Noach/Noah נֹ֗חַ was a righteous man, whole hearted he had been among his generation. With God did Noach walk.
There was one thing that set Noah apart from everyone else of his day He was wholehearted, completely sincere, fully committed and upright, having integrity in God’s ways, so that
with God did Noah walk.
8549 tamim: complete, sound
Original Word: תָּמִים Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: tamim Phonetic Spelling: (taw-meem’) Definition: complete, sound, whole, integrity, blameless, uprightly, sincere, wholehearted.
Can this be said of us today?
So many of us spend our lives seeking and searching for something or someone to make us complete, anything that will give us meaning and purpose in our lives. Noah was whole in heart because he filled himself with the only thing that can truly complete a person, and that is our Heavenly Father. When we look to the world to fill us up we really do walk alone but, the one who is wholehearted in the ways of righteousness will always walk with God. In a previous post, we looked at Abraham who also walked with God and was called, the friend of God, and yadiyad, walked hand in hand with Him.
Both Noah and Abraham were in covenant relationship with YHVH and so are we, if we have received Yeshua/Jesus Messiah as Savior and Lord of our lives. In this relationship we are supposed to have yielded our lives completely to Him, as they have been bought with a price beyond what we can ever pay. Therefore our lives are not our own any longer.1 Cor. 6:20
When we walk righteously with the Lord God, we offer Him our faithful service. We have been made righteous by faith in Messiahs sacrificial provision. The Lord God honored such righteousness in Noach by making him the chosen one to receive His covenant with all living things. He expected His covenant to be kept and He sealed it with the sign of the rainbow; this is the reminder that He and all the descendants of Noah were to remain faithful and remember His promises forever. Sadly, so many times we forget, and then we make excuses to ignore His promises. However, our Heavenly Father is faithful even when we are not, and never goes back on His word or His promises. So even when we fail on our side of the covenant, our Heavenly Father does not; reminding us through the rainbow that follows every storm in the heavens, that the Creators promises may never be broken.
Genesis 11:4.
they went to build a tower.
In the face of our Fathers faithfulness we arrogantly display our strength and instead of remembering His promises, we bury them at our feet and build monuments to ourselves on top of them. However, the plans of the unrighteous prophesy their own destruction. We think we will go so high so that we will not be scattered, but ultimately our lives will fall apart. We believe we can stay so low that we will avoid being seen and our deeds will not be exposed; yet everything will be revealed and brought to light. We decide we will be our own gods, so that we will be in control of everything that concerns us; yet in reality we will lose command of everything we ever wanted to be in charge of and rule over.
However, for the righteous in every generation, our Heavenly Father has a purpose, a plan, a mandate, an order, and a method of bringing His will to pass. We do not need to build up our own cities and kingdoms because God is the builder and destroyer of kingdoms.
Daniel 1:12 He raisesupkings and also bringsthemdown, Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but Godis the builder of everything.
His plan will bring us up to His level and standards by His strength power and might. If we hope to walk with our Heavenly Father and like Noah and Abraham, be called righteous by Him, it will be according to His plan and not by one of our choosing. Our desire should be that of a life of devotion to our Savior, not satisfying our own wants and desires. Nor should we be walking pridefully in a strength that is not our own, but instead be seeking after Him to fill us up and make us whole in heart. Then we can be wholehearted.
Abram was 99 when He was called to walk with the lord inGen. 17:1.
Right here in the first book of the Bible, are the examples of living a life before the Lord given for every reader. When the Lord God appeared to Abram, He told him He was
the Almighty All Sufficient God.
This we are familiar with as El Shaddai, and this verse is the original reference to that divine attribute of Our Heavenly Fathers character.
He is told to walk before him. Here the word walk in Hebrew is הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ hitehaleke.
Walk with me – hitehaleke lepani .
Biblical Hebrew does not focus so much on the tense, meaning whether it is past, present, or future; but rather on the action itself, instead of the time that the action occurred.
The Hebrew word for before is pani and has the meaning of:
the face of or the presence of something.
