Entering and Leaving Sha’ar Yerushalayim – Part 3

Continuing from part 2…

There is often confusion concerning the various names of the gates. This is because over the centuries, every time the walls of the city of Jerusalem/Yerushalayim/Yerushalaim 

יְרוּשָׁלַם

were expanded outward, the appropriate gate would simply follow the wall, yet, each gate remained in the same general area as the earlier gate that it replaced; however many times the rebuilt, or replacement gate, was given a new name too.

In the days of Hezekiah and King David, Jerusalem was a much smaller compound, with walls and gates much closer together. The accuracy of some of the gates locations has been lost over the centuries although with continuing excavations more evidence is revealed.

The Babylonian army destroyed the city and left the walls and gates in ruins. The Book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of the city around 445 B.C. In chapter 3, repairs were made to 10 gates.

They are listed in the order of their locations, beginning with the Sheep Gate near the northeastern reaches of the wall corresponding to the general area of the modern Herod’s Gate. Each gate is listed as Nehemiah names them in a counter-clockwise rotation.

They are:

Sheep Gate (Neh. 3:1)

Fish Gate (v.3)

Old Gate (v.6)

Valley Gate (v.13)

Dung Gate (v.13)

Fountain Gate (v.15)

Water Gate (v.26)

Horse Gate (v. 28)

East Gate (v. 29)

Miphkad or Inspection Gate (v.31)

What is so remarkable about these gates, as given in their particular order, is that they appear to tell the future story of the Gospel during what has come to be known as the ‘dispensation of Grace’.

The Ephraim and Prison gates makes the count 12.

 

Continuing from part 2

In verse 13 is

The Valley Gate

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah…. (Nehemiah 3:13)

which was located in the western section of the wall. This was the place where Nehemiah began and ended his nighttime inspection of the walls as recorded in chp. 2:13–15.

Sha’ar Gate – the Valley Gate

Nehemiah mentions that he began his trip to the city from Sha’ar HaGai. The name refers to a site on the way to Jerusalem/Yerushalayim.

The Hebrew name

שער העמק

Sha’ar HaGai

is a translation of the Arabic:

Bab el Wad, the Valley Gate,

which leads to Jerusalem.

The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it and put its doors and bolts and bars in place. They also repaired five hundred yards of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.” (Neh 3:13 NIV)

Zanoah, now known as “Zanna” is on the west side of Jerusalem, at a distance of about 10 kilometers.

According to commentaries, the Valley Gate lay in the west, in the neighborhood of the present Jaffa gate.

Interestingly, there is an extensive, though not specified, length of wall between the Valley Gate and the previous gate, the Old Gate. We can assume this by the fact that Nehemiah 3 records eight separate sections of the wall being completed before coming to the Valley Gate. As well, after this gate was a piece of wall approximately 500 meters before the next gate. Nehemiah 3:7-12

      The Valley Gate led out of the city of Jerusalem and down into the valley. It is the gate through which believers are called to go.

The word Valley is used symbolically in the Bible as:

a place of sorrow, of trials, of humbling experiences: 

and is a reminder of Ps.23:4; the valley of the shadow of death, and all of us will have to go down that way sooner or later if the Lord tarries.

 

This gate led into the Tyropoeon Valley which is in the area of the Jaffa Gate in present-day Israel.

The Valley Gate represents humility and our willingness to occupy a humble place as a servant truly submissive to Him and what He has called us to do. Phil. 2:8 tells us Jesus/ Yeshua gave the example by humbling Himself and declaring that He came as One who serves. Peter in 1 Pet. 5:6 encourages us to “Humble [ourselves] … that he may exalt [us] in due time”.

This is something we are to do; and we are reminded that Yeshua/Jesus Himself challenged every believer to positions of humble servitude, stating, in

Lk. 14:11 “whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted”.

God must often lead us through that gate even though it is sometimes difficult for us to follow Him there. 

In Philippians 2:3 it is lowliness of mind, and

Colossians 3:12 calls it humbleness of mind.

Humility is something we cannot cultivate.

We cannot put it on; it must come from the inside.

According to Galatians 5, it is a fruit of the Spirit – the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, and humbleness or meekness. It is one of the fruits that we cannot make happen. He alone can produce it in our hearts and lives as we submit to Him.

Many times our Heavenly Father takes us down through the valley to teach us this important lesson because pride is something that slithers and entwines itself into our thoughts and even sneaks into our prayers. Therefore, this Valley Gate is an essential part of maturing and necessary in the life of every believer in Yeshua/Jesus.

Even in the natural realm, nothing grows on high mountaintops. It is in the valleys that we see vegetation. It is no different in the Spiritual realm. Our Spiritual growth occurs when we are walking through the valleys, the trials and tribulations that will come to every believer sooner or later.

No one ever said that this road/Way is an easy one: In this world you will have trouble. John 16:33a. But we must not be discouraged, for Yeshua/Jesus goes on to say: But take heart! I have overcome the world. Luke 3:5b

Ps.23 is His promise to be with us through the Valley.

There is a 2nd lesson we can learn comes from the lengthy sections of walls between the Valley Gate and the Old Gate. When a individual comes to the Lord, Our Father often allows an easy/ honeymoon type period of time, free of major trials, where He can teach us personally, and where His presence becomes strong in our lives. As indicated by the sections of walls before and after the Valley Gate, this “honeymoon” period can go on for quite awhile, and its purpose is to strengthen us in the Lord for our Valley experiences.

