Exodus 23:26 HEB: מִסְפַּ֥ר יָמֶ֖יךָ אֲמַלֵּֽא׃ NAS: in your land;I will fulfill the number KJV: the number of thy days I will fulfil. INT:the number of your days will fulfill
And in Genesis 25:8 we are told :Abraham died “in a good old age, old and full of days”;
dies full of days; satisfied with living here, and longing to live in a better world.
And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.
This term does not mean what we think in terms of our western understanding and terminology that he lived to a ripe old age although by our standards he lived 175 years. which is very old.
He was about his Heavenly Fathers business, something Messiah was also:
9 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I mustbe about My Father’sbusiness?”. Luke 2:49
Full of years—the words Of years,is not in the Hebrew, it is only,an old man, and full, or satisfied.
He had fulfilled the divine will, and served his generation, and was fully satisfied with life
Is there some other significance to the phrase:
full of days,
than merely to point to length of days?
It may be well to note some other instances.
In addition to this scripture, we find it used first, in reference to Isaac, inGenesis 35:29, where the words are repeated almost exactly.
Even though his life was calmer and very different to the active and eventful one of his father, Isaac also received this blessing at the end of his life.
Next is King David, in the turbulent and notable course of a life filled with temptations and challenges, both of moral character and of fortune; he is represented as having
died in a good old age,
full of days,
riches, and honour.’’
Then we read in 2 Chronicles 24:15,
of the great high priest Jehoiada,
whose history had been filled with danger, change, courageous resistance, and brave, strenuous effort; that with all the storms behind him he died at last,
‘full of days.’
The only other instance of the occurrence of the phrase is
Job 42:17
at the end of the book. The story of a good man going through suffering, and of the overwhelming restorations given by a loving God.
The picture of returning prosperity and family joy, ends with this statement no doubt with the intention to deepen the image of peace: ‘So Job died, being old and
full of days.’
In all the instances of the occurrence of this phrase, it’s meant to suggest not simply the physical length of days of a life, but some specific characteristic of the long life over and above its mere length. We may understand its meaning a little better if we make a very slight change in how we read the words, and instead of reading ‘full of years,’ read ‘satisfied with years.’ These men were satisfied with life; having completed all that they were purposed to accomplish.
The words point to a calm end, with a sense of fulfillment with no desperate clinging to life, but a willingness to let it go, because all they were called to be and do had been attained.
it is possible at the end of life to feel that it is complete, because the days have accomplished for us the highest purpose of life.
What is the end for which days and years are given?
Isn’t it that they may give us what eternity cannot take away; a character built upon the love of God in Christ, and moulded into His likeness?
‘Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.’
Has our life helped us to do that?
If it has, we maybe only a child, and yet we are
full of days/years.
On the other hand, if it has not, and Messiah is not formed in us, our hair be white and we may be in our nineties, yet we will remain incomplete and immature.
The successful and victorious end of life is to make us like Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, and so be pleasing to both Him and our Heavenly Father. If life has done that for us, we have got the best from it, and our life is completed, whatever may be the number of the days. It is always the quality, not quantity, that is the element that determines the perfectness/maturity of a life. A life full of days/years.
A life’s whole harvest may be gathered into a very little space of earth time, and all may be done in mere hours, days or few short years, whichever is needed to make the life complete in our Fathers eyes. Has your life this completeness?
Abraham was a sojourner in a strange country and we must remember so are we.
Whether our stay in this life be long or short, is not important, provided what we leave behind us a testimony to the faithfulness and goodness of the Lord; and have set a good example to our families and friends of an life obedient to our Fathers will.
– having attained to the standard length of life in his days, and being satisfied with this life, so that he was ready and willing to depart.
… being found in the way of righteousness;
Full of years; in the Hebrew it is only full, or satisfied; but you must understand, with days or years, as the phrase is fully expressed, Genesis 35:291 Chronicles 23:1 29:28 Job 42:17Jeremiah 6:11. full of all good, as the Chaldee renders it; satisfied, and full of years; in the original it is only, “and full”;
“of all good”; temporal and spiritual, with which he was filled and satisfied;
We have studied a little about the end days…
acharit ha-yamim
אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים in Hebrew.
…and we are certain of Messiahs return.
This next 12 months or 9 if you follow the Hebrew calendar; we should determine to be about our Fathers business more than our own or someone else’s.
Time is short, very short and individually, our days may very well be shorter.
What are we doing?
Where are we headed?
Who are we following?
Why are we choosing the above answers we have just thought or spoken out?
