Category: Secrets Of The Scriptures

Whats In Your Naos? Part 2


Before part 2, here is a brief summary of the Tabernacle, included for the benefit of any readers who may not have seen previous posts…

Exodus 25 through 40.

The Tabernacle was the Place

Ha Makem’- ‘The Place’-המקום

where God would meet with His people, Israel.

However, before the Tabernacle was constructed God met with Moses in a temporary tent of meeting:

Moses would pitch a tent outside and some distance away from the camp of Israel.

Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting – OUTSIDE the camp.

As Moses went into the tent of meeting,

the pillar of cloud would come down

and stay at the entrance,

while the Lord spoke with Moses face-to-face.

The face to face meeting; פָנִים

Strongs 6440: panim or paneh

Phonetic Spelling: (paw-neem’)

 (Moses met with Him in the Mishkan),

in the Throne of His Presence –

the Womb of Grace and Mercies – rachamIM.

for more on Rechem and IM click links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/mystery-of-rechem-the-secret-of-living-like-royalty/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mysteries-of-im/

This is recorded in Exodus 33:7, 9.

Moses set up the tent of meeting as instructed by the LORD OUTSIDE of the camp of Israel..

because the Israelites had betrayed, and broken fellowship with Him at Mt. Sinai with the making and worship of the golden calf.

This was disobedience and faithlessness that God could not ignore. Understanding the rift between God and Israel is the shadow arch-type of God’s rift with all mankind.

This separation between God and Man if left un-mended will result in a permanent separation from our Creator called the eternal, (spiritual) death.

It is worse than physical death because it is a conscious death with no remedy, it’s permanent and unalterable.

This was why Jesus/Yeshua came –

He was and is the repairer of the breach.

God provided Moses with specific instructions to build a Tabernacle, a place of sacrifice and worship.

The tent of meeting was transformed into the Tabernacle according to the precise plans given to Moses by God. This is recorded in Exodus 25-27.

This new tent of meeting came to be called the 

Mishkan or Tabernacle.

It could be taken up and moved each time the children of Israel changed locations as they wandered through the wilderness.

A literal meaning of the word

tabernacle or mishkan, is:

dwelling place.

God Himself designed all the furnishing and items that He instructed Moses to build.

The pattern or plans given to Moses were to be followed to the letter. There was nothing haphazard about the Mishkan/Tabernacle that God Himself designed.

It was so important that God specifically chose 2 men Bezalel and Oholiab and filled them with His own Spirit in order for them to be able to do the precise workmanship that He required.

For more on Bezalel click link below

https://www.minimannamoments.com/whats-the-connection-between-almonds-and-olive-oil-with-messiah-and-2-lampstands/

But more important than all the furnishings was the fact that the Tabernacle was the place where God came down to dwell among His people. 

The Glory of the Tabernacle was not found in the architecture or ornate furnishings of the Tabernacle

but in the Glory of the LORD who made

His temporary dwelling place

in the Tabernacle among His people.

The Tabernacle was to be the center of Israel’s life.

Just as Jesus/Yeshua is to be the center of our lives today.

What makes the Tabernacle itself so very important and of great interest is the fact that the precise instructions that God gave Moses to build the Tabernacle were based on the pattern of a Heavenly Tabernacle. 

Exodus 25:9
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.


Who serve unto the example and shadow of

HEAVENLY THINGS

as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the TABERNACLE:

for, See, saith he, that thou

make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Hebrews 8:5

The Outer Courtyard of the tent of meeting

was 150 feet long and 75 feet wide

and included the Tabernacle within it.

The centerpiece of this area was an

Brazen/Copper Altar for Burnt Offerings

and a

large Bronze/Copper Wash Basin/Laver 

for the priests.

The Bronze/Copper items were made from the womens’ melted down mirrors that were made of burnished bronze/copper that were so shiny they could see their reflection in them, not mirrors of glass that we know today. This is why it was referred to as sea of glass and is a type of the

in Revelation 4:6 says, “Before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.”

Revelation 15:2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

The actual Tabernacle itself was 45 feet long and 15 feet wide. 

It was divided into two sections. 

The first section or Most Holy Place contained the Altar of Incense

a Golden Lampstand/Menorah,

and a Table with 12 loaves of bread/Shewbread. 

The second section was called the Holy of Holies

it was home for the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ark of the Covenant, among other consecrated items, contained the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. 

For 40 years the Israelites relocated the Tabernacle, moving it with them as they travelled through the wilderness from Mount Sinai to the Promised Land.

After the children of Israel entered and conquered the land of Israel, Solomon, the son of King David, built the first permanent Temple in Jerusalem. 

This magnificent Temple was also patterned after the Tabernacle.  

In other words, the Temple replaced the Tabernacle, but the purpose of the Tabernacle and the precise way it was to be built did not change.

The Temple became a permanent structure built in Jerusalem as God had instructed; and it was the center of worship for the Children of Israel.

The Tabernacle is full of mysteries, some of which have yet to be solved; and its probably not an understatement that we could spend many years discovering the secrets hidden in just one of the items God designed to be inside His Tabernacle.

Amazingly, the overall purpose and the entire reason for the Tabernacle, can be seen by looking at the pictographic and numeric meaning of the four letters in the Hebrew word

Mishkan,

the word we translate into English as

Tabernacle.

Noon         Kaf         Sheen         Mem

is spelled

Alef

The first, the leader, the strength to carry out to completion. The Infinite Eternal Supreme Authority. The commander Represented in His Instruction. His Governing Spoken Established, Written, Certain, Established, Surety, Guarantor.

Tav TUh

The promise of DaBaR YaHUaH/ the word of ALaHYM. To be joined together with His restored creation forever and ever.

Consummated, achieved, completeness, restored.

 

HA Hey Hei

To reveal make evident

HA HEI. He reveals, makes known or evident, His identity His power.

Overt, undisguised, understandable.

Mem,

Hidden and concealed in the reign of darkness where the seed is planted gestation until the time of birthing The due date or Appointed Time

Brooding over Nurturing the comforter

 

Sheen, Shin ShYN

His Ruach His essence His being The fervent Ardency The intense fiery consuming passionate POWER of His Being evident in the work of His hand like a blazing fire a consuming passion Ruach HaQodesh or Kodesh.

 

Kaf, KaPh

Step by step. Pattern, Order, Method.

His lines to follow. His flawless pattern communicated; given in a diagram or panorama/picture/plan and made manifest.

Flourish, Thrive, Increasing.

A guide a map a diagram.

and

Noon. NUN

Birthing, birthed one, new.

