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Yashab Marta!

Sit Down Marta!

מַרְתָּא לשבת

Luke 10:38-42

 Sit down: לשבת 

לשבת – to sit, to settle 

 verb: לְהַשְׁבִּית. sit down

Definition: to sit, remain, dwell

3427 yashab: to sit, remain, dwell

Original Word: יָשַׁב
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: yashab
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-shab’)
Definition: to sit, remain, dwell

Aramaic: מַרְתָּא – Martâ – Martha of Bethany.

In the Gospels of Luke and John, Martha,

(Aramaic: מַרְתָּא Martâ),

is described as living together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem; in Iudaea Province (modern-day Israel or West Bank).

Jesus/Yeshua answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 

Vayaan Yeshua vayomer eleha Marta Marta ayefa vigeah at me eenyanim rabim.

42 but ONE THING is needed/necessary.

and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

The name Martha comes from the verb: מרר ( marar ), meaning to be bitter.

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications’ Biblical Dictionary. מרר.

The verb מרר ( marar) means to be strong or bitter and can be used to describe tastes and smells, and hard or difficult situations.

Adjectives מר ( mar) and מרירי ( meriri) mean bitter.

The name Martha is also translated, in Hebrew, as mistress or myrrh, again coming from the verb מרר (marar), to be bitter or strong.

Martha also means “Lady Boss”, “Mistress”, or “Land Lady”.

From Aramaic מַרְתָּא (marta’) meaning “the lady, the mistress”, being a transliteration of the feminine form of מַר (mar) meaning master or Lord.

A royal lady; mistress; a name from the Bible Hebrew meaning: Bitter disappointment

Arabic meaning: Lady

American meaning: Sorrow

From the fact that the house into which Yeshua/Jesus was received belonged to Martha, and that she generally took the lead in action, it is inferred that she was older sibling.

There is a tendency to be a Marta in each of us….

When Jesus/Yeshua, repeated her name in this instance, in Hebrew/Aramaic it is a stern rebuke! Because she was anxious and troubled concerning many things…

Greek: Marian – translated Mary, also Miriam. Hebrew Marta, is translated into English as Martha.

מִרְיָם Miriam/Mary seated herself

at the feet of the Lord

she was listening to His teaching.

Mary is the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία ( María ), found in the New Testament. Both variants reflect Syro-Aramaic Maryam, itself a variant of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם or Miryam.

Marta was overburdened about so much serving, clearly at that moment, the Lord was more concerned about teaching than eating or drinking and it reminds us of His words in

John 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

AND in

Matt 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.

We are to be meat and drink to (someone)… meaning to be appealing and/or enjoyable to someone, meeting both spiritual and physical needs.

He was not against food or eating, He got hungry too and was concerned for the multitudes who followed Him being hungry. We read on several occasions He fed them by means of supernatural provision.

We are not just physical bodies, we are spirit beings. Spirit beings have life and that life needs to be sustained. It needs to grow and the Word of God is our food.

In those verses, Yeshua/Jesus uses a metaphor, or an analogy. He says in so many words: I’ve got something else here to eat, I don’t need that physical food at the moment.

The disciples don’t understand. Yeshua/Jesus continues, and now He says unto them in verse 35, talking about this work:

I’ve got to finish this work. Say not ye there are yet four months and then cometh harvest…?”

Again another analogy, He is not talking about harvesting wheat or grain,

you say there’s four months and then comes harvest.…behold I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

These are those for whom He was going to die and He says the same to us today:

Look all around you, where ever the Lord brings and leads us. The fields are white to harvest.

There are people that the Spirit of God/Ruach Hakodesh has been working on and God will bring them across our path so that we can share the gospel with them.

Look on the fields, they are white already to harvest.

There are a lot of people out there that are hungering and thirsting

and we remember in chapter 7 that Yeshua/Jesus said:

“If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink.”

Once more, He’s not talking about water. He said,

“And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together” John:3:36
We recall that Paul said, “I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase” (I Corinthians 3:6).

This is what Messiah is talking about. Galatians:5:22-23 reminds us that there is fruit in our own lives which needs to grow.

The fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, temperance, meekness.

It is so that our joy may be full: could this be the joy we will experience in heaven when someone approaches us and says:

I’m here because you gave me the gospel? You went out of your way, or you did this or you did that which brought me to salvation in Jesus/Yeshua. What you said and did opened my heart and my eyes; your example showed me the reality of Messiah living in you and that caused me to want what you had, it was a seed that was planted and later someone explained it further.

This is more likely what Messiah meant.

Returning to Marta:

Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked,

“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

In life indeed, we are so much preoccupied with a lot of activities that could sustain our lives and improve our living standards. We are so much concerned about what to eat, what to wear, what to buy what to own and the means to satisfy all these unlimited human wants.

Sitting at Jesus/Yeshua’s feet, signifies a readiness to receive His word, and our submission to the guidance and direction of that Word.

 It was the hearing of the word,

the Gospel of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach,

which Mary was occupied with; and which, ordinarily speaking, is necessary to knowing Jesus/Yeshua, and according to Rom. 10:14,17, salvation by Him, and to having faith in Him.

This is not the only needful thing;

nor does He say there is but one thing needful,

instead He says that there is one thing needful;

for there are other things that are also needful, and useful, such as meditation and prayer, and the Lord’s supper, and keeping all the Mitzvot/Commandments.

Here His meaning seems to be, that Mary

hearing the Word from His mouth,

and at His feet,

was the one necessary thing,

compared and in opposition to Martha’s many unnecessary things, about which she was cumbered:

and Mary hath chosen that good part;
or the good part, or portion;

Messiah who was, and is, the sum and substance of the Word

the good part, or portion;

She heard, and eternal life and salvation by Him,

His Way, Truth and LIfe.

In the Septuagint the same word used as here Ps.73:26 and Lam.3:24 where God Himself is said to be the portion of His people, and this is the portion that lasts for ever; and so also Jesus/Yeshua is our heavenly inheritance, eternal glory and true happiness, it is the saints’ portion so called in Col 1:12 the part, or portion of the inheritance with the saints in light.

The word answers to the Hebrew word, ; as it is said by the Rabbis,

“all Israel have, , “a part“, or “portion” in the world to come.”

In this scripture about Mary, all the middle eastern versions add the words,

for herself.

