Says these are the travels of the children of Israel ..
So today we might comment saying:
That was then, this is now!
How is this relevant to us today?
Scripture reminds us in 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, conviction, rebuking, correcting and training/instruction in righteousness,
The journey, the travels of God’s children includes us, if we too are His children.
The Word tells us that salvation is of the Jews /Israelites…
John 4:22 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews
..and it’s given to the Jews, the Hebrews, the children of Israel first, and then to the goy/gentile /heathen nations.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16/17
Numbers 33 is a reference to our own spiritual journey and our relationship with God, our Heavenly Father. The ups and downs, twists and turns of their path through the wilderness, is a journey to discover Who God is as our Heavenly Father; and to deal with personal issues in regards to our relationship with Him and the rest of God’s family.
We know all too well if a relationship is not consistently worked on by both parties, it will slowly but surely die. Communication is the basis of life and if there’s no interaction, then it will first become stale and stagnant because no effort is put into keeping it alive and fresh, then it will wither and die. The parties becoming more and more separated and the distance increases over time to the point where, even a bridge cannot reach them both to reconcile them. It is not strange then, that we have been given the ministry of reconciliation, and Messiah is the bridge because nowhere is too hard for His arm to reach.
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Here in Numbers, the word for travel in Hebrew is
nasa
which means:
to pull up, pluck up, tear up, put away, to remove.
Original Word: נָשָׂא Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nasa or nasah Phonetic Spelling: (naw-saw’) Definition: to lift, carry, take
This is not the kind of travel, in the sense of traveling for a holiday or a vacation journey, or for a business trip as the world thinks of travel. The travel in Hebrew concept is:
to a new life – a new destination.
So here we see the travels, the nasa, of the children of Israel, had plucked them from Egypt and pulled them up out of bondage. These travels/nasa, were taking them and removing them from slavery and bondage. The nasa was
to a new life, a new destination, in a new land.
Here it’s is worth noting that the letters nasa, are used as an acronym for the National Aeronautic Space Agency, and what are they focused on? Space exploration and travel to new destinations, though some will say it stands for never a straight answer!
As believers in Messiah Jesus we often use spiritual concepts and we call it spiritualization. These are important because otherwise we would miss some of the things God is saying to us when we read statements like Numbers 33;1; thinking it’s just a historical fact or information with no spiritual message relevant for us today. Again if 1Timothy tells us that every word of God is inspired, then, theres a reason it is there; and we should therefore take the time to see what it is there for!
In Hebrew, a spiritual concept is sometimes called an Inyan; which is more like a general idea, as opposed to something specific.
Inyan – matter, business, thing –
een-YAHN : עִנְיָן
Yesh li inyanim – I’ve got things (to do), errands – יש לי עניינים
Hayu inyanim – There were “things” – “היו “עניינים
These concepts or ideas sometimes have subheadings which some call Bechinos.. בקינוס
Such terms of speech, by way of concepts and ideas, have been used for thousands of years by the Hebrew sages and rabbis/teachers. In the re-new-ed Testament, Yeshua Messiah Jesus used them all the time and an example is when He quoted from the scriptures.
Man shall not live by bread alone
to illustrate His own situation.
He was using an Inyan – a spiritual concept.
So the scripture in Numbers 33:1 is an inyan, revealing the concept of – going from slavery to freedom. It is the story of the children of Israel and us. They left Egypt which is also the picture of us coming out of the world system/the kingdom of darkness, and into the promised land the Kingdom of the Heavenly Father; and ultimately into a new land, a new heavenly kingdom of the spirit, the eternal realm of the creator of the universe.
Every place they camped, was a new challenge and a place to learn new lessons and grow, maturing in faith.
They were learning about themselves, as well as learning of the God of their Fathers. They saw His miracles, signs and wonders but they did not know His ways; they did not know His character as Moses did. He made known His ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel. Psalm 103:7
God had taken them out of the world, now He had to get the world out of them. Their deliverance from Egypt was more than physical bondage, they were bound spiritually and needed the delivering freedom that only a covenant relationship could provide. Their whole lifestyle had to change, just as it does for every believer; the old man, the carnal flesh life lived by the 5 natural senses, had to die and be transformed into the spiritual walk of the new life and the new relationship with our Heavenly Father.