The Brought Forth One

The Achiever and Finisher

The Begotten

So it could read…

To reveal, manifest what was unseen, the place of brooding over, (like in Genesis); nurturing by His Ruach, His Presence, to lead step by step in His pattern, a guide to follow a diagram given.

 

More Meaning of the

מִשְׁכָּן

found in the pictographs.

Mem is the picture of Water

Sheen is the Picture of Teeth

Kaf is the Picture of an open Palm

Noon is a Picture of a Fish/Seed.

The first letter in any Hebrew word is usually the most important, since it gives us the first clue as to what the word is all about.

Is there a connection between the Tabernacle and the waters of the pictograph for the letter MEM?

God is revealing something with the Picture of Water.

Recall that the LORD uses MEM to depict waters, like those that fill up seas and oceans, those that flow down streams and also that which falls as rain from the heavens.

We simply need to understand the context in which the picture is being used.

Understanding that the revelation regarding the Tabernacle/Mishkan is not only about what it is…as an object but

It’s about where it came from and its the key to unlocking this mystery because the precise plans for building this dwelling place with earthly Outer and Inner Courts came from above, the pattern came from His presence in the Heavenly court room.

Hebrews 8:5

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the TABERNACLE: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

The LORD of Heaven is going to come down from heavens courts and inhabit the Mishkan, or Tabernacle court and He wants us to keep in our minds focused on that fact.

When we see how water is connected, then the picture of Mem as Rain is fitting, as the rain comes down from above.

Although the letter Mem in the word Mishkan is not about actual rainwater, it’s about something that come down from above just like the rain/water comes down from above the precise plans for building the Tabernacle come from Heaven above.

and the ONE who is going to make the Tabernacle His DWELLING PLACE comes down from Heaven above. And will abide with His people inside the Tabernacle within the Holy of Holies.

The piece of furniture in the Holy of Holies was constructed of 2 parts:

The 1st part was called the Ark of the Covenant. It was a wooden chest/box made of Acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold.

The 2nd part was an ornate lid with 2 golden cherubim with their wings outstretched.

This ornate lid (pictured below), was placed on top of the Ark of the Covenant.

It was called the Mercy Seat.

The Kapporet.

God commanded Moses to put 3 things inside the Ark of the Covenant.

These were

a golden pot of Manna,

Aaron’s staff that had budded,

and the

2 stone tablets on which the 10 Commandments were written.

These 3 items were symbolic of the complaints that God had against His people.

The Manna was a reminder of how the Israelites complained about and were dismissive of God’s amazing provision

The budding rod of Aaron was a reminder of how the Israelites rejected God’s leadership.

The stone tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments was a reminder of how the Israelites had broken all of God’s laws.

Any one of these complaints would have been legal grounds for banishment and punishment. 

However we must pay attention and look where these 3 illustrations of Israels’ sins of unworthiness and unfaithfulness are kept.

They are hidden inside the Ark of the Covenant, secreted away, kept out of mans view and

covered

by the

Mercy Seat.

God uses objects and pictures to make His lessons clear to man. 

Yeshua/Jesus is our Ark 

and our

sins are not only

covered

by His Blood which is now on the

Mercy Seat/Kapporet

but wiped away for ever…

and our lives are now

hidden

with Christ in God.

 Col. 3:3

 

Conclusion coming in in Part 3 …meanwhile there is

more on the tabernacle at link below

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-is-the-connection-between-two-mountains-the-ark-of-the-covenant-and-messiah-being-thirsty-part-3/

 

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What’s In Your Naos?

Naos is Greek for temple

but properly

means

SANCTUARY

Often translated temple however,

Sanctuary

is a more correct word.

Another word for

temple/sanctuary

in Hebrew is

HEYKAL

Palace/dwelling of the king

Spelled:

Hey Yod Kaf Lamed

The meaning of the Hebrew paleo pictographs tell us something:

Hey – Man with raised arms = Behold or, pay attention to what follows.

Yud – Arm and hand closed = a work or, a mighty deed.

Kaph – palm of hand = to cover, to allow, to open, to atone.

Lamed – shepherd staff = to shepherd, control, to have authority or the voice of authority.

The picture it gives could be:

Behold pay close attention

the temple is a place where

the mighty works of the one in authority

will be revealed.

This work or mighty deed is of course:

the atoning sacrifice of Yeshua/Jesus.

Each letter also has a number value:

Hey – 5 = Grace

Yud – 10 = something ordained in heaven

Kaf – 20 = Redemption

Lamed – 30 = points to a blood sacrifice.

It could be interpreted as the following:

The great work (Kaf)

we will behold (Hey)

is the blood sacrifice of Yeshua (Lamed)

which was

ordained by the Father in Heaven (Yud)

And:

This (Yud/10) work was carried out

under the Authority of His Father(Lamed/30)

and by His Grace (Hey/5)

will result in Redemption (Kaf/20)

The HEYKAL

is where God and His people

developed their relationship

and was prophetic…

the mystery which Paul revealed in

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV) 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

There is no need of a rebuilt Temple/Hekel/Sanctuary for those who have His Ruach dwelling within… however all scripture must be fulfilled and the rebuilding of a 3rd Temple is in accordance with Gods’ plans to be carried out prior to Messiahs return.

Namely the situation described by Paul in

2 Thess. 2:3,4

This structure will not be for the benefit of our Heavenly Father or for Yeshua/Jesus return, but it is to fulfill prophecy as concerns the false Messiah and we are reminded by Paul that:

His Sanctuary is now is IN us.

The Sanctuary is the portion of the temple (and previously the wilderness tabernacle/mishkan); that was

set apart – Holy to the Lord.

Not the Holy Place but the Holy of Holies.

John 2:18 and 19 – 21. Jesus/Yeshua answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

In Greek, Temple is ‘ieron.

The Letter h is the accent ‘ mark and is called

the hard breather.

Hieron

So what’s in a word? … does it matter?

Yes, because…

We are not to be like the Tabernacle/Mishkan building or the Temples of stone, where there was an outer court where sin was acceptable.

1Corinthians 3:16, 17; 16:19

Our bodies are now the sanctuaries – Naos – the set apart place – His holy of holies….

This Naos/ Sanctuary is for His Holy Spirit to dwell/ abide.

Ruach HaKodesh.

The Holy Spirit of a Holy God cannot dwell where there is sin…

1 Corinthians 3:16 King James Version (KJV) 16 Know ye not that ye are the Naos of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

2 Cor. 3:18

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

The more that we commune with Yeshua/Jesus and come into His presence,

more of the veil that divides will fall off

and we will be able to see more clearly.

Then more of His glory will abide within us, and then be reflected through us.

His glory will be seen upon us.

Glory

In Greek – doxa:  honor, glory

Original Word: δόξα, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: doxa
Phonetic Spelling: (dox’-ah)
Definition: opinion (always good in NT), praise, honor, glory
Usage: honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.