In Exodus the translations read:
God will fulfill the number of your days
and we read it as:
I will give you a long life
and some say
God will give you a normal life.
The ISV International Standard Version renders this verse as :
I will make every day of your life complete.
This makes more sense as in Hebrew the word
fulfill
is the word
MALA.
Which means:
to be full, abundant accomplished and satisfied.
And inGenesis 25:8we are told :Abraham died “in a good old age, old and full of days”; that is, he died full of faith and blessing from God.
Original Word: מָלֵא Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: male or mala Phonetic Spelling: (maw-lay’) Definition: to be full, to fill
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be full, to fill NASB Translation accomplished (1), aloud (1), armed (1), become full (1), been completed (1), come (1), complete (3), completed (9), completion
This seems to say that God id not talking about a long or normal life but rather a life full and abundant. He came that we might have life and more abundantly. John 10:10 and this does not refer to worldly wealth, but to spiritual riches that will never fade.
ThisMala life is fulfilled in spiritual maturity and like Abraham, faith filled, the father of faith and the friend of God with an intimate relationship. He was obedient and therefore completed all that he was here to do. A life with accomplishments according to the will of the Father; and when the time comes for us to leave here, our lives will have been a complete life –Mala,according to our Fathers plan and timing. If we are still here today, then there is still work for us to accomplish in His strength.
Here the reference is to the days of our life and if we serve God, then every day we live will be a day of accomplishments, a day of fulfillment, of purpose in Him.
We may have never taken the time to think or or like Mary, seriously ponder in our hearts the intensity of this profound statement.
I will fulfill the number of your days.
At the end of each day when we lay down to rest and sleep, it is one day we will never live through again and it is another day less for us to be here on earth.
Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
It is one day closer to our transition into our eternal home. There are only a specific number of days assigned to us, some have over 100 years and some only hours… It is not for us to choose and if we believe God is in control there are no accidents, nothing takes Him by surprise. everything is purposed under heaven. Ecc. 3
Everything is in His plan and it is why He says our ways are not His. Isaiah 55:9 This should remove all fear and anxiety from us, knowing that He has everything in the palm of His hands, whatever it looks like to the natural eye.
Every day we are counting down towards our departure, what are we doing with our days? Are we dropping them carelessly to the side of the road along which we are travelling? Or are we using it to bring someone closer to our Father and Yeshua/Jesus?
When we lay down and close our eyes at night are we Mala – satisfied that our day was spent in His will and service; or was it simply another day we wasted on trivial earthly pursuits and worldly pleasures. How many of our allotted days have we let slip away? When the day comes and He asks us what we have done with all the days He has given us, what shall we say?
Romans 14:12 11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.” 12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Will we complain with excuses that so many of them were filled with pain and suffering and too heavy a burden, filled with fear and sorrow and He will say He appointed each one and gave them to us. Yes some pain and sorrow and suffering and He was acquainted with it all; Isaiah 53:3; and made provision for us to trust in the abundant life He provided; and in each of those days there were opportunities we were to overcome through Him. We say so often where did the week go. Time is flying past so fast and we lose track of all the days we had left ….and one day there will be only one day left.
No matter how painful or filled with joy, in each day there is something that He gives us and we are required to search for it; and when we do, at the end of those days we will be mala.
Is 55:6 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jer 29:13 3 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Matt 6:33 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
In Acts 13:36 David served Now David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died and was buried with his ancestors, and so he experienced decay.
Like David who heart was after God, we are to serve God in our generation and we are to end up like Abraham, full of days, having completed all that God required of him and we too must complete that work that we have been given to do while we are here. If we aren’t yet sure what that is maybe this year it’s time to find out.
How ?
Ask Him..
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show yougreat and [ a]mighty things, which you do not know.’
Don’t just make new years resolutions that so many times we will never keep… instead recommit to the One who is able toJude 24 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from stumbling and falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.
May he the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 1Peter 5:10
2 Thess 2:17 may he encourage and strengthen you to do and say everything that is good.
As we recommit ourselves to His service, to His plan, and one day at a time cherish the hours and opportunities within it… Seek His face, spend some of these precious hours in intimate communication in His presence. This may be our last day and are we truly ready to meet Him face to face?All of the first chapter of Proverbs is a support to these thoughts.
Amplified Bible Ecc 12:13 When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person.