As a personal inyan, this is our story; that of our journey, our nasa, to know God our Heavenly Father after we have accepted Jesus/Yeshua as our savior/Messiah.
In Matthew 7:13 Messiah spoke of our lives as that spiritual journey, walking a spiritual road, path or way..
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
…and in Mark 4 He describes the types of people and characteristics who will nasa/ travel along the paths.
Everyday is a new challenge and we take up our cross daily the symbol of death to the self life, to follow Him, not to follow our own way, not to follow religion, not to follow other people or popular preachers, nor ideas or idols. We must go forward and upward as there is no standing still in God; and in this statement we could insert an Inyan. Our walk could be likened to climbing a steep incline or hill, one covered in ice. A person can only go forward with consistent effort, and must keep going or they will slide backwards/backslide. We cannot stand still and every day in our walk it either brings us into a closer relationship with the Father and deeper within the boundaries of His kingdom; or further away from the light into the darkness of this worlds systems and all its’ temptations..
The ground has to be prepared so that when the seed of the Word of God is sown into our hearts, the ground is ready, all the stones and thorns have been pulled out and the soil is deep enough to allow healthy growth. Here in Mark 4 is another inyan:
In this first verse that seems at first glance to be just a statement, or headline, or title of what is to come next, here is the word nasa. The letters in Hebrew are:
nun, samek, ayin – n’sa
The meanings in the letters of the word help to remind us everyday that we have the opportunity to:
rise to a new level of faith- nun
dependence on the father – samekh
and to Ayin – see His miracles at work in and through us.
Our nasa is a spiritual one because, it’s not by the energy of the flesh that we journey through the wilderness and enter into the Kingdom of the Heavens.
In Numbers 33:1 – 36:13 All the inhabitants of the land must be dispossessed and all their imagery had to be destroyed, then they could enter and possess the land.
No compromise. No negotiations. No diplomacy.
Luke 21:9 In your patience possess ye your souls – By your endurance gain ye your lives…
We are to be calm and serene, masters of ourselves, and superior to all irrational and disquieting passions by keeping the carnal flesh submitted to the spirit.
Before we can possess our souls we must clean out the land and in this case the land is us.
We too are to show no mercy, our feelings are irrelevant, we are to clean out the land. It seems ruthless and we are not to be shocked at the intensity and seeming lack of compassion; because these are the enemies of our souls. They are stumbling blocks to our spiritual growth and we are to purge our own lives and take possession of our God-given inheritance once and for all. We must be brutal and unforgiving toward sin and we must be merciless and cold blooded toward the flesh if there is any hope of driving out the enemies we have given refuge to. We must be hard with ourselves and refuse to be swayed and seduced into accepting any peaceful co-existence because, it will only be a false peace.
If we are to be Holy and set apart, the land/us, must be cleansed. If not these areas which remain will be as thorns in our sides, and pricks in our eyes vs.33:55,56. The consequences of not driving out every last resident will be a continual source of trouble. Any remnant left in a wound will fester and cause infection and further devastation and we should not underestimate its potential; think of how painful an eyelash can be! The removal is far less painful than the unending torment of their presence, which will not end until the root cause is permanently removed. We must not invite them to stay or see them as part of our personality and be comfortable with them. Once we allow sin to establish its stronghold, we are faced with the inevitability of 2 most unpleasant alternatives; either we allow it to fester and in the end give up to its deadly effects or, consent/agree to being kept still, as it is permanently ejected from us. If we don’t, vs. 55/56 warn us those that remain will be our ruin. The fight for our inheritance is right now, today. The inhabitants will cause us harm if we don’t drive them out.
We are often so quick to move forward and unwilling to wait. We want to get there quickly the sooner the better, we have a problem with it taking too long; this is why we need to develop patience. Our Father sees this not as arriving at our destination, but as the process of our maturing through the experience. We learn to trust in Him, we learn to walk according to the still small voice, we learn not to complain, not to get frustrated or irritated. We learn that He will supply our needs and we learn His word and His ways. It requires a long time because we learn slowly, line upon line and precept upon precept. Our true self is always exposed when we are under pressure, this is the refining of silver and the furnace for gold.Job 10. All the impurities come to the top when heated and that is what is required, for us to see and deal with the flaws in our character. This is the reason we have trials in life, they are for our ultimate good.
