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What Is A Pure Heart?

Psalm 24:3-5 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and

A PURE HEART;

who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

This is Messiah Who, because of what He has done we can ascend to the hill/presence of the Lord! So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.

This phrase

a pure heart

lev tahor

is used in many scriptures.

‘and a pure
וּֽבַר־ (ū·ḇar-)
Conjunctive: waw – vav

Adjective – masculine singular construct
Strong’s 1249: Beloved, pure, empty.

heart,
לֵ֫בָ֥ב (lê·ḇāḇ)
Noun – masculine singular
Strong’s 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart.

When we think of a pure heart

we often think of an innocent child.

Someone not yet exposed to the issues of life that cause

a pure heart

to become tainted, calloused and hardened by lifes’ experiences. Yet these verses are not specifically pointing to young children.

Ps. 73 is directed to Israels offspring.

The Psalms and David have much to say of the heart.

Psalm 73:1 
HEB: לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃
NAS: to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!

lə·ḇā·rê

לְבָרֵ֥י

to such as are pure in

1249 [e] lə·ḇā·rê

heart

3824 [e]
lê·ḇāḇ.
לֵבָֽב׃

וּֽבַר pure

לֵ֫בָ֥ב heart

Labara levav

The Hebrew letters:

Lamed resh beth yod  lamed beth beth

A PURE HEART – LEV TAHOR לב טהור

Strong’s Hebrew: 2889. טָהוֹר (tahor) — clean, pure

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. clean, fair, pureness. Or tahor {taw-hore’}; from taher; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense) — clean, fair, pure (-ness). see HEBREW taher.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2890. טֳהָר־ (tahor) — pureness

tahor: pureness Original Word: טְהוֹר Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: tahor Phonetic Spelling: (teh-hore’) Definition: pureness

טהור – pure, clean (figurative); pure, unalloyed – Hebrew …

Inflection of טָהוֹר Adjective – katol pattern Root: ט – ה – ר The middle radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels. Meaning pure, clean (figurative); pure, unalloyed

The Hebrew word Tahor (Tet-Hey-Resh), which is reference number 2889. It is an adjective and is from the verb Taher 2891.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2891. טָהֵר (taher) — to be clean or pure

taher: to be clean or pure Original Word: טָהֵר Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: taher Phonetic Spelling: (taw-hare’) Definition: to be clean or pure

HEBREW WORD STUDY – A CLEAN VESSEL – BIKELI TAHOR

May 19, 2021 · A clean vessel is bikeli tahor in the Hebrew which spoke of a very common vessel in oriental culture as it is today. A potter often made vessels which were referred to as vessels fo

We have looked at

heart lev/leb levav in previous posts

(link below for newer readers.)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-9/

However a pure heart …what is it?

and how do we attain one?

Because according to

Jeremiah 17:9 –  the heart is wicked and deceitful

and yet, if it were possible to have a pure heart,

then it would not be something David

both desired and asked for in

Psalms 51:10.

Create in me a clean heart and who can ascend the hill of the Lord; and in Psalm 24:3-5. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

This is Messiah, Who because of what He has done, we can ascend to the hill/presence of the Lord! So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.

Create a clean/pure heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

David asks directly for

a pure/clean heart and a renewed/steadfast spirit: 

Create in me a PURE heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

This verse invites

a radical renewal

from our Heavenly Father.

His request – create in me a PURE/clean heart;

is it simply another way of asking for

forgiveness and spiritual cleansing? 

What does ‘Create in me a PURE/clean heart’ mean?

When David prayed Create in me a PURE/clean heart, he used the same Hebrew verb that is used in Genesis 1:1 for the creation of the world; a cosmic cleansing before starting anew from scratch. This type of cleansing is enormous and all encompassing.

Jesus/Yeshua said:

The PURE in heart will see God… 

so it must be possible…

but only through Him.

In Psalms 73:1: A Psalm of Asaph.

Truly God [is] good to Israel,

[even] to such as are of a pure/clean heart.

Israel and his descendants are His children of promise, to which, if not born naturally to the covenant chosen; are the gentile believers grafted-in by grace. This is only through being born again from above by His spirit and washed in the Blood of Messiah Jesus. So the promise applies to those as well.

God is Good to those with a pure heart and who doesn’t want the goodness of God? Yet to receive that goodness we apparently need a pure heart.

We recently looked at the word

good which in Hebrew is tov/tob

and discovered its’ Hebrew meaning was:

to be in harmony with something.

Click below for link to post.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-or-what-is-good/

 We know Yeshua/Jesus said: Only God is good

or

in harmony with everything in His creation.

SO could we then understand that:

God is good

or

in harmony with those with a pure heart?

 

We know from scripture that clearly we cannot make our hearts pure by our own efforts. The good news of the gospel of the kingdom is that Jesus Messiah, died on Calvary’s cross;

He alone bore ALL our sins,

removed them,

nailing them to the tree and

thus leaving us with

a pure heart.

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Col 2:14 KJV

Colossians 2:14 New King James Version 14 having wiped out the [a]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way,

So our question, how do we get one, is answered in that Jesus/Yeshua gives us

a PURE heart

and it comes by

putting our faith and trust in Him.

An interesting thought here is, at the cross He took away not only all our past sins but those He knew we would commit against Him today and in all our future days! It’s is such an overwhelming miracle of His grace and merciful forgiveness, that even before we do wrong, He has made provision for the truly repentant heart. This should not however be a license for us to just do as we please, but rather, to look soberly at our lifestyles and keep our walk very close to Him on the narrow way.

The questions we should ask are,

what do we do when we receive that clean/pure heart?

And..

what are the characteristics of a clean/pure heart?

As we have seen previously in the Hebrew language, there is often a play on words which is used to give a wider picture and offer deeper understanding for us. In Ps. 73:1 the word

PURE – LABARA,

has an l, a Hebrew letter lamed in front of it

לְבָרֵ֥י

to such as are pure in

1249 [e] lə·ḇā·rê

which in Hebrew language and sentence construction is a preposition.

