In previous posts we looked at the 5 women mentioned in the Geneology of Messiah.
In that same list is another enigmatic individual whose name is Chanokh.
We may be more familiar with the English translation of
Enoch.
Enoch in Hebrew is pronounced as Chenock
and sounds close to Henokh.
The name Hanok is from the same Hebrew word translated Enoch in both verses, Genesis 4:17 and Genesis 5:18. Other translations say Hanoch, hhanock or Henoch. The only difference is one of English spelling.
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine Transliteration: Chanok Phonetic Spelling: (khan-oke’) In the pronunciation sounds like anochi
Who was Enoch /Chanoch?
Enoch the name means:
dedicated, initiated one.
chet nun vav kaf
חֲנוֹךְ
Genesis 5 shows the direct line from Adam to Noah.
In Luke 3 working backwards:
Which was the son of Cainan,
which was the son of Arphaxad,
which was the son of Sem,
which was the son of Noe,
which was the son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Mathusala,
which was the son of Enoch,
which was the son of Jared,
which was the son of Maleleel,
which was the son of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos,
which was the son of Seth,
which was the son of Adam,
which was the son of God.
If the ages of the individuals genealogies are added together, we will discover that Adam was alive at the same time Enoch was alive!
Enoch was the 7th from Adam, and the great-great Grandfather of Noah,
and his son Methuselah died the same week that Noah entered into the ark.
The meanings of their combined Hebrew names preach the gospel message of the coming Messiah.
Adam – Man
Seth – Appointed
Enosh/Enos – Mortal
Kenan/Cainan – Sorrow
Mahalael/Maleleel – The Blessed God
Yared/Jared – Shall Come Down
Enoch – Teaching
Mathusala/ Methuselah – His Death Shall Bring
Lamech – The Despairing
Noe/Noah – Comfort/ Rest
Adding in: is, to, but and the it could read
Man is Appointed to Mortal Sorrow
but The Blessed God
Shall Come Down Teaching
His Death Shall Bring the Despairing
Comfort/ Rest
In Genesis 5:1-32
1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
5Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
7 After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.
10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
13After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
16After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Genealogy of Yeshua/Jesus. Luke 3:21-38
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josek, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah,
the son of ENOCH
the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
He is also mentioned in Hebrews
Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Hebrews 11:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT) 5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[ a] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. 6 And it is impossible to please God without faith.
Jude 14-15 King James Version (KJV) 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[ a]
Enoch is located at position seven in the Genesis 5 genealogy he is not to be confused with Cains son by the same name in Genesis 4:17 the number seven is a symbolic number denoting perfection this is a fact Jude did not overlook when he referred to Enoch as the seventh from Adam, or a perfect man.
Jude 14-15 Amplified Bible (AMP) 14 It was about these people that [ a ] Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, “Look, the Lord came with [ b ] myriads of His holy ones 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the [ c ] ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Jude clearly notes Enoch as a prophet for he says
Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said,
In Jude 14-15, Jude describes the second coming with the following quote:
“See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones.”
The Jewish historian Josephus and the secular historian Tacitus report an army seen in the clouds at the start of the Jewish War in A.D. 66!
So Who was this man there are only such few verses about him in the Scriptures?
Even a casual reading of Genesis account emphasizes that
Enoch walked with God,
the only person in the entire genealogy to do so
and whats more he walked with God for 300 years!
The significance of Methuselah.
Enoch’s son Methuselah, was the oldest man that ever lived and died.
In truth it is Methuselah’s father who is the oldest man that ever lived, because Enoch never died!
Followed of course by Elijah.
Enochs great grandson Noah built the ark and was spared from the flood and that year his grandfather died.
Two facts we can compare:
Genesis 5:27
tells us that Methuselah died at age 969
Second in Genesis 5:25
Methuselah’s age was 187
when Lamech was born’
and Genesis 5:28
Lamech’s age was 182
when Noah was born.
Genesis 7:11
+600
Noah’s age when the flood came.
Total 969
From these two facts anyone can calculate that Methuselah died the year of the flood.
Soon after Methuselah was laid in the ground the fountains of the great deep broke up.
As Methuselah died the year of the flood it speaks to us that his name was very prophetic, giving insight that his father Enoch was a prophet. As Jude declared over 3000 years later. A prophet tells things ahead of time not only about the flood, but he also foretold the second coming in Jude 15.
The fact that Methuselah died at the oldest age on record reveals the mercy of God in not wanting to send the flood until he has given time for man to asked for forgiveness, to repent.
Is not the fact that we are called to
repent/ teshuvah
the very core of salvation?
This is why in the New Testament Peter tells us that he is not slow in his coming as some men thinks slowness.
Peter spoke about God’s reluctance to destroy mankind in direct connection with the lifestyle of Methuselah when he referred to the patience of God while the ark was being built 1 Peter 3:20
Did God keep extending Methuselah’s life year-by-year because he is long suffering toward mankind and is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance? 2Peter 3:9
Noah a preacher of righteousness was only able to save his family by Gods directive. 2Peter 2:5
Enoch, who by position was already part of the Godly lineage, found his life radically altered by the birth of Methuselah. Apparently, God came to Enoch and informed him of the prophetic significance of the child that his wife was soon to give birth to. He was also told to call his name Methuselah because, when he dies, an event will occur which will be recorded historically as the flood.
This new birth led to a new walk and
Enoch walked with God
after he begat Methuselah.
The new walk
in turn led to a new life
and Enoch walked with God and
he
was not –
for God took him.
The term
was not –
has two meanings:
It is a Hebrew idiom meaning
he died
but it can also be interpreted as his
being translated –
going straight to heaven without dying, (physical body).
In the version of the Septuagint, “and he was not found, for God translated him.” Hence, in the New Testament it is said, Hebrews 11:5, “By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death.”
