Where Have You Pitched Your Tent?

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent,

with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east.

There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the Lord.

Genesis 12:8

Where we live geographically is one thing,

where we live spiritually is a whole other aspect of our lives.

Beth El = House of God

Ai = the world.

Where we settle is directed by the Lord..

And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times, and the limits of their habitation. Acts 17:6

CSB translation says: and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. He built an altar and called on the Name of the Lord. A place of worship. In the centre between the House of God/Bethel and Ai /the world.

We are in this world but not of it…

Where have you pitched your tent ?

A tent give the impression of not being permanent, of someone in transit. Itinerant or always on the move like the bedouin nomads. However, a tent is a place of protection from the elements and to rest. Today most people have a permanent address, a location that they always return to, a home. We are in this world but not of it because the world and its systems belong to the adversary and he is the god of this world.

Worship is giving to our Heavenly Father the best, the same best that He has given us. We need to be careful and mindful of what we do with the best that we have. Whenever we receive a blessing from our Heavenly Father, we are to offer it back to Him as a love gift. Allow Him to direct us what He would have us do with what He has placed in our life and hands.

Take time to be in His presence. Turn off distractions and focus our minds before Him, thinking deeply on His provision and love for us; and offer all blessings back to Him in a deliberate act of worship, instead of greedily grasping it to ourselves. Because if we selfishly hoard it, it will become just like the manna did in Ex 16:20. It will spoil and turn into spiritual dry rot, just as when it was gathered in excess and hoarded against Gods instructions. He supplies daily and will direct us when to keep, and when to share and release our blessings. We are channels, conduits through which blessings and provision can flow freely.

Matthew 10:8  freely you have received, freely give.

God will never allow us to keep a spiritual blessing entirely for ourselves. It must be returned to Him so that He can make it a blessing to others. We are all one body and not disconnected. When one part hurts the whole body hurts and vice versa.

Here in Gen. 12:8, Bethel is Hebrew for ‘the house of God’ – it is the symbol of fellowship and communion with Him, and where we should desire to spend time – at Gods house.

Ai is a symbol of the world, Abraham pitched his tent between the two. He had access to be able to witness to the world, but not live there, nor be a part of it, or become influenced by all that it offers. Lot pitched his tent towards sodom and we all know that did not end well!

Remember Lots wife

Luke 17:23

She became so connected to the world that

she looked back longingly

to what she was leaving behind.

The lasting value of our service and ministry to the public in the world is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private time of fellowship and oneness with Him. When we rush in and out of worship its is not pleasing to Him. Think how we feel when someone we are talking to takes a phone call, or is not paying attention to us. It is not only rude and disrespectful, but they are not listening to us and seems like they don’t care and are not interested at all.

There is always plenty of time to worship God we just simply choose to spend our time on things we prefer to do. Think nothing of watching tv or sports for an hour, or on social media etc etc. We spiritually need to have daily quiet time with our Heavenly Father. Jesus/Yeshua asked His Disciples in

Matthew 26:40

Could you not pray with me 1 hour? 

All relationships must have communication for decisions to be made and loving trust to be established, ottherwise, they break down and one doesn’t know what the other is doing and they end up going separate ways. This is why we must pitch our tents towards the Lord, where we will always have quiet time with Him, however noisy our times in the world may be.

There aren’t 3 levels to our spiritual lives: worship – waiting and work. Yet some of us jump from worship – to waiting – to work, when our Fathers Way is that the 3 should combine as one. Jesus/Yeshua’s life showed them blended perfectly in harmony. Follow Me, He said. It’s a discipline that MUST be developed, and it doesn’t happen in a day.

His ‘Follow Me’ command, came twice to them. Once in John 13:36/Matt. 4:19 and 3 years later in 21:19. Here the first time, Peter followed without hesitation. The call of Messiah had an irresistible pull on him and Peter didn’t need the Fathers’ Holy Spirit to help him go. Years later he denied Him and Peter’s heart broke; however, he received Holy Spirit and when Messiah said again, in John 21:9 Follow Me; there was no one but Jesus/Yeshua in front of him. The first Follow Me, was an external following and there was no mystery about it, but in John 21;18 Messiah is asking for an internal sacrifice and yielding.

This call for an internal sacrifice and yielding is to us also.

In 26:69-75 tells us that Peter denied Jesus/yeshua with curses and oaths between the 2 follow me‘s.

At this point he came to the end of himself and all his self sufficiency.

There was no part of him that he would ever rely on again. In this broken state, he was finally ready to receive all that the resurrected Messiah had for him.

Have we come to the end of ourselves yet?

Have we come to the realization that we cannot make it without HIm?

in John 20:22 He breathed on them and this was prior to the outpouring at Shavuot/Pentecost. No matter what changes our Heavenly Father has made in us, we are never to rely on them; we are to build only on one person, the Messiah Jesus/Yeshua and on His Spirit of Holiness which He gives. All our promises and resolutions end in denial because we have no power to accomplish them and bring them to pass. However, when we come to the end of ourselves not just mentally but in every way, we are able to receive His Holy Spirit.

This is the picture of being completely filled, invaded, wholly permeated, and then there is only One who directs the course of our lives. Our Lord and Savior dwelling within, tabernacled in us. We have become His dwelling place and are  seemlessly connected and blended with Messiah.

We have become the tent of meeting,

we are the place of tabernacling;

so wherever we are, the bethel – house of Gods presence is where we are. 

Where we have pitched out tent is not a location between two places any longer, because He is in us, and we are in Him we are  not of this world.

How long will we halt between two opinions and choices?

Come out from among them and be ye separate…

saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;

and I will receive you. 2 Cor. 6:17

Where have you pitched your tent?

