First I must apologize, I don't have a clue how to display the paleo hebrew. It just shows up as boxes. Maybe the computer is not smart enough to recognize it. This is a follow up to what I wrote on "grace/beauty".
I wanted to look at Moshe. Was he not a broken man, from the palace to the fields. Alife of luxury to a nomadic existence. His people captive to a dictator who desired oppression for the Y'israelites. I see his brokeness as the preliminary ingredient to what we looked at for "grace/beauty". The best part of this study is where Messiah appears in the aleph/tav.
Ps 34:18 YHWH is near to them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
Is near
2729) ( QRB) ac: Approach co: Near ab: ?: A bringing, giving or approaching of someone or something to be close, at hand or among.
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
He Who Exists
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
Unto them that are broken
2811) ( ShBR) ac: Burst co: Grain ab: ?: The grain is placed on the threshing floor or in the millstone and crushed to burst out the seeds from the hulls. [from: ]
Heart
1255) ( LB) ac: ? co: Heart ab: Think: The pictograph is a picture of the shepherd staff representing authority, the is a picture of a tent representing what is inside. Combined these mean "authority inside". The consciousness of man is seen as coming from deep inside the chest, the heart. Thirst as an Inside desire for water. (eng: life; love; liver - the seat of passion; lava)
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
In the strongs there really isn’t a definition for this. Strongs #853
The first letter ו (a vav) is taken to mean “and” then you have the את (aleph,tav).
1022) ( AT) ac: Plow co: Mark ab: ?: The pictograph is a picture of an ox. The is a picture of two crossed sticks used to make a sign or mark. Combined these pictures represent "an ox moving toward a mark". When plowing a field with oxen, the plowman drives the oxen toward a distant mark in order to keep the furrow straight. A traveler arrives at his destination by following a mark. The traveling toward a mark, destination or person. The arrival of one to the mark. A "you" is an individual who has arrived to a "me". The coming toward a mark. A standard, or flag, with the family mark hangs as a sign. An agreement or covenant by two where a sign or mark of the agreement is made as a reminder to both parties. (eng: at - a moving at something)
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
Contrite
Nm) ( D-KA) - Broken: Something that is broken into pieces. [freq. 3] kjv: contrite, destruction {str: 1793}
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
Nf) ( RWHh) - Wind: Also the wind of man or god, the breath. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [freq. 380] kjv: spirit, wind, breath, side, mind, blast, vain, air, anger, cool, courage, space, enlargement {str: 7305, 7307}
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Psa 34:18 ) קרוב יהוה לנשׁברי־לב ואת־דכאי־רוח יושׁיע׃
Nm) ( Y-ShAh) - Rescue: A deliverance or freedom from a trouble. [freq. 36] kjv: salvation, safety, saving {str: 3468}
Monday, August 23, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Grace (part 1)
What is the definition of "grace"? I found that to be a bit harder than I imagined it would be. I found that most of my definitions were not even my own, but rather those told to me. This particular Shabbat we studied it out as a family. Both my wife and I were floored at what we found. I also found one of the most beautiful things I have ever known.
For the past few months I have been gone through some trials.
I have always been a servant in the body (22 years), yet YHWH showed me that my service was not all it should be. I have always known how to pray and believe YHWH for the answer. Yet YHWH showed me otherwise. Lately "grace and mercy" has been the topic. It is one of the most argued topics today as yesterday. Shouldn't we have a clear understanding of this? I Bless YHWH for His revelation and the wisdom to use it. Please study this with me and respond that we may be "echad" as The Father and The Son are "echad.
GraceH2580
חן
chên
khane
From H2603; graciousness, that is, subjectively (kindness, favor) or objectively (beauty): - favour, grace (-ious), pleasant, precious, [well-] favoured.
Beauty: As the beauty of the camp. To give or show beauty, grace or mercy to another. [freq. 69] kjv: grace, favour, gracious, pleasant, precious {str: 2580}
Gen 6:8 But Noaḥ found favour(beauty) in the eyes of יהוה.
Exo 33:12 And Mosheh said to יהוה, “See, You are saying to me, ‘Bring up this people.ʼ But You have not made known to me whom You would send with me, though You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favour(beauty) in My eyes.ʼ
Rth 2:10 And she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour(beauty) in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?”