The first is one word in Hebrew
we’eynennû,
which could be literally translated
“and he not there,”
the verb “was” to be supplied:
”he was not there/he was no more.”
It could mean that he disappeared or that he died.
1) to go, to walk, to go along (to, through or over a place, with someone, after someone, to follow someone, to pursue someone);
2) “to walk” is to live, to follow any manner of life (to follow someone’s footsteps is to imitate him in life and manners)
הלך hâlak is similar in sound and meaning to ילך yâlak (Strong’s #3212) “to go” which according to some lexicons is first used of the Serpent in Eden being forced “to go” on its belly without its legs but also of Abram’s great commission (Genesis 12:1) to leave Ur and go to a new land, clearly using his legs not slithering like a snake.
From these meanings, Halak
clearly shows
a literal place where he went daily
in order to walk and talk with God.
Of course Enoch also walked with God in the usual sense of the term as he sought to include into every aspect of daily life the lessons he learned during intimate communion with God.
Amos 3:3 poses the question:
can two walk together except they be agreed
since the obvious answer is that they cannot,
and since God does not change,
Enoch discovered what we must also learn
that it is we/us that must do the changing.
We must continuously adjust and strive to stay closely connected with God.
The last three words about each of Enochs’ predecessors are
that he died.
Genesis 5:55:8:5:11 5:14 5:17 5:20.
The last three words about Enoch are:
God took him
Genesis 5:24
We are informed later in the New Testament that God took him, means that he did not see death because God translated him Hebrews 11:5
The Enoch principle to remember from the Genesis account is that: he walked with God.
This phrase can be reduced to one word – fellowship.
Enoch pleased God and the next time we find Enoch mentioned in the scriptures is at the 2nd position in the Hebrews list of Faith heroes. Heb. 11:5,6; By faith Enoch…
Whereas the Genesis account mentions twice
that Enoch walked with God
and the Hebrews account speaks twice of
Enoch pleasing God.
Verse 6 is one of the most popular faith verses in the Brit Chadashah,
it should be looked at as a comment on Enoch and then verse 7 quickly moves to Noah.
Since the emphasis of the Hebrews account is that
Enoch pleased God
it follows that only by
walking with God
(genesis text)
will one ever please Him.
(Hebrews text)
Or to put it another way Fellowship precedes approval. Yeshua/Jesus will never say I knew You, unless we are intimate with Him during our sojourn here and that is not summed up in us giving Him our list of wants and calling it prayer time!
Hebrews adds some interesting insights about Enoch one is that his translation did not seem a surprise to him.
By faith Enoch was translated.
His translation was something Enoch was believing for. The word translate here is
metathesis
Strongs 3331 3346
and means: transportation ie transferal to heaven
Enoch miraculously stepped from the earthly realm to the heavenly realm
How does faith come?…
by hearing and hearing by the word of God, Rom. 10:17
The question arises; how did he hear the word in order to receive such faith; especially for an event for which there was no precedent (translation)? At this time the revelation from God to man was not much in evidence. Man did not know much more than of sin and sacrifice.
Seeing as Enoch had no Bible to read, nor church to attend; how could he hear Gods word??
Refocus on the words
Enoch walked with God
and consider that it is possible that Enoch and God conversed as the two of them walked together? Just as his 7th generation forebear Adam had done? According to the scripture in 1 John 4:12Enoch could not see God, however, according toJohn 10:27;Enoch could hear Gods voice. This would be similar to how we hear His voice today and maybe even in a stronger sense because he did not have the other means of the Father’s grace extended to him. Was Enochs’ diligence in seeking the Lord rewarded with God giving him a clear revelation of Himself?
Again in Heb 5:22,24 the Hebrew word for walk is Halak and means to walk up and down with another, to be conversant with…
God was conversant with Enoch, before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God,
The word testimony here means witness
Enoch had the witness the vocal testimony that he pleased God. Was it was upon hearing this witness that he received faith to step up into the heavenly dimension?
We should remember that they had enjoyed fellowship and daily conversation for 300 yrs!!
Enoch had adjusted his life following the instructions from the voice. it is possible God found in Enoch what he had intended and longed for with Adam and Eve and when it was lost he found it again with Enoch?
These are the same principles seen in later examples of fruitfulness. Moses, Joshua, David, Daniel etc. Yeshua/Jesus is our prime example.
He had FELLOWSHIP with His Father in perfect obedience.
For the first 30 years we hear almost nothing of Him, then he received public declaration of his Fathers APPROVAL at the Jordan river before His public MINISTRY.
The Biblical order the scripture repeats for us to see is Fellowship Approval Ministry.
For Enoch there was a moment when something special and unique occurred … He was transported into the Fathers presence. In Hebrews 11:5 we are told His family searched for him but he was not found … It was as though he vanished into thin air; with no trace no sign of struggle … nothing…. for God took him God had translated him.
In Genesis, we have the Enoch principle that is fellowship and the Enoch principle in Hebrews is Approval. When a person fellowships with God and pleases Him through obedience, God is usually pleased to then use that person as a mouthpiece to others.
This leads us to the third scripture where Enoch is mentioned.
The book of Jude precedes Revelation and is placed strategically because it is prophetic of the things which will unfold in the last days immediately prior to the Lords return. It is in this very short book Enoch is mentioned. Jude 14.15
The Enoch principle in Jude is that of Ministry which is based on the statement that Enoch also prophesied.
He spoke TO God
before he
spoke FOR God
The underlying Enoch principles are:
FELLOWSHIP leads to
APPROVAL and that leads to MINISTRY
Relationship precedes permission to preach!?
Jude is referencing the book of Enoch when he quotes Enochs prophecy about the Lords return. This book was never received as canonical and its certain that not all the letters Paul wrote are included either! Many are not aware that Paul wrote a letter to the Laodecians is just an example. It is notable and important to see that God made sure that Judes book was included and that a small portion of Enochs prophesies were included in the ‘canon’!