1Pet 4:7-11
7 The end and culmination of all things is near. Therefore, be sound-minded and self-controlled for the purpose of prayer [staying balanced and focused on the things of God so that your communication will be clear, reasonable, specific and pleasing to Him.] 8 Above all, have [a]fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others]. 9 Be [b]hospitable to one another without complaint. 10 Just as each one of you has received a special gift [a spiritual talent, an ability graciously given by God], employ it in serving one another as [is appropriate for] good stewards of God’s multi-faceted grace [faithfully using the diverse, varied gifts and abilities granted to Christians by God’s unmerited favor]. 11 Whoever speaks [to the congregation], is to do so as one who speaks the oracles (utterances, the very words) of God. Whoever serves [the congregation] is to do so as one who serves by the strength which God [abundantly] supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified [honored and magnified] through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Micah 6:8 sums it all up very simply He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy. and to walk humbly[ a] with your God
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King… so lets’ be a doer of His Word not a hearer only.
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
Many people are remembering this season as the one in which Messiah was born as a human baby. It was His legal entry into this earth, a fallen realm filled with sin and sinners who were praying and waiting for the promised savior/redeemer, their Messiah, Mashiach in Hebrew.
The Tanakh, the Jewish Bible, contains what appears to be opposite views of the Messiah as the Deliverer of Yisrael/Israel.
On the one side Messiah is portrayed as coming in great triumph in the clouds . Daniel 7:13.
However in contrast, the other Messiah comes riding on a donkey, lowly and humble. Zechariah 9:9.
The fulfillment of this prophecy in Zech 9:9, is found in Matthew 21:1-11.,with Yeshua/Jesus’ triumphant entry into Yerushalayim Jerusalem at the beginning of the last week of His life. This marked His official presentation as Messiah King, where He instructs His talmidim/disciples to go to Bethphage (Beit-Pagei) and find a colt that had never been ridden before. We skip over this detail and may be unaware that it is a miracle in itself. The nature of the colt should have been a reaction of bucking and throwing Yeshua off his back the moment He sat on him. However instead he calmly and willingly submitted to Jesus/Yeshua as King and Creator of everything.
The riding of a donkey is symbolic of one coming in peace and being no threat. One coming on horseback however, is indicative of one coming aggressively to fight in conflict or war.
Think here of how He returns described in Revelation. This picture of duality, a twofold representation of Messiah led to the idea that there would be two Messiahs.
Mashiach ben Yosef /Messiah ben Joseph
and Messiah ben David/ Mashiach ben David.
(recall that ben is hebrew for son.)
Mashiach ben Yosef is the suffering servant, the suffering Messiah; Who is prefigured in the life and person of Joseph (Genesis). The Messiah from the house of /lineage of, Joseph. Joseph the son of Jacob/Israel, one of the 12 tribes .
Mashiach ben Yosef is one of the 2 Messianic figures that are described in the oral traditions of Judaism.
Mashiach ben Yosef is considered a forerunner and harbinger of the final deliverer Mashiach ben David. Mashiach ben Yosef suffers for the sins of Israel. Isaiah 53.
Christians see Yeshua /Jesus as the fulfillment of Mashiach ben Yosef and the oral tradition. Yeshua the Messiah in His first coming is the suffering servant Zechariah 12:10-12.
Messiah son of Yosef was slain: They shall look to me whom they have pierced. But He was wounded
meaning: that the Messiah bears our iniquities which produce the effect of his being bruised.
Zechariah 12-14 is written in a context that pictures the Messiah coming to earth as a conqueror, and it describes how he will be recognized. It will be in times of turmoil and tension in which our Heavenly Father fights for srael against her enemies and gives strength to her leaders.(12:6-8) The Messiah comes in the middle of this, in verse 10 and pours out the spirit of grace and supplication. This Messianic picture is also found in the Prophets: Is.59:20-21; Ezek. 36:25-28; Joel 2:28.
It is due to the very different descriptions of Messiah that the ancient rabbis decided that these scriptures were speaking of two Messiahs; the one who would reign as King on the throne of the Davidic dynasty and one who would suffer and die. The suffering Messiah was called the son of Yosef/Joseph after the Joseph of Genesis who suffered even though he was innocent.
In their pictures of Messiah, they brought forth the doctrine and belief that Messiah ben Yosef who would precede the King Messiah, Messiah ben David. According to them, Messiah ben Yosef would battle with Israels’ enemies, Gog of Magog and be killed. Then after this Messiah ben David would come in all His glory. Furthermore with the second Messiah coming, the dispersion of Israel would end; and all those who have been exiled will return from the four corners of the earth.
In Matthew we are given the geneology of Yeshua.