Rth 2:11 And Boʽaz answered and said to her, “I have been told all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before.
Rth 2:12 “יהוה repay your work, and your reward is complete from יהוה Elohim of Yisraʼĕl, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”
Rth 2:13 And she said, “Let me find favour(beauty) in your eyes, my master, because you have comforted me, and have spoken to the heart of your female servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”
Est 2:15 And when the turn came for Estĕr, the daughter of Aḇihayil the uncle of Mordeḵai, who had taken her as his daughter, to come in to the sovereign, she sought no matter but what Hĕḡai the sovereignʼs eunuch, guardian of the women, advised. And Estĕr found favour(beauty) in the eyes of all who saw her.
Est 2:17 And the sovereign loved Estĕr more than all the women, and she found favour(beauty) and kindness in his eyes more than all the maidens. And he set the royal crown upon her head and made her sovereigness instead of Vashti.
Num 32:5 And they said, “If we have found favour(beauty) in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession, and do not let us pass over the Yardĕn.”
Num 32:10 “Then the displeasure of יהוה burned on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
Num 32:11 ‘Not one of the men who came up from Mitsrayim, from twenty years old and above, is to see the land of which I swore to Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yaʽaqoḇ, because they did not follow Me completely,
So here we have examples of Noach, Moshe, Ruth, Ester and the children of Y'israel. Four of them found His "beauty"(grace) and the children of Y'israel did not. Yet there is a common thread between them and what seperates them. So we look for more witnesses. In the next one I believe it is about The Messiah.
Psa 45:2 You are more handsome than the sons of men; Favour(beauty) has been poured upon Your lips; Therefore Elohim has blessed You forever.
Psa 45:3 Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, Your excellency and Your splendour. Psa 45:4 And ride prosperously in Your splendour, On the matter of truth and humility, righteousness; And let Your right hand lead You to awesome matters.
It seems to me that here there is a witness to "humility" as one of the things that defines one as "the beauty of the camp".
Psa 84:11 For יהוה Elohim is a sun and a shield; יהוה gives favour(beauty) and esteem; He withholds no good matter From those who walk blamelessly.
Here is another witness for "walking blamelessly". But who can attest to that? There are a few in scripture but I will focus on One.
Luk 2:40 And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom. And the favour(beauty) of Elohim was upon Him.
Luk 2:52 And יהושע increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour(beauty) with Elohim and men.
Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour(beauty) and truth.
Joh 1:16 And out of His completeness we all did receive, and favour(beauty) upon favour,(beauty)
Joh 1:17 for the Torah was given through Mosheh – the favour(beauty) and the truth came through יהושע Messiah.
Is it just me or is this the best witness of all. He "pitched His tent" and is "complete in beauty" and from Him we receive His beauty! As i read this those first five examples became clearer. Noach was the only beauty YHWH saw on earth. Moshe was a type of Messiah. Ruth desired YHWH more than her own people. Ester helped in delivering her people and all who beheld her saw her as the beauty of the camp. All of these were humble. Was YHWH Elohim not their sun and shield, and what great matter did He withold from them. Yet He did withold from the children of Y'israel in the desert. No man above twenty years old left there alive. I see several witnesses and examples to the "grace" of YHWH. Those who walk according to His word, who LOVE HIM with all their heart, soul and might will have His beauty poured out upon them. Yes it's free, for those who desire the completeness of Messiah. Not my words but His Word.
1Jn 2:1 My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah, a righteous One.
1Jn 2:2 And He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins, and not for ours only but also for all the world.
1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.1 Footnote: 1See 3:6.
1Jn 2:4 The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5 But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.2 Footnotes: 1Gen. 17:1, Ps. 119:1, Mt. 5:48. 2See 3:24.
1Jn 2:6 The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked.
1Jn 2:7 Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.1 Footnote: 1See v. 24.
For the past few months I have been gone through some trials.
I have always been a servant in the body (22 years), yet YHWH showed me that my service was not all it should be. I have always known how to pray and believe YHWH for the answer. Yet YHWH showed me otherwise. Lately "grace and mercy" has been the topic. It is one of the most argued topics today as yesterday. Shouldn't we have a clear understanding of this? I Bless YHWH for His revelation and the wisdom to use it. Please study this with me and respond that we may be "echad" as The Father and The Son are "echad.