The lamed or L stands for:

TO UNTO or FOR.

In its’ root form, the word

PURE is BARAR

and can be seen in the scripture verse as

labara.

The word has the picture of:

cleansing and rejuvenating;

so in translating this verse it would read:

God is good to the pure heart.

or

He is in harmony with a pure heart,

rather than reading as: those who are pure in heart!

Why is this important?

Well, do we want to know truth, or do we want to settle for what we think we know or have been taught; which is often our comfort zone? (Re-read the parable of the old wine and old wineskins). Isn’t it important to know what our Heavenly Father means? For the writer it is very much so, none of us wants one day to discover we have been believing something that is not correct; because only the truth will make us free, not what we choose to think or believe, simply because it fits our paradigm.

The idea or picture the Hebrew language describes and creates for us is that:

Our Heavenly Father relates to our hearts – not our bodies and minds but our hearts. Yeshua/Jesus came to save and redeem our spirits, NOT our flesh bodies.

Yet Jeremiah 17:9 tells us the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it I the Lord search the heart verse 10 I try the reins even to give every man according to his doings.

Our minds and souls can be responsible for some impure and unclean things /doings and the fruit can be very ungodly. An example is debate, or debating an issue. This is something we think is ok and yet when 2 people so called debate, they are really arguing from their minds and souls, thinking they are discussing from a pure heart. Yet really they are each trying to prove their position correct over the other person and it becomes competition and they are not really serving God. They are simply trying to exert their control over the conversation, seeking advantage to be right.

This can lead to a divided heart with divided interests and we are to love God with our whole heart, not a divided one. Let us live by His truth with our whole heart. Ps 86:11 12

Debate opens up a door to a spirit of competition and a competitive spirit often leads to jealousy and offense. To remove a spirit of offense means removing the competition.

There are no scriptures telling us to debate or argue. In fact Gal. 5:19 lists the works of the flesh and we should be Gal. 5:22-26 instead.

Only God can give a pure heart.

Do the words for pure heart in Jer. 17:9, tell us that having a pure heart could clean up our minds and souls? This seems to be confirmed in Prov. 3:5-6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding (mind) and in all your ways (body or physical actions) acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. When we deny our flesh life, our old carnal nature, subduing and crucifying the flesh, our mind and body; and put our heart and spirit-man first, we will, with His help, be walking in the way/life of righteousness.

What is our Heavenly Father doing when He gives us a pure heart?

Pure heart in Hebrew is Barar levav.

We noted that barar

in its’ root form, 

means:

to cleanse or rejuvenate

so when we willingly open up our hearts to Messiah,

He cleanses our hearts and rejuvenates them.

However, that is not all that is accomplished because Hebrew Rabbis teach that the word barah

is related to the word

bara without the h.

Barah with the letter h at the end means;

to be bright.

This is a connection to Jesus/Yeshua’s words in Matt. 5:16. It shows when He enters and fills our hearts, He cleanses it rejuvenates it, so that He is in harmony with our hearts. Then His light shines out from our hearts, which aligns with His command: to let our light shine before men.

When we debate /argue/ compete with other believers, trying to be right, it’s not letting our light shine forth to others. But is rather letting our own minds and intellect shine and it rarely if ever impresses unbelievers or believers for that matter.

Another word mentioned earlier, which is related to

barar is bara

which we are familiar with from Genesis 1.

Bara the word for

creating something new.

The very thing David prayed for in Ps 51:10

create in me a pure heart and reNEW…

When Messiah gives us a

pure heart He is creating in us a new heart.

One final point of interest is the word

barar in a Niphal form. 

Niphal is a verbal form which expresses a simple passive voice. Example – He was destroyed.

Recent understanding of Hebrew grammar suggest that the Niphal is also reflexive.

As in my voice was heard by me.

Apparently this word

barar

comes from the old Akkadian word

Nibiru which means in Akkadian

a crossing.

As in crossing a river or a crossing over.

The flood of Noahs’ day is now a fact according to the scientific community and some of the scientists now believe the flood was as a result of the earths close encounter with either a huge asteroid, or a planetary body – that nibiru /crossed over, or by the earth, so close that it was the cause of the catastrophic flood.

Readers may note there are many articles and youtube internet sites referencing nibiru in recent months. We know by faith in His Word, that the flood was God cleansing and rejuvenating the earth from all the sin, ungodliness and violence; and it’s a clear example of what He does when He cleanses our hearts from all the sin and uncleanness.

He washes it all away and what remains is a pure heart.

Prov. 22:11. He that loveth

pureness of heart

for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Messiah also said He calls us friends 

John 1:35-51, John 15:15.

and there is also a reference in His own words in

Matt. 24:36.. as it was in the days of Noah.

Many believe that there is a recurring cycle of celestial bodies moving, that will result in another nibiru/crossing known in some circles as the planet of the crossing. Whether you believe this or not is not as important as preparing our hearts before a Holy God and maintaining a lifestyle and walk that is pleasing to Him. One which shows forth His light, His brightness, and the fruit of a pure heart created by His indwelling Spirit of Holiness.

Today is the day of salvation… it’s time to make absolutely sure we are in a right relationship with our Heavenly Father.

We are only promised today and with David, our desire should always be,

create in me a pure heart oh Lord!

A PURE HEART – LEV TAHOR – לב טהור

A brief look at the letters of the ancient

Hebrew pictographs, adds further fullness

contained in the words..

Lev Tahor

 Tahor is spelled Tet Hey Vav Reysh.

Ancient Hebrew – Read right to left.

Modern Hebrew

TET

Tet is the picture of

a coiled snake

and means:

to surround or to encircle.

HEY

Hey is the picture of

the man with his hands lifted up to the heavens

and means:

to behold

and

can be a picture of

the One Who Reveals/His Spirit of Holiness

VAV

Vav is the picture of

the wooden hook or the iron nail

and means:

to add, or secure, or

join two things together that are separated from one another.

REYSH

Reysh is the picture of

the head

and means:

the leader, the highest, or the prince.

