Time of Shouting and Atonement!

This is the time of Trumpets/Shouting/War and for repenting for our sins.

Have you heard the call from our Father?!
Are you watching the signs in the sky and in nature?

We are entering a time for all who believe and sh'ma (hear and obey) YHVH to prepare our hearts, mind, body, and spirit for the coming messiah, ben David! The days of playing church will be your destruction. Abba wants a personal relationship with us to come and be in His presence, not some faux persona that YOU believe making YOU to think that YOU are one of His elect/select ones'.

His call has already went out. Some have responded and returned back to Him. Some have heard and do not know what to do. Some have heard and went back to their lives of comfort (peace and safety and security) which will be to their own destruction.

We must remember who rules the entire multiverse! We must know and understand who/whom our adversary(s) are (satans'). We can be the adversary, our Father can be our adversary (still points back to us), or the one who has fallen and is the prince of this earth.

Nature is preparing for this age of man to end and is ready to purge itself of the bile that has been poured out by us and also the watchers that left their abode. Those watchers that have fallen who gave us knowledge that were to stay in the heavens.

We Adon, (man) think that we have new knowledge. We do not. We are re-learning knowledge from old, re-gaining mysteries that were forbidden to us. Falling into the trap/plan to make our own image, making ourselves as god, just as the one who has fallen and rules this present earth wants to do. We will not, just as the one who has fallen will not. We have increased Data (PETA-BYTES) of information that we call knowledge!!! Nothing new under the sun.

It is time that the creation (us) return, t'shuva back to our Father. Back to the covenant that He gave to us in the beginning. Return our hearts back to the land of promise. Return to the land that our Father put HIS name in. That time will come. Messiah will make that happen, not man! Our Sar Shalom will make that happen.

These ramblings of mine are in preparation for the time of the end of warning. Soon, no more will the warning go forth. Soon we will be sent to our valley of Jehoshaphat, our valley of decision! What will we choose? Life everlasting? Death for eternity (separation from our Father).

This is the time that we must return to the root. The root of our heritage that has been hidden from us. Do not think that ALL Israel has returned. The house of Judah has returned and has not been divorced, she has kept the customs, instructions, the things that we misconstrue as law, our Father's Torah! The house of Israel WAS divorced. She has not kept the things that Judah remembered to keep. The house of Israel is still scattered to the ends of the earth. Some are looking toward the promise and know who they are. Some know and recognize others that are family (part of the whole house of Israel) and are able to tell others so that they will know whom they belong to. Still others feel and know that something is different about themselves and are being drawn to look toward the land of promise and to learn who they are.

Where do you stand?! Are you locked in your own understanding and strong delusions, about what our Father has given us? Whose agenda do you follow?! Man, or, YHVH!

Choose wisely. To not choose is to make a choice. If you sit on the fence, you are sitting on the barbs that will catch you.

 This is the end of my ramblings for the time being.

Shalom...

Ja'acov

Studying the Words of Yah

Many divisions in the body have been caused by the interpretation of the Word of Yah. It is a sad commentary on the believers who only know the English or any 'translated' version of the word, because they understand the word from the translation they read from. I love to study the meanings of words and have enjoyed learning that every Hebrew word has many layers of meaning. Yah is amazing, he uses idioms and word puns, he uses numbers and multiple meanings to tell us who he is and what he expects from us. No, I don't read Hebrew, but with a few free tools from the internet I have found that studying word meanings is not that difficult. Let me give you some examples of word meanings.

Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

I have talked to people with very diverse understandings of this verse. The sages have decided that there are a certain number of steps that one should take and no more. But let's look at the word itself.

The first occurrence of place in this scripture is 'tachath' it is also found in many verses interpreted under.

,v, tav hey tav pronounced 'tachath'

Brown-Driver-Briggs gives these definitions:

'under, beneath, what is under one, in one's place, under the hand of'

it is related to the word 'toach' which means to be under, subjection, or lowly, both from a root that means depressed.

In the ancient word pictures this word would mean this:

,       v   ,

a mark or sign  to reveal  a mark or sign

= the revealed sign

Sabbath is a mark or sign that we belong to Yah. I would interpret this word as being humble and subjecting one's self to the word as in obedience.

The second word for place in the verse above is not the same Hebrew word. In this occurrence we have the word 'maqom'

xen mem koof mem pronounced 'maqom'

Brown-Driver-Briggs gives these definitions:

'standing place, post, abode, city, land, region'

from it's root, 'qum' which means to rise, endure, fulfill

In the ancient word pictures this word would mean this:

    x    e   n

water, mighty, flow,  back of head, follow,  water, mighty, flow,chaos, 

chaos, to come from         behind, last, final  to come from

Several meanings can be found in this word from the paleo.