GraceH2580
חן
chên
khane
From H2603; graciousness, that is, subjectively (kindness, favor) or objectively (beauty): - favour, grace (-ious), pleasant, precious, [well-] favoured.
Beauty: As the beauty of the camp. To give or show beauty, grace or mercy to another. [freq. 69] kjv: grace, favour, gracious, pleasant, precious {str: 2580}
Gen 6:8 But Noaḥ found favour(beauty) in the eyes of יהוה.
Exo 33:12 And Mosheh said to יהוה, “See, You are saying to me, ‘Bring up this people.ʼ But You have not made known to me whom You would send with me, though You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favour(beauty) in My eyes.ʼ
Rth 2:10 And she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour(beauty) in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?”
Rth 2:11 And Boʽaz answered and said to her, “I have been told all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before.
Rth 2:12 “יהוה repay your work, and your reward is complete from יהוה Elohim of Yisraʼĕl, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”
Rth 2:13 And she said, “Let me find favour(beauty) in your eyes, my master, because you have comforted me, and have spoken to the heart of your female servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”
Est 2:15 And when the turn came for Estĕr, the daughter of Aḇihayil the uncle of Mordeḵai, who had taken her as his daughter, to come in to the sovereign, she sought no matter but what Hĕḡai the sovereignʼs eunuch, guardian of the women, advised. And Estĕr found favour(beauty) in the eyes of all who saw her.
Est 2:17 And the sovereign loved Estĕr more than all the women, and she found favour(beauty) and kindness in his eyes more than all the maidens. And he set the royal crown upon her head and made her sovereigness instead of Vashti.
Num 32:5 And they said, “If we have found favour(beauty) in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession, and do not let us pass over the Yardĕn.”
Num 32:10 “Then the displeasure of יהוה burned on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
Num 32:11 ‘Not one of the men who came up from Mitsrayim, from twenty years old and above, is to see the land of which I swore to Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yaʽaqoḇ, because they did not follow Me completely,
So here we have examples of Noach, Moshe, Ruth, Ester and the children of Y'israel. Four of them found His "beauty"(grace) and the children of Y'israel did not. Yet there is a common thread between them and what seperates them. So we look for more witnesses. In the next one I believe it is about The Messiah.
Psa 45:2 You are more handsome than the sons of men; Favour(beauty) has been poured upon Your lips; Therefore Elohim has blessed You forever.
Psa 45:3 Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, Your excellency and Your splendour. Psa 45:4 And ride prosperously in Your splendour, On the matter of truth and humility, righteousness; And let Your right hand lead You to awesome matters.
It seems to me that here there is a witness to "humility" as one of the things that defines one as "the beauty of the camp".
Psa 84:11 For יהוה Elohim is a sun and a shield; יהוה gives favour(beauty) and esteem; He withholds no good matter From those who walk blamelessly.
Here is another witness for "walking blamelessly". But who can attest to that? There are a few in scripture but I will focus on One.
Luk 2:40 And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom. And the favour(beauty) of Elohim was upon Him.
Luk 2:52 And יהושע increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour(beauty) with Elohim and men.
Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour(beauty) and truth.
Joh 1:16 And out of His completeness we all did receive, and favour(beauty) upon favour,(beauty)
Joh 1:17 for the Torah was given through Mosheh – the favour(beauty) and the truth came through יהושע Messiah.
Is it just me or is this the best witness of all. He "pitched His tent" and is "complete in beauty" and from Him we receive His beauty! As i read this those first five examples became clearer. Noach was the only beauty YHWH saw on earth. Moshe was a type of Messiah. Ruth desired YHWH more than her own people. Ester helped in delivering her people and all who beheld her saw her as the beauty of the camp. All of these were humble. Was YHWH Elohim not their sun and shield, and what great matter did He withold from them. Yet He did withold from the children of Y'israel in the desert. No man above twenty years old left there alive. I see several witnesses and examples to the "grace" of YHWH. Those who walk according to His word, who LOVE HIM with all their heart, soul and might will have His beauty poured out upon them. Yes it's free, for those who desire the completeness of Messiah. Not my words but His Word.
1Jn 2:1 My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah, a righteous One.
1Jn 2:2 And He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins, and not for ours only but also for all the world.
1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.1 Footnote: 1See 3:6.