These pictographs give a picture of how we become pure/clean according to Our Heavenly Father.

David was asking for:

his heart to be surrounded by the Spirit of Holiness that is connected to the prince.

The numerical value of each of the 4 letters in TAHOR reveals further information about the prince.

The numerical value of Tet is 9

and the number 9 refers to

the conclusion of a matter, the summation of man’s works, and can refer to the fruit of the spirit.

The numerical value of Hey is 5

and stands for:

grace or favor with God.

The numerical value of Vav is 6

and it describes:

man and his enmity with God.

The numerical value of

Reysh is 200

and

contrasts the insufficiency of man

with the sufficiency of God.

David has not yet met

this prince Who is to come but He will be

the One Who will be sufficient or able to overcome the enmity that David has with God and make him pure/clean.

He will accomplish this through God’s Grace and will bring an end to Davids situation and produce the fruit of God’s Spirit in his life.

We know this Prince/Sar as Yeshua Ha-Mashiach, Jesus the Christ, Who will bring victory that we so earnestly desire in our hearts

The 3 letters in the word for heart /Lev

reveal what is hidden there.

Lev is spelled

Lamed Beyt.

Ancient Hebrew

Modern Hebrew

LAMED 

Lamed

is the picture of:

the shepherd’s staff

and describes:

control, authority, or the voice of authority.

BEYT

Beyt

is the picture of

the floor plan of the tent

and can mean:

the house, the family, the physical tent or body,

and is

the first letter in the Torah that identifies the Son of God.

Here is a picture for us to understand the heart/lev/leb

The heart/lev/leb was:

the leader or the one in control of the physical body, the tent in which David was dwelling.

 The cause of David’s problem was that his heart was full of things which were leading him in a direction he didn’t want to go any more.

The numerical value of these two letters seem to complete the mystery of David’s heart.

The numerical value of

Lamed is 30

and stands for:

a blood sacrifice.

The numerical value of

Beyt is 2

and refers to:

God the Son.

Surely this is what Our Heavenly Father wants in David’s heart. The leader in his heart needs to be the Son of God, Who by His blood sacrifice can set David free from his old nature.

Hebrews 10:22 echoes this mystery too. 

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.   

David turned to the place that is the only solution for our wicked human hearts. 

Jesus our Prince, Yeshua Ha-Mashiach, will with His own blood wash our hearts pure/clean. His Spirit of Holiness will reveal and lead us in ways pleasing to our Heavenly Father. With a Lev Tahor, we will no longer suffer from an evil conscience but will be able to draw near with full assurance of our faith in Him.

Today is the day of salvation… it’s time to make absolutely sure we are in a right relationship with our Heavenly Father. We are only promised today and with David, our desire should always be,

create in me a pure heart oh Lord.

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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.

Who Or What Is Good?

We are used to hearing the word

Good

as part of a morning, afternoon or evening greeting,

in Hebrew:

Boker tov = בּוֹקֶר טוֹב. = Good morning

 Erev tov = ערב טוב = Good evening 

Layla tov = לילה טוב = Good night

or even as an exclamation:

‘good heavens’ or ‘goodness me!’

We may also be familiar with the term:

mazel tov – מזל טוב‎,

An Israeli expression of:

congratulations and best wishes.

There are numerous references to where the word

good

is used and it depends on which translation of the Bible we read.

The KJV has the word good appearing about 809 times. In Romans Paul used the expression good news 12 times.

Another familiar scripture is Ps. 133:1:

Behold how good and how pleasing

Hinneh mah tovumah na’im: הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים:

For brothers (people) to dwell/sit together in unity.

But what does good mean when it is used according to scripture?

The word for good in Hebrew is tob or tov

Strong’s Hebrew: 2895. טוֹב (tob) –

to be pleasing or good

טוב good tov/tob, ṭôb, tobe.

Recall that in Hebrew either b and v can be used in a word as they are the same letter, and it can be spelled either with or without a

vav – טוֹב  or  טב

From Strongs H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well): – beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favor, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ([-favored]).

In scripture, the first time we read of anything being called

good

is in Genesis/B’resheet

verse 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good

31 And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

What does good- tov mean?

In the first chapter of Genesis YHWH calls His handiwork good – tov. He is describing what He sees after completing various acts of creation.

The word tov in Day 3 of creation shows us what tov is.

As Hebrew often uses

descriptions of things as relating to their purpose;

so the word tov

could be translated with the word

functional.

When our Heavenly Father, the Creator, looked at His accomplishments, He did not simply see that it was good, He saw that it was functional, and would do what He had designed it to do; similar to a piece of machinery that is both finely tuned and well lubricated so it can operate for its’ intended function and purpose.

Another well known use of the word good

is in reference to one of the trees in the garden.

In contrast to the word for good/tob/tov is the Hebrew word ra. These two words, tov and ra are used for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

While ra is often translated as evil

it may be better translated as dysfunctional.

In the first part of 1 Kings 3:9, in the account of the 2 mothers and the surviving baby; we see what tov looks like in action.

When Solomon says “Shall You then give to Your servant an understanding heart to rule Your people, to discern between good [tov] and evil?

The words frequently translated as

an understanding mind

are לֵב שֹׁמֵ

it is pronounced: lev shomea,

and literally translated

in Biblical Hebrew לֵב שֹׁמֵע

is

‘a hearing heart’.

The purpose for our Heavenly Father giving Solomon

a hearing heart

is so he can govern Gods’ people and have

the ability to discern between good /tov and evil/ra.

There is further use of the word good in Genesis 1:11–12

And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.” And it came to be so. And the earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good [tov].”

These two verses, reveal a wonderful explanation of how things in His earth are to unfold by calling forth the seeds He has implanted; His creation does so with the seeds of future life/chaim within them, and He sees this process as tov. 

The plants and trees must have seeds inside them because, at the perfect time, those same plants and trees will release their seeds into the earth; continuing the cycle of creating and producing life/chaim. 