 

 

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

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

His Part, Our Part – His Work, Our Work and 2 Goats?

Gal. 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.

Genesis 4:40 only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.

The ‘throne of God’ is His presence.

Once His presence was confined

to the mishkan in the wilderness; 

and then transferred to the Temple within the Holy of Holies.

The Temple had a large courtyard where everyone was allowed; here they came to bring, or purchase the birds or animals for the sacrifice required for their sins. The altar of sacrifice was open to, and available for sinners to atone for their sins. The presence, or shekinah of the Lord was not manifested there.

Next was the Inner Court or Holy Place, where the priests could go but not the general public. Here stood the table of showbread containing the bread of the presence, the menorah and the altar of incense. Here when they were cleansed and prepared, the priests were one step closer to the Holy of Holies, where the presence of the Lord resided in the Ark of the Covenant. Only the High Priest could go into the Holy of Holies and he had to be as pure and sinless as possible. Sacrifice had to be made for him and on behalf of the people. He wore special white clothes, no shoes. The only thing he took with Him was the blood of the sacrifice for those sins to be sprinkled on the ark itself; on the mercy seat /the kapporet. This blood paid the price for sin as an atonement by ‘covering’ them..

The container of His glory /presence/ indwelling, was covered in sacrificial blood. After Messiah Jesus died, He became our sacrifice for our sin; His blood paid the price for our sin by not only covering but removing them forever. Gods glory/ shekinah /His Spirit, was no longer confined in the Holy of Holies where only one man could go once a year. The temple curtain separating the place where the ark resided was torn, and the way to the Father was opened for all to come; without a priest performing the sacrifice for us, because Messiah Jesus/Yeshua has done that. He is our High Priest and we can go to His Father through Him. Now His Spirit of Holiness is in the earth and when we accept Jesus/Yeshua as Savior and Messiah, His Spirit /presence/ shekinah, comes to abide/ dwell/ stay/ live and manifest in and through us. We have become not the courtyard in the ‘temple’ where sin is allowed, but the equal of the naos (Greek), the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctuary, the Holy place where His presence can come. A Holy God cannot come where there is sin and it may be why there is so little manifestation of His Holy Spirit in individuals lives today?

Because we are the representation of the Ark of His Covenant, the container of His glory, we have a duty, a calling, an accountability to the Father for the way we control our bodies under His authority. Gal 2:21

This is our part.

We would not put poison into something holy, or abuse that container would we?

Our part is having the power working in us. We must have the power in order for God to work. The cleaner we are, the more the power of His Holy Spirit can flow through us to others.

Paul said he didn’t set aside the grace of God and make it ineffective. God’s grace is absolute and limitless, and the work of salvation through Jesus/Yeshua is complete-  finished forever. Salvation is as eternal as Gods’ throne, however we must put to work, or use what God has placed within us.

To work out our own salvation.

Phil. 2:12 means that we are responsible for using what He has given us. We are responsible for using what He has imparted to us. It also means that we must exhibit, show in our own bodies, the life of the Lord Jesus; not mysteriously or secretly but openly and boldly. We are to discipline our bodies. 1 Cor. 9:27 and bring them into subjection. Every disciple/believer in Jesus/Yeshua can have their bodies under absolute control for the Lord. Our Father has given us the responsibility to rule over all of the temple including the naos/sanctuary, place where His spirit resides. We are the ark today, carriers of His glory, we are the Holy of Holies. 1 Cor 6:19

If we are, then this includes our thoughts and desires; we are responsible for these and we must never give way to improper ones. However, most of us are much more severe in our criticism of others than we are of ourselves. We make excuses for things in ourselves and in our own life while condemning things in the life of others, simply because we are not naturally inclined to do them.

In Rom. 12:1 Paul implored his listeners, and that includes us, to present your bodies a living sacrifice! What we must decide is whether or not we will agree with our Heavenly Father, Lord and King that our bodies will indeed be His sanctuary, His holy of holies, His naos, His ark on the earth. Once we agree with all the rules, regulations and requirements of His commandments; and with the directives for being His disciple, His child, concerning our physical bodies. They are summed up for us in this revealed truth: our body is the Sanctuary – not just the Temple of His Holy Spirit.

This is our part.

 

We are covered in the blood of Messiah, who died for us; we have become the ark of His covenant, sprinkled with the sacrificial blood of His merciful forgiveness. We are no longer sinners in the sense that now we are saved by His grace. Redeemed and sanctified, set apart to good works, no longer ruled by the flesh life.

A life lived in, and ruled by the flesh is no different to the way of the world.

The life we now live by the Son of God is ruled by His Sprit within us. We should show forth this Holy life in our physical bodies, because we are His representatives on earth and it should be one where the life of Christ shines through us representing all the promises of a redeemed life. Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

This is HIs part and our part together.

Examining further the sacrificial work that was accomplished by Messiah, we need to look at the levitical sacrifice in a deeper way to see the fullness of what our Heavenly Father intends for each of us. Sometimes we just read the new testament without the foundation of the old and miss that deeper truth. The one day of the year the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies was on the day of atonement/ Yom Kippur.

When he offered the sacrifice of the bull for his own sins and then took 2 goats to the door of the temple to deal with the sins of the nation. There is no atonement for sin without a blood sacrifice. A life for a a life, Ex. 21:23; and the life is in the blood.

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make …  atonement for yourselves on altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life

Hence Jesus/Yeshuas sacrificial death and blood was for our redemption. This is how He fulfilled all things of the law and it is important for us to know.