So this could be rendered as:
I am the all sufficient God walk with me.
Today there is an expression used when someone in authority wants to say something to us that is very important but wants to say it as a friend not as a boss or employer…..
Walk with me.
At this point in the scripture, our Heavenly Father starts to reveal to Abram the covenant He wants to establish with him. We looked in an earlier post at the reason for waiting until Abram was 99. 90 is the number of humility and 9 represents divine completeness. God was waiting for Abram to reach that state of divine completeness in humility before He could come to the place of speaking with him as a friend and not as an authority. This should help us to understand that if our Heavenly Father speaks to us as a friend before we are really humble, we might consider ourselves to be better than other people; then there is a danger of spiritual pride. We could say that humility is realizing that we are unable to fulfill our Fathers will without His power.
A question to ask ourselves is:
have we really allowed God to be El Shaddai, all sufficient in our lives?
Or is it just a name we use in prayer, conversation or simply a head knowledge reference?
It’s easy to say He is all sufficient when we have jobs or regular income from work or social security payments; however, would we still boldly declare He is El Shaddai if there was no job, or regular check in the mail? When we enter into a completeness in honest humility, this is the time when we enter into our Fathers heart and know His presence and His provision. This is the place where we can learn, Ex. 17:1, and be yadiyad as we walk with Him. That’s when He becomes El Shaddai – the all sufficient one – and; we cannot let Him be El Shaddai unless we humble ourselves, this is something we must do. We must remove and divest ourselves of all that trust we place in ourselves, our own abilities and resources, so that our trust is in Him alone. Sometimes, what at first seems a bad thing, can often be a blessing in disguise. For example, that bad health report or the loss of job or income may bring us to the place of complete humility; and to the point where we can walk with God, putting our complete and total trust in Him alone and experience Him as El Shaddai.
The sages say that the word Shaddai is really a a combination of 2 words: she’amar and diy which means: He who said stop. A simple play of the word diy, is our abbreviation of do it yourself which is humbling ourselves. Also, when our Father reveals Himself to us as El shaddai, He is saying: Stop
Telling us to:
Stop what we are doing,
stop trusting in ourselves,
stop trusting in our jobs, our investments, our schemes
and all our earthly securities.
Stop relying on all the worlds resources and allow Him to be in control, to be sufficient for us – all sufficient – for every area of our lives.
Abraham was 99 before he could walk with God and call Him El Shaddai, we don’t have to wait to reach that age, happily, we can do it today. Humble ourselves, choosing to walk away from the world and like Noah
walk with Him wholeheartedly
and be righteous in our generation.
We hear these days more conversations on ‘the days of Noah’ as being a sign of the end of the age just as Jesus/Yeshua described in Matthew 24:38,39
We read that in Noahs day the earth was filled with violence. The first mention is in Genesis 6:11 of the violence that led to Gods judgement by cleansing the earth through the flood.
Genesis 6:11 HEB:וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ חָמָֽס׃ NAS: was filled with violence. KJV: was filled with violence.
The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power]. Amplified
This violence is a sure sign of coming judgement once again. The verse in Genesis which speaks of violence, holds an indication in the word itself which in Hebrew is Hamas; which is very much in the news today.
2555 hamas: violence, wrong
Original Word: חָמָס Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chamas Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mawce’) Definition: violence, wrong
In light of current events, it would indicate we are in times of impending judgment and this surely is all the more reason to STOP and consider our ways; and know in Whom we are trusting and where our loyalties and allegiance lie… while there is still time.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him whilehe is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
is without doubt the Holiest day on Israels’ calendar.
This is a repeat of the original post of the same title 2 weeks ago as the first link does not seem to be working correctly.. Apologies for any confusion or for those unable to connect to the page on the site.
It is also called a
shabbat shabaton,
which is a day to stop from all kinds of work
and to rest completely.
This day also known as
Yom Kippur יום כפור
occurs only once each year,
on the 10th day of the 7th month and
it begins the evening before at sundown.
For those new to mmm and to the mo’adiym, here is a brief explanation.
