Before we allow ourselves to think that we know this story and the many sermons and teachings; let’s see what pearls we may have missed, and view it fresh from Hebraic thought, culture and language…
2 Samuel 17:28 HEB: וְסַפּוֹת֙ וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔רוְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים KJV: and basons, and earthen vessels,
Psalm 2:9 HEB: בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣רתְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃ KJV: thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Jeremiah 18:2 HEB: וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑רוְשָׁ֖מָּה אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥ KJV: and go down to the potter’s house,
ירמיהו
Jeremiah
can be either
Yirmeyahu or Yirmeyah.
What Happened on the Way to the Potters House?
Go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you. (Jeremiah 19:1–2)
The Potsherd Gate is probably the same as the Dung Gate (Nehemiah 3:13–14) which exited out to a general dump heap of the city in the Hinnom Valley where, in the days of King Manasseh, child sacrifices took place (2 Chronicles 33:6).
DUNG GATE. dung (‘ashpoth, domen, peresh; skubalon, etc.): Nine different words occurring in the Hebrew have been translated “dung” in the Old Testament;
‘ashpoth, is the word used to designate the gate in Nehemiah 2:13; 3:14 as it’s more general than the others and may mean any kind of refuse. The gate was probably so named because outside it was the general dump heap of the city.
The potsherd gate was also the exit from the city to where everyone dumped their broken pottery outside the wall.
So Jeremiah would have seen all the broken pots/vessels as he passed by.
Pictured here are thousands of pottery shards that are over 2000 years old at Beth Shemesh.
Here too there is a passing reference to the Hinnom Valley which may be more familiar to us as the field of blood in Matthew 27:9-10.
In Hebrew called Akeldama חקל דמא Ḥaqel D’ma.
The name Akeldama, Aceldama or Hakeldama occurs only once in the Bible, namely in Acts 1:19. The earth in this area is composed of rich clay and was formerly used by potters. The clay had a strong red color (Adam), it was for this reason the place was known as the Potter’s Field.
Some verses in Jeremiah to look up. Jer. 7:31-34 and Jer. 19:1-15. Interestingly, these verses are talking about the Valley of Hinnom, which is the same area as the Potter’s field, which is also where Judas was thrown. The Valley of the Son of Hinnom was considered accursed. Those who were buried there, or rather who were thrown there without burial, were considered the worst of sinners and discarded there as a sign that they were considered to be cursed, and to be unworthy of burial. The 30 pieces of silver purchased the field referenced in Matthew 27:9-10. Then was fulfilled what was SPOKEN (not written) by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,‘They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me’
The Zechariah reference says the money was to go to the potter in the house of the Lord (i.e. the person in charge of making ceremonial pottery for the temple).
Zechariah 11:13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”–this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
All misshapen pottery was to be thrown out as unclean and broken. It was to be thrown into the Valley of Hinnom – the city dump – broken worthless and thrown there like the worst of sinners.
So on the WAY to the Potters House, Jeremiah passes by the place where a sum of 30 pieces of silver was involved and Messiah’s betrayer was thrown as a worthless, broken vessel into the valley of Hinnom also know as Gehenna/Hell!/The valley of the shadow of death!
Somewhat significant maybe?
What Happens at the Potter’s House?
18 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
First, Jeremiah is told he will be given a message from the Lord.
So in obedience he went.
In our case, when we go to the potters house it is into the presence of the Master Potter and we too will hear from Him.
Jeremiah 18:3 HEB: וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר[וְהִנֵּהוּ כ] KJV: Then I went down to the potter’s house,
And What Did Jeremiah See?
and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
But What Did Jeremiah See?
Not the almond branch this time..
“Behold, the potter wrought his work on the wheels, and the vessel that he made of the clay was marred” –
it is indicating a spiritual fall? – “in the hand of the potter.”
The clay is MARRED/FALLENin the hand of the Potter;
IN notoutof the hand.
It never falls out of the hand of the Potter: it is marred in it.
So is it possible it is referring to not just
a mark or a dent, a bump or a slight imperfection
but a fall?
However, it is fallen in His hands –
when we fall stumble in sin,
we are in the Master Potters hands
and He will hold us until
we turn around/teshuavah/repent;
and then He remolds us.