As part of our Heavenly Fathers creation, it is our turn to bring forth the seeds of His life/chaim, that are planted within us. These seeds are designed to intercede for, and to encourage and teach others, etc. We are to plant seeds of life/chaim into others lives…

It could be true to say that people who struggle to find meaning and fulfillment in life, are not bringing forth what has been planted inside of them; and which our Father intended for them to bring forth.

It is up to each individual to choose..

Do we have a hearing heart like Solomon, and will we choose to walk with God in obedience allowing Him to bring forth more seeds from His life/chaim that are already planted inside of us?

Could we then say that anything that produces life and contains the potential for more life within it, would be what our Heavenly Father calls good?

As previously noted the Hebrew word tov does not simply mean ‘pleasant’ or ‘pleasurable’. It means:

capable of,

presently engaged in the process of,

and destined for,

completely fulfilling the Divine purpose for which it was created. 

The difference between how our modern society uses the word good and how our Father uses the word good seems to be extreme; as it’s not uncommon to hear good being used to describe a new fashion trend, movie or restaurant.

Scripture is considerably more selective when it comes to applying the word good – tov to something.

Two scriptures we are familiar with are:

John 10:11 and 10:27.

I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd gives His life for HIS sheep.

Messiah Jesus/Yeshua calls Himself a good shepherd.

There are a few words in Greek and about 4 words in Aramaic that are rendered as good.

Aramaic words are: hana = pleasurable, beautiful, fine, excellent. 

and taqan = honest, blameless, high moral character.

These would be possibly be the best match for the Greek word kalos,

that is used in John 10 11.

“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.”
Good: Greek:  kalos

Kalos kagathos or kalokagathos 

Ancient Greek : καλὸς κἀγαθός [kalòs kaːɡatʰós],

of which kalokagathia (καλοκαγαθία)

is the derived noun, is a phrase used by classical Greek writers to describe:

an ideal of gentlemanly personal conduct,

especially in a military context.

Parts of Speech. kal-os’. Adjective.

Definition. beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable. beautiful to look at, shapely, 

Strong’s Greek: 2573. καλῶς (kalós) — well – 

kalós: well Original Word: καλῶς

Part of Speech: Adverb

Transliteration: kalós 

Phonetic Spelling: (kal-oce’)

Definition: well Usage: well, nobly, honorably, rightly.

Strong’s Greek: 2570. καλός (kalos) — beautiful, good

Original Word: καλός, ή, όν

Part of Speech: Adjective

Transliteration: kalos

Phonetic Spelling: (kal-os’)

Definition: beautiful, good Usage: beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble

It is interesting to note that the Aramaic New Testament uses the word:

TAWA (perfect harmony) instead.

Jesus/Yeshua spoke these words in Aramaic and John heard them in Aramaic and perhaps translated them into Greek if he did not write them down in Aramaic first.

So why was the Greek word Kalos chosen?

Looking at all the Greek words that could be rendered as good, none really expressed the basic idea of tawa which is similar to the Hebrew word tov.

The Greek writer would have chosen the best possible Greek word for tawa and yet that still falls short of the full meaning.

Why?

Because the Aramaic word TAWA is: rooted in a relationship!

Aramaic: tawa’ – A relationship with someone or something that is perfectly harmonious and in sync.

In all the Greek words, there doesn’t seem to be any that would express that of a relationship, which is the idea of tawa’ being similar to the Hebrew word tov. All of them point to a persons’ character, courage or appearance.

Messiah called Himself the good shepherd, and surely the whole idea of Him describing Himself as a shepherd conveys the idea of a relationship, and in contrast, doesn’t speak of His appearance, moral character or courage.

So maybe in light of this, the word good is possibly not the best one to use?

A good shepherd can be defined by, understanding the ancient culture and what a shepherds’ responsibility was.

In Messiahs’ day there were two types of shepherds;

there were the hired shepherds

and the self-employed shepherds who owned their own sheep. 

A shepherd was a highly respected occupation in the ancient Eastern culture; and for mothers to see their sons become shepherds was something they desired.

A man would be forced to hire a stranger to watch his sheep if he had no sons and this was not the best option because being a shepherd was a very dangerous job.  A shepherd had to protect a flock of not so smart animals from attacks by wolves, robbers, bad weather and any number of other threats; yet, if a man’s personal livelihood, his wife, children and his future was threatened, he would take the risk. Recall Davids’ experiences protecting the sheep in his charge.

There were plenty of courageous, honorable hired shepherds, but they did not have a relationship with their sheep, their relationship was with the promised wages. As shepherding was much more of a common occupation, if a shepherd was dismissed from the job, he would simply move to another area of the country.

Messiah Jesus is not only our Good Shepherd, He is far far more. And we can say for certain that He is not the shepherd who is looking for the wages and Who would abandon His sheep the first time one wanders off, or has to face hungry predators. We should further remember that, He is also a role model for those in Pastoral and Christian leadership positions. 

It is sad to say that these days, there are fewer pastors who would go into a drug house and pick up one of the young people from his church assembly and take him home. Not many pastors would get up in the middle of the night during a storm and drive to the home of someone who urgently needed prayer. Just how many pastors would take a cut in their wages during a recession, so congregation members would not be burdened? How many work and don’t use ‘the church’ as their financial source? 
It makes one wonder just how many pastors and church leaders are truly tawa’ shepherds (good shepherds) and not hired shepherds who will abandon the sheep at the first sign of trouble or leave them to go for the offer of a bigger church and higher wages?

“I am the good shepherd;

the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.”

John 10:11:

Maybe we really need to define good?

A most important scripture that helps us define good is in

Luke 18:18-19 and Mark 10:18

where Jesus Himself said that only God is good.

None is good except One, God. 

No one is good except God alone.  Jesus answered,

“Why do you call me good? Only God is good [No one is good except One—God;”

Tov = good in Matthew 19:16,17 Why do you call me good there is none good but god?

Greek – kalos  = beautiful, fine, excellent, blameless, high moral character.

Aramaic –TAWA = a relationship with someone or something, that is perfectly harmonious and in sync!

So in saying Only God is good could be read as:

Only God is in perfect harmony, relationship and frequency with ALL of His creation.