The word often translated as feasts is
Mo’adiym מועדים
pronounced moe-ah-deem
meaning: designated seasons or appointed times.
This word, Mo’adiym is the plural form of moed and is pronounced moe-ed. It can be found in passages such as
Genesis/b’reshiyt 1:14 and
Nehemiah/N’chem’yah 10:34.
Another variation of moed is mo’adai meaning:
My designated seasons or My Appointed times.
This word used in Leviticus/Vayik’ra 23
offers the clearest definition as the chapter begins with:
1. And the Lord/Adonai spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
4 These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
as well as in passages such as
Ezra 3:5 and Y’chez’ke-el/Ezekiel 44:24.
One of the most common mis-understandings about the
Moedim /Mo’adiym
is that they are collectively called the
Lord/Adonai’s Feasts or Festivals.
Several English translations of the Scriptures are likely the origin promoting this misconception. Although most of them are festive and times of rejoicing there are others that have nothing to do with feasting and festivities whatsoever.
Yom haKipuriym
occurs nine days after Y
om Teruah/The Feast of Trumpets.
Yom Kippur : יוֹם כִּפּוּר
is the holiest and most solemn day of the year, a day of fasting, confession, introspection, prayers for forgiveness, and resolve to change the direction of our lives.
Yom Kippur is a day of death –
the death of the old year,
the death of the old sins,
and the death of the old man/ego.
However it is not morbid, but rather based on the hope and prayer, that a new year will bring us into a closer walk before our Heavenly Father.
The primary feature of this Holy time is to deny self; and as the High Priest performs the main part of the days proceedings and makes the atonements for himself, the altar, the tabernacle and the whole of Israel; the people do not participate because they were forbidden to approach the holy place and were to deny their own existence/die to self, on this day.
Some Messianic Jews wonder whether or not Yom Kippur is appropriate, since those who have come to faith in Yeshua/Jesus believe that He alone is our atonement, and that our forgiveness has been eternally secured by His sacrifice, once for all time.
All Messianic believers would agree that Jesus/Yeshua‘s sacrifice has fully effected the forgiveness of sins, and that we are completely righteous in Him, needing no further atonement. However, even the writers of the Brit chadashah /ReNewed Covenant stress the need for introspection and repentance.
2 Cor 13:5.
Yom Kippur, if understood correctly, is not a day by which our atonement is realized, as much as it is a day to be reminded that our atonement was attained at great cost by our King, and that we, in so far as we have demonstrated faithlessness and rebellion in departing from His ways, must return to Him wholeheartedly, seek His forgiveness with a repentant heart, and determine to walk in His ways and statutes. Yom Kippur, then, for the Messianic believer, is a day of deep and honest reflection on the atonement which is ours in Yeshua/Jesus, and a recommitment to holy living, both before our Heavenly Father and everyone else.
If we understand it as it was given to us in the Torah, Yom Kippur enhances and strengthens our faith.
Clearly Yom HaKipuriym finds its fulfillment in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. As both our
High Priest, הַהֵן הַגָּדוֹל (ha–kohenha–gadol)
and our sacrifice, He atoned for us once and for all and is continually making intercession for us before the Father.
Hebrews 7:27
Who has no day by day need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices, first of all for his own [personal] sins and then for those of the people, because He [met all the requirements and] did this once for all when He offered up Himself [as a willing sacrifice].
He does’n’t need to make sacrifices for Himself and for us year after year, in order to atone for our sins because it has already been accomplished forever.
This year (2023) Yom Kippur begins Sunday evening through Monday 25th Sept..
Let’s remember the atoning sacrifice of our Messiah!
We are to be humble, contemplative, repentant and dead to self. Remembering that we live and breathe only because the Father chooses to allow it. Our self denial does not cause or enhance our atonement, but it does allow us to become very aware of our own mortality, our sin, our need for atonement and causes us to comprehend the sacrifice made, as He denied His own life on our behalf.
Without Messiah we are truly dead, but through His atoning Blood and intercession we are truly, truly alive. The Levitical system of animal sacrifices including this one, was meant to foreshadow the true and eternal sacrifice of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua as the means of our reconciliation with the Father.