Glory in Hebrew:

ū·ḵə·ḇō·wḏ

וּכְב֣וֹד

kabowd

Faith has its’ seat in the heart.

The kind of faith which believes in the God who created the Universe and Who also created us and a belief that He loves us enough to give His life for us.

John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3.

It is engraved there. It is not written in ink, or engraved on stone, but it is written on the heart by the Spirit of God.

With the heart man believes with the mouth we confess

Therefore any professed belief that does not reach the heart, and has its home there, is most likely to be false and delusive being more head knowledge of the intellect and mind.

The Hebrew word for sanctuary is

mikdash (מקְדָּשׁ),

which comes from the root word

kadash (קָדַשׁ),

to be set apart as sacred.

A mikdash is therefore a

set apart space, or a holy place

that represents something treasured – a place of beauty and worship, a refuge, a place of rest.

Hebrew Translation. מִקְלָט.

More Hebrew words for sanctuary.

noun מִקְלָט. shelter, refuge, asylum, haven.

noun מִקדָשׁ. temple, shrine

miqdash

מִקְדָּשׁ

miqdash or miqqedash: a sacred place, sanctuary

Strong’s Hebrew: 4720. מִקְדָּשׁ

(miqdash or miqqedash) — a 

chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary .

Or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh’};

from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum — chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary. 

מִשְׁכָּן

mishkan: dwelling place, tabernacle

Strong’s Hebrew: 4908

Original Word: מִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: mishkan
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-kawn’)
Definition: dwelling place, tabernacle

In the Old Testament the word

miqdas [ v’D.qim] from qds, holy,

implying a distinction between space that is sacred versus profane; commonly refers to the worship sanctuary (e.g., Exod 25:8), where the Israelites offered their various kinds of offerings and sacrifices to the Lord under the supervision of the priesthood.

[The] Sanctuary

is a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the

inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle

where God’s presence appeared.

According to Hebrew Tradition, the area was defined by:

four pillars which held up

the veil of the covering,

under which the Ark of the Covenant was held above the floor.

Tabernacle, Hebrew Mishkan, dwelling, in Jewish history, the portable sanctuary constructed by Moses as a place of worship for the Hebrew tribes during the period of wandering that preceded their arrival in the Promised Land.

 

Moreover, the English translation becomes even more confusing when interpreters translate two entirely different Hebrew words

(אהל and משׁכן, ohel and mishkan, H168 and H4908),

by using the exact same English tabernacle word.

In the case of Exodus 26:7, this translation is especially hard to understand, as the two different Hebrew words are used so close in the same sentence.

Another word for

tabernacle or tent is:

OHEL

the Hebrew letters:

alef – hey – lamed

 

In the middle of a word h or hey

or man with raised arms means:

to reveal the heart or the core of.

Placed in the middle of the word for God it becomes the word

o-hel or

lamed hey alef (reading right to left)

this word for a tent or the tabernacle is presented as:

the heart of God revealed.

This shows that both your home and where you worship, reveals your god.

 Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle?

Who shall dwell in your holy hill?

Psalm 15:1

OHEL –

The heart of God revealed.

God is EL = the letters alef and lamed

and H = hey behold revealed.

The tabernacle was the place of God’s revelation.

Our tent or home where we live is where our God is revealed.

Strongs#168

Again, when the letter H/hey is

in the middle of a word

it reveals all, especially the heart.

The god that we follow is revealed in the tent/home and in the tabernacle, the place of worship.

It is relevant not only for the home/physical structure or building we live in; but also the home within ourselves that we create for His Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit to live/abide/dwell.

Our physical bodies become the home of spiritual power; the seat of spiritual influence and it can be the opposite of holy as Jesus/Yeshua warned in

Matthew 12:43-45

“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.

Impure/unclean spirits call peoples bodies their house!

What’s In our Naos/Sanctuary/tabernacle /house/home?

What’s in our OHEL?

Let the Lords words in John 14:23 be our desire and goal as Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

The Tabernacle no longer served a purpose after the building of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem in 950 B.C.

His Holy Spirit cannot be where there is sin, so any where there is sin there is no presence of His Spirit/Ruach

This is recorded in

1 Samuel 4:21,22

Ichabod the glory has departed for the ark (dwelling place) of God has been taken 

Ichabod definition is — used to express regret for departed glory.

Ichabod was born after his father’s death. His mother gave him this name on her death-bed to indicate that the “glory (had) departed from Israel” (1 Samuel 4:19)

and it was what Samson realized when he tried to do as he had always done and in Judges 16:20
Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.

Sin is manifested rebellion against God’s commands and will for our life. It can be in many and take various forms in our lives.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. 1Samuel 15:23

Consider this for a moment that: In other words, God deems rebellion to be the same or equal to witchcraft and stubbornness is just as good as kneeling or falling down before and worshipping a statue of another religions god or any other idol for that matter.

Another translation says:

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. 

Rebellion definition is – opposition to one in authority or dominance. 

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority.

A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation.

Sin must be dealt with because we cannot approach a Holy God with any sin in us.

Jesus/Yeshua said He was the temple/ sanctuary when He referred to Himself and that when His body would be destroyed He would rebuild it in three days. Speaking of His future resurrection and glorified body.

He had the Ruach/Spirit without measure because

He was without sin and

His Fathers Spirit could dwell within Him to the fullness.

Mishkan is spelled

Mem, Sheen, Kaf and Noon. 

מִשְׁכָּן

noon kaf sheen mem

(Read right to left)

Mishkan is the Hebrew word we translate into English as Tabernacle. 

The Mishkan was a Pattern, showing the children of Israel

the process to approach the Holy presence of Adonai/YHVH.

Sin has to be dealt with before that can take place because, God and sin cannot coexist.

The life is in the blood and sin requires a price to be paid and wages of sin is death.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

So a sacrifice must be made and blood has to be spilled

Life has to be forfeit to cover the sin. And that life must be innocent without sin and without blemish clean and acceptable to the Lord.

Jesus/Yeshua became that innocent, clean, without blemish life.

He willingly gave His life, allowing His blood to be spilled.

His life was forfeit to cover our sins once and for all time.

The Pattern of the Mishkan and later both temples,

show God’s redemptive plan

in the structure of the building

and in all the furniture within.

Also in the priests clothing

and in the format of each of the ways

every action was carried out.

Jesus /Yeshua was literally the fulfillment of the Mishkan/Tabernacle and the Temples.

Both were just as our bodies are while on earth:

temporary physical dwelling places for God’s presence,

His Ruach HaKodesh/ רוח הקודש ‎,

Ruach HaKodesh is God the Creator:

In the Tanakh/Bible, the words breath and Spirit are 2 different translations of exactly the same word: רוח /ruach.

