The prophet Ezekiel says that a day will come when there will be 12 gates in the city walls, one for each of Israel’s tribes. (Ezekiel 48:31-34).
There can be some confusion as to which gate is called what because, over the generations they have been given different names depending on who was in control of the city.
A GATE
שַׁ֫עַר shaar
gives access to the City; it is a seat of power, authority and influence; 1 Chronicles 9:22-23
Cities were walled with gates to protect those inside, it was a security defense; they were very thick.See pictures below.
The walls around the Old City of Jerusalem were built in the early 16th century by Turkish Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent.
There are many stories connected to
Sha’ar Yerushalyim
the walls of Jerusalem.
Via the gates people entered and left the city, by them, Jerusalem was conquered numerous times, and here trading has taken place for thousands of years. Although the gates of Jerusalem were in a slightly different place in Biblical times, the city gates were a place to learn Torah and to teach the laws in scripture. Today, officially there are 8 gates in the walls of the Old City, although there are a few extra “unofficial” gates. 7 of the official gates are still in use, while one has been blocked off for hundreds of years.
If we count 12 the list would be:
The Valley Gate (2:13; 3:13). Also 2Chronicles 26:9.
The Gate of the Fountain (2:14; 3:15; 12:37), on Ophel at the Gihon spring that is mentioned in 2Kings 25:4. Jeremiah 39:4.
The Sheep Gate (3:1; 12:39). North of the Temple.
The Fish Gate (3:3; 12:39). Also 2Chronicles 33:14. Zephaniah 1:10.
The Old Gate (3:6; 12:39). Also 2Chronicles 33:14, and 2Kings 22:14,college. Also called the First Gate.Zechariah 14:10.
The Dung Gate (2:14; 3:14; 12:31). Probably same as Harsith Gate (Jeremiah 19:2); sometimes rendered the Gate of Potsherds/Pottery Gate. Leading to Hinnom. .
The Water Gate (3:25, 26).
The Horse Gate (3:28). Also 2Kings 11:16. 2Chronicles 23:15. Jeremiah 31:40. South-east of the Temple, and close to the city and house of David.
The East Gate (3:29). East of the Temple, and connected with it.
The Gate of Miphkad (3:31). Probably north-east of Temple. Also called The Registry Gate.
The Gate of Ephraim (8:16; 12:39). Also 2Chronicles 25:23.
The Prison Gate(12:39), or Gate of the Guard2Kings 11:6, 19
In Nehemiah 3, the first sixteen verses refer to Jerusalem, and the latter sixteen verses to Zion (or the city of David), south of Moriah. Those who wish to study these, and a comparison with chapter 12, will find it explains most of the difficulties connected with the layout of the city.
Four of the gates of Jerusalem face the cardinal directions; the Damascus Gate to the north, the Golden Gate to the east, the Zion Gate to the south, and the Jaffa Gate to the west.
The remaining gates are:
the Flower, or Herods Gate,
the Lion Gate,
the Dung Gate,
and the New Gate.
The Old City of Jerusalem had eight gates in its walls.
Suleiman’s original walls had six gates:
Damascus Gate,
Herod’s Gate,
Stephen’s Gate,
Dung Gate,
Zion Gate and
Jappa Gate.
The gates were all designed and built to have an L-shaped entry instead of a straight line of entry. Taking this sharp ninety degree turn would have slowed down an invading army in the final moments of a siege. The “L” turns have been removed from Stephen’s Gate and the Dung Gate to better facilitate modern traffic but can still be seen in the other four gates.
The Gates Of Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s Day.
Nehemiah chapter 3 describes the building of the walls and gates of the city, giving the names of the individuals and families who performed the work and the portion of the wall or gates on which they were employed.
After the Babylonian Captivity, when the Jewish people returned to their homeland, Jerusalem lay in ruins. The Temple, the city walls, and the gates had been destroyed as a result of the three invasions of Nebuchadnezzar and his forces in 606 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC.
Much work needed to be done, and Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah each led groups of the returned remnant in the task of rebuilding the city of Jerusalem.
Restoring the gates was a necessary element in rebuilding the walls and securing the city. The dictionary defines a gate as a movable structure controlling entrance or exit through an opening in a fence or wall or any means of entrance.
Under the adverse conditions which he encountered, Nehemiah’s task was enormous.
The job required a team effort, as described in chapter 3. To accomplish the task, Nehemiah assigned specific work places to individuals and families, who were assigned to work on sections of the wall or gates near their homes. This provided the motivation needed to complete the work and it also avoided wasting time that would have been needed to travel to other parts of the city. It assured the workers that they would be near their homes to protect their families in the event of an attack. Each family was to use all of its available talent, thus making it a household project v. 21, 23–24, 26, 28–30. In addition to local residents, many people who lived outside of Jerusalem were assigned to work on sections of the wall where homes were sparse v. 2, 5, 7, 27.
Some of the work assignments were given according to their roles in life .e.g. v. 1 the High Priest and other priests were assigned to rebuild the
Sheep Gate which was important to the priests
because animals were brought through that gate to the Temple for sacrificial offerings.
Beginning from the north wall of the Temple, and going forward counterclockwise 10 gates are mentioned inchapter 3.
The circumference of the walls was approximately 2 1/2 miles, or 4 km. and covering approximately 220 acres/890308 sq.metres.
There are spiritual applications for our lives today
reflected in the
10 gates names
and what they were connected to.
The Sheep Gate, Fish Gate, and Old Gate
were located in the northern section of the wall.
The Sheep Gate
is the first gate mentioned in Nehemiah.
The building of the wall and gates
begins from the Sheep Gate
in Nehemiah 3,
because
everything begins from the offering of
the Lamb
Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ.
The first gate is the Sheep Gate
and, next to it,
the Tower of Hananel, which means God’s mercy
or something to do with the mercy of God;
and the Tower of the Me’ah, which is the Hebrew word for one hundred.