It’s important for every follower of Yeshua/Jesus to know, that hard times WILL come; but not until our Father Himself, has conditioned us to be able to stand up to them!

Remember His promise: 

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear . . . He will also PROVIDE a WAY OUT so that you can STAND UP UNDER IT. 1 Cor 10:13

Because we know that

suffering produces PRESEVERANCE,

perseverance CHARACTER;

and character, HOPE. Rom 5:4.

This way He provides is in the opportunities He gives us to walk with Him, to learn to trust Him in everything. If we don’t take advantage of these ‘lengthy wall sections’ by working on establishing a strong relationship with Him, then when the Valley Gate is before us, we will not be able to stand up!

We are to learn to trust Him, and learn what it means to lean entirely upon Him. If we do, we will have the way through when we arrive at the Valley Gate! 


The next gate was located in the southern section of the wall listed in     

Nehemiah 3:14

 And the dung gate repaired Malchijah….

There is little in the Bible commentaries concerning

the Dung Gate.

It was believed to have been built at a distance of at least 1500 feet from the previous gate,

the Valley Gate,

though some say it may have actually been built even farther than that, as it was a long way from the road.

The Dung Gate,

Sha’ar Ha’ashpot

or

Silwan Gate

שער האשפות

so named because it led to the Hinnom Valley, south of Jerusalem, where all manner of waste and refuse was dumped was taken at night.

The Dung Gate

is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as a point through which the city’s waste and refuse was removed. It was located along the south wall, this gate is closest in proximity to the temple Mount where the residue from the Temple was also burned in the nearby

Valley of Hinnom.

  hĭn’ em  גֵּ֣י הִנֹּ֗ם.

It is also known as the

VALLEY OF THE SON OF HINNOM

Josh 15:8; Jer 7:32,

Hinnom (hin ´ uhm),

Valley of, a valley known also as the Valley of the Son of Hinnom. It was probably the Wadi er-Rababi, beginning west of Jerusalem, near the present Jaffa Gate.

Gehenna (γέεννα) is just a transliteration of the

Hebrew for Valley of Hinnom (גֵּי הִנֹּם)

Dung Gate (Sha’ar Hashpot) –

in the Southeast corner of the old city it’s the only gate that leads directly into the Jewish Quarter.

The tradition of dumping waste through this gate continued into Roman times, and so the name Dung Gate remained.

This gate leads to the Western Wall, and the Southern Wall Archaeological Park.

Some maps put the Dung Gate up on the hill where the Valley Gate is located. Other maps put the Dung Gate at the bottom of the hill. The map below shows the options since its location is not certain.

The modern Dung Gate lies just southwest of the Western Wall, near the southern wall of the Temple Mount. However, in David’s day, it was located about as far south as the ancient wall went; right at the very bottom of the hill, where the Valley of the Cheese makers meets the area of ground that is known as the Gehenna Valley.

In like manner, we must each get as far down as one can go spiritually.

We must come to the place where we are willing to turn the corner, teshuvah, and begin the journey back toward the house of God /the Temple/His Presence.
 We are not going to be perfect, in our wandering, but as we will willingly die to our flesh/carnal life, we will grow in His righteousness.

Also called the Potsherd Gate;

some say it was at the very southern tip, facing southwest.

There was a walled section around the

Pool of Shelah or Siloam, John 9:6–7,

then the Dung Gate

Nehemiah 3:13–14

exited out to a garbage dump in the Hinnom Valley where, in the days of King Manasseh, child sacrifices took place 2 Chronicles 33:6.

One of two great choirs went to the Dung Gate during the dedication of the wall Nehemiah 12:31.

The pointed arch at the top of the Dung Gate above the lintel indicates that it was originally designed as a postern gate, which is a secondary gate in a fortification, often concealed so the city’s occupants could secretly escape the city or deploy troops against those besieging them.

A distinctive feature of the Dung Gate are the two triangles engraved in the stone artwork. The Gate is also topped by an engraved flower.

The modern day Dung Gate faces the Kidron Valley close to the Gihon Spring. The original Dung Gate existed also on the south walls, however closer to the Kidron Valley than the present day gate.

An Islamic tradition from around 638 AD claims the name originated during the Omar’s conquest, when trash and refuse from the city were removed through the gate. However, Jewish traditions from as early as the second century AD and before attest to the use of the Dung Gate to remove trash and Temple ash from the Old City.

The Dung Gate has been in use since the First Temple Period, during the days of king Solomon in the tenth century B.C. The First Temple Dung Gate was southeast of the current gate, on the walls of the City of David.

This makes the Dung Gate the oldest of the gates of Jerusalem still in use, though in a slightly modified location.

Nehemiah makes an interesting comment on the Dung Gate in Nehemiah 2:13. “So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Well and on to the Refuse Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were consumed by fire.”

The Refuse Gate literally translates as Gate of Ash-heaps. Ash from the Temple incense was collected and eventually thrown away. What is interesting is that the gate was in a state of disrepair. Thus, things had not been touched since the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. The Dung Gate was rebuilt by Nehemiah.

