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Are We Laboring In Vain?

Are we laboring in vain?

Psalms 127:1: A song of Ascent for Solomon: “Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.”

Labor in vain in Hebrew is:  שׁוא  עָמְל֣וּ

עָמַל     amal     labor

  בּ֑וֹ     bow     in

שָׁ֤וְא.    šāw     vain

This Psalm refers to Solomon and in the scriptures the Second Temple is known as

Solomon’s Temple.

The point is as we read about it we may think that It really should be known as

Our Heavenly Father’s Temple,

however history records it as being Solomon’s Temple. 

Historical Hebrew literature says that there was a good reason it was called Solomon’s Temple because with regard to the plans and resulting construction it was more Solomon’s temple design than it was the Lords. 

Since the return of the Jews to Israel in 1948 and more recently their gaining control of Jerusalem in 1967; there has been extensive research on Solomon’s Temple so up until recently all that was really known about the first temple was what we were able to find in the Bible. 

One thing we do know is that the temple was built by slave labor and that Solomon taxed the people to finance the temple pushing them to the point of rebellion.

It has been made clear that although the Lord God commanded that certain things be made of silver, there was no silver used in the temple because Solomon decided to make them out of gold instead.  Furthermore some of the items for the Temple that should have been made of gold, Solomon chose to have them made from brass or copper. He was not obedient to the heavenly pattern and the result was that the temple ended up being more of a monument to King Solomon than to the King of the Universe.  He was disobedient in other ways as he had married several pagan wives who brought idolatry with them into Israel, all by the time the temple was ready to be dedicated.

After Solomon died, it was a mere 5 years before his son Rehoboam took much of the gold from the temple to bribe the Egyptians; sadly in less than a lifetime after the temple had been dedicated, it was in decline.

Because of the condition of the nation, God sent His Prophets to warn of coming judgment, but the people mocked the warnings pridefully declaring they were not only Gods people but that He would not suffer the Temple dedicated to Himself to be destroyed.

They were all wrong.

It is worthwhile noting that when the temple was dedicated it was recorded that God’s presence filled it with His Shekinah Glory so strong was His presence that the priests could not stand to minister. Eternal weight of glory … Many experience that real feeling of heaviness when the presence of the Lord manifests.

2 Cor. 4:17-18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

The historical Hebrew writings teach that after this 1st temple was destroyed and the 2nd temple was built, the 2nd temple did not have things that were present in the 1st temple. The 2nd temple did not have the presence of God, the ark of His covenant was gone, nor did it have the fire of our Heavenly Father. Originally The Lord God sent fire from heaven that was never extinguished and the priests would faithfully feed this flame on the temple menorah daily with pure olive oil.

Lev. 9:24 and fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

So fire fell and consumed Solomon’s sacrifice at the dedication of the temple. Jewish tradition reports that the fire was always kept alive until the reign of Manasseh, when it became extinguished.

The western lamp was to be kept burning at all times. If it were ever extinguished, it was relit from the continuous fire on the sacrificial altar.

2Chronicles 7:1-2.  Tradition assures us that the sacred fire which thus issued forth from the immediate presence of God continued to be nourished on the altar with the fuel especially provided by the congregation, and constituted the perpetual fire. See Leviticus 6:13.

However, when the 1st temple was destroyed the fire of the Lord went out and He never replaced it by sending more fire from heaven. The 3rd thing missing in the 2nd temple was the Fathers’ Holy Spirit and the 4th was that the prophetic power of the Urim and Thummim ceased to give guidance and answers through the High Priest.

The Hebrew Rabbis teach that these 4 things will not return to the temple until the Messiah comes and is glorified:

Messiah had to come to earth as a human, He had to be persecuted and tortured, be sacrificed and then be raised from the dead. He had to ascend to heaven and on the day of Shavuot/Pentecost when He would be given His throne and His glorification would be complete. We know this has already come to pass being fulfilled over 2000 years ago and one day soon the scales will fall from the eyes of the Israelites just as they did from Pauls.

AMP version

I do not want you, believers, to be unaware of this mystery [God’s previously hidden plan]—so that you will not be wise in your own opinion—that a partial hardening has [temporarily] happened to Israel [to last] until the full number of the Gentiles has come in;

AMPC version

Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in,

What a blessed day of rejoicing that will be!

Gods blessings are poured out into our lives continually however the reality is, if our Heavenly Father had to wait for perfection before He could bless His children; it’s probably true to say that no one would receive blessings, or experience the glory of His spirit of Holiness.

The word glory in Hebrew is kabod

or sometimes spelled kavod,

(b and v being the same Hebrew letter) 

which means a heaviness.

The word comes from an ancient Semitic root meaning: 

to bear a burden 

through the process of reaching the Hebrew language it represented:

the bearing of a burden of love.

Our Heavenly Father God is love 1John 4:8

and so overflowing with perfect unconditional love that He continually pours it out to people with the supreme act so well known in John 3:16 God so loved the world.. 

However Malachi 2:2 reminds us that if a person does not take that love to his heart, he will not appreciate the blessing. 