As just mentioned, that is the gate to which they brought the sheep into Jerusalem to be sacrificed in the temple.
Recall, when Yeshua/Jesus said
if a shepherd loses a sheep,
he’ll leave the 99 and go after the 1?
(Luke 15:3-7)
If 1 sheep is missing,
it is not counted as a legitimate flock.
A flock had to be 100!
Sometimes, some of us go astray, maybe some fall away and young believers sometimes backslide. In times of stress and crisis, it can sometimes seem that the Lord has abandoned us, and so we wander off. This is not true and the Good Shepherd comes after us because He doesn’t want to lose any that the Father has given to Him. The Sheep Gate is representative of Messiahs statement in
John 10:27
The spiritual meaning of the Sheep Gate is that the High Priest built it, and that through that gate,lambs and sheep were brought to the temple for sacrifice.
Note that the sheep gate had no locks or bars,
for
the door of salvation
is open to everyone.
This was the only gate that was sanctified,
setting it apart as a special gate!
IN v. 1, 32 on the northeast corner of the wall. was the location of The Sheep Gate named because sheep were led through it to the Temple. It was near the market where sheep were sold and close to the Sheep Pool where the Temple sacrifices were washed. The Sheep Gate was also near another well known place, the Pool of Bethesda (Jn. 5:2).
The Tower of Hammeah (hundred) and the Tower of Hananel (12:39). Were Between the Sheep Gate and the Fish Gate.
The Tower of Hananel is also mentioned in Jeremiah 31:38 and Zechariah 14:10 as the northernmost part of the city.
The Sheep Gate is a reminder to us of calvarys’ cross. Yeshua/Jesus was “the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world” Jn. 1:29 Humanity is described as wayward sheep (Isa. 53:6) who need a shepherd to lead them into God’s eternal heavenly sheepfold. Yeshua/Jesus is the door through which sinners can enter the sheepfold and be redeemed (Jn. 10:1–9).Believers are bought with a price according to 1 Cor. 6:20, the blood of God’s Lamb, Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach
Then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brethren, the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it. (Nehemiah 3:1)
The Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was near the temple; it was where the sacrificial animals were brought in to be offered on the altar. It is in keeping that the priests should build this particular gate, for it speaks of Christ and His work upon the cross for us. That is exactly what the prophet had said:
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7)
When John the Baptist marked Christ out for His ministry he said,
“Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
It makes one wonder if the Yeshua/Jesus came in at the Sheep Gate every time He entered the city except on the day of the Triumphal Entry?
We do know for sure that He came in through the Sheep Gate to the Pool of Bethesda, where He healed the blind man. That act was symbolic of the fact that He came as the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world, the poor man who was healed is a picture of every sinner who, will find deliverance from sin if they are willing to come to the cross of Messiah.
Yeshua/Jesus not only came in through that gate, but they took Him out through that gate when He was arrested and also when He was led out to be crucified. The Sheep Gate was the place of judgment, telling us that He bore the judgment of our sin. This is the gate where we must begin with God, because He is not prepared to meet us anywhere else but at the cross.
It is interesting to note that,
next unto him the men of Jericho built. Nehemiah 3:2. Jericho was the city of the curse, and the men of Jericho were building right next to the Sheep Gate.
Surely, that’s not by chance!
Messiah bore the curse of sin on the cross for us.
in Galatians, Paul wrote saying:
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. Galatians 3:13.
The old Sheep gate
שער כבשים
sha`ar ha-tso’-n or sha’ar ke-ves
is also known as
St Stephens gate
and
Lions gate
שערהאריות Sha’ar ha-Arayot,
to the north of the Haram es-Sherif, or temple area from which the path leads down into the valley of the Kedron.
The first gate has implications in being called sheep (sacrifical lamb) and lion (of Judah/tribes) and Stephen seeing heaven opened, (martyr). This is where we too must begin our journey into His Kingdom/City…
At the foot of the cross where
freedom from the curse of sin awaits us.
Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach is the High Priest of the ReNewEd Covenant, He is the Lamb, who offered His life as the price of our sins.
As our spiritual High Priest, Yeshua/Jesus set up doors of the Sheep Gate, which means that
He is the Door of the sheep.
To receive salvation and, therefore enter God’s kingdom, a man must enter through the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ/Yeshua haMashiach.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
It is very significant that
Eliashib in Hebrew means:
God restores.
Again it’s not by chance but our Heavenly Fathers’ design that, as High Priest, he was the one who rebuilt the Sheep Gate and the walls surrounding it.
The Gates continue in Part 2!
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‘Mishpachah’
‘Family/Tribe’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa,
friends, visitors and every reader…
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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.
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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.
most prophecies about Yeshua/Jesus with a staggering
125 prophecies
164‐288
Isaiah contains so many prophecies about Messiah Yeshua/Jesus that some have called it the Fifth Gospel!
Judgment and restoration is promised for Judah, Jerusalem and the nations in Isaiah 1–33, and chapters 34–66 presume that judgment has been pronounced and restoration follows soon. It can also be read as an extended meditation on the destiny of Jerusalem/Yerushalayim into and after the Exile.
In the 2nd Temple period between 515 BC – 70 AD, Isaiah was one of the most popular works among Jews. Isaiah’s influence extends to English literature and to Western culture in general, far beyond Christianity itself: e.g. in the musical form of Handel’s Messiah and also in everyday phrases such as swords into ploughshares.
Yeshua /Jesus fulfilled all 125 prophecies in Isaiah.