Regarding the 2 goats: there was a lottery, a casting of lots where one of the goats was chosen and was called the Lords goat, and offered as a sacrifice and its blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat in the holy of holies.

Leviticus 16:8 After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the

He is to cast lots for the two goats- one lot  the LORD and the other for the scapegoat. He is to sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering .

This was a type and shadow of Yeshua HaMashiach, Messiah Jesus.

This was His work.

This goats blood was to deal with the forgiveness of sins, the atonement for sins. The other goat was set free to wander off into the wilderness as an outcast. The Jewish records show that the goat was thrown off a cliff. This was the scapegoat, a familiar phrase called in Hebrew: the Azezel, or azazel, who was to deal with the guilt we feel for our sins. Being thrown off a cliff would fit the metaphor, because guilt will lead us to destruction. In other words even when God forgives our sins we could still live with regret. That was the purpose of the azazel or scapegoat.

We see that Jesus/Yehsua not only was the Lord’s goat who was sacrificed for our sins, but He was also our scapegoat who took the burden of our sins, our feelings of guilt, remorse and shame; and sent them into the wilderness to be an outcast to never be seen again, or thrown off a cliff, to bring this guilt to an end. No wonder He cried it is finished/completed!

Our Father knows us and that we are prone to not forgive ourselves; that we often harbor deep grief and sorrow; and listen to the lies of the enemy that what we have done is too bad to be forgiven and forgotten, that we are beyond redemption. This is a trap and a lie of the enemy/ adversary, because Jesus/Yeshua has done it all. We are to take all of our wicked ways and place them on the Redeemer, Who will not only make atonement for our wickedness; but will also remove the guilt that comes with it.

Many times we forget there is the

Lords goat and the scapegoat,

and sometimes we do not completely azazel/forsake our wicked ways. Is. 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

In Strongs H5800 The word Forsake in Hebrew is

azab/ aw-zab

עָזַב

and comes from the root word azov.

Meaning: to depart, leave behind, neglect, to loosen 

and one Hebrew school of thought suggests the root could be

azoll – אזול

which is the same root word that the Hebrew word azazel for the scapegoat comes from:

Strong’s Hebrew: 5799. עֲזָאזֵל azazel

 

We may accept the sacrifice of the Lords goat, but if we spend our lives living in the guilt of our sins, we have not accepted the azazel or the work that Messiah did as a scapegoat..

This is His work and we need to realize once and for all that He also took the guilt and shame of our sins and sending them away into the wilderness or over a cliff.

Sometimes we will not accept the azazel reality of others, who truly repent and receive the truth of the Lords goat. We keep searching for the azazel, and keep hanging the past sins of that person over their head.

Sometimes we have to allow our Heavenly Father to send that scapegoat into the wilderness or over a cliff, never to return and also forgive them and ourselves.

Our part is to yield to His creative work in us, not resisting, nor trying to speed it up. We are being transformed from the inside out. Allow Him to set the pace and the timing. Our part is to decide to build a relationship with Him through prayer, worship, spending time in His presence, reading, studying His Word and being obedient to what He has asked us to do in order to become His disciple.

In John 6:28-35 His disciples/talmidim ask Yeshua/Jesus

28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

We know that Messiah has done it all however, He wants us to do our part and apply His Truth and His Ways to our lives by eating/word and drinking/spirit of Him. This is working out our salvation and displaying His Work in and through us to the lost who are seeking answers, because He is the Way the Truth and the Life. His work is feeding us manna, Himself the bread from heaven, the bread of life/chaim. 

Then our work is His work, our part is His part and we become the fulfillment of Messiahs prayer in John 17:20-23.20 

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one- 23 I in them and you in me-so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

 

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

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

What Part Has A Murderer In The Great Exchange?

Nothing is coincidence in Gods plan

and there are deep meanings in every event that has been precisely orchestrated throughout the millennia.

As the year dated 2024 reflects the 2 millennia since Messiahs birth. In Hebrew, the year is 5784 from creation in Genesis.

A typical timeline is shown from Creation through the assassination of Yitzchak Rabin in 5756 (1995).

The next Jewish New Year – Rosh Hashana, for the Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 2 October 2024. 

Many people make resolutions and promises at New Year they all mean well but many times will never keep them. One thing we can take on our journey through 2024/5784, is that our Heavenly Father, Messiah Yeshua and His Spirit of Holiness never break their covenant promises.

Here are some of the things we have been promised and particularly those from the victory Messiah won at the cross.

Martin Luther called it the Great Exchange, noting the benefits and blessings Messiah won for us and gave to us and what we have received.

We have exchanged …

Our lostness for His salvation

Our sin for His forgiveness

Our uncleanness for His purity

Our filth for His holiness

Our wickedness for His goodness

Our foolishness for His wisdom

Our weakness for His strength

Our inadequacy for His ability

Our problems for His solutions

Our poverty for His abundance

Our defeat for His victory

Our mind for His mind

Our sickness for His healing

Our anxiety for His peace

Our captivity for His deliverance

Our brokenness for His wholeness

Our lies for His truth

Our way for His Way

Our old life for His new Life

Our fear for His faith

Our bondage for His freedom

Our emptiness for His fullness

Our despair for His hope

Our death for His life

Our curse for His blessing

Our misery for His joy

Our rejection for His acceptance

Our shame for His glory

Our sin for His holiness

Our wrongs for His rights

Our darkness for His eternal light

Our slavery for His sonship

Our condemnation for His justification

Our laws for His grace

Our anger for His mercy

Our pride for His humility

Our failures for His new beginnings

Our sadness for His joy

Our broken hearts for His comfort

Our disappointments for His love

Our mistakes for His forgiveness

Our cruelty for His compassion

Our jealousy for His equality

Our unrighteousness for His righteousness

Our rudeness for His tenderness

Our drunkenness for His sobriety

Our duplicity for His honesty

Our guile for His integrity

Our arrogance for His meekness.