1Jn 2:4 The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5 But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.2 Footnotes: 1Gen. 17:1, Ps. 119:1, Mt. 5:48. 2See 3:24.
1Jn 2:6 The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked.
1Jn 2:7 Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.1 Footnote: 1See v. 24.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Prayer
22 years ago I became a believer in Yahshua Ha Mashiach. I still remember the first question I asked in regards to the scriptures. It was about the early believers in the book of Acts.
Act 2:45 and sold their possessions and property, and divided them among all, as anyone might have need.
Act 2:46 And day by day, continuing with one mind in the Set-apart Place, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
Act 2:47 praising Elohim and having favour with all the people. And the Master added to the assembly those who were being saved, day by day.
My question was "why don't we do this now". I was told that was for that time in history, thats all it is history. I didn't believe the answer then and I don't believe it applies now. Just as sure as we live in a world that is full of every imaginable pleasure, comfort or philosophy, the same was present in that time. We just have more technology so we can sin faster! Why within the "church" do we have so many doctrines and different teachings. Yes some of us have returned to "The Torah", but so many of us disagree on so many different levels. I think that something is wrong here. In fact our Messiah must have the same idea for He prayed in the book of John this,
Joh 17:11 “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are.
Joh 17:21 so that they all might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me.
Joh 17:22 “And the esteem which You gave Me I have given them, so that they might be one as We are one,
Joh 17:23 “I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me
So obviously from our Messiah's mouth he is praying that we would be "echad" or one.
אֶחָד
echad
1) one (number)
a) one (number)
b) each, every
c) a certain
d) an (indefinite article)
e) only, once, once for all
f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
g) first
h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
If we go back a few verses in the 2nd chapter of acts there is a recipe for what our Messiah was praying for. We can see that it worked for the early believers and YHWH blessed them.
Act 2:42 And they were continuing steadfastly in the teaching of the emissaries, and in the fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers.
Act 2:43 And fear came upon every being, and many wonders and signs were being done through the emissaries.
Act 2:44 And all those who believed were together, and had all in common,
Act 2:45 and sold their possessions and property, and divided them among all, as anyone might have need.
Act 2:46 And day by day, continuing with one mind in the Set-apart Place, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
Act 2:47 praising Elohim and having favour with all the people. And the Master added to the assembly those who were being saved, day by day.
May we as the time of YHWH'S fall feasts approach consider and do these things in scripture that if we may, hasten the coming of our beloved Messiah. In prayer one of the greatest gifts given to men.
Shalom, Chris
Act 2:45 and sold their possessions and property, and divided them among all, as anyone might have need.
Act 2:46 And day by day, continuing with one mind in the Set-apart Place, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
Act 2:47 praising Elohim and having favour with all the people. And the Master added to the assembly those who were being saved, day by day.
My question was "why don't we do this now". I was told that was for that time in history, thats all it is history. I didn't believe the answer then and I don't believe it applies now. Just as sure as we live in a world that is full of every imaginable pleasure, comfort or philosophy, the same was present in that time. We just have more technology so we can sin faster! Why within the "church" do we have so many doctrines and different teachings. Yes some of us have returned to "The Torah", but so many of us disagree on so many different levels. I think that something is wrong here. In fact our Messiah must have the same idea for He prayed in the book of John this,
Joh 17:11 “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are.
Joh 17:21 so that they all might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me.
Joh 17:22 “And the esteem which You gave Me I have given them, so that they might be one as We are one,
Joh 17:23 “I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me
So obviously from our Messiah's mouth he is praying that we would be "echad" or one.
אֶחָד
echad
1) one (number)
a) one (number)
b) each, every
c) a certain
d) an (indefinite article)
e) only, once, once for all
f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
g) first
h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
If we go back a few verses in the 2nd chapter of acts there is a recipe for what our Messiah was praying for. We can see that it worked for the early believers and YHWH blessed them.
Act 2:42 And they were continuing steadfastly in the teaching of the emissaries, and in the fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers.
Act 2:43 And fear came upon every being, and many wonders and signs were being done through the emissaries.
Act 2:44 And all those who believed were together, and had all in common,
Act 2:45 and sold their possessions and property, and divided them among all, as anyone might have need.
Act 2:46 And day by day, continuing with one mind in the Set-apart Place, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
Act 2:47 praising Elohim and having favour with all the people. And the Master added to the assembly those who were being saved, day by day.