This choice she made, was not from the natural power of her own freewill, but as directed, influenced, and assisted by the Spirit and grace of God, and in consequence of God’s eternal choice of her unto salvation by Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach.

The part she chose is, that

which shall not be taken away from her;
This means it cannot be taken from her by men or any demonic means: faith which comes by hearing of the Word, and so with every other grace of the Spirit, is what can never be lost.

It is to be of great encouragement to us that as we continue steadfastly along the Way, our covenant with God, our belief in Yeshua/Jesus as our Savior, our readiness for eternal life through a repentant attitude of heart, cannot be taken away, nor can the believer ever be deprived of what was won at Calvary for us.

As we sit at His feet, we are to emulate the first half of

Psalms 46:10,

Be still and know that I am God!

It is a well known and often quoted verse used to encourage believers to be still and silent before the Lord.

While this interpretation promotes a healthy rest in His presence, it should also be understood as a command to wake up, and to stop striving, for we are to acknowledge our Heavenly Father 

for who He is,

and allow Him to do what only He can do, in and through our lives.

As God was addressing Israel in this Psalm, most likely during a time of war, He was not just telling them to be still or rest He was commanding them to stop fighting and open their eyes to who He is.

It is translated as, cease striving, in some translations.

Here we are reminded of Matthew 11:28

(click link below for more on the yoke)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-answer-is-in-the-yoke/

It’s easy to be fearful when things aren’t going well or when we are faced with challenges and conflict in our lives. In the midst of their struggle, however, God tells His people to wake up and recognize who’s on their side. 

In that light, the tone of this verse can be read:

stop striving, stop fighting,

and stop trying to do things on your own.

Stop stressing about the battle ahead and trust me.

Wake up! I am the Lord.

I AM

I AM

your refuge and your strength.

You have nothing to fear or worry about when

I AM

with you.

I will fight your battles and deal with your enemies.

So get out of my way.

Step back,

open your eyes,

and acknowledge who

I AM

and what I can do.

Let me be God.

Don’t try and do My job for Me.

Be patient, be still, and let Me go to work.

In the midst of conflict and lifes turmoil, sometimes we just need to open our eyes, step back, stop what we’re doing, and acknowledge who God is and what He can do. Doing so provides comfort in the chaos; and peace in the midst of struggle.

This is where we need to be like Mary and tell the Martha in us to

SIT DOWN and BE STILL!

Yashab Marta!

מַרְתָּא לשבת

We all have opportunities daily to be anxious and worried especially these days, we can feel overburdened, overwhelmed by situations and circumstances that cause stress and try to rob us of our faith and in so doing, steal our joy and in that, weaken us by wearing away at our strength.

Neh. 8:10

the enemy who is also …

He desires that our joy may be full that our strength may be full…

that is the enemy’s goal:

to wear out the saints. Daniel 7:25

From minor irritations, to full blown crises…things will constantly pull on our emotions, our flesh life, and try to steal our shalom, that peace that passes all understanding!

Sometimes, it’s hard to grab hold of the reality that all we see is temporary and will pass away.

Especially when there’s a situation that requires not only our full undivided attention but has to be fixed and solved immediately.

Yes we are to be doers of the Word, of course, however, there is also a time to come ye apart and rest awhile.

“And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.” – Mark 6:31 

Ecc. 3:1-11 tells us there’s a time for all things –

the wisdom is discerning the when and how of a matter.

Putting His Word 1st place..

sitting at the feet of Jesus/Yeshua.

Listening, learning, becoming His disciple

is not only paramount, it is critical to being His child, and becoming all that He has called us to be.

Let us not be so busy that we too get a stern rebuke like Martha! because she was not only anxious and overburdened but maybe seemingly a little resentful?

Choosing the better part so it would not be taken away from us is exactly what we need to do…

and this is how we are blessed..we saw last post, Luke 11:28 blessed are they who hear and observe to do the word of God.

The Greek word Fulasso means:

to guard, protect, and take care not violate.

A similar instruction was given in Gan Eden!

It is indicative of how we should treat His Word and Jesus/Yeshua is the Word made flesh, so we must listen to His words and keep His commands that’s how we show that we love Him.

Verse 42 ONE is a necessity – meaning:

one thing that has NO option.

Choice.

Although we have a choice its not really a choice at all.

Just as choose this day and choose life –

we have free will and must make that choice and He tells us which good part will not be taken from us.

Deuteronomy 30:9

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

SIT DOWN –

take the time to sit at His feet..

if we don’t have time

…then we are too busy.

And we are actually choosing to be overburdened with the cares of this life. (Mark 4)

BE STILL and know that I AM

Be still my soul

Be calm

Be at peace

Let His Shalom rule and reign in our hearts.

These storms that are raging, those waves that are washing over us – looking like we are about to be swamped and drown like the disciples felt in the boat… are not too big for Him to calm.

When Yeshua/Jesus speaks to calm the storm, in 4:39 Mark indicates that In response to the cry of his disciples, He addresses more than a meteorological force but a being/a spiritual entity behind it.

From phimos (a muzzle)

Definition: to muzzle, to put to silence. 

Strongs #5392 phimoó: to muzzle, to put to silence

Original Word: φιμόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: phimoó
Phonetic Spelling: (fee-mo’-o)
Definition: to muzzle, to put to silence
Usage: I muzzle, silence.

When He commands the sea,

Peace, be still!

the Greek phrase means:

be muzzled or gagged,

as though the storm were a maniac that had to be bound and restrained!?

We read that instantly:

“the wind died down and it was completely calm.”!!

Be muzzled!

He said

Be still!

We must invite Messiah into the midst of our storm,

into our boat, and see Him muzzle the root of that tempest and He may have us speak to it in His Name.

…in the scripture it is recorded that instantly they were at the other side, arriving supernaturally at their destination.

Safe on the shore of the lake.

He will take us to the other side of the storm

if

we will simply sit at His feet –

if

we will just invite Him into the situation –

It is all conditional according to His Word!

Be not faithless but believing…

All things are possible to those who believe..

why ?

because we are blessed.

Blessed is the one who has not seen yet believes…

that IS faith!

Be still and know that He is God..

and having filled up with His word,

be led forth with His peace.

Decide today – right now that..

 

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family and cheverim/friends!