It may surprise readers to know there are scrolls believed to have been written by Enoch however they are not well known and have been somewhat hidden from view.
Several fragments of it, in Aramaic, have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. (It is not known if the book was written originally in Hebrew or in Aramaic, the common language of the time.) He gave his writings to Methuselah (the son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah), and Noah to preserve them “so they can be delivered to the generations of the world”.
It is not regarded as scripture by Jews or any Christian group, apart from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which to this day regards it to be canonical. This prophesy of Enoch is not found in the Tenach, but is found in “The Book of Enoch,” a work that has long been lost and only discovered in Africa the 17th century. The book was thought to have been lost, for over 2,000 years, with many ancient sources referring to it, and even quoting parts, but no complete copies were known. Then in 1773, James Bruce brought three copies back from Ethiopia, having spent some years exploring the country.
Access to their content is now more easily available with the internet offering the contents and it has become more popular now we are nearing the return of Messiah. Many say they should not be read as they are not included in the Bible…There is some evidence that they were excluded by decree of men around the time of Constantine and the council of Nicea who determined what books should be left in and which should not. Would we read the writings of Noah or Abraham if they existed? We read Job, Jeremiah, etc,. etc,. without thinking; yet we stumble over the so called apocryphal books, saying they are not genuine. Then we read Josephus the historian employed by Rome, and believe what he wrote concerning the events of the times in which he lived. Here is where we trust the Fathers spirit of holiness and read with a discerning heart and noting that if the contents are confirmed by scripture they may well have benefit now that as Daniel prophesied, knowledge shall increase in the last days.
There is certainly some curiosity to read what Enoch wrote, a man who walked with God for 300 years, pleased God, prophesied of the end time, mentioned by the new testament writers and literally did not die but was taken up to be with the Lord…. Let the reader decide.
Many scholars think that Enoch could be one of the 2 witnesses of revelation along with Moses and or Elijah seeing as Enoch and Elijah did not physically die, they may return to die as stated inRevelation 11 :1-14.
Enoch was divinely inspired to prophesy that Jehovah /YeHoVeH would come “with his holy myriads to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him.
The first words of the book are very close to known scriptures.
The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect ⌈⌈and⌉⌉ righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked ⌈⌈and godless⌉⌉ are to be removed.
And he took up his parable and said–Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by
God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, ⌈which⌉ the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.
Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai,
⌈And appear from His camp⌉ And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
And all shall be smitten with fear
And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
And the high mountains shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame p. 32
And the earth shall be ⌈wholly⌉ rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
But with the righteous He will make peace.
And will protect the elect, And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered,
And they shall ⌈all⌉ be blessed. ⌈And He will help them all⌉,
And light shall appear unto them, ⌈And He will make peace with them⌉.
And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of ⌈His⌉ holy ones To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy ⌈all⌉ the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works ⌈of their ungodliness⌉ which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners ⌈have spoken⌉ against Him.
Abel is the first person in the scripture who is identified as a prophet but Abel has no recorded words in scripture. Looking at him more closely we see that Yeshua/Jesus obviously referred to him as a prophet through his martyrdom. Luke 11:50,51
Enoch is the first person after Abel identified as a prophet and the first one whose prophetic utterance is cited. even though we have come to the last but one book in the Bible to find it!
Enoch emphasized about the ungodliness of his day (ungodly repeated.)
Enoch the prophet speaks to us today telling us that IF we will
(IF CONDITION AGAIN)
fellowship daily with our Lord,
we will please Him
and He in turn will please us by using us for His glory
or to quote literally
Enoch walked with God, he pleased God, Enoch also prophesied…
A closer look at his name and the meaning of the individual letters with the paleo pictographs:
חֲנוֹך
chet nun vav kaf (reading right to left)
חֲנוֹך
kaf vav nun chet
chet: fence private sanctuary a place of protection and refuge
noon: fish activity and life seed
vav: iron nail connect two things together
kaf: open palm of the hand to cover teaching kippur atonement.
One combination of these pictographs could be:
chet: In a private set apart place/ sanctuary where noon /life is both created and protected, this wonderful event occurs because of a connection between 2 things separated from each other, which in this case: sinful man and a Holy God – the separation is restored/healed by an iron nail – vav – which is connected to the kaf the palm of the hand. And the picture of the letter kaf seems to tell us what this is about, that it is the redemptive work of atonement which came through Jesus/Yeshua.
Is this what our Heavenly Father was thinking
as a indication of his redemptive plan
when He named Enoch?
חנוך
hhanokh
7th from Adam
7= divine perfection
which was manifest in Yeshuas life, death and resurrection.
Enoch pleased God/YeHoVeH.
is this also an indication of the coming Messiah?
Let us be among those of whom it can be said
He becomes a rewarder of those who seek Him out
They referred to
חנוך
hhanokh
Enoch as
“the man who walked with God.”
Is that how others refer to us?
It is interesting that we read many books without even a second thought. Then when we are told not to read something written by a direct ancestor of Messiah we are almost afraid to even look at it.
The contents of Enochs’ writings are somewhat controversial and being prayerful and discerning is at the readers personal discretion. MMM is simply presenting information for those who love to study.
For individuals who are led by His Ruach HaKodesh together with an interest in further study of his writings; some of which were also attributed to Noah! There are downloads available as well as hard copies that can be purchased on line.
We are living in the closing days of this age, some of which are what Enoch prophesied about. If you have not already made a decision or given your heart to Yeshua/Jesus or just simply NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved…. Today is the day of salvation for we are not promised tomorrow….
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.