May we as the time of YHWH'S fall feasts approach consider and do these things in scripture that if we may, hasten the coming of our beloved Messiah. In prayer one of the greatest gifts given to men.
Shalom, Chris
Thursday, July 15, 2010
If My people? Who are called by My Name? 2 Chr 7:14
2Ch 7:14 and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
2Ch 7:15 “Now, My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
2Ch 7:16 “And now, I have chosen and set this house apart for My Name to be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall always be there.
2Ch 7:17 “And you, if you walk before Me as your father Dawiḏ walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you guard My laws and My right-rulings,
2Ch 7:18 then I shall establish the throne of your reign, as I covenanted with Dawiḏ your father, saying, ‘There is not to cease a man of yours as ruler in Yisraʼĕl.ʼ
2Ch 7:19 “But if you turn away and forsake My laws and My commands which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other mighty ones, and bow yourself to them,
2Ch 7:20 then I shall pluck them from My land, which I have given them, and this house which I have set apart for My Name I shall cast out of My sight and make it to be a proverb and a mockery among all peoples.
2Ch 7:21 “And this house, which has been exalted, everyone who passes by it is shall be astonished and say, ‘Why has יהוה done thus to this land and this house?ʼ
2Ch 7:22 “Then they shall say, ‘Because they forsook יהוה Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, and embraced other mighty ones, and bowed themselves to them and served them, therefore He has brought all this evil on them.ʼ ”
Posterboards all over Texas have 2 Chr 7:14 Pray for our nation, above an American flag.
The people I have talked to only know the verse regarding praying and healing our land. This is actually an answer from The Almighty. The nation of Y'israel had just finished sanctifying the temple.
2Ch 7:5 And Sovereign Shelomoh made an offering of twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Thus the sovereign and all the people dedicated the House of Elohim.
This response from YHWH was to a people that were set apart to Him. He also warns the people what He will do if the pople turn away. Surely our country has not turned away from YHWH.
Unless you count the millions of slaughtered babies
Unless you count Rom 1:27 and likewise, the men also, having left natural relations with woman, burned in their lust for one another.
Unless you count our addiction to pharmakia, witchcraft, fortunetelling, false prophets and false messiahs.
If we want YHWH to heal our land then we MUST TURN from our wicked ways, humble ourselves and pray.
2Ch 7:15 “Now, My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
2Ch 7:16 “And now, I have chosen and set this house apart for My Name to be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall always be there.
2Ch 7:17 “And you, if you walk before Me as your father Dawiḏ walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you guard My laws and My right-rulings,
2Ch 7:18 then I shall establish the throne of your reign, as I covenanted with Dawiḏ your father, saying, ‘There is not to cease a man of yours as ruler in Yisraʼĕl.ʼ
2Ch 7:19 “But if you turn away and forsake My laws and My commands which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other mighty ones, and bow yourself to them,
2Ch 7:20 then I shall pluck them from My land, which I have given them, and this house which I have set apart for My Name I shall cast out of My sight and make it to be a proverb and a mockery among all peoples.
2Ch 7:21 “And this house, which has been exalted, everyone who passes by it is shall be astonished and say, ‘Why has יהוה done thus to this land and this house?ʼ
2Ch 7:22 “Then they shall say, ‘Because they forsook יהוה Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, and embraced other mighty ones, and bowed themselves to them and served them, therefore He has brought all this evil on them.ʼ ”
Posterboards all over Texas have 2 Chr 7:14 Pray for our nation, above an American flag.
The people I have talked to only know the verse regarding praying and healing our land. This is actually an answer from The Almighty. The nation of Y'israel had just finished sanctifying the temple.
2Ch 7:5 And Sovereign Shelomoh made an offering of twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Thus the sovereign and all the people dedicated the House of Elohim.
This response from YHWH was to a people that were set apart to Him. He also warns the people what He will do if the pople turn away. Surely our country has not turned away from YHWH.
Unless you count the millions of slaughtered babies
Unless you count Rom 1:27 and likewise, the men also, having left natural relations with woman, burned in their lust for one another.
Unless you count our addiction to pharmakia, witchcraft, fortunetelling, false prophets and false messiahs.