Don’t leave this page…until you

Are sitting down

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

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Meanwhile let’s remember to stay alert and ready, be in prayer and in His Word for in an hour we think not He is coming… and…

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

Reality or Truth – Discerning The Difference

What we think or believe will not change the truth of a matter or situation.

Gods Word is truth and Jesus/Yeshua said He was the Truth so we must measure everything by His Word of Truth.

People’s opinions, thoughts and musings, (including those of mmm), must be held up to the Light of His Word of Truth or we will get off the path to eternal life for it is narrow.

No one has it all right and all of us have things we believe are true or not true as the case may be but that does not mean they are not real. We have a view of reality that is unique to us Jesus/Yeshua said in John 3:12

If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

We see the world around us as reality yet it will be destroyed one day and we look at the sky and believe what we see is real and it is yet Isaiah 34:4 and Revelation 6:14 both say it will be rolled up as a scroll.

The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Berean Study Bible. Revelation 6:14 

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. Isaiah 34:4

Other possible option?

Although not by any stretch a ‘christian’; the famous and enigmatic quote from A. C. Clarke, gives a clear description of what we may be subjected to in the future. 

Any sufficiently advanced technology appears as magic ONLY if you are not aware of its scientific foundations. TV would appear like magic to an educated individual from the 17th century – but not to any contemporary person with a high-school education level.

Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don’t understand it.

Jesus/Yeshua performed miracles because He was and is One with the Father. He was there at creation both Genesis 1 and

John 1:1-3 tell us ALL things were made by and through Him so He understood everything.

 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 

This is Absolutely NOT comparing Jesus/Yeshua’s miracles to technology or magic; only making a point that when we don’t understand how things work, we can be enthralled and taken in by seemingly miraculous events.

A mmm subscriber sent the following video and it is an example of what we may be seeing in the near future in the form of augmented reality. 

This is included as are the other links to help us discern that we are not to believe all that we see with our physical eyes.

We must learn to discern that which is of the TRUTH the spirit of the Living Creator. Things can appear very, very real and if we are not rooted and grounded in His Word and know Him and what He says our foundation may be shaken.

This house in which we abide, must be built on the rock as the storms of life are unleashed against us. Things can change in a week and in some cases in moments.

There are technologies that can produce effects beyond our imagination and comprehension but that doesn’t mean they are real. Alien invasions and second coming of Messiah are not beyond the realm of possibility…

so be alert and stay strong in the Lord keep our armor firmly in place, especially that helmet of Truth over our minds; and while situations are trying to bring fear, anxiety and confusion…

be at peace/shalom so that those whose mind is stayed on Him will be ready to help others not to be deceived by things that may soon occur upon the earth.

Remember that Jesus/Yeshua said Matthew 25 and Luke 21:

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

This should be taken seriously He did not waste His words nor exaggerate His meaning.

As far as fear is concerned, worries, and anxious thoughts will try to encircle us seeking entrance.

Fear not He said on so many occasions.

 Fear is such a basic human emotion that many of us constantly live in the grip of fear, worry and anxiety. God told us to fear not because he knew that we would all wrestle with fear sooner or later. God says hundreds of times in hundreds of ways Fear not. What do you do when your fears seem to be winning the day?

We must look to Him and to His Word where there are answers to those fears and instead of fear, let trust and thankfulness stand guard at the doorways to our hearts, turning back fear before it can gain a foothold.

When our focus is firmly on the Lord, His love casts out all fear and His shalom, which He gives to us, fills our hearts and minds; so there is no room for anything else. Fear is displaced by love and shalom. If we are anxious then His love is not perfected in us; and as fear is the opposite of faith we are not moving, walking and thinking by faith; and without that faith we cannot please God. Hebrews 11:6

We are to continually repent turn change and keep on changing.

The greatest perversion of Gods Word is to become so familiar with it that instead of allowing the word to transform our lives we begin to believe that God conforms to who we want Him to be.

In Psalm 50:16 – 23 to the wicked He says you thought I was like you and to our surprise he doesn’t fit into our box instead He will rebuke us and set things in order before our eyes.

The one who thinks that knowing God’s word is equivalent to actually knowing God has already forgotten Him. He will be torn to pieces according to Scripture and there will be no deliverer. But the one who seeks the author through His Word, His Way, will be ordered, he will change and be conformed to the ways of the Lord and will be caused to look on the salvation of God. Even though we may know His Word, knowing Him is the only way His Word can truly affect and change us.

See that you be not deceived, seeing is not always believing!

Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived:

Mark 13:5 Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you.

Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

 From His answer we can deduce that the most important sign of his coming is a warning that deception will be prevalent in the earth and especially religious deception and that we, as Christians, must be on guard that we are not deceived by other men. This being the case, we need to understand what to look for and also know how we can be deceived.

Lying signs and wonders will be very much in front of our eyes, and here are just a few of the visuals that those unaware may call miracles, signs and marvels. This is only what has been revealed into the public domain at this time.

Here are 2 videos showing famous figures disappearing!! Apologies for any irritating music/sounds 

 

Seeing is believing is not the case with this kind of technology!

Included below are examples of Holographic Technology with people and animals. 

DISCLAIMER: MMM DOES NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THESE VIDEOS AND IMAGES,THE USAGE OF THEM IS PURELY FOR SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT PURPOSES ONLY

Magicians including those spoken of in the bible are famous for duplicating the things Moses did and yet Moses and Aaron were one step above the Egyptian magicians because the power of the True God was doing the works.

Fake is very much the devils agenda and he will make a fake of everything… including a fake Messiah.

There will be visuals that will cause people to be deceived and visuals that are realities that we may not have realized even existed; and more than likely fake aliens landing, declaring they are humanity’s creators. Whatever he has planned it will no doubt be very convincing and though the ecclesia are not conned; many will be. We should be ready with correct information, to show them what is happening. Amazing illusions that appear like magic whether sleight of hand, misdirection or embracing demonic spiritual power; all will assault our senses and we need to be alert spiritually so we see them for what they are – Smoke and mirrors!

The following was in the skies over Jerusalem. Not certain where the ones following were located.

Included links are only cited as examples of what is possible with the technology now available,

and are not for fascination but education so we can remain sober and vigilant.

Above all

fear not

and Colossians 3:15

let the peace shalom of God rule and reign in our hearts because the reality is His Word is Truth. Jesus/Yeshua is the Word made flesh and is now our risen Savior Lord and soon returning King. He is the Way the Truth and the Life and we discern the difference between that which is of God and that which is not, by exercising our spiritual gifts. 

