Tag: Sacrifices

More Crusts and Crumbs

Believers agree that the Bible is the Word of our Heavenly Father and Yeshua/Jesus was and is the Word made flesh. This means the Word is alive, i.e. the Bible is a Living book. This explains why even when we read the scriptures daily and think we remember what it says, we can suddenly see/read something we never saw before. Fathers Holy Spirit opens our spiritual eyes and reveals a nugget of wisdom and a depth of understanding into a portion of His Word that enhances our faith and increases our knowledge of Who He is; and in turn adds to the development and intimacy of our loving relationship with Him.

If we are following the weekly Parashat in the annual reading through Torah, included below are some crusts, crumbs and nuggets we may have missed on our initial reading of these verses in Leviticus chapters 14 and 15. The Torah portion is called Metzora = cleansing of infected ones.

The theme of Leviticus is how sinful man draws near to a Holy God. We know of course that because Messiah came, He has made the Way for us to approach our Heavenly Holy Father; however it is helpful to know and see how the instructions given to the children of Israel were a foreshadowing of Messiah Himself. These instructions and Ways were known in detail to the Israelites and when Messiah came, those alive at the time saw these prophetic fore-shadowings fulfilled.

In Lev. 14:1-7, we read about the process.

The meaning of the cleansing process:

Two live birds = two birds represent Yeshua/Jesus and a sinner.

One bird is to be slaughtered = the bird that is killed represents Yeshua/Jesus Who died to set us free of the bondage of sin.

Earthen vessel = The earthen vessel is not a vessel of brass, shows that this is not a judgment against the sinner. (In the Bible brass represents judgment.)

Living water = living water represents His Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh Who would be given in more fullness after Messiah’s death. He shows us our need to be saved.

Live bird = The live bird having been set free after having the blood and living water applied, displays the freedom from the bondage of sin, through the blood of Yeshua/Jesus and the Taval/baptism (where His Holy Spirit descended). He died so that we can live.

Cedar Wood = Cedar wood is not affected by attacks of insects, they are repelled by it. The adversary cannot take us out of the protective hand of our Heavenly Father, he is repelled by His presence.

Hyssop = Hyssop was used to put the blood on the door posts and lintel at the first Passover. It was also used to give Messiah when He was on the tree/cross. Both of these events saved us from death. David says in Psalm 51:7 purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean, wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Crimson thread = the crimson thread saved the physical lives of Rahab and her whole family, Joshua 2:18-19. This, points to the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Crimson thread was made using a dye from a worm. Psalm 22:6-8 But I am a worm and no man a reproach of men and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh Me to scorn they shoot out the lip they shake the head saying He trusted on Yahweh that He would deliver Him let Him deliver Him seeing He delighted in Him.

For more on the ‘worm’ – click link below.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-how-a-worm-preached-the-gospel/

Immerse his clothing shave off all his hair and immerse himself in water and become pure. = This act of removing hair from the body is an indication of the removing of pride and arrogance from our lives. Many have never had their heads shaved and some experience this when entering the military and it has a profound effect on individuals attitude. This was the practice against the Jews during the holocaust.

He must live outside his tent for seven days. This possibly indicates that the fullness of inclusion into the Kingdom of the Heavens is after the thousand-year reign when the new heavens and a new earth are established.

Why did they have to do this strange ritual? For us looking back, we see the meaning but for them it was a ‘chok’, beyond the range of human reason. Some of the sages speculated that the cedar represents pride, as it is one of the grandest of trees, (Cedars of Lebanaon). whereas the hyssop represents humility, as it is one of the most common and lowest lying of branches. The consecration of Aaron and his sons as priests at the Mishkan, which indicate the full restoration of the metzora back to the community. The scarlet thread represents Jesus/Yeshua because His blood holds everything together and makes atonement possible.

For more on ‘chok’- click link below.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mystery-of-solomons-chok/

In verse 5, and the priest shall command that one of the birds is to be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.

Running water = living water. Water that is not still and prone to become stagnant but a spring of water that continually flows fresh with life giving benefits. This is significant because Yeshua spoke of Himself as Living Water in John 4:7—10 She would have known the scriptures well, and understood that He was the long awaited Messiah and why she immediately rushed to tell everyone in her town that He had come.

 

The third stage of purification in Lev. 8:24,

instructs the applying of blood

to the right ear,

thumb of the right hand

he big toe of the right foot;

it is the same process as the inauguration of the priests.

 

This shows us that the one being cleansed is committing to

hear only wholesome talk,

perform and be occupied with only righteous deeds and

only go to places where our Heavenly Father, Yeshua/Jesus and His Holy Spirit are honored.

The next scriptures in Leviticus speak of the cleansing from Tzaraat and the need to call for a Temple Priest to come and examine the individual. The priest was to prescribe the remedy and also be the one to declare the person clean. Now, when we read in Luke 17:11-19; of the 10 men with Leprosy/tzaraat and Yeshua/Jesus tells them to go and show themselves to the priest. This had never happened before without the prescribed process. Verse 32. Only Messiah our High Priest, can cleanse this condition.

When the 10 men with Tzaraat went to the Temple after Messiah had cleansed them, it was a proclamation to the Priesthood that Messiah had come. Never before had 10 men with tzaraat been cleansed at one time. It is possible that no one had been cleansed before without the precise instructions being followed. This may also have been a sign that the uncleanness of the 10 tribes had been forgiven, and they were being called back to Messiah. We have known of the need to say thank you for what the Lord has done for us yet we sometimes miss another meaning from the Torah which Messiah came to complete.

One last point to ponder.

Lev. 15:19-28 speaks about a woman’s ‘niddah’, the time of separation each month. There is a related scripture and event described in Mark 5:21-43.