A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon
First of course, He did what His Father told Him
Yeshua/Jesus always obeyed His Father, but it was not by routine actions devoid of feeling and concern . Yeshua/Jesus cared deeply for the people and all the situations around Him.
In other words, Yeshua/Jesus being moved with compassion was an expression of His Father. Surely, our Heavenly Father ‘feels’ things as deeply as Yeshua/Jesus.
There was a force within Him that was able to alter the elements of reality around Him and effect changes in the lives of the multitudes that followed Him.
Matthew 9:36. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 14:14. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
Mark 8:2-3 “I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.
Mark 1:41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be cleansed. Luke 7:13.
Matt 20:34 And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.
When we read in Scripture that Yeshua/Jesus was moved with compassion; it was a deeply heart-felt reaction to any given situation that led to an action. When confronted with the evidence that satan had deceived people, and kept them in sickness and oppressed them. He reacted with help, to undo the wrong, to set people free.
In different situations the scripture records Yeshua/Jesus was “moved with compassion.” In other versions it is sometimes translated as
take pity, Indignant, and heart went out to….
However they fall short of the Greek meaning.
“Moved with compassion”
is more than feeling pity or sympathy for someone. This word means a feeling that comes out of the innermost being.
It is that gut-wrenching, feeling we get in the pit-of-the-stomach when something really bad happens or we believe that it is going to happen.in the bowels hence the saying bowels of compassion. Colossians 3:12-13 – Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, however, it is not a feeling of powerlessness.
At those times when Yeshua/Jesus was moved with compassion, He did something, a physical action followed; whether it was casting out demons, raising the dead, healing the sick or teaching about the gospel of the kingdom of the heavens in order to bring people out of ignorance about their Heavenly Father and His ways.
True compassion involves resistance to the wrong and why some translate it as “indignant” and includes action to correct it or, at least, bring comfort through it.
In our own pain we need to look on others not in pity or with sympathy for what they are going through, but be moved with compassion. We need to become the hand of Yeshua/Jesus in ministering to them. They need to look into our eyes and see the love and compassion of the infinitely caring God looking back at them through us.
in Matthew 20 where Yeshua/Jesus asked two blind men, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him” Matthew 20.32-34.
In Mark we are told about a man with leprosy who “came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed.” The man said, “If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”
Again, Scripture reports,
“Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’ Instantly the leprosy disappeared, and the man was healed” (see Mark 1.40-42).
There are other similar occurrences in Scripture. Each time Yeshua/Jesus feeds the multitudes, we’re told,
Yeshua/Jesus “had compassion on them”
(e.g., Mark 6.34; Mark 8.2; Matthew 14.14).
Often, when Yeshua/Jesus saw crowds of people who seemed lost, He was moved with compassion.
It is quite fascinating that mercy or compassion, nra-cha-min, is derived from the name of the most motherly place in the human body: the womb, re-chem.
This is where the strongest connection of compassion and love are bonded between the mother and the baby, respectively. Men may need to learn this, if you are a mother, you will have experienced this compassion first hand.
This connection has been referenced in previous posts and although it is generally understood that our faith is in Gods ability and must be present to heal; there are many scriptures where the word compassion is used as a precursor to the power for healing being manifested or miracles taking place.
Some examples referenced below:
Jesus was moved with compassion, Matt. 9:36 (Matt. 20:34; Mark 1:41; Luke 7:13). A certain Samaritan had compassion on him, Luke 10:33.
Ephesians 4:32 – And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Mark 6:34 – And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Colossians 3:12-13 – Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Compassion seems to be a spiritual force that moved Yeshua/Jesus to action and without that action it is simply observation and sympathy.
In the Torah there are clear guidelines that anyone touching a leper would be unclean
Did Yeshua/Jesus give evidence of His deity because He cleansed the leper and the leper did not make Him unclean or did it?
In reading scripture during the course of study there are differing opinions as to the meaning of this as concerns Messiah the options follow so the reader can draw their own conclusions.
This story which most people are familiar with. On one of His return visits to the Galilee, Yeshua encounters a leper who begs for healing. Yeshua, being filled with compassion, touches the leper and he is healed instantly. However, there is more going on in this incident than what lies on the surface.
And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” (Mark 1:40-44)
It is important to take a look at leprosy from a biblical perspective. The typical mental image is of a debilitating disease which leaves a person scarred and disfigured, with missing fingers and toes.
This seems to be a misrepresentation being forced onto the Scriptures due to the use of the English word, leprosy.
Biblical leprosy is known as tzara’at (צרעת)
and has no relation to modern leprosy, otherwise known as Hansen’s Disease. which is a bacterial infection affecting the skin and the nervous system,
biblical leprosy tzara’at involves none of these symptoms.
The parameters of tzara’at can be found in Leviticus 13 and 14. In the introduction to Leviticus 13, most Bibles will have a footnote saying something to the effect of,
Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases.
The text,says that tzara’at was very specific in its identification and had to meet certain criteria before it could be labeled tzara’at by the cohen(priest) NOTE: not a doctor/physician.
Also, we find that not only is it associated with a skin condition, but it can also be a type of mildew-like substance that can appear on the walls of a house (Lev. 14:33-53), or in fabric or in leather-goods (Lev. 13:47-59).
Other distinguishing factors of biblical tzara’at are its severity and transmission. According to the biblical texts, tzara’at does not transmit physical ailment akin to Hansen’s Disease. It does, however, transmit ritual impurity (making one “unclean”).
“A person or object in contact with a leper becomes both unclean and contaminating.”
What does this mean?
It means an ostracizing of the metzora (a “leper” in biblical terms).
In other words, when one has been diagnosed as being a metzora, one must remove himself from the community so as not to “infect” others
The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp. (Lev. 13:45-46)
leper מצורע
lazar. lā′zar, לזר
one afflicted with a loathsome and pestilential disease like Lazarus, the beggar.
