There was a day that the disciples were discussing who was the greatest among them.
Luke 9;46-48 46 An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side 48 and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.
Mark 9:33-37 33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
Mathew 18:1-5 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,
In Mark 10:35 Two of the disciples James and John had a mother who wanted the prime place for them beside Yeshua/Jesus in His coming Kingdom.
Then Salome the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons James and John and knelt down to make a request of Him. And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.”
23“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers.
Messiah sat down with the 12 in Matthew 20:25,26
But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
Whoever wishes to be 1st or greater than everyone else will be last of all, servant of all.
We are to grab on to Yeshua/Jesus, its not about us, or about being great, or first, or the best, or the greatest; it’s about Him and the Father; for if we take hold of Him we are taking hold of the One who sent Him.
Mark 9:37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”
Mark 10:35
Yeshua/Jesus went on to say more about
greater than:
Matt. 12: 41, The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 11 32. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Matt. 12:6. “But I say to you that there is something greater than the Temple here.”
6. wa’ani ‘omer lakem ki yesh-poh gadol min-haMiq’dash.
The temple was a building made with human hands Yeshua/Jesus came to destroy that physical structure and replace it with Himself through His resurrected body and the release of His Ruach.
He not only filled the building/house they were in, (Acts.) but the physical body their spirits were indwelling.
This He has done for us.
Now we are the temple/the sanctuary/the inner holy of holies
where He abides with every true believer.
He does not live in a sanctuary made with human hands. Acts 17:24
The word temple is sanctuary
and that is where His Ruach HaKodesh, the presence of our Heavenly Father was, in the ark located inside the holy of holies; now the sanctuary/temple is in us and there is no need for a physical building because we are the lively stones.
Jonah was a prophet, however he was also not very quick to obey; and being disobedient, he ran in the opposite direction from his assignment and ended up in the belly of a whale!
When he did finally obey, he was irritated that the people heard him and repented. He was more concerned about saving face than saving souls. Yeshua/Jesus made Himself of no reputation and loved not His life unto death. He set His face towards Jerusalem in obedience to His Father and did not run from His destiny knowing what He was to face after Moses and Elijah had been discussing His situation on the Mt of Transfiguration. Matt. 17, Mark 9, Luke 9.
His flesh would have preferred to have the cup pass from Him
…if it be possible, let this cup pass from me …” Matthew 26:39.
yet He still submitted willingly to the Fathers plan and purpose. Learning obedience by the things He suffered.
7. During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
8.Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Hebrews 5:8.
The words in verse 8 may be connected with what was written in the previous verse, 7, which implied that He was heard for His reverent fear, not because, in the preeminent sense, He was God’s Son.
This puts a greater demand on us also, to always be in the correct attitude toward our Heavenly Father showing reverent respect for Who He is.
One
>
greater than
Yonah/Jonah who was in the belly of a whale is
Jesus/Yeshua
Who went into the belly of the earth
and both came forth to victory.
However Yonah/Jonah was mentioned by name from the lips of Messiah as a reference point to His own death, burial and resurrection. The number of days in the belly of the earth.
He said this will be the only sign for a wicked and adulterous generation. Below are some of the signs given for the generation that
seeks after a sign..
Jonah/Yonah spent three days inside the belly of a great fish because of his own sinfulness and rebellion.
Yeshua/Jesus spent three days inside the belly of the earth because of our sin and rebellion.
Yonah/Jonah ran from the difficult calling God gave Him. Jonah 1:3
Yeshua/Jesus perfectly obeyed the Father’s will, coming to earth and dying on the cross.
Jonah was asleep on the ship during a storm caused by his own disobedience and was eventually thrown overboard. Jonah 1:4-12.
Yeshua/Jesus slept on a boat during a storm, and rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.Mark 4:35-41.
The difference was that Yonah/Jonah was the cause of a storm. Yeshua/Jesus had authority over the storm.
Yonah/Jonah feared the Creator
Who had authority on earth. Jonah 1:9.
Yeshua/Jesus is the Creatorwith all authority over heaven and earth. John 1:3; Matthew 28:18.
While he was inside the fish, Yonah/Jonah knew thatSalvation belongs to the Lord. Jonah 2:9.