If we want YHWH to heal our land then we MUST TURN from our wicked ways, humble ourselves and pray.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Water in the desert
Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
HaMayim b'Midmar is the Hebrew for Water in the desert or Wilderness. The word for water is Mayim and is a life source as well as a cleansing medium. We know that the Word of God (YHVH) is the water that washes us clean. The word Midmar consists of two parts; "Mid", meaning 'Garment' and "Bar" meaning 'Son' and 'Cleansing'.
Our walk through this life is like traveling through the Desert (Midbar), and it is designed to let us thirst and find the Son, so that our thirst may be quenched and our Garments may be Cleansed by Him through His Living Water (Word).
HaMayim b'Midmar is the Hebrew for Water in the desert or Wilderness. The word for water is Mayim and is a life source as well as a cleansing medium. We know that the Word of God (YHVH) is the water that washes us clean. The word Midmar consists of two parts; "Mid", meaning 'Garment' and "Bar" meaning 'Son' and 'Cleansing'.
Our walk through this life is like traveling through the Desert (Midbar), and it is designed to let us thirst and find the Son, so that our thirst may be quenched and our Garments may be Cleansed by Him through His Living Water (Word).
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Isaiah 44/John 17
This chapter in Isaiah really began to speak to my heart after hearing it sung by Ted Pearce.
Isa 44:1 “But now hear, O Yaʽaqoḇ My servant, and Yisraʼĕl whom I have chosen.
Isa 44:2 Thus said יהוה who made you and formed you from the womb, who helps you, ‘Do not fear, O Yaʽaqoḇ My servant, and Yeshurun1, whom I have chosen. Footnote: 1A poetical title for Yisraʼĕl, meaning the Straight One or the Upright One. This poetical title is also found in Dt. 32:15, 33:5 & 33:26.
Isa 44:3 ‘For I pour water on the thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I pour My Spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring,
Isa 44:4 and they shall spring up among the grass like willows by streams of water.ʼ
Isa 44:5 “One says, ‘I belong to יהוה; another calls himself by the name of Yaʽaqoḇ; another writes with his hand, ‘Unto יהוה,ʼ and names himself by the name of Yisraʼĕl.
Isa 44:6 “Thus said יהוה, Sovereign of Yisraʼĕl, and his Redeemer, יהוה of hosts, ‘I am the First and I am the Last, besides Me there is no Elohim.
Isa 44:7 ‘And who is like Me? Let him call and declare it, and lay it before Me, since I appointed the everlasting people. And the events that are coming and those that do come, let them declare these to them.
Isa 44:8 ‘Do not fear, nor be afraid. Have I not since made you hear, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there an Eloah besides Me? There is no other Rock, I know not one.ʼ ”
Isa 44:9 Those who make an idol, all of them are emptiness, and their delights do not profit. And they are their own witnesses; they neither see nor know, so that they are put to shame.
Isa 44:10 Who would form a mighty one or cast an idol that is of no value?
Isa 44:11 See, all his companions are ashamed, and the workmen, they are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up, let them fear, let them be put to shame, altogether.
Isa 44:12 The craftsman in iron with the tools works one in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he shall be hungry, and has no strength; he drinks no water and is weary.
Isa 44:13 The carpenter stretches out his rule, he outlines it with chalk; he fashions it with a plane, and he outlines it with the compass, and makes it like the figure of a man, according to the comeliness of a man, to remain in the house.
Isa 44:14 He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes cypress and oak, which he raised among the trees of the forest. He has planted a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
Isa 44:15 And it shall be for a man to burn, for he takes some of it and warms himself. He also kindles it and shall bake bread. He also makes a mighty one and bows himself to it – has made it a carved image and falls down before it.
Isa 44:16 Half of it he shall burn in the fire; with this half he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
Isa 44:17 And the rest of it he makes into a mighty one, his carved image. He falls down before it and worships, prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my mighty one.”
Isa 44:18 They do not know nor understand, for He has smeared their eyes from seeing, and their hearts from understanding.
Isa 44:19 And no one recalls it to his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, and I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Should I fall down before a log of wood?”
Here YHWH is proclaiming His purposes and who can answer Him. As He says in verse 7 And who, as I, can proclaim--let him declare it, and set it in order for Me. At this point no man can lift his head and even breath let alone respond. Here He is promising to restore Y'israel, and bless them.