The Septuagint, a translation of the Hebrew Bible originally used by Greek-speaking Jews and Gentile proselytes, translates the term tzaraath with Greek lepra (λέπρα), from which the cognate “leprosy” (a term now referring specifically to the bacterial infection aforementioned as Hansen’s disease) was traditionally used in English Bibles.
Although this seems like a harsh treatment for someone who has a non-life-threatening, semi-communicable impurity (and not a disease, per se), one must remember that this command was given while the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness and encamped together in close quarters.
Any contact (intentional or not) with other people or objects would immediately transfer ritual impurity to the person or object, thus rendering them tamei (טמא) as well.
This contact with ritual impurity would make these individuals unable to participate in communal worship and the sacrificial system. In order for this to be contained, the priesthood was commissioned with identifying and quarantining outbreaks of tzara’at.
A metzora had to undergo routine inspections to monitor the condition of their infection.
We have to keep in mind, however, that ritual impurity (being “unclean”) is in no way equivalent to sin.
Remembering that the definition in Torah of being unclean, was not the same as committing a sin!
Being “unclean” was part of the routine of life during the days when the Tabernacle or the Temple were standing. Women became ritually impure during their monthly cycle or during childbirth. Both men and women became unclean with any kind of bodily emission.
Tzara’at, however, was one of the most severe cases of ritual impurity, even surpassing corpse contamination, since one was only able to be purified on the condition the symptoms had vanished.
Once the symptoms were completely gone an elaborate series of sin offerings, sprinklings, immersions similar to the purification rituals of corpse contamination were required in order to be declared officially clean (“ritually pure”).
The only way sin would be connected to impurity is if an unclean person entered the Holy Temple. They would be guilty of defiling the earthly abode of the Almighty and be held liable.
There is, however, an odd condition in regard to tzara’at which makes its spiritual / ritual nature explicit. Once a metzora was completely consumed with tzara’at, and covered from head to foot and has turned completely white, he was pronounced tahor (טהור) clean / ritually pure and was free from his quarantine (Lev. 13:12-13).
Once new skin began replacing the infection, however, he was quarantined once again and the entire inspection cycle was begun anew.
There was no known cure for tzara’at. The priesthood did not affect the affliction, but only diagnosed it.
Based on several inferences in Scriptural, there are seven sins for which one may be afflicted with leprosy: slander, the shedding of blood, vain oath, incest, arrogance, robbery and envy.
The word metzora as a compound word comprised of the words “motzi [shem] ra”
this means one who “brings forth [an] evil [name].”
In other words, a leper is one who spreads gossip and slander. The sages viewed evil speech as so damaging that they interpreted slander to be one of the most grave sins:
If this is the case, it is interesting to note that this is one of the few instances in which Yeshua did not also tell the one he was healing that his sins were forgiven. Why? Because sins committed against God can be pardoned by either God or His earthly agent. However, the only way sins committed against another living human being can be pardoned is from the one whom we have wronged (Matt 5:23-24; John 20:23).
After considering the details of tzara’at, returning to the passage in which Yeshua encounters the metzora, a man who has contracted biblical leprosy. The man requests one thing of Yeshua.
“If you will, you can make me clean” (v. 40).
Notice his request was not healing, but purity.
This is an especially important aspect to the story now weve learned what Leviticus says in regards to tzara’at.
The man must have had advanced stages of tzara’at, because Luke 5:12 describes him as one who was full of leprosy. However, it is reasonable to say that he could not have been completely covered Leviticus 13:12-13 or he would have been considered tahor, ritually pure/clean. If he was already clean/ritually pure, then why would he have need of Yeshua’s touch to make him clean/ritually pure?
With this in mind, this man was still a legitimate metzora and brought uncleanness/ritual impurity upon anyone touching him.
Some teach that although Jesus/Yeshua touched the metzora, He did not become unclean and proved His Divinity.
However, if that is correct and Yeshua could not contract ritual impurity, then He was not truly human?
Scripture says, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
He was not merely human in appearance, but human in every regard.
If we think now with a Hebrew mind would it be true to say thta being in an unclean state was not a new experience for Yeshua? He would have no doubt dealt with this numerous times in His life. Examples being: the woman with the hemorrhage who touched Him; and then He went on to touch Jairus’ dead daughter raising her to life.
Also the raising of the widows son in Nain.
Remember, being ritually unclean is NOT the same as sinning.
His identification with humanity through taking upon Himself flesh and blood allowed for Yeshua/Jesus to truly identify with the temptations and the sufferings of mankind.
Mark tells us that Yeshua was
moved with pity, and therefore “stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, ‘I will; be clean.’”
Called the Leper Messiah by the Rabbis in Accordance to Isaiah 53:4‘Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted.’
Yeshua used this understanding as evidence that He was indeed the long-awaited Messiah when questioned by the disciples of John the Immerser:
And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed
and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.” (Matthew 11:4-5)
Did He became the Leper Messiah for our sake, bearing our griefs and carrying our sorrows by intentionally touching the lepers and taking upon himself their afflictions? His skin did not break out in white scabs. However, it seems He did become unclean/ritually impure for the sake of this man. Rather than speaking a word of healing and remaining clean / ritually pure, His compassion and empathy prompted His hand to reach out and touch the impurity of another.
Yeshua not only understood this and demonstrated this, but taught hHs disciples to do likewise by telling them,
Heal the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse lepers,
cast out demons (Matthew 10:8)
With the healing of the leper, Yeshua sends the man away with a mission:
“Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them” (Mark 1:44).
In doing so, Yeshua was commanding the man to travel to Jerusalem (a 2/3 day journey from the Galilee) to be inspected by the priesthood in the Temple. Once he was seen and declared clean, he was to offer up “what Moses commanded” for the purification of a metzora (from Leviticus 14).