There is a future Exodus ahead for us and we are in the wilderness now, on our journey our nasa, camping and moving from level to level, learning and being prepared to enter in to the promised land – heaven. Their journey, their travels their nasa is also ours and we have the benefit of His. written Word and His grace to strengthen our resolve so we can endure and end in victory; meanwhile these are the travels, our travels, our nasa towards our final exodus.
Come quickly Lord Jesus.
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT 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.
Noach/Noah נֹ֗חַ was a righteous man, whole hearted he had been among his generation. With God did Noach walk.
There was one thing that set Noah apart from everyone else of his day He was wholehearted, completely sincere, fully committed and upright, having integrity in God’s ways, so that
with God did Noah walk.
8549 tamim: complete, sound
Original Word: תָּמִים Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: tamim Phonetic Spelling: (taw-meem’) Definition: complete, sound, whole, integrity, blameless, uprightly, sincere, wholehearted.
Can this be said of us today?
So many of us spend our lives seeking and searching for something or someone to make us complete, anything that will give us meaning and purpose in our lives. Noah was whole in heart because he filled himself with the only thing that can truly complete a person, and that is our Heavenly Father. When we look to the world to fill us up we really do walk alone but, the one who is wholehearted in the ways of righteousness will always walk with God. In a previous post, we looked at Abraham who also walked with God and was called, the friend of God, and yadiyad, walked hand in hand with Him.
Both Noah and Abraham were in covenant relationship with YHVH and so are we, if we have received Yeshua/Jesus Messiah as Savior and Lord of our lives. In this relationship we are supposed to have yielded our lives completely to Him, as they have been bought with a price beyond what we can ever pay. Therefore our lives are not our own any longer.1 Cor. 6:20
When we walk righteously with the Lord God, we offer Him our faithful service. We have been made righteous by faith in Messiahs sacrificial provision. The Lord God honored such righteousness in Noach by making him the chosen one to receive His covenant with all living things. He expected His covenant to be kept and He sealed it with the sign of the rainbow; this is the reminder that He and all the descendants of Noah were to remain faithful and remember His promises forever. Sadly, so many times we forget, and then we make excuses to ignore His promises. However, our Heavenly Father is faithful even when we are not, and never goes back on His word or His promises. So even when we fail on our side of the covenant, our Heavenly Father does not; reminding us through the rainbow that follows every storm in the heavens, that the Creators promises may never be broken.
Genesis 11:4.
they went to build a tower.
In the face of our Fathers faithfulness we arrogantly display our strength and instead of remembering His promises, we bury them at our feet and build monuments to ourselves on top of them. However, the plans of the unrighteous prophesy their own destruction. We think we will go so high so that we will not be scattered, but ultimately our lives will fall apart. We believe we can stay so low that we will avoid being seen and our deeds will not be exposed; yet everything will be revealed and brought to light. We decide we will be our own gods, so that we will be in control of everything that concerns us; yet in reality we will lose command of everything we ever wanted to be in charge of and rule over.
However, for the righteous in every generation, our Heavenly Father has a purpose, a plan, a mandate, an order, and a method of bringing His will to pass. We do not need to build up our own cities and kingdoms because God is the builder and destroyer of kingdoms.
Daniel 1:12 He raisesupkings and also bringsthemdown, Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but Godis the builder of everything.
His plan will bring us up to His level and standards by His strength power and might. If we hope to walk with our Heavenly Father and like Noah and Abraham, be called righteous by Him, it will be according to His plan and not by one of our choosing. Our desire should be that of a life of devotion to our Savior, not satisfying our own wants and desires. Nor should we be walking pridefully in a strength that is not our own, but instead be seeking after Him to fill us up and make us whole in heart. Then we can be wholehearted.
Abram was 99 when He was called to walk with the lord inGen. 17:1.
Right here in the first book of the Bible, are the examples of living a life before the Lord given for every reader. When the Lord God appeared to Abram, He told him He was
the Almighty All Sufficient God.
This we are familiar with as El Shaddai, and this verse is the original reference to that divine attribute of Our Heavenly Fathers character.
He is told to walk before him. Here the word walk in Hebrew is הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ hitehaleke.
Walk with me – hitehaleke lepani .
Biblical Hebrew does not focus so much on the tense, meaning whether it is past, present, or future; but rather on the action itself, instead of the time that the action occurred.
The Hebrew word for before is pani and has the meaning of:
the face of or the presence of something.