We have a big part to play in the creative process because the potter can only work within the limits of clay:
a flaw, a rebellious, inflexible mingling of contaminations,
a hard opposition to the molding process,
and…. the vessel is marred/fallen!
God has left it to each of us to decide whether we shall be
a vessel unto honor,
or
a vessel unto dishonor.
In 2Tim. 2:1-23 Paul says:
“If a man purge himself from these” –
these what?
cowardice; want of faith;
a controversial spirit;
wrong handling of Scripture;
ungodliness; error on resurrection;
retention of old sins –
“he shall be a vessel UNTO HONOUR” (2 Tim. 2: 21).
The scriptures remind us that we are the clay
in
His capable hands.
Jeremiah 18:6 HEB: כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔רכֵּן־ אַתֶּ֥ם KJV: Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter’s hand,
Isaiah 64:8 HEB: הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה יֹצְרֵ֔נוּוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדְךָ֖ KJV: we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work
Jeremiah was facing difficult times and the Lord wanted to teach him a special lesson, so that He could understand why such hard times were coming upon the nation of Israel.
So, He sent Jeremiah to the house of the potter where Jeremiah started to understand God’s truths.
Jeremiah 18:6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter’s hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
What Will We Find at the Potters House?
The potter makes pots of all sizes and shapes for all kinds of uses.
The potter has a process for preparing the clay, and we probably all know it; many sermons have been preached on it. We think it is a very nice analogy and we go on our way. We may even be suffering from sermon fatigue having heard the same thing over and over and it has become boring and we have lost interest…
BUT…
have we been to the potters house ourselves?
Have we actually allowed the process to be done in us?
Have we truly submitted this vessel of clay to be reworked and remolded by the divine potter?
The re-making is a painful process; so it can be a temptation to side step and take a diversion/another path along the WAY…to see if we can avoid it…
The clay has to be crushed back into mud again; and the Potter has to knead it on his bench, until it is plastic enough to take a fresh shape.
Our Heavenly Father uses this picture for a word of tremendous, warning to the unsaved.
There are limits both to the will and to the power of the potter.
In the English Potteries they enamel a vessel with black; then put it into an oven; and the scorching heat turns the black to gold: it is the only way they can make the gold.
Some clays are very pure, and rich, and pliable; almost white, so that they can be made into the finest porcelain: others are too soft – the technical term is fat – to be used as they are; others have such an excess of iron/red in them, that they can be used only for colored earthenware; other clays will form, but then they will twist or crack in the firing.
Cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord.
Yes, is the answer, but onlyas the potter can:
“as in the potter’s hand, so in Mine.”
So long as the clay is plastic, it will take anyshape:
let it once be fired, and it is not plastic, shapeable clay anymore:
its’ mold can now never be altered.
It is possible for a heart and a life to grow so hard that it is only fit to be destroyed?
“and he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing:so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the cistern” (Isa. 30: 14)
We must be molded into the Holy will of The Master Potter, or else all that can be done, is a total breaking apart- leaving only shattered fragments that can never be put back together again –
“everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord.”
This indeed is spiritual death…
I AM/ANOCHI the Potter and you are the clay.
Have we allowed Him to break us up His WAY,
and take up the broken pieces of our lives
and bring together a new vessel
worthy of the Master Potters mark/signature?
Every potter marks their work, sealing it so others may know who that craftsmen was and seek them out to gain a worthy vessel. One that can be trusted, depended upon to perform the duty to which they were assigned, to be and to fulfill the function they were designed for. Can people see the mark/seal of the hand of the Lord on us?
Have we been to the Master of ALL potters’ House yet?
Following is a look at the potters vessels from a middle eastern, Hebraic mind set in Jeremiah’s time; and it reveals how those listening to the references in Yeshua/Jesus’ day, to various pots and vessels, would have understood the concepts and the message.
While our Heavenly Father is not explicitly called a potter in Beresheet/Genesis, the presence of the verb:
yasar – to form, fashion
which is the root of yoser – potter,
does suggest that He is viewed as a potter.
YaHoVeH/The Lord’s message to Jeremiah for the nation was that He had the right to deal with Judah as the potter dealt with his clay.
Rom. 9:20-21.
Judah was like clay in Yahweh’s hands.
Yahweh/YaHoVeH was also like a potter (Heb. yoser) in that He created and shaped (Heb. yasar) His people.