This included:
Two live clean birds for purification ceremony
One male lamb for a guilt offering
One female lamb for a sin offering
One male lamb for a burnt offering
Flour and oil for grain offerings
Reading Yeshua’s instructions to this man, it raises some questions
One, if he is already clean, why does he need to show himself to the priesthood and undergo the purification rituals?
This involves an issue of obedience to Torah. Although the man has already been purified, he still needs to be declared clean by the administrating priesthood according to Leviticus 14:1-32. Without the declaration from the priesthood, the man would not be allowed admittance back into his community (or any Jewish community for that matter). Also, to refuse to do so would have been a direct violation of the Torah. In other words, he would have been sinning. By telling the man to show himself to the priesthood, Yeshua upheld the command of Torah which tells the proper procedure for declaring a metzora to be clean
Two, main stream Christianity usually teaches that Yeshua came to do away with the Temple, the priesthood and the sacrificial system/law and that we are under grace alone. so why would Yeshua/Jesus give the man specific instructions to “offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded?”
This involves the priesthood and the sacrificial system. By having the man show himself to the priesthood and offer the prescribed sacrifices in the Torah, Yeshua demonstrated the intended interpretation of his teaching in
Matthew 5:17, in which he said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.”
By doing this He upheld both the commandments and the earthly function of the levitical system. He showed that His soon coming atoning work was not in competition with the levitical priesthood and system, but that His work was greater than these and the very thing upon which they were based/foundation.
His sacrificial death and resurrection were in place long before the creation of the heavens and the earth.
In Revelation, John declared Yeshua to be
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world Rev. 13:8.
It is this pre-existing act of Yeshua on which the entire sacrificial system is based, reflects and points toward?
Three, what was Yeshua hoping to prove to them by sending this man to the priesthood as proof?
This involves evidence submitted to the priesthood.
But what did it point to?
It actually makes a connection to the two previous questions. Yeshua/Jesus remained a lamb without blemish in regard to all of the righteous requirements of His Father, by having the man submit to the commands, the authorities and the procedures given by YaHoVeH in the Torah,
He would have immediately invalidated Himself as the anticipated Messiah and would have broken at least one, if not several, of the commandments and thus become a sinner Himself, if He had ignored or changed any of these procedures or had instructed the man whom He healed to do so. Matthew 5:19
The man would have presented a threefold evidence to the priesthood:
Firstly, that he was indeed healed and could begin the rituals which would allow for him to be declared clean and thus re-enter his community.
Secondly that there was indeed a healer of lepers in Israel, which would have given rise to messianic hope.
Thirdly that Yeshua was indeed qualified as one who could lead his people as the righteous Messiah and not a lawless false prophet who had come to tempt the Israelites away from Torah with signs and wonders. Deuteronomy 13:1-5.
Exodus 29:37. you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it and it shall be an altar most holy whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
This is clearly prophetic of Messiah Yeshua.
He is the atonement for sin. Hebrews 9:12.
The part of this story which has relevance to us today is in this scripture.
Lev 6:20 whatever whoever TOUCHES the flesh of the SIN offering becomes HOLY cleansed, sanctified, made atonement for.
He was fulfilling Old Testament – Torah – law and He said
I came to fufil it.
He touches us in our state of sin in the same Way He touched the leper
Whoever touched it became holy. Leviticus 6:18.
As already noted, Leprosy was also a type of sin.
Lashaon hara – evil speech. RA opposite of shalom.
Evil = out of harmony with God and His will.
Healing + Instant cleansing.
The flesh of the sin offering was Jesus/Yeshuas physical body. The human contact, the physical contact, the transference of Gods healing/restoring /redeeming/ cleansing power
The leper touched the flesh of the ultimate SIN offering.
The spotless lamb of God.
The leper was kneeling, submission, homage, respect and with the TOUCH
he was made holy/whole/ kadosh/set apart /cleansed unto the Lord.
His life changed forever he was no longer a leper, no longer a stigma, a named category of society shunned an outcast.
The TOUCH of God
the TOUCH of Messiah
caused his life to take another direction..
towards the priest to be accepted and restored to society.
His sins forgiven. His body restored and healed and
made holy – so that the at one ment with God was redeemed
and broken relationship was re-established.
Whoever touches the flesh of the sin offering becomes holy!
Reach out and Touch Him!
When we come and humble ourselves in a true genuine authentic attitude of repentance with deep Godly sorrow we touch Him and He touches us as our sin offering and we become holy!
When we understand and accept that He is our sin offering we are instantly cleansed.
Because the lamb of God has shed His blood as the ultimate sin offering and
our sins are not only covered but removed forever.
He is also our High Priest, so verse 4 for us is included within our relationship and He presents us to the Father as our mediator.
This is the good news -this is the gospel!
This is the creator of the universe TOUCHING His creation
and bringing us into the kingdom of His heavens.
Eternal love and everlasting life/chaim.
Let Him touch each one of us today.
He is willing
verse 4
I am willing
His life touched the world
His death at Pesach touched the world
His resurrection at First Fruits touched the world
and it has never been the same since because
He is still touching the world today through us.
He touched us and we are made whole and as He resides within us.
He touches others through us and darkness must flee,
light fills the souls that are touched and
human spirits are reborn and reconnected to their heavenly father
reconciliation, restoration, redemption and royalty are the result.
The touch of Yeshua/Jesus is what we need.
The touch of the masters hand
The touch of the saviors love
The touch of the redeemers forgiveness.
And the hope of His return.
IF you need the touch of Yeshua/Jesus
make sure He is given access to the sanctuary of our hearts
let Him in to heal, cleanse and deliver and fill us
that He may in turn touch others through our lives.
Many will be familiar with the older chorus above, never truer than today:
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
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.
This was the question that Yeshua/Jesus asked His disciples.