Yeshua/Jesus’ name means Yahweh saves.
ישוע
Yeshua/Jesus is the way of salvation.Hebrews 5:9; Acts 4:12.
Yonah/Jonah became angry with God for showing grace toward repentant sinners. Jonah 4:2.
The name Solomon means Recompense, or Fair Penalty.
Solomon (Σολομών) is also ancient Koine Greek name, derived from 3rd cent. B.C.E. Septuagint translation of the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh).
W’hinneh phoh gadol mish’lomoh
One greater than Solomon is here.
He was the king of Israel, the son of David and asked YHVH
only for wisdom to rule His people.
Solomon was the wisest that lived … yet, Yeshua/Jesus said
one greater that Solomon is here.
The Queen of the south came..
to hear the wisdom of Solomon/Shelomoh.
lish’mo`a ‘eth-chak’math Sh’lomoh
The wisdom of God was in Jesus/Yeshua
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke 2:52
and therefore His wisdom was directly from His Father I and the Father are one.
So His wisdom was
greater than
that of Solomon.
James said if any of us lack wisdom we should ask and the Father will impart it to us.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Jam.1:5
and yet Solomon/Shelomoh ended with the view
that all is vanity worthless and declared
there is nothing new under the sun…
that should make us think!
One
>
greater than
Moshe/Moses is here.
The name Moses
is written in the Hebrew Bible as
משה
mosheh,
Strong’s #4872
This name is derived from the Hebrew verb
משה
M.Sh.H, Strong’s #4871
meaning “to draw out.”
Mosheh was named such,
because the Pharaoh’s daughter
“drew him out of the water”
Exodus 2:10.
A prophet like unto Moses
משה
The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, Deut.18:15
Moses led the people out of bondage. He stood before the face of the Lord God/YHVH and received the 10 sayings that they were to live by and to follow the feasts annually in preparation for the wedding. Recall they were betrothed to the Lord at that time and Jesus/Yeshua came saying that, He was the bridegroom…in answer to the ? about why His disciples were not fasting.
He came to fulfill the law, the torah, the teaching, and to fulfill the feasts that were set in place. Moses/Moshe was the agent of deliverance for the children of Israel; their salvation from bondage to Egypt came through His obedience… a type of Jesus/Yeshua in the Re-New –ed Covenant.
The Father caused the waters before Moshe/Moses to be split – to make a WAY for them to go forward in order to meet with YHVH at Sinai and be betrothed to Him through covenant.
The children of Israel were to focus on Moses and the journey NOT on the enemies pursuing them. Just as we are to focus on Yeshua/Jesus and in the same way the waters split leaving Egypt and at the river Jordan entering the Promised land….
The veil in the temple split as Messiah Jesus/Yeshua made the Way – opening access back up to the Father on the cross for us.
So we can become part of that bride awaiting the return of her bridegroom.
Their deliverance was in the physical; ours is in the spiritual. An eternal relationship
One
>
greater than
Moses
is
Yeshua
It is always a process of coming out and going in, leaving and entering, of deliverance to freedom
One
>
greater than
Adam is here..
He was the last Adam
אדם
The Hebrew word
אדמה
adamah
is the feminine form of
אדם
meaning
ground
Genesis 2:7.
The word/name
אדום
Edom
means
red.
Each of these words has the common meaning of
red.
Dam is the “red” blood,
adamah is the “red” ground,
edom is the color “red”
and adam is the “red” man.
The Hebrew word
adam is translated either as man or Adam
depending on context and on the presence or lack of the definite article (“the” in English, ha in Hebrew).
So ha-adam is translated usually as the man
(referring to either an unspecified man or to mankind as a whole, depending on context),
The Hebrew letter Mem as the last letter in Adam’s name discloses what is at the end of the PATH that Adam chooses. Mem.
Mem is pictured as WATERS.
Mem can mean the Waters of Life as pictured by as the gentle rain, a clear spring, running brook or a gently flowing stream as well as storm.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 5:12
The first Adam sinned and caused everyone that followed to be born in sin and death
האדם האחרון
the last Adam came and caused everyone that believes and recieves Him to be born again in to life and be free redeemed from sin and death.