Our Heavenly Father still allowed His presence to stay in the temple, even though it hadn’t been built according to His specific plan. His glory/loving presence filled the house and even though there was corruption among the priesthood many people journeyed to Jerusalem to worship God in the temple with a heart of sincerity and reverent respect.

Psalms 127:1

“Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.”  

The first word of the Psalm which is translated as unless 

is the Hebrew word im 

אִם

which is more commonly rendered as if. 

Strongs 518

im: if

Original Word: אִם
Part of Speech: conjunction; hypothetical particle; imperfect; infinitive; interrogative particle
Transliteration: im
Phonetic Spelling: (eem)
Definition: if

אִם conjunction (= Aramaic if [1. hypothetical particle if. 

  1. construction (see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143 FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) with imperfect (continued by perfects & waw consecutive; apodosis usually begins with perfect & waw consecutive or bare imperfect; or, if necessary, with imperative or jussive) (a) of future time: For more details ref online at

https://biblehub.com/hebrew/518.htm

The syntax or sentence construction, is a little confusing because there are two constructs together: 

 If Jehovah   and   he is not building.  

the KJV is correct with the

sentence construction, however there is no definite article on the word house but there is a pronoun; so we could add the pronoun and it would read:

  If Jehovah is not building His house. 

The word house in Hebrew thought has the idea of

the place of the heart. 

This reminds us of our saying:

“Home is where the heart is.” 

With this in mind we could say, “

If Jehovah is not building a place within His heart…”

the last part of the verse says, 

they labor in vain who build it. 

labor
עָמְל֣וּ (‘ā·mə·lū)
Verb – Qal – Perfect – third person common plural
Strong’s 5998: To toil, work severely and with irksomeness

in
בּ֑וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong’s Hebrew

vain;
שָׁ֤וְא ׀ (šāw)
Noun – masculine singular
Strong’s 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

The temple was meant to be a place, our Heavenly Fathers house where His presence and love lived and so you were also entering His heart.  Tragically it was corrupted because Solomon had filled it with his own designs however, the Father still mercifully allowed His presence to be known and experienced, despite everything in Israel being in a steady downward direction.   In 1Cor.6:19 Paul tells us our bodies are the temple of God, actually the sanctuary, the holy of holies, where the glory was manifest over the ark of His covenant.  

See earlier post for more deatails:  What’s in your naos? 

 

The heart of God, His Presence in the form of His Holy Spirit, is meant to reside in the very innermost part of us, the heart of our being.

עָמְל֣וּ ‘ā·mə·lū    they labor  5998

It’s true that we do work hard and labor to build and maintain this temple/sanctuary. 

Work out your salvation. Phil. 2:12-13

Many times our labors are in the form of bringing glory by ministering to our Father declaring our overflowing love to Him.  However due to the un-crucified ego in human nature, we like Solomon, cannot resist putting a bit of our own plans and design into this temple, our bodies. It seems that we simply can’t help but to build a monument to ourselves.  We are honestly seeking to bring honor to God in our ministry and to give Him the glory, but somewhere deep inside there’s a part of us that wants a little of that honor and recognition for ourselves. It could be that maybe we want to make a good living at it, and have the dream life we see others have in the world, or we may desire to build a great reputation and a develop a large following of admirers.  Is there anything wrong with receiving a little praise and kudos for our labors?

Prov. 16:2 all a mans ways are pure in his own sight but Adonai weighs the spirit.

Prov. 27:2 “Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips”

We all need encouragement from time to time, so maybe nothing is wrong with that except; we do run the risk of a leaving something behind us that becomes

a Solomon’s Temple and not God’s Temple.  

Praise is dangerous because it can produce pride. This scripture is best understood as a person is tested by those who give the praise. Praise is often flattery and at other times it may simply be courtesy, or for encouragement. Because of insecurity a person can also take praise as an affirmation of his/her own importance. The Bible warns against pride since that often results in forgetting about God.

If that is the case, all our labors

whether in ministry or at secular jobs,

are in vain. 

The word vain in Hebrew is  Strongs 7723

שָׁ֤וְא

shave,  pronounced: shawv

which has the idea of 

desolate or waste,

falsely, lie, lying, vain, vanity 

Or shav {shav}; from the same as show’ in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) — false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

This would mean that:

all our labors to build a place within God’s heart is all wasted.  

 One other scripture which speaks of a dwelling place is in John 14:2 when Messiah said: “In my father’s house are many dwelling places.  I go to prepare a place for you.”  

He spoke this in Aramaic and used a word identical to the word for house that was used in Psalms 127:1 which is speaking of His heart/The innermost part of a dwelling.

בַ֗יִת
ḇa-yiṯ,

1004 1005 see https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1004.htm for further study

(Aramaic) corresponding to bayith — house. A place of the heart.

