-7 and this was intended as a picture of Messiah Who would be stricken for us, Isaiah 53:4 and 1 Cor. 10:4. The second striking of the rock suggested that Messiah would need to be stricken a second time to provide for the needs of the people. John 7:37-39. We know of course this was not the case, the Rock that was once smitten for the people was now to be ‘spoken to’ as the Living Rock, 1 Cor 10:4. Moses gave them the wrong message, suggesting that the first striking had not been sufficient and that something more was required. The cost to both Moses and Aaron was severe, they paid for their disobedience with their lives and neither of them were allowed to enter the land of promise.

The lesson for us is just as serious, those who attempt to add to the work and instructions of the Lord by adding to His words and affecting His works by their own/self righteousness, will likewise be refused entry into the promised land; in our case the kingdom of the Heavens. Those people will hear the fateful words depart from Me I never knew you. Matthew 7:21-23.

Because the waters that came forth were produced through sin and striving, the place was named Meribah, which means contention. It was after this the camp moved to Mount Hor and there Aaron died.

Isn’t it true sometimes, that we rebel against the words of the Lords mouth, when we hear what He wants us to do but we don’t listen to how He tells us to do it? Moses amended the Fathers instructions and sometimes we do too.

The water was not the point, Adonai wanted Moses to obey Him by speaking words of compassion to the Rock, not rebuking the people out of his hardened heart. In his rebellion Moses still provided for the people but instead of setting aside his own beliefs and setting apart the Word of the Lord, he suffered the cost and needless loss of his own future inheritance.

Let Meribah be a caveat to all of us to Shema/Hear and Obey, to carefully and accurately follow the Lord directions and instructions and not go our own Way; remembering that Messiah is the Rock of our Salvation Who has been struck once for our sins; and from Him we receive the life giving waters that cleanse us from all unrighteousness….all we need to do is to speak to the Rock….

Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

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

Is There Any Connection Between Words, Bees And The Emmaus Road?

Dvarim, or Debarim in Hebrew: דְּבָרִים,

Dewārim, literally. ‘things’ or ‘words’.

Recall the letter for B and V are the same in Hebrew.

Strong’s Number H1697 matches the Hebrew דָּבָר dāḇār,

biblehub.com › strongs › hebrew

From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause — act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book.

1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on that side of the Jordan in the desert, in the plain opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tofel and Lavan and Hazeroth.

Known as Deuteronomy, a Greek word that means “repetition of the Torah,”

derived from the Hebrew phrase:

מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה, mishneh haTorah.

Deut. 17:18.

Devarim is also called “Mishne Torah” literally translated as the “repetition of the Torah.” Although there are 199 new commandments, (Mitzvos) counted in Devarim. 

The message embedded in Devarim/words is that together we must build a society that values justice, compassion, and mutual responsibility.

I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose thou life.

Deut. 30:19

Devorim/deborim (shortened) dborah/dvorah, {deb-o-raw’}; from dabar (in the sense of orderly motion);

the bee (from its systematic instincts) — bee.

BEES 1682

deborah: a bee

Original Word: דְּבוֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: deborah
Phonetic Spelling: (deb-o-raw’)
Definition: a bee

Word Origin  from dabar
Definition. a bee
NASB Translation
bee (1), bees (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

דְּברָה noun feminine bee (compare Arabic , swarm of bees, Aramaic דַּבַּרְתָּא, Syriac ) Isaiah 7:18; plural דְּבֹרִים Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalm 118:12. Read also דְּבֹר its bees 1 Samuel 14:26.

had·də·ḇō·rîm;

הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים

Deut. 1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as BEES do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Ps 118:12 They swarmed around me like BEES; They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

They surrounded me like BEES they were extinguished like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.

Judges 14:5 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of BEES and honey in the carcase of the lion.

You have The devarim/words of Life.

John 6:60-71 Peter replied, “Master, to whom would we go?

You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

Why are the words/the devarim, important to us today?

Many say that since Messiah Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yeshua HaMashich has come, that we are under the new covenant (re-newed) and under grace; and don’t need the old Testament, the TaNaKH which includes the Torah.

The Torah/Towrah comprises the first 5 books or scrolls of Moses Moshe. Which in Hebrew is Devarim meaning Words. So named for the first words in verse 1. These are the words which Moses spoke.

This was Moses final speech before his death, literally thirty-seven days before his passing and the last volume of the Chumash, the final will of Moshe to the children of Israel before entering the promised land. He reiterated the conditions of the covenant and the instructions/directions, (that we call law), of Towrah/Torah, which is sometimes called the second law, or second giving of the law. This belief comes from the Greek name for the last of the 5 we know as Deuteronomy. Chumash is the English spelling of the Hebrew word for the number 5.

The most important thing to remember is that these 5 books are the very foundation of everything written in the Word of our Creator. Everything that is said anywhere in the Bible has its’ foundation in these 5 books. Please remember when Messiah came, the brit chadashah/the new testament had not been written, all they had were the TaNaKh scrolls; The Torah, Prophets and Writings. If we do not take the time to read, study and understand them, we will not have the true foundation upon which Messiah built. He came to reveal Himself as the Redeemer and fulfill every prophetic word about Himself. He also came to bring correct teaching and application of Torah, and to separate out the laws, commandments and rules; which had been added over the centuries by the Pharisees and Scribes these were not in the original words given to Moses for the children of Israel.