That Covenant provided a shadow of the substance which was revealed in the Renewed Covenant. Previously the sacrifices simply covered the sin, but now through Jesus/Yeshua, these sins are taken completely away and through His shed Blood we are given complete atonement before our Father.
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW… Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
7th month 22nd day – Torah portion Vayikra 23:36 39.
Vayikra means “And [He] called” and it is found in Leviticus 1:1
The culmination of Sukkot /Tabernacles/Booths –
Immediately following the 7 day feast of sukkot is the closing moed/appointed time of the year, called:
yom haSh’miyniy Atzaret or
Shemini Atzeret
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת —”Eighth [day of] Assembly”
This year it is on 7th October.
The commands for this day are very simple
do no regular work, rest and assemble.
In short the 8th day is a time to say good bye to sukot and the past year’s mo’adiym.
It’s a time to rest and reflect but also a time to look forward to the future because in just 6 short months it all starts over again.
Though this moed is often dismissed as being insignificant it can be an extremely meaningful time if we allow it to be. We are encouraged to look back at the journey we will have completed but also to look forward to the times that lie ahead.
The following day is known as Simchat Torah where this extra biblical jewish holiday celebrates the word of God.
The Mo’adiym are so much more than times to practice any Hebrew /Jewish traditions, or days to ponder what they indicate prophetically without actually participating in them. The Mo’adiym/Appointed times of the Lord, offer us a special opportunity to allow His Spirit to disciple us; as we walk in the ways of the Son towards maturity and our full potential in Messiah. These are times to learn and develop our usefulness for the Fathers Kingdom.
As we devote ourselves to living out the fullness in the meanings of the Mo’adiym, those who are of Israelite descent will more fully understand their calling as the people chosen by our Father. Chosen that is, to tell the world about Him and His redemptive plan for all who choose to believe in His Messiah. For those who are already believers in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, they will draw closer to Him becoming more effective and victorious disciples for Him.
As we walk through the Mo’adiym/Appointed Times each year, it is an opportunity allow His Spirit to plant into us the deep truths that each moed/Appointed Time is designed to help us remember. This is so that the Father may bring in a bountiful harvest through us, for His glory and for the name of His Son, our Savior master Lord and soon returning King…the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.
in Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:28
These Mo’adiym/Appointed Times were set in place for the children of Israel to follow as an annual life cycle of preparation for the unfolding plan of the ages. Prophetic in nature and so full of meaning, they are an essential aid to more fully understanding and appreciating all that was completed and fulfilled in Messiah’s time on the earth. His statement that He did not come to abolish or do away with the (law) teaching and instructions of his Father but to complete and to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17. And furthermore, it was to show us how to live a life according to His Fathers and His words; and not all the added restrictive laws and doctrines inspired by demonic, unclean spirits and added by men. Matthew 23:4. All the extra laws and rules that were given to the people not only overburdened them but caused them to be controlled by corrupt leadership.
The season of our rejoicing this weekend is that of
rejoicing in His Word and the freedom it has brought to our lives;
and on the 8th day reminds us of the hope of our salvation being completed.
Yeshua Messiah, His Word made flesh, dwelt /tabernacled among us and then sent His Spirit to be with us, to abide within us always, even to the end of this age; when He will return in all His Glory and forever tabernacle with us in fullness. Revelation 21:3-8
The 8th day rejoicing is coming as the reign of Messiah for 1000 years. Until then we have His Spirit of Holiness dwelling, abiding, tabernacle-ing within. We rejoice in His Word living in us, making us alive.
The promise for us all is looking unto Jesus, Messiah, the Word; Who is the author and finisher of our faith. Heb. 12:2
This years feasts, fasts, His Appointed Times, the Mo’adiym are completed. These are more than prophetic pictures of Yeshua/Jesus, they are set in the calendar as a reminder to His chosen ones; and are calling us to un-compromised devotion to only Him and by our obedience, our lives are changed. Not only are they an annual reminder of the Father’s miraculous history with the children of Israel, but also the story of our lives in Christ/Messiah are embedded within them.