Brief Picture History of the Potters Wheel:
Several types of vessels made by ancient potters are mentioned in scriptures.
For example:
a vessel of honor (2 Timothy 2:20-21),
an abominable vessel (Isaiah 65:4),
a clean vessel (Isaiah 66:20), and
a holy vessel (Isaiah 52:11).
When we examine these vessels, represented in the context of Middle Eastern pottery making, we can gain a fuller understanding of their symbolism.
The word for vessel in Hebrew is:
כלי or כְּלִי
Strongs #3627 keli
(kel-ee’) Definition: an article, utensil, vessel
A container of liquid, such as:
a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher
jar (2), jars (1), jars* (pots (1),
pottery vessel (28), vessels (37), vessels of kinds.
Hebrew words for the different vessels:
Vessel of Honor: כלי של כבוד
Vessel of Dishonor: כלי של קלון
Dishonor:
qalon
ignominy, dishonor
Strongs# 7036
קָלוֹן Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lone’)
Mercy:
Romans 9:23
Ra-chem
כלי הרחמים
Wrath:
קְצַף
qetsaph
kets-af’
Strong’s Hebrew: 7109.
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: Romans 9:22
Clean:
כלי נקי
Isaiah 66 :20
Chosen: כלי שיט נבחר
Chosen: in Hebrew can be either:
Bahar: to be chosen, preferred, desired, appointed, to be joined, made excellent.
Bahir: chosen one as the above but singled out for a specific task.
or
Barar: to be chosen to be pure, clean, polished, sharpened in an appointed position of service.
The home of a potter back in Jeremiah’s day may have had a bench about 4 feet high with three holes in it behind the door as you enter. This is the water jar stand and it is called the holder of jars. Here we would see two large jars each able to hold 4 or 5 gallons beside a small vessel for drinking.
As you enter the house the potter would offer you that small vessel and you would be invited to fill it to the brim from the first jar, called the vessel of honor.
What is a vessel of honor?
The answer can be found when you ask the potter if you can buy a vessel; because he will ask you:
do you want to carry it to the fountain?
Then you must be a vessel of honor. 2Timothy 2:20,21
What does that mean?
It is a vessel that will give out
pure water
to quench the thirst of the stranger and the weary traveler.
You would buy the vessel of honor
which holds about 5 gallons. It has two handles and is beautifully shaped.
Then you place it on your right shoulder or your head and go to the fountain to get water.
If you meet a stranger he will see your jar filled with cold clean refreshing water and most likely he will ask for a drink.
This is the mission of
a vessel of honor.
Giving free water, the gift of God to passers by.
It seems to be nothing but an earthen vessel but nevertheless,
it is a vessel of honor
because of its
giving out nature
and
it fulfills the expectations of the master potter.
This is the first large vessel on the bench behind the door,
next to that is another vessel;
it looks just like in the vessel of honor but it is not of the same nature.
We would not be able to tell the difference but the potter is able to explain to you the difference between the vessel of honor and the vessel of dishonor in Hebrew culture.
Conclusion to the deeper Hebrew meaning behind the different vessels made in the Potters House in Part 2
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
NOT SURE if you are part of His Family?
YOU CAN BE..
Say the following and mean it from your heart…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He came in the flesh and He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life.
Because your word is truth, I say that I am now forgiven and born again in my spirit and by faith I am washed clean with the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
From previous posts most readers will recognize that
a nun or noon;
different spellings are used.
is the 14th letter of the Hebrew alef-bet
and that it looks like this in the chart below.
The early paleo picture symbol meaning of this letter is that of a seedling/sprouting seed with the root coming from it
later it developed into
this modern shape below;
with an additional shaped letter for the
called noon sofeet;
and the symbol of a fish was also used.
In the 4 gospels
Yeshua/Jesus repeatedly speaks of the seed
as a picture reference in His parables.
Matt 13:23 Mark 4:1-20 Luke 8:1-15
are well known and popular scriptures, and with the reference Yeshua/ Jesus gives,
it is made clear how the seed grows and how
we have nothing to do with the process
once we sow the seed.
However how does this apply to our lives?
It tells us …
Although the man does not know how it grew
and we are just the same…
Many times we understand the concept. The parable or scene described is a great picture and then we are left to wonder how does this apply to me and how do I do it?