Messiah is revealed in the writings of Moses and He said so in John 5:46. For had you believed Moses you would have believed Me for he wrote of Me.

A study of the Torah reveals the things that Messiah would do when He came in the first century, and what He will do when He returns.

Eccl. 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is. 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,

Luke 24:13-32

The disciples and many other people at that time knew the scriptures and even committed large portions to memory.

They had been taught them from childhood. However they as most people today look at them as history of the great men of God. Jesus/Yeshua opened their understanding on the road to Emmaus; proving that these stories were not just about Him but they were also prophecy about Him and all that would ever happen in the kingdom. The disciples began to understand the Scriptures when He revealed this secret to them that day. We must look at our Heavenly Fathers Word through a Hebraic mind in order to see what is hidden in plain sight.

 

Luke 24:13 – 32

 And, behold, two of them went* that same day to a village called* Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs. And they talked together* of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and has tnot known the things which are come to pass there* in these days? And he said unto them, What things?  And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.  Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe* all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy) and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished* out of their sight. And they said one to another*, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Jots and Titles are places in Scripture where spaces are in the middle of a sentence, or dots are placed above certain letters, or some letters are written backwards. These unusual happenings are a hint of a deeper truth. The sages and others have commented about what this means, or why this was written in this way. None of these anomalies are shown in English Bibles, it is only obvious in the text written in the Hebrew language.

These jots and titles are noted and spoken all by Messiah in Matthew 5:17–19. “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.  Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Thematic analysis is a method of study that compares Scriptures dealing with the same themes, this method of analysis can reveal hidden truths that cannot found in any other way. They also cannot contradict the meaning of any passage, but can show a deeper meaning that is not evident from either passage. The Creator has placed these seemingly unrelated stories throughout Scripture in such a way that the enemy has not understood His plan, and was unable to see the truth hidden in plain view.

Isaiah 44:18 understanding is not given to all.

and read

Matthew 13:14

Luke 8:10.

There are many numbers of stories that can be compared using this analysis. We are even told by Messiah of two familiar stories in Genesis that are connected. Most of us have read His words on this subject and have not realized what He was telling us. To compare two stories, list events of one story and compare or contrast similar events in the other one. These comparisons will help us to see with greater understanding the subject in question including the return of Messiah.

Luke 17:26–30 days of Noah and Lot.

26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 “just as It was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

For more click on link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/days-of-noah-vs-lot-today/

This book of the Torah is often called the second giving of the law.

The word Belief comes from the Greek name for this book, however the Hebrew name means words or things.

All the words all the Torah and all the words of the Bible are our Heavenly Fathers’ words/devarim, or inspired by Him. They are the words that He wanted us to receive and live by. Moses had lived in a close relationship to Him for more than 40 years, no other person has conversed with the Heavenly Father on such an intimate level for this length of time.

This whole of Deuteronomy took place in the last five weeks of the life of Moses. The sages believe that Moses began his teaching on the first day of the month of shevat and he died on the seventh of the month of adar. This is the last few weeks that the children of Israel were to stay in the wilderness. The 40 years was soon to be over at they’ve would be able to go into the land.

Moses was giving them instructions that they needed to have for this new life. They would conquer the land and then they would no longer move as a nation but would settle in cities and farm lands.

They would no longer be fed manna and they would no longer be able to see the pillar of fire and smoke/cloud of Gods presence. They would no longer have Moses to intercede for them. They would have to understand the will of God for themselves and live by His directions and instructions, His Torah.

Deuteronomy 5:2–3 God made a covenant with us at Horeb, he did not make this covenant with all this but with us even us are all of us here alive this day.

Related scripture: Hebrews 9:11-15

This is saying that the re-newed covenant was ratified by the blood of Messiah, not by the blood of bulls and goats, or the ashes of the red heifer, as the first covenant was.

Just as the ashes of the red heifer were mixed with water to be used to purify the unclean before acceptance by the Father, so the red blood of Messiah was poured out along with water when He was pierced with the Roman spear.

The new covenant was ratified with the blood of Messiah when He died on the tree, but the stipulations of the new covenant were given by Moses in the book of Deuteronomy. We know that God does not do anything that has not already revealed through his prophets. Amos 3:7

The first covenant was in Horeb. Deuteronomy 5:1-3. And It was the only scroll that was to be placed beside the Ark of the covenant Deuteronomy 31:25–26. Isaiah 46:9-10 declaring the end from the beginning. From this we can see that the new covenant may well be referred to in this book.

Many scholars today have come to the understanding that all scripture was originally written in Hebrew and translated into other languages including Greek. For the most part we no longer have the Hebrew text of the New Testament, but we have many references to them from the early church leaders. We have copies of Matthew in Hebrew from the middle ages, this text is referred to as the Shem Tov text. Other books in the New Testament indicate that they were originally written in Hebrew by the sentence structure. Only in Hebrew is it correct to start a sentence with the word and. This is considered poor Greek and English grammar, or in any other language; but this is good Hebrew. We also know that many Hebrew idioms are used in the New Testament as well as word plays, where two words sound similar but have different meaning. These word plays and idioms do not make sense in other languages.