We have heard many sermons on these verses The woman was healed of the plague of an unending time of impurity having had this condition for 12 years; and it could point to what Messiah came to do for the 12 Tribes of Israel (His Bride). He came to end their time of separation (niddah) from the Father and bring healing for their relationship with their Creator. The little girl who was 12 years old, who was brought back to life; could point to the fact that the 12 tribes (bride), were separated from the Heavenly bridegroom Yahweh and had a judgment of death on them. Yeshua/Jesus death would allow them to be brought back under the renewed covenant as Paul talks about in Romans chapters 6 &7.

It was the prerogative of the Lord God of Yisrael to touch those afflicted with tzaraat and heal them based on their teshuvah/repentance; and in like manner Messiah came into the leper colony of humanity, to heal those who cried out to Him. He is the same yesterday, today and forever, and His love reaches down to those who are afflicted and oppressed because of their uncleanness. If we call upon Him He will touch us and restore us to fellowship with our Heavenly Father. He is just waiting….

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

Why Was Cains Offering Rejected?

Why did the Lord God have no respect for Cain’s offering?

Many have wondered why our Heavenly Father rejected the offering Cain/Kayin brought; and what is meant by a fallen countenance and sin crouching at the door.

If we look at the original text in Hebrew there are some insights that may help with these questions.

She gave birth again, this time to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a worker of the soil.
Vatosef laledet et-achiv et-Havel vayehi-Hevel ro’eh tson veKayin hayah oved adamah.

וַתֹּ֣סֶף לָלֶ֔דֶת אֶת־אָחִ֖יו אֶת־הָ֑בֶל וַֽיְהִי־הֶ֙בֶל֙ רֹ֣עֵה צֹ֔אן וְקַ֕יִן הָיָ֖ה עֹבֵ֥ד אֲדָמָֽה׃

Cain brought some of his crops as an offering to God.
Vayehi mikets yamim vayave Kayin miperi ha’adamah minchah l’Adonay.

וַֽיְהִ֖י מִקֵּ֣ץ יָמִ֑ים וַיָּבֵ֨א קַ֜יִן מִפְּרִ֧י הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה מִנְחָ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

Abel also offered some of the firstborn of his flock, from the fattest ones. God paid heed to Abel and his offering,
VeHevel hevi gam-hu mibechorot tsono umechelvehen vayisha Adonay el-Hevel ve’el-minchato.

וְהֶ֨בֶל הֵבִ֥יא גַם־ה֛וּא מִבְּכֹר֥וֹת צֹאנ֖וֹ וּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶ֑ן וַיִּ֣שַׁע יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־הֶ֖בֶל וְאֶל־מִנְחָתֽוֹ׃

but to Cain and his offering, He paid no heed. Cain became very furious and depressed.
Ve’el-Kayin ve’el-minchato lo sha’ah vayichar le-Kayin me’od vayiplu panav.

וְאֶל־קַ֥יִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָת֖וֹ לֹ֣א שָׁעָ֑ה וַיִּ֤חַר לְקַ֙יִן֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ פָּנָֽיו׃

God said to Cain, ‘Why are you so furious? Why are you depressed?
Vayomer Adonay el-Kayin lamah charah lach velamah nafelu fanecha.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־קָ֑יִן לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ

If you do good, will there not be special privilege? And if you do not do good, sin is crouching at the door. It lusts after you, but you can dominate it.’
Halo im-teytiv se’et ve’im lo teytiv lapetach chatat rovets ve’elecha teshukato ve’atah timshol-bo.

הֲל֤וֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב֙ שְׂאֵ֔ת וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תֵיטִ֔יב לַפֶּ֖תַח חַטָּ֣את רֹבֵ֑ץ וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ׃

Genesis 4

First in reading Genesis/B’resheet 4 we know that because of the disobedience of Adams sin the earth became cursed, so

Cain was offering something that was cursed by the Lord God

and the verse says he had no respect as the produce, (fruit and vegetables), that he himself had helped to grow in the cursed earth.

Whereas Abel tended the animals created by the Lord which were not cursed and not made or produced by anything Abel did himself. He was a shepherd looking after what was created by, and belonged to, the Lord.

Abel took no pride in his offering as he had not had anything to do with its creation, Cain was proud of what he had grown and thought it worthy of an offering to the Lord. Cain and his offering were rejected and he was being disrespectful to the Lord.

But why?

Was it because it was the work of his own hands?

Was it because it was not a living sacrifice?

Once produce is picked it is severed, effectively cut off from its nutrition, its source of life, so it is in fact dead; and produce does not have blood and so, no life in the blood?

Then the Lord God told Cain that if he did well or good he would be accepted.

He also warned him that if he did not do good.…

sin is crouching/ lies at the door.

Lapathach chata’th robets/rabats (strongs #7257)

  ל פתח  חתאת  רבצ  

Lamed pei tav cheth / cheth teth aleph tav / resh bet sade

If you do good, will there not be special privilege? And if you do not do good, sin is crouching at the door. It lusts after you, but you can dominate it.’


Halo im-teytiv se’et ve’im lo teytiv lapetach chatat rovets ve’elecha teshukato ve’atah timshol-bo.

הֲל֤וֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב֙ שְׂאֵ֔ת וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תֵיטִ֔יב לַפֶּ֖תַח חַטָּ֣את רֹבֵ֑ץ וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ׃

How did they know if they were doing well or not without any law, Torah or a Bible?

The Hebrew word for well is tov (strongs#2895)

which means: to be in harmony with God.

Cain offered something that was cursed by the Lord God and therefore was not tov – in harmony with Him. Was the tov or in harmony with Him, simple obedience to what and how they were to approach a Holy God? We are not told if they had been shown how to bring a sacrifice or not, but the question remains how did Abel know to bring a lamb? This suggests there was some knowledge about respect, offerings and holiness towards the Lord.

In the same passage, our Heavenly Father warns that if we don’t do what is tov – in harmony with Him – then sin lies at the door.