Of the 348 times ruach appears in the Tanakh, it is translated 321 times as spirit and only 27 times as breath.

It would seem that the Ruach Hakodesh is divine inspiration or prophetic inspiration and is not the same as what is generally taught in Christianity. No place in the Hebrew Scriptures is there any reference to a spirit divine in itself, or Holy Ghost, as distinct from a spirit that comes from God to inspire human beings.

His Ruach HaKodesh is called the Comforter, which is the word used for the advocate who goes before the judge on behalf of someone to plead his case.

We are told in this verse that this pleader, who comes from the Father at the request of Yeshua/Jesus, will teach us all things.

Ruach Ha-Kodesh (ROO-akh hak-KOH-desh)

Holy Spirit; the Holy Ghost

(Luke 3:16; 11:13; Eph. 1:13; 4:30; 1 Thess. 4:8;

Titus 3:5; 1 Cor. 6:9; Jude 1:20).

Occurs more than 90 times in the

ReNewed Testament/Brit Chadashah. 

Hebrew: רוח הקודש, holy spirit

also transliterated ruacḥ ha-qodesh

is a term used in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish writings

to refer to the spirit of YHWH (רוח יהוה).

He fulfilled the pattern of the process to approach the Father’s presence with His Own Blood as the sacrificial atonement for all sin for all time, for who so ever will accept that that is exactly what He has done.

As High priest He entered into the

Holy- NAOS/ miqdash place –

the Holy of Holies

and placed His own blood on the

Mercy Seat of The Ark of the Covenant.

The kapporet.

This required Him going through the veil that hung between the Holy Place where the menorah/ showbread/ bronze altar of incense were and the Holy of Holies where the Ark was.

It is recorded that the temple veil/ curtain was torn at the moment of His death, opening the WAY to the father’s presence the Holy of Holies where the ark of the covenant was located.

I AM the WAY

His death was the acceptable sacrifice and we can now access God’s presence without any further sacrificial death needed and that means, no more priests are needed either; as

Jesus/Yeshua is our High Priest.

He became forever the WAY to the Father – the truth and the life.

The Life in His blood is eternal it will never die and He is alive for evermore.

Now we can also enter in through the veil

because it was torn for us.

The blood of bulls, goats, lambs and birds dries and decays; His blood contains the eternal nature of the God of all creation who sits on the eternity of eternities.

This is life everlasting, full of glory.

The blood continually speaks and cries mercy for us.

The Blood still speaks because it still has a voice.

Ever speaking from the Mercy seat of the ark… His blood covenant with us.

How is it possible? Because the very life of God is in The Blood of His Son.. His blood is still alive it has not dried up and never will, The life of the creator is eternal in nature so it is alive forevermore just as His Son is life everlasting and full of glory.

Hebrew Scriptures devote more time and attention to the Tabernacle, and everything contained inside the Tabernacle than to any other single thing. So it would seem we need to pay more attention to this pattern too…

Significant items found inside the Tabernacle would include

the Altar of Burnt Offering,

the Laver,

the Table of Showbread,

the Lampstand,

the Altar of Incense,

the Ark of the Covenant with

the Mercy Seat. 

the Ark of the Covenant contained

the stone tablets on which were written the ten commandments,

the manna preserved in a clay jar,

the budding staff of Aaron

As we have already noted:

Mishkan is spelled

Mem, Sheen, Kaf and Noon. 

Mishkan is the Hebrew word we translate into English as Tabernacle. 

Noon         Kaf         Sheen         Mem

Transliteration: mishkan

Phonetic Spelling: (mish-kawn’)

There is one major theme revealed in the pictures and numbers  of the Hebrew word pictures that we translate as Tabernacle. 

It is interesting to see that all the other mysteries contained in all the sacrifices, ceremonies furnishings, construction and architecture of the Tabernacle have their root in this one Eternal Truth. 

The Tabernacle was built on the earth

but

it is actually a Shadow, a Type,

of something everlasting in the heavenlies…

and it was shown to Moses in the book of Exodus!

Conclusion in Part 2..

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

He is coming back very soon – so let’s keep looking up!

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus 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 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 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. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

NAMES? – PATTERNS? – NUMBERS?

NAMES? – PATTERNS? – NUMBERS? 

In a previous post

https://www.minimannamoments.com/hubble-cross-ing-the-great-divide/

we saw how human DNA is connected to the universe and how 31,000,000 light years away appears the image of the agent of our salvation!

Cross in The Centre of the Whirlpool Galaxy.

The Hubble Space Telescope took a picture of the center of the Whirlpool galaxy, M51, and it looks like this:

 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” (Psalm 19:1)

God’s ‘fingerprints’ are everywhere…

 

Ps 139:7- 8

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there

Apparently every cell in our body is controlled by DNA which is genetic information that carries the characteristics of living things.

Just another example of God’s fingerprint in creation.


Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created. Rev.4:11

Researchers have discovered a sequence of numbers that is always repeated in DNA.

lt is like a signature of our Heavenly Father.

The Signature of the Architect can be found just beneath the surface of virtually everything, including but not limited to such things as quantum mechanics; particle physics; string theory; celestial dynamics; chemistry and even biology.

One researcher, a Dr. Rubinstein, contends that he has found the gematria of the Tetragrammaton in human DNA. Other authorities have tried to verify the authenticity of the assertion and are not at all satisfied with the explanation.  

Dr. Rubinstein was a researcher who says he found a unique pattern that forms breaks in the amino acid sequence between the bridges.

This posts explanation may be somewhat lacking, however he claims the first break is at an interval of 10,

the second at 5,

the third at 6 and

the fourth at 5.

The pattern then repeats itself all the way through the strand.

Some may immediately recognize these numbers.

They happen to be the number value of each letter

in the Tetragrammaton

(yud-hey-vav-hey) in sequence.

The yud has a gematria of 10.

The heh has a gematria of 5.

The vav has a gematria of 6 and

the final heh, of course, is another 5.

If true, this would be highly significant.

If anyone is interested videos can be found on youtube where Dr. Rubinstein explains: Video 1 in Hebrew (Youtube)

A counter argument is presented here: Kofer

The reader can make up their own mind

and take time to do their own research,

however it makes one pause for thought! 

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions.

DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule.

DNA is formed from 2 parts.

1 part from each parent and

the DNA has connections on all of it – just like bridges.

There is a repeating pattern in all of it.

A sequence of the numbers:

10 – 5 – 6 – 5.

We have seen in previous post how each Hebrew each letter is equivalent to a number in the alef bet (alfabet).