Discerning Good and Evil according to 1 Corinthians 12:10: To discern spirits is a supernatural ability enabled by God’s Holy Spirit that allows a person to determine the source of a spiritual manifestation, whether it emanates from God, the Devil, the world, or man. Such discernment requires spiritual maturity, which comes only through diligent study and through exercise of the senses to discern good and evil.

As 1 Timothy 4:14-16, reminds us:

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you!

With His Spirit within us ..forewarned is forearmed!

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

Thank you so much for taking the time to read the posts. If they have been a blessing and if you haven’t already, please sign up for free email notification, like, share and subscribe, it all helps to freely spread the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth and reaches others with His Truths. MMM will continue as long as the platform is accessible… meanwhile let’s remember

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.

The Answer Is In The Yoke part 3

Yoke – Yeshua quotes Jeremiah 6:16

Jeremiah 6:16 
HEB: בָ֔הּ וּמִצְא֥וּ מַרְגּ֖וֹעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
NAS: in it; And you will find rest for your souls.
KJV: therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
INT: is and walk will find rest your souls said

in this famous passage.

In Matt 11:29 Jesus bids his hearers to take his yoke upon them: “and you will find rest [anapausin] for your souls.”

and ye shall find rest unto your souls;
referring to (Jeremiah 6:16 ) and which shows the rest he speaks of in the preceding verse, to be not a physical, but a spiritual one; and which is to be enjoyed in, though not for the observance of Messiah’s commands; whose ways are ways of pleasantness, and all whose paths are peace.

The saying refers to the Hebrew, where the Lord speaks through his prophet: walk in (the good way), and find rest (nirgw`) for your souls; and not to the Septuagint, which renders the passage: and you will find purification [hagnismon] for your souls.

 mar·gō·w·a‘ — 1 Occurrence מַרְגּ֖וֹעַ

This context should help us understand the key words rest and yoke, in the passage in Jeremiah, there is no mention of a yoke.  So why look for a Tanakh context to Yeshua’s choice of the word ‘ol  /yoke? 

The beliefs and cultural philosophy of the listeners will supply the answer

When we think of the yoke of Jesus/Yeshua, Most of us probably think about the law of love first, but what is that? Are we of the opinion that this yoke is how to live a morally upright life, with acts of grace and good behavior.  Due to cultural differences, it is probably not likely that those listening at that time would have had any of these thoughts; simply because to them the connection between Jeremiah and a yoke only meant one thing, Torah.

In Jeremiah, it is God/YHVH who speaks first.  He says,

Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths; where the good way is, and walk in it. 

What are the ancient paths? 

What is the good way? 

God/YHVH can only mean His instructions found in His Torah. 

After we have found the ancient paths and walked in them, then

you will find rest for your souls.

Although the Lord warned Jeremiah that the people would not listen to his words; neither remember their covenant with God nor return to the old ways of righteousness, this weeping prophet was faithful to his calling..

“Thus says the LORD”, he declared, “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths… where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls”. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

The covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was for the benefit of the nation. The Law of Moses and God’s promises to David were given to direct the nation towards the road of righteousness and the path to peace, where they would find rest for their soul. However, they preferred the pagan practices of the surrounding nations and refused to return to the Mosaic Law, which was fundamental to right living.

God’s word is sovereign and the ancient paths, were tried and tested. They secured God’s blessings for His people and promised rest for their soul – while disobedience dictated devastation, destruction and deportation from their promised land. But the people would not walk in God’s ways and their deliberate disobedience caused Him to marvel at His rebellious people.

Although it is easy to find fault with Judah’s rebellious ways and be critical of their attitude, we should be prepared to learn from their failure and consider our ways to see if we obeying the instructions that we have received and are waking in spirit and truth.. we also need to examine if we have chosen to walk in His righteous way and fulfill His instructions to the Ecclesia.

Have we walked in the ‘old ways’, that stand on the word of truth and lead us in the way of righteousness, or have we bought into a watered-down doctrine and a compromised faith through adopting worldly philosophies or engaging in fleshly behavior. Have we dishonored our Lord through unbelief or disobedience?

We are not called to walk the same ancient path to which Israel was called, because we have a renewed covenant built on better fulfilled, promises. However, we are required to be faithful to our calling; to walk in spirit and truth as outlined in the word of God – to grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and to mature in the faith that we have been taught.

May we take our responsibility as blood-bought children of God seriously and die to self; live for Jesus/Yeshua and be prepared to say:

Thy will be done in my life – not mine.

But what of the yoke?

For interest purposes:

The Mishnah and the Midrashim call it the

Shema kabbalath ‘ol malkhuth shamayim,

taking on oneself the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven.

The above quote is included because in those days, every Jew who said the Shema 3x daily would have known what yoke Yeshua/Jesus spoke about.  It was the same yoke God/YHVH gave His people, the same yoke God/YHVH encouraged His people to renew in the prophecy of Jeremiah, the same yoke that governed the life of Yeshua/Jesus. 

The difference, and it is a very big one, is that Jesus/Yeshua calls this

HIS yoke. 

No one except God/YHVH ever made that claim but this man is claiming that God/YHVH’s yoke is the same as His yoke.  Even Messiah agreed there never has been nor ever will be any greater instruction for life than Torah; so what did He mean?

The listeners understood and we must too that this was not a new commandment.; it was a prophetic call that echoed Jeremiah whose message was the same for the same nation at a different time of rebellion.

Come back to the ancient paths. 

Walk in the ancient ways. 

Take the yoke of the Kingdom of the Heavens upon yourself. 

When we follow Jesus/Yeshua in learned obedience and all who do will discover that His burden brings rest/ true shalom…

My peace I give to you…

When Jesus/Yeshua invites us to take His yoke, He is not offering unrestrained liberty.  He is offering spiritual constraint; constraint that instructs us in a way of life delivered from the opposite of shalom/peace which is rooted in RA/dis-ease and everything contrary such as fear, anxiety and confusion. The Greek word zygos has another meaning that heightens His invitation.  Zygos also means scales.  (Balance and judgment again and links to previous posts.)

The word is found in Revelation 6:5 and Leviticus 26:26. The horseman of judgment comes with scales in his hand.  He will weigh the deeds of men. 