Jesus/Yeshua spoke in the old Galilean dialect of Aramaic. The Aramaic Bible, called the Peshitta, uses the word

bt 

which we render as house, yet, like the Hebrew, bt could also be used to express the idea 

of the place of the heart 

which is identical to the Hebrew word 

bayith (house) 

which is the word used in Psalms 127. Jesus/Yeshua may very well have said: “In my Father’s heart are many rooms.” Only He can build that place in His heart for us. If we try to build that place with all our ministries and monuments to ourselves, our labors are all wasted.

We are not to be using our days in “building” something apart from God, for our own selfish goals and agenda’s with wrong motives and without faith in our Heavenly Father. Jeremiah 10:23 warns us

O LORD, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself; It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].

Why do we think we know better than the Creator of Heaven and Earth and indeed the universe Who made us from the dust of that same earth?

Yet in His great compassion, empathy and unconditional love in Psalm 103:14 He reminds us 14 For he knows our frame He remembers that we are but dust 15 and that our days are few and brief, like grass, like flowers, 16 blown by the wind and gone forever. 

That is, He knows that we are made of dust; that we are frail; that we are subject to decay; that we soon sink under a heavy load. This is given as a reason why He loves and pities us – that we need Him more than we realize.

Our Heavenly Father is the only One Who can build that place in His heart for us.  If we try to build that place ourselves with all ‘our ministries’, our books, our talents and creative abilities through great works and monuments to ourselves, our labors are all wasted, desolate and as useless as a ruin.

Time to make sure nothing we do for our Heavenly Father in the name of our Precious savior is prefixed with I, me, my or mine. He deserves ALL the honor and ALL the glory, let’s make certain we do just that.

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

Are We Ready For Battle Or Still Under The Fig Tree?

Are We Truly Ready For Battle?

Or

Are we still under the fig tree?

We have a tendency to presume that we would be ready for battle if suddenly we are faced with a great crisis in life; however it is not the crisis that will build something within us, it will merely reveal what we are already made of.

 

It’s not when we find ourselves in the battle that we need to be looking for that spiritual weapon of warfare, the protective armor, or that shield of faith that our Father has provided foe us. During peaceful times we may catch ourselves thinking, or even saying, that if we were suddenly called by the Lord into battle, that we would easily rise to the occasion. The truth is that we will not be able to do so unless we have done so on Gods’ training ground.

 

If we are not fully engaged doing the task that is closest to us today which our Father has engineered into our lives, when the crisis comes, instead of being fit for battle, we will be revealed as being unfit and untrained. These crises that we are faced with, always reveal an individuals true character and on whom they rely, and where they go to first for help.

The greatest essential element of spiritual fitness is the private relationship, that of intimacy with our Heavenly Father, in worship, praise and prayer.

The time will come in every serious believers life, when even as Nathanael was to find out, in John 1:48. When you were under the fig tree I saw you. He sees us, and knows exactly where we are, both in the natural sense of location and spiritually; just as He questioned Adam and Eve, where are you? He knew where they were physically the question was directed at their spiritual position.

Nathanael was enjoying a private fig tree life.

This Hebrew idiom, ‘under the fig tree’ refers to a place of peace with no worries; where a person just enjoys a comfortable quiet life, untroubled and with all needs provided and able to live life doing just what one wanted which as a obedient Jew would have included study of the scriptures and prayer. Nathanael was about to experience that his, private fig tree life, would no longer be possible. He would have to make a life-changing decision.

Everything was about to come out in the open for Nathanael and it is the same for believers; we will find ourselves to be of no value to Messiah if we have not been worshipping Him in everyday situations in our own homes. If our worship is right in our private relationship with our Heavenly Father, then when He sets us free we will be ready to answer His call. It’s in the private unseen life, which only our Heavenly Father sees, that we have become spiritually fit; and when the strain of the crisis comes, He can rely on us to Shema, to hear and obey.

Do we sometimes think that we cant’ be expected to live a sanctified life in our present circumstances, that we have no time for prayer or bible study right now? Do we justify our lifestyle by reasoning that the opportunity for battle has not yet come, and when it does of course we will be ready? We’ll just drop everything and focus on the battle. The simple truth is we will not be ready because if we have not been worshipping, praying and leaning on Him and His Word in day to day situations, when we do get involved in our Fathers’ work we will not only be useless and unequipped ourselves; but we will be a hindrance to those around us, needing to be helped rather than being the ones helping others. Our Heavenly Fathers training ground, where the weapons of our warfare are located, are in the hidden personal worshipping life of the true obedient disciple of Messiah.

No disciple is sent out until they are trained, just as Yeshua/Jesus sent out His and they were suitably attired and equipped for the task assigned to them.

Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 6:12-13; 9:1-2.

Our training and equipping will always be equal to the calling and tasks the Father has for us to accomplish.

Hebrews 13:21 equip you in every good thing to do His will, by doing in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. 

Private training away from the public is our Fathers way; just as Davids early life as a shepherd caring for and protecting the sheep, was a forerunner to him caring for and protecting the children of Israel as their king.

 

His experiences defending the flock against a lion and a bear when no one else was around, were the precursors to him being victorious against Goliath in full public view of both the Israelites and their Philistine enemies.