In Old Testament the name of God is written with 4 letters

YHWH

If we would speak or write the name of the creator as a sequence the result is truly amazing… because

10 5 6 5

in the value of Hebrew letters –

is the name of the creator of the universe

and it is what unites both parts of our DNA cells!

“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17)

WOW!

His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.” (Romans 1:20)

Ps. 136:19

Your eyes saw my unformed substance, formless, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before and planned…

For more on the connection to the womb and His Appointed Times click link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-season-of-our-hiding/

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. –Psalm 139:13-14

 

In

https://www.minimannamoments.com/hubble-cross-ing-the-great-divide/

 

we also discovered there’s a protein inside our body called

Laminin.

Laminin has an extremely vital role in our bodies.

So vital, that without it, we could literally cease to exist. What is it exactly that makes Laminin so special?

It is a cell adhesion molecule that is organized into a specific structure and it dictates what job the cell performs in the body.

In other words, it literally holds all the cell membranes in your body together. 

It is the glue of the human body.

We could say that as a cell adhesion molecule –

it’s the rebar of the human body.

It holds us together just like God does, and the shape is incredible. Yet another amazing example of God’s fingerprint in creation!

Does a Planetary Alignment show Messiah on the cross?

 April 3, 33 AD,

is the day commonly viewed as that of Yeshua/Jesus’ actual crucifixion.

Apparently on that day, the planets Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Earth and Venus aligned to form what looks like someone on a cross with the head, the hands spread out and the legs together in accurate positioning, rotation and on a galactic scale.

Indeed, even Saturn’s rings can be viewed as representing

the halo or crown of thorns

Because of computer programs and their algorithm abilities,
we get to look back in time.

This alignment even appeared previously in the year 4 B.C., regarded by some scholars as the year of Yeshua/Jesus’ birth.

This same alignment appears to have occurred only six times between the year 0 and 2000 A.D., equivalent to once every 333 years!

Even the letters in the planets’ name look like this:
J-upiter ~ E-arth ~ S–aturn ~ U-ranus ~ Venu-S

This is not Astrology its Astronomy and Messiah said there would be signs in the sun moon and stars.

We know these are not just ‘coincidences’!!

Click link https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mysteries-of-im/

For more on the constellations  – Mazzaroth

and

Does DNA reveal the Name of The Creator?

YHWH is used almost 7,000 times throughout the Bible as

the only and unique name

of the Mighty One of Israel.

This Name is 4 Hebrew letters YHWH.

If we compare this four-lettered name YHWH to the four elements: hydrogen,

nitrogen,

oxygen and

carbon

that make up human DNA –

we discover an ancient secret of creation.

Bereshit/B’resheet

(בְּרֵאשִׁית‎):

In [the] beginning [of something]

By converting elements to letters,

based upon their matching values of atomic mass,

hydrogen becomes the Hebrew letter Yod (Y),

nitrogen becomes the letter Hey (H),

oxygen becomes the letter Wav (W), and

carbon becomes Gimel (G). 

YHWG!

Substituting modern elements for the ancient letters,

it is clear that although we share in the first three letters representing ¾ or 75% of our Creator’s name (YHWG!),

The presence of YHWH is

the invisible and intangible form

of the three gases

hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen,

The last letter of our name (G) is carbon:

This is the material or substance that gives us the:

color, taste, texture, and sounds of our body.

The one letter that sets us apart from YHWH 

is also the element that makes us real or physical in our world.

If we substitute these modern elements for all four letters of the ancient name,

YHWH

we see an unexpected result.

Replacing the final H in YHWH 

with its chemical equivalent of nitrogen, 

The name

YHWH

becomes the elements:

hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

(HNON) 

all are colorless, odorless, and invisible gases!

We understand God is spirit from the scriptures

and spirit is all of these …

In other words,

replacing 100 percent of YHWH’s personal name

with the elements of this world

creates a substance that is an intangible,

yet very real form of creation!

Could this be why we are YHWG,

because we will never be equal to YHWH?

Additionally, the first chapters of Genesis relate that it is in a nonphysical form (invisible) that the Creator was present during the time of creation. (Genesis 1:2).

It was the spirit of YHWH that first moved over the face of the earth. 

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃

the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—

The Creator has put His own unique stamp upon every person.

This stamp is actually

His name as revealed to Moses thousands of years ago. 

Exodus 3 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a][b] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord,[c] the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: this is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

In Deuteronomy

there is also a very interesting occurrence

in the first 5 verses.

There is a repeating pattern of Hebrew letters

that spells out the word…

Torah

in a fixed sequence.

תּוֹרָה‎

(Tav Vav Reysh Hey)

Torah

Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses, or Torah,

(Also known as the Chumash – KHUM-ush or khoo-MAHSH.)

תּוֹרָה‎

(Tav Vav Reysh Hey)

Torah

Starting with the Hebrew letter heh ה

that is the last letter of Mosheh’s/Moses name,

and then counting 48 letters,

we see the Hebrew letter

reysh ר.

48 more letters and we see the Hebrew letter

Vav ו

and then

48 more letters and we see the Hebrew letter

Tav ת.

That is, we see Torah spelled backwards.

..interesting because it appears in a similar pattern at the beginning of every one of the 5 books of Torah also.

In Genesis 1:1-5 there is a repeating pattern of the word

Torah,

spelled forwards,

with each letter forming the word spaced exactly

49 letters apart.

Starting with the final Hebrew letter of the word

in the beginning (Bereshith/Beresheet – Genesis),

and then counting every 49th letter, again we see the word Torah.

The same thing happens in Exodus 1:1-6;

starting with the final letter of the 2nd word (shemot)

in the opening phrase these are the names,

we see the Hebrew letter Tav.

Then counting precisely 49 letters,

we see a Vav;

then 49 more letters and

we see a reysh,

and then 49 more letters and

we see a heh, which again forms the word

Torah.

In Leviticus it is a little different.

In Leviticus, the priestly book,

we see the divine name

YHVH

spelled out with the letters

yud-hey-vav-hey ‘הוה

spaced precisely 7 letters apart.

Beginning with the yud in the first word of Leviticus

and he summoned, (and the Lord called to Moses)

and then counting

every 7th letter,

we see God’s name

(Yehoveh) YHVH

once again.

In Numbers, as in Deuteronomy, the word

Torah

is spelled backwards in an exact sequence.

Beginning with the first occurrence of the word

Moses in Numbers,

we take the

heh (the last letter of Moses….Mosheh’s….name)

and then count 49 letters

and we see a reysh,

49 more letters

and we see a Vav,

49 more letters and we see a Tav.

Torah spelled in reverse.