What standard are they weighed by?  The rabbis and Jesus/Yeshua tell us that the standard for these scales is the yoke of the law (Torah), a wordplay in Greek!

Is it possible that the translator of Jesus/Yeshua’s words in Matthew’s Greek translation had this wordplay in mind? 

When we read,

Take my yoke upon you,

do we also see,

Take my scales upon you? 

Do we make the connection between yoke and law? 

It would be hard to read the Greek translation of Yeshua’s Hebrew without doing so.

We read the verse with the same Greek mindset/eyes of Plato and Aristotle and miss the meaning and connection to Jeremiah.  We suppose Jesus/ Yeshua is offering assistance, forgiveness and restoration, without obligation, at least to others, and we want rest, not duty. 

Because of this mindset we convert zygos into something akin to removing all my burdens because we want our kind of peace, which is often freedom from everyone else. 

Zygos as scales is not able to provide such false freedom because all of Torah is about obligation, both to God and to others, because The Law is a way of living in the world system, among those who inhabit the same time and place. 

For us to take on Jesus/Yeshua’s zygos, we take on the standard which the third horseman brings.  

There can be no rest without scales just as without chains there is no peace.

It seems that the Hebrew concept of a yoke is almost always negative and on the surface, and it is because the Hebrews had a long history of yoked captivity and tyranny, so they viewed yokes as a symbol of that, plus oppression. Because of this experience it would be inconceivable, to suggest that people would willingly take a yoke upon themselves, that is, except in one instance.  This instance was due to the fact that the rabbis taught that voluntarily accepting the yoke of Torah was an experience of freedom, not of slavery and servitude. 

Adding this background to the Matthew scripture; we read Jesus/ Yeshua declares instructions for living with regard to His divinely given authority saying He is the only mediator of truth. Telling us to willingly accept His yoke, the yoke of His halacha. 

So what is that yoke of His halacha? 

הֲלָכָה

The term used to refer to Jewish law, 

halacha, Halakhah (also spelled halachah) 

means  go or walk. 

The root of the Hebrew word halakhah is usually translated as Jewish Law, although a more literal (and more appropriate) translation might be

the path that one walks.

Halacha, then, is the way a Jew is directed to behave in every aspect of life, encompassing civil, criminal and religious law.

The word is derived from the Hebrew root 

Hei-Lamed-Kaf,

meaning to go, to walk or to travel.

The only positive reference found in His own cultural setting claims that the yoke is Torah, so Jesus/Yeshua takes the teaching of the rabbis and takes it one step further yet building on the popular and familiar. 

He calls His followers once again to return to Torah, as did Jeremiah, this is the only teaching that releases us from the slavery of this worlds system.

It becomes clear just how powerful this verse is, but why did Jesus/ Yeshua use the yoke as a picture?

What He is saying repeatedly is

Return unto Me. 

Come back to My direction and be freed from the cares of the world and this life.

Lose your life in this world and gain My Chaim.

From Messiahs teaching we understand that the entire goal of spiritual life is to express His compassion.  The good news of the kingdom of the heavens is not merely the gospel in me but it also requires the gospel from me.

It combines a taking in and giving out and in learning from Jesus/Yeshua it will always mean that as His disciple our behavior will change. Believe and do – believe always means action in Hebrew thought.

The purpose of learning becomes clear as the Hebrew context is applied because

to this end, the purpose of learning is alignment with the heart of God which

means practicing/doing compassion.  

Whoever seeks his own welfare ahead of others is considered uneducated and scripture warns that destruction is the end of that pathway. 

Jesus/Yeshua is the example, He was the completely free man,

the paradox being that He was also bound!

This is because He was bound entirely to the will of the Father, and compassionately gave Himself up for others. 

“Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:29

Yeshua/Jesus establishes in this verse, that learning from Him is the most important activity anyone can do. Everything necessary to live as God intended can be found in His words and deeds/actions. So to know what life is about, go to Jesus/Yeshua.

Matthew 28:18

All power (ἐξιυσία) is given (ἐδόθη, was given) unto me in heaven and in earth.

Jesus/Yeshua here asserts that He, as Son of man, has received from the Father supreme authority in heaven and earth, over the whole kingdom of God in its fullest extent.

in Hebrew, the conceptual thought behind learning is very practical.  It’s simply obedience to God with the deliberate and purposeful submission of ones will.  It’s an attitude that desires to please the Lord in every action and in all we do. 

In the Tanakh, this attitude is described in the most practical of terms: walking. 

It’s a Walk – the WAY

הֲלָכָה

Halakhah

From the L of OL the lamed

More than anything else, lamad has the meaning of  knowing what is right and doing it. 

For the Hebrew, there is only simple obedience.  Being as the simplicity of a child without any secret information or sophisticated knowledge.

While we are here on earth we must understand that the purpose of all learning is so we can become perfectly in sync. with the Fathers will.

To hear Him say, Well done, good and faithful servant, means we have graduated from God’s training school.

We need to understand that in Hebraic culture, all Jewish authority is based on past inheritance and birthright. Any educated man came with an ancestry of past masters. Jesus/Yeshua’s teaching caused shock, suspicion and skepticism..

When He invited others to follow Him, meaning to be taught by Him, they were infuriated.

The religious leaders were enraged and it appeared to them that He was an implausible boaster, because only a fool would expect others to follow a man without a pedigree that they recognized.

Matthew’s words, 

mathete ap’ emou, learn from me,

make it clear that Jesus/Yeshua claimed primary authority, an authority that did not depend on a prior history of teachers, an authority that came straight from God.

No wonder some Jews were beside themselves.

To learn from Jesus/Yeshua is simply to see what He does and do likewise.  It’s observing the Ways of Jesus/Yeshua both in His actions and words, not just focusing on His inner motivation or intention and it makes sense. 

We can’t see someone’s intentions or motivations, however we can certainly see behavior.  So Jesus/Yeshua says,

Watch Me, and do as I do.

In other words, we don’t have to have Jesus/ Yeshua’s scriptual excellence or intelligent insight…. 

we simply have to copy Him.

This is the reference to being as a little child! Children emulate their parents and caregivers and learn to do by watching and copying what they see and hear. It would be too difficult if the only way that I could enter into rest was to have all the same mental, emotional and intentional capacity of Jesus/Yeshua.  It would be hopeless for us to even try, as we can never become exactly like Him.  However, if entering into His rest, simply means copying what He does, then we all have a chance. 