The Hebrew word sin here, is chatak or chatat, which means: unintentional mistakes or sins. (Strongs# 2403)

Unintentional Sin – Chatah – Chet, Teth Aleph Hei Chata חָטָא  khaw-taw’

It’s possible the act of offering fruit and vegetables that he had grown, may not necessarily have been a sin, but at most it was an unintentional mistake. Still it was not tov/good/in harmony with God.

They were born in sin and the Hebrew understanding of the tendency to good or evil is known as the good or evil inclination within every human.

When Cain killed Abel it may have been unintentional, what we would call manslaughter rather than murder/homicide. He may not have understood physical death and its consequences, as nothing in his experience at that time may have prepared him for death of the physical human body. The idea of not doing what is in harmony with God means then, that chatat/chatak – unintentional sin is lying at the door, and it may have more meaning than just a metaphor. The bottom line is obedience, this is the foundation of faith and trust; Adam and Eve failed in this area and it would seem so did Cain, and disobedience is at the root of the rejection. However we are not just looking at the physical picture but more importantly the spiritual picture.

Looking a little further into the passage in Hebrew, the word for door has the preposition lamed before it, which is often rendered as: to, for or unto with the definite article the. So this indicates it is a specific or definite door, and this word used here for door comes from the root word patach which refers to not only just a door – but a portal.

Lapetach וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א Strongs#6607

Portal – Pathach – פֶּ֖תַח Pei Taw Cheth 

A portal is more than just a doorway to another room, it’s more of an entrance to something entirely different. How did Cain and Abel know their sacrifices were accepted by God as there is no clear reference to it or that they should offer sacrifices at all? Here the Hebrew language may help us to see that they were opening a portal to the presence of our Heavenly Father, because of the fall through Adam and Eve the constant presence of God was not there any more. Sin had entered the garden/world and as was later shown, man had to learn that sin and sinful flesh can’t be in the same space with the presence of a Holy God; and only through blood sacrifice from an innocent victim, paying blood for blood – life for life, the life in the blood – can man approach Him. Was this taught to Adam and Eve who taught it to Abel and Cain? Recall the Lord God made garments of skin for them, so an animal had to have been killed to provide the skin? This may have been the way they knew, however we are not told precisely. It may have been whenever they desired the presence of our Heavenly Father they knew it was time to offer a sacrifice. If the sacrifice, (type of Messiah), was accepted, then the patach-portal, opening into the spirit realm and presence of God would open?

The reason for humanity in the first place was that our Heavenly Father wanted a family, He wanted children, and the relationship that family inspires; the fellowship and communion of spending time together with those we love. When this was broken, as a loving Father, He put in place a way for that to be eventually repaired through Messiah; but in the interim revealed the temporary covering of sin through specific sacrificial animal blood. It’s all in the way to approach a Holy God.

When Cains offering wasn’t accepted, his countenance fell. Maybe because he thought he knew better, or didn’t care to follow what God required – disobedience and a heart of rebellion, rejecting the way of salvation?

In verse 6 the word countenance in Hebrew (strongs#6440)  is pani, which means: presence. His presence was fallen – in verse 7 The Lord God says If he does what is in harmony he will be accepted. (obedience again).

The Hebrew word for accepted is seeth, (strongs#7613) and also means: to be lifted up, elation and cheerfulness. It would seem to indicate that the offerings were made so their presence would be lifted up to Gods presence and experience the lifting up and lightness in the spirit? Something that we feel when we worship our Heavenly Father.

Is it possible Cains countenance fell because he didn’t feel the presence and fellowship with God that he should have following his offering?

When Cain offered something that was cursed / out of harmony with the Father, he couldn’t be in the Fathers presence, so he was rejected, and his presence, his countenance fell downwards instead of upwards to meet the presence of the Father. When Cain didn’t feel the presence of God in giving his offering, he was wroth. The Hebrew word for wroth is charah.

but to Cain and his offering, He paid no heed. Cain became very furious and depressed. wroth
Ve’el-Kayin ve’el-minchato lo sha’ah vayichar le-Kayin me’od vayiplu panav.

God said to Cain, ‘Why are you so furious? Why are you depressed/wroth?
Vayomer Adonay el-Kayin lamah charah lach velamah nafelu fanecha.

Charah (strongs# 2734) means: to be hot, and it doesn’t have to be rendered as anger. Most times when we feel sorrow as in the hurt, the pain of rejection we can feel hot.

If we look at the Hebrew words, could it be that our Heavenly Father explained to Cain that even though he didn’t intentionally make a mistake, or sin, or do something out of harmony with Him; it still blocked the entrance/ the way into/ the portal through which His presence and fellowship with God was available?

Cain gave into jealousy and blamed his brothers relationship with the Lord God. Jealousy turned to hate, his hate led to murder and it started with rejection.

In many ways the same happens with thought life, when circumstances and peoples’ words and actions can lead to rejection, jealousy/blame, then hate leading to murder. Messiah Yeshua/Jesus said murder is also committed through and by our words! Matthew 5:22.  Maybe if we don’t feel our Heavenly Father’s presence any more we may be blaming someone else, when really sin is laying/crouching at our door.

There are some who say ‘Well, I don’t go to that church anymore, I just don’t feel God’s presence in that church.’

Have we ever considered that maybe we are like Kayin/Cain, that we are blaming someone else, like the church, when it is really sin lying at our door? Is this the way of Cain that we are warned not to take in Jude 1:11? It’s all about faith and heart motivation, our Father looks at and knows our innermost attitudes.

Yeshua/Jesus said that He is now our door-our dalet. He is the way into the presence of our Heavenly Father, no one comes to the Father but by Me. He is the sacrificial lamb whose sinless blood opened the portal, the specific door, the only door, the way, to life and truth. The patach the portal into the presence of the Father – not of this world but for our born again from above spirits. He doesn’t see our sin how ever unintentional it was; He sees Jesus/Yeshua’s blood and we are accepted into His presence; and we don’t need to bring a physical sacrifice, of either of the works of our own hands in produce, or an animal or bird, or anything else because He paid the price in full.