Our covetousness for His justification

Our betrayal for His faithfulness

Our rebellion for His obedience

The list is without end there is so much

we have to be thankful and grateful for.

There are countless sermons on the

Great Exchange,

however there may be one aspect we have overlooked?

Just before our Lord and Savior took our place on the cursed tree, there was a significant event where a decision was made between two sons who did not have the same father,

yet both were called son of the father.

One was Jesus/Yeshua, the Son of His and our Heavenly Father

and the other

Barabbas,

Bar meaning; son of and

Abbas meaning: Father.

Barabbas: a thief, a murderer, a rebel. Son of father: in this case the father was the adversary; as Jesus said he was a murderer. John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. 

Messiah Jesus and Barabbas – The Great Exchange?

Mark 15:6-15

Only in Messiah’s perfect sacrifice was the Great Exchange accomplished, and our Heavenly Father wants us to see this great exchange as a beautiful picture of His grace and mercy in Christ.

What would we think, if a criminal, one guilty of murder and robbery was released from prison and in his place an innocent man was sentenced to die? Our answer might be that it is unfair, outrageous, ridiculous and just who would come up with a suggestion like that?

The truth is that this is our Heavenly Father’s plan, the good news, the gospel. It’s the story of the

great exchange

shown in

Jesus/Yeshua and Barabbas.

The guilty man went free and the innocent man was condemned.

Righteousness was exchanged for unrighteousness;

holiness was substituted for unholiness;

the sinless took the place of the sinner and

the King of kings was replaced for a murderer and a robber.

Mark 15:6- 15.

There are two important points in this message that we need to make note of.

Firstly, only the perfect sacrifice of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua can accomplish the great exchange where the sinner goes free and the Messiah is punished in his place.

Secondly in the great exchange, our Heavenly Father wants us to

see ourselves as Barabbas…

because the fact is that none of us have any hope, except for freedom in Messiah alone.

See ourselves as Barabbas?

A murderer, a criminal, a rebel!

Yes a sinner and all have sinned –

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

Sin is sin and if we have ever been stubborn or rebellious, then we have sinned; hating someone in our hearts is equal to murder in the Fathers eyes. And what about our thought life?

You have heard that it was said, ‘you shall not commit adultery’; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 “If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body … Matthew 5: 27-28 is a part of Yeshua/Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, and one in a series of examples He uses to emphasize the new dimension of spiritual awareness.  The phrase “you have heard” does not refer to the scripture, it refers to oral teachings of the Pharisees who violated scripture with their own tradition.

It was the Passover/Pesach, and as was the custom at the Passover/Pesach, the governor would release a prisoner of the crowd’s choosing. In this case, the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas’ release and Yeshua/Jesus’ execution.

Barabbas was a notorious criminal.

Notorious means: widely known and regarded unfavorably.

He had been thrown into prison for his part in a rebellion in Jerusalem and for murder. He was guilty of these crimes, while Messiah Jesus was innocent of the crimes He had been accused of, namely blasphemy of God.

Pilate even told the crowd that he could find no wrong in Jesus/Yeshua and washed his hands to say that he did not agree with putting Jesus/Yeshua to death. However the crowd of about 300 who were stirred up by the chief priest and elders, demanded that Barabbas be released and Jesus/Yeshua be executed by crucifixion.

Only in Messiah/Christ’s perfect sacrifice was the

Great Exchange

accomplished.

God wants us to see this great exchange as a beautiful picture of His grace and mercy in Messiah. The story of Jesus/Yeshua and Barabbas is found in every gospel. It is so important for us to see that only in Messiah’s perfect sacrifice can the just be exchanged for the unjust, the righteous for the unrighteous, the sinless for the sinner, the King of kings for a criminal.

The great exchange of Jesus/Yeshua for Barabbas, which is an often neglected and forgotten part of the story, is proof of God’s great love for the unlovable. We need to realize that an enormous price was paid for this great exchange. That God, not sparing His own Son, would purpose Jesus/Yeshua’s death on the cross in order that people like you and me would be rescued from sin and returned to a right relationship with our Heavenly Father.

The following two verses of scripture explain it well: Isaiah 53:10a

Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; Isaiah 53:10 (ESV) and

2 Corinthians 5:21.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Have we ever seen ourselves as Barabbas? 

It is a position with absolutely no hope for freedom except in Messiah Jesus Christ /Yeshua HaMashiach

As we see ourselves as Barabbas, we see an individual so rebellious, so prone to do wrong, so undeserving of freedom and so deserving of punishment for the sin in our lives.

Our Heavenly Father by His grace, rescued us from sin and set us free in Messiah.

That is our Barabbas moment.

But have we really seen ourselves as Barabbas?

Yeshua/Jesus took our place as the criminal.

He received punishment for our crimes, past, present and future.

Crimes such as adultery, pride, gossip, as well as a critical, unforgiving and resentful spirit. Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, the righteous, was condemned; you and I, we, the unrighteous, went free.

Scripture states that none is righteous, no, not one.

Scripture also states that we all fall short of God’s glory. Then how can it be that God Himself in the flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ, would die for such sin laden people like us living in a world filled with evil and darkness?

The answer is in Romans 8

…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

In what was the most unjust great exchange in all of history, the justice of Our Heavenly Father was served. God exchanged perfect love, grace and mercy while we were still sinners…

How?

through the perfect sacrifice of Jesus/Yeshua’s death on the cross.