They teach us about who we are supposed to be in Him; and we are led into a deeper walk with Him as we take the time to learn of them and their meanings. By our obedience and faithfulness to be a doer and as He told us to ‘learn of Me’; Matthew 11:29. He, through His Word, makes us into His disciples so that in turn we might share His truth that will make others free.
For every believer in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah, this Season of Joy שִׂמְחָה – simchah: joy, gladness, mirth is ongoing and we can rejoice continually and not just on one day of the year: for we are the sheep of His pasture and
He is the shepherd. John 10:14
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of hispasture. Ps.100:3 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation. Ps.79:13
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW… Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
The visible and authentic trust that Abraham showed in the Lord by his actions, was rewarded by him becoming the friend of God. 2 Chronicles 2:7.
There is another reference inIsaiah 41:8.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
LiterallyIsaiah 41:8 could be translated as
Abraham, who loved Me.
Abraham showed his love for Adonai through his faith accompanied by obedience as seen in Genesis 12:1, 4; 15:6.
In the New testament, James 2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God
James confirmed that Abraham was truly
the
It was Abraham’s faith that entitled him to be called
the
Moses was also called the friend of our Heavenly Father.
There was no one who had the same level of face to face intimacy with the Lord God that Moses had.
Exodus 33:11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
Exodus 33:11 HEB: אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁב֙ אֶל־ NAS: speaks to his friend. When Moses returned KJV: speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again INT: A man to his friend returned to
Original Word: רֵעַ Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: rea Phonetic Spelling: (ray’-ah) Definition: friend, companion, fellow
There are several Hebrew words forfriend.
Were Abraham and Moses the only two given that privileged relationship, or are there others?
We crave that type of intimacy in human companionship, longing to be cherished and treasured; but sometimes there is distance or disappointment that make human relationships less than that which our Father desires for us.
However, in His plan of the ages our Heavenly Father knows our needs and when He sent His Son to walk and live among us, it was not only to restore covenant relationship through His sacrificial death; but also to form a close and lasting friendship with us, one that will endure not only through this life but throughout eternity. By His life, death and resurrection, He enabled us to call Him Messiah, Savior, Deliverer, Redeemer and amongst many others, also Hisfriend.
How do we know this?
Because in Messiahs own words in John 15:14 and 15
Amplified Bible I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.
He calls us friends if we are obedient!
You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.and he has told us everything He learned from His Father
and then says
16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. Meaning we were created to be His friends!
5384 philos: beloved, dear, friendly
Original Word: φίλος, η, ον Part of Speech: Adjective; Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective) Transliteration: philos Phonetic Spelling: (fee’-los) Definition: beloved, dear, friendly Usage: friendly; subst: a friend, an associate.
John 15:14Adj-NMP GRK: ὑμεῖς φίλοι μού ἐστε NAS:You are My friends if you do KJV: are my friends, if ye do INT: You friends of me are
John 15:15Adj-AMP GRK: δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους ὅτι πάντα NAS: but I have called you friends, for all things KJV: you friends; for INT: however I have called friends for all things
In Hebrew, a friend is a male or female person. In the Bible, a male is referred to as achaver,while a female is called achaverah.Chevarim being the plural for friends.
חבר
We are familiar with calling Yeshua/Jesus our savior Messiah Lord Master King but can we say He is also our friend?
How do we see or consider Him?
How do we appear to other people in our relationship with Yeshua/Jesus?
Is He just a task master and we the obedient servant; or is the relationship something deeper?
Are there examples of this kind of loving friendship in His Word?
The book Song of Solomon is a representation of our relationship with the Father and even more it’s a picture of His heart and it is very important that we come to understand and know what His heart is towards us.
The picture expresses the kind of love that is not only overflowing, passionate and bubbling over, but also as being active. It’s a love that’s always doing something, and always looking for a way in which to express its depth and commitment.
In Song of Solomon 2:10 the shulamite calls Solomon
her dodi
she is saying that she is
completing him in love.