Why do you call Me good? ONLY God is TAWA

GOOD (SHEPHERD) – TAWA’  tet vav alef

  alef             vav            tet

Next a closer look at the word Tov/tob

and the letters that make up the word for

good: tet vav bet

in

Strongs 2896 1186.

The letter

ט

T- tet

And in the pictographs.

ט – tet is a picture of:

a basket or tote, used to contain or

surround something food or belongings.

 

It means:

twist, basket, snake, surround, store, contain,

mud, clay, below, womb.

The letter sound of “T” and a word picture of a snake, serpent, surrounding something, coiling or a curving line;

a snake surrounds and is inside, no deception – it is the same outside and inside.

Tet – The ‘Seal’ or Mark of the ‘Master’.. His claim of ‘ownership’ and promise of completion.. to be restored to Him forever.. Jesus Messiah/Yeshua HaMashiach, (The Word; come in the flesh) He is The Seal, The Confirmation… We must be ‘IN’ Mashiach/In Christ – ‘access by compliance’ – Hazon/Revelation 22:14.

The pictograph for the letter

vet/bet ב is

It is the Hebrew word for house – bayit/beit/bet

and means:

house inside, household

or family also used as the words in and into.

It is a picture of a tent or house, or floor-plan of a tent.

The Hebrews lived in goat hair tents, which were divided into two halves, male and female sections, and divided by a wall.

Bet – House – The Container;

Body – Habitation of The Power of His Ruach/Spirit.

 טב

The 2 letters combined can mean: surround the house.

The house is surrounded by: grace, beauty, love, health and prosperity, something that is functional.

If written with a waw/vav

טוב

T W/V B also meaning:

GOOD – something that functions properly.

Translated in KJV. 591 times as:

good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, merry, fair, prosperity, precious, fine, wealth, beautiful, fairer, favor glad.

Strongs # 2896, 2898. The word and meanings have many of the attributes of shalom/peace.

The extra letter

vav  ו – 

Meaning: Add, And, Secure, Hook, Join, Nail, Pierce.

The tent was supported by ropes attached to pegs driven into the ground. These pegs were made of a branched piece of hardwood. No English word is derived from this letter but the picture is similar to the hand of a man waving.

Sound: w, ow, uw

Picture of a peg: VAV

Ancient Name: Waw

The Instrument to bind or binding together –

One doing the work of:

weaving-knitting together (as in a womb- two become ‘one’)… fastening together…

think Jesus Messiah/HaMashiach Yeshua! 

This could read – What surrounds and is inside.

This word good/tov is used many times and it apparently means exactly the same in Aramaic – tova, as it does in Hebrew. 

We could conclude that Good is:

to be in harmony with something or someone.

When God created the fish of the sea, He saw it was good or in harmony with Him.  He created man and woman and saw they were good together or together were in harmony with Him. 

In scripture we are told that if a man finds a wife he finds a good thing.  We should not think of any woman, especially a wife as a ‘thing’. Wouldn’t it be preferable to translate it as: a man who finds a wife finds someone who brings him into harmony with his Heavenly Father? 

In the Semitic root of the Hebrew the word is tov has the idea of being in harmony or in tune.  We could read it as:

our Heavenly Father created the birds of the air and saw that they were in tune with or in harmony with Him.

All of His creation is in harmony with Him.

The plethora of colors, intricate details and designs show the un-paralleled beauty of all He has made and in the complexity and infinite variety of His creative thoughts even in a tiny insect. 

His love is evident in the nurturing care that His creations have for their young. 

Sometimes Romans 8:28 is just something we quote, not because we really believe it, but because we don’t know what else to say in a situation and sometimes, it can be really be irritating in the sense that many times a situation does not work out for good or what we perceive as good!

Isn’t what Paul is saying really that, every event and every circumstance in our life is meant to bring us into harmony with our Heavenly Father?

Only God is good and we can be certain when we are in right relationship with Him, and we are in perfect harmony and synchronized with His will and plan and purpose for our lives; the God that is only good, will fulfill His promises according to His Word, surrounding the house/body we live in with all of His Goodness!

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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.

Faith vs. Commonsense

Faith has been the subject of countless teachings

yet how is it understood compared to what we term commonsense??

 

Commonsense in Hebrew is

Shchl yshr  – שכל ישר;

commonsense reasoning – הגיון בריא;

Faith in Hebrew is

אמונה  emunah –

Strong’s #530

Transliteration: amanah

Phonetic Spelling: am-aw-naw’

The Hebrew word 

emunah  אמונה,

pronounced: eh-moo-nah

is understood in English to mean: faith or belief.

But it is often also translated as: faithfulness.

Faith/Emoonah in Hebrew is a word of action.

It’s not just an abstract belief that something is true.

It is how we live our lives because of that truth.

Emoonah, is the expression of our faith/trust.

Strong’s Hebrew: 548. אֲמָנָה (amanah) — faith, support

Faith needs to be tempered with patience and wisdom.

Both are acquired through knowing the Father and His Word, and by learning to listen to His spirit leading and guiding us to the correct action; and along the path inline with His will, plan, and purpose for us.

Sometimes our enthusiasm can misdirect His leading when we do not wait for Him, our knee jerk reactions reflect our ‘I can fix it..’ mentality, as we try to control a situation according to how we think it should be resolved.

We simply get in Gods’ way, thinking we know best and our flesh rises up fueled by emotions; and we try to force a solution minus our Fathers input tempered by wisdom. This commonsense kicks in, in opposition to the patient faith, whose hope is entirely in our Fathers’ ability to bring about the best outcome according to His thoughts and ways.

Our heart is right… motivated out of love and concern, yet it’s still rooted in carnal thinking and demonstrates a mistaken reliance on reason as the basis for truth.

The mind reasons and thinks, and if not renewed by the washing of the water of His word; it still reasons according to the unregenerate mind. The spirit does not reason, it simply submits, hears and obeys. Commonsense and faith are as different from one another as the natural life is from the spiritual; and as impulsiveness is from obedient inspiration.