He didn’t ask the disciples
who people thought the Son of Man was
out of ignorance or
because He needed to know.
It was a primer for revealing His second question;
which was simply to give each of them an opportunity
to assess the true level of their individual faith.
But you… who do you say that I am?
Matthew 16:15
מי אתה אומר שאני
Parallel accounts are found in
Luke 9:18–20 and Mark 8.
Matthew relates that Peter did more than just identify
Yeshua HaMashiach /Jesus as the Christ/Messiah;
he also proclaimed Yeshua/Jesus’ divine nature:
You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God
Matthew 16:16
Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah
Upon hearing such a bold response from Peter,
Yeshua/Jesus replied,
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 16:17
Anochi or Anoki אָנֹכִי
pronounced aw-no-kee’
is the Hebrew of
I AM
and is referring to His essence, it is something that cannot be alluded to by any name or intimation.
The most famous statement ever uttered in all of history
The Ten Sayings/Commandments
begins with this unusual four-letter word:
Anochi.
The word means I, referring to God
I the Lord Your God took you out of Egypt….
Ani
is the common Hebrew pronoun for
I.
Some scholars say that
Anochi
is an acronym for
Ana Nafshi Ketovit Yehovit.
Which simply translated is:
I Myself wrote [these words and] gave [them to you].
In Exodus 3 and you will see the ancient Hebrew form for
“I am” is ehyeh.
In Ancient Hebrew
Future tense and Present tense were IDENTICAL.
Ehyeh is BOTH future and present tense.
Ancient Hebrew did not make a time distinction in its verb “tenses”, but a completion distinction.
An action was either complete or it was not complete.
In Hebrew, traditionally they call the completed aspect
(perfective) “past tense”;
and the not-completed aspect
(imperfective) “present/future tense”;
this is just so English speakers
don’t get too confused by perfective and imperfective.
ehyeh asher ehyeh
for
I am who I am
sometimes you will even find the footnote,
saying
as a alternate translation,
I will be who I will be.
Not to get too technical or hung up on language details…
Here below are some names of
God/YHWH/YHVH/YaHoVeH
in mp4 format
The ancient Hebrews didn’t write the vowels down, so we don’t know for sure, but Jehovah and Yahweh are both guesses at how this was pronounced.
The important thing is they give us a bigger picture of our Heavenly Father, based on characteristics revealed to people through their experiences, they are known as the attributes of God and these ‘Names’ tell us more about Him, describing His divine nature.
In this video they have pronounced the names according to their knowledge or understanding, it has Hebrew (ivrit), English & urdu translation and transliteration.
El De’ot – The God Of Knowledge: 1 Samuel 2:3.
El Emet – The God Of Truth: Psalm 31:6
El Yeshuati – The God Of My Salvation: Isaiah 12:2
Immanu El – God Is With Us: Isaiah 7:14
El Elyon – The Most High God: Genesis 14:18.
Jehovah Shammah The Lord is There
Jehovah-Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Jehovah Rapha The Lord That Heals
Jehovah Nissi 10. Jehovah Shalom God my peace
Jehovah Tsidkenu The Lord Our Righteousness
Jehovah Mekoddishkem The Lord Who Sanctifies You
Jehovah Jireh My Provider
Elah Yerush’lem – God of Jerusalem: Ezra 7:19
Elah Yisrael – God of Israel: Ezra 5:1
Elah Sh’maya – God of Heaven: Ezra 7:23
Elah Sh’maya V’Arah – God of Heaven and Earth: Ezra 5:11.
YHVH Elohim – LORD God: Genesis 2:4
YHVH M’kadesh – The LORD Who Makes Holy: Ezekiel 37:28
YHVH Yireh – The LORD Who Sees/provides: Genesis 22;14
YHVH Nissi – The LORD My Banner: Exodus 17:15
YHVH Shalom – The LORD Of Peace: Judges 6:24
YHVH Tzidkaynu – The LORD Our Righteousness: Jeremiah 33:16
Elohei Ma’uzzi (The God of my strength) 2 Sam 22:23
Elohei Mikkarov (The God who is near) Jer 23:23, 26.
Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide)
Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace)
Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
Yhwh Elohe Ẓeba’ot (“Yhwh God of Hosts”) or “God of Hosts”
Elohei Chasdi (The God of my kindness) Ps 59:17
Elohei Haelohim (The God of gods) Josh 22:22
Elohei Marom (The God of heights) Micah 6:6
Elohei Tseva’ot (The God of Hosts) 2 Sam 5:10
Elohei Kedem (The Eternal God) Deut 33:27
Elohei Tehillati (The God of my praise) Psa 109:1
Elohei Avotenu (The God of our fathers ) Deut 26:1
Elohim Avinu (God our Father)
Elohim Bashamayim (God in heaven) 2 Chron 20:6
Elohim Chayim (The Living God Jos 3:10
Elohei HaChayim (The God of the Lving) Mk 12:27
Elohei haricot l’chol-basar (The God of the spirits of all flesh) Num 16:22
Elohim HaAv (God the Father ) Gal 1:1
Elohim Emet (The God of truth) Jere 10:10
Adonai Yir’eh (The Lord who sees) Gen 22:14
obviously this is not a complete list however
in the end,
it doesn’t matter what everybody else thinks
it only matters…
who do you say that I am?
מי אתה אומר שאני
Each of us must answer
Yeshua/Jesus’s question for ourselves.
Who is He to us?
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that 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.
or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites,
when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt”
on the eve of the Exodus.
People wish each other a
kosher and joyous Passover.
In Hebrew it is:
chag Pesach kasher vesame’ach
pronounced:
CHAG PEH-sach kah-SHER ve-sah-MAY-ach.
This is the beginning of the spiritual new year/
the cycle of
Appointed Times of the Lord
His Moedim
moe-eh-DEEM
מועדים
Firstfruits (ום בכורים),
also called
Reishit Katzir.