We have a looked at some of these in previous posts example Matthew 6:2–4 sounding the trumpet Link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sounding-the-trumpet/

Here is another Scripture Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through messiah which strengthens me.

We’ve heard this this verse quoted to encourage us to try to do things that seem to difficult. However it does it really mean we can do everything, probably not, not everyone can do heart surgery or bio engineering, to understand what it really means we have to look at the Greek word that was translated as all things.

Strong’s Number G3956

pas

meaning: all, any, every, whole, always, whatsoever.

This doesn’t help since it can only mean that we who are in Christ have the ability to do anything.

We know from Paul’s letter 1Corinthians 12:4 – 12 that we don’t all have the same abilities. Our heavenly father has given as different abilities just like we have different members of the body of Christ. Each person has a specialized function. Just as a natural body the eyes cannot hear and the ears cannot taste.

Reading 1 Corinthians 12:4-12 if we look at the Hebrew word that would have been translated as things we get the word devarim. Devarim means:

things, or words, or matters, and as noted earlier bees.

This is the Hebrew name of the book of Deuteronomy. The Hebrew names of books or groups of scriptures are usually taken from a word in the first sentence of that book. They don’t make up names for the books like we do in English. Looking at this we may have an understanding connected to the new covenant. Philippians 4:13

I can do all devarim the book of Deuteronomy and the new covenant through the Messiah who strengthens me. This doesn’t make a lot more sense. Messiah did not call us all to be able to do everything that anyone else can do, but didn’t He call us to keep the words or things of the new covenant.? Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”John 14:21

We also know that we can only keep these commands if we love Him and He enables us to overcome our sinful nature. Could this be a confirmation that the book of Deuteronomy or devarim/deborim is pointing to the new covenant? This book agrees completely with the teaching of the Messiah. Did He say anything about obeying the new covenant by keeping this book of devarim after He died on the cross? Matthew 24:32 – 34

One book of the New Testament that we have in Hebrew is the shem tov.

The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew page 122/123 the translation of verse 34 given by George Howard in his Book Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Reads: truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things shall be done.

= understanding of these things or understanding of these devarim/words, or possibly all the blessing and the curses in Deuteronomy be fulfilled.

Remember the book of devarim was to be placed beside the Ark of the covenant as a witness against us, that all the blessings and the curses would come upon us as it is written in this book and that in the last days we would then understand.

The letter on the right, hey, is selected, which would be translated into the word, the. This would translate the whole word as

The devarims.

Daw vaw’ eem = words, things, bees, matters and

name of the book of Deuteronomy.

There is one more place where this word being used as a reference is in the book of Matthew 28:19 – 20.

(Page 150/151 in the pdf.)

Verse 20: teaching them to observe all things (devarim).

The shem tov/shem tob copy reads like this:  

all the things or all the words or all Deuteronomy.

These references seem to confirm that the book of devarim is the new covenant. Let the reader decide. We know He does nothing unless he first tells his servants the prophets.

For those who want to do further study the link below is to a free copy of the Hebrew gospel of Matthew:

https://archive.org/details/Hebrew.Gospel.of.MatthewEvenBohanIbn.ShaprutHoward.1987

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The play on words in Deuteronomy 1:44-46 the Amorites overpowered Israel because God was not with them. People changed their mind about going into battle after God had told them they would die in the wilderness. Moses told them not to fight but they continued to rebel by going to war and were defeated in battle. We must obey God when He tells us what to do. Timing is directly connected to obedience. If we are told do something and we say no, we will do it tomorrow then we are being rebellious and disobedient. This is illustrated by Messiah in the parable of the 2 sons in Matthew 21

Why do we think we can get away with this with our Heavenly Father?

Deuteronomy 1:44–46

Pursued you as the bees would do…

Remember the word for bees is the same word as the name of this book Torah, devarim = words, things and bees.

This book of the Torah is meant to bring blessings and abundant life, and it will IF we obey our Heavenly Father in keeping His Commandments.

If we obey, then blessings will pursue us and overtake us like the sweetness of honey made by the bees.

Honey is taken from the hive by beekeepers covered in a white beekeepers suit/garment like being covered by the righteousness of our creator; and using smoke which calms the bees, like smoke of the incense in the temple which represents the prayers of the Saints. But if we do not obey our heavenly Father these words/devarim of the curse will pursue us like bees. Israel had disobeyed the Lord by complaining and not taking the land and then tried to take it when they were told of their punishment.

The words of the curse in the form of the Amorites pursued them like bees. Bees attack those come against their hive without the proper covering, and they follow after invaders with fury for a short distance before they return back to their hive. This is exactly what the Amorites did to the disobedient of Israel.

Do we have the proper covering?

Are we washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are we wearing our robe of white/righteousness?

We choose whether our life will be blessed or cursed.

There may not be bees/devarim chasing us and buzzing around our heads, however the words/devarim, of eternal life are as sweet as the honey the bees/devarim produce. And as we walk our Emmaus road with Messiah, He will reveal Himself to us from all the devarim/words in the scriptures including Deuteronomy/Devarim; which will bring life, hope and joy as our eyes are opened to His Truth.

So it would seem there is some connection between words, bees and the Emmaus Road in the Hebrew word devarim.