So this could be rendered as:
I am the all sufficient God walk with me.
Today there is an expression used when someone in authority wants to say something to us that is very important but wants to say it as a friend not as a boss or employer…..
Walk with me.
At this point in the scripture, our Heavenly Father starts to reveal to Abram the covenant He wants to establish with him. We looked in an earlier post at the reason for waiting until Abram was 99. 90 is the number of humility and 9 represents divine completeness. God was waiting for Abram to reach that state of divine completeness in humility before He could come to the place of speaking with him as a friend and not as an authority. This should help us to understand that if our Heavenly Father speaks to us as a friend before we are really humble, we might consider ourselves to be better than other people; then there is a danger of spiritual pride. We could say that humility is realizing that we are unable to fulfill our Fathers will without His power.
A question to ask ourselves is:
have we really allowed God to be El Shaddai, all sufficient in our lives?
Or is it just a name we use in prayer, conversation or simply a head knowledge reference?
It’s easy to say He is all sufficient when we have jobs or regular income from work or social security payments; however, would we still boldly declare He is El Shaddai if there was no job, or regular check in the mail? When we enter into a completeness in honest humility, this is the time when we enter into our Fathers heart and know His presence and His provision. This is the place where we can learn, Ex. 17:1, and be yadiyad as we walk with Him. That’s when He becomes El Shaddai – the all sufficient one – and; we cannot let Him be El Shaddai unless we humble ourselves, this is something we must do. We must remove and divest ourselves of all that trust we place in ourselves, our own abilities and resources, so that our trust is in Him alone. Sometimes, what at first seems a bad thing, can often be a blessing in disguise. For example, that bad health report or the loss of job or income may bring us to the place of complete humility; and to the point where we can walk with God, putting our complete and total trust in Him alone and experience Him as El Shaddai.
The sages say that the word Shaddai is really a a combination of 2 words: she’amar and diy which means: He who said stop. A simple play of the word diy, is our abbreviation of do it yourself which is humbling ourselves. Also, when our Father reveals Himself to us as El shaddai, He is saying: Stop
Telling us to:
Stop what we are doing,
stop trusting in ourselves,
stop trusting in our jobs, our investments, our schemes
and all our earthly securities.
Stop relying on all the worlds resources and allow Him to be in control, to be sufficient for us – all sufficient – for every area of our lives.
Abraham was 99 before he could walk with God and call Him El Shaddai, we don’t have to wait to reach that age, happily, we can do it today. Humble ourselves, choosing to walk away from the world and like Noah
walk with Him wholeheartedly
and be righteous in our generation.
We hear these days more conversations on ‘the days of Noah’ as being a sign of the end of the age just as Jesus/Yeshua described in Matthew 24:38,39
We read that in Noahs day the earth was filled with violence. The first mention is in Genesis 6:11 of the violence that led to Gods judgement by cleansing the earth through the flood.
Genesis 6:11 HEB:וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ חָמָֽס׃ NAS: was filled with violence. KJV: was filled with violence.
The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power]. Amplified
This violence is a sure sign of coming judgement once again. The verse in Genesis which speaks of violence, holds an indication in the word itself which in Hebrew is Hamas; which is very much in the news today.
2555 hamas: violence, wrong
Original Word: חָמָס Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chamas Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mawce’) Definition: violence, wrong
In light of current events, it would indicate we are in times of impending judgment and this surely is all the more reason to STOP and consider our ways; and know in Whom we are trusting and where our loyalties and allegiance lie… while there is still time.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him whilehe is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT 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.
is without doubt the Holiest day on Israels’ calendar.
This is a repeat of the original post of the same title 2 weeks ago as the first link does not seem to be working correctly.. Apologies for any confusion or for those unable to connect to the page on the site.
It is also called a
shabbat shabaton,
which is a day to stop from all kinds of work
and to rest completely.
This day also known as
Yom Kippur יום כפור
occurs only once each year,
on the 10th day of the 7th month and
it begins the evening before at sundown.
For those new to mmm and to the mo’adiym, here is a brief explanation.
The word often translated as feasts is
Mo’adiym מועדים
pronounced moe-ah-deem
meaning: designated seasons or appointed times.
This word, Mo’adiym is the plural form of moed and is pronounced moe-ed. It can be found in passages such as
Genesis/b’reshiyt 1:14 and
Nehemiah/N’chem’yah 10:34.