Mashiach ben David is the ruling Messiah King whom King David prefigures. The term Mashiach left unqualified, always refers to Mashiach ben David, a descendant of King David of the tribe of Judah; who will regather the exiles, set up the temple and deliver Israel from all her enemies. In this sense Mashiach is a kingly title.
Christians believe that Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah at His second coming, will completely fulfill this description of Mashiach ben David.
Today we can see with our own eyes howEzekiels vision describing the rebirth of the Jewish people and the ingathering of the exiles in Eretz Yisrael is being fulfilled. It is true that they are in the process of that fulfillment. Our eyes and focus must be on the future and the end of days / end of the age, and the age of the Mashiach ben David.
As Messianic Jews and Christians we believe that Yeshua is both Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David,. The suffering servant at His first coming and Mashiach ben David the reigning King at His second coming. Isaiah 52:13-15 + 53:12 and Psalm 22. He is also the anointed Prophet, Priest and King as foreshadowed in the Tanakh.
Many Jews are still awaiting their Messiahs first coming. It’s common for Jewish objectors to point out that Jesus/Yeshua has not fulfilled all the prophesies, and to ridicule the suggestion that some prophesies about Messiah seem to be talking about 2 different Messiahs. The Hebrew scholars refer to Messiah ben David and Messiah ben Yosef. One is the positive victorious Messiah who ushers in a kingdom of peace. The other is a suffering servant as inIsaiah 53.
The popular tendency is to think only of Mashiach ben David and ignore ben Yosef, but the Messianic Christian view accounts for both in one person. These two prophetic types are named from David and Joseph who both suffered first and were victorious in the end.
Joseph is introduced with dreams of grandeur but he was lost to Israel and actually considered dead before his dreams were fulfilled. However he had a second coming when he came back into the lives of his brothers who had once rejected him. They then bowed down to him as in the dreams and he became the savior of his people/family, 12 tribes/sons, by providing for them in a time of famine.
Even though David was anointed as King in his youth according to the Lords directive and will, He was rejected by the then reigning king Saul; and he lived as a fugitive for many years before he finally became the king of Israel. Both David and Joseph are recognized as being foreshadowing prototypes of Messiah in Jewish tradition. They both arrive amid promises, are repressed and rejected and finally raised to honor and glory.
Some parallels between Joseph and Yeshua as a type or foreshadowing of the coming Mashiach of Israel.
Joseph Tsofnat Paneach – Decipherer of secrets
Yeshua/Jesus revealed the Father John 1:18 and was a revealer of parables Matt 13:10-13
Joseph was a shepherd. Gen 37:3.
Yeshua/Jesus is the good shepherd. John 10:11.
Joseph was beloved of his father.Gen 37:3.
Yeshua/Jesus This is my beloved son. Matt 3:17 17:5.
Joseph was anointed by his father, given a coat of authority and position in family. Gen. 37:3.
Yeshua/Jesus anointed as Mashiach ben David. Heb. 1:9 ; Ps 45:7.
Joseph sent forth by his father.Gen. 37:12-14.
Yeshua/Jesus sent by his Father. John 5:30-6.
Joseph brothers hated him. Gen 37:19-20.
Yeshua /Jesus hated without a cause. John 15:25.
Joseph brothers disbelieved in him. Gen 37:8.
Yeshua/Jesus brothers did not believe in Him. John 1:11; 3:18; 3:36.
Joseph his brothers refused his rule. Gen 37:8.
Yeshua/Jesus We do not want this man to rule over us. Luke 19:14
Joseph His brothers were jealous of him. Gen. 237:11.
Yeshua/Jesus It was out of jealousy that the chief priests handed him over. Mark 15:10.
Joseph Brothers conspired to kill him.Gen. 37:18 .
Yeshua/Jesus The chief priests and elders conferred together to bring about his death. Matt 27:1.
Joseph stripped him of his robe.Gen. 27:23.
Yeshua/Jesus they stripped him and put a scarlet robe of him. Matt 27:28
Joseph cast him in a pit. Gen. 37:23.
Yeshua/Jesus see Zech. 9:11; Matthew 12:40 27:59-60.
Joseph sold for pieces of silver.Gen. 37:28.
Yeshua/Jesus they paid him 30 pieces of silver. Matt 26:15.
Joseph His bothers ate a meal while e was in the pit.Gen. 37:25.
Yeshua/Jesus His people ate a meal while He was in a pit Passover. John 13:1.
Joseph raised from the pit.Gen. 37:28.