Devarim/Deuteronomy 30:15 – 19.

And In the end of days we will obey and he will bring us back to the land of Israel.

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Deliverer 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.

Not sure ..you can be…

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.

GO, GO, GO, GO, GO…

There are many things

that Messiah commands us to

GO and DO.

GO

in Hebrew is

halak: to go, come, walk

Strongs #1980

Original Word: הָלַךְ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: halak
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-lak’)
Definition: to go, come, walk

Genesis 12:1 
HEB: אֶל־ אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־ לְךָ֛ מֵאַרְצְךָ֥
NAS: to Abram, Go forth from your country,
INT: to Abram Go your country your relatives

Brown-Driver-Briggs

הָלַךְ1545  verb go, come, walk (MI ואהלך, לך; SI וילכו; Late Hebrew הִלֵּךְ (rare), Aramaic הֲלַךְ, הַךְ (also Biblical Aramaic), 

Strong’s Hebrew: 4109. מַהֲלָך

(mahalak) — a walk, journey …

From halak; a walk,

i.e. A passage or a distance — journey, walk

  verb: go, 

1545

  הָלַךְ

Similar to

shema  שָׁמַע  šāmaʿ

which means:

hear and obey, listen and do.

8085 Strong’s Hebrew: 8085.

שָׁמַע (shema/shama) — to hear

In ancient Hebrew,

there is no separate word for 

obey,

which has the meaning of:

to carry out the wishes of

someone who knows better than you

or is an authority over you;

the word shema describes hearing and also its effects – taking heed, being obedient, doing what is asked.

These are all action words.

The same word for Go is the same word used as for

walk as in:

the walk, the journey through life of faith and obedience as a follower/disciple of our Heavenly Father and His Messiah; walking through life with a divinely inspired purpose.

Close in meaning to the word halakah, also spelled halakhah.

Isaiah 30:21: “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.”

It comes from the root word halak and has a feminine ending, with the idea of nurturing, loving and caring.

It literally means:

the way to walk or the way to behave.

Many rabbis often referred to it as the law/instruction. This is because it is believed to be derived from an old Akkadian word

iku, which means; a property tax

and the Aramaic halak, where it means: an obligation.

We are to understand that this is more than taking a casual stroll, it’s speaking of the way in which we are obligated to live our lives. This is a reason the Jews have adopted this word halak and now associate it with the Torah and the 613 commandments; because it’s in the Torah/instruction, that we are taught the godly way to live.

One example is in Matthew 5:41 

and another is

Matthew 28:10

But possibly the one we are most familiar with is the

GO and make disciples of all nations…

Matthew 28:19

however there are other times Messiah said GO.

These were all spoken to His disciples and if we are also His disciples/talmidim then these GO’s are also for us.

There is the GO of Reconciliation. If you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you…It’s not saying if we are to search and find something because of our unbalanced sensitivity, but rather if you remember …in other words if something is brought to our conscious mind by the Spirit of our Heavenly Father in us. First GO, be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift.

Matthew 5:23,24

 We are not ever to raise an objection to the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit of our Heavenly Father in us when He is instructing us concerning a situation because He will point out that which needs our attention, right down to the smallest detail.

First be reconciled to your brother/sister. Our Lords directive is simple First be reconciled… He says in effect GO back the way you came- the way indicated to us by the conviction given to us at the altar. We are to have an attitude in our mind and soul toward the person who has something against us, that makes reconciliation as natural as breathing. Jesus/Yeshua does not mention the other person. He says for us to GO. It’s not a matter of our rights. The true mark of His children is that they can waive their own rights and obey the Lord.

And then come and offer your gift. The process of reconciliation is clearly marked. First we have the reaction of self sacrifice followed by a sudden restraint as we are stopped at the point of our conviction by the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit.

Then this is followed by obedience to the Word of God which builds an attitude, or state of mind, that places no blame on the one with whom we have been in the wrong; and finally there is the simple unhindered offering of our gift to the Father. We are to be reconciled to our brothers and sister in Messiah as well as to our Heavenly Father which is an essential part of the Gospel we are to share with the world.

Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[ a]The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling[ b] the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Cor.  5:11-20

The GO of Renunciation:

Someone said to him lord I will follow you wherever you go.

Our Lords’ attitude toward this man was one of severe discouragement, for He knew what was in man. John 2:25

We would have possibly thought or even said, I can’t understand why you missed the opportunity of winning that man by being so cold to him and turning him away so discouraged.

We must never apologize for the Lord, or question why He deals with individuals the way He does. The words of our Lord sometimes hurt and offend, until there is nothing left to be hurt or offended. Doesn’t this fly in the face of popular images of ‘gentle Jesus meek and mlld’, Who is all loving and forgiving?

We need to understand this ‘God kind of love’; Messiah had no tenderness whatsoever toward anything that was ultimately going to ruin a person in his service to God, or cause them to ultimately lose their souls. Messiah’s answers were not based on some whim or impulsive thought, but on the knowledge of what was in man. Words are cheap, people can say all manner of offers, promises and even quote copious amounts of scripture, sounding very spiritual, however the Lord looks at the heart, the inward person. He knows each one of us, intimately. No one fools Him.