During the days of Nehemiah the Dung Gate was repaired by an individual named Malchijah, the son of Rechab. His exploit is recorded in Nehemiah 3:14.

“And Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem repaired the Refuse Gate. He built and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.”

During the 1948 War of Independence, the Jordanian army controlled the Dung Gate. They widened the gate in 1952 to allow for vehicle traffic. Today, another gate stands nearby the Dung Gate. This gate, however, was built in medieval times and is called The Tanner’s Gate.

During the Six Day War of 1967 the Jerusalem Brigade smashed through the Dung Gate and the Zion Gate simultaneously and headed for the Western Wall. The other gates of Jerusalem surrounding the Old City were taken in similar fashion as Israel recaptured the Old City of Jerusalem. The Six Day War came to end with three different companies of Israeli Defense Forces converging together at the Wailing Wall. As the Israelites occupied the Old City, the Dung Gate was intentionally left unguarded, allowing many of the Jordanian soldiers that abandoned their positions to exit through the Dung Gate.

This gate was widened in 1953 by the occupying Jordanians so that vehicles could get into the Old City, since the Jaffa Gate and Zion Gate were under siege and closed.

At one point in the city’s history the cattle market was located inside the Dung Gate, and this may be how the gate got its name?

Spiritually,

The Dung Gate

suggests our need for constant cleansing.

Isaiah wrote that our righteousness is as filthy rags Isaiah 64:6.

We must come to the place of repentance/teshuvah, where we turn from sin.

This is the message of the Dung Gate and continues the process in which, as Paul taught, old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new 2 Corinthians 5:17.

Because all the filth of the city was carried out through this gate, it reminds us of the need to be continually cleansed from the sinfulness of a carnal life lived to serve the flesh; that which must be taken out through the Dung Gate.

This is the gate that we do not like to talk about, but ignoring this gate is causing our witness to smell bad and not be the sweet smelling savor we are supposed to be.

Philippians 4:18
Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. 

For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 2 Cor 2:15

Isaiah was called of God to challenge the nation of Israel to leave Babylon: 

go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. Isa. 52:11.

We are called to come out from among her and be ye separate.. meaning all believers in Messiah are to hear AND do. 2 Cor. 7:1. 

      Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1

In other words, according to Lev. 11:44; & 1 Pet. 1:15–16. we are to be holy in all areas of life; again these are actions we are to take, Our Heavenly Father doesn’t do these things for us automatically, we are to come to Him willingly, for Him to change us from within.

He allows the valley experience to teach us things and to clear out the rubbish in our characters because, once His Sprit of Holiness has uncovered this rubbish and helped us to deal with it, then it must be disposed of, through the Dung Gate to be burned so as to never return!

The dung/rubbish/our deceitful desires, is listed in Eph. 4:22 and Gal. 5:17-21. The rubbish, or the dung that must be done away with, is malice, wickedness, deceitful desires which is basically our sinful natures! We must do away with our old selves/the old man, so that the image of Messiah can begin to be reflected in our lives! The result is so that true faith, refined by His fire, can come forth and produce fruit.

Part 4 the next gates – to follow..

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

thank you so very much for your prayers!!

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus.  Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Shalom Family – Mishpachah

Shalom Mishpachah/family,

the delay in publishing 

Entering and Leaving – Sha’ar Yerushalyim

Part 3

is due to life’s ongoing promises of

tests, trials and challenges to our faith;

promised us by our Messiah!!

Thank you for your prayers,

the postings will resume ASAP

until then … 2Corinthians 1:2-7

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ./Yeshua HaMashiach

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

keep you in His Shalom!

Reminder of a recent post that apparently was missed by many..

https://www.minimannamoments.com/eagles-and-a-royal-buffoon-selah/ 

For more on comfort click link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/receive-his-nechamah/

Where or Who Is Shiyloh?

Shiyloh שילה

 until Shiloh come;

and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

לֹֽא־יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִֽיהוּדָה וּמְחֹקֵק מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו עַד כִּֽי־יָבֹא שֶׂילה וְלֹו יִקְּהַת עַמִּֽים׃

Where or Who Is Shiyloh?

and what does it have to do with this season??

The word Shiloh is used 32 times in the Old
Testament to refer to a location—a city and one
other time to refer to the Messiah.

Scholars say there is some uncertainty about the Hebrew text of the phrase translated 

…until he comes to whom it belongs.

The KJV translates these words …

until Shiloh comes, and

Shiloh

is usually understood as

Rest or Rest-bringer,

a name for the Messiah/Mashiach

who brings rest/shalom for our souls.

Jesus/Yeshua our Sar Shalom – Prince of Peace.

The NIV translation understands the Hebrew word to be a combination of two elements:

‘…he to whom it (the ruler’s scepter) belongs.’

The Messiah alone deserves to rule as King;

He is the only one who

reconciled a world of sinners to a

Holy God.

The Kingship belongs to the one with the legal right. Jesus/Yeshua had the legal right to kingly power in fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy. The prophecy recorded in the book of Ezekiel 38 & 39 is about the time period after the thousand-year-literal rule of Yeshua haMashiach/Lord Jesus Christ from the throne of David in Jerusalem. The children of Israel, who are gathered from the nations, and become a nation again, will live victoriously in the center of the earth. 