Yeshua/Jesus raised from the pit. John 20.
Joseph made a slave. Gen. 37:28.
Yeshua/Jesus Matt 26:15 Phil. 2:7.
Joseph Taken into Egypt to avoid being killed.Gen. 37:28.
Yeshua /Jesus Matt 2:13.
Joseph Covered his robe with blood.Gen. 37:31.
Yeshua/Jesus Robe covered with blood. Mark 15:17.
Joseph filled with the Spirit of God.Gen. 41:38.
Yeshua/Jesus Luke 4:1.
Joseph made overseer. Gen. 39:4
Yeshua/Jesus The Father loves the son and has placed all things into Hos hands. John 3:35; Matt 28:18.
Joseph Falsely accused. Gen. 40:15.
Yeshua/Jesus One who has been tested but without sin. Heb. 4:15 Matt.27:23 Mark 14:11 -15 Luke 23:21-23.
Joseph Made no defense.Gen. 39:19.
Yeshua/Jesus Is. 53:7;Luke 23:9.
Joseph Imprisioned with 2 others. Gen. 40:2,3.
Yeshua/Jesus two others also who were criminals were led away to be put to death. Luke 23:32.
Joseph exalted over world.Gen. 41:30-40.
Yeshua/Jesus 1Peter 3:22; Matt 26:6;4 Eph. 1:18-20.
Joseph 30 years old before service to Pharoah . Gen. 41:46
Yeshua/Jesus was about 30 years old when He began His work. Luke 3:23
Joseph made himself known to his brothers.Gen. 45:1.
Yeshua/Jesus then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. Luke24:31 also eschatological- acharit ha yamim.
Joseph revealed to his brothers the second time.
Yeshua/Jesus Israel will receive Yeshua at His second coming. Zech 12:10John 19:37.
Joseph savior of the world.Gen. 45:7.
Yeshua/Jesus God sent his only son into the wotld so that we might live through Him. John 4:42; 1John 4:14.
Joseph alive from the dead. Gen. 45:26-28.
Yeshua/Jesus why do you look for the living among the dead He is not here but has risen. Luke 24:5.
Joseph redeemer of Israel.Gen. 47:23.
Yeshua/Jesus for you were bought with a price. 1Cor 6:19-20; Acts 5:31.
Joseph later crowned with glory and honor.Gen. 41:39-45.
Yeshua /Jesus crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death. Heb. 2:9.
Before we move on into the next month, lets’ not forget that during the first week of His life He came into Bethlehem
riding on a donkey and then entered this world –
during the last week of His life He came into Jerusalem
riding on a donkey and then left this world.
Our Fathers’ patterns are cyclical in nature and consist in many instances of leaving and entering.
Leaving always preceding entering. We always have to leave one thing or place before we can enter another.
Yeshua/Jesus left His Heavenly domain to enter ours and then left earth to enter His Fathers glory. It is the same with our lives and within each of our destined path we continually leave one phase to enter the next on our path to human and spiritual maturity. As eternal spiritual beings, we left His presence to enter into a human womb and then left that womb to walk in this realm. One day we will leave this earthly realm and enter into the joy of our Lord. Matthew 25:23.
For those whom He foreknew of whom He was aware and loved beforehand, He also destined from the beginning foreordaining them to be molded into the image of His Son and share inwardly His likeness, that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. Rom. 8:29.
Those he foreknew he destined. I knew you before you were formed “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Jer 1:5.
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. Psalm 139:16
There is only One Messiah
and He is coming soon – the second time.
Its a promise that will not fail!
He will leave His Fathers side and kingdom of the heavens to once more enter our realm this earthly kingdom.
How we leave one place or situation or relationship is how we will enter the next;
Let’s make sure we are ready for our next leaving and entering.
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
So many of the images and songs seen and heard this week are focused on the birth of our Messiah. Amid the food, décor, gifts and commercial festivities, there is nothing wrong with remembering that He came as an infant; as long as we remember that He came for one purpose
and that was to die.
John 12:32
He said Himself and I if I am lifted up …
I will draw all peoples to Myself.
Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ/Yeshua Hamashiach died. If sympathy is all that people need then the cross of Messiah is ridiculous, redundant and there is no need for it. What the world needs now is not emotional, sentimental, ‘love sweet love’ feelings, but major surgery. In the moments we find ourselves face to face with those who are lost spiritually, we should recall the image of the reality of Jesus/Yeshua on the cross. If a lost soul can reach our Heavenly Father by any other means, then His death on the cross was pointless and unnecessary. If we think we are helping lost souls only with sympathy, understanding and nothing else, are we not traitors to the truth of why He came?