The renewed mind connects to the Father and His realm based on faith/trust and spiritual discerning by His spiritual gifts within. Nothing Messiah ever said or did was commonsense

but it was revelation sense and complete ..

whereas, commonsense falls short because it is fleshly and relies almost always on human standards without His Spirit …

Faith however, must be tested and tried before it becomes real in our lives.

So that no matter what happens, the transforming power of Gods’ providence, transforms and blends perfect faith with reality. Faith always works in a personal way because our Fathers’ purpose is to see that His perfect faith is made real in His children. For every detail of commonsense in life, there is a truth God has revealed; by which we can prove in our practical experience what we believe God to be. Faith is a tremendously active principle that always puts Messiah first. We must come to the place where we are truly tired of trying to fix our own problems and those of others, in our own way and timeline…. it’s called impatience! and it will hinder our faith and Him moving on our behalf.

The life of faith says… Lord you have said it, your word declares it, and your spirit in me confirms it, to me it seems irrational but I’m going to step out boldly trusting your Word.

Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

It’s always a fight to turn intellectual faith into our own personal possession. Our Heavenly Father both allows and brings us into circumstances in order to give us experience and to stretch our faith; because the very nature of faith is to make the object of our faith very real to us. We will always be qualified on our position and declaration, and on what we say and teach. Talking the talk means we must walk the walk, we are called to come up higher and be constantly seeing our life from His perspective because His ways are not ours.

Until we truly know Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, our Heavenly Father is merely a concept and we can’t have unshakable faith in Him. But once we hear Jesus/Yeshua in John 14:9 say: He who has seen me has seen the father; we immediately have something that is real and our faith in His ability to do… is limitless. Faith is the entire person in the right relationship with God, through the power of the Spirit of Messiah.

The one thing we must not only remember, but be totally in agreement with is 1 Corinthians 6:19..

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

This is not just a faith-filled scripture to quote now and again when we think it fits… It is a serious statement of the reality of a true believers position both spiritually and physically. We cannot say we are His and belong to Him and then live like it’s not true. There is no compromise when we are truly His very own. We cannot be divided, for then we are split in our faithfulness and our walk. If our walk and life are casual, then we will eventually become a casualty. He looks for whole-heartedness not followers by convenience, when it suits us or when we have a crisis.

For a person who is intimately aware of and shares in the fellowship of His sufferings, we should wake up to the fact that there is no such thing as a private life, nor is there a place in this world where we can run and hide. Even when many times that seems like a good idea!

Our so called, private life, is separated because our Father gives us freewill choices daily, making it a highway for the world on the one hand and for Himself on the other.

Choose this day and choose life.

We are exposed to the same elements of life as non believers; and we come to realize that no one can stand/survive that onslaught of ungodliness, unless we are identified with Messiah. The sanctification He offers us is not for ourselves alone. Things happen to us that seem to have nothing to do with us even when we are called into an intimate relationship with Himself. We must allow Him have His way with us, being willing and ready to stand still and see His deliverance, His salvation in our lives and situations.

All of us will stand before a Red/reed sea at some point in our journey, with seemingly no possible way forward.

BUT GOD…

will open a way where there seems to be no way in the natural. Our moment of faith and trust in His ability to perform a miracle, is when we stop and take our hands off the situation. If we refuse and still try to fix it in our own strength and way, we will be of no value to Him in His redemptive work; but instead be a hindrance and a stumbling block and rob Him of the glory, as people see human solutions and not divine intervention. People then look to people and not to God. He wants first to get us grounded on strong reality and truth, and He will continue to work until our selfish motives and our caring for ourselves as individuals, has been brought into submission; to His way of being and doing for the purpose of His redemption.

This can and so often does mean having our hearts broken and we ask why is this necessary?

Brokenhearted Definition & Meaning:

overcome by grief or despair. 

Luke 4:18-21 (KJV) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the 

Messiah said about His Father,

“He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted” Luke 4:18 NKJV.

Jesus/Yeshua said that He came to “heal” the brokenhearted!

The word “heal” is the Greek word aphiesi, which means:

to set free

or

to loosen from the detrimental effects of a shattered life.

There are so many broken things that ONLY Messiah can heal!

The answer is another question,

why shouldn’t we experience a broken heart?

Could it be that it’s through these human experiences that our Father can open up the door to His Son, and the one relationship that will never lead to heartbreak?

In our humanity we falter and often wince and then collapse at the first stab of pain, and sitting down at the entrance of our Fathers’ purposed door, we slide into a slow demise dying through self pity and depression. Sadly all the sympathy heaped on us from so called Christians who are living carnal lives, just accelerates our downward spiraling journey to that deathbed.

But God will not be a part of that sympathy, He comes and takes hold of us with the nail pierced hands of His Messiah and lifts us up, calling us higher to rise and shine, to look up and not down for He has made us the head and not the tail.. Deut. 28:13

We are above and not beneath, our victory in Him is certain and we must know He always has the best for us and the hope for a glorious future. If our Father who loves us with an everlasting love, can accomplish His purposes in this life through circumstances that cause a broken heart/heartbreak then… why not … shouldn’t we be thanking Him for breaking ours?

Romans 8:28  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[ a] have been called according to his purpose. 

Not our purpose …His. We are Not our own we are bought with a price .. a price beyond our ability ever to repay… Family, friends, whatever the circumstances you find yourself in at this moment… stand still

and see Him

make the Way for you!

 Exodus 14:13-14 And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. 

The Lord said

“stand still.”

We must repeat in faith what God has spoken in His word.

That is

stand still,

Stand Still,

STAND STILL,

and see the salvation of the Lord.

 

Be still and wait patiently for Him. Ps. 37:7.

This is what the Lord says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters. Isa. 43:16.

16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; KJV.

I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I am the one who cut a path through the mighty ocean.

People sometimes think their situations and circumstances determine the quality of their lives; and because of this mindset, they pour all their energy in an effort to try and control them. Many feel happy only when things are going well and according to their plans; and feel sad and frustrated when things don not turn out as they wanted them to. Very rarely is this connection between feelings and circumstances ever questioned.