Here we must understand the Hebraic thought, which is, that love is not complete until it is shared… and this is a direct reference from Messiah Yeshua when He said
they will know that you are my disciples because of the love one to another.
Shared love is this way too and necessary if we are to enter the heart of God.
We are to say to Him thatHe is our beloved. There is no one else but you. Not parents, siblings, children, grand or great grand, etc. Yeshua/Jesus said
these are my family those who do the will of my father.. Matthew 12:50.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29
Nothing and no one is to come between Him and ourselves…
Beloved is also transalated as dodi.
Dodicomes from a semitic root that meansto boiland its also a word used forlove; but not feelings, or a surface love ..it is the real unconditional love.
Unless we can call Him beloved/dodi do we have any right to enter in to His heart, to that deep and intimate relationship?
yadid: beloved 3039
Original Word: יְדִיד Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: yadid Phonetic Spelling: (yed-eed’) Definition: beloved
Psalm 127:2 HEB: כֵּ֤ן יִתֵּ֖ן לִֽידִיד֣וֹ שֵׁנָֽא׃ NAS: For He gives to His beloved [even in his] sleep. KJV: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep. INT: after that gives to his beloved sleep
Song of Solomon 2:10
The word yadiyad is made up from the word yad which is hand in Hebrew; and it’s repeated, making it to say or read
yadiyad or hand in hand.
Parents, mothers and children, siblings, friends and couples often
walk hand in hand.
It declares to whoever sees them that they share a special relationship.
Is this what people see of our relationship with Our Heavenly Father/Messiah, one of beloved friends walking hand in hand, side by side? Sometimes one in the lead pulling the other along and sometimes in the rear holding the other back?
There is an ancient belief in Hebrew culture that the heart was in the palm of the right hand and that when two people joined their right hands it was symbolic of sharing each others hearts.
It was the part of the body that does the most important functions for other people, and why we say, can I lend you or give you a hand?
Rather than a foot which hasn’t the same ability to assist someone!
We offer a helping hand or arms and hand to support another; and the ancient belief was maybe more of an indication that they realized a persons hand was the most usual outward expression of their heart, love and compassion.
It may bear a reference to the scripture God writing us on the palm of His hand, as they would have understood the deeper meaning with the ancient thinking of heart in hand names are written in His heart!? Isaiah 49:16
The modern Hebrew expression meaning
friend is yadiyad
literally hand in hand
Here in Genesis 28:16
Yod Daleth Vav Yod Daleth
yad i yad / yad v yad
with a v not an i is the same in Hebrew.
The word for knew here is yada and means more than just knowing. It’s a reference to the intimacy of a married couples relationship. As in Adam knew his wife and she conceived.
Yada is also constructed from the word Yad/hand and the same word from which the name David comes, as well as the word yadiyad.
People used to shake hands and it would be a mutual agreement or form of contract between them, saying lets shake on it. It’s obvious that a handshake held much more significance than it does today. Another reason the right hand was offered as a greeting, was to show the other party you did not have a weapon in your right hand.
It is a common custom now to offer our hand when we are introduced to someone for the first time; and it can indicate that in meeting them, there’s an initial action to sharing a future relationship either business, casual or friendship.
In days past the handshake had more meaning than a casual relationship; they believed that:
by taking someones hand and particularly the right hand, you were sharing each others heart.
This action has a much greater meaning, more than just help me out of this situation I’m in but – take my heart and let me take yours.
The ancient thought behind it is that of:
sitting at the right hand of our Heavenly Father.
It was a metaphor, an idiom, meaning:
sharing the Father’s heart.
yad: hand
Original Word:יָד Part of Speech:Noun Feminine Transliteration:yad Phonetic Spelling:(yawd) Definition:hand
Recall Hebrew letters also have a numerical value:
יד
Yod Daleth
The letters in the word Hand YD,
without the vowel letter a:
yod = 10 dalet = 4 = 14
2 hands joined =28
There is another word in Hebrew with the value of28 which is: kocha
The rabbis/teachers, say that when 2 words have equal numerical value, there is a connection that we should take note of. In this instance the two words with the value 28 could refer to:
two hands joined together is great strength!