Book of Jeremiah
ירמיה yir-me-yah / yir-me-yahu / Yirmyahuw
{yir-meh-yaw’-hoo}; Jah will rise
This Book of Jeremiah was intended for the Jews in Babylonian exile. Its’ purpose was to explain the disaster that befell the nation describing YHWH/God’s response to Yisrael/Israel’s pagan worship. Jeremiah said the people, are like an unfaithful wife and rebellious children: their infidelity and rebelliousness made judgment inevitable, although restoration and a new covenant are foreshadowed as a hope for the future.
The Book of Jeremiah contains 5 prophecies
(289‐293)
about Jesus, He fulfilled all five.
The Book of Ezekiel
יְחֶזְקֵאל Yechezqel Yĕchezqe’l
meaning: God will strengthen,
God strengthens or God’s Strength.
The Book of Ezekiel records 6 visions received by the prophet Ezekiel while exiled in Babylon for 22 years, between 593–571 BC. The visions, and the book, are centered around 3 themes: First in chapters 1–24: Judgment on Israel; Secondly in chapters 25–32: Judgment on the nations; and third, in chapters 33–48: Future blessings and return for Yisrael/Israel. The contents of Ezekiel include the concepts of Gods presence, purity, Yisrael/Israel as a divine group of people, and each individuals responsibility to Yehoveh/God.
The Book of Ezekiel contains 2 prophecies
(294‐295)
about Yeshua/Jesus and both prophecies
in Ezekiel were fulfilled by Him.
The Book of Daniel
דָּנִיֵּאל Daniel
Judge Of God,
God Is My Judge
The Book of Daniel is written in exile in Babylon during the 6th century B.C. Daniel was a nobleman like Ezekiel, he had been taken captive as a young man to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel’s superior way of life earns him great respect in the Babylonian government. In chapters 1-6 He writes about his own life in captivity. He was selected to work for the Babylonian King. It focuses on Faithfulness During Persecution.
It also contains much prophecy and in chapters 7-12 gives the interpretation of dreams that Daniel received from God, dreams and visions which were given to the King Nebuchadnezzar concerning the rise and fall of empires including Visions of Babylon’s Future and of Israel’s Future Destiny; the latter end reaching even to today. Daniel also contains 12 specific prophecies
(296‐307)
about Yeshua/Jesus; all 12 prophecies in Daniel He fulfilled.
The Book of Hosea
Hoshea
salvation
הושע:
is set around the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Yisrael /Israel, the Book of Hosea denounces the worship of gods other than Yahweh, comparing Yisrael/Israel’s abandonment of Yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. According to the written account, the relationship between Hosea and his unfaithful wife Gomer is likened to the relationship between Yahweh and his unfaithful people Yisrael /Israel. The eventual reconciliation of Hosea and Gomer is treated as a hopeful comparison for the eventual reconciliation between Yahweh/Yehoveh and Yisrael /Israel.
The Book of Hosea contains 2 prophecies
(308‐309)
about Yeshua/Jesus and both were fulfilled.
The Book of Joel
יוֹאֵל Yoel
contains a grieving over a severe drought and a great locust plague. These events had a severe effect on agriculture and the farmers, which in turn affected the supply of agricultural offerings for the Temple in Yerushalayim/Jerusalem. The narrative is mixed in with a call to national grieving.
In Joel 2:1–11 is a more apocalyptic passage which compares the locusts to an army, and revealing that they are an army sent/allowed by God. Next in Joel 2:12–17 there is a call to national repentance/teshuvah in the face of God’s judgment, and then in Joel 2:18–32 a promise of future blessings. Joel 2:28–32 and 3:1–5 declares that future prophetic gifts are promised to all God’s people, and their safety in the face of cosmic cataclysm which is very clearly in process today. Joel also describes the coming judgment on YHWH/God’s (Israel’s) enemies and the vindication of Yisrael/Israel.
The Book of Joel/Yoel contains 1 prophecy
(310)
about
Yeshua/Jesus which He fulfilled.
The Book of Jonah
Yonah
יוֹנָה֙
yō-w-nāh
describes how God commands Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it
“for their great wickedness is come up before me,”
but Jonah instead attempts to flee from “the presence of the Lord” by going to Jaffa (sometimes transliterated as Joppa or Joppe), and sailing to Tarshish. A huge storm arises and the sailors, realizing that it is no ordinary storm, cast lots and find out that Jonah/Yonah is to blame. He admits he is the problem and says that the storm will cease if he is thrown overboard. At first, the sailors refuse to do this and continue rowing, but all their efforts are in vain and eventually they are forced to throw Jonah/Yonah over the side of the ship.
The storm calms as a result and the sailors then offer sacrifices to God. Yonah/Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large fish, in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. While in the great fish, Yonah/Jonah prays to Yahoveh/God from Sheol in his affliction and commits to thanksgiving and to paying what he has vowed. Yahoveh/God then commands the fish to spit Yonah/Jonah out on the shore.
The Book of Jonah contains 1 prophecy
(311)
about Yeshua/Jesus which He fulfilled.
The Book of Micah
מיכה
is one of the prophetic books in the Tanakh/Old Testament, being one of the 12 minor prophets. He prophesied over the kingdoms of Israel and Judah during the First Temple era. Micah reproaches unjust leaders, defends the rights of the poor against the rich and powerful; while looking forward to a world at peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new Davidic monarch. Micah can be roughly divided into three equal parts:
first the Judgment against the nations and their leaders,
secondly the restoration of Zion and
third, Yahoveh/God’s lawsuit against Yisrael/Israel and expression of hope.
The Book of Micah contains 3 prophecies
(312‐314)
about Yeshua/Jesus, He fulfilled all three.
The Book Of Haggai
Chaggay Chaggai חַגַּ֞י חגי
is possibly derived from the Hebrew verb
חגג hagag ,
meaning: to celebrate
it was written in 520 BC some 18 years after Cyrus had conquered Babylon and issued a decree in 538 BC allowing the captive Jews to return to Judea. Cyrus saw the restoration of the temple as necessary for the restoration of the religious practices and a sense of freedom after a long exile. In Chaggai /Haggai 1:14–15 it records that the rebuilding of the Temple began on September 7 521 BC. just three weeks after his first prophecy.