If the Holy Spirit of our Heavenly Father brings to our minds a word of the Lord that hurts us, we can be sure that there is something in us that He wants to hurt to the point of its’ death! It’s part of the process of crucifying that ugly flesh, our carnal old man.

Luke 9:57,58 These words destroy the argument of serving Messiah Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach because it is a pleasant, lovely and easy thing to do! It is not and we need to stop telling new converts that all their problems will now vanish because it is not the truth. The strictness of the rejection that He demands of us, allows for nothing to remain in our lives but Him, our Savior and Lord, ourselves, and a sense of the desperate need for forgiveness, reconciliation and eternal unity with Him.

He says that we must let everyone else come and go, and that we must be guided solely by our relationship to Him and He says the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. He wanted and needed nothing that this world offers, He was not putting down roots or building a life here but simply passing through; and it would help us greatly to remember, that the same is true for us.

Luke 9:59. This man did not want to disappoint Jesus/Yeshua, nor did he want to show a lack of respect for his natural earthly father. Many times we put our sense of loyalty to our relatives ahead of our loyalty to Messiah Jesus Christ/Yeshua Ha Mashiach, forcing Him to take last place. When our loyalties conflict, we should always obey Jesus/Yeshua whatever the cost. This is not what people want to hear but anything else is self-centered and rooted in what we want and prefer for our lives. We compromise and choose which parts of His Gospel we like and leave what is not convenient. He sees and knows….

Luke 9:61. the person who says

Lord I will follow you but….

This individual Is the one who is intensely ready to GO, but never goes and this man in the story had reservations about going. The exacting call of Messiah has no room for goodbyes; goodbyes as we often use them are ‘pagan’ not ‘Christian,’ because they divert us from the call. Once the call of God to GO for Him comes to us, start GO-ing and never stop.

The GO of Unconditional Identification.

Mark 10:21 Jesus said to him one thing you lack go your way sell whatever you have and give to the poor and come, take up the cross and follow me.

The rich young ruler had the controlling passion to be perfect. When he saw Messiah he wanted to be like him. Messiah never places anyone’s personal holiness above everything else when He calls a disciple. Jesus/Yeshua’s primary consideration is our absolute annihilation of our right to ourselves; and our identification with Him. Which means having a relationship separate with Him in which there are no other relationships.

Luke 14:26 has little if anything to do with salvation or sanctification. But rather deals solely with unconditional identification with Messiah Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ. Very few of us truly know what is meant by the absolute GO of unconditional identification with, complete abandonment and total surrender to Jesus/Yeshua.

Then Jesus looking at him loved him. Mark 10:21.

This look of Jesus/Yeshua will require breaking our hearts away forever from allegiance to any other person or thing.

Has Yeshua/Jesus ever looked this way at you?

This look of Messiah’s transforms, penetrates, and captivates. Where we are soft and pliable with Him is where He has looked at us. If we are hard and vindictive, insisting on having our own way always certain that the other person is more likely to be in the wrong than we are, then there are whole areas of our nature that have never been transformed by His gaze.

One thing you lack, from Messiah’s perspective oneness with Him with nothing in between is the only good thing.

Sell what ever you have.. We must humble ourselves until we are merely a living person. He is not saying we can’t have things, just that the things/possessions don’t have us! We must essentially renounce possessions of all kinds, that is, that our trust is not in them. This renunciation is not required for salvation, but it is to follow Jesus/Yeshua, because only one thing saves a person and that is absolute reliance in faith upon Messiah Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach and His shed blood. 

Come and follow me…

and the narrow way is the way He went.

GO into all the world and preach the gospel. The gospel of His Kingdom, the Kingdom of the Heavens, not an earthly kingdom. It’s the gospel of Shalom/Peace, of reconciliation. It is good news to all who hear it because following repentance of our sins, it offers forgiveness of those sins and restoration into relationship with our Heavenly Father. It’s the offer of eternal life, of being born again from above by the Holy Spirit of the living Creator God of the universe. It is the fulfillment of prophecy that Messiah has come to be the perfect sacrifice. He is the propitiation for our sin. The One Who came to take our place and that His blood covered our sins once for all time. He has paid the price for our salvation, deliverance and new life in Him. The life we now live by faith in the Son of God.

Obedience is the twin of GO, it’s the spiritual rule to follow if we truly want to acquire spiritual understanding, and if we desire knowledge and insight into Messiahs teachings we can only obtain it through obedience. Intellectual curiosity is the guide for those who want scientific knowledge.

If spiritual things seem dark and hidden to us, then we can consider ourselves advised that there is a point of disobedience somewhere in our lives. Intellectual darkness is the result of ignorance, however spiritual darkness is the result of something that we don’t intend to obey; thinking in our hearts that He will understand, like we somehow get a special pass in that area.

No one ever receives a word from our Heavenly Father without immediately being put to the test concerning it. We disobey and then wonder why we’re not growing spiritually. As Yeshua/Jesus said and already noted previously in Matt. 5:23-24 if you bring your gift……First GO…

Isn’t He really telling us to not say another word to Him until we are first being obedient by making things right? Messiah’s teachings always hit us right where we are, straight to the point. We cannot stand in front of Him for even a second if we are in any way false. He always gives us instructions down to the very last detail. The Spirit of our Heavenly Father reveals our spirit of self-vindication, together with our defensive excuses and makes us sensitively aware of things that we have never even thought of previously.