Or in other words:
A friendship from which one can draw great strength.
This is what Messiah Yeshua/Jesus wants for us,
we are to draw great strength from
our yadiyad with Him
when He said:
I no longer call you servants but friends.
How is our relationship with Yeshua/Jesus?
Is He our yadiyad, our beloved friend?
Are we truly walking with Him hand in hand/ heart in heart..?
In the following verse He is calling us to come:
In the phrase in Song of Solomon:
come away with me
in the Hebrew text there is a lamed (a letter L), before the pronoun Me.
In the Hebrew language, when used as a preposition as it is here, the lamed is usually translated as TO or UNTOso it would read God is simply saying
Come to Me
He is calling us today…
come to me.
And just as the Father in the parable of the prodigal son, who ran to meet him. As we turn/teshuvah, and come to our Heavenly Father through Jesus/Yeshua, He will meet us, coming towards us… then we can become His friend.
Yes, we can be His servant, we can be present at all the meetings and be on time, and we can listen closely to His instructions and obey them. We can be loved by our Heavenly Father, but do we want to be yadiyad, hand in hand with Him?
We can be serving the Lord so much that we fail to realize that He is reaching His hand/His yad out to us. With the concept we just looked at, He needs another hand to complete the word Yadiyad – to be hand in hand.
He may be our Master, our King, our Savior but He wants to be more than that. He wants to be our friend, our Yadiyad, His hand in ours, His heart joined with our heartsand always to be and remain our Yadiyad: beloved friend.
Even more special is the fact that the relationship with our Heavenly Father can always be that of“beloved friend” because He always keeps His promises and longs to establish the relationship Yeshua/Jesus died for us to have.
We were made for God.
Song of Solomon 7:11
In the original Hebrew, the Shulamite woman is saying she is
for or to her beloved;
and if it follows that this is a picture of our relationship with God, then we were made for God.
God created us for Himself.
He created us just for Himself, for His pleasure.
The first purpose for our existence is that we were created to bring pleasure to our Heavenly Father.
Revelation 4:11 KJVS Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. He made you so that He COULD ENJOY YOU, both in this world and eternally in heaven
Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
Sometimes we get so focused on fulfilling our own pleasure, we never stop to think that our main purpose and function in life is to bring pleasure to the Lord.
We are created to bring glory to Him, to honor Him, to praise His glorious name, to thank Him for His abundance in our life and to praise Him for His abundant grace,
“everyone who is called by my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I formed and made. Isaiah 43:7
This is the very purpose of man – to glorify God in every way.
Ps100:3 says “Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;”
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear, reverently respect God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Eccles. 12:13
He is really the only one we need to please, and He is the easiest person to please; because He designed created and equipped us to bring pleasure to Him.
Maybe some of us are not good looking or talented, but if He created us that way, then whatever we look like or are able to do, when we do our best it will always bring Him pleasure. We may feel we have no talent, but there is something about us that our father designed to bring pleasure to Him ,and if we ask Him He will show us what that is.
He is our beloved
and
His desire is toward us.
The most usual way to make contact with someone or something, is to reach out and touch with your hand. A touch of the hand is a universally understood sign of affection; however it can also be done in an aggressive move. In legal terms it’s the difference between assault and showing affection. It is also a way to express your desire for a deeper relationship.
We are His beloved and He is our beloved.
Are we ready to be His friend?
Are we ready to reach out and take the hand being offered to us?
Yes, there are more than just Abraham and Moses who are friends of our Heavenly Fathe; all HIs disciples were and as such then so are we.
Decide today to be yadiyad – hand in hand, heart in heart with Him, our beloved friend!
Proverbs 18:24
A man who has friends [ a]must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
He is our Yadiyad, let’s always walk side by side and hand in hand with Him.
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW… Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
Yom haKipuriym יום הציפורים . 
This Season of Joy
We are familiar with Abraham being called 
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