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.

The Red Heifer And The Third Temple?

Prophecy concerning a third temple is racing around the internet and there is almost as many interpretations as there are videos and blogs. There is a caution to all that Peter and also Timothy warns us in 2 Tim 4:3.

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold,

2 Peter 2:1-3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

How do we know what is correct?

We must read the scriptures for ourselves and ask for wisdom, Proverbs and James 1:5-8 are promises that we will receive understanding. There is sometimes such a strong desire in the hearts and minds of Christians for the Messiah to return that we try to help that time come sooner by aligning real time events with certain prophetic promises. We zealously interpret things to mean one thing and in truth they mean another and many times when things don’t unfold as we think they are going to, we get discouraged and confused.

The answers we seek are all in the Scriptures. His truth is the word and we must read and understand it in context, to fully comprehend the plans and purposes of our Father and His perfect timing. We often read prophetic book like Daniel and Ezekiel, and think things will happen a certain way or mean a specific thing; without a full appreciation of the time in which it was written and many of those prophesies have already been fulfilled.

There is much speculation about the red heifer, which we looked at in the last post; and the building of a 3rd Temple. Many are relating these 2 things as being necessary before Messiah can return.

Be encouraged to search the scriptures for yourselves and not to take certain scriptures out of context. There is far more going on behind the scenes in the world today than is reported or discussed. There is much misdirection and misunderstanding. A brief look at some biblical facts may help us to be guided along the ‘Way’, as Fathers’ Holy Spirit reminds us Yeshua/Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life and it’s to Him we must listen, not to a multitude of mixed messages.

Recall that the scriptures tell us that for the Jews, the red heifers are for the purification of the people who have been in contact with a dead body and for the ritual cleansing of the priests. The excitement today is so they can offer sacrifices in a future temple to prepare for what they believe will be the first coming of the Messiah. 

The requirement comes from Numbers 19:2-10, where YHVH, the Lord God, commanded a sacrifice of this special heifer, whose ashes would be used for “the water of purification,” necessary to purify the priests before they could offer sacrifices in the Temple. 

Here’s the irony of the red heifers being provided by a Christian group:

As we already noted, for the Jews, the red heifers are for the purification of the priests, so they can offer sacrifices in a future temple in order to prepare for what they believe will be the first coming of the Messiah. 

But some Christian groups believe that the third temple must be built so it can be occupied by the “man of sin,” based on their reading of 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

This post is simply offering some prayerful thoughts that we may not have considered.

What if ‘the temple’ is our physical bodies and the man of sin, as in the spirit of the antichrist, will reign/sit in us?

Is this maybe the result of these who say they are Christian succumbing to the strong delusion? The reason so many will be taken in by the deception is sadly a lack of knowledge…

my people are destroyed because of that. Hosea 4:6.

It’s due to a lack of knowing the Word and the originator of that Word. If we do not cultivate a personal relationship with our Heavenly Father, His Messiah Yeshua and His Holy Spirit, we put ourselves in danger of misleading rhetoric and false doctrine. There are teachings that have been around so long that we just accept them as truth, and don’t take the time to research them in context; and especially in light of the translations, Hebraic idioms and language. We have a duty to search out truth as did the Bereans, who were commended for doing so in Acts 17:11. The Bible is a Hebrew Bible, written for the Israelites/Hebrew children/Jews, by Jewish people about a Jewish Messiah. Christianity has westernized so much of the content, we need to carefully consider what is Truth, and what has been modified to fit certain criteria for various doctrinal beliefs.

These are the last days, and days that come with serious warnings. Warnings that require strong faith and a sure foundation, which only comes through genuine relationship and spending time hearing the word, living it; and with worship and prayer which is literally time given in the Fathers presence. Our walk is not to be casual but one of a wholehearted committed decision…we must be authentic in all our ways. We may fool people but our Father sees it all and knows us better than we know ourselves.

The Orthodox Jews are looking for their Messiahs first coming and by providing the red heifers to the Jews, some groups of ‘christians’ seek to speed up end-time events. Ironically, the fulfillment they wish to hasten will be largely destructive to the Jews and the world. 

Though the Temple Institute represents just one group in Israeli society, many evangelical Christians support their efforts because they believe the building of a third temple is necessary to fulfill prophecy. (Both groups seem to conveniently ignore that their respective views of the end times and coming of the Messiah are diametrically at odds.)

The Bible talks about sacrifices resuming in Jerusalem, but does this mean a temple must be built there, for end-time prophecy to be fulfilled? Many believe so, but what does the Bible say?

For years, the Temple Institute in Jerusalem has been preparing the implements and materials needed for a third temple.

In 2015 they completed an altar needed to restart sacrifices and performed a reenactment of the Passover sacrifice.

In 2017 they performed a sacrifice near the Temple Mount, a controversial act that resulted in some being arrested.

In 2018 they were given permission to perform a reenactment of the Passover sacrifice at the foot of the Temple Mount.

 

Then the Temple Institute overcame a major hurdle in their plans to build a third temple. It was something most people would not expect: cows. 

Why were red heifers sent to Jerusalem?

The Temple Institute made the news when five red heifers were flown to Israel from Texas to meet the requirements for resuming temple sacrifices. These five unblemished red heifers (a heifer is a young female cow that has not yet calved) were supplied by a Christian group in Texas. 

As we have discussed the requirement comes from Numbers 19:2-10, where God commanded a sacrifice of this special heifer whose ashes would be used for “the water of purification,” necessary to purify the priests before they could offer sacrifices. 

In times past, obtaining an unblemished red heifer was difficult. As a cow ages, hairs may turn white or black causing the animal to be rejected by the rabbis as blemished. 

Will daily sacrifices be resumed in Jerusalem?