When Messiah makes a very serious indication to us through His Word of something we need to address, we must not try to avoid it because if we do, we’ll become a religious phony.

We will know why we are not growing spiritually when we examine the things we tend to simply shrug our shoulders about, because it is usually where we have refused to be obedient; and obedience is the golden key to spiritual maturity.

Just as Messiah said, first Go, for each of us, even at the risk of being thought of as fanatical, we must obey what He tells us.

If we have ever heard Him say to us

GO

Why are we hesitating?

Why are we ignoring His command?

Why are we making. excuses?

Let’s GO and DO

whatever it is that He is asking of us.

All He is looking for are those with

willing, obedient, servant hearts.

He is the power in us to fulfill what we need to

GO!

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Deliverer 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.

Not sure ..you can be…

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.

How To Answer Our Heavenly Fathers Call

Hineni – Here I am

Two little Hebrew words: ‘hineh’ and ‘ani’,

meaning “here” and “I”

that say everything.

“Here I am — Hineni,”  

said Abraham, Moses,

and the many prophets of God

who answered in response to Him calling their name.

Hineni — הִנֵּֽנִי

pronounced: hee-NAY-nee

Hineni is not like the modern Hebrew word po,

which means present or 

here, in the sense of taking a classroom attendance.

Hineni by itself is often translated as Behold!  

It tells people an important announcement is at hand.

Behold was a way to say “Look… look what I’m pointing at”.

The initial use of hineni in the Bible, was part of God’s first words to Adam:

Genesis 1:27-31” Then God said, “Behold [Look!: Hinneh], I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. God saw all that He had made, and behold [w-hinneh], it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

God was saying,

Hinneh! Look! Look what I’m pointing at…

All this, I made for you.

This fellowship and closeness enjoyed by them was changed after they disobeyed by eating from the tree God commanded them not to and Adam knew it!  However, God called out to him not because He didn’t know where he was in the garden, but to re-unite and restore the broken fellowship with him after his disobedience.

Our Heavenly Father was providing Adam the opportunity to confess and repent. He was asking Adam to communicate and talk with his Creator and return to the close intimate relationship. and at the same time, He was giving Adam the chance to be accountable for his actions.

Adam’s initial reaction was flight and to hide, and avoid God’s question with a non-answer:

“I heard you, I was afraid, and I hid.” Genesis 3:10.

Adam did not respond with, “Hineni” — “Here I am”.

  Later in Genesis 22. we read of a very different interaction.

Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Hineni! (Here I am)”. 

Genesis 22:1, NLT.

With the Hebrew word ani, it proclaims,  

“I’m at Your service, Lord!”

it is a way of expressing

total readiness to give oneself –

it’s an offer of total availability.

Interestingly, this is not a one-sided announcement, because our Heavenly Father also says to us,  “Hineini.”

“Then you will call,

and the LORD will answer;

you will cry for help, and He will say: 

Here am I.” 

Isaiah 58:9

In Genesis 22:11 we read about Abraham / Avraham:

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham:

and he said, Here am I.

God calls out, “Abraham”  and without knowing what the Lord would ask of him,  he answers,  “Hineni.”  Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 

Abraham replies without hesitation, despite not knowing what will come next or what God is about to ask of him.

By answering ‘hineni’, Abraham declares

his readiness and his faith.

His faith is proven as he proceeds with the request God has just made of him; to take his only son, the one he waited so many years for, and offer him as a sacrifice.

When Abraham finds out that God wants him to prepare his beloved son Isaac as a sacrifice, he obeys.  As he places the wood on his son and they proceed to the place of the offering on Mount Moriah, Isaac calls out, “Father?”

Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son” [hineni beni]. And he said, “Behold [Look: hinneh], the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

Wanting to be present for his son’s needs as well as for God’s, Abraham again answers, “Hineini.”  Genesis 22:7.

Then, one last time, as Abraham lifts the knife and readies himself to slaughter his son, the majestic Malach YHVH (Angel of God), calls out to him from Heaven:  “Abraham, Abraham.”

He answers, “Hineni,”  as God mercifully shows him the ram that will take Isaac’s place  (Genesis 22:11).

These prophetic words, “God will provide Himself the lamb” was a beautiful foreshadowing of YHWH’s plan for the Messiah and Abraham illustrates God’s sincere desire as our Father in Heaven to restore our broken relationship with Him through the great cost of His only Son Yeshua. God shows us His future Messianic redemptive plan when He calls Abraham to do the unthinkable — sacrifice his son,  Isaac — a picture of how God would sacrifice Himself as His own son, Yeshua /Jesus.

Abraham also illustrates how God makes Himself available to us while longing to hear us say, Hineini

Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold [w-hinneh], behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son. Abraham called the name of that place YHWH Will Provide [YHWH Yir’eh], as it is said to this day, “In the mount of YHWH it will be provided.”

HERE I AM/Behold: Hineni.

(Strong’s 2009)

Root: הִנֵּה

As previously noted, Hineni” (hee-neh-nee) is a Hebrew phrase comprised of two short words:

‘hineh’ and ‘ani’, meaning “here” and “I”.