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear.  1Sam.17:33-36

This call to minister in everyday situations and opportunities doesn’t mean that we choose our own surroundings, it means being our Fathers very special choice in that we are to be available for use in any of the seemingly random surroundings which He has engineered for us. The very character we exhibit in our present surroundings is an indication of what we will be like in other surroundings. The things that our Savior did were often the most menial of everyday tasks and we need to realize that this is an indication that it takes Gods power in us, to accomplish even the common tasks completing them in His WAY. Are we able to use a towel as He did? Doing all the other ordinary things in our lives reveal what we are made of more quickly than anything else. It takes the presence of His Holy Spirit within us to complete the most menial task as it ought to be done; with the right heart motive and attitude, with no thought of reward or acknowledgment.

Eccl.9:10 encourages us that: Whatever our hand finds to do do it with all our might and we are to do it as unto the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward Col.3:23/24  Yeshua/Jesus said John13:15 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. He gave us an example that we should do as He has done to us. If we will take notice of the people He brings around us, we may have cause to reflect that this is His way of revealing to us the kind of person we have been to Him. Now He is asking us to be to those people in exactly the same way that He has treated us. Have we found ourselves saying that, we will do all that once we are out on the mission field and when I’m not so busy? When we think and talk like this, it’s like trying to make a weapon with which to fight and defend ourselves while we are crouching in the trenches on the battlefield with bullets whizzing past our heads.

Sadly we are most likely going to be badly injured or killed while trying to do it. We are called to go the second mile with the Lord Matthew 5:41 and yet sadly some of us are worn out in the first ten steps. Then we say that we will just wait until we get closer to the next crisis in life then we will get prepared; but if we don’t make it our llife-style to minister on a steady consistent basis in the everyday opportunities provided by the Lord, we will not be able to stand strong and will again do nothing when the crisis arises.

John 13:14 wash one anothers feet.

Preparation precedes promotion. If we are to be of any use in the will, plans and purposes of our Heavenly Father we need to do our part and to then allow Him to mold us into a useful vessel with the correct attire and weapons; because those weapons are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. This is a spiritual battle, we are spiritual beings and need the spiritual weapons to fight and win the victory every day. Our life and ministry before Him is first and foremost a spiritual one. It is time to leave the comfort of the fig tree life, it’s time for us to be ready and fully equipped as a good soldier who stays awake and is“sober,” with our spiritual armor already on. We are to be ready at all times for the battle that is coming, equipped, with a courageous heart, presenting a bold front to the enemies of our Savior Lord and King

2 Timothy 2:3-5  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

He sees us just like He saw Nathanael

and He’s calling us today!

Are we ready for the battle

or

are we still under the/our fig tree?

For more about Nathanael click link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/whats-the-connection-between-nathaniel-bartholomew-a-fig-tree-jacob-and-a-ladder/

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

Are We Fortified?

We are in a time un-paralleled in human history, and every news outlet seemingly offers only negative reports. It can cause people to become fearful and anxious, not knowing what may happen next. When we couple todays actual events, alongside Messiah Jesus’ words in Matthew 24, we can see that the signs of the times indicate He truly is close even at the door. It behooves us to be alert and have our hearts and lives acceptable to our Heavenly Father.

Are we truly of those who love His appearing?

Hereafter, the crown of righteousness – which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me on that Day – is laid up for me. And not only to me but also to all those who love His appearing. 2Tim.4:8.

When we see all these things He talked about in Matthew 24 coming to pass, all at the same time, we are to look up for our redemption draws near. We are not to be in fear of what is taking place but looking unto Yeshua/Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; knowing that He is in control of everything and He knows exactly where we are and is watching over His children as any vigilant parent does. We are not to fear what man can do to us but rather fear what will occur if our trust is in anything other than our Heavenly Father, Who is the Lord God Almighty. Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Luke 12:4.

 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Psalm 56:11.

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?

Hebrews 13:6

In these days we are to encourage ourselves just like David did.

This verse records how David was in great distress because the people wanted to stone him, but he felt the LORD giving him courage.

1Sam.30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord.

How did David respond to the threat of stoning by his own men when he returned to Ziklag? He trusted in the Lord his God, who had chosen him to be His anointed. 

We are also to encourage not only our brothers and sisters in Christ/Messiah but to also have the Word of the Lord on our lips, ready to speak hope to those still lost. As David was able to speak to his own soul, so can we; by reading what he wrote when circumstances seemed overwhelming to him.

Ps. 43:5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

There are so many encouraging verses in the Psalms and many speak of the protection both physically and spiritually that our Heavenly Father supplies to His children. We are familiar with Psalm 91 and Psalm 139:5 is also one of many that reflects that protection.

Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”KJV

Below are the various versions offered by the translators, it is interesting to note the different words used in the same verse.

New King James Version
You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.

New American Standard Bible
You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.

Amplified Bible
You have enclosed me behind and before, And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.

Christian Standard Bible
You have encircled me; you have placed your hand on me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For from the beginning to the end you have formed me, and you have set your hand upon me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. 

