We left the last post at the point where
we could see by the scripture
that through the angel,
YeHoVeH had prophetically called Gideon
mighty man
and then like a garment
He put on Gideon!
Also translated as a
Man of valor.
So we could conclude that if He is in us…
He is wearing us too!
Jesus/Yeshua ‘put on’ the Spirit of His Father
at the time of His immersion and maybe
even more at His transfiguration?
And according to
Romans 13:14
we are to do the same
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
As Yeshua Messiah in us the hope of Glory
He is wearing us too.
Our outer garments are not to be those of the beast systems fashions and trends…
really why do we even care?
Why do we want to look like the world?
why do we want to be mistaken for a worldly person?
Provers 31 warns us that
Favour is deceitful, and beauty vain!
so this is vanity and worthless
we are too much caught up in what the world
and its ungodly systems dictate by
social and main stream media…
Family, don’t let’s be caught in the enemies snares and traps;
those hunters are out there and very seductive and cunning.
We are too easily swayed into a sense of false security
and instead we are to be as wise as serpents,
who are always aware if their surroundings;
and gentle as doves and to
and dress in a manner
worthy of our election and
calling in holiness, clothed with humility.
Also we are to wear our spiritual clothes in
humility and obedience.
He has bought and paid for our clothing for us,
but these clothes are even more beautiful
than the lilies of the field
and they will never wear out.
When we put Messiah on,
He is our garment of salvation.
He is our robe of righteousness
He is our garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
We are clothed in glory, honor and light apart from the armor provided in
Eph 6:11-18 that should remain on place at all times.
The only offensive weapon is
the sword of the spirit which is
His words coming out of our mouths.
Described as the armor of light.
So let us put aside the deeds of darkness
and put on
the armor of light. Rom. 13:11
Galatians 3:27, Eph. 4:24, Col. 3:10-12; Romans 8:29.
In Matt. 3:16 clearly recorded the spirit of His Father/ Yehoveh, coming upon Him so it would seem He put on Yeshua/Jesus.
In Ps. 22
There was a prophetic description of the moments on the cross which were fulfilled according to Matt 27:46 when Yeshua/Jesus quotes the Psalm
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
There was a brief time when
Our Heavenly Father left Him on the cross.
Literally His Father was not wearing Him for those moments
– no wonder He felt it.
The robe of righteousness is our wedding garment
and He clothes us with it.
He was filled with YeHoVeH
His Father wore Him!
I and the Father are one
if you have seen me you have seen the Father
I in you and you in Me
It makes one wonder whether in Revelation
if John knew who He was talking to?
I and the Father are one
We are to seek Him early before the day begins.
In Hebrew terms it is as the dusk falls in the evening!
Genesis 1:3-5
and this is where we are to be sure that we have
put on the Lord
Ps 27:8
and will wear Him throughout the night and the day.
The same way we put on clothes suitable to the task ahead, so the sooner we affirm that we have put the Lord on by communicating with Him, the better prepared we are for whatever the day brings.
Like the Eph. 6 armor –
don’t ever take it off –
and we should never remove our robe of righteousness
we must wear it at all times
together with our garment of salvation.
Without the helmet in place, to garrison guard and keep our minds on Messiah, we are not in the best position to co ordinate and direct the rest of the armor.
Our brain and mind must be in the helmet and protected by it.
This is the most likely location of our spirit and of His Ruach dwelling in us.
Which enables us to walk in the spirit and
not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
In a practical way, it’s eventually to have His mind,
the mind of Jesus/Yeshua;
to think His thoughts
by asking His spirit of Holiness
to control our thinking and
thereby renewing our minds
as our thoughts are transformed to His.
Whose mind is stayed on Him
and here is true shalom/peace
Is 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
So what are we wearing today?
Clothed in humility, harmony and wholeness.
1 Peter 5:5-6
Being a disciple means being clothed in Messiah/Christ as Paul says in Galatians 3:26 and Romans 13:14:
Every one of you that has been baptized
has been clothed in Christ and
Let your armor be the Lord Jesus Christ.
This being clothed in Christ is much more than wearing a cloak that covers our wretchedness.
It is referring to a complete transformation
that allows us to say Gal. 2:20 with Paul:
I have been crucified with Messiah/Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.
To be clothed with humility means you have put on
Messiah/Christ and leave Him on:
Are we a worldly fashion statement based on and reflecting satans’ kingdom; or are we the image and likeness of our Heavenly Father? And if we are like Gideon – as the Lord put him on – we too will be the mighty people of valor.
If He is in us, it is His light that shines out through us,
to a world in darkness and
we indeed will be the vessels of honor.
“chayil” (English) pronounced khah’-yil
in Hebrew is
Strong’s Hebrew: 2428. חָ֫יִל (chayil) — strength …
chayil: strength, efficiency, wealth, army.
Original Word: חַיִל.
Transliteration: chayil.
Phonetic Spelling: (khah’-yil)
Definition: strength, efficiency, wealth, army.
הֶחָֽיִל
חָֽיִל
Hebrew Word for Valor
ha-ḥa-yil, of valor
a mighty man of valor”?
גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י
gib-bō-w-rê
What does it mean?
this phrase appears for the first time in Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them.
Our dictionary today states that
valor is
great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
The conventional Hebrew means more of a force,
especially of an army,
but can also mean a force of might, power, riches, or virtue.
Here the mighty men of valor are the armed men of the army of Israel.
Is there anything about these men in the picture letters in Chayil?
Chayil is spelled
Chet, Yood, Lamed.
חָֽיִל
Reading from right to left above:
Chet
is the
picture of the fence
and indicates a place of protection,
a sanctuary, or a place of security.
Yood
is the picture of the hand or arm
and points to a mighty deed.
Lamed
is the picture of the shepherd’s staff
and demonstrates the voice of authority or control.
It could be said that in the paleo pictograph letters of
Chayil/valor
these warriors in Israels army were…
Lamed, under strong leadership
Yood, performing a mighty work,
and
Chet, providing a place of protection, a sanctuary for their people, especially for their wives and little ones.
Does our Heavenly Father view us like the warriors of Chayil/valor?
Gideon in Judges 6:11
Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites, and the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
We already read that Gideon was hidden from his enemies in a winepress threshing wheat when YeHoVeH’s angel appears to him and calls him
a mighty man of valor.
Gideon didn’t see himself that way and in verse 15 he replies:
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh,
and I am the least in my father’s house.
the reply in verse 16 is an indication of how our Heavenly Father sees us even when we are hiding from our enemies, feeling totally unworthy because we are afraid and anxious:
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
In the fifth book of the Torah,
Deuteronomy 8:18,
Moses used this word differently
הֶחָֽיִל׃
he-ḥā-yil.
הֶחָֽיִל
Chayil
Moses writes:
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God:
for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth,
that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
The word translated
wealth here,
is
Chayil.
Here again it is to show that, the Chayil –
the force of might, power, or riches
comes from Our Heavenly Father YaHoVeH
and is provided to us for serving His purposes.
It is important we remember that.
These references all point to mighty men of valor.
We know we are neither male nor female in the spirit.
Gal.3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
But is there such a thing as
a woman of valor,
a woman of Chayil?
In Proverbs 31:10, Solomon writes
Who can find a virtuous woman?
For her price is far above rubies.
Here the word in
the virtuous woman
in Hebrew is
הֶחָֽיִל
pronounced kyell
Chayil,
the woman of valor,
the force for virtue.
Solomon says about her that she is invaluable.
Why?
Solomon gives a long list of her accomplishments and her character, and in verse 29 and 30:
Many daughters have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty vain!
but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
The word
well/ virtuously is Chayil/hayil
so we find the
outstanding woman of valor
begins with the fear of the LORD.
This kind of fear is reverence,
not terror as in being afraid.
She follows His voice of authority
and does a mighty work
to provide a sanctuary for her family!
The numbers represented by the letters in chayil
seem to show a connection to Jesus/Yeshua.
The letter Chet is also the number 8
which is a new beginning.
The letter Yood is the number 10
and stands for something ordained in Heaven.
The letter Lamed is also the number 30
and points to the blood of Messiah and His sacrifice.
So the numbers could be telling us that
Our Heavenly Father will give us a new beginning
that was ordained in Heaven
and that was made possible
through the blood sacrifice of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach.
The result being that We have
freedom from sin through His blood sacrifice
and the promise of a new beginning with Him.
There is one more place where the scripture uses the word Chayil. In Habakkuk 3:19 His Word speaks this truth:
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
The word strength is again Chayil or valor;
so the meaning of the pictographs could apply once again as
Our Heavenly Father/ The LORD God, or Yahweh/YeHoVeH Adonai,
is our ultimate man of valor.
He is the voice of authority who by the
mighty work of
His blood sacrifice
provided an eternal place of sanctuary for us
with Him in Heaven.
When we place our trust in Him, He sees us as He saw Gideon hiding in the winepress;
the Creator of the universe the source of Faith
calling those things that were not as though they were
and describing the woman in Proverbs 31:
Chayil, mighty men and women – people of valor.
Can we be clothed with humility and strong at the same time?
Yes because
we are told in
Eph. 6:10.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the the wiles of the devil.
It’s the power of
His might
not our own.
Is God wearing us?
If not why not?
And if He is…
then as David said,
of whom shall we be afraid?
Ps. 27:1 Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Ps. 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: all ye that hope in the Lord.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world.
Reading the accounts of Gideon shows us he was an excellent example of modesty in action.
When the Angel of the Lord first came to him he readily acknowledged his background and abilities in a modest manner. Then after he accepted the will and plan of the Lord, Gideon made certain he understood thoroughly what he had to do and constantly looked to the Lord for guidance for each step of the way.
Gideon became
bold and courageous
acting with shrewdness and caution
when
the Lord put him on.
Furthermore, Gideon didn’t use this opportunity to self promote or gain any personal advantage and as soon as he was able, he happily resumed his former place in life.
These are great lessons for us and when we walk with God we should always be ready to