Isa 44:21 “Remember these matters, O Yaʽaqoḇ, and Yisraʼĕl, for you are My servant! I have formed you, you are My servant, O Yisraʼĕl, do not forget Me!
Isa 44:22 “I shall wipe out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I shall redeem you.”
Isa 44:23 Sing, O heavens, for יהוה shall do it! Shout, O depths of the earth! Break forth into singing, O mountains, forest, and every tree in it! For יהוה shall redeem Yaʽaqoḇ, and make Himself clear in Yisraʼĕl.
Isa 44:24 Thus said יהוה, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, “I am יהוה, doing all, stretching out the heavens all alone, spreading out the earth, with none beside Me
And again He is saying return to Me, that He has redeemed them. But there is a man who answers Him. After the meal with His disciples where it is only recorded in the book of John.
Yet this man that answers does not speak in arrogance or pride for it is our Messiah.
Joh 17:1 יהושע said these words, and lifted up His eyes to the heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come. Esteem Your Son, so that Your Son also might esteem You,
Joh 17:2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give everlasting life to all whom You have given Him.
Joh 17:3 “And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and יהושע Messiah whom You have sent.
Joh 17:4 “I have esteemed You on the earth, having accomplished the work You have given Me that I should do.
Joh 17:5 “And now, esteem Me with Yourself, Father, with the esteem which I had with You before the world was.
Joh 17:6 “I have revealed Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have guarded Your Word.Joh 17:7 “Now they have come to know that all You gave to Me, is from You.
Joh 17:8 “Because the Words which You gave to Me, I have given to them. And they have received them, and have truly known that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Joh 17:9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
Joh 17:10 “And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I have been esteemed in them.
Joh 17:11 “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one,1 as We are.
Joh 17:12 “When I was with them in the world, I was guarding them in Your Name which You have given Me, and I watched over them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be filled.
Joh 17:13 “And now I come to You. And I speak these words in the world, so that they have My joy completed in them.
Joh 17:14 “I have given them Your Word, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the wicked one.
Joh 17:16 “They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 “Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth.
Joh 17:18 “As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 “And for them I set Myself apart, so that they too might be set apart in truth.
Joh 17:20 “And I do not pray for these alone, but also for those believing in Me through their word,
Joh 17:21 so that they all might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me.
Joh 17:22 “And the esteem which You gave Me I have given them, so that they might be one as We are one,
Joh 17:23 “I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
Joh 17:24 “Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, might be with Me where I am, so that they see My esteem which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 “O righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You, but I knew You, and these knew that You sent Me.
Joh 17:26 “And I have made Your Name known to them, and shall make it known,1 so that the love with which You loved Me might be in them, and I in them.”
I think the scriptures speak for themselves here so I won't muddle it up with my words.
Shalom, Chris
Isa 44:1 “But now hear, O Yaʽaqoḇ My servant, and Yisraʼĕl whom I have chosen.
Isa 44:2 Thus said יהוה who made you and formed you from the womb, who helps you, ‘Do not fear, O Yaʽaqoḇ My servant, and Yeshurun1, whom I have chosen. Footnote: 1A poetical title for Yisraʼĕl, meaning the Straight One or the Upright One. This poetical title is also found in Dt. 32:15, 33:5 & 33:26.
Isa 44:3 ‘For I pour water on the thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I pour My Spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring,
Isa 44:4 and they shall spring up among the grass like willows by streams of water.ʼ
Isa 44:5 “One says, ‘I belong to יהוה; another calls himself by the name of Yaʽaqoḇ; another writes with his hand, ‘Unto יהוה,ʼ and names himself by the name of Yisraʼĕl.
Isa 44:6 “Thus said יהוה, Sovereign of Yisraʼĕl, and his Redeemer, יהוה of hosts, ‘I am the First and I am the Last, besides Me there is no Elohim.
Isa 44:7 ‘And who is like Me? Let him call and declare it, and lay it before Me, since I appointed the everlasting people. And the events that are coming and those that do come, let them declare these to them.
Isa 44:8 ‘Do not fear, nor be afraid. Have I not since made you hear, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there an Eloah besides Me? There is no other Rock, I know not one.ʼ ”
Isa 44:9 Those who make an idol, all of them are emptiness, and their delights do not profit. And they are their own witnesses; they neither see nor know, so that they are put to shame.