How does it become a reality in my life?
Many times the Sermons we hear are all very encouraging and uplifting and we feel great, only to have the feelings fade once we go home and face daily life.
The application of His Word needs to be evident if we are to mature and bring forth a harvest that is not only a good harvest; but an enduring one with eternal value.
That your fruit may remain. John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
John 15:16
Your fruit should remain means:
keep up the fruit you are bearing, or
continue with the fruit you are bearing and never stop,
or keep on bearing the fruit you have started bearing.
The phrase: Your fruit should remain, expresses habit.
A habit is something we do so often and regularly that it is very hard to stop.
We should feel like this regarding the work of the Lord.
The word says we are to sow seed.
God is the supplier of all seed (Nun/Noon)
He cannot supply seed to us unless we are first born again by His RuachHaKodesh/His Spirit of Holiness; and then we need to have faith to turn over our hands, so that the seed might fall to the ground and become a great harvest in our lives.
He gives to all the measure of Faith.
After that it doesn’t need our help
it’s not the seed or the one who sows that produces the crop
but the soil by itself
with no help from humans.
The Father gives the increase.
We believe that since something grows where we scattered, that it grew from our seed.
What proof is there that the seed we scattered and planted is the same seed that sprouts and grows?
First the stalk
after that the head
and after that
the full grain in the head.
The truth is that from the moment it leaves our hand and is covered with soil we do not see the seed again. We just trust that the seed we sowed is the same seed that will grow is and is the one that pushes up through the earth.
This evidence is only based on circumstances because the truth is, once the seed leaves our hands and is put in the soil we never see the seed again!
All we can do is simply trust/faith, that what we planted will actually grow.
We wait,
we sleep at night,
awake in the day
but how does it grow?
We just don’t know!
Our work was finished at the sowing.
This parable is a picture of the kingdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed on the earth.
Meaning the kingdom produces through its’ own power.
Scripture says
BY ITSELF
the soil produces a crop
but the soil by itself
with no help from any person.
For by itself the earth brings forth fruit.
The person’s work has already been done by scattering the seed on the ground.
This is all the individual does and as the days pass the seeds springs up and grows.
Another verse of this parable says the seed is the Word of God and the ground/earth are the individuals who are in the world and their reaction to the word/ seed sown once embedded in its birthing place;
and the type of ground/ is the persons life.
The ground is the world.
The sower is our Heavenly Father.
Yeshua/Jesus explained it clearly.
Life springs forth –that life comes from the soil of the earth which our Father created.
In this parable/example He says:
First, the stalk
this is describing and likening his kingdom to the support structure planted deep in the life giving soil.
There is a Godly order to everything our Heavenly Father created; everything in its timeand season.Eccl.3 and Genesis 1
Yeshua/ Jesus was aware of timing and said:
My time has not yet come.
Secondly, after that the head:
which is the housing for the fruit of the crop.
The process continues, with
the third, after that the full grain in the head
Here He is giving the progress of the seed,
both as
how it is received
and then
what is produced.
Meaning, the fruit comes forth in abundance.
Here we see that in perfect time Godly order that
life gives way to fullness
and the seedling grows to maturity.
For the believer maturity is revealed by abundant fruit.
Becoming mature is to become a stable vessel fit for the Masters use.
Why is this important?
It is for Him to flow His power through us to do the works of Jesus/ the Father, the power is to make visible the works of His kingdom in visible demonstration.
This is how to apply it to ourselves we need more of His Spirit of Holiness to cleanse us and prepare us to be suitable vessels.
As it was said of Paul in
Acts 9:22more and more power flowed through him.
(Acts 9:20) Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
How do we produce lasting fruit and what is it?
Lasting fruit is in Matt.10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.
And Matt.28:19
AND The making of disciples who endure.
Making disciples is about continuing the cycle of redemption, passing on the faith that was passed to us; it starts with salvation and continues with a lifetime of growth.
The final destiny of the seed is realized from its humble beginning/Genesis, in the sowers hand, it has reached its potential in fullness.
However it has not yet served its ultimate purpose even in its most pristine and grandest state..
Why?
Because it cannot grow anymore… the maturity has been reached….
So what is next?
The crop is ready… the harvest is ripe
The farmer, the man, sends forth the sickle and
life gives birth to death.