While we were prisoners to sin, we were set free from the penalty of sin and death, even though we didn’t deserve it. That is the grace of a Heavenly Father with unconditional love.

We are deserving of a certain death, yet He has prevented us from receiving it.

That is mercy… but how can that be?

Our freedom isn’t achieved by anything we do; it is only by a sinless, innocent Messiah dying in our place.

As we read about this great exchange, Our Heavenly Father’s perfect love, amazing grace and rich mercy in Messiah, exchanged for the deplorable, detestable and horrific sin of people like Barabbas and people like you and me.

How do we respond to this unfair, outrageous, ridiculous story of the unjust exchange of a guilty man for an innocent man? How should we respond?

The only response is to receive the message of the great exchange by believing it and trusting Jesus/Yeshua. He is the only One who would and has willingly exchanged…

His perfection for our shame,

His glory for our rebellion and

His sinlessness for our sinfulness.

He is the only way to freedom.

Freedom from sin.

Freedom from shame.

Freedom from worrying about whether or not others approve of us.

We need to be constantly reminded that Father God’s approval of us is all that matters; and it’s found only in Messiah, whose perfection was exchanged for our imperfection.

If we haven’t trusted Him, we’re still in prison with the door locked. Jesus/Yeshua is our only hope of freedom and He holds the key to our freedom.. When the guards came for Barabbas, did he say, No I will stay in prison? Of course  not, why would anyone stay as a slave in bondage when they could be set free?

Right now, as you read this, you can receive our Father God’s gift of love, grace and mercy through simply trusting Jesus/Yeshua as you turn to Him and ask forgiveness for the sin in your life.

Messiah has overcome the world and promised to take the heavy burdens from us and give us rest. Trust Him have faith and take Him at His Word.

John 8:36. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

The Lord Jesus/Yeshua came to die for us so we could live abundantly spiritually and eternally. He came to set us free from sin, from God’s wrath and from ourselves. For those trusting Him, there’s an assurance that we are former criminals, but no longer imprisoned to sin, we have been set free in Messiah. Set free because of the great exchange.

We are to be reconciled to Him ….what does that mean?

God reconciled sinful man to Himself by making His sinless Son the sin bearer and dying in the sinner’s place. Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach paid the death penalty for the sinner so that God could set the sinner free and declare him righteous in His holy presence. He did more than just forgive us our sins; He imputed the perfect righteousness of His Son to us. A great exchange took place. Messiah/Christ got all our sin and guilt; we got His perfect righteousness standing before God. His righteousness was exchanged for our sin.

The apostle Paul wrote: 

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18.

The word “reconcile” in the original Greek is

katallasso,

it is an old word for

exchanging coins.

It means “to change, exchange” especially money, then of individuals “to change from enmity to friendship, to reconcile.”

“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life” Romans 5:10.

God’s love provided the means and foundation for man’s reconciliation to God against whom he had sinned. God’s own sense of justice had to be satisfied’

Rom. 3:26.

We deserve the wrath of God.

Therefore, God gave His Son as a propitiation for our sins. in our place

Rom. 3:25; Col. 1:20; 1 John 2:2; 4:10).

By means of His own sacrifice of His Son He turns away His own wrath toward the believer. The Lord God needs no reconciliation; we are the ones who need to be reconciled to Him, because we are the sinning rebels. This has to be done on His terms and is made possible through the death of Messiah/Christ.

The great exchange took place. Messiah/Christ took all our sin and guilt; we received His perfect righteousness standing before God. His righteousness was exchanged for our sin. 

2 Cor. 5:21

Because of God’s holiness and righteousness, sin must be punished., unfortunately as humans, we tend to take a lenient view of sin, but God can’t do that because; He has set His laws in place and revealed them to us. When they are broken, the transgressor/sinner must be punished. Christians know Messiah/Christ paid their debt on the cross, but He did even more than that for every believer.

In His humanity, Yeshua/Jesus is the “last Adam.” He was born under the law, kept it perfectly, and was qualified as the perfect Adam (man) to save God’s people Rom. 5:15-19. The apostle Paul makes it abundantly clear in Romans 5, that Jesus/Yeshua succeeded where Adam failed, and as death came to all through Adam, righteousness and life come to ALL those who are in Messiah Jesus by faith. 

And it’s not just the forgiveness of sins that came through the cross.

Because Messiah Jesus lived a perfectly obedient life, God the Father imputes (that is, credits) Jesus’s perfect righteousness to His people by faith in Messiah alone. This the great exchange, where our sin is credited to Him and the earned righteousness of Messiah is credited to ALL who call upon the name of the Lord.

Rom. 10:9, 13; 2 Cor. 5:21; Eph. 2:8-9; 2 Tim. 1:9.

Where Adam brought death through his rebellion, Messiah earned eternal life for all believers.

In the great exchange Christ’s righteousness is credited to us, and our sin is credited to Christ.

It was God the Father who put all the sins of believers, past, present, and future, on Yeshua/Jesus, Who had no sin. The Son took those sins freely and died to redeem all who would believe; that is, all whom the Father had eternally given to Him as His “bride”.

Heb. 12:2; John 6:37; 10:29; 17:6, 9, 24; see also Ps. 23:5; Isa. 54:5; 61:10; John 17:2; 18:9; Eph. 1:5; Heb. 2:13.

The agony of the Father turning from His Son Who was made sin, then turned to joy as the Father raised Him from the grave and seated Him at His right hand. And the joy continues as the Spirit gives life through the Son as the Father determined before time began. His joy in bringing many sons to glory.