Come from behind

Chaos leads to being last, least

Mighty to the end

Again, in reference to Sabbath, this word can have several meanings: home, city, region, land, all interpretations are correct. The key is to seek the guidance of the Spirit of Yah (Ruach H'Chodesh – Breath of the Holy) so that we 'Come from Behind' and stay 'Mighty to the End!'

You can see that with a little research, you can learn more about the Word, The Creator, how we are to live and begin building your relationship with him through seeking His guidance to see how you are to keep His Word daily.

Here are some of the resources I used for this quick word study above.

E-sword www.e-sword.netThis is a free downloadable Bible. I used the KJV+ that includes Strongs references. You will want to download the Strongs and the Brown-Driver-Briggs references, also. I also enjoy 'The Scriptures' and the KJV 1611 along with several other translations.

ISA Interlinear www.scripture4all.orgThis is a free downloadable Interlinear Bible. I love this to see the grammar, position, and meanings of words around the word being studied. It helps with context.

Hebrew Word Pictures, by Dr. Frank T. SeekinsThis is not free but is a wonderful resource for getting deeper into the meanings of the words by using the word pictures.

Some other resources:

Ancient Hebrew www.ancient-hebrew.org

Foundations Ministries www.foundationsmin.orgThey have a great article on Hebrew idioms found in the New Covenant. Check out their studies page!

Salvation is More than a Handshake

by Christie Berry

When you ask Yeshua into your heart it is like an introduction, a handshake, if you will, that prepares us for a lifetime of relationship… it is not the relationship itself as many seem to teach. When you accept Yeshua as Yah’s salvation for your life you are saying, “Elohim, I would like to get to know you, to build a relationship with you.”  You wouldn’t, upon meeting a new person, just immediately have a strong relationship, know everything about that person, or be able to know how that person thinks or will react to things… it takes discussion, juxtaposition, intimate time with one another to build that relationship. This is the same yada (Hebrew for intimate relationship) that is requested by Messiah, he wants us to build our relationship with him before we are called up to be his bride… you certainly wouldn’t marry someone you didn’t know! Just accepting Yeshua as savior is not enough! We cannot just believe that he is Yah’s salvation (demons believe and tremble, James 2:19), we have to build the relationship.

So how do we get to know him? You are right, by prayer and reading his word. But it is important also to remember that He said, “If you love me, keep my commandments.”  (John 14:15) This was said to those who only knew the Old Covenant (OT) and those were the commandments he wanted us to keep. Yeshua continued later in John 15:10 to say, “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.”  He asks for our obedience, our vow to the covenant. This is the covenant… a covenant of a bride and groom that have made the vow of betrothal… engagement is the term used today… an agreement that we will stay faithful to the other until we are married. How do we stay faithful to Messiah? We stay faithful by keeping his commandments, his covenant, if you will, until the time that we are to be married.  As a young couple promises to stay true to one another, faithful, learning about each other, growing in love more and more as time passes, not forsaking one another… there is a commitment, there is a contract or covenant that, although unwritten, dictates what can and cannot be done within the relationship. Our covenant with Messiah is written out for us in the Old Testament. Faithfully following his covenant teachings will help us build the relationship he wants with us, but it is still not enough!

It is in keeping the covenant that we understand the character of our future spouse. As we keep the commands, we gain insight into his being, learn to think like him, and hear his still small voice when he speaks to us. As we read and learn the teachings, we will find that each Hebrew word has several levels of meaning. This is the reason why so many divisions in the body have been created. It is difficult for someone thinking in a linear fashion (Greek Thinking) to understand that each word and phrase can have several very different meanings. Moment by moment, we need to seek him to show us how he wants us to keep the teachings. As we seek, hear, and do, we will grow to know him intimately, we will walk with him in knowledge, wisdom and understanding without question. Our relationship will become like a long engagement where the betrothed know each other very well and will complete each other’s sentences. The Creator wants us to ask him each moment what to do… better yet, he is telling us each moment what to do, and he wants us to listen intently and act upon it. He is constantly speaking, whispering to us, through his Holy Spirit, guiding us through each thought and step. That is the yada, intimate relationship that he expects from his bride. Are you diligently seeking yada? Begin by reading his word and asking him how you are supposed to keep the marriage covenant that he has set in stone! They are the guiding words that bring us to close relationship with the Father of all and with our Bridegroom, Yeshua. Get past the handshake and begin building your relationship!

Shalom!

The Creator's Pattern for Education

While reading the Torah portion this week I began to wonder why specific information was given in Deut. 11:30 as to the location of the mountains of blessings and curses. As I began to look at the context of the passage I noticed that YHVH was telling man how to learn, teach, and live, one more time.

God tells us how to teach, then he gives the example

He tells us in Deut...

Chapter 6:

“And this is the command, the laws and right-rulings which יהוה your Elohim has commanded, to teach you to do in the land which you are passing over to possess,

Deu 6:2 so that you fear יהוה your Elohim, to guard all His laws and His commands which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days be prolonged.