English Revised Version
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, And laid Thy hand upon me.

Literal Standard Version
You have besieged me behind and before, | And You place Your hand on me.

Majority Standard Bible
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

New American Bible
Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me. 

Webster’s Bible Translation
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

World English Bible
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. 

Young’s Literal Translation
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

It seems that we can translate this verse in a number of ways.

There is something interesting in this verse when studied in the original Hebrew text:

Strong’s Hebrew: 6696a. tsur — to confine, bind, besiege

… Bible Strong’s Hebrew 6696a 6696a. tsur

Strong’s Concordance tsur: to confine, bind, besiege Transliteration: tsur

Definition: to confine, bind, besiege

NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. root Definition to confine, bind,

The word for beset which is tsur, as a noun, this is what Moses struck to get water from – a tsur, a rock. 

Strong’s Hebrew: 6697. צוּר (tsur) — rock, cliff

… Bible Strong’s Hebrew 6697 6697. tsur

Strong’s Concordance tsur: rock, cliff

Original Word: צוּר

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Transliteration: tsur

Phonetic Spelling: (tsoor)

Definition: rock, cliff ..

This same word is also used for:

a fortress or fortified city.  

Strong’s Hebrew: 1049. בֵּית (Beth-tsur) — “house of a rock,” a place in Judah

 Definition: “house of a rock”, a place in Judah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from bayith and tsur Definition “house of a rock,” a place in Judah.

 The word for behind is ‘achor which has the idea of

behind or past,

and the word qedem means: to go forward.  

That word qedem ends with a closed mem indicating

the hidden or unknown, as in the future.

קֶ֣דֶם   forward qedem

This expression  “‘achor vaqedem” expresses past and future.

Achor Psalm 139:5; Job 23:8;

in the phrase מָּנִיםוְאָחר in front and behind

 

 Strong’s Hebrew: 6924a. qedem — front, east, formerly

… Bible Strong’s Hebrew 6924a 6924a. qedem

Strong’s Concordance qedem: front, east, formerly Transliteration: qedem

Definition: front, east, formerly NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from an unused word

Definition front, east, formerly ancient (4), ancient times (3), before (1), before his of old (1), earliest times (1), East (1), east (26), east side (1), eastward (1), eternal (1), everlasting (1), formerly (1), forward

This indicates that:

in my past and in my future future, God tsur/besets me.  

The word tsur is used as a verb here and is in a qal perfect form.  

Strong’s Hebrew: 6696. צוּר (tsuwr) — adversary

… compare Th; 1 singular suffix אצורך Jeremiah 1:5 Kt, see יצר Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind up, cast, distress, fashion,

Original Word: צוּר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tsuwr
Phonetic Spelling: (tsoor)
Definition: to confine, bind, besiege

Brown-Driver-Briggs

  1. צוּר verb confine, bind, besiege (Late Hebrew id., wrap (rare); Aramaic צוּר besiege, beleaguer); — 

Qal Perfect2masculine singularוְצַרְתָּ֫ 

3 shut up, enclose: נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז Songs 8:9 (על of maid [under figure of door] + accusative mater., compare Isaiah 29:3 above); with suffix person Psalm 139:5 (figurative, ׳י subject).

It is best expressed as

“you have entrenched me or FORTIFIED me.”  

So it would read as:

In my past and in my future you have already FORTIFIED or entrenched me. 

At that point in his life David looked to the future, and it did not look so good.  In 2Chronicles 32, we read that there was unrest in the nation and that one generation later there was a civil war in the land.  

There was the threat of the Assyrians were threatening the nation. And there was also the threat to the very throne, when his own son Absalom rebelled; and caused David to run for his life from his kingdom with a price on his head.  2Sam 15:13-23.

As the king, David would have faced escalating pressures day after day, and some of the enemy armies arrayed against Israel were no doubt cause for great concern. However David had a heart after God and when he woke up in the morning, once again facing the stress of what lay in front of him; which many times were unknown situations that came without much warning, he was reminded that God had

fortified him, entrenched him,

or another expression for tsur is hedged him.

David knew from previous times that the hedge or fortress was around him, and it remained around him in the present, and would continue to be around him in the future.  An image that is also recorded in Proverbs.

Reading further in the Psalm, David says:

“You laid your hand upon me.”   

The word laid in Hebrew is

שִׁית

tasheth /shith

and it is in a future tense and means:

to place or set.  

You will set me in your hand/yapap.  

This is not the word yad used for hand, however it is built upon that word and is more specific.  

It means the palm of the hand.  

3709 kaph: hollow or flat of the hand, palm,

sole (of the foot), a pan

Original Word: כַּף
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: kaph
Phonetic Spelling: (kaf)
Definition: hollow or flat of the hand, palm,

sole (of the foot), a pan

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kaphaph
Definition
hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

This verse literally says:

“You have set me in the palm of your hand.” 

As many of the older rabbis/teachers/sages liked to say,

“We are sheltered in the hollow of His hand.”  