The redeeming plan of God which was set in place before the creation, is an act of love and grace that is beyond human imagining. When we allow these truths to settle in our hearts, we find the necessary gratitude for continuing to live a life pleasing to our heavenly Father God; with the help of His indwelling Spirit until the day our Savior returns. Then we will each hear, Well done, good and faithful servant.

There is no place for self-righteousness at the foot of the cross. There are no self-made Christians. All true Christians are Christ-made. We are made “the righteousness of God in Him.” Sinners must glory in Messiah/Christ alone because our trespasses were reckoned to Him and the absolute, spotless, perfect, righteousness of Messiah is reckoned to us.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them” Ephesians 2:8-10.

Messiah made the perfect atonement for our sins.

He has provided a perfect righteousness, for our justification.

God was in Messiah obtaining our reconciliation to a holy God.

Barabbas is the one person in history who could say that Yeshau/Jesus literally carried his cross.

Messiah Jesus took his death, and Barabbas was given the freedom that Jesus/Yeshua deserved.

Messiah bore the guilt, shame, curse, disgrace and death that Barabbas deserved.

Barabbas received the release, the freedom, and the life that Messiah Jesus deserved.

So yes a murderer did have a part in the great exchange and so do each of us.

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

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

Baali or Ishi?

And it shall be in thay day saith the Lord that you shall call me ISHI my husband and shall call me no more BAALI my master.

Hosea 2:16

The name Hosea/Hoshea like Joshua/Y’hoshua

and Yeshua means

Salvation.

Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ – Hōšēaʿ, ‘Salvation’; 

If you have never read the book of Hosea, the content in a nutshell is a love story with a thorn in it. It’s the story of a faithful husband and an adulterous, unfaithful wife. The descriptions of the two main characters Hosea /Hoshea and Gomer, also describe the relationship between Yhvh/God and the children of Israel.

In Chapter 1:2, Hosea is given the most unlikely instructions one could ever imagine; he was told to go and marry a whore/prostitute and have children with her. Hoseas marriage becomes a symbol of God’s love for His adulterous children who were prostituting themselves with idols and foreign gods; worshipping them and committing spiritual adultery against the Living God Who had made covenant with them equal to sacred marriage vows. God commands Hoshea to take a wife who the Lord knows will prove to be unfaithful and adulterous.

Anyone reading this story, may feel this is unfair to Hosea, punishing him with a promiscuous marriage to the unfaithful Gomer. However, here Hosea is speaking on behalf of God and portrays God Himself in acting out this story of the continual/ongoing unfaithfulness and spiritual adultery by Israel. Gomer represents the Isrealites/Jewish people, who are so many times portrayed as God’s beloved wife. Jeremiah 2:3. We should think, if Gomers unfaithfulness is unfair, how much more is Israel’s and His childrens’ unfaithfulness unfair to God?

Gomer the wife of Hosea.

Gomer – Hebrew: גומר,

Original Word: גֹּמֶר.  

Strongs 1586

Gomer means: complete

In Hosea 1:3 Gomer is called the Daughter of Diblaim. Diblaim is derived from the word develah meaning: fig-cake; since she was as sweet in everyone’s mouth as a fig-cake; or because everyone would tread on her as on a fig-cake. Gomer’s mother was also in the same profession and both were commonly the subject of slander and gossip. This led to another reference by the Rabbis, that the name Diblaim is a plural form of the word dibah which means: slander, ill repute: [a woman of] ill repute and the daughter of [a woman of] ill repute.

God commanded Hosea to marry Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, as this was in order to teach him correct behavior for one who was to prophesy to Israel. Despite Gomer’s harlotry, the Rabbis interpret her story as proof that, even when God is angry with Israel, He still loves them. 

After two sons, Jezreel and

Lo-ammi 

and a daughter,

Lo-ruhamah 

were born to Hosea and Gomer,

God ordered Hosea:You must part from Gomer. You should have learned from your teacher Moses, who parted from his wife because I revealed Myself to him. You, too, separate yourself from her.” Hosea began to weep and said to God: “Master of the Universe! I have children by her. I can neither send her away nor divorce her!” Since he answered Him thus, God said: “Hosea, why do you weep?” He replied: “I take pity on my wife and my children.” God said: “Your wife is a harlot, and your children are children begotten of harlotry, and you do not know if they are yours or from others; nevertheless, you took pity on them. And as for Me—Israel are My children, my beloved children, the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Should I not have pity on them? Israel is one of the four possessions that I have acquired in this world [i.e., the Torah, heaven and earth, the Temple, and Israel], and you tell me to replace them with another nation?!”

Hearing this, Hosea realized that he had sinned and was about to ask for Divine mercy for himself. God told him:

“Hosea, Hosea, three [heavenly] decrees were issued against Israel because of you. Instead of asking for mercy for yourself, ask for mercy for Israel.”

Hosea stood and prayed on behalf of Israel, God then annulled the three decrees and Hosea gave them three blessings:

The number of the people of Israel shall be like that of the sand of the sea” Hos. 2:1;

“instead of being told, ‘You are Not-My-People,’ they shall be called ‘Children-of-the-Living-God’” Hos. 1:10

“I will sow her in the land as My own; and I will have compassion on her who has not received compassion; and I will say to those who are not My people, ‘You are My people’” Hos. 2:23 

Another tradition relates that for every affliction that Hosea prophesied for Israel, he gave them a remedy.

After telling Israel “I will no longer pardon the House of Israel” (Hos. 1:6),

the prophet promises “I will have compassion on her who has not received compassion.”

After having told the Israelites “For you are not My people” (Hos. 1:9),

the prophet assures them “I will say to those who are not My people, ‘You are My people’” (Hos. 2:25). The mouth that uttered “For she is not my wife” (Hos. 2:4) recanted and amended “You will call [Me] Ishi [husband]” (Hos. 2:18).