They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God, on the twenty‐fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the King
and the Book of Ezra 6:15 indicates that the construction was finished on February 25 516 BC.
“The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.”
The Book of Haggai contains 2 prophecies
(315‐316)
about Yehshua/Jesus both were fulfilled.
The Book of Zechariyah / זכריה
From the Hebrew name:
זְכַרְיָה Zekharyah
meaning: Yahweh remembers
from זָכַר zakhar
meaning: to remember
and
יָה yah
referring to the Hebrew God.
Zechariah’s prophecies were contemporary with Haggai in a post‐exilic world after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. And took place during the reign of Darius the Great. Ezekiel and Jeremiah wrote before the fall of Jerusalem, while continuing to prophesy in the early exile period. Scholars believe Ezekiel, with his combination of vision and ceremony, had a strong influence on the prophetic writings of Zechariah in chapters 1–8.
Zechariah dated his writing specifically at 520–518 BC. During the Exile many Judahites and Benjamites were taken to Babylon, where the prophets told them to make their homes, indicating they were about to spend a long period of time there. When Cyrus the Great overtook the Babylonians in 539 BC., freedom did eventually come to many Israelites, In 538 BC, Cyrus’ famous decree was released, and under Sheshbazzar the first return from exile took place.
The Book of Zechariah contains 30 prophecies
(317‐346)
about Yeshua/Jesus. He fulfilled all 30 of them.
Malachi מַלְאָכִי
mal-aw-kee’
from the Hebrew name:
מַלְאָכִי Mal’akhi
meaning: my messenger
or
my angel
or messenger of God.
Malachi is the last book of the TaNaKH/Old Testament, in many Bibles making Malachi the last book before the Brit Chadashah/New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, the order of books is slightly different; see charts below, and in this order the last book is
2 Chronicles not Malachi.
The Book of Malachi was written to correct the negligent religious and social behavior of the Israelites in Jerusalem after returning from their exile; and in particular the
כֹּהֲנִ֖ים kohanim priests.
Although the prophets urged the people of Judah and Israel to see their exile as punishment for failing to uphold their covenant with God, it was not long after they had been restored to the land and to Temple worship that the people’s commitment to their God began, once again, to decline. It was in this setting that Malachi delivered the Word of the Lord.
The Book of Malachi contains 5 prophecies
(347‐351)
about Yeshua/Jesus all of which He fulfilled.
There is no one else before or since like Yeshua/Jesus.
He was not just a prophet…
But the fulfillment of ALL prophecy
The impressive detail and sheer number of these prophecies cause the Bible to stand alone as the truly inspired Word of God. Only He could have the foreknowledge and power to undertake and perfectly complete all that was written and spoken about His coming Messiah. Together with its’ reliable historical accuracy, it sets the Bible/TaNaKH apart from any other book or record.
The Brit Chadashah/ New Testament/Covenant was written after the death and ressurection of Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ.
Archeologists have found thousands of manuscripts of the Brit Chadashah /New Testament and some of them are dated less than 100 years after the original letters were written. In terms of historical reliability, the Hebrew Bible is superior to any other ancient writings which brings us to the conclusion that only the Bible is the true Word of God.
This surely is the miracle…. Our Heavenly Father gave us these written prophecies and ensured their continued protection through the millennia in order to build our faith and to point the way to His Only Begotten Son, Yeshua/Jesus.
As 1 John 1:1‐3 states:
“The One who existed from the beginning is the One we have heard and seen. We saw Him with our own eyes and touched Him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of Life. This One who is life from God was shown to us, and we have seen Him. And now we testify and announce to you that He is the One who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then He was shown to us.
We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ”.
We should do well to remember the Scriptures must be spiritually discerned to be understood spiritually..
1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
to “spiritually discern“
is to look beyond the physical (metaphysical)
into the realm of the unseen.
As Yeshua/Jesus was quoted as saying
“the Kingdom comes without observation” …
meaning you can’t see it.
Just as we cannot see air, or breath, or Spirit (pneuma).
The flesh, that is, the carnal mind,
cannot make sense of that which is spiritual in nature.
1Corinthians 2:10-12
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Some have questioned why did so many Jewish people living 2000 years ago miss the 1st coming of Messiah? The first believers were all Jewish/Hebrews and Israelites. Yeshua/Jesus said He came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel and then to the gentiles/heathen.
He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24
The house of Israel is Abraham, Isaac & Jacob and his 12 sons and their descendants; remembering they were scattered abroad in the Diaspora. The leaders, Pharisees, Scribes, Sadducees and Rabbis/Teachers/ of the Torah, were very knowledgeable yet they did not interpret the signs/signals correctly; and feared for their own positions of power and seats of authority over the people which gave them prestige and a wealthy lifestyle.
The Pharisees or Perushim in Hebrew, were an elite, ancient group of religious Jews who were strict adherents to the Law and esteemed themselves more highly than others. These were the most educated of Jews and spent their lives in the study of Torah Law. They not only studied Law, they taught it. They believed the Law was the only way to God.
Their minds, indeed, were closed; and to this very day their minds are covered with the same veils they read the books of the old covenant. 2Cor 3:14
Many Pharisees will form their own version of truth based on what suits them. The rules that apply to others, do not apply to them. They had a picture of who the Messiah would be and Yeshua did not match their image of Messiah.
They looked with natural eyes saying in
John 1:41; Luke 4:22
“oh he is Josephs son”
And with their intellect they said the scriptures declare that we will not know where Messiah comes from and we know where this one is from.
They did not look with spiritual eyes but rather relied on their carnal minds for understanding and interpretation.