Onkelos, a highly respected Jewish translation of the Torah, translates this phrase 

until Shiloh comes

as 

until the Messiah comes,

interpreting the word shiloh as The Messiah” and leaving no doubt who shiloh” is referring to. 

Others believe that this phrase is referring to the place Shiloh which was the residence of the Tabernacle during the times of the judges. Joshua 18:1.

The only difference is that the place Shilo is spelled slightly different, שלה, without a yod.  There are also those who believe that the final letter of the word shiloh contained the letter vav instead of the letter hey which would make the word possessive, meaning belonging to him and referring to the Messiah.  Still others believe that shiloh is referring to an embryo or fetus (Irwin, Jonas. Onkelos on the Torah. Genesis. p. 336).  The word for embryo or fetus in Hebrew is שליל – she’lil.

Although we don’t know exactly what the word “shiloh” means we do know that all of the above definitions hold true for Jesus/Yeshua: He came as the fulfillment of the long awaited Messiah/Mashiach, His coming brought the presence of God /YHWH to earth, He belonged to the Father as His Son, and He came into the world as an embryo/a baby, through the miraculous conception/overshadowing of the virgin Marys rachem/womb by His Ruach HaKodesh/Spirit of Holiness:

This post has a place here, not only because of the season but also within the posts about the gates of Jerusalem and Hezekiah who was rebuilding them along with the walls. Specifically in regards to the Fountain Gate.

the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. Nehemiah 3:15 NIV – 4th c.B.C.

To tie this in with prophecy and with Messiah, the verses in Jeremiah declare:

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. Jeremiah 17:13 KJV – 6th c.B.C.

Link this with “She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” –  which is the good news of Matthew 1:21

and

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 

The scepter (shevet/shebet /sharbit)

will not depart from Judah until Shiloh comes

and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Here, Jacob/Yaakov is referring to a person,

the person who would bring peace/shalom and tranquility.

In Hebrew Genesis 49:10 reads

lo yasoor SHEVET Me Yahudah oohme CHAKAK mebein ragala¨ v AD ki yahvoh Shiloh Veloh yechat amim

Shevet (SHE-vet) n.

Rod; Staff; Tribe (of Israel);

scepter a ceremonial or emblematic staff held by a royal representative that represents divine power

Genesis 49:10 
HEB: לֹֽא־ יָס֥וּר שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק
NAS: The scepter shall not depart
KJV: The sceptre shall not depart
INT: Nor depart the scepter Judah the ruler’s

Some say that between stick and tribe

the term meant scepter.

The Hebrew word for scepter –

sharvit.  שרביט

may have derived from shevet as well.

שרביט

8275 sharbit

Original Wordשַׁרְבִיט.

Transliteration: sharbit.

Phonetic Spelling: shar-beet’

Definition: a scepter.

7626 shebet: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

Original Wordשֵׁבֶט
Transliterationshebet
Phonetic Spelling: shay’-bet

According to Webster’s Dictionary Scepter means:

A staff borne/carried by a king

as an emblem of his royal authority.

The name Shiloh would have derived from

shālâ, “to be at ease,”

and would mean something like 

the peace-giver.

However, there is a great debate which continues to this day concerning the exact meaning of the word; as others believe it may actually mean,

the rightful Messiah, or 

the Messiah of righteousness.

Ezekiel 21:27 echoes the meaning of Genesis 49:10 too. Those who read Genesis assumed that royal power belonged forever to the house of David which was the tribe
of Judah—the tribe Yeshua/Jesus descended from.

Shiloh

was also a physical place

it was located a little northeast of the center of Ephraim.

In 12 th -11 th century BC, the Israelites built the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant rested in the city of Shiloh. Here, it rested for three centuries where the tribes of Israel would visit for feasts or peace offerings.

From the time Israel entered the land until the time of the prophet Samuel, the Ark of the Covenant remained in the Tabernacle at Shiloh. This was also the central location where the land was divided up into the 12 sections for the 12 tribes. This can be found in Joshua 18.
It was the background for Hannah when she visited the tabernacle to pour out her heart to God, begging Him for a child—whom God gave her Samuel referenced in 1 Samuel 1:1-28 ; 3:21.

But as the story goes, the hearts of God’s people grew cold too. They turned their backs on God and after many warnings, God handed them over to the Philistines. After these warnings from the Lord to turn back to Him, the Ark was then captured by the Philistines and God left His dwelling place,

“He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, the tent which He had pitched among men, and gave up His strength to captivity and His glory into the hand of the adversary,” Psalm 78:60-61 .

The Ark was captured, and the city was destroyed 1 Samuel 4:10-11.
Centuries later, the Prophet Jeremiah points God’s people back to the city because the people have a new temple. The new temple built by Solomon was so magnificent that they put their faith and security in it and not in their God.

So, in Jeremiah 7:12 he was instructed to give them a warning,

“Go now to My place which was in Shiloh . . . and see what I did to it,”

But God’s people refuse to listen and 20 years later, the Babylonian’s destroyed Solomon’s temple.

Shiloh is a representation of what happens when we choose to put our sense of security in a building and physical things we can see and touch.

It also reveals how time and again, God’s people fell away from their complete devotion to the Lord. Their hearts became lukewarm towards the things of God and eventually their lives ended in total corruption.