Even when God is provoked by Israel, He still loves them. Hosea learns this himself when he realizes that Gomer’s harlotry does not prevent him from being attached to her.

This shows us that Hosea was emotionally attached to Gomer and felt obligated to her. God tested and tried him when He told him to part from her and her children, but He did not intend this to be fulfilled. Rather, Hosea was to learn from the husband and wife relationship the emotions of love, compassion, and commitment that a prophet must feel for his people.

We sometimes overlook the significance of the given names in scripture and on occasion the children of prophets give a prophetic indication of God’s plans. For example: the names given by God to Hosea/Hoshea. He had 2 sons and 1 daughter with Gomer

1:4 call him Yizre’el/Jezreel

which means:

scattering, especially about seeds and is the same name as the valley near Megiddo that has been a famous battleground all through history and is the site of the final battle, we are familiar with as Armageddon. This is also pointing strongly to the future of the Northern kingdom and meaning that they will literally be scattered.

The 2 other children, one called

Lo Ruchamah/Lo Ruhama,

meaning: not loved, not received compassion or unpitied.

The other was named

Lo Ammi

meaning: not my people,

which in Hosea’s lifetime is the status of the Northern Kingdom.

Back to meaning of Baali or Ishi?

Baali – Bet Ayin Lamed Yod – my master

From the verb בעל  ba’al, to be master, owner or lord.

בעלי

means: to exercise dominion over.

The name Baali isn’t really a name and very few of the original readers and hearers of the Book of Hosea would have thought it was. It is more commonly understood to be a reference to idols or false gods of demonic origin.  

Baʻal in Hebrew: בַּעַל baʿal, was as already noted, a title meaning owner, lord in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant in those days. The word baal means lord; the plural is baalim. In general, Baal was a fertility god who was believed to enable the earth to produce crops and people to produce children. 

Baal or Baali also means the Bull, the Golden Calf and was the god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians they believed it was a deity and the son of the chief god El. In artistic depictions and archeological finds, Baal took the shape of a bull or ram. This was the same golden calf at Sinai incident.

Also in 1Kings 18:29 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal,

“Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god.

Jeremiah 14:5 The people of Judah stopped worshiping me and made this valley into a place of worship for Baal and other gods that have never helped them or their ancestors or their kings. 

They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek, 

Jeremiah 32:35

BAALI. ba’-a-li ba`ali, my master

Baal, a common name for all heathen gods, had in common practice been used also of Yahweh. 

The name Baali occurs in Hosea 2:16, where the Lord promises that when Israel is restored, that is, when every person’s knowledge of nature is complete, correct and understood; and the people will no longer call the

Creator My Master/ Baali,

but rather

My Husband -Ishi.

The word comes from

איש  ‘ish, man or husband.

There’s only a small difference between the words אישי ishi and בעלי ba’ali as both are used to mean my husband.

Ishi is an expression of marital relationship and young love.The word ishi can simply mean my man, which may denote one’s equal, a husband or a man one has employed.

The word baali is more an authoritative title; is an expression of lordship and fear.

it may also mean: my master or my lord.

 Hosea 2:16 reveals that at this point in their relationship, Gomer is calling him Baali /my master because whatever she is doing for him is out of obligation, duty and fear. It seems that Baali is the most common word used in Hebrew and Aramaic for husband. This is because in those times most cultures considered that a husband was a master to whom women were forced to be totally submissive, or would face physical punishment or even death for disobedience to their baali/abusive husband. Sadly this is still the case in some Middle Eastern and Asian countries and no doubt has had an influence on the western cultures; who still exert dominance and suppress womens freedoms. Before being influenced by pagan cultures however, the Hebrew children of Israel were known for their fair and equal treatment of women. It is because of this there are the 2 words for husband. As noted, the one is baali that is referring to the husband who is an abusive master figure and the other, Ishi.. The word Ishi can be applied to many relationship types, for example, like a friend, a helper or a companion. Whereas a baali, and uses of the word, all indicate very negative meanings.

Ishi is used in a very positive way because an

Ishi husband is one who loves his wife,

cares for and cherishes her.

On the other hand,

a baali husband

only sees his wife as someone or something, more as a possession; an object who is there to serve him like a slave and meet his needs in every way he wants.

Hosea was speaking God’s words to His people. The prophets’ ministry is just that, hearing from God, taking the message of God to His people, not the prophet’s own message. The priest on the other hand, heard from the people and took the peoples words and offerings and ministered them to the Lord.

The children of Israel saw God as a baali, a master who had to be served in case they suffered severe consequences. It may help us to read this passage of scripture and to see that like Hosea, our Heavenly Father Creator God is pleading for His bride to allow Him to be an Ishi, to be able to show His affection, His love and His caring protection. Gomer could not see the love Hosea had for he because she was so wrapped up in her own guilt, her adultery and promiscuity to believe that Hosea could forgive her and overlook all that she had done.

This raises the questions:

What is God to us?

How do we see him and how do we relate to Him?

Is He a Baali or an Ishi to us?

Do we think of Him as an unfair, abusive, baali husband, demanding that we follow every letter of his laws and rules; living in fear that he will punish us severely and even send us to hell without any mercy grace or loving-kindness?

Are we so deeply wrapped up in guilt over our past sins, our failures and even fear of sinning/falling into sin and being punished; that we don’t see His forgiveness and the power of His unconditional love and tender mercies that are new every morning? Lamentations 22:23

He is the Ishi, the One Who wants to love us, to forgive us and pour out His care, provision and protection.