Another variation of moed is mo’adai meaning:
My designated seasons or My Appointed times.
This word used in Leviticus/Vayik’ra 23
offers the clearest definition as the chapter begins with:
1. And the Lord/Adonai spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
4 These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
as well as in passages such as
Ezra 3:5 and Y’chez’ke-el/Ezekiel 44:24.
One of the most common mis-understandings about the
Moedim /Mo’adiym
is that they are collectively called the
Lord/Adonai’s Feasts or Festivals.
Several English translations of the Scriptures are likely the origin promoting this misconception. Although most of them are festive and times of rejoicing there are others that have nothing to do with feasting and festivities whatsoever.
Yom haKipuriym
occurs nine days after Y
om Teruah/The Feast of Trumpets.
Yom Kippur : יוֹם כִּפּוּר
is the holiest and most solemn day of the year, a day of fasting, confession, introspection, prayers for forgiveness, and resolve to change the direction of our lives.
Yom Kippur is a day of death –
the death of the old year,
the death of the old sins,
and the death of the old man/ego.
However it is not morbid, but rather based on the hope and prayer, that a new year will bring us into a closer walk before our Heavenly Father.
The primary feature of this Holy time is to deny self; and as the High Priest performs the main part of the days proceedings and makes the atonements for himself, the altar, the tabernacle and the whole of Israel; the people do not participate because they were forbidden to approach the holy place and were to deny their own existence/die to self, on this day.
Some Messianic Jews wonder whether or not Yom Kippur is appropriate, since those who have come to faith in Yeshua/Jesus believe that He alone is our atonement, and that our forgiveness has been eternally secured by His sacrifice, once for all time.
All Messianic believers would agree that Jesus/Yeshua‘s sacrifice has fully effected the forgiveness of sins, and that we are completely righteous in Him, needing no further atonement. However, even the writers of the Brit chadashah /ReNewed Covenant stress the need for introspection and repentance.
2 Cor 13:5.
Yom Kippur, if understood correctly, is not a day by which our atonement is realized, as much as it is a day to be reminded that our atonement was attained at great cost by our King, and that we, in so far as we have demonstrated faithlessness and rebellion in departing from His ways, must return to Him wholeheartedly, seek His forgiveness with a repentant heart, and determine to walk in His ways and statutes. Yom Kippur, then, for the Messianic believer, is a day of deep and honest reflection on the atonement which is ours in Yeshua/Jesus, and a recommitment to holy living, both before our Heavenly Father and everyone else.
If we understand it as it was given to us in the Torah, Yom Kippur enhances and strengthens our faith.
Clearly Yom HaKipuriym finds its fulfillment in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. As both our
High Priest, הַהֵן הַגָּדוֹל (ha–kohenha–gadol)
and our sacrifice, He atoned for us once and for all and is continually making intercession for us before the Father.
Hebrews 7:27
Who has no day by day need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices, first of all for his own [personal] sins and then for those of the people, because He [met all the requirements and] did this once for all when He offered up Himself [as a willing sacrifice].
He does’n’t need to make sacrifices for Himself and for us year after year, in order to atone for our sins because it has already been accomplished forever.
This year (2023) Yom Kippur begins Sunday evening through Monday 25th Sept..
Let’s remember the atoning sacrifice of our Messiah!
We are to be humble, contemplative, repentant and dead to self. Remembering that we live and breathe only because the Father chooses to allow it. Our self denial does not cause or enhance our atonement, but it does allow us to become very aware of our own mortality, our sin, our need for atonement and causes us to comprehend the sacrifice made, as He denied His own life on our behalf.
Without Messiah we are truly dead, but through His atoning Blood and intercession we are truly, truly alive. The Levitical system of animal sacrifices including this one, was meant to foreshadow the true and eternal sacrifice of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua as the means of our reconciliation with the Father.
That Covenant provided a shadow of the substance which was revealed in the Renewed Covenant. Previously the sacrifices simply covered the sin, but now through Jesus/Yeshua, these sins are taken completely away and through His shed Blood we are given complete atonement before our Father.
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT 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.
7th month 22nd day – Torah portion Vayikra 23:36 39.