We can do what Jesus/Yeshua does because He was/is fully human, just like we are.  Because of this we can pray to the Father, minister to the sick, worship on the Sabbath, spend time mentoring and comforting, ask the Father for guidance, listen to instructions and carry out commands. We can do all these things, especially since Jesus/Yeshua promises to help pull the load as we are yoked with Him.

He is our living model for the lifestyle and behavior that will produce rest…His rest.

If we really believe that the only way to find this refreshing work is to emulate Jesus/ Yeshua, then the most important thing is for us to see His actions clearly and we have to sift through what we think we know in order to see how He really behaved. 

Just like the circumstances that we face we have to understand how He responded to a wide variety of situations, for example, we have to know what He did when faced with accusation, betrayal, rejection, demands, loss, fear and temptation as well as the positive times of victory, validation, joy, comfort and friendship.  If we don’t know what Jesus/Yeshua did, then we can’t know what is the rest He offers.

Most of us think we can find our own way to the Promised Land, but we end up slaves in Egypt. 

If we want the rest He offers, we will have to do what He does.

It’s not impossible but it certainly demands change.

Nonetheless, yokes are used throughout the world for different things.  Some for plowing fields, some for pulling carts, and

from looking at pictures, it is clear that when two animals are unequally yoked it creates a big problem.

The animals that are yoked together should be about the same size, shape, etc. to get the ultimate pulling effect because if one is smaller than the other, it defeats the whole purpose of yoking them together equally.

However, Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ promises us that His yoke is easy in Matthew 11:28-30.  Surely it is preferable to be yoked to Him and have Him help us pull lifes’ daily burdens than do it on our own. 

It is not easy doing it on our own.  Yet sometimes His followers think that Jesus/Yeshua’s promise to, give rest to the weary, is like some quick fix that will remove hardship from life without any effort on the part of the individual.

The promise of rest or contentment that comes from Yeshua/Jesus brings a reminder with it, and that is, there’s work involved in finding the peace of mind which He promises.

To reach the place of rest, we’ve got to walk with Jesus/Yeshua at our side and let Him share the load, but at the same time, not expecting to be relieved of the necessity of work or of the sacrifice of the cross which we are to take up daily.

Remember, Jesus/Yeshua couples His promise of relief with the command, Take up my yoke and follow me. The promise of rest is coupled with the instruction to carry a yoke and be humble in accepting God’s way, not our way.

His yoke, the cross of this life’s suffering, the cross of sacrificing ourselves for the sake of those in need isn’t too heavy to carry because Jesus/Yeshua, already carried it for us. Jesus/Yeshua promises those who voluntarily yoke themselves to Him that, His strength will be there to get us through anything that comes our way. This is the rest, the peace of mind and heart He promises.

Fulfilling the Torah was the task of a first century rabbi.

The technical term for interpreting the Scripture so it would be obeyed correctly was, fulfill.

To interpret Scripture incorrectly so it would not be obeyed as God intended was to destroy the Torah.

Yeshua/Jesus uses these terms to describe His task as well (Matt. 5:17-19).

To recap: the original pictograph for this letter is a picture of an ox head – representing strength and power from the work performed by the animal. This pictograph also represents a chief or other leader. When two oxen are yoked together for pulling a wagon or plow, one is the older and more experienced one who leads the other. Within the clan, tribe or family the chief or father is seen as the elder who is yoked to the others as the leader and teacher.

The Way of the cross is the WAY of His blood

and the WAY of mercies.

Why?

Because the blood of Messiah cries mercy for us from the Mercy seat of the ark in heaven, where His blood is alive and will be for eternity. It is not human blood but God’s blood so it has supernatural eternal properties.

Let us make sure we never have to see the writing on the wall that when weighed in the balance we are not found empty.

If the day of reckoning has come to us today let’s be sure that we are filled with His spirit and unable to withhold the Shavuot/ Pentecostal fire in our bones.

That is the fire of God coursing through our veins and just as potent today as when they were emboldened with that fire they were baptized and immersed in. They could not contain themselves and could not keep the fire within.

Our God is a consuming fire, cleaning up and burning away all that impeded them from fulfilling His will and call on their lives.

The life is in the blood, when we have His fire in our bones, think on where blood is made… in the marrow of our bones.

The fire of God was shut up in Jeremiah’s bones, possibly a reference to the place and origin of new blood being formed?

The life in the blood, the fire and life of God imbued in Jeremiah is now available to everyone. We are without excuse, our bones can be filled with His fire and life too.

Holy fire, holy life in our bones will ensure we never see the writing on the wall.

For by being fire filled we will not be found empty/ wanting.

This is truly being on fire for God and the scales of balance can also refer to the yoke.

The yoke with which we are yoked to Him. His yoke is easy and light because He carries the burden of the weight of our sin.

Be yoked to His mercies, where the blood is eternally crying for us. The seat of mercy the kapporet on top of the ark of His covenant/presence in heaven.

And how are we to be filled with Him?

The answer is simply total surrender. That is accepting Jesus/Yeshua’s yoke.

He said it was easy because… let’s remind ourselves again just how a yoke works:

There has to be two of the same animal to be together in one yoke.

One is older, and more mature with a lot of experience and a natural leader.

The second simply follows the first and the yoke does not press or chaff because as they flow together the folder taking the strain and bearing the greater burden, leaving the second one with an easier workload. This is the relationship He desires to have with us.

the Book of Amos is also a picture of Messiah as the burden bearer. The Wilderness Mishkan began the plan from the Betrothal Covenant given through Moses and at the cross it was…

Jeremiah was not able to withhold the word of the Lord because

the fire of God externally consumes the flesh in judgment and internally cleanses within.

Jeremiah declares the fire was in his bones; at the point of life, the life is in the blood and the blood is made in the marrow of the bones.

Just as the fire of the burning bush and the fire that led them in the wilderness, and the fire that was present on the Mercy seat, did not consume or destroy that which is around it. But it cleanses that which it touches, making it holy, this is holy fire.

The finger that wrote on the wall was an agent of judgment. He was empty, devoid of any holiness, he was without the lifes/chaim of God. He showed no respect and on that day all he thought he was and had, was taken away in a moment of time.