 

Then there is yet another pattern; beginning

in Genesis we have Torah spelled forwards,

in Exodus Torah spelled forwards,

in Leviticus we have God’s name Yehoveh,

then

in Numbers Torah spelled backwards and finally

in Deuteronomy Torah spelled backwards.

The 49-letter spacing is key because it is 7 X 7

that being the divine number of God, and the fact that 7 is the spacing of the letters in God’s name in Leviticus is also quite amazing.

However the question may be asked:

why is the spacing of the letters of the word

Torah

in Deuteronomy 48, one less than 49?

Could the answer be that the book of Deuteronomy is different than the first 4 books only because this is a sermon of Moses??

The first 4 books are more direct oracles from God prefaced with words like, ‘And, the Lord said’.

Deuteronomy is different because this is about Moses saying….

Although Moses’ is the Fathers’ Mediator and speaks for God;

he is not God;

so the importance of what Moses’ Torah

(Moses instructions) is,

in comparison to the importance of what God’s Torah

(God’s instructions), is less; and therefore is it possible this is shown in the text as one less?

What is presented here is seemingly not a mathematical anomaly or coincidence.

(No such word as coincidence in the Hebrew vocabulary – Hebrew thought believes all things are purposed.)

So it’s not an accident;

God does not ever make mistakes –

that is a human trait.

From this we have to agree that it was intentionally placed there!!

 

Truly He speaks TRUTH when He said

In that day you will know that

I am in the Father,

and

you in me

and

I in you…..

Indeed closer than our breath..

in our very DNA!

….teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you always even unto the end of the age. Amen.

KJV. Matt 28:20.

Shalom, shalom, mishpachah!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

Fear not, simply rest in Him and be comforted The same God that purposed all these amazing details has purposed our lives and has EVERYTHING under HIS CONTROL whatever man believes!

Stay alert, prepared and be ready!

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Please don’t leave this page without the knowing in your heart you are totally His.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

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.

What Is The Connection Between Two Mountains The Ark Of The Covenant And Messiah Being Thirsty? Part 3

The ancient Hebrew understanding of these 2 words-

blessings and curses is

the keeping or breaking

of the commandments of God

is not about mechanical obedience and disobedience of His commands but rather our attitude towards them.

 If you love me, keep my commandments. John 14:21-24
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
continued from:
https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-is-the-connection-between-2-mountains-the-ark-of-the-covenant-and-messiah-being-thirsty-part-2/

Will we cherish His commands or will we throw them on the ground and walk on them?

Heavenly Father/Avinu in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name

may we have

a heart to know,

eyes to see,

and ears to hear.

Truth itself lies on neither mountain but in the valley between.

Here flow the living waters of Jacobs’ well.

Photo above from 1934 – the well is now enclosed.

 

The 12 tribes were present

and also the High Priest

together with the priesthood

who stood in the valley

with the container of that covenant agreement

– the marriage vows – the ark of the covenant.

Joshua stood beside the ark.

Joshua was a type and shadow of Mashiach/Messiah,

taking Gods people into the promised land;

just as Yeshua/Jesus has made the Way into the promised land/presence of our Heavenly Father.

The ark was representative of God’s throne on earth

containing the presence of God with them

Jesus/Yeshua was the living ark

containing the presence of God with us – Emmanuel.

See links below for more on the ark

https://www.minimannamoments.com/are-we-boxed-in/

and

https://www.minimannamoments.com/thinking-outside-the-box-on-the-lighter-side-of-life/

and for Emmanuel.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/is-el-eem-anu/

The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel

was a sanctuary

which was given in a vision to Moses

as a pattern

and constructed by the children of Israel.

God’s promise was that He would dwell within the Holy of Holies above the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant.

And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among (in) them – Exodus 25:8

 

Sacrifices continued to be brought once the Jews arrived in the Land of Israel,

first in the Mishkan

which stood in Gilgal for 14 years, until 1259 BCE,

then in the Tabernacle at Shiloh

for the 369 years of its existence—1259–891 BCE,

and then in the First and Second Holy Temples in Jerusalem 

which stood for 410 and 420 years respectively:

833–423 BCE; 353 BCE–69 CE.

In this imagery, the relationship of Moses to Messiah on earth, parallels that of Jesus/Yeshua and the Father/Av/Avinu in heaven:

Ex.25:22: “there . . . I [Jesus representing the Father] will meet with you [Moses a type of Christ; cf. Deut.18:18; Heb.3:1-6];

there are many points of typological symbolism between Moses and Messiah in scripture.

The ark was representative of the real ark in heaven.

And Joshua stood beside the Ark

The Tabernacle and the Ark are also a type of Messiah:

just as was Noahs ark… we are to get into the ark/into Jesus/Yeshua and we are to live and abide IN HIM.

In Him we live and move and have our being.

We are to remember what the Word says,

All scripture is given by inspiration of God,

 (God-breathed)

and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: … 2Tim.3:16

When we look at the scriptures we must remember that. 

When it came to the Scriptures,

that was the view of Jesus/Yeshua and

that was the view of the apostles, and mustn’t that also be our view?

The Scriptures don’t just contain the Word of God, or just point to religious experience, they are the Words of God. 

No surprise that each and every detail and Word about the tabernacle has spiritual significance?

As we look to the tabernacle structure itself and its unique pieces of redemptive furniture; there is great symbolism and typology found in them.

Remember, everything was a finger pointing to the Messiah.

The tabernacle, as a type, designed specifically and in detail by God, would point to the character and aspects of the ministry of Messiah.

1 – The altar – Gods willingness to accept Jesus/Yeshuas’ sacrifice Heb. 13:10

1 – On Atonement Day the High Priest offered a sacrifice for the sins of the people.

Lev 16:15, 29-31

1 On Nisan 14   33CE Yeshua/Jesus sacrificed His life on our behalf.

Heb. 10;5-10; 1John 2:1,2

 

2 The Holy place – Yeshua/Jesus’s spirit – begotten condition.

Matt. 3:16, 17; Romans 8:14-17; Heb. 5:4-6.

2 The High Priest Jesus/Yeshua. Heb. 9:11

The curtain – Yeshua/Jesus’ fleshly body – the barrier that separated earthly life from heavenly life. 1Cor 15:44, 50; Heb 6:19, 20; 10:19,20

After His resurrection Messiah passed to the other side of the curtain’ by ascending to heaven to appear before the person of God for us. Heb. 9:24-28

The Most Holy – Heaven. Heb. 9:24

3 Once inside the Most Holy the high priest sprinkled some of the blood of the sacrifice before the ark of the covenant. Lev. 16:12-14.