However it is possible to be content in any situation..all we have to do is put more energy and effort into trusting our Heavenly Father and have faith in His ability to bring all things in alignment to His plans and purposes.

We must try not to allow our physical circumstances be the dictator of our feelings and ultimate sense of well being. Instead, let His great and exceeding precious promises be the connection to His joy and in turn His strength within. Nothing can separate us from His love… Romans 8:38,39.

Shalom aleikhem/Peace be with you

friends/chaverim and family/mishpachah!

Shavua Tov – Have a blessed week,

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily.

Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation

Not sure ..you can be…

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.

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.

Are There Treasures In Darkness?

Isaiah 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.

The treasures of darkness?… 

This is a curious phrase in verse 3.

The previous verse says

2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: KJV

NASB: ‘I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

These verses are a promise from our Heavenly Father that He will

make the WAY before us straight and smooth

by removing any obstacles that would hinder our progress

or, stop us moving forward by barring our path.

This implies, level the hilly places; as pioneers do.

I will go before thee — To remove all obstructions, and prepare the way for thee. 

Some other translations:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I shall give you treasures that are in darkness and hidden, buried things, that you may know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, for I, The God of Israel, have called you by your name

Young’s Literal Translation
And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name — am the God of Israel.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayest know that I am the LORD, Who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel. 

The verse always makes the reader wonder…

Why would our Heavenly Father even want to give us something from darkness?

Doesn’t the scripture tell us He is Light?  

King James Bible
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And this is The Good News that we have heard from him and we evangelize to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness at all in him.

Berean Literal Bible
And this is the message that we have heard from Him and we preach to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

Young’s Literal Translation
And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

Most believers would say they

do not want anything

from the dark side. 

What is this passage is really saying?

Chshk – darkness

chet sheen/shin kaf

חֹ֔שֶׁךְ

kaf 20 sheen 300 chet 8

opposite of light, absence of light.

First used in Gen. 1:2

chet: fence, a chamber.

sheen/shin: teeth, destroy.

kaf: arm, open hand.

Of Darkness

חֹ֔שֶׁךְ 2822 [e]
ḥō·šeḵ,   cho shech

The Treasures

214 [e]
’ō·wṣ·rō·wṯ    otz rot

אוֹצְר֣וֹת

4301 [e]
ū·maṭ·mu·nê   u mat nu nei

and hidden riches

וּמַטְמֻנֵ֖י

of secret places

4565 [e]
mis·tā·rîm   mis ta rim

מִסְתָּרִ֑ים

Isaiah 45:3 
HEB: לְךָ֙ אוֹצְר֣וֹת חֹ֔שֶׁךְ וּמַטְמֻנֵ֖י מִסְתָּרִ֑ים

KJV: thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches

חֹ֖שֶׁךְ hosek chosek

Isaiah 45:3 
HEB: אוֹצְר֣וֹת חֹ֔שֶׁךְ וּמַטְמֻנֵ֖י מִסְתָּרִ֑ים לְמַ֣עַן
NAS: of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places,
KJV: of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,

וּמַטְמֻנֵ֖י – treasures – umatmune

Isaiah 45:3: “And I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places that you will know that I, the Lord, who called you by your name am the God of Israel.”

Isaiah 45: 2 tells us that God is going to open and make the trail for us as we journey in our calling and His plan for our lives.

In verse 3 He then tells us how He is going to equip us.  

He is going to give us the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places. 

Do we ever stop to think about it, what are the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places.

 

If we want to understand what our Father is saying to us, there are four Hebrew words we should look at; and by examining the Hebrew terms from which they originate, and the form in which they are rendered, we may get a picture or concept that is easier for us to understand.

The first two are orsaroth –  choshek 

(treasures of darkness).  

אוֹצְר֣וֹת 214 orsaroth

ר֣ צְ א

חֹ֔שֶׁךְ

choshek Strongs# 2822.

The word 

treasure (orsaroth) 

comes from the root word:

  ’asar 

ר֣ צְ א

This word has the idea of:

a storehouse, or treasures that are laid up but not lost.  

As the first thing that comes to our mind in western culture is something of monetary value, such as diamonds, jewelry, gold coins etc., in this context,  treasure would be a misleading word to use here. 

This treasure referred to in this verse is: 

a treasure of knowledge.  

 

Which we are encouraged in Proverbs to

get knowledge get understanding

which means:

learn how to wisely apply the knowledge you have been given!

King James Bible Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

King James Bible Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The Hebrew word ‘asar is spelled:

Aleph, Sade and Resh

ר֣ צְ א

and the combination of these letters tells us that this is:

knowledge pertaining to/of God’s love and power. 

The word for

darkness in Hebrew

is (choshek) chosheke

also expresses the idea of:

being obscure or hidden.

Seems like a contradiction?

 saying orsaroth is:

a treasure that is not lost.

However is Isaiah drawing a picture for us here? 

We must consider when this word was given which was during the reign of Josiah.

And because of the sinfulness of the people, at this time

the Torah, was hidden, BUT it was not lost!

During Josiahs’ reign the Torah was discovered buried deep in the royal archives. 

Is it possible that the treasures of darkness here refers to:

the deep mysteries of God stored away in His Word?

It is not hidden anymore than a library book is hidden on a bookshelf or library, or an item in our basements, attics or storage units; they’re there for us to access anytime we want. We may have to spend some time searching for it, trying to remember which box it’s in. It is the same with scripture, the more we study it the easier it is to find the treasures of knowledge within.

The next two words are:

matemenu misetarim 

hidden riches of secret places.  

Misetarim ם מִסְתָּרִ֑י  

(secret places) comes from the root word 

sathar 

which is the word for 

hidden, concealed or secret. 

 

Matemenu  מַטְמֻנֵ֖י

comes from the root word 

tamak /taman

נֵ֖ מַ טְ  

which has the preposition 

from in front of it

and is used to express 

hidden, concealed or protected treasures of knowledge. 