And remembering that the ancient sages believed that a person’s heart was in the palm of the hand…..  

With this in mind, David was saying that:

he will not fear or live in dread of the future, for he is sheltered in the heart of God. 

Many individuals today are afraid of the future.  There are indeed wars and rumors of wars worldwide, and peoples futures are uncertain. Leaders are attempting to forge Peace agreements between nations; and countries are jostling for domination and control. In all this, many are giving their lives and innocent lives are caught in the conflict. All this apart from increased activity in earth changes, weather and weather related extremes.

There are mass shootings taking place and people fear going to school or some special event.  There is the fear of terrorist with weapons of mass destruction, destroying water supplies or releasing a biological weapon. We can spend all day worrying, anxious and fearful over the uncertainty of the future.  

Or

we can be like David who looked up to our Heavenly Father and we can say: 

Our past, present, and future is entrenched in You.  If any disaster comes, You will tsur – fortify us. We will be sheltered in the hollow of Your hand or we will be resting in Your heart/hand if any trouble comes.

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 There Any Connection Between Words, Bees And The Emmaus Road?

Dvarim, or Debarim in Hebrew: דְּבָרִים,

Dewārim, literally. ‘things’ or ‘words’.

Recall the letter for B and V are the same in Hebrew.

Strong’s Number H1697 matches the Hebrew דָּבָר dāḇār,

biblehub.com › strongs › hebrew

From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause — act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book.

1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on that side of the Jordan in the desert, in the plain opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tofel and Lavan and Hazeroth.

Known as Deuteronomy, a Greek word that means “repetition of the Torah,”

derived from the Hebrew phrase:

מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה, mishneh haTorah.

Deut. 17:18.

Devarim is also called “Mishne Torah” literally translated as the “repetition of the Torah.” Although there are 199 new commandments, (Mitzvos) counted in Devarim. 

The message embedded in Devarim/words is that together we must build a society that values justice, compassion, and mutual responsibility.

I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose thou life.

Deut. 30:19

Devorim/deborim (shortened) dborah/dvorah, {deb-o-raw’}; from dabar (in the sense of orderly motion);

the bee (from its systematic instincts) — bee.

BEES 1682

deborah: a bee

Original Word: דְּבוֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: deborah
Phonetic Spelling: (deb-o-raw’)
Definition: a bee

Word Origin  from dabar
Definition. a bee
NASB Translation
bee (1), bees (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

דְּברָה noun feminine bee (compare Arabic , swarm of bees, Aramaic דַּבַּרְתָּא, Syriac ) Isaiah 7:18; plural דְּבֹרִים Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalm 118:12. Read also דְּבֹר its bees 1 Samuel 14:26.

had·də·ḇō·rîm;

הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים

Deut. 1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as BEES do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Ps 118:12 They swarmed around me like BEES; They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

They surrounded me like BEES they were extinguished like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.

Judges 14:5 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of BEES and honey in the carcase of the lion.

You have The devarim/words of Life.

John 6:60-71 Peter replied, “Master, to whom would we go?

You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

Why are the words/the devarim, important to us today?

Many say that since Messiah Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yeshua HaMashich has come, that we are under the new covenant (re-newed) and under grace; and don’t need the old Testament, the TaNaKH which includes the Torah.

The Torah/Towrah comprises the first 5 books or scrolls of Moses Moshe. Which in Hebrew is Devarim meaning Words. So named for the first words in verse 1. These are the words which Moses spoke.

This was Moses final speech before his death, literally thirty-seven days before his passing and the last volume of the Chumash, the final will of Moshe to the children of Israel before entering the promised land. He reiterated the conditions of the covenant and the instructions/directions, (that we call law), of Towrah/Torah, which is sometimes called the second law, or second giving of the law. This belief comes from the Greek name for the last of the 5 we know as Deuteronomy. Chumash is the English spelling of the Hebrew word for the number 5.

The most important thing to remember is that these 5 books are the very foundation of everything written in the Word of our Creator. Everything that is said anywhere in the Bible has its’ foundation in these 5 books. Please remember when Messiah came, the brit chadashah/the new testament had not been written, all they had were the TaNaKh scrolls; The Torah, Prophets and Writings. If we do not take the time to read, study and understand them, we will not have the true foundation upon which Messiah built. He came to reveal Himself as the Redeemer and fulfill every prophetic word about Himself. He also came to bring correct teaching and application of Torah, and to separate out the laws, commandments and rules; which had been added over the centuries by the Pharisees and Scribes these were not in the original words given to Moses for the children of Israel.

Messiah is revealed in the writings of Moses and He said so in John 5:46. For had you believed Moses you would have believed Me for he wrote of Me.

A study of the Torah reveals the things that Messiah would do when He came in the first century, and what He will do when He returns.

Eccl. 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is. 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,

Luke 24:13-32

The disciples and many other people at that time knew the scriptures and even committed large portions to memory.