Instead of heeding God’s Word, they were overcome by their enemies and became enslaved to those who had won a victory over them.

The term Shiloh was understood by the Talmudic authorities as referring to Messiah. This was interpreted to mean that, the authority invested in Judah as divine regent would remain until the coming of Messiah. The Mashiach.

If we understand the royalty of Judah was to be invested in the sanhedrin after Zedekiah, the last independent king of Judah was deposed then, the scepter would have departed from Judah in AD 6-7 after the Romans installed a procurator as the authority in Judah this replacing the sanhedrin.

However the prophecy of Jacob/Yaakov did not fail because the Mashiach/Messiah had come,

and was in their midst as Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth.

In other words Yeshua/Jesus is indeed King of the Jews.

Although at present He is not literally physically reigning on Davids throne; this we believe will occur at His 2nd coming when He returns to Jerusalem at the end of this present age to establish the kingdom of God upon the earth.

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

These prophetic statements were made by Jacob/Israel when he pronounced blessings on his sons just prior to his death,

Here we read that he pronounced one of the greatest over Judah second only to that spoken over Joseph.

The word to Y’hudah/Judah speaks of his resolve and strength, his passion, readiness and his headship.

Not only does Jacob/Yaakov give a blessing to his son Judah/Y’hudah, but the blessing turns into a prophecy, when he continues to bless his son, he prophecies how the Messiah/Mashiach, the coming savior, will come into power from this line and will continue to rule
forever. This Ruler will then be honored by all nations and the scepter in this passage symbolizes that power.

This passage ties into the New Testament as Yeshua/Jesus refers to Himself as, Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach whom you have sent John 17:3 .
Romans 15:12 references this passage as a ruler who“arises to rule the Gentiles, and Paul also writes in Ephesians 2:14 that Christ, Himself is our peace.

All three of these passages have roots in Shiloh. v10 is referenced in Isaiah 11:1 , the seed,

John 17:3, the sent,

Ephesians 2:14 , the peaceable or prosperous one.

Prior to the coming of the Savior, this blessing was a declaration to the other tribes that Judah/Y’hudah would continue to lead in strength and power and be a symbol of authority. Even after the children of Israel were captured and lived in captivity in Babylon, they continued to review these scriptures as promises for their future Messiah.

Following the reference to beginning and end/ alef and tav /alpha and omega /genesis to Revelation ….

we must never forget that in the not too distant future, the Meshiach/Messiah will come in judgment.

He will wash His garments in wine, and His robes in the blood of grapes (49:11b). This is also depicted in Isaiah 63:1-8 where he saw the Messiah returning at Bozrah with His garments stained crimson.

And when Messiah/Mashiach returns, we read that we will return with Him. The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

During His thousand-year reign, He will rule the nations with an

iron scepter.

He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of ADONAI, God of heaven’s armies.

Revelation 19:14-15.

Psalm 2:8-9.

At that time Yeshua/Jesus will be the King who will hold the iron scepter. He will swiftly judge all sin and instantly put down any rebellion. Using the same imagery of ruling with an iron scepter, Yeshua promised that believers would rule under Him in the Messianic Kingdom:

To him who overcomes and does My will to the end, I will give authority over the Gentile nations. He shall rule them with an iron scepter and he will dash them to pieces like pottery, just as I have received authority from My Father (Revelation 2:26-27). 

Therefore, because we are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation belonging to God 1Peter 2:9, we will be priests of God and of Messiah and will reign with Him for a thousand years Revelation 20:6. Believers now serve as priests by worshiping the Father and leading others to the knowledge of Him.

Yaakov/Jacob/Israel declared that Judah/Y’hudah and his descendents would lead the sons of Yisrael/Israel and that the scepter will not depart or turn aside from him however, the ruling staff does not belong to Judah/ Y’hudah he is merely its caretaker…until Shiloh comes.

Jacob/Ya’akov prophesied that: The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet 49:10a.

The scepter was the symbol of royalty, and emphasized Judah’s right to rule. In its earliest form the scepter was a long staff, which the king held in his hand when speaking publicly, and when he sat upon his throne he rested the base between his feet.

So God declares that

the only tribe

that would have the scepter, or the right to rule would be Judah/Y’hudah.

All the kings would come from Judah; any king that our father has designated to rule the Jews must come from the tribe of Judah. In the then far future, this passage points to the return of Yeshua Ha’Meshiach/JesusChrist Who comes to set up His Kingdom for the milleninial reign. At that time, He will have the right to rule, and the obedience of the Goyim/Heathen/Gentile nations will be His.

Until He comes to whom [obedience] belongs; and it is He whom the [Gentile nations] will obey 49:10b.

As Y’hudah/Judah would be master of Israel/Yisrael, Shiyloh the one to whom authority belongs will be the master of all. The obedience of the peoples will be His. In the same way that Judah/y’hudah would be praised among Israel /Yisrael the master too who is of Yhudah/Judah will receive praise. Recall the name Judah means praise.

For an explanation we must go to the beginning/the genesis because Jesus/Yeshua said

I am the beginning and the end, the alef and tav

and we need to remind ourselves that

He is the living water.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. – John 1:1-2 

The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2 

6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:26-27 

Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. Genesis 2:10 NKJV

For thus saith the LORD,  Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream…

Isaiah 66:12

Connecting us to the

request made by Yeshua/Jesus to the woman at

Yaakov/Jacob’s well – John 4:7

This is the same Yeshua/Jesus born in Bethlehem/Beit Lechem just 30 years earlier and the same Yeshua/Jesus who

was with God in the beginning.