Matthew 23:17,19, 24, 26
John 9:39,40 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes,and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah/Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
We know that this did not apply to all of them, as many came and listened to Messiahs teaching…Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea and Saul/Paul all became disciples of Yeshua/Jesus.
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. –Is 44:18
They were blinded because it had been prophesied and so had to be fulfilled.
The Word of God always interprets itself however but has to be spiritually discerned. This is the meaning of having eyes to see and ears to hear and an understanding heart.
1Kings 3:9 and Psalm 119:34
The Word tells us there is a veil over Gods chosen people on purpose so that the heathen/gentiles can be brought/grafted in when that time is fulfilled the veil will be removed and they will see and all Israel will be saved.
The key passage to the doctrine of Israel’s
blindness or hardening
is found in
Romans 11:25—”For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits—, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn ungodliness from Jacob.”
Romans 11:25 indicates a predicted time when Israel’s blindness will be ended.
Heavenly Father/Avinu, give us eyes to see
Let The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones, Eph. 1:18
It is with these alone that we discern the things of God. Being first opened, and then enlightened – – By his Spirit.
Lets us not miss the day of our visitation because our eyes failed to see and spiritually discern the times upon us.
The Odds of Prophetic fulfillment???
Truly phenomenal and beyond all chance or coincidence. His written Word and His Word made flesh can be completely relied upon, totally trusted in; we should leave this page full of faith and hope that every other prophetic word not yet made manifest will come to pass in its perfectly prepared timing.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 5:18
He is without any doubt
King of Kings.
Hebrew Translation. מלך המלכים.
The Lion of the tribe of Judah
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.
Biblical Prophecy can be thought of as His Story, Gods own future unfolding through the ages and generations or as pre‐written history.
The TaNaKH/Old Testament written hundreds of years and some, more than a 1,000 years, before Yeshua/Jesus’ birth contains some
351 prophecies
that refer to the coming of the Mashiach, Yeshua/Messiah, Jesus, the Only Son of the one true living God; who fulfilled them through His life, death and resurrection.
Circumstances such as his birthplace, lineage, and method of execution were beyond Christ’s control and could not have been accidentally or deliberately fulfilled.
So what are the odds?
Mathematically speaking, they are staggering!
The actual odds of anyone fulfilling a small amount of prophecy is impossible!
1 person fulfilling 8 prophecies: The chance of this happening, they say, is 1 in 1017 power. Which is 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000
1 person fulfilling 40 prophecies: 1 chance in 10 to the 157th power
1 person fulfilling 351 prophecies: completely impossible for anyone …except
Messiah Yeshua/Jesus!
We should recall that in Matthew 5, Yeshua/Jesus clearly told us:
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
He fulfilled all prophecy concerning His Father’s plan of redemption spoken by the Old Testament prophets/ Nevi’im and in so doing, He fulfilled the requirements of the covenant directions for us. This is something none of us can do for ourselves.
At the time of Yeshua/Jesus there was only the Hebrew scriptures in the form of scrolls which were called collectively the TaNaKH
Which we know as
The הישנה ברית
Old Testament
Ta•nach.
Hebrew: תַּנַ”ךְ,
pronounced: taˈnaχ or təˈnax;
also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach
In Hebrew Tanakh it is not a name it is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text’s three traditional subdivisions of the Old Testament:
Torah (the Law) ‘Teaching’, also known as the Five Books of Moses
Ne•vi•eem (Prophets); and
Ke•tu•vim (Writings).
—hence TaNaKh
The three-part division reflected in the acronym Tanakh is well attested in the literature of the Rabbinic period. During that period, however, Tanakh was not used.
Instead, the proper title was Mikra
or
Miqra, מקרא,
meaning: reading
or
that which is read
because the biblical texts were read publicly.
Mikra
continues to be used in Hebrew to this day, alongside
Tanakh,
to refer to the Hebrew scriptures.
In modern spoken Hebrew, they are interchangeable.
The Torah, תּוֹרָה,
literally
teaching,
also known as the Pentateuch
or as previously mentioned, the Five Books of Moses.
Printed versions (rather than scrolls) of the Torah are often called
Chamisha Chumshei Torah
חמישה חומשי תורה
Five fifth-sections of the Torah
and informally a
Chumash.
The Torah includes:
the five books of Moses /Pentateuch,
following Be•re•sheet /Genesis;
Shemot /Exodus; and Vaikra /Leviticus.
Be•mid•bar / Numbers is its 4th book,
with Deuteronomy/ Devarim the 5th.
Each of the Torah books is named after either the very first word in that book (as in Genesis where the very first word ‘be•re•sheet’ is the name of the book), or the second (as in Exodus where it is the second word in the verse), with one exception occurring in the book Be•mid•bar (Numbers), which gets its name from the fifth word of the fifth verse of the book.
The Book of Numbers, Be•mid•bar, means in the wilderness.
Only the Creator and King of the universe/Melech haOlam could know beforehand and accomplish all that was written about the Messiah/Mashiach, the Redeemer of humanity. This historical accuracy and reliability sets the TaNaKH/ Bible apart from any other book or record by its reliable historical accuracy. The details of these prophecies mark the Word of God as being inspired by His Ruach HaKodesh/Spirit of Holiness.
If we question whether Messiah Yeshua/Jesus can be found in the TaNaKH/Old Testament the Word itself answers that in
Matthew 5:17‐20
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commandments (10 sayings); will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Again in John 5:39‐40, He says:
You study the Scripturesdiligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures thattestify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:25–27
“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!” John 5:39
And He clearly told the 2 on the Emmaus road in Luke 24:25
He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Here is a list of the prophesies:
The Book of Genesis/B’resheet/ בראשית Beginning:
The prophecy of Yeshua/Jesus goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3:15. God fulfilled his promise from Genesis 3:15 by sending his son into the world as a baby. He was fully God and fully human. The offspring of the woman would eventually crush that old serpent, Satan.