3 By presenting the value of His shed blood Jesus provided genuine atonement for our sins. Heb. 9:12-24; 1Peter 3:21,22.

The more we become familiar with the Tabernacle/Mishkan, the more we become familiar with Messiah and all that He means to us.

Messiah in the Mishkan:

A copy of reality – what the tabernacle pictured

The veil taken away in Messiah revealing.

The holy of holies – the life – chaim.

The altar of incense – praise and worship.

The Holy place – the truth – emet.

The golden candlestick/menorah – His Holy Spirit.

The brazen/bronze laver – sanctification.

The ark of the covenant – the Fathers presence.

The outer court – the way/derech – the door/dalet

The brazen/bronze altar – the cross and the blood.

The table of showbread – the Word of God/Yeshua/Jesus the word made flesh.

Heb. 10:20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 

Col. 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. 

Jn. 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

It is a Representation of the True Tabernacle in Heaven:

The Lord wants us to be aware of His nature and character. Even the angels don’t fully understand the nature and character of God but they learn from watching His dealings with His church (Eph 3).

In reality things are happening in the heavenly dimension and the Lord wants to reveal to us what took place in heaven after the resurrection of Jesus/Yeshua.

There is a real tabernacle in the heavenlies and Messiah really appeared before the throne of heaven as the Lamb of God (Rev 5).

There is no doubt that some of these things are a mystery but the more we draw close to God and His Word the more He draws close to us. 

Heb. 9:11. But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 

The Presence Within the Holy of Holies Dwells Within the Believer in Jesus/Yeshua:

Jesus/Yeshua said: I am the temple (Mishkan) of God.

When the glory (Hebrew: Sh’chinah) would come swirling down like a funnel or tornado right through the roof of the Holy of Holies and His Presence would manifest on the mercy seat between the cherubim after the blood was sprinkled, that was the Mishkan.

That Presence was what Jesus/Yeshua said dwelt within Him.

Paul said about the church, Know ye not that you are the temple/sanctuary/ Mishkan of God?

The Tabernacle or Mishkan means tent of meeting. It represents the Shekhina or indwelling presence of God.

Gods Glory filled the tabernacle.

A cloud covered it by day and a fire by night Ex.40:34, 38; Num. 9:15.

The tabernacle was also a place of protection or hiding place Ps.27:5

Jesus/Yeshua is the Gate/Door. John 10:7

and the Narrow WAY. Matt.7:13

Exodus 26

We, as the body of Christ, have the same Presence dwelling within us.

Today, God doesn’t dwell in buildings – now He dwells within His people. 

1 Cor. 6:19. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

The Ark of the Covenant was a picture of the Messiah: Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach. It speaks not only speaks of Messiah’s work in atonement, but of who He really is, i.e. His Personhood. 

The Ark was a box made of Acacia wood, (just as the cross was), overlaid with gold. Acacia wood speaks of the indestructible humanity of Jesus/Yeshua. As the wood represents His humanity then the gold both inside and outside the ark represent His deity. 

In the case of Noahs Ark –

The pitch protected the people inside, making a water-tight seal,

and Messiahs’ blood covers our sins and protects us

from the wrath of God. 

God Himself became flesh and suffered the agonies of the human experience. He was tempted, He was weary, He got hungry and thirsty; He had to learn the Scriptures, obedience and to hear God’s voice; and then to be led by His Fathers Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh as a man.

Does the Acacia wood seem to tell us that He was 100% man and the pure gold that overlaid the wood teach us that He was 100% God?

Jesus/Yeshua said:

unless you believe that I AM you will die in your sins.

He used the same words (Hebrew: eheyay asher aheyay) as at the time when the Lord spoke to Moses at the burning bush!

Stone found on Mt.Gerizim.

The Jewish Messiah was none other than JeHoVah/YHVH Himself visiting His people and becoming their savior by dying for the sins of the world and that is the etymology of the name Jesus/Yeshua.

Hebrew. Y’shua = ‘Yaweh has become salvation’.

Jesus/Yeshua condemned the religious leaders for not recognizing the day of their visitation. 

The crown of gold around the top of the ark speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords.

Jesus/Yeshua overcame the onslaught of opposition that was set against Him His whole life by the religious leaders, the wealthy Jewish aristocracy, Rome itself, and even all the power of the enemy. He overcame even death itself and rose triumphantly and was given a crown, and glory, and honor, because He is the King. According to John it was Jesus/Yeshua who Isaiah saw seated on the throne of glory with the angels crying ‘holy, holy, holy.’

The unbroken tables of stone set forth Messiah as the One who perfectly kept the Law and never broke God’s Commandments. The Bible says that He “committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth.“ In Him dwelt the law of God perfectly (stone tables).

Jesus/Yeshua felt the pressure of temptation at its full intensity yet He never sinned.

Aaron’s rod that budded also speaks of Jesus/Yeshua, the priesthood of God fully; something that had died and supernaturally came to life again.

Jesus/Yeshua said,

I am the resurrection and the life.

The golden pot of manna speaks of Jesus/Yeshua as the bread of God in abundance, who came down from heaven to bring food,

(the bread of life, the Word of God,)

to a world in darkness and dying of hunger.

The Ark of the Covenant was where Gods justice and judgement toward sin was satisfied. It is referred to almost 200 times in the Old Testament.

 

Covenant

The Biblical definition for covenant is a binding agreement between two parties.

The Greek word Diatheke (Testament).

The Hebrew word for covenant is b’rit and actually means:

to cut the covenant.

It was cut by the shedding of blood and the walking between the two pieces of flesh (Gen. 15).

A b’rit could not be broken.

When you enter into a covenant you make a solemn promise of love and protection to one another and the promise is made everything that is mine is therefore yours.

There were some traditional steps in cutting the ancient covenant:

The robe (life) was removed.

The belt (strength) was removed

A sacrifice was cut in two pieces.

Each would walk between the pieces

Intermingle the blood of the right hand. (scar)

Receive the others name.

Sit at a table together

Plant a memorial

Scripture mentions several covenants made between man and man, such as Jacob and Laban, and David and Jonathan.

It all points to Jesus/Yeshua.

Even the golden poles speak of the

ever living and ever present Savior

who is with us in all our journeying and

will never leave us nor forsake us.

In the history of the ark there are striking resemblances to the ministry of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua our Lord: 

The ark went before the people – Jesus/Yeshua went before them:

John 10:4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

The ark was in the middle of God’s people – Jesus is in His people:

John 14:20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.

The people were to follow the ark – We are to follow Jesus:

Luke 5:27-28 After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he left all, rose up, and followed Him.

The ark was always first to lead them.

It was death to those that were enemies of God.

The ark brought blessings and curses. 

Isa 53:2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.