How can we find the peace of mind and heart, His true shalom, that we seek in the here and now?…

by cooperating with the work Jesus/Yeshua has already done, allow Him to help us by carry our burdens and trusting in His ability to both challenge and change us as we walk in the path of self-sacrifice; yoked together with Jesus/Yeshua and finding that God’s mercies have truly made us a new creature, one that will last for eternity!

The season of Passover and Spring Appointed Times is the season of true freedom where Jesus/Yeshua broke the yoke once and for all.

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Secrets Of A Life Filled With Feasts

Are we living life to the full?

A moedim-chaim?

There are several scriptures where the length of our life appears to be given a specific number of years. One is in Psalms 90:10. The days of our years are three score years and ten, which equals 70 and we often this use as an indicator of human lifespan. The other sometimes referred to is in Genesis 6:3.

Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” (Berean Study Bible) So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

Notice this verse does not explicitly teach that mankind’s lifespan was limited to 120 years, however what are we to do with what we are allotted?

Interestingly the 120 year timeline was given 120 years prior to the flood, so maybe it was referring to the fact that humanity as a whole only had another 120 years to live before the flood came and not to the length of years that an individual could live?

Whether this is correct or not, our lives do have structure when we are His own, as believers in Messiah.

Is there is a pattern for His Ecclesia in His Moedim? (Annual appointed times for every year?)

In the cycle of life, they are not only for seasons and times of harvest in the agricultural year but they are also for remembrance and rehearsal…

They are also for indicating the promise of future prophetic fulfillment. Do the Moedim/ 7 feasts/appointed times; also have a practical application to our individual lives?

Pronounced moe-eh-DEEM – מועדים

Strong’s Hebrew: 4150. מוֹעֵד moed or Mow’ed: Appointed time, place.

There are many 7’s in the Scriptures.The KJV mentions the word 391 times.

The Gospel of Luke lists 77 generations from Adam to Jesus/Yeshua.

Important Note: the reference to words and their equivalent numbers in posts, is due to every letter in the Hebrew alphabet having a numerical value assigned to it, similar to Greek etc. (See charts below.)

(The first mobile cell phones used this same principle for texting).
MMM is NOT recommending occult based numerology and/or the use of numbers as in Horoscopes/dark arts, or connected to the magic and mysticism of Jewish Kabbalah.)
The definition of Gematria / ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ t r i ə / (Hebrew: גמטריא or גימטריה , plural גמטראות or גמטריאות , gematriot) is one of several methods of assigning a numerical value to a Hebrew name, word or phrase based on its letters.
Gematria is a type of numerological study that may be defined as one of more systems for calculating the numerical equivalence of letters, words, and phrases in a particular Hebrew text and to finding hidden meanings in the numerical values of words.

Gematria works on the premise that the letters of the alphabet can also be used as numbers, and therefore words and phrases acquire distinctive numerical values.
A well known example is that of Revelation 13:18  Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of that beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six [666].

Proverbs has seven pillars of wisdom that are in the building of the house of the Lord which can now be applied to our physical bodies, as we are containers of His spirit – ruach, instead of the temple sanctuary of a literal stone building.

Torah – is the wisdom of God – understanding our life with wisdom – we are to get understanding – wisdom is for spiritual life.

The Ark of the Covenant

It was the heart of Gods’ shekinah presence.

 (Hebrew: אָרוֹן הַבְּרִית, Modern: Arōn Ha’brēt, Tiberian: ʾĀrôn Habbərîṯ),
also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The covenant on stone as Daniel saw in 2:34.

The Stone cut without human hands, is the child born without human hands. 

A virgin conception! 

The stone that was cut without human hands represents God’s kingdom.

This stone will replace all the earthly kingdoms (Revelation 21:1).

The renewed covenant written on hearts of flesh as prophesied by Jeremiah 31:33

Therefore entrance into the blessings of the Covenant, must come through Messiah Jesus/Yeshua/Yahshua alone, for He is the HEART of Torah.

The first letter of the Torah is b (and a v), a Bet (בּ) (bereishit –בְּרֵאשִׁית) Genesis; and the last letter of the Torah is l, a Lamed (ל) in the word יִשְׂרָאֵל – Israel . These 2 letters together spell the Hebrew word for heart which is l-v and lev with the vowel added.

The circumcision of the flesh regulation stated previously was a sign of the Abrahamic Covenant, but Christ circumcises those who have faith in Him, and this circumcision is of the heart [Rom 2:28-29] [Luke 22:20].

The seven pillars of His wisdom are continually maturing within our hearts and minds and as we become conformed to His image; this foundation gives place for the pillars of His life within us.

The pillars are integral to support the life of the spirit within. Cycling us continually towards His heart at the center of our beings. Returning to Him whenever we stumble or stray from His path.

Do the 7 pillars of wisdom perhaps also refer to the 7 Moedim?

Turn and keep on coming. Joel 2:12 AMPC. Therefore also now, says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning [until every hindrance is removed and the broken fellowship is restored].

Jerusalem is built on seven hills just as Rome is, one reflecting the natural world, the flesh and the devil principles.

The other Jerusalem is the spiritual type and also reflects the shadow of that which is to come.

Even the new Jerusalem is the final dwelling place of all that is complete in shalom.

Ezekiel prophesied of the Rebirth of Israel. He gives a chronological order of events from the rebirth of Israel to the construction of the third temple (which is the end of Ezekiel prophecies).
Israel’s restoration prophesied by Ezekiel was to be physical then followed by spiritual. Ezekiel 36:36-7 Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel. 36 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
He prophesied of the hills!
and the people shall fill the waste cities as the flocks at the time of the great feasts covered the hills …

The 7 Moedim are an annual guide to the believer, both of that which has been fulfilled by Messiah; and also for the preparation and ongoing prophetic timeline on future events.

Taking another perspective, reveals that they also possibly hold the mystery of spiritual development, growth and maturity in each of our individual lives. Could this be one of the secrets to living a life fulfilled in the will of God?

Has God hidden the mystery of our life within the Hebrew year and His Moedim?

The annual cycle of the year begins with Passover – Pesach.

This is the beginning of our life in Him. It starts with salvation and as we receive the Lamb of God the pesach offering, our sins are taken away and we start a new life, sinless. The Power of the Passover/ pesach changes us and changes our future, our life will never be the same again. If it is, then consider if we are really walking in His provision, for out of true repentance comes the 180° turn around to go the other way the opposite direction.