The bread/lechem from Heaven.

Yeshua/Jesus asks us one thing,

do we do it, or do we question Him?

9 “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?”

Yeshua/Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.” John 4:10

When encounter the sinless Son of Man/Son of God – Yeshua/Jesus wherever that may be, possibly a place of suffering along the road /WAY of life/chaim. Will we ask Him for living water?

Jesus/Yeshua walked on water and He also calmed the waters of the stormy sea of Galilee.

The Heavenly Father created everything, He gave life to dust and then walked personally alongside the faithful throughout all the generations. He IS the source of the spring of Eden/, the river of life/chaim and the pool of peace/shalom in Jerusalem/Yerushalyim. 

Shiloh or Siloam flows from Him and to Him.

He IS the way of salvation leading us to the living water.

The Pool of Siloam/Shiloh found in John 9 

Now as Yeshua/Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth…

7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” which is translated, Sent.

When The Lord touches us and commands, Go and do this or that. Will we obey Him or do we question Him?

The religious elite questioned Him, but the blind man obeyed. Though blind, he could see but they were the real blind ones.

“Do you believe in the Son of God?”

36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”

38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.

And Jesus said, 

“For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

John 9:39 NKJV

Then Shiloh was sent into the world, His life began in a feeding trough and He fed the multitudes and is still feeding the hungry today.

Today in the city of David a Savior was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord. – Luke 2:11 

Thirty some years later He returns to Jerusalem – the Lamb of God in the Person of Jesus.

Luke 19: Now he came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heaven!

“Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory? ” Luke 24:26

Absolutely or we would be without hope.

We worship the Christ of the manger of Christmas

ONLY

because of the Lamb of God

was sent to the Cross for our sins.

Shalom/Peace I leave with you.

My shalom/peace I give to you.

I do not give to you as the world gives.

Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.

John 14:27 

May the Lord bless our worship of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus,

this season while remembering that we are celebrating…

our gift of

Shiloh

May we submit to the rulership of Shiyloh the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus even as we eagerly await His arrival. Let us look forward to the day when He will take up the scepter permanently.

At this season we are reminded Messiah came.

He has fulfilled to date prophesies declared 1000’s of years ago. We await eagerly the season of His return when He will reign with Y’hudas scepter.

Shiyloh, You are the ruler of our lives and of Israel and of all peoples. We bless you and thank you for taking away our sins and all our fear. You feed us with Your Word and comfort us with Your Spirit of Holiness as you speak life/chaim to our hearts and peace/shalom to our minds. Deliverer and Ruler, King Messiah, You are worthy of all praise and indeed…..

….Shiyloh is Emmanuel!!

For those new to mmm

there are several older posts about this season

links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-lambs-tale-and-a-mysterious-tower/ 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-missing-piece/

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

https://www.minimannamoments.com/christmas-bonus/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-he-came/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-lights-up-your-life/.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/look-up-bethlehem-star-or-an-angel-or-a-sign/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/may-this-be-a-shannah-of-shalom-a-year-of-peace/

The Gates will continue next post, so for now

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus.  Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Entering and Leaving – Sha’ar Yerushalyim Part 2

Continuing from part one …

Recall

A GATE gives access to the City; it is a seat of power, authority and influence; 1 Chronicles 9:22-23.

We enter God’s City through these Gates;

Matthew 5:14; Hebrews 11:10; 12:22

These Gates reflect the restoration of Kingdom Principles in the lives of God’s people.

The Restoration of the 12 Gates reveals the rebuilding of an original structure: God’s Divine Order and Government;

Gen. 35:22; 1 Kings 4:7; Matt. 10:1; Rev. 12:1; 21:12-21

Last post was a look at The SHEEP Gate

The principle of conversion, repentance, atonement, new birth.

Nehemiah.3:1-2; John 3:3

Sheep enter through the DoorJesus/Yeshua and become part of God’s flock; John 10:7-16

Jesus/Yeshua seeks after sheep who wander and go astray; Isaiah 53:6.

 

The next Gate:

And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build…. Nehemiah 3:3

Fish Gate – sha’ar dag -שַׁ֤עַר דָּג

This was one of Jerusalem’s main entrances in the days of the First Temple, according to 2 Chr. 33:14. This gate led out to the main road north from Jerusalem/Yesushalyim, the road descended to the coastal plain through Beth-Horon. The majority of researchers agree that it is located close to the site where the Damascus Gate is today.

This gate was called the Fish Gate because merchants brought fish from Tyre or the Sea of Galilee through it to the fish market 13:16.

Fish Gate – sha’ar dag -שַׁ֤עַר דָּג

reminds us of Jesus/Yeshua’s words concerning soul winning.

We are to become fishers of men Mt. 4:19 in response to Yeshua/Jesus’ call to His disciples.

 It seems that the Fish Gate was next in line to the Sheep Gate. Recall that the first thing Yeshua/Jesus was to send them out immediately after being saved, to witness for Him. The woman at the well and the possessed man among the tombs were examples of this recorded in John 4:5-38 and Mark 5:1-20.