In Genesis 3, God forewarned the Serpent that he would bruise the heel of the woman’s Seed (descendant), but that descendant would bruise the Serpent’s head, implying a death blow. When the Spirit of God conceived the Lord Jesus in Mary’s womb over 4,000 years later, He fulfilled the part of the prophecy that mentioned the Seed of the woman. The serpent bruised the Lord Jesus’ heel when He suffered crucifixion for our sins.
Revelation 20:10 glimpses the future time when the Lord Jesus will bruise the serpent’s head and destroy him.
God embedded a prophecy into His post-Flood promise to Noah, saying, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” We are reminded of God’s faithfulness and the Bible’s truth when we see the seasons change every year.
The apostle Paul explains how a prophecy God spoke to Abraham continues to be fulfilled, saying, “And the Scripture Genesis 12:3, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ‘In you all the nations shall be blessed.’ So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.” Other passages reinforce the “all the nations” aspect of this Genesis prophecy, and even now the gospel is going out into all the world, blessing people and changing lives.
Finally, God confirmed the Genesis 3 promised seed for each generation of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then Jacob/Israel prophesied,
“The scepter shall not depart from Judah…until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people,”
indicating that one of Judah’s descendants would become the long-awaited King of all. Christ, the King, was a descendant of Judah, just as Genesis prophesied.
Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 20 prophecies inGenesis.
The most significant being Genesis 28:8
For the real sacrifice
God had His own Son in mind
not Abrahams!
In the second book of the Torah
in the Hebrew Bible:
שמות, Šemot, Names
Book of Exodus
from Greek ἔξοδος, Exodos, meaning: going out;
we are told how the Israelites leave slavery in Egypt through the strength of Yehoveh/YaHWeH. The Book of Exodus narrates how Moses led the Israelites in building the Tabernacle Exodus 35–40 based on God’s instructions Exodus 25–31. Even though it was written long before Yeshua/Jesus.
Exodus contains 9 prophecies (21‐29) about Yeshua/Jesus.
He fulfilled all 9 in Exodus.
The Book of Leviticus
is the 3rd book of the Torah and of the
TaNaKH/Old Testament.
from Greek Λευιτικός, Leuitikos,
meaning: relating to the Levites;
Hebrew: ויקרא,
Wayiqra, or VaYikra
And He called
Most of its chapters 1–7, 11–27 consist of God’s speeches to Moses, in which he is commanded to repeat to the Israelites. This takes place within the story of the Israelites’ Exodus after they escaped Egypt and reached Mt. Sinai Exodus 19:1. Then in Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests how to make offerings in the Tabernacle and how to conduct themselves while camped around the holy tent sanctuary.
Leviticus contains 7 prophecies (30‐36) about Yeshua/Jesus, He fulfilled all seven.
The Book of Numbers
בְּמִדְבַּר
Be•mid•bar,
means
in the wilderness.
is the 4th book of the Hebrew Bible,
and the 4th of 5 books of the Jewish Torah.
The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites. Numbers begins at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have received their laws and covenant from God and God has taken up residence among them in the sanctuary. The task before them is to go in and take possession of the Promised Land. The people are counted and preparations are made for resuming their march. The Israelites begin the journey, but they murmur at the hardships along the way, and about the authority of Moses and Aaron. For these acts, God destroys approximately 15,000 of them through various means. They arrive at the borders of Canaan and send spies into the land. Upon hearing the spies’ fearful report concerning the conditions in Canaan, the Israelites refuse to take possession of it. God condemns them to death in the wilderness until a new generation can grow up and carry out the task. The book ends with the new generation of Israelites in the Plain of Moab ready for the crossing of the Jordan River.
Numbers also contains 3 prophecies(37‐39) about Yeshua/Jesus, all three prophecies in Numbers were fulfilled by Him.
De•va•rim,’ ‘Deuteronomy,’
Hebrew:
דְּבָרִים, Devarim, [spoken] words
from Greek
Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronomion, second law;
The Book of Deuteronomy is the 5th book of the TaNaKH/Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah. Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land.
The 1st sermon recounts the forty years of wilderness wanderings which had led to that moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law, later referred to as the Law of Moses;
the 2nd reminds the Israelites of the need to follow Yahweh/Yahoveh/YHWH, and the laws He has given them, on which their possession of the land depends;
and the 3rd offers the comfort that even should Israel prove unfaithful and so lose the land, with repentance all can be restored. The final 4 chapters (31–34) contain the Song of Moses, the Blessing of Moses, and narratives recounting the passing of the mantle of leadership from Moses to Joshua and, finally, Moses death on Mount Nebo.
One of its most significant verses is
Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema Yisrael,
which has become the definitive statement of Israelite/Jewish/Hebrew identity:
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
Verses 6:4–5 were also quoted by Yeshua/Jesus in
Mark 12:28–34 as part of the Great Commandment.
Deuteronomy contains 5 prophecies
(40‐44)
about Yeshua/Jesus; He fulfilled all five.
The Book of
Joshua Yehoshua יהושע
gives the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile. It tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes, framed by two set‐piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of the land, and, at the end, the last by Joshua warning of the need for faithful observance of the Law (torah) revealed to Moses.
Joshua contains 1 prophecy
(45)
about Jesus. He fulfilled the prophecy.
ספר רות ב
The Book of Ruth
רות Rut – friendship:
is named after its central figure,
Ruth the Moabitess,
the great-grandmother of David.
The book tells of Ruth’s accepting the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own.
In chapter 1:16–17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother‐in‐law,
“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
Ruth contains 1 prophecy
(46)
about Yeshua/Jesus. He fulfilled the prophecy in Ruth.