A brief history…

After the collapse of Alexander the Great’s empire, his kingdom split into four smaller empires under his generals (Daniel 8:8). A ruler named Antiochus Epiphanes rose to power in the Seleucid Empire. He ruled over the Jews and outlawed worship of the true God. He stopped the daily sacrifices and offered unclean sacrifices to pagan gods instead. Daniel 8:11-12, 13; 11:31.

Yeshua/Jesus prophesied that this historical event would also have a future fulfillment. In the end times, a despotic ruler (“king of the North”) would stop the “daily sacrifices” again.

We know from Daniel that these events will occur at ‘the time of the end’, Daniel 12:9; and that ‘from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days’ (verse 11) indicating a countdown to Messiah Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ’s return.

If the ‘daily sacrifices’ are going to be stopped in the future, that means they must first be resumed!

This is why the actions of the Temple Institute and their plans to resume sacrifices are interesting.

Must a third temple be rebuilt?

After the destruction of Solomon’s temple, the Jews were subjected to 70 years of captivity in Babylon. Daniel 9:2; Jeremiah 29:10. Afterward, YHVH began the process of returning them to their homeland to rebuild.

Under Ezra’s guidance, a group of Jews returned to Jerusalem and resumed sacrifices to YHVH. These sacrifices were performed before work had even begun on the second temple.

Ezra 3:1-2, 3-4, 5-6.

This shows that only an altar is necessary for sacrifices to be offered therefore…a physical temple is not a requirement.  

So why do some believe a temple must be built in Jerusalem in the end times before Jesus Christ returns?

Does Ezekiel’s temple describe a rebuilt temple in this age? 

In Ezekiel 40-48 we read about a vision of a future temple. The vision is recorded after the destruction of the first temple and before the construction of the second temple.

The second temple was not a fulfillment of this vision because it did not have the physical features described by Ezekiel. So, some connect this with the prophecy of the sacrifices being stopped and conclude that there will be a temple built in Jerusalem before Messiah’s return.

However, as we have seen, the sacrifices don’t require a temple. When you study the description of Ezekiel’s temple, it becomes clear that this is a structure that will be built after Yeshua/Jesus returns.

Here are some reasons:

Jerusalem/Yerushalayim will be known as ‘ The Lord is there’. Ezekiel 48:35. So this temple will stand at a time when the Lord is ruling in Jerusalem.

A river will flow from the temple that will heal the land and the seas. Ezekiel 47:1, 8-9.

The time setting is after YHVH/God delivers Israel. Ezekiel 39:25-26, 27-28.

YHVH/God’s Spirit will be poured out on all Israel. Ezekiel 39:29.

These prophecies clearly describe a temple to be built during the millennial reign of Messiah/Christ on earth …not a temple built by human beings in this age.

Will the man of sin actually occupy a 3rd Jewish Temple? 

Does the prophecy about the man of sin in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  require a third temple to be built in Jerusalem? Many do see this scripture as an indication that a Temple must be built in Jerusalem before Messiah/Christ returns. 

However, though it could possibly be fulfilled by a physical temple, there is another way this scripture could be fulfilled. 

The New Testament identifies the true Church of God, Assembly of the firstborn, His ecclesia/called-apart-ones, composed of believers who have His indwelling Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh, as the spiritual temple of our Heavenly Father.

1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 6:16.

In 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Paul described things that the ‘man of sin’ will claim are true, but are actually false. For instance, he claims to sit ‘as God’, though he is not God.

So, the reference to the temple of God could be another false claim that he will make namely, that the ‘church’ he leads, is the true temple of God. However, the ‘church’ he will lead, will be a counterfeit of the true temple of God, that being the faithful ecclesia Yeshua/Jesus built in the 1st century. 

Interestingly, many people have noted that the Roman Catholic Church has historically claimed to be the one true universal church and the Kingdom of God on earth.

It can be easy to assume a physical temple must exist for the sacrifices, but we need to be aware and not force conclusions into Scripture references, when there are other options.

However it’s important for us to understand that the building of a 3rd temple in Jerusalem before Messiah’s return is not necessarily a definite prophetic sign to watch for, and we mustn’t be sidetracked.

According to scripture what is essential, is the reinstitution of sacrifices in Jerusalem…

which only requires an altar,

not a completed temple.

We must keep our eyes on Yeshua/Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, and continue watching Jerusalem and Europe; because Yisrael/Israel is our Heavenly Father’s time-clock. Watch for continued efforts to reinstate sacrifices in Jerusalem and for the rise of a religious and political power in Europe, and a new leader who will eventually cause those future sacrifices to cease.

One thing is certain, time will prove all things, and whatever we think… our Father is always right; and

whatever we choose to believe… will not ever change His Truth.

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born again from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

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

Pesach Emunah For His Am Segulah? Part 2

 

In the last post we looked at the questions..

Do We Have Passover Faith?

Pesach  Emunah

and

Are you one of His Am Segulah 

His Treasured People?

We saw that we are His

Am Segulah

but what of the

Pesach  Emunah?

Pesach or Passover

is all about Sacrifice

 and here we will continue to look at the sacrifices required by our Heavenly Father prior to Him sending Messiah Jesus/Yeshua to become the perfect sacrificial substitute for us; which is what we remember at this season of Pesach/Passover..

and we are looking at how it is connected to Messiah in

 the directions given to Moses recorded in Leviticus

in the Old Testament/Covenant.

The five offerings were:

1 Burnt.

2 Grain.

3 Peace. 4 Sin. 5.Trespass/guilt.

1, 2, and 3 were voluntary offerings

4 and 5 were obligatory offerings.

Previously we looked at the

Burnt Offering

and the Minchah

or Grain Offering.

 

Next is the

3  Shelamim – Peace offering.

Leviticus 3; 7.11–34

The third offering is the shelem, or Peace Offering.

zevah shelamim or Peace Offering.

זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים zevah hashelamiym

The term

korban shelamim (קורבן שלמים)

is also used.