They had been taught them from childhood. However they as most people today look at them as history of the great men of God. Jesus/Yeshua opened their understanding on the road to Emmaus; proving that these stories were not just about Him but they were also prophecy about Him and all that would ever happen in the kingdom. The disciples began to understand the Scriptures when He revealed this secret to them that day. We must look at our Heavenly Fathers Word through a Hebraic mind in order to see what is hidden in plain sight.

 

Luke 24:13 – 32

 And, behold, two of them went* that same day to a village called* Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs. And they talked together* of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and has tnot known the things which are come to pass there* in these days? And he said unto them, What things?  And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.  Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe* all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy) and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished* out of their sight. And they said one to another*, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Jots and Titles are places in Scripture where spaces are in the middle of a sentence, or dots are placed above certain letters, or some letters are written backwards. These unusual happenings are a hint of a deeper truth. The sages and others have commented about what this means, or why this was written in this way. None of these anomalies are shown in English Bibles, it is only obvious in the text written in the Hebrew language.

These jots and titles are noted and spoken all by Messiah in Matthew 5:17–19. “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.  Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Thematic analysis is a method of study that compares Scriptures dealing with the same themes, this method of analysis can reveal hidden truths that cannot found in any other way. They also cannot contradict the meaning of any passage, but can show a deeper meaning that is not evident from either passage. The Creator has placed these seemingly unrelated stories throughout Scripture in such a way that the enemy has not understood His plan, and was unable to see the truth hidden in plain view.

Isaiah 44:18 understanding is not given to all.

and read

Matthew 13:14

Luke 8:10.

There are many numbers of stories that can be compared using this analysis. We are even told by Messiah of two familiar stories in Genesis that are connected. Most of us have read His words on this subject and have not realized what He was telling us. To compare two stories, list events of one story and compare or contrast similar events in the other one. These comparisons will help us to see with greater understanding the subject in question including the return of Messiah.

Luke 17:26–30 days of Noah and Lot.

26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 “just as It was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

For more click on link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/days-of-noah-vs-lot-today/

This book of the Torah is often called the second giving of the law.

The word Belief comes from the Greek name for this book, however the Hebrew name means words or things.

All the words all the Torah and all the words of the Bible are our Heavenly Fathers’ words/devarim, or inspired by Him. They are the words that He wanted us to receive and live by. Moses had lived in a close relationship to Him for more than 40 years, no other person has conversed with the Heavenly Father on such an intimate level for this length of time.

This whole of Deuteronomy took place in the last five weeks of the life of Moses. The sages believe that Moses began his teaching on the first day of the month of shevat and he died on the seventh of the month of adar. This is the last few weeks that the children of Israel were to stay in the wilderness. The 40 years was soon to be over at they’ve would be able to go into the land.

Moses was giving them instructions that they needed to have for this new life. They would conquer the land and then they would no longer move as a nation but would settle in cities and farm lands.

They would no longer be fed manna and they would no longer be able to see the pillar of fire and smoke/cloud of Gods presence. They would no longer have Moses to intercede for them. They would have to understand the will of God for themselves and live by His directions and instructions, His Torah.

Deuteronomy 5:2–3 God made a covenant with us at Horeb, he did not make this covenant with all this but with us even us are all of us here alive this day.

Related scripture: Hebrews 9:11-15

This is saying that the re-newed covenant was ratified by the blood of Messiah, not by the blood of bulls and goats, or the ashes of the red heifer, as the first covenant was.

Just as the ashes of the red heifer were mixed with water to be used to purify the unclean before acceptance by the Father, so the red blood of Messiah was poured out along with water when He was pierced with the Roman spear.

The new covenant was ratified with the blood of Messiah when He died on the tree, but the stipulations of the new covenant were given by Moses in the book of Deuteronomy. We know that God does not do anything that has not already revealed through his prophets. Amos 3:7

The first covenant was in Horeb. Deuteronomy 5:1-3. And It was the only scroll that was to be placed beside the Ark of the covenant Deuteronomy 31:25–26. Isaiah 46:9-10 declaring the end from the beginning. From this we can see that the new covenant may well be referred to in this book.

Many scholars today have come to the understanding that all scripture was originally written in Hebrew and translated into other languages including Greek. For the most part we no longer have the Hebrew text of the New Testament, but we have many references to them from the early church leaders. We have copies of Matthew in Hebrew from the middle ages, this text is referred to as the Shem Tov text. Other books in the New Testament indicate that they were originally written in Hebrew by the sentence structure. Only in Hebrew is it correct to start a sentence with the word and. This is considered poor Greek and English grammar, or in any other language; but this is good Hebrew. We also know that many Hebrew idioms are used in the New Testament as well as word plays, where two words sound similar but have different meaning. These word plays and idioms do not make sense in other languages.

We have a looked at some of these in previous posts example Matthew 6:2–4 sounding the trumpet Link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sounding-the-trumpet/

Here is another Scripture Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through messiah which strengthens me.

We’ve heard this this verse quoted to encourage us to try to do things that seem to difficult. However it does it really mean we can do everything, probably not, not everyone can do heart surgery or bio engineering, to understand what it really means we have to look at the Greek word that was translated as all things.