At the time of Nehemiah, the Fish Gate was in disrepair. That is like so many believers who, for long periods of time, make no attempt to witness or win anyone to Messiah. There are many Believers who are fishing; sometimes they do not catch anything, but we’ll never catch a fish until we try! He is still calling us to be fishers of men because all around us today there are hungry hearts. 

      Yeshua/Jesus said to His disciples,Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” He is giving us the same message as we stand before the Fish Gate.

Nehemiah 3:3-5; Matthew 13:47-49; Mark 16:15; Luke 5:6-9

The abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee Is 60:5 

The FISH Gate -shows us the principle of evangelism, outreach, soul-winning.

 An interesting note:

      And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. (Nehemiah 3:5)

Think what it would mean to be recorded in God’s book that, when the opportunity presented itself to put ourselves to the work of the Lord, we did not do it and missed the opportunity!

They were right next to the Fish Gate. Scripture says,

He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him… Proverbs 11:26.

Today some are withholding grain/the Word of God, from those that are hungry.

 

Prov. 11:30

tells us that

he that winneth souls is wise

and He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [souls] with him Ps. 126:6.

Every believer should heed Mt. 28:19–20 and share the message of salvation, so that souls will be saved and we will shine as the stars forever and ever Dan. 12:3. and of course we are to make disciples of those that choose to follow Messiah.

As previously, mentioned, the majority of researchers agree that the Fish Gate was located close to the site where the Damascus Gate is today.

Damascus Gate שער שכם‎, Sha’ar Sh’khem

meaning

Shechem Gate, or Nablus Gate.

Sha’ar Shchem שער שכם

also known as

Nablus Gate

was built in 1542 by Suleiman the Magnificent and faces north. In Hebrew, the gate is named after the important northern city in Israel in ancient times, Shechem. The triple gate has one large center gate originally intended for important people, and two smaller side entrances for commoners.

It was also called Neapolis Gate around 325-638 AD

The original gate is believed to have been built during the period of the Second Jewish Temple or בית מקדש , that was destroyed by the Romans. In the second century AD during the reign of Hadrian, the Romans built a new gate.

A Roman victory column was erected in front of the gate,

giving the gate its Arabic name

Bab el-Amud,

meaning the

Gate of the Column/Pillar or Column Gate.

The Romans would place milestones along the roads and highways that they built throughout their empire in order to measure distance.  Point zero in the land of Israel was a great pillar just inside Damascus Gate and the name preserves its memory.  The pillar, for which the gate was named, has been seen in ancient art works. During the British mandate excavation unearthed the gate, however the column was never found.

The Damascus Gate is the largest and most magnificent and was probably the gate used as the main entrance to the city in ancient times and two towers stand on each side of the gate prepared for battle.

The Gates led to the main roads leading from the city. In this case the road leads to Shechem – Nablus and then on to Damascus…The road along which Saul met Yeshua/Jesus.

These are photos of the modern day Damascus Gate note the thickness of the walls bottom right photo!

Currently it opens to the beginning of the Arab bazaar and marketplace and to the Moslem Quarter and is the busiest of all the Old City gates. The location of this gate today marks the position of a major city gate from when Herod Agrippa expanded the city walls in 41 AD.


In the northwest corner is

The Old Gate

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Moreover, the old gate repaired Joiada, the son of Paseah…. (Nehemiah 3:6)

this gate is identified with the

Corner Gate of

2 Kings 14:13 and Jeremiah 31:38.

Scholars differ in their Opinions concerning the use of the term Old Gate, but some believe this gate was so named, because it was the main entrance into the old city of Salem /Jerusalem on the north side.

Maps differ in their opinions of the position of the Old Gate as shown on the diagram.

The Old Gate is one of the many gates of the wall of Jerusalem, located on the northern side. It was repaired by the Jebusites during the wall rebuilding in the Book of Nehemiah.

In some versions the gate is called

the Jeshanah Gate, which translates to the old gate.

Despite the destructive fire of the city, evidently it left some remnant of the walls and gates that could be put to use so repairs to the third gate are recorded as the beams being laid, the doors set in place, and bolts and bars attached. This is similar to the repairs of many of the other gates.

Young’s Literal Translation uses the word strengthened rather than repaired, because the Hebrew word gives the idea of making strong and firm.

There are no references to the old gate having a specific use, as the Sheep and Fish Gates did however, it was in a convenient place for everyone as an entrance and exit from the city.

The Old Gate brings to mind the old man being renewed spiritually by our Heavenly Fathers spirit of Holiness. We could look at this in a significant way, that as The Old Gate is made new, repaired, strength­ened in order to fulfill the purpose of the Fish Gate, and this is only made because of the Sheep Gate.

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self which is being corrupted by its deceit­ful desires, to be made new in the attitude of your minds, and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4: 22:

Everything is connected! We know that it is impossible to serve God until we are made new in Messiah. Becoming fishers of men depends on us being renewed, strengthened and made firm in our faith and walk and only through the Lord Jesus/Yeshua Messiah.

The Old Gate serves to remind us that in us all some of the old still remains.

But just as The old gate, though dam­aged and broken, was not thrown away when Nehemiah and his men came to rebuild; the gate was repaired, strengthened and put to good use/re-purposed! And renamed the New Gate.