Note the word shelem

שֶׁלֶם

close to shalom,

שלום

meaning peace,

with which we are familiar.

Shelmim is the plural

recall the posts looking at the meaning of the added

IM ending to Hebrew words.

Strong’s Hebrew: 8002. שֶׁ֫לֶם (shelem) — a sacrifice for …

shelem: a sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering.

Strong’s Hebrew: 8000. שְׁלַם (shelem) — to be complete

shelem: to be complete .

 Phonetic Spelling: (sheh’-lem

Strong’s Hebrew: 5071 נדבה (ndabah) – freewill offering …

  1. freewill, voluntary, offeringStrong’s Definitions ndabah, ned-aw-baw’;

Strong’s Hebrew: 4503. מִנְחָה (minchah) — a gift, tribute …

gift, oblation, meat offering, present, sacrifice. From an unused root meaning to apportion.

The shelmim, first discussed in Leviticus 3, included:

Thanksgiving Offerings. Lev 7:12,

Freewill Offerings. 7:16,

and

Wave Offerings. 7:30.

The offering could be cattle 3:1, sheep 3:7, or a goat 3:12.

It could be male or female, but must be without defect.

If it was a Thanksgiving Offering,

it could also include a variety of breads 7:12.

The purpose of the Peace Offering was to consecrate a meal between two or more parties before YHVH/God and share that meal together in fellowship of peace and a commitment to each others’ future prosperity. The portions unsuitable for eating were given to God, 7:19-27. Depending on the type of Peace Offering, the breast may have been given to the High Priest, 7:31 and the right thigh may be given to the priest officiating the meal, 7:32. The rest of the meal was to be eaten within one day by the fellowship of parties, 7:16, and the leftovers were to be burnt after two days, 7:17.

This was a free will offering eaten by the one bringing it and given as a way of expressing thanks to God on joyous occasions. Semikhah is performed though instead of viduy; and praise to the Lord is offered.

The Peace offering signified fellowship with God and reconciliation. In this sacrifice both the one bringing the offering and the priest ate of the freewill/voluntary offering.

Peace Offering – Leviticus 3:1-17; 7:11-34

It was a sweet aroma to YHVH/God.

It provided a communal meal with meat for the priests and those giving the offering.

Three types:

thanksgiving,

vow offering and

voluntary (free will) offering.

The meaning for us:

We are to thank Our Heavenly Father – blessing Him for all His provision in our lives, spiritually and physically.

The fulfillment in Messiah Yeshua:

He is our peace/shalom offering.

We can be reconciled to God/YHVH/Our Heavenly Father

only through Him.

Yehoveh Shalom.

He is our Shelamim

He is our

sar shalom our prince of peace

He said My Peace/shalom I give to you.

John 14:27

Shalom alechheim!

4  chatat/chattath – sin offering.

The fourth offering was called:

chattath, literally: sin or sin offering…. 

Purification (Sin) Offering.

Though often called the sin offering,

a better translation is purification offering.

This offering is sometimes seen as an

offering of atonement for unintentional sin; Lev. 4:2-3, 4:20.

In the same way it is sometimes viewed as guilt offering,

removing the consequences for lack of perfection

Lev. 4:13-14, 4:22-23.

As an atonement offering, it contained elements of a

Burnt Offering 4:25, yet at the same time had elements of a

Peace Offering 4:26.

Conversely, some of the sins for which one needed

atonement were not moral sins

but rather matters of ritual impurity 5:1-5.

The primary purpose of this offering is not to atone for sins but rather to: purify oneself for re-entering the presence of God. The elements of a Purification Offering could be any of the elements of the previous three types of offerings, though unlike the Peace Offering, the meal was not to be shared by the one offering the sacrifice.

Note that there is no exact sacrifice for deliberate intentional and willful sins against the Lord…

but instead, the punishment was by early death.

Sin Offering

chatat/chattath

– Leviticus 4:1-35; 6:24-30.

This offering was not considered a sweet aroma to YHVH/God. Only the fat and blood were offered on the altar; when the

sin offering/chatat/chattath

is for the whole congregation, the rest was

burned outside the camp.

The meaning for us:

All have sinned,

the penalty of sin is death

and sin requires the shedding of blood

Hebrews 1:3-4; Galatians 2:20; Romans 5:8-9.

The fulfillment in Messiah Yeshua:

Messiah Yeshua/Jesus is our sin offering.

We are sinful, and

He was willing to pay our death penalty for us.

He was crucified outside the city.

 

5  Asham – guilt offering

Unlike the English word guilt,

this does not refer to a matter of one’s conscience

but rather to something one owes on account of a sin.

Other names of this offering are the:

Trespass Offering or the Reparation Offering.

this was a required offering as part of the reparations for certain improper acts;

e.g. keeping another’s property by swearing falsely.

In each case the wrongdoer was required to restore the property plus an additional 20% to its rightful owner before he could offer the sacrifice and receive forgiveness.

Leviticus 5:14–6:7; 7:1-7

The

Trespass Offering

is similar to the sin offering, but dealing with specific sins, especially where restitution was possible.

The meaning for us:

We must repent each time we sin.

The rules of restitution teach us to do our best

to repair the damage caused by our sins.

To put things right.

The fulfillment in 

Messiah Yeshua/Jesus:

Who died so that every sin can be

forgiven and covered! 

Hallelujah!

 

Note that the sin offerings, chatat and asham,

were obligatory for atonement to be made.

They had to be offered by the anointed High Priest who would sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice seven times inside the Mishkan on the Golden altar opposite the curtain before the Holy of Holies. That fat was burned on the altar but unlike the other offerings, the rest of the animal its’ hide flesh and its’ body parts would be taken outside the camp to be burned with fire. Hebrews 13:12

A Jewish commentary states that the meat of the korbanot never spoiled even if it took days before it was burned upon the altar; and in spite of the presence of blood all over the Mishkan no flies swarmed the area because of its special holiness.