The Books of Samuel/
Shemuel
שְׁמוּאֵל name of God:
1 Samuel and 2 Samuel,
make up part of the history of Jacob/Israel in the
prophets Ne•vi•eem’
portion of the
TaNaKH/Hebrew Bible/Old Testament,
which includes
Joshua,
Judges,
Samuel
and Kings
comprising a history of
the children of Israel/Jacob; i.e. the Israelites.
Samuel begins with the prophet Samuel’s birth and God’s call to him as a boy. The story of the Ark of the Covenant tells of Israel the Philistine oppression, which brought about Israels first king, Saul, being anointed by him. However, Saul proved unworthy and God turned to and chose David, who defeated Israel’s enemies and brought the Ark of His Covenant to Jerusalem/Yerushalayim. God then promised David and his successors an everlasting house/dynasty.
1&2 Samuel contain 6 prophecies
(47‐52)
about Yeshua/Jesus.
He fulfilled all 6 prophecies in Samuel 1 and 2.
Some biblical commentators believe the books of Joshua and Judges and 1&2 Samuel, were written to provide an explanation for the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah by Babylon in 586 BC and lay a foundation for a return from exile.
The Book of Kings:
melek מֶלֶך.
monarch, sovereign.
The Books of 1&2 Kings, are the 11th and 12th books and were originally a single book. They complete the early history of Israel presenting its’ history from the death of King David to the release of Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, which was a period of approx. 400 years between 960 and 560 BC.
Kings contains 1 prophecy
(53) about Jesus, He fulfilled the prophecy in Kings.
The Books of Chronicles:
Divrei HaYamim
הימים דברי
The Chronicles narrative begins with Adam and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely by genealogical lists, down to the founding of the first Kingdom of Israel 1 Chronicles 1–9. after a brief account of Saul the remainder of 1 Chronicles, is concentrated on the reign of David 1 Chronicles 11–29. The next section records the life of Solomon, David’s son. 2 Chronicles 1–9, and the final part is about the Kingdom of Judah with somel references to the 2nd kingdom of Israel 2 Chronicles 10–36. Judah is destroyed in the last chapter and the people taken into exile in Babylon, and in the final verses the Persian king Cyrus the Great conquers the Neo‐Babylonian Empire, and he authorizes the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the return of the exiles.
Chronicles contain 3 prophecies (54‐56) about Jesus/Yeshua. He fulfilled all 3 prophecies in Chronicles.
The Book of Job
Iyov
אִיּוֹב
is recorded as being in an obscure land called Uz, far from Israel, during an unknown time period, this book focuses on questions about God’s justice and asks why good people suffer attacks from the adversary/ hasatan /Satan.
שָׂטָ֖ן śātan
Throughout the book, Job, his wife, and his friends speculate on and discuss why he, an upright man, suffers. Job accuses God of being unjust and not operating the world according to principles of justice, and his friends believe that Job’s sin caused his suffering. Job decides to talk directly to God. And when he does his eyes are opened and he understands.
Job contains 2 prophecies
(57‐58)
about Yeshua/Jesus He fulfilled both prophecies in Job.
The Book of Psalms
תהילים
tehilim:
contains an amazing number of
102 prophecies about Yeshua/Jesus
(59‐160).
The name Psalms
is derived from the Greek translation,
ψαλμοί, psalmoi,
meaning: instrumental music
and includes, the words accompanying the music.
Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 102 prophecies in Psalms.
The Book of Proverbs is the
2nd book in the Ketuvim or Writings,
the 3rd section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).
The full Hebrew title is Mishlei Shlomo,
or
The Proverbs מִ֭שְׁלֵי of Solomon/ שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה
מִ֭שְׁלֵי
The Book of Proverbs Mishlei/מִ֭שְׁלֵי
is a collection of writings relating to a way of life which lasted for more than a 1000 years. It highlights traditional Biblical wisdom, raising questions of values, moral behavior, the meaning of human life, and right conduct. The repeated theme is that the beginning of wisdom is having the fear of God; which means submission to the will of God. Wisdom is praised for her role in creation; acquiring her before anything else, and through her He brought chaos into order. Because humanity has life and prosperity by conforming to Gods’ order of creation, therefore, seeking wisdom is both the goal and essence of the godly lifestyle.
Proverbs contains 2 prophecies
(161‐162)
about Yeshua/Jesus.
He fulfilled both prophecies in Proverbs.
Song of Songs,
שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה shir hashirim
song of songs שיר השירים
or, as some know it, the
Song of Solomon,
separates itself from the other books in the Bible. There is no reference to covenant or laws wisdom or the God of Israel. The opening words introduce a poetic work whose subject is romantic love; the plot is about the courtship and marriage of a maiden referred to as the Shulammite and takes place in ancient Israel, in the woman’s garden and the king’s palace.
In modern Judaism the Song is read on the Sabbath during the Passover/Pesach, which marks the beginning of the grain harvest as well as remembering the Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition reads it as an allegory of the relationship between God and Israel, Christianity regards it as an allegory of Messiah and His bride/challach the Ecclesia/called apart ones.
Song of Solomon contains 1 prophecy
(163)
about Yeshua/Jesus and He fulfilled the prophecy in
Song of Solomon.
שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה shir hashirim
Be encouraged to take some time thinking and reading the prophecies for yourselves..they are truly amazing… What a wonderful Father we love and serve…
Conclusion in Part 2
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.
This name has been translated several different ways including:
he wrestles with God,
Prince of God,
he struggles with God,
and several others.
The name Israel
is actually a complete sentence in one word.
The name has three components –
Y, SR and AL.
The Y is a prefix meaning he.
The AL usually pronounced as
el is the Hebrew word for God.
The SR is the part that seems to have caused
most of the problems in translation.
The Hebrew word
SR
literally means
turn the head.
It is often translated as
prince or ruler
one who turns the head of the people.
The feminine form of this word is SRH or Sarah.