In Hosea 2:18 Adonai will not continue to discipline Israel forever but he will renew His vows to her and in verse 20, there is a future of promise for the people once again. Hosea is told in chapter 3:1 show love to this wife of yours. Hosea’s relationship with Gomer is once again compared to God’s relationship with the northern kingdom. In speaking of Gomers unfaithfulness, it’s noted by the Rabbis that Hosea cherished Gomer, yet she broke covenant with him by committing adultery under his domain. In this passage the love that the Lord God has for the nation of Israel is given freely but she too strayed from under the Lord’s domain, prostituting themselves with foreign gods whom they did not know.

Chapter 6:2 is seen as predicting Messiahs death and resurrection and verse 6 is an echo of Ps 51:16 which was quoted by Messiah in Matthew 9:13, 12:7.

Our God desires that the relationship between a husband and wife to be that of a partnership, not one of dominance and mastery. And in the Tanach/old testament, the relationship between God and the Jewish people is often compared, to the relationship between a husband and wife.

In Hoshea 2:18-19 We read: “It shall be on that day — the word of God — you will say ‘ishi’ (my Husband) and you will no longer say ‘baali’ (my Master).

An interesting fact is that in 1953, David Ben Gurion wrote a letter stating that on government documents and forms the word “ishi” should be used, as opposed to the word “baali,” since “baali” conjures up images of the husband being the master as well as a god of idol worship and does not show respect for women. Ben Gurion then quoted that verse from Hoshea to prove his point.

David Ben Gurion took the Tanach and Biblical Hebrew seriously. Today, unfortunately, many Israelis are not as well educated in Biblical Hebrew and are only familiar with Modern and Spoken Hebrew.

If more women used the word “ishi” to describe their husbands, the word might eventually become standard. From looking at scripture it seems is clear that “ishi” is the word that God prefers.

Some things that we can learn from this story:

Sin leads to confusion, forgetfulness, and destruction. 

Personal and private sin does not stay personal or private for very long. 

God is faithful even when we are not. 

Only God can redeem and restore; and like Hosea, God was willing to go to extreme lengths to do just that. He used his own marriage to an adulterous wife, to symbolize God’s love for his people 

It shows God’s love and mercy for Israel and Judah, who have strayed from Him, and the unlimited forgiveness and redemption available to those who will return to Him.

 Gomer was not a born-and-raised, dedicated follower of God: she was a prostitute. This fact speaks volumes about the people God chooses and the enormous depth of His love for us! God commanded Hosea to ‘Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her.’ In a culture which shunned such women, and valued a respectable marriage as a measure of a man’s success. This must have made Hosea wonder, but he trusted in God, and because of his faith, Gomer was given the one thing she never thought she deserved: a loving, holy husband and a new start in life.

However, she messed up and in Hosea 3:1 we are told that she ‘is loved by another man and is an adulteress’ She couldn’t completely give up her old life, and maybe the sense of being unworthy of her new life pulled her back into old habits.

Regardless of this weakness to fall into sin, God commanded Hosea to ‘love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to another god.’ Hosea 3:1. In other words, Hosea forgave her sin against him and accepted her just as she was.

The three very encouraging things we can take from this are:

First, that God will NEVER give up on us!

According to Matthew 18:22; He will forgive us more than ‘70×7’ times for our shortfalls and His love will remain unfailing throughout. There’s nothing we have done or will ever do that will shock our ishi, because as creator of the universe there is nothing that He has not seen or does not know. No matter how far we stray from the path He set out for us, there is always a way back; and when we do return, just like the prodigal son, He will be there waiting for us as if we never left.

Secondly as Gomer found out, even the best man in the world, one who could bring happiness and give meaning and satisfaction to our lives, should not take the place of Messiah. These days, so much emphasis is placed on the search for the perfect husband and/or wife, and it can be become more important than our desire for a deeper relationship with Messiah. The truth is, that true satisfaction cannot be found anywhere else but in the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua; because that alone leads us to eternal life with our Father in Heaven. A man or woman who is sent by God will enhance the life you already have, but no one can give what Messiah Jesus can. He must be first in our lives, then we can know the fulfillment and worth that our hearts long for.

Lastly in the story of Gomer we see revealed the deep emotional healing and total redemption that only a loving ishi can provide. Falling into sin does not mean that a person is tainted forever, because by turning to Jesus/Yeshua as with any sin repented of, His Blood cleanses us. Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.

As with any sin, if we turn to Jesus/Yeshua and repent, He will remove it completely and it will be as if it had never happened.

This is how much our Ishi loves us and is always calling us back to Him, and He wants us to live the abundant life He has provided free from guilt and shame. Just as Gomer returned to Hosea, we can return to Messiah, our Ishi.

The essential aspect of this story is for us to realize that God loves us so very much and longs for us to turn to Him and want to be with Him, just as the loving relationship between a husband and wife. No matter what we have done there is forgiveness. There is no guilt, grief, or shame that cannot be removed by the love God showed in sending His Son who shed His Blood so that all sin can be wiped away completely and forever. If we say that God cannot forgive us, we are denying His Almightiness and if we say we cannot forgive ourselves; or the shame is too deep, we are denying the power in the sacrificial Blood of Messiah.

Don’t allow the enemy to make you believe you are beyond redemption because when we turn to the Lord in humility and trust, He will not turn us away.

We do not comprehend nor understand the depth of the love of the Creator of the Universe but that is no reason to reject His merciful grace. You can be free today right now all guilt and shame removed forever. Your worth in God’s eyes has never decreased, and will remain the same as it ever was. Like Gomer returned to Hosea, you can return to God.

 

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

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