Deu 6:3 “And you shall hear, O Yisra’ĕl, and shall guard to do, that it might be well with you, and that you increase greatly as יהוה Elohim of your fathers has spoken to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deu 6:4 “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one!

Deu 6:5 “And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.

Deu 6:6 “And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart,

Deu 6:7 and you shall impress them upon your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up,

Deu 6:8 and shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

Deu 6:9 “And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deu 6:17 “Diligently guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim, and His witnesses, and His laws which He has commanded you.

Deu 6:18 “And you shall do what is right and good in the eyes of יהוה, that it might be well with you, and you shall go in and possess the good land of which יהוה swore to your fathers,

Deu 6:19 to drive out all your enemies from before you, as יהוה has spoken.

Deu 6:20 “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the witnesses, and the laws, and the right-rulings which יהוהour Elohim has commanded you?’

Deu 6:21 then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Mitsrayim, and יהוה brought us out of Mitsrayim with a strong hand,

Deu 6:22 and יהוה sent signs and wonders, great and grievous, upon Mitsrayim, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes.

Deu 6:23 ‘And He brought us out from there, to bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to our fathers.

Deu 6:24 ‘And יהוה commanded us to do all these laws, to fear יהוה our Elohim, for our good always, to keep us alive, as it is today.

Deu 6:25 ‘And it is righteousness for us when we guard to do all this command before יהוה our Elohim, as He has commanded us.’

Then he gave us the commands and told us there would be blessings if we guard them and curses if we did not.

In Chapter 11 he reiterated this again:

Deu 11:18 ‘And you shall lay up these Words¹ of Mine in your heart and in your being, and shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Footnote: ¹See footnote at 5:22.

Deu 11:19 ‘And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up,

Deu 11:20 and shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

Deu 11:21 so that your days and the days of your children are increased on the soil of which יהוה swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens on the earth.

Finally, they lived the instruction.

Deu 11:26 ‘See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Deu 11:27 the blessing, when you obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I command you today;

Deu 11:28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known.

Deu 11:29 ‘And it shall be, when יהוה your Elohim has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ěyḇal.

Deu 11:30 ‘Are they not beyond the Yardĕn, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Kenaʽanites who dwell in the desert plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Moreh?

And as they walked between the two mountains the commands were read (see the rest of Deut)

It is interesting the meanings of the words in this final passage.

The Jordan (Yarden) is 'low place' which we must go through before reaching the mountains.

Then we go to the land of the Kena'anites which is 'peddlars' or merchants, traffickers. We are to uproot the world's traffickers in our lives so that we can make it to the mountains having shed off the world so that we can wisely choose to follow or to disobey.

Then we have the mountains:

The root meaning of Gerizim is 'cut apart' (also can be divide or set apart) which, if we keep the commands, we will be set apart to YHVH.

The root meaning of Eybal is bald, naked, as Adam and Chavah in the garden became ashamed when they realized they were naked, disobedience brings nakedness and shame.

And finally the locations where the mountains reside are by Gilgal and Moreh.

Gilgal is wheel, rolling, cycle and Moreh is teaching. In these two words we have the cyclic teaching model again reiterated symbolically.

As the children of Israel walk across the Jordan (through the low places) into the land of Kena'anites to displace them (in the midst of the world selling it's wears and displacing it), between the mountains of blessings (set apartness) and curses (shame) they will hear again the instructions of how to live and they will hear it over and over again (Gilgal and Moreh, circle teaching) year after year in the synagogue.

Shavuot Rest!

G-d in His infinite wisdom knows us better than ourselves! This past couple of months has been a busy time on the the farm as we have been preparing the garden, planting, weeding and working hard as we grow our food for the upcoming year. From Pesach to Shavuot we scurry around, hauling manure, tilling the soil, building raised beds, planting seeds, planting plants, and all the bussle of the garden that comes with spring. Then we arrive at Shavuot. It is amazing because after all that work, G-d provides a weekend of Sabbath Rest. Oh, do we need it at this point, and He knows it! I love His forethought and wisdom for us and how he has planned our lives so perfectly (if we would only look.)

Unfortunately, my garden is not completely done, but the rest is appreciated! Praise Him for his Excellent Greatness! (Ps. 150)

Shavuot

This is a significant year for YHWH festivals. In particular this Shavuot or Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost.

During the time when our Messiah was on the earth as the first Adam of His seventy week ministry. The passover, unleavened bread and Shavuot fall on the same days of the weeks.

Religion

Religion is Man's attempt to bridge the void caused by sin between the Father and His creation. Yashua is the only bridge and religion falls far short. Living the Torah through Yeshua's salvation is true life and the only bridge that can bring us into the Shekinah of the Father.