More literally, “hineh” is translated as

“behold” (certainly, surely),

which is a much stronger word than simply “here”.

When the two words are put together, ‘hineni’ becomes more than just sharing your geographical location. It is a powerful declaration – one that can be made to our Heavenly Father, and one that He can make to us

With reference to the past or present, it points generally to some truth either newly asserted, or newly recognized. Genesis 1:29, 17:20, 27:6, 1 Samuel 14:33. With reference to the future, it serves to introduce a serious or important declaration. Exodus 32:34, 34:40, Isaiah 7:14, according to the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon.

Hinneh can be found over 800 times in the Old Testament, but there are a few times it is “Behold, I”, and has often been translated as “Here I am”, from the Hebrew words hineni and hin’ni; often being a response used when an authority figure called someone, e.g. Jacob speaking to his son, Joseph:

Genesis 37:12-14a

Then his [Joseph’s] brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem. Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he [Joseph] said to him, “Here I am” [Hineni]. Then he [Jacob] said to him, “Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.”…

Genesis 31:11 and 36:2.

Jacob/Yaakov, whose name was changed to Israel, was told to  travel, first back to his homeland in Canaan, and then to Egypt. This was to set plans in motion for the Hebrew nation to be strengthened in captivity.

In Genesis 31:11, 13

“Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’ [Hineni]… [The angel of God said] ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”

The first time Jacob’s name was called one one time, the second ooccasion God called on him, Jacob’s name was said twice:

Genesis 46:2-3

God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am” [Hineni]. He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.”

Jacob was essentially saying, 

“Look! I am here, and I’m willing to go wherever you lead me.”

In Exodus 3:4 we read of Moses/Moshe.

Moses was and caring for his father-in-laws sheep, when suddenly he notices the strange bush that is on fire but was not consumed.

When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush,

“Moses! Moses!”. And Moses said,

“Here I am.”.

Sometimes written as hin·nê·nî as seen above. Strongs 2009.

God reveals His name as “I AM WHO I AM” to Moses at the burning bush and commands him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

Moses’ response of ‘hineni’ showed that he was ready to hear and obey, again, not knowing what was about to be asked of him. God tells Moses how He has seen the afflictions of His people, heard their cries and that He knows their suffering. He intends to intervene, and He wants to use Moses in that intervention.

Without knowing all that it would entail, Moses’ response of ‘hineni’ becomes a turning point in his life for the next 40 years.

In 1Samuel 3:4 we read the experience that Samuel/Shmuel had when God called him.

That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.  

The young boy Samuel, was lying down most likely he was asleep, in the temple of the Lord, not far from the place called the Holy of Holies or Most Holy Place.

One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down Samuel is actually asleep when God calls to him.

From this example of Samuel replying ‘hineni’, since initially he does not know it is the Lord. Samuel thinks it is Eli calling his name. This demonstrates that ‘here I am’ can also be used within the context of a family, indicating readiness to pay attention or follow instructions.

‘Hineni’ can be a child communicating their willingness to submit to their parents’ requests. It’s even been compared to a type of military responsiveness, as if the person uttering ‘hineni’ is saying, “at your service”.

In 1 Samuel 3:1, we find Samuel as a boy, ministering to the Lord, which is already indicating that even as a child, Samuel had a heart inclined towards God’s ways.

When God calls out to Samuel, Samuel runs to Eli, thinking he was the one who called his name.; this happens three times and each time Samuel’s answer is ‘hineni’.

Samuel’s call from God was to announce the downfall of the priests of Eli’s line, and this allowed Samuel to become the prophet-priest needed to anoint the earliest kings of Israel.

Samuel would be instrumental in David’s rise as king and ancestor of the Messiah. He was Hannah’s son, the barren woman who prayed for a son, and God granted her request. In thankfulness to the Lord she dedicated Samuel to Him and after she had weaned him, she brought him to the priest Eli, 

Samuel’s life was dedicated to being in the presence of God. Perhaps, no surprise that one of the most intense “here I am” stories came from a very young Samuel, before he even understood who the Lord was:

1 Samuel 3:4-16

YHWH called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am” [Hineni].  Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am [hin’ni], for you called me.” But he [Eli] said, “I did not call, lie down again.” So he went and lay down.

YHWH called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am [hin’ni], for you called me.” But he answered, “I did not call, my son, lie down again.”

Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, nor had the word of YHWH yet been revealed to him. So YHWH called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am [hin’ni], for you called me.”

Then Eli discerned that YHWH was calling the boy. And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, YHWH, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Then YHWH came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

YHWH said to Samuel, “Behold [Look: hinneh], I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them. Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of YHWH. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am” [Hineni].

Three times God called Samuel, but Samuel didn’t understand because He didn’t yet know the Lord God/YHWH, so he could only think that it was Eli calling him. However, he didn’t ignore the call, he responded immediately to the voice of authority he was used to hearing.

When Samuel learned to discern the voice of God, he was ready to listen and deliver God’s message. Samuel was afraid to share the news with Eli, his teacher and father-figure, but after he said, “Hineni, here I am”, he gathered the confidence and shared the terrible fate awaiting Eli’s family.

Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah Yesha yahu

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”.

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Isaiah is quick in his obedience. He gives a resounding “yes” to God’s call, before knowing what would follow.