The crop is cut down in its prime and
now able to finally fulfill its destiny and purpose.
This is the completion of a disciples life on earth…
as we give
birth to death, our purpose here is completed,
we die physically/ temporarily
in order to live spiritually/ eternally!
It is a transition from natural to supernatural, we are harvested by His hand and translated into His eternal kingdom in the heavens.
At the point we can go no further, when we reach the point of maturity in Him, which is destined by His plan and purpose for us. He calls us to Himself and we are plucked from the earth and gathered unto Him.
Our task complete,
once we have finished our race
He takes us home.
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2Thess. 2:1
He gathers the wheat into His barn/storehouse.
Matthew 3:12
We, like the farmers seed, have been scattered on the ground; but He is calling us today to sprout and grow.
How… we don’t know!
But by itself… His spirit…
His Ruach HaKodesh
His Spirit of holiness produces a crop!
The Lord is calling us to lay down our lives
for the time is at hand
when the head will be full of grain.
The time of the harvest has come and as soon as it is in full ripeness and ready… He will come with His sickle.
We must yield ourselves and be ready to die in order to live because the time of the harvest has come and the Lord of the harvest is coming.
For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant), And like a root out of dry ground; Is 53:2
Surely he has borne our sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. – American Standard Version Job 14:2
Just as He grew up to be cut down
so must we grow up to be cut down.
First, we are to mature to the fullest and be taken and used for his purposes.
We are to surrender to Him because
we cannot know how seeds sprout and grow..
Only He can do that in us;
and only as we surrender and yield to His Way of raising and growing us up to maturity; allowing His Ruach/Spirit to do the hidden work in us and then through us.
We must realize we are not here for ourselves, to live a nice life, we are here to be matured into fruit worthy of the kingdom of the Heavens. We’re not to focus on things and people and places of this earth because it will all pass away very soon. We must focus on Him, on fulfilling our place and purpose, to bring Him glory and to bring many sons with us from the seeds sown.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb.2:10
Every farmer/ gardener knows, we plant and watch and wait for the fruits and crops to be declared ready and ripe before reaping the harvest.
Wrong timing means a poor harvest;
which is why He waits for the precious fruit of the earth.
In Luke 6:37
But as soon as the crop is ready to yield itself, immediately the man sends forth the sickle because the harvest has come.
The only seed that flourished and produced any fruit
was the seed that fell into
good ground.
If we are not planted in the good ground of His Word – found in His kingdom, then we will neither grow to maturity nor produce any lasting fruit that will endure or bring glory to the Lord.
Our life will be fruitless and as Solomon said, all is Vanity – in vain, without purpose and useless.
Time to ready ourselves and let His Ruach Ha Kodesh
do the work in and through us,
making sure our lives are good ground.
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are precious in His sight.
NOT SURE?
YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
This was the question that Yeshua/Jesus asked His disciples.
He didn’t ask the disciples
who people thought the Son of Man was
out of ignorance or
because He needed to know.
It was a primer for revealing His second question;
which was simply to give each of them an opportunity
to assess the true level of their individual faith.
But you… who do you say that I am?
Matthew 16:15
מי אתה אומר שאני
Parallel accounts are found in
Luke 9:18–20 and Mark 8.
Matthew relates that Peter did more than just identify
Yeshua HaMashiach /Jesus as the Christ/Messiah;
he also proclaimed Yeshua/Jesus’ divine nature:
You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God
Matthew 16:16
Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah
Upon hearing such a bold response from Peter,
Yeshua/Jesus replied,
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 16:17
Anochi or Anoki אָנֹכִי
pronounced aw-no-kee’
is the Hebrew of
I AM
and is referring to His essence, it is something that cannot be alluded to by any name or intimation.
The most famous statement ever uttered in all of history
The Ten Sayings/Commandments
begins with this unusual four-letter word:
Anochi.
The word means I, referring to God
I the Lord Your God took you out of Egypt….
Ani
is the common Hebrew pronoun for
I.
Some scholars say that
Anochi
is an acronym for
Ana Nafshi Ketovit Yehovit.
Which simply translated is:
I Myself wrote [these words and] gave [them to you].
In Exodus 3 and you will see the ancient Hebrew form for
“I am” is ehyeh.
In Ancient Hebrew
Future tense and Present tense were IDENTICAL.