After the Messiah Yeshua had come as the

high priest/ha kohen ha gadol

of the re-new-ed covenant;

the sacrificial system was abandoned following the destruction of the 2nd temple in the year 70 A.D.

Even so, the instructions in the book of Leviticus continue to this day to exert influence on Jewish life, since nearly half of 613 Commandments are found in it and much of their Talmud is based on it.

The sacrificial system of the Old Testament was a means of

GRACE

by which the relationship

between YHVH/God and humanity

begins to be restored.

Ultimately, the sacrificial system was inadequate, and

none could repay the debt of life that was owed

until

Jesus Christ/Messiah Yeshua

defeated death once and for all.

Heb. 10:10.

Today, we live in the light of His perfect sacrifice for us

while also offering our own lives

as a

living and

holy sacrifice.

Romans 12:1; 1 Pet. 2:5.

New Testament/Covenant

brit chadashah.

The references in the brit chadashah

New Testament/Covenant,

concern the superiority of the sacrifice

of the Messiah/mashiach as

the once for all sacrifice for sins.

Instead of daily sacrifices and offerings, the Messiah came to fulfill the will of His and our Father God/YHVH, by becoming obedient to all that the Levitical Law required. He did this by offering Himself as the ultimate sacrificial victim truly without spot or blemish.

When He said

you have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings.

These are offerings according to the Torah then He added

behold I have come to do your will.

He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering

of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:8

Moreover just as the blood of the sin offering was brought into the holy place by the anointed priest

so Jesus/yeshua presented his own blood in the holy place made without hands and then suffered outside the camp.

Hebrews 13:10 – 15

One of the roles of our Mashiach/ Messiah is that of the

High Priests, who offered

true atonement for our sins

by offering his own blood in the

holy of holies made without hands

In Hebrews 3:1 -2.

The importance of a blood sacrifice

Leviticus 17:11

Ki nefeshha-basar badam hi va ani netativ lakhem al-hamizbe’ach le khaper al-nafshotekhem ki-hadam hu banefesh ye’khaper.

The Lord requires a

blood sacrifice for

the issue of

sin.

Leviticus 17:11 agrees with the teaching in the

New Testament/brit chadashah.

in Hebrews 9 :22

Without the shedding of blood

there is NO remission

there is NO atonement without blood;

the substitutionary shedding of blood –

the life for life principle

is essential

to the true at one ment with the Lord God.

Jesus/Yeshua offered His own body up

to be the perfect sacrifice for sins.

By His shed blood we have complete atonement before Adonai/YHVH/Our Heavenly Father.

The Levitical system of the animals sacrifices including the elaborate Yom Kippur ritual, was meant to

foreshadow the truth

and abiding sacrifice of Yeshua/Jesus

as the means of reconciliation with the Father.

The old covenant /the brit yeshanah provides a shadow of the substance revealed in the new covenant/brit chadashah.

If the old covenant had been sufficient to provide a permanent solution to the problem of our sin; then there would never have been a need for a new covenant to supersede it.

Hebrews 8:7.

Unlike the old covenant sacrifices which merely covered sins – under the new covenant, the sins are taken entirely away.

Hebrews 7:27 9:12 9:25–28 

There is no more need for continual sacrifices since Yeshua/Jesus provided the once and for all sacrifice for all of our sins.

Hebrews 9:11-14; 9:24–28; 10:11–20.

Jesus/Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, is

the propitiation/expiation/answer for our sins.

The Greek word used in

Romans 3:25; 1John 2:2; 1John 4:10.

hilasterion

is the same word used in the Greek translation

of the Old Testament for the Mercy seat.

or

kapporet/cover of the arc of the covenant in the Holy of Holies

which was sprinkled with the blood of the sacrifice on Yom Kippur.

Hebrews 9:24

We need to be sure we have personally made

semikhah by

laying hands on Yeshua/Jesus

as our sacrifice for sins.

Have we made confession/viduy?

All have the need for deliverance from bondage through Him, which takes us back to the Israelites deliverance from Egyptian bondage.

This is the

faith/emunah

we need for

our personal

PassOver/Pesach,

to be His

treasured people/am segulah. 

Without the full understanding of what has been done for us how can we appreciate the sacrifice?

This lack of understanding cripples the believer today from fully submitting to a risen savior, and also robs us of the fullness of the amazing miracle of the chaim/lifes that’s been made freely available to us. 

Yes FREE to us

BUT

it cost Jesus/Yeshua EVERYTHING!

The priesthood that stood between worshiper and God has ceased. Hebrews 7:23–24, The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever.

This is the foundation for our faith in Him –

This is the gospel… the good news.

Yeshua/Jesus knew that He was destined to fulfill all that the Jewish prophets said about Him. He had eaten the Passover Pesach meal every year and this year He said in

Luke 22:15, I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering. 

As He was nearing His death,

He commented to His twelve

disciples/talmidim /tahl-me-DEEM,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished. For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again. Luke 18:31-33.

 This prophecy in

Isaiah 53 does speak specifically of the Messiah Jesus/Yeshua: His death and resurrection are graphically portrayed in this prophecy where the meaning of His death, as a substitutionary atonement, is given. It was written over 700 years before Messiah was born, but the prophet accurately details His suffering and death by crucifixion as the Suffering Servant of the Lord.

He acknowledged this Himself at His last Passover Seder with His talmidim. Luke 22:37.

The sacrifice of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach had fulfilled ALL the requirements of the Law for the sin offerings that were made at the Temple.
He also explained that, as the Law required, Yeshua/Jesus died outside the gates of the city: We have an altar from which those who are serving the present earthly tabernacle do not have authority to eat; for pertaining to those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest for a sin offering, the bodies of all these are burned outside the camp. For this reason, Jesus, in order that He might sanctify the people by His own blood, also suffered OUTSIDE THE GATE. Heb. 13:10-12.