The prophetic type in the Old Gate seems to be that men are plagued with a sin nature which is inherited from Adam. The unregenerate man is known in Paul’s writings as the old man:
“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin” Romans 6:6.
 Ephesians 4:22 and Colossians 3:9

There is an ongoing struggle for each of us, because we are not suddenly transformed the moment we become born again from above. Because we are left in our bodies of death; and there will always be this tension between the old and the new while we are still on the earth. Paul said “What a wretched man I am. “Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord.” We are made new spiritually, but our physical bodies are still part of the old creation.

Because the Old Gate reminds us of the old man/nature of believers in Yeshua/Jesus. It contrasts God’s ways and with our old lifestyle before we began to walk with Him Jer. 6:16. In Jeremiah 6:16 we find this statement:

      Thus saith the LORD, Stand in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

We are living in a day when we are interested in the new thing; the newest model of car, style of clothes, and gadgets for the house, etc. Things may change around us, but the human heart remains the same and the constant search for something new, is the thing that is leading us to frustration.

We need to ask for the old paths. Jeremiah said that when we do we will find rest for our souls.

We need to restore the old virtues for the pattern of living today. Although the human heart is the same as it has always been, its needs are greater because of the technological life in which it is surrounded.

We are to put off the opinions of the old nature and walk in the newness of Jesus/Yeshua’s life as Col. 3:5–17 tells us to, so that sin has no dominion over our everyday living. Rom. 6:6–14.

The Old Gate sets forth the concept that sinful man needs to hear the Gospel of the Lamb. Those who tell the story are called fishers of men and enter in through the New Gate of Jesus/Yeshua.


HaSha’ar HeChadash –

The New Gate  השער החדש

or HaSha’ar HeHadash

השער החדש

Gate of Hammid

The New Gate

is known in Hebrew as HaSha’ar Hechadash,

Heb. השער החדש

and in Arabic as Bab el-Jadid, the Gate of Hammid. 

This gate was constructed in 1889 by permission of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Called HaSha’ar HeChadash, the New Gate because it is the newest gate added to the old city of Jerusalem. Unlike all the other gates that were part of the original design of the wall constructed by Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century, this gate was breached in 1889. Though it was opened by the permission of the Ottoman ruler, it was done in the waning years of that empire. The New Gate was breached to afford the Christian pilgrims, and some note, specifically to provide the German Emperor William II easier access to the Christian Quarter.

This gate is also called Gate of Hammid in honor of the Sultan Abdul Hamid who gave permission to build it.

After the New Gate was captured by Jordan in 1948 it was closed off. It was reopened in 1967 after the Six Day war when Israel regained control of the Old City and the New Gate.

At the end of the Six Day War, Israeli soldiers file past a burnt vehicle as they enter the Lions’ Gate (or St Stephen’s Gate), Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, June 11, 1967. Israeli forces defeated the Jordan, which had held the Old City of Jerusalem since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

In The OLD Gate we can see the principle of the restoration of foundational truths. Nehemiah 3:6-12; Ecclesiastes 1:9

This is the uncovering of scriptural truth and a return to the apostles teaching and practices;

Isaiah 28:10; Hebrews 6:1-2

Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.

Prov. 22:28

Ask for the ancient paths!

The New Gate was not part of the original 1535 design of Suleiman the Magnificent.

Even though the New Gate is located just up the hill from the Damascus Gate in the north wall, there’s no comparison. 

The New Gate was placed into the wall by the Ottomans in 1887 so that people could easily access the homes being built outside the city wall to the north of the city. The sultan Abdul Hamid also wanted to assist the Christian pilgrims from Russia, (they stayed at the Russian Compound just outside these walls), within easy access to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. 

The New Gate is located near the northwestern corner of the city and leads into the Christian quarter.

New Gate  Sha’ar Chadash 

was not a part of the original plan of the city walls. It was opened in 1887 by the Turkish sultan Abed el Hamid in order to give Christian pilgrims who had settled in this area outside of the Old City walls direct access to the sites holy to them in the Christian Quarter. Since it is the most recent of all gates to be built it is called the New gate and it faces Northwest.

From looking at the gates we become aware that next to the Old Gate there was another gate called the Gate of Ephraim. Ephraim means fruitfulness or doubly fruitful and it was at the beginning of a long valley, or depression in the landscape called the

valley of the cheese makers

or the Tyropoean Valley.

Today this valley runs through the center of the old city parts of the excavated wall run parallel to it.

As we make progress in our walk, there will be a choice either

the old gate or the gate of Ephraim?

We may have been called like the one lost sheep or we may have been caught like a fish.

When first we are born again from above the scales fall off our eyes like Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus and we see truth for the first time. After a few days we begin to wonder if it is real and do we want to make that lifetime commitment. We have come through the sheep gate and through the fish gate now there is a choice which one will we choose….

the old gate back to the old life and friends

or

the gate that leads to fruitfulness?

It is tied directly to Matthew 13:20,21 and Mark 4

the sower and the seed.

The Old Gate lies at the threshold of a valley a long deep valley

The Tyropean Valley.

Here the believer will have trials which valleys represent. However we are to go through the valley as in the shepherds Psalm 23 and He is with us all the Way.

More Gates coming in the next post…

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus.  Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.