Each of us must have a right relationship with our Heavenly Father through Messiah; and pour out our lives in helping others in His Way, not in the ways of humanity that ignores the Father and the Cross of Messiah. The foundation and ways of so many of the religions of the world are, to serve in a pleasant attitude with a nonconfrontational manner.
However according to the scriptures, our only priority must be to present Messiah crucified and to lift Him up all the time.
I had made up my mind not to think about anything while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and to preach him as crucified. 1 Cor. 2:2.
The truth is, that every belief that is not rooted and grounded in the cross of Messiah will lead people in the wrong direction. Our words will be compelling to those with whom we are speaking only if we ourselves believe wholeheartedly in Jesus/Yeshua and are trusting in the reality of redemption through His shed blood at the cross. Our usefulness to our Heavenly Father depends entirely on an honest, truthful relationship with Messiah that is strong, and continually growing and bearing fruit.
All believers are called to expose sin and to reveal Jesus/Yeshua as Savior; and because of this we cannot always be over friendly nor be given to compromise. There are times and situations that call for strong correction in order to accomplish major spiritual surgery. Our Heavenly Father has not called us us to give great talks but to lift up Jesus Christ/Yeashua HaMashiach and Him crucified.
The Lord has dealt with us in a deep way and similarly we must be willing to help others, being ready with pertinent scriptures and not be afraid to apply those which will make the truth undeniable.
Within the first verses of the New Testament we read:
Behold a virgin shall be with child and bear a Son and they shall call His name Immanuel which is translated God with us.
Matthew 1:23
His Birth is history to us…
that Holy One who is to be born
will be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35.
Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach was
born INTO this world not FROM it.
He did not emerge out of history, He came INTO history from the outside. Messiah is not the best human being the human race can boast about, He’s a being for whom the human race can’t take any credit at all. He’s not man becoming God but God incarnated into our physical likeness. God came into human flesh from outside of it. His life/chaim, is the holiest and the highest, entering through the most humble of doors, a baby. Messiahs birth was the advent, the appearance of our Heavenly Father God in the form of a physical human being.
Galatians 4:19 concerns His birth in us My little children for whom I labor in birth again until Messiah is formed in you.
In the same way Messiah came into human history from outside of it, He must also come into each and every one of us from outside. The question we must ask ourselves this season is:
Have we allowed our own lives to become a Bethlehem for the Son of God to be Immanuel to us? Have I opened the door of my heart for Messiah to be a House of Bread through me?
The town of Bethlehem was prophesied to be where Messiah would be born. Micah 5:2
Beit lechem in Hebrew means House of Bread. Laid in a feeding trough, He was and is the Bread of Life and He dwells in our house/ our physical self where He can feed us spiritually.
We cannot enter the realm of the kingdom of God unless we are born again from above by a birth unlike physical birth. John 3:7 You must be born again from above.
Yeshua/Jesus’ words are not simply a command but a fact based on the authority of His Father. The evidence of this new birth is that we have yielded ourselves so completely to the Father that Messiah is formed in us and His nature begins to work through us. The fact that God came, and the evidence was there in the flesh; is what made redemption possible for each one of us, for whosoever will receive Him.
Although we have clear scriptural references that Messiahs birth was not exactly on 25th December, religious traditions give us the perfect opportunity to tell people the real reason for the season, lets’ make the most of it. Previous posts on related themes with many more insights are listed below for new readers. Hannukah was a time of dedication and lighting lights to lift up the light of our world – Jesus/Yeshua Messiah, Lord and soon returning King.
However we celebrate, let’s keep our eyes on Him, the author and finisher of our faith, and keep looking up for our redemption is closer now than when we first believed.
One day soon there will be true shalom, peace on earth!
Soon and very soon we are going to see the Sar Shalom – Prince of Peace and King of kings. There have been many babies born that became kings but only one King that became a baby!
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
We know of many names for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the scriptures, and also that they are not mere titles; but they tell us of our Heavenly Fathers character, His attributes, describing Who He is. As well as us knowing Him by His names, we are also better able to understand how He protects, sustains us and intervenes in our situation when necessary.
This reinforces that He is faithful – emeth – אֶמֶת
He is the One Who will bring us through to victory.
The Hebrew word translated faithfulness
means: steadfastness, firmness, fidelity.