The fact that Messiah Jesus/Yeshua

died outside the gates of the city of Jerusalem

verifies that

His body was a sin offering.

The Law of God specifically commanded that

all sin offerings were to be burned

outside the camp.

Lev. 4:1-2, 11-12, 21; 16:27.

After the blood of the sacrificial animals was sprinkled on the altar, the bodies of the sin offerings were taken across the Kidron Valley to a place high on the Mount of Olives east of the city of Jerusalem, where there was a special altar called the

Miphkad Altar.

This altar was located near Golgotha, where Messiah was crucified.

The Miphkad Altar and the sin offerings

which were sacrificed on it was really

a cardinal part of the Temple complex

that existed in the time of Messiah.

This altar was not one with a ramp leading up to a square elevated area, but it is described in the Mishnah as a pit in which the animals could be burnt to ashes (Parah 4:2).

The Miphkad Altar was located outside the walls of the Temple (as Ezekiel 43:21 states), but [the bridge across the Kidron Valley and] the roadway leading up to the altar (and including the altar itself) were part of the ritualistic furniture associated with the Temple services….

Messiah/Christ was crucified near the Miphkad Altar!

The location of this altar on the Mount of Olives

offered a direct view

of the entire Temple area.

On the Day of Atonement, those who stood at the site of this special altar could observe the high priest as he was standing near the veil of the Temple, ready to enter the Holy Place. That day they would have seen the veil tear from top to bottom and felt the earth quake!!

Even the bullock and the goat which were sacrificed on the day of Atonement (Leviticus 16) had to be killed near the Altar of Burnt Offering within the Temple and then their carcasses were required to be taken out the eastern gate to the Miphkad Altar at the Mount of Olives and there they were burnt to ashes (Leviticus 4). 
The ashes of all the animals that were burned on the altar at the Temple were taken to the same place where the sin offerings were burned (Miphkad Altar) and were mingled with the ashes of the sin offerings and poured out at the base of the Altar, Leviticus 4:12, 21; 6:11 where the ashes could descend through a conduit system into the Valley of Kidron below.

As the supreme sin offering of God the Father, the body of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach, was offered up when He was crucified on the Mount of Olives, near the altar where the bodies of all sin offerings from the Temple were offered up to God.

Thus, Paul wrote: But He, after offering one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time, He is waiting until His enemies are placed as a footstool for His feet. For by one offering He has obtained eternal perfection for those who are sanctified. Heb. 10:12-14.

As the

Lamb of God,

Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ

was sacrificed on the Pesach/Passover day,

Nisan 14/April 5, 30 AD.

The 14th Nisan is the night when the children ask,

Why is this night different

from all other nights?

The apostle Paul affirms that His death fulfilled the sacrifice of the Passover lamb:

For Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us. I Cor. 5:7.  according to the Old Testament requirements of the law.

The noun

πασχα pascha

means:

Passover,

the feast that celebrates the Exodus of Israel out of Egypt, and which in the Christian era became associated with the resurrection of the Messiah/Christ, and is now celebrated and more commonly known by the name Easter – which is the name of the pagan fertility goddess ishtar and has nothing to do with Jesus/Yeshua.

Although the noun

πασχα – pascha looks like it comes from the verb

πασχω – pascho, meaning: to experience things, technically,

the noun πασχα – pascha is a transliteration of the Hebrew noun פסח – pasah, meaning Passover,

but where in Greek/English, the verb connections seem obvious, a passing over, the Hebrew noun comes from a very distinct word:

The Hebrew verb  פסח  pasah means:

to have a shortage,

and that shortage may lead to:

an impaired mobility,

an intense desire,

or a debilitating indecisiveness.

The derived adjective

פסח piseah

is the common word for:

lame or cripple,

which means that every time

Yeshua/Jesus heals a lame person in the gospels,

there a bit of

פֶסַח /Passover/Pesach happening!!! wow!

The common Hebrew verb that means:

to be blind

is based on a verb that means:

to have too much;

namely skin where it shouldn’t be, in this case over the eyes.

Here we better understand the proverbial link between

the lame and the blind 

because it generally describes:

everybody burdened by

not having enough of something – the lame,

and

everybody burdened by

having too much of something – the blind.

Here we must acknowledge that all humans are

born lame and most die blind!!

The verb פסח – pasah, is associated with:

being child-like and immature,

whereas the words that describe blindness are associated with: being too mature and cold of heart.

Pesach emunah – Passover faith….

have we got Passover faith?

Have we got the faith that the death angel will

Passover us too?

If we do it is because of

the Blood of the Passover Lamb

that we have applied to our lives

by faith.

A list of post titles with Passover/Pesach information is also at the top left on mmm homepage. Links below:

PALM SUNDAY – Nisan – The Appointed Time Of The Lamb

13 For Supper and Only 4 Cups?

Midweek Mannabite – Secrets Of The Seder Plate

Afikomen – Mysterious and Hidden

What Is This Avodah You Have?

Not Passing Over

First Fruits

SONset – sunrise – sunset– SONrise – Apocalypse of the Tamid.

The Pesach Dalet in Time; a Man Between 2 Realms; Yonah and The Watches of the Night.

Unleavened Bread of Matzot Week

Revealing The Overcoming Resheet of Bikkurim

A Lot Can Happen In A Week

Even More Can Happen In And Around The Same Week

The Mystery of ‘In His Deaths’…

WHAT DID JOHN SEE THAT WE MISSED?

NAIL I AM

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם‎,

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week, you are greatly loved and prayed for daily. Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation that 

you are one of His Am Segulah – Treasured People,

that you Have Passover Faith

Pesach  Emunah

and the deep inner knowing that you are sealed to the day of redemption by the Blood of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

Not sure ..you can be…

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Your Passover Lamb

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

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

You are very precious in His sight.

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

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

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