Vayikra means “And [He] called” and it is found in Leviticus 1:1
The culmination of Sukkot /Tabernacles/Booths –
Immediately following the 7 day feast of sukkot is the closing moed/appointed time of the year, called:
yom haSh’miyniy Atzaret or
Shemini Atzeret
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת —”Eighth [day of] Assembly”
This year it is on 7th October.
The commands for this day are very simple
do no regular work, rest and assemble.
In short the 8th day is a time to say good bye to sukot and the past year’s mo’adiym.
It’s a time to rest and reflect but also a time to look forward to the future because in just 6 short months it all starts over again.
Though this moed is often dismissed as being insignificant it can be an extremely meaningful time if we allow it to be. We are encouraged to look back at the journey we will have completed but also to look forward to the times that lie ahead.
The following day is known as Simchat Torah where this extra biblical jewish holiday celebrates the word of God.
The Mo’adiym are so much more than times to practice any Hebrew /Jewish traditions, or days to ponder what they indicate prophetically without actually participating in them. The Mo’adiym/Appointed times of the Lord, offer us a special opportunity to allow His Spirit to disciple us; as we walk in the ways of the Son towards maturity and our full potential in Messiah. These are times to learn and develop our usefulness for the Fathers Kingdom.
As we devote ourselves to living out the fullness in the meanings of the Mo’adiym, those who are of Israelite descent will more fully understand their calling as the people chosen by our Father. Chosen that is, to tell the world about Him and His redemptive plan for all who choose to believe in His Messiah. For those who are already believers in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, they will draw closer to Him becoming more effective and victorious disciples for Him.
As we walk through the Mo’adiym/Appointed Times each year, it is an opportunity allow His Spirit to plant into us the deep truths that each moed/Appointed Time is designed to help us remember. This is so that the Father may bring in a bountiful harvest through us, for His glory and for the name of His Son, our Savior master Lord and soon returning King…the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.
in Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:28
These Mo’adiym/Appointed Times were set in place for the children of Israel to follow as an annual life cycle of preparation for the unfolding plan of the ages. Prophetic in nature and so full of meaning, they are an essential aid to more fully understanding and appreciating all that was completed and fulfilled in Messiah’s time on the earth. His statement that He did not come to abolish or do away with the (law) teaching and instructions of his Father but to complete and to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17. And furthermore, it was to show us how to live a life according to His Fathers and His words; and not all the added restrictive laws and doctrines inspired by demonic, unclean spirits and added by men. Matthew 23:4. All the extra laws and rules that were given to the people not only overburdened them but caused them to be controlled by corrupt leadership.
The season of our rejoicing this weekend is that of
rejoicing in His Word and the freedom it has brought to our lives;
and on the 8th day reminds us of the hope of our salvation being completed.
Yeshua Messiah, His Word made flesh, dwelt /tabernacled among us and then sent His Spirit to be with us, to abide within us always, even to the end of this age; when He will return in all His Glory and forever tabernacle with us in fullness. Revelation 21:3-8
The 8th day rejoicing is coming as the reign of Messiah for 1000 years. Until then we have His Spirit of Holiness dwelling, abiding, tabernacle-ing within. We rejoice in His Word living in us, making us alive.
The promise for us all is looking unto Jesus, Messiah, the Word; Who is the author and finisher of our faith. Heb. 12:2
This years feasts, fasts, His Appointed Times, the Mo’adiym are completed. These are more than prophetic pictures of Yeshua/Jesus, they are set in the calendar as a reminder to His chosen ones; and are calling us to un-compromised devotion to only Him and by our obedience, our lives are changed. Not only are they an annual reminder of the Father’s miraculous history with the children of Israel, but also the story of our lives in Christ/Messiah are embedded within them.
They teach us about who we are supposed to be in Him; and we are led into a deeper walk with Him as we take the time to learn of them and their meanings. By our obedience and faithfulness to be a doer and as He told us to ‘learn of Me’; Matthew 11:29. He, through His Word, makes us into His disciples so that in turn we might share His truth that will make others free.
For every believer in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah, this Season of Joy שִׂמְחָה – simchah: joy, gladness, mirth is ongoing and we can rejoice continually and not just on one day of the year: for we are the sheep of His pasture and
He is the shepherd. John 10:14
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of hispasture. Ps.100:3 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation. Ps.79:13
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT 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.
Yom haKipuriym יום הציפורים . 
This Season of Joy
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