Now we are headed into
seven weeks/49days of
counting the Omer
before
Shavuot/Pentecost/שָׁבוּעוֹת
Counting of the Omer (ספירת העומר)
Pentecost (Koinē Greek: Πεντηκοστή)
Also known as the
Feast of Weeks or Shavuot – שָׁבוּעוֹת
This is a time of preparation to be ready to receive the impartation of His Spirit of Holiness/Ruach HaKodesh.
Following His מועדים / Moedim/
Appointed Times /feasts, helps us to stay close to the understanding of their meaning and of how Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled them and also how it affects us in our individual lives.
Traditional Christianity focuses more on Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday. Not that there is anything wrong with this, however, there is so much more that we have missed because of a lack of teaching and the lack of understanding of what the Scriptures are really saying to us. (See links at end for more.)
2 Corinthians 3:16 – 18 tells us this.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.
16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[ a] the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Now that we are in Messiah, we have complete and total freedom because the veil is removed.
This is not the freedom to simply do whatever we please; it is freedom from the penalty of sin, which is death.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In Messiah we are free to live in the ways of
life /chaim which are:
holiness kedushah קדושה
purity ṭaharah טָהֳרָה
and truth emet אֱמֶת
.
We are free to be alive in Him because
sin and death no longer bind us.
This scripture also says that,
we are in the process of being transformed
into the same image,
the image of the glory of the Lord.
The process of going from glory to glory is increased every year as we follow the cycle of His Appointed Times.
They are there for us to take the opportunity to annually examine ourselves and to recommit ourselves and allowing Him to bring us higher, into maturity of His spirit by understanding the truth of the abundant life He has provided.
The significance of His Appointed Times becomes clear in the life of Messiah and its purpose is for our growth in the Lord.
During the days of
Unleavened Bread/ Chag ha Matzot,
the book of Acts 12:3-11
recorded a miraculous incidence
involving Peter/Keifa/Kefa/קיף.
In Hebrew Peter’s name is kef, קיף
spelled kaf-feh meaning rock.
The Jewish tradition regarding Shimon Keifa (his name in Hebrew/Aramaic) can be found in various Medieval sources.
According to these sources his name was Shimon Keifa, which means Shimon the Rock because he was a type of Nazarite (nazir, in Hebrew) who sat for many years on the same rock, praying and learning Torah.
Peter/Keifa was thrown into prison by Herod who thought he could gain a political advantage by persecuting Jewish believers in Yeshua/Jesus.
3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also.
Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
4 And when he had apprehended him,
he put him in prison, and delivered him to
four quaternions/squads of soldiers to keep him;
intending after Passoveer/Pesach
to bring him forth to the people.
He secured Peter/Keifa in the prison under heavy guard until the time of his sentencing.
Not only was the prison door being watched by guards but his hands were bound with chains as he slept with a soldier on either side of him. His fate seemed certain for there was no obvious escape from this prison.
However Herod had not counted on the fact that there was one who would have no trouble getting inside the prison.
This scripture tells us that was a sudden burst of light
and a messenger/angel/ appeared before Peter
and within seconds the chains fell off his hands.
The soldiers were still asleep and although Peter was still in prison he was no longer chained up, his reality has changed.
But as long as he stayed where he was, he was a free man but still inside the prison.
The only thing holding him back was himself. He needed to get up and go.
For those of us in Messiah our reality has also changed, we have been set free and the chains of sin and death no longer bind us. Some of the change in our lives is up to us because even though He can make the chains fall off from our hands; and even though He can make gates to open before us of their own accord; if we do not rise in haste, gird ourselves, bind on our sandals and put our garments around us and follow Him, we can never be truly free.
Let us rise in haste and be following Him who entered the prison from which no man could escape, that we might be set free. He led us into our deliverance so that we can follow in the way of His salvation.
As disciples of Messiah our identity is also reflected in what was the defining moment for Israel remembered at Passover/Pesach. They left Egypt/Mitzrayim /מצרים and so have we Egypt/Mitzrayim /מצרים is our past.
The Exodus: Hebrew:
יציאת מצרים, Yeẓi’at Miẓrayim
literally: ‘Departure from Egypt’
As the children of Israel saw the way through the sea open up before them leading to their salvation; we trust that He will make a way where there seems to be no way in our own lives.
We need to make that step of faith into the sea to see our Savior; and not be tempted to return to Egypt…
We have a choice…
Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
and Messiah has made us free.
Exodus 14:13 fear not and still yourselves and see the salvation of the Lord which he does for you today
for as you have seen the Egyptians/Mitzrayim today you will never see them again.
If we will go forward, this is true for us too.
This last week has reminded us all that Messiah accomplished…
Let us rejoice in the freedom then
with which Messiah has made us free and
stand fast.
Galatians 5:11 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Having done all, to stand Ephesians 6:13
and
Luke 19:13
We were not brought to the edge of the sea to be drowned, or to be dragged away in chains like Peter/קיף/ Keifa.
We are to get up as he did,
and to go forward
out of the prison.
He has delivered us.
In Messiah, our reality has changed.
Let’s not yearn for the things of Egypt/ Mitzrayim that had us bound, but leaving behind the former things, forgetting the past and pressing on towards the future and stay under the Blood of Messiah.
Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Let’s not ponder on things of the past.
This is the spiritual new year
and as we begin
the new cycle of life/chaim/חים;
Chai חי
is a Hebrew word and symbol that means
life, alive, or living.
It is spelled with the Hebrew letters
Chet ח and Yud י.
Adding the letter m/Mem/ם
gives the plural chaim
let’s press forward to the prize of the high calling …
looking unto Jesus/Yeshua the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:2
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.
In previous posts we looked at the 5 women mentioned in the Geneology of Messiah. 
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