Strong’s Number G3956

pas

meaning: all, any, every, whole, always, whatsoever.

This doesn’t help since it can only mean that we who are in Christ have the ability to do anything.

We know from Paul’s letter 1Corinthians 12:4 – 12 that we don’t all have the same abilities. Our heavenly father has given as different abilities just like we have different members of the body of Christ. Each person has a specialized function. Just as a natural body the eyes cannot hear and the ears cannot taste.

Reading 1 Corinthians 12:4-12 if we look at the Hebrew word that would have been translated as things we get the word devarim. Devarim means:

things, or words, or matters, and as noted earlier bees.

This is the Hebrew name of the book of Deuteronomy. The Hebrew names of books or groups of scriptures are usually taken from a word in the first sentence of that book. They don’t make up names for the books like we do in English. Looking at this we may have an understanding connected to the new covenant. Philippians 4:13

I can do all devarim the book of Deuteronomy and the new covenant through the Messiah who strengthens me. This doesn’t make a lot more sense. Messiah did not call us all to be able to do everything that anyone else can do, but didn’t He call us to keep the words or things of the new covenant.? Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”John 14:21

We also know that we can only keep these commands if we love Him and He enables us to overcome our sinful nature. Could this be a confirmation that the book of Deuteronomy or devarim/deborim is pointing to the new covenant? This book agrees completely with the teaching of the Messiah. Did He say anything about obeying the new covenant by keeping this book of devarim after He died on the cross? Matthew 24:32 – 34

One book of the New Testament that we have in Hebrew is the shem tov.

The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew page 122/123 the translation of verse 34 given by George Howard in his Book Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Reads: truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things shall be done.

= understanding of these things or understanding of these devarim/words, or possibly all the blessing and the curses in Deuteronomy be fulfilled.

Remember the book of devarim was to be placed beside the Ark of the covenant as a witness against us, that all the blessings and the curses would come upon us as it is written in this book and that in the last days we would then understand.

The letter on the right, hey, is selected, which would be translated into the word, the. This would translate the whole word as

The devarims.

Daw vaw’ eem = words, things, bees, matters and

name of the book of Deuteronomy.

There is one more place where this word being used as a reference is in the book of Matthew 28:19 – 20.

(Page 150/151 in the pdf.)

Verse 20: teaching them to observe all things (devarim).

The shem tov/shem tob copy reads like this:  

all the things or all the words or all Deuteronomy.

These references seem to confirm that the book of devarim is the new covenant. Let the reader decide. We know He does nothing unless he first tells his servants the prophets.

For those who want to do further study the link below is to a free copy of the Hebrew gospel of Matthew:

https://archive.org/details/Hebrew.Gospel.of.MatthewEvenBohanIbn.ShaprutHoward.1987

Download pdf link below

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The play on words in Deuteronomy 1:44-46 the Amorites overpowered Israel because God was not with them. People changed their mind about going into battle after God had told them they would die in the wilderness. Moses told them not to fight but they continued to rebel by going to war and were defeated in battle. We must obey God when He tells us what to do. Timing is directly connected to obedience. If we are told do something and we say no, we will do it tomorrow then we are being rebellious and disobedient. This is illustrated by Messiah in the parable of the 2 sons in Matthew 21

Why do we think we can get away with this with our Heavenly Father?

Deuteronomy 1:44–46

Pursued you as the bees would do…

Remember the word for bees is the same word as the name of this book Torah, devarim = words, things and bees.

This book of the Torah is meant to bring blessings and abundant life, and it will IF we obey our Heavenly Father in keeping His Commandments.

If we obey, then blessings will pursue us and overtake us like the sweetness of honey made by the bees.

Honey is taken from the hive by beekeepers covered in a white beekeepers suit/garment like being covered by the righteousness of our creator; and using smoke which calms the bees, like smoke of the incense in the temple which represents the prayers of the Saints. But if we do not obey our heavenly Father these words/devarim of the curse will pursue us like bees. Israel had disobeyed the Lord by complaining and not taking the land and then tried to take it when they were told of their punishment.

The words of the curse in the form of the Amorites pursued them like bees. Bees attack those come against their hive without the proper covering, and they follow after invaders with fury for a short distance before they return back to their hive. This is exactly what the Amorites did to the disobedient of Israel.

Do we have the proper covering?

Are we washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are we wearing our robe of white/righteousness?

We choose whether our life will be blessed or cursed.

There may not be bees/devarim chasing us and buzzing around our heads, however the words/devarim, of eternal life are as sweet as the honey the bees/devarim produce. And as we walk our Emmaus road with Messiah, He will reveal Himself to us from all the devarim/words in the scriptures including Deuteronomy/Devarim; which will bring life, hope and joy as our eyes are opened to His Truth.

So it would seem there is some connection between words, bees and the Emmaus Road in the Hebrew word devarim.

Devarim/Deuteronomy 30:15 – 19.

And In the end of days we will obey and he will bring us back to the land of Israel.

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, Deliverer 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.