Ehyeh is BOTH future and present tense.
Ancient Hebrew did not make a time distinction in its verb “tenses”, but a completion distinction.
An action was either complete or it was not complete.
In Hebrew, traditionally they call the completed aspect
(perfective) “past tense”;
and the not-completed aspect
(imperfective) “present/future tense”;
this is just so English speakers
don’t get too confused by perfective and imperfective.
ehyeh asher ehyeh
for
I am who I am
sometimes you will even find the footnote,
saying
as a alternate translation,
I will be who I will be.
Not to get too technical or hung up on language details…
Here below are some names of
God/YHWH/YHVH/YaHoVeH
in mp4 format
The ancient Hebrews didn’t write the vowels down, so we don’t know for sure, but Jehovah and Yahweh are both guesses at how this was pronounced.
The important thing is they give us a bigger picture of our Heavenly Father, based on characteristics revealed to people through their experiences, they are known as the attributes of God and these ‘Names’ tell us more about Him, describing His divine nature.
In this video they have pronounced the names according to their knowledge or understanding, it has Hebrew (ivrit), English & urdu translation and transliteration.
El De’ot – The God Of Knowledge: 1 Samuel 2:3.
El Emet – The God Of Truth: Psalm 31:6
El Yeshuati – The God Of My Salvation: Isaiah 12:2
Immanu El – God Is With Us: Isaiah 7:14
El Elyon – The Most High God: Genesis 14:18.
Jehovah Shammah The Lord is There
Jehovah-Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Jehovah Rapha The Lord That Heals
Jehovah Nissi 10. Jehovah Shalom God my peace
Jehovah Tsidkenu The Lord Our Righteousness
Jehovah Mekoddishkem The Lord Who Sanctifies You
Jehovah Jireh My Provider
Elah Yerush’lem – God of Jerusalem: Ezra 7:19
Elah Yisrael – God of Israel: Ezra 5:1
Elah Sh’maya – God of Heaven: Ezra 7:23
Elah Sh’maya V’Arah – God of Heaven and Earth: Ezra 5:11.
YHVH Elohim – LORD God: Genesis 2:4
YHVH M’kadesh – The LORD Who Makes Holy: Ezekiel 37:28
YHVH Yireh – The LORD Who Sees/provides: Genesis 22;14
YHVH Nissi – The LORD My Banner: Exodus 17:15
YHVH Shalom – The LORD Of Peace: Judges 6:24
YHVH Tzidkaynu – The LORD Our Righteousness: Jeremiah 33:16
Elohei Ma’uzzi (The God of my strength) 2 Sam 22:23
Elohei Mikkarov (The God who is near) Jer 23:23, 26.
Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide)
Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace)
Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
Yhwh Elohe Ẓeba’ot (“Yhwh God of Hosts”) or “God of Hosts”
Elohei Chasdi (The God of my kindness) Ps 59:17
Elohei Haelohim (The God of gods) Josh 22:22
Elohei Marom (The God of heights) Micah 6:6
Elohei Tseva’ot (The God of Hosts) 2 Sam 5:10
Elohei Kedem (The Eternal God) Deut 33:27
Elohei Tehillati (The God of my praise) Psa 109:1
Elohei Avotenu (The God of our fathers ) Deut 26:1
Elohim Avinu (God our Father)
Elohim Bashamayim (God in heaven) 2 Chron 20:6
Elohim Chayim (The Living God Jos 3:10
Elohei HaChayim (The God of the Lving) Mk 12:27
Elohei haricot l’chol-basar (The God of the spirits of all flesh) Num 16:22
Elohim HaAv (God the Father ) Gal 1:1
Elohim Emet (The God of truth) Jere 10:10
Adonai Yir’eh (The Lord who sees) Gen 22:14
obviously this is not a complete list however
in the end,
it doesn’t matter what everybody else thinks
it only matters…
who do you say that I am?
מי אתה אומר שאני
Each of us must answer
Yeshua/Jesus’s question for ourselves.
Who is He to us?
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
While preparing this weeks post, Father/Avinu changed the focus and this is what He would say to us today…
It is for those whose hearts are heavy; and for those dealing with circumstances that seem greater than we are able to bear.
He knows we cannot handle life and all its’ challenges without His help, His presence and His intervention.