Abraham’s wife Sarah was very beautiful
and probably
turned the head
of the men who saw her.
Another word related to
SR is yasar
meaning discipline.
When you discipline your children you are
turning their head
from a path of bad to a path of good.
Because the Y is in front of the word SR
we know that this is a verb and not a noun, this is standard Hebrew grammar; and can literally be translated as
he turns the head of God.
It can be understood that when Israel, either Jacob or his descendants; speaks to God, as the Father of Israel, He stops what He is doing and turns to His son and says
What do you want My son.
Today’s name is the Hebrew name of the
Land of Israel,
E•retz Yis•ra•el.
The word
a•retz
is the general word for
land,
and eretz
becomes more specific, and it means
the land of.
The Land of Israel is one of several names for an area of indefinite geographical extension in the Middle East. Related biblical, religious, and historical English terms/names include:
the Land of Canaan,
the Promised Land,
the Holy Land, and
Palestine.
The land was called other names before being named Israel and through the centuries, the territory was known by a variety of other names, including
Canaan,
Djahy,
Samaria ,
Judea,
Yehud,
Iudaea,
Syria Palaestina
and Southern Syria.
Because of geopolitical reasons, the boundaries of
Eretz Yisrael
and, hence, the final borders of the
State of Israel,
have not yet been agreed upon between Israel and its neighbors.
The major obstacles are the territories of Judea and Samaria, which are claimed by the Palestinians as their land.
Biblically, these areas are under the definition of the
Land of Israel,
and especially those which comprise of major large parts of Jerusalem.
The official name of
Israel
in
Hebrew
is
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ,
Medīnat Yisrā’el
or the
State of Israel.
And upon gaining independence in 1948,
the country formally adopted the name.
Israel has been the name of an ethnic group in the Levant going back at least 3200 years, based on the first known mention of the name in the written record, which was in ancient Egypt.
Based on the Bible itself, the ancient peoples of the Levant were generally named for their progenitors.
For example,
the smaller southern
kingdom of Judah
is named for Judah,
the son of Jacob.
The Levant
is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia
with its islands
and neighboring countries.
In this post we have seen
the prophetic nature of
Israel
The Man – The Tribe – The Land
in scripture
as in just how many prophecies have been fulfilled, not least that of Isaiah; in chapter 35:1-2,
the prophet said that although Israel would become a desolate land, its deserts would one day bloom again. Isaiah lived about 2,700 years ago.
He declared that the wasteland will come to life and recent rains in Israel have caused the deserts to bloom, just as Isaiah prophesied!
These prophesies confirm and reaffirm
YHWH
Yehovehs
hand is on His chosen place and people spiritually and physically; and leaving no doubt that as each one has been fulfilled to date that everyone yet incomplete will be, in His perfect timing.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
His ways are not our ways and His thoughts not as ours.
As it’s only within the confines of the physical earth realm that we experience time constraints; the hour of His revealing will no doubt come as a thief in the night to the unprepared.
He has given us His Word both written and in Messiah Who was His Word made flesh.
Everything is written for our understanding so we should not be surprised or fearful of how He concludes His plan and the events of the end of the age. We are clearly given the signs/signals of their unfolding in His teaching about the very last days before His return, He told His disciples to watch Israel/Yisrael and the increasing interest that other nations show in her, as a sign/signal of His coming:
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed….
This is recorded in Matthew 25, Mark 16 and Luke as well as in His Revelation in the Brit Chadashah /the new Testament; and by all the Prophets in the Tanakh/the old Testament.
Surely the end times began as Yeshua/Jesus’ physical earthly life ended. The religious leaders and many others missed the day of their visitation. It seems crazy that all the prophets had told them ahead of time what to look for, that they did not see it, and recognize the events unfolding before their very eyes as literal prophecy was being fulfilled in real time.
But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 2 Cor.3:14.
2000+ years later let’s be sure that we do not miss the signs/signals of His imminent return according to His Word and specifically those of Yeshua/Jesus recorded in
Matthew, Mark, Luke and Rev.
For as certain as those we have just looked at have already come to pass; so will every word ..
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished. Matthew 5:18.
Maranatha – Come Lord Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach
The cup of indignation of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Yisrael is full.
Once more it is at critical measure and the earth is again filled with violence as in the days of Noe/Noah and Lot. This time He is not sending a flood but fire and He is coming as judge to those who have rejected Him, His Son, and His offer of forgiveness and redemption.
The compensation is that on seeing Him,
the scripture says
all Israel/Yisrael will be saved
for they shall look upon the one they pierced.
As the veil is removed from their eyes.
Mishpachah’
Family
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
we are grafted in to spiritual Israel;
A Jew is not one
outwardly
but
inwardly
and there is no scripture that demands anyone convert to the religion of Judaism. The words of Jesus/Yeshua are clear..
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,
nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly;
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.
So do NOT be afraid or dismayed when events concerning Yerushalyim/Jerusalem are in front of our eyes and she is surrounded by her enemies once again.
Luke 21:20
According to scripture all
These things must take place; and when
is trodden underfoot for 42 months,
remember…
it was prophesied,
and so it will happen.
He is cleansing
His House – Beit El
and Mt Moriah;
it begins with the house of God.
1Pet 4:17 So, Judgment begins in the house of God
means:
That discipline begins in the house of God.
Accountability begins in the house of God.
Weeding (holiness; separation) begins in the house of God.
Time to circumcise our hearts….Because
The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael/Israel
IS Truly
Prophetic In Every Way..
His will be done His kingdom come both in the earth and in our individual lives…
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.
In Hebrew 
In this post we have seen 
Once more it is at critical measure and the earth is again filled with violence as in the days of Noe/Noah and Lot. This time He is not sending a flood but fire and He is coming as judge to those who have rejected Him, His Son, and His offer of forgiveness and redemption. 
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