We could express this as: 

hidden riches of knowledge from concealed or protected places. 

In other words, 

taman /tamak knowledge

is not as easy to get to as 

 asar or treasure. 

To get

treasure – asar 

all we have to do is simply 

search for it.  

To get 

tamak – knowledge

we will need something more.   

Further trust…

A picture to help us to understand this may be for example: there are some legal documents that are referred to as being public record and are available for anyone to read. There are other records and documents deemed as classified and an individual needs a certain amount of security or level of clearance to access them.  

In order to obtain that security clearance a person will have to prove both a genuine need for these documents and the integrity required to be entrusted with the knowledge they contain.  This trust must be earned through faithfulness and correct handling.

Knowledge of our Heavenly Father is open to everyone, such as knowledge of His love, His plan of salvation, etc. 

And then there is knowledge which according to scripture is hidden (hidden riches of secret places). 

For access to this knowledge we will need…

the cleansing work of the blood of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach, the power of His Holy Spirit and a personal relationship with the author; the One who has placed knowledge where it can only be found by those truly seeking the heart of the Father.

It appears that there are two levels of knowledge and many people are content with that which is easily accessible.  Few seem willing to earn the trust of our Heavenly Father, to seek His heart and receive the security clearance into the hidden riches of secret places.

Surely our desire to know His heart will open the way to His deep hidden secrets?

Treasure – Atsar or asar

Alef   א ox strength first

ר֣ צְ

צְ tsadik fishhook hook

Tzsar – trouble

Tsar is the hooked man

ר֣ resh reysh head person

To store gather accumulate

Tzsr – to press into someone or something

So we may conclude that in preparing the path ahead of where we are to walk, and as long as we are walking with Him in obedient relationship, He has removed every hindering thing that we may encounter.

Furthermore, as our trust and faith in His complete provision for our lives causes our relationship with our Heavenly Father to become deeper and more intimate; we earn His trust in us and as we continue to seek His heart the hidden riches of secret places are revealed.

We are led to the deep mysteries of God stored away in His Word.

They are hidden concealed BUT not lost.

Jesus/Yeshua said He had come to reveal things hidden from the foundation of the world in.

Matthew 13:35

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Amplified Bible
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS [unknown and unattainable] THAT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN [from mankind] SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So that the thing that was spoken by the Prophet would be fulfilled which says, “I shall open my mouth in parables and I shall declare things hidden from before the foundation of the world.”

Berean Literal Bible
so that it might be fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

King James Bible
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 13:35
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Berean Standard Bible
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

King James Bible
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Amplified Bible
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples]; I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]

Young’s Literal Translation
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
For behold, I shall open my mouth in proverbs and I shall speak in parables of a former time.

Lamsa Bible
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter proverbs of old.

Jesus/Yeshua said quoting from Psalm 78:2

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.” 

Jesus/Yeshua says in Luke 8:10

“And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables.”  

Matt 13:11 & Mark 4:11

Many times as Yeshua/Jesus spoke, His disciples didn’t understand what He meant. 

Why was this so?  Wasn’t Yeshua/Jesus “God manifest in the flesh?” 

Surely the words that Messiah spoke are the very scriptures we have today, so why didn’t they understand them? One would think that if God personally spoke it would be easy to understand what He meant?

Some of the people listening to Jesus/Yeshua misunderstood what He said because it was not given to them to understand.  Even though they had natural ears which could hear, the spiritual ears of their hardened hearts could not receive what Messiah said. Our Father says,

“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.“

1 Corinthians 2:14

Messiah states that it was given to His disciples/talmidim to understand while it was not given to others. It seems that, in order for even those disciples /talmidim who were closest to Him to comprehend His words, it had to be revealed to them.  In their case, Jesus/Yeshua revealed the truth to them personally.

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

…10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ 

11 “Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].

Mark 4:9Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

11He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

Like the disciples, It is also possible for us to hear the words of Jesus/Yeshua but not understand them. Unless it is “given unto us to know the mystery of the kingdom of God” we cannot understand what He says.  

We rely upon His Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into all truth and the only way we can truly hear that truth, is through revelation given to our spirits, because everything that originates in the mind of our Heavenly Father is a mystery to our flesh. 

 Truthfully, we are supposed to live by His spirit, not by our flesh, and the study of the scriptures should be to search to see if these things are true. 

Why?

that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel. 

The conclusion is that Our Father Himself says

this is the reason for the previous verses…

that we may know He is the lord who calls us by our name He is the God of Israel

Calling us by name is the intimacy of a relationship on first name basis. Where two people are on first name terms and trust one another to confide things not shared with casual acquaintances.

The God of all creation through Yeshua/Jesus by the power of His Spirit of Holiness is now dwelling within us as His children and trusted disciples/talmidim. We have available to us the secrets of His kingdom, hidden from the foundation of the world.

Are we truly taking advantage of what He has opened to us?

It’s there for the asking… These are the real

treasures of darkness,

hidden only to be revealed to those it has been given to understand…

What treasures are we seeking?

Is it worldly success, wealth, comfort, natural resources, leisure, pleasure, or are we, the deep calling unto deep, desiring the true wealth of the treasure of the kingdom of the heavens.

Are we seeking spiritual gifts of supernatural and eternal value and endurance? The treasures that moth and rust can never destroy and nothing can take from us?

There is a darkness that is bad….

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but this darkness is not bad

or evil or to be feared;

it is simply a cover waiting to be lifted

by hungry hearts seeking to know our Father more intimately.

The more we come to know Him, the stronger and deeper the relationship becomes, the more He will give us by…

opening the treasures of darkness to us and

revealing the riches stored, hidden in secret places,

so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel,

who calls you by name.

Will we answer His call today?

Do we want to dig deeper

and

grow stronger

with our foundation on the ROCK

so when the storms of this life blow hard

we will not be moved or shaken?

Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation

and a deep inner knowing

that your life is firmly founded on none other than

the Rock of Ages..

Ps 62:2

He only is my rock and my salvation; 

he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Not sure ..you can be…

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.

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.