He has heard the cries and He is bringing His shalom to comfort all our waste places.
Times of testing, trials and tribulation are not a judgment upon us but rather the place where our faith rises to meet His provision, however low the height of our faith His reach never falls short of meeting our needs.
Family/Mishpachah,
we are His Children, 1John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Luke 18:15-17. And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
John 21:5 Jesus said to them, (His disciples) “Children, do you have any fish?”.
Our Heavenly Father/Avinu is real, Jesus/Yeshua is real.
He lives.
He knows you one by one,
name by name,
wherever you are in the world.
Whatever your situation is,
know that you are better than you think you are.
His goodness is in you!
Especially if there are things in your life
that are very hard; and when
there is physical and emotional pain too,
remember always,
that Our Heavenly Father
and Yeshua/Jesus/ יֵשׁוּעַ love you.
His sheep hear His voice,
and He calls His own sheep by name
and leads them out. John 19:27
4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
Yeshua/Jesus knows your name.
We know that He calls the stars by name. Ps 147:4
and the scriptures tell us
He knows the very number of the hairs on our heads. Luke 12:7
He knows our goings out and our comings in. Is. 37:28
He cares for the sparrows, and God Himself says
you are more valuable than many sparrows.
You are of inestimable worth and you are
His delight,
His beloved,
His joy;
and when God looks at you,
He smiles.
He loves you so very much.
He knows the pains and the difficulties we face.
He knows the decisions and disasters that cover our paths.
He knows the rejections and rebuffs we receive,
and He cares about the deep hurts we have known.
This is why He wants us to see Him as our Father, a true loving Father, who cares deeply about what is happening to His children.
We are to cease striving like the world does,
we are to stop trying to make it on our own
and really
surrender ALL to Him
for He cares for us.
That is the child-like faith…
believing He is able,
to take all our cares
when we roll them over onto His shoulders;
and let Him carry them
and us too.
All of us have a name that was given by someone else, usually our parents. Names in the Bible had a great significance and were often prophetic to that individuals life, where the meaning became their destiny in God.
It is not so true today, however the scripture tells us that one day we will be given a new name and that no one but us will know it.
This is significant in that, if you don’t know the name of something/ someone, you cannot have dominion or power over them. So It could be that our new name means that nothing will ever defeat us or have power over us again.
Revelation 2:17 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and
anew name
written on the stone
which no one knows but he who receives it.’
If we hold fast to our faith,
if we confess to knowing the Name
of the One who knows our name…
then we trust
that God will carry us through anything. Is. 43:2.
In John 10:14,15
God knows our names
and loves us enough,
not only to know the number of hairs on our head,
but to offer us His only Son.
This is the God who knows us,
the God who calls us by name.
He knows our weakness.
He knows our helpless despair.
He knows our restless misery.
This next week marks the Passover/Pesach season.
As we remember what He did for us…
know that what we may be experiencing is temporary.
God Knows Your Name:
You Belong to Him and He loved you enough to give His life for
YOU
My prayer is that each one would know
‘How deep is the Fathers love is for you.’
His blood paid the price for us to not only be forgiven,
but to be in His eternal presence…
Remember He said through the prophet
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name;
you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1).
That powerful promise confirms that God knows your name!
And Rev. 3:5
and I shall confess
his name
before my Father and before his angels
Below is a song to minister to everyone,
whether you are in a place of great need or not
it’s for a point from which we can place all our focus on Him
and the victory won at Calvary.
Below are some scriptures to aid our quiet times.
I know we love to study and learn of His Word, however spending time in His presence yields far greater treasures. If you are not in a place of great need, then take the time to pray for those who are…we are one family,
one body and when one hurts we all hurt.
Let’s agree together that our Father will keep us and watch over us in our afflictions, that we not despair in situations which seem insurmountable. He can and has always seen us through. Help us to remember Your deliverance when we least deserved it. Thank you Father that the precious Blood of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua cries mercy for us and covers us, protecting us in His Name.
1Cor. 12:26 And whenever one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Isaiah 43:1But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1-28 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. …
Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
John 10:14-15 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Psalm 139:1-24 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. …
Psalm 91:14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
Exodus 33:17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
Isaiah 49:1-26 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away. And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.” And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength— …
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
Isaiah 43:7 Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
Isaiah 43:1-7 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. …
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
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