Isa 44:10 Who would form a mighty one or cast an idol that is of no value?
Isa 44:11 See, all his companions are ashamed, and the workmen, they are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up, let them fear, let them be put to shame, altogether.
Isa 44:12 The craftsman in iron with the tools works one in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he shall be hungry, and has no strength; he drinks no water and is weary.
Isa 44:13 The carpenter stretches out his rule, he outlines it with chalk; he fashions it with a plane, and he outlines it with the compass, and makes it like the figure of a man, according to the comeliness of a man, to remain in the house.
Isa 44:14 He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes cypress and oak, which he raised among the trees of the forest. He has planted a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
Isa 44:15 And it shall be for a man to burn, for he takes some of it and warms himself. He also kindles it and shall bake bread. He also makes a mighty one and bows himself to it – has made it a carved image and falls down before it.
Isa 44:16 Half of it he shall burn in the fire; with this half he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
Isa 44:17 And the rest of it he makes into a mighty one, his carved image. He falls down before it and worships, prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my mighty one.”
Isa 44:18 They do not know nor understand, for He has smeared their eyes from seeing, and their hearts from understanding.
Isa 44:19 And no one recalls it to his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, and I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Should I fall down before a log of wood?”
Here YHWH is proclaiming His purposes and who can answer Him. As He says in verse 7 And who, as I, can proclaim--let him declare it, and set it in order for Me. At this point no man can lift his head and even breath let alone respond. Here He is promising to restore Y'israel, and bless them.
Isa 44:21 “Remember these matters, O Yaʽaqoḇ, and Yisraʼĕl, for you are My servant! I have formed you, you are My servant, O Yisraʼĕl, do not forget Me!
Isa 44:22 “I shall wipe out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I shall redeem you.”
Isa 44:23 Sing, O heavens, for יהוה shall do it! Shout, O depths of the earth! Break forth into singing, O mountains, forest, and every tree in it! For יהוה shall redeem Yaʽaqoḇ, and make Himself clear in Yisraʼĕl.
Isa 44:24 Thus said יהוה, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, “I am יהוה, doing all, stretching out the heavens all alone, spreading out the earth, with none beside Me
And again He is saying return to Me, that He has redeemed them. But there is a man who answers Him. After the meal with His disciples where it is only recorded in the book of John.
Yet this man that answers does not speak in arrogance or pride for it is our Messiah.
Joh 17:1 יהושע said these words, and lifted up His eyes to the heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come. Esteem Your Son, so that Your Son also might esteem You,
Joh 17:2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give everlasting life to all whom You have given Him.
Joh 17:3 “And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and יהושע Messiah whom You have sent.
Joh 17:4 “I have esteemed You on the earth, having accomplished the work You have given Me that I should do.
Joh 17:5 “And now, esteem Me with Yourself, Father, with the esteem which I had with You before the world was.
Joh 17:6 “I have revealed Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have guarded Your Word.Joh 17:7 “Now they have come to know that all You gave to Me, is from You.
Joh 17:8 “Because the Words which You gave to Me, I have given to them. And they have received them, and have truly known that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Joh 17:9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
Joh 17:10 “And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I have been esteemed in them.
Joh 17:11 “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one,1 as We are.
Joh 17:12 “When I was with them in the world, I was guarding them in Your Name which You have given Me, and I watched over them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be filled.
Joh 17:13 “And now I come to You. And I speak these words in the world, so that they have My joy completed in them.
Joh 17:14 “I have given them Your Word, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the wicked one.
Joh 17:16 “They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 “Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth.
Joh 17:18 “As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 “And for them I set Myself apart, so that they too might be set apart in truth.
Joh 17:20 “And I do not pray for these alone, but also for those believing in Me through their word,
Joh 17:21 so that they all might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me.
Joh 17:22 “And the esteem which You gave Me I have given them, so that they might be one as We are one,
Joh 17:23 “I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
Joh 17:24 “Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, might be with Me where I am, so that they see My esteem which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 “O righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You, but I knew You, and these knew that You sent Me.
Joh 17:26 “And I have made Your Name known to them, and shall make it known,1 so that the love with which You loved Me might be in them, and I in them.”
I think the scriptures speak for themselves here so I won't muddle it up with my words.
Shalom, Chris
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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