The faithfulness of God means that our Heavenly Father is: unchanging in His nature,
faith (1), faithful (2), faithfully (6), faithfulness (10), lasting (1), nor* (1), right (1), true (18), truly (4), truth (80), truth that you may correctly (1), truthful (2)
Genesis 32:10 HEB: הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכָּל־ הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ NAS: and of all the faithfulness which KJV: of all the mercies, and of all the truth,which thou hast shewed INT: the lovingkindness all the faithfulnesswhich have shown
One name we know very well from Psalm 23 is
the Lord our Shepherd.
Shepherd in Hebrew is Rohi.
Yahweh Rohi means: The Lord My Shepherd.
In Psalm 23, David calls upon his Shepherd to be his guide through both the good and the dark places in life. A shepherd feeds his flock and leads them to green pastures. Ezekiel 34:11-15. Yeshua/Jesus – our Good Shepherd is leading us, protecting us, delivering us, hearing us, feeding us, and so much more. When we allow Him to be all of these things to us, really allowing the Lord to be our Shepherd, then David’s words I shall not want will be ours too.
If the Lord is our Shepherd, then we are His sheep. Psalm 100:3 says Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
In Micah chapter 2 there is another reference to His people being as sheep:
Micah 2:12-13: “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make a great noise by reason of the multitude of men. The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.”
The Hebrew imagery and tradition gives us a great picture of a shepherd making an overnight place of protection for his sheep by building a makeshift rock wall up against the hillside.
When he lets the sheep out in the morning, the shepherd makes a hole/ a break, in the fence/wall by removing some of the stones. Then he steps through the break/gate and the sheep follow after him. They have been tightly corralled all night and the sheep push one another, all trying to get through at the same time, which in their eagerness to get out breaks the wall further, widening the opening. Finally they all break through out into the pasture and run after their shepherd.
In this passage the breaker and the king are one and the same person but, as the rabbis interpret it, the breaker is Elijah, and their king is the Messiah.
In the New Testament we can relate this to Matthew 17:12/13 where Yeshua/Jesus says But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. ….….Then the disciples understood that Hespoketo them concerning Johnthe Baptist.
The rabbis teaching on this passage in Micah 2 is that Elijah would come first as the breaker, the one who would make the first hole in the rock. He goes before the Messiah to prepare the way for Him.
The Messiah is the king who follows Elijah and leads the sheep through the gate to the kingdom of God. The ones following the Messiah will be so anxious to pass through the gate, that they will deliberately widen the gate, like the sheep, ready to get out of their pen and into green pastures.
in Matthew 11:12:it reads “And from the days of John the Baptist until the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”
The word violent in the Matthew passage in the Greek is biastes which carries the idea of breaking forth.
In the Aramaic the word used is qetira which has the idea of breaking away from a restraint.
In Jesus/Yeshuas day the teaching in Micah was well known and He was possibly referring to this passage in Micah when He spoke in Matthew 11:12 of taking the kingdom of God by breaking out or removing any restraints.
The translation of the Greek word biastes or of the Aramaic word qetira as violent, gives the impression of aggressive anger rather than the idea of an eager desire to be near the Messiah and unfortunately can be misleading.
What seems clear is that John the Baptist is the breaker here. He makes the breach/hole in the rock wall/gate and goes forth as he has opened the way. He is the Elijah that the rabbis suggest in their teaching on Micah 2. Now as the King, Yeshua/Jesus leads the people/sheep through, and they are so eagerly desiring to enter into the kingdom, like the sheep they break through the gate rushing to the Messiah and the kingdom of heaven.
if in this instance, Yeshua/Jesus is referring to the rabbis, then He is not talking about taking the kingdom by aggression and violence, but is referring to this imagery. This picture was one, which every one listening to Him knew from the old testament. This being, that the people/sheep will be so eager and excited to break out of their old traditions in order to follow the Messiah and enter the kingdom of Heaven; that they will biastes or qetira, that is, they will break down the narrow gate and widen it so that more and more can quickly break through.
In 2 Samuel 5:20 there is another picture of the Lord and of breaking through:
And David came to Baal-perazim, and he smote them there, and said, The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like the bursting out of great waters. So he called the name of that place Baal-perazim [Lord of breaking through].
He hath overpowered and scattered them, as waters, when they make a breach in a bank, overflow and carry all before them.
20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.”