The disciples, apostles, left the old way of life –leaving their nets behind them – have we left the things that held us? or have we compromised a little by simply adding Him into what we are content to remain with and want to keep and all we are familiar with? Can our families and friends see a change?? Are our lives really truly centered, focused and fulfilling the gospel word of Jesus/Yeshua? Or is our time with Him carefully slotted in and scheduled at our convenience?

The Moedim cycle of each and every year we live, presents an opportunity for reflection and change!

The power of Pesach truly releases us from bondage just as it did for the children of Israel coming out of Egypt. It ends the old life of slavery to sin and marks the beginning of a journey of life in and with God.

Pesach = Deliverance.

Set free to serve Him – willingly.

The second feast/ appointed time and level of our lives /walk/ journey with Him is our First fruits. Yom Resheet the day of first fruits the first day of the week of eating Unleavened Bread.

As we begin to walk in the power of His resurrection we begin to bear fruit in our lives.

The First Fruit of our salvation is the First Fruits of repentance and change.

First fruits of the unconditional love of the father flowing through us which pertains to life and all godliness in the image of Jesus. First fruits of the newness of life abundant, the joy of salvation and the glory of the father as we walk with Him. This is the first harvest. 

Omer count = Separation to Revelation.

Father will often separate us from old things in order to reveal to us new things and we become part of the ecclesia- the called out ones.

3rd Feast – next is our life experiences – Pentecost/Shavuot – the fire of the father in the form of the Ruach haKodesh.

Giving of the Spirit.

The promise from the Sinai covenant when Torah was first given.

He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Deep cleansing and preparation waiting on Him and learning among other things, patience!

Tarry here – we wait along the way for the infilling of the exousia, the raw power to make us ready, anointed and willing to do the works of God and to fulfill all that we have being called to be and do for His kingdom.

To go and make disciples, having first become one ourselves.

The fire burns away all the chaff from our hearts and enables the gold within to shine forth and empower us to reach forward for the next greater summer harvest in the life cycle.

The 4th harvest feast could be speaking of the harvest of our salvation as we GO forth for the fields white unto harvest but the workers are few.

Leviticus 23; Psalm 139:16

As we reap the rewards of blessing by giving life to others in sharing the true bounty of life abundant.

Fulfilling our calling in ministering both to the lost and to the Saints. 2 Cor.9:1; Heb.6:10.

This could represent the main period of our life as it continues and makes up the major content of our years.

Until we come into the fifth appointed time of our lives. Yom teruah the blowing of the shofar/ trumpet;

And then will come the time of trumpets, ‘the autumn’, ‘the fall’, of our salvation.

The golden years.

The finishing up of our reaping His harvest, the completing of its gathering in; and our time of preparation to meet our Heavenly Father.

Tying up the loose ends putting everything in order. Anything as yet left undone is quickly put in place, decently and in order. 

True shalom.

Nothing missing nothing broken, mislaid, misplaced or left undone. All is as it should be, no omissions or regrets, for soon will be upon us the remaining feasts in quick succession.

Yom kippur the day of atonement, the sixth appointed time of our life as we will stand alone before our heavenly father.

Panim al panim – face to face.

מָּנִים אֶלמָּֿנִים

Strong’s Hebrew: 6440. פָּנִים (panim or paneh) — face, faces

The Mercy Seat where the blood was sprinkled

Hebrew רחמים (pronounced rakhamim) is usually translated as “mercy.” Notice the IM! It’s actually plural in form, multiple mercies on the Ark of His Presence.

His MERCIES are new every morning!

In an earlier post we looked at Hebrew words including “face” (פנים, panim), “water” (מים, mayim), and even God (אלהים, elohim).

Then we shall behold Him, face to face. And see Him as He is. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 John 3:2; Rom. 14:10

It’s not in judgment for sin for we are already acquitted. (The great white throne judgment for those who are not His own, but the Bema seat of Christ, the judgment seat of Messiah, is for the works we have done in obedience to His call.)

The Holy fire of His presence will consume all that was not of His command and reveal only the gold of that which was His will. 1 Cor. 3:12-15

This leads us to Sukkot, 

the 7th and final appointed time in

 the lifecycle of a true believer will be to live, abide and stay with Him forever.

To Tabernacle in His presence, the booths containing His presence, His joy, His love, His blessings and its ultimate conclusion,

Shemini atseret – the eighth day of Sukkoth – the completion of reading Torah and Simchat Torah – the joy of the Torah.

The Eighth Day

8 represents a new beginning, meaning a new order or creation, and man’s true ‘born again’ event when he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life.  Eight is the personal number of Jesus. When we add together the letter values of the name Jesus in the Greek we get 888.

8th day– the great last day – eternity – the prophetic Torah complete – the day that celebrates the torah called, the joy of the torah, or rejoicing of/[with the]Torah

Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה שִׂמְחַת

and the new beginning* – enter the JOY of your Lord

as He says well done you good and faithful servant – no more tears only JOY.

*Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret (“Eighth Day of Assembly”), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).

J udge

O ur

Y ears

Judge ourselves with JOY that we be not judged…

The Moedim and what they represent seem to be a cycle that should be an integral part of every believing ecclesia?

Although we are not to come under bondage again to the law as such; according to 2 Timothy 3:16. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

So the Moedim have value for our training.

His Word both the written word and the living Word are mirrors for us and we should hold them up in front of our lives to see if the reflection is that of Jesus/Yeshua in us, the hope of glory. He is in the Moedim, the very essence and fulfillment of them both in our lives and literally. He is the only Feast that truly satisfies.

He is the Word –

He is the Heart of the Word/Torah –

His life is The Word –

Written not on stone in an ark but on our hearts; and we are now the ark of His renewed covenant –

The container of His Ruach/Spirit –

The 7 pillars of His wisdom supporting His life within –

The corner stone of our faith – not cut with hands –

We see Him as we walk through every one of His Moedim and finally to join us to Himself in the marriage of the Lamb on that last great day! Hallelujah!

Shalom shalom!

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Shavua Tov Mishpachah & Chaverim!

Have a good week Family & Friends. 

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety in your heart that you have Messiah in your life and heart as the days draw ever closer to the end of the age..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

Make sure Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. He is the fulfillment of the Moedim and truly is the Feast that will satisfy.

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

He longs to give you the Shalom He paid the ultimate price for..

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. Amen.