Isa 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matt 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 

1 Pet 2:22 “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

Gal 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 

Jn 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 

Jn 6:32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

Jn 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

 When Jesus/Yeshua spoke to the woman

at the very same location

He Himself was the container and carrier of the covenant –

the renewed covenant that would be cut with His Blood.

He was standing/sitting in the valley between the 2 mountains and offering the choice.

He was also representative of the priesthood and our High Priest; the coming Mashiach to them and to us:

the ark of His presence

the carrier of the gift of Gods promise of salvation.

It could also refer to the multitudes in Ezekiels valley of decision!

Which will people choose?

Shamar – keep obey and receive blessing

or

Parar – break …disobey and be cursed

trampling underfoot the offer of living water in Jesus/Yeshua?

 

How shall we escape from these curses and receive God’s blessings when we can never perfectly obey God’s law?

We are to march from the Ebal, the Mount of Cursing to Gerizim, the Mount of Blessing,

through

the perfect obedience of another Man.

Above: Mount Ebal and Mt. Gerizim looking west.

We stand daily between the mountains and

daily choose Gerizim life and blessing abiding in Him.

We like Joshua have the ark beside us it is Jesus/Yeshua.

Yehoshua and Yeshua from the same root word – Savior and Redeemer.

Like Old Covenant Israel, we the holy nation of the New Covenant only have a foretaste of God’s blessings.

We enjoy these blessings now, spiritually and even materially.

Unlike the Samaritans and the Jews, we do not have to go to Gerizim or Jerusalem to worship and receive blessings from God, because Christ has been sacrificed on his Mount Ebal, the altar of Calvary.

This is why after His sacrifice for all the elect from the whole world, Jesus/Yeshua commanded His disciples to go and teach all nations… because salvation has expanded from Jerusalem, to Judea and all Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Through Messiah’s sacrifice, God has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Eph 1:3).

But the perfect blessings of Mount Gerizim would only come when we finally dwell in the new heaven and new earth, where we will dwell with God forever.

All of us still dwell between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim.

We look back to Mount Ebal when we remember His sacrifice to remove God’s curse on us when we were still lost sinners; but then we also remember Mount Gerizim as we enjoy our blessings in this life while waiting for the fullness of our blessings in the life to come.

 

Another parallel is found in Matt 25:32-46 The day is coming when Messiah will be in the midst of two companies, those on the right, the sheep, and those on the left, the goats.

One group receives Gerizim/ blessings and the other Ebal/cursing!

Shechem is on the tribal border of Ephraim in the south and Manasseh in the north Mt Ebal was in Manasseh and Mt Gerazim in Ephraim. This is interesting from the standpoint that Manasseh and Ephraim were the sons of Joseph with his Egyptian wife and therefore half Egyptian, representing the heathen world being embraced by the tribes of Israel! As Jacob accepted/adopted Josephs 2 sons as his own.

Messiah is now our High Priest

Jesus the Great High Priest. 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace …Hebrews 4:14-16

 

and the priesthood that stood with Joshua is now declared in 1Peter 2:9

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Truth itself

lies on neither mountain

but in

the valley between.

Here flow the living waters of Jacobs well.

Jesus/Yeshua

is the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE

The Source of LIVING WATER!

The Hebrew word for truth is `Emet, which refers to a truth that has proven itself reliable. You could translate it “faithfulness” or even “reliability.” `Emet is a word that describes God; He is a God of truth, so our relationship to God must be according to truth.

Interestingly, Jesus/Yeshua said the same thing in this same spot when He told the woman at Jacob’s well that the worshippers God seeks are those who worship Him in “spirit and in truth” (John 4:23-24)—worship with one’s inside, the spirit, not just the outside. Jesus/Yeshua said: “in spirit and in truth;”

Joshua/Yehoshua said: “in sincerity and truth.”

Did Jesus/Yeshua had Joshua’s words in mind as He sat near Shechem where Joshua spoke?

Joshua also tells them to:

put away the gods which your fathers served.

He calls them together at Shechem as if to say:

“Remember how Abram put away his idols and came here, and remember God’s promise to Abram in this spot? Remember how Jacob put away his idols in this spot? Remember how you yourselves shouted the blessings and the curses in this spot? Do you want God’s blessing in the land? Then you too put away your idols in this spot.”

We should put away what is wrong and embrace what is right—or better, who is right, because Joshua says again at the end of v 14: “serve the LORD.”

Then comes the most famous verse in the whole book of Joshua: “And if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (24:15).

“So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem… Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance” (vv. 25, 28).

As they left Shechem they were to remember the past and live in light of it. We too, as we live the lives God has given us, should remember from where God, in His grace, took us—from a down-hill slide to destruction into a relationship with His Son. We should remember how God, in His grace, has taken care of us since then in spite of our continued disobedience.  In light of God’s faithful past in our own lives, we should personally renew a whole-hearted commitment to the Lord today. As that was Joshua’s challenge to Israel at Shechem, and it is a good one for us to heed too.

The well was between the borders of Manasseh and Ephrain Josephs 2 sons who were born to Joseph and his Egyptian wife symbolic of the in grafting of sheep from other as they were accepted into the tribes of the children of Israel.

The ark in the valley of decision was symbolic of future Messiah bridging the gap and making the WAY back to the Father…restoring broken fellowship/relationship and removing the need for any further sacrifice for sin/disobedience and the curse which was a result of that choice.

Messiah was the flow of living waters that He offered to the Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob situated at the base of Mt Ebal… that would wash away all the result of sin after repentant hearts turned from ebal/curse to Gerizim/blessing.

His Truth – The Truth was in the valley between –along with the High Priest, the mercy seat of the ark where He became our blood sacrifice, our High Priest and the full manifestation of all that the Mishkan represented symbolically, and included the rejected Samaritans.

His love and offer of eternal life is all encompassing He was rejected so that we could be included.

 

He is the truth and that is like Joshua and the ark between the 2 mountains…

He is the Ark and He is the living waters that He offered to the Samarian woman;

and when we are thirsty like He was,

we are to drink deeply of Him and choose the blessing of Gerizim through our obedience to His commands;

while we guard, protect, preserve and cherish His covenant with us sealed in Messiah’s blood.

As the Samaritan woman was looking for Messiah the first time He came, we are to be keeping watch for His soon return!

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎;

Let us give our response

barukh shem kevod malkhuto le’olam va’ed.

 Jesus/Yeshua IS THE TRUTH THAT LAY IN THE VALLEY

and why when we walk through the valley PS 23

we are to fear no evil for

He is already there…

put your trust in Messiah, whose sacrifice was the once for all fulfillment of the animal sacrifices on the altar of Mount Ebal, then we can march upward to the heavenly Mount Zion, the mountain of God’s blessings.

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