One
>
greater than
John the Baptist is here
Mark 11:9,10 11:11
Yochanan HaMatbil
יוחנן המטביל
Yochanan/Johns birth was a miracle
and His name was supernaturally given.
The name John has a long history that traces back to
the Hebrew name
יוחנן Yôḥānnān,
which means
Yahweh is gracious.
John the Baptist:
Yochanan HaMatbil –
יוחנן המטביל
John: Yochanan יוחנן
Yo = God,
Chanan = to bless; to amnesty
Baptist: Matbil [מטביל]
From the root T.B.L- to immerse; to baptize:
John is Yawchanan or יוחנן
John/Yochanan came in the spirit and power of Elijah and Jesus said..
And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.
Matthew 11:14
&
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.’. Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist” Matthew 17:12-13.
As was prophesied in Malachi 3:23
Now I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the day of the Lord comes, the great and terrible day; 24 He will turn the heart of fathers to their sons, and the heart of sons to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the land with utter destruction.
John/Yochanan the forerunner He described the One who was coming after him He was the voice in the wilderness crying repent return to the Lord prepare the way for Him…
This is what John preached to the people: “There is one coming after me who is ·greater
[mightier; more powerful] than I;
I am not ·good enough [fit; qualified] even to kneel down and untie [L the thong/strap of] his sandals [C a task of a servant or slave]. Mark 1:7
Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
Luke 7:28
Yeshua/Jesus said none born
greater than
John yet the least of these
For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
The One Who Sends Is
Greater than
the One Who Is Sent.
One
greater than
anyone who has ever lived on this earth is here..
He remains in every stone of those fitly joined together
“lively stones, are built up a spiritual house” 1 Peter 2:5,
and like the temple of Solomon, where “the glory of the Lord filled the house” 2 Chronicles 7:1,
these stones…each one of US…
“also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit” Ephesians 2:22.
Himself being the Rosh Pinah – the corner stone.
The One that was rejected.
We are builded together in Him – the son of man/son of God We are here in His Bride whom He is preparing to present to Himself without spot or wrinkle.
One greater has come
and paid the price for our sin
redeemed us by His blood
loving His life not unto death and
pouring out Himself dying that we may live.
The Lamb of God did take away the sin of the world
and our individually too
if we receive His sacrifice personally
and are washed in the blood He willingly shed.
Yes one
greater than
Adam
Moses
Jonah
Solomon
John
and the Temple/Sanctuary
IS HERE.
Students are not greater than their teacher,
and slaves are not greater than their master.
Matthew 10:24
We are not greater than our teacher
but we are like Him as we follow Him continually!
The greater one is in us and Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater `works’ than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. John 14:12
Let’s be ready. Let’s be prepared for those greater works!
We will never be one greater than Messiah Matthew 10:24
but we have the
one greater than
us within.
Remember, He is wearing us! Lets choose to die to the self life and yield to His spirit and let Him work those works of the Father through us.
Let go of the world and all that it offers and take up your cross today and every day..
for one
greater than
the call of the wild or the world
is calling us to come up higher….
Remember As Jesus/Yeshua said
You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and
I am coming back to you.’
If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because
the Father is
greater than
I.
John 14:28
You are of God, little children,
and have overcome them,
because He who is in you is
greater than
he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4
The Fathers’ Spirit of Holiness/Ruach HaKodesh, our Helper, has made His home in us as believers. What a miracle, the Greater One lives inside us. We are the sanctuary/temple of the living God.
“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”1 Corinthians 3:16,
Wherever we go, He goes with us. Wherever we are, He is there. He is everything we need Him to be. If we know Who lives in us and if we believe God’s Word, then no matter what or whom we face in life, we will have no fear. The Greater One Who lives in us is
greater than
he who is in the world!
He will give us the victory in life!!!
so let’s Raise a Hallelujah
These songs touched my heart this week
hopefully they will touch and bless yours also. Let’s Believe for it because there is power in His Name and Miracles are waiting to be claimed….remembering all our sisters and brothers all around the world going through tests and trials and praying this for them….
May His true Shalom rest upon each one in Yeshuas’ Name.
You are greatly loved Mishpachah Family
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
and prayed for daily..
make sure you are secure in the knowledge you are saved
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