Strongs 1188
Baal Peratsim: “possessor of breaches,”
a place in Palestine
Original Word:בַּעַל פְּרָצִים Transliteration:Baal Peratsim Phonetic Spelling:bah’-al per-aw-tseem’
From ba’al and the plural of perets; possessor of breaches;
2 Samuel 5:20 HEB: דָוִ֥ד בְּבַֽעַל־ פְּרָצִים֮וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם NAS: came to Baal-perazim and defeated KJV: came to Baalperazim, and David INT: came David to Baal-perazim and defeated there
2 Samuel 5:20 HEB: הַה֖וּא בַּ֥עַל פְּרָצִֽים׃ NAS: he named that place Baal-perazim. KJV: the name of that place Baalperazim. INT: place he Baal-perazim
1 Chronicles 14:11 HEB: וַיַּעֲל֥וּ בְּבַֽעַל־ פְּרָצִים֮וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם NAS: So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David KJV: So they came up to Baalperazim; and David
1 Chronicles 14:11 HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד פָּרַ֨ץ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים אֶת־ NAS: God has broken through my enemies KJV: God hath broken in upon mine enemies INT: said and David has broken God enemies
1 break or burst out, from womb Genesis 38:29 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); from enclosure Micah 2:13.
break or burst out, from womb with the breaking of the waters just prior to giving birth.
1 chronicles 14:11 Baal-perazim. — Lord, or owner, of breaches, or breakings forth. “Baal” may refer to Jehovah ( comp. 1Chronicles 9:33, Note); and perāzîm may have also meant the fissures or gullies.
God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood.
So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.”
2 Samuel 5:20 HEB: דָּוִד֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר פָּרַ֨ץ יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־ NAS: The LORD has broken through my enemies KJV: The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies INT: David said has broken the LORD enemies
Strong’s Concordance 6555
parats: to break through
Original Word: פרַץ Transliteration: parats Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rats’) Definition: to break through
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to break through NASB Translation became…prosperous (1), breaches (1), break (2), break their down (1), break down (1), break forth (1), breaker (1), breaking away (1), breaks through (2), broke (1), broke down (1), broken (3), broken down (5), broken through (2), destroyed (1), distributed (1), employ violence (1), everywhere (1), increase (1), increased (3), infrequent* (1), made (1), made an outburst (1), outburst* (2), overflow (1), sinks (1), spread (3), spread abroad (1), tear down (1), through (1), tore down (2), urged (4).
Strongs 6559
Peratsim: a mountain in Isr.
Original Word: פְרָצִים Transliteration: Peratsim Phonetic Spelling: (per-aw-tseem’)
The breaking out of the sheep – the place of the breaches.
This is the place they left their gods and they were burned up completely. It’s a place of a spiritual battle.
David had a similar experience when he encountered the Lord fighting for them in 2 Samuel and 1chronicles. He described it as like a river bursting over its banks and overwhelming his enemies, a similar scene to the sheep rolling out over the stone walls, pictures the rush and flow or the breaking through.
Yeshua/Jesus our shepherd, our Messiah – our breaking through. He is Lord of breaking through.
Whatever prison we are in, whatever situation seem to have us penned in, He is the Way out, He is the breach that leads to our freedom. He is Lord of breaking through. Just like a river bursting over its banks, after the water has risen to the point beyond capacity, our Heavenly Father promises that we will never be tested beyond what we can handle and then the break through comes!
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.
1Corinthians 10:13
He is the Lord our Shepherd, the One who makes a breach in the wall for us to rollout over the wall and follow Him like a overflow of rushing water eager to enter into His kingdom!
He is the Lord of the Breaking through. He is the place of the breaches. He is baal Perazim, He is the spiritual break through and the natural breaking through in our situation and circumstances.
Ba’al P’ratzim – Lord of breaking through.
Baal Peratsim: possessor of breaches.
It is time to burn our idols and any thing that we put before the Lord in our lives. David said God has broken through my enemies by my power like a river breaking through its banks. Because he obeyed the Lord’s command… the victory was assured.
Its time for us to paratz – to break through. John went before Messiah and Messiah has gone before us and opened the WAY. He knows where you are and your situation, He has not forgotten you… the Lord of breaking through has made a Way for you. Keep your eyes on Him, your Good Shepherd is about to call you out by name.
Read Micah 2:12,13 again…..
We are grafted into Israel through Messiah, Who is The breaker.… Who has come up before them: and passed through the Veil, the Gateway, the Dalet, the Door to the Father.
He is the King who has passed before us… the prison door is open wide what are we still doing inside?
He is the Lord our breakthrough,
believe it,
receive it
and see the salvation of the Lord today.
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
In Exodus 23:26 Our Heavenly Father God promises:
It’s time to remember 
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