This response by an individual is more than a basic acknowledgement of being in a physical location, the word “Hineni” has an all encompassing meaning by way of saying, I’m not only here, but I’m here spiritually, I’m all in. I’m prepared to consider my ways and who I really am, what’s important to me, and how I can be a blessing in the lives of others.”

Hineni’ is not only the response of God’s true and faithful servants, Ii’s also a statement God Himself makes to His children.

In Isaiah, there are three examples where the Lord promises His continual presence and provision; in chapter 52:6, 65:1, and in the following verse:

“Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I.”  (Isaiah 58:9)

Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” [hin’ni sh’lakheni]

In this instance, God didn’t call Isaiah by name, Isaiah volunteered, and without any hesitation. What was it that he was volunteering to do? Isaiah stood up to be God’s reflection on earth. According to Isaiah, here’s what would happen if you freed the oppressed, shared bread with the hungry, brought the homeless into your house, and clothed the naked:

Isaiah 58:8-9a

“Then your light will break out like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily spring forth; and your righteousness will go before you; the glory of YHWHwill be your rear guard. Then you will call, and YHWH will answer; you will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am’” [Hineni].

We were called to be image-bearers of our Heavenly Father and of Yeshua/Jesus. When we are truly a reflection He will will be able to look at us and and see Himself in us. He will be able to say “Hineni! Here I Am. I see Myself in You”. 

It’s time for us to volunteer like Isaiah did. It’s time for us to call out to our Heavenly Father saying ” Here I am. I’m ready to go and do. Send me!” When you call out to HIm, He will answer, saying, “Here I Am and I see you! You are in Me, and I Am in you”…Then He will give us instructions and directions.

Yeshua/Jesus, God in the flesh.  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  John 1:1;  He makes Himself available to us, always waiting for us to say, “Hineini.”

He calls to us during times when we have hidden ourselves from His presence.

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.  So be earnest and repent.  Here I am (Hineini!)

“I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person,  and they with me.”  Revelation 3:19–20.

Messiah promises to abide with us, if we allow Him in.

Only with His presence can we truly fulfill the call to be of service to our Heavenly Father.  For Messiah Yeshua/Jesus says,

Remain in me, as I also remain in you.  No branch can bear fruit by itself;  it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.” John 15:4.

Yeshua/Jesus lived out Hineini, always at the service of His Father, doing His will, and with His help, so can we.

“I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”  Psalm 40:8.

As with everything that He asks of us, Yeshua/Jesus has gone before us.  He knows what it is to live here in an earthly body and still be of service to the Father. But Yeshua/Jesus always did what pleased His Father and fulfilled the divine Hineini that was prophesied in Psalm 40:7-8:

“Then I said, ‘Here, I have come (Hineini); in the scroll of the book it is written of Me: I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.’”  Psalm 40:7–8.

We must ask ourselves what will I do?

Paul tells us “I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1.

And the Father gave up His Son, to restore our intimacy with Him.  In doing so, they have demonstrated the most profound Hineni of all time.

In that way, we fully live out Hineni in the eyes of our family and community in a way that truly pleases and glorifies Him.  And He will be fully available to us as well.

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen … to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. “Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I.”  Isaiah 58:6-9.

They all answered in the same way to Gods call saying

Hineni – Here I am.

When our Heavenly Father calls to us by name and asks

where are you?

It is not because He doesn’t know where you are physically, He is asking us do we know where we are spiritually  and in relationship to HIm; and if we are ready to reply saying Hineni!

What was the response of those we have looked at? In every example, It was the response of a servant: ‘hineni’.

We see ‘hineni’ appear at pivotal moments throughout Scripture. Moments when profound change is about to take place in the lives of those responding to God.

What makes ‘hineni’ such a powerful statement? It is an offer of complete availability, of total readiness to serve. When we say ‘hineni’, we make ourselves fully available to whatever it is God might ask of us. Even without knowing what that might be.

The answer of ‘hineni’ is one of faith.

The answer “hineni” means: “Here I am ready and waiting to do Your will. Here I am, a partner with You in the eternal covenant between You and our people. How can I fulfill my role more fully?”

Yet the word conveys so much more. To say “hineni” expresses a deep desire for a spiritual awakening, a moment, however fleeting, in which we feel close to the heart of the Father.

It indicates a receptive mind and an openness of soul. It declares a readiness to engage, to take part in the unfolding of Gods plan of the Ages.

One New Testament example is recorded in Acts 9:10-15

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord” [Greek: Idou ego, Kyrie]. And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.

Our Heavenly Father called out, by name, those He needed to fulfill His plans. Ananias quick response changed the course of Paul’s life, and he became the missionary to the gentiles.

In the Psalms we are assured that God is our ever-present help, and He delights to make Himself available to His children. By God saying ‘hineni’ to us, He is saying that He hears us, He sees us, and He knows us.

Are our hearts prepared to answer?

Are we ready to offer ourselves,

even without knowing what service He will ask of us?

Let our prayer today be that our hearts will answer without the slightest hesitation, and that we might make ourselves fully available to whatever our Heavenly Father asks of us; and that our faith would be added to in the process.

Song by Marty Goetz

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Deliverer 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.

Not sure ..you can be…

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.