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

Dvarim, or Debarim in Hebrew: דְּבָרִים,

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

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

Strong’s Number H1697 matches the Hebrew דָּבָר dāḇār,

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

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

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

derived from the Hebrew phrase:

מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה, mishneh haTorah.

Deut. 17:18.

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

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

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

Deut. 30:19

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

the bee (from its systematic instincts) — bee.

BEES 1682

deborah: a bee

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

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

had·də·ḇō·rîm;

הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים

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

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

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

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

You have The devarim/words of Life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luke 24:13-32

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

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

 

Luke 24:13 – 32

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

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

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

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

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

Isaiah 44:18 understanding is not given to all.

and read

Matthew 13:14

Luke 8:10.

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

Luke 17:26–30 days of Noah and Lot.

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

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

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

For more click on link below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related scripture: Hebrews 9:11-15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strong’s Number G3956

pas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The devarims.

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

name of the book of Deuteronomy.

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

(Page 150/151 in the pdf.)

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

The shem tov/shem tob copy reads like this:  

all the things or all the words or all Deuteronomy.

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

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

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

Download pdf link below

https://ia800309.us.archive.org/23/items/Hebrew.Gospel.of.MatthewEvenBohanIbn.ShaprutHoward.1987/Hebrew.Gospel.of.Matthew_Even%20Bohan_Ibn.Shaprut_Howard.1987.pdf

 

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

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

Deuteronomy 1:44–46

Pursued you as the bees would do…

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

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

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

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

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

Do we have the proper covering?

Are we washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are we wearing our robe of white/righteousness?

We choose whether our life will be blessed or cursed.

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

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

Devarim/Deuteronomy 30:15 – 19.

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

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

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

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

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

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

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

Olam hazeh and Olam haba

Olam Hazeh  עולם הזה

and

Olam Haba  הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא

are both referenced in

Matthew 24:3 Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives and His disciples came to Him and asked, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?”

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the Disciples came unto him privately, saying,

Tell us, when shall these things be? (regarding the destruction of the Temple)

And what shall be the sign of thy coming  (His return)

and of

the end of the age. (His Reign following all things being completed.)

The second two questions are the same ones believers ask today!

What shall be the sign of thy coming?

and

when is the close/end of the age?

The olam hazeh  עולם הזה is this world age

Pronounced: oh-LAHM hah-ZAY.

olam haba הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא   is The World to Come

The spiritual afterlife is referred to in Hebrew as

Olam Ha-Ba

Pronounced: oh-LAHM hah-BAH.

There are other references to this age and the age to come: 

Matthew 12 :32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in

this age – olam hazeh  עולם הזה ;

or in

the age to come – olam haba הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא

He was speaking of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit/His spirit of Holiness/Ruach haKodesh.

The original words in Greek,

ουτε εν τουτω τω αιωνι, ουτε εν τω μελλοντι,

may be rendered,

neither in this age, or dispensation,

nor in the age, or dispensation, to come,

(οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ). 

Neither in this world (age, aioni), neither in the world to come. 

The age to come (העולם הבא) olam haba.

Luke 18:30 Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times more in this age and in the age to come, eternal life.” 

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time/olam hazeh, and in the world to come/olam haba, life everlasting. Kjv.

1John 5:10-13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life/chayai olam, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Hebrews 6:5. 4. It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age/olam haba, 6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.…

Olam Hazeh –

This World – עוֹלָם הַזֶה

is the world in which we live, where each of us is given the opportunity to honor the Name of the Lord by performing

Mitzvot 

מצוות

Mitzvot is the plural of mitzvah, 

and means: commandment.

People in Israel often use mitzvot as a kind of shorthand for being observant of traditional Jewish laws and traditions.

This means being a doer of the things/teachings/commandments. James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

DO what it says.

Luke 11:28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Luke 8:21 But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”

John 13:17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 6:27 Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

The single most important mitzvah of all of Scripture is

to trust in Yeshua/Jesus as our LORD and Savior.

Everything else centers on this.

The two great commandments are the Ve’ahavta

Love the LORD with all your heart

and the obligation to love others as yourself

For the Hebrew the

heart or lev 

is

the centre of being where all parts of our soul existence converge.

The lev/levav /heart, is not the seat of emotion.

The heart is

the point of convergence for all aspects of the human existence,

while it manifests emotion

it is NOT the sole domain of emotion.

Therefore, we understand heart to mean core being.

Thus when the Scripture says 

The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9)

it does not mean

The emotion of man (alone) is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked,

rather it means:

Humanity now has a fallen nature that is manifested within the core of its existence.

In terms of rabbinical definition this sin affected aspect of our nature is called:

Yetzer ha-ra – inclination of the evil.

The lev/levav /heart…..

…the convergence of our entire being.

We now know His Glory,

and even though our EYES fail us,

our hearts, the convergence of our entire being,

SEEs beyond the power of death to the Olam Haba/world to come.

This is ahava/love, because this is what remains and while we live in this fallen world we have faith, hope and love however, in the world to come/olam haba, only love will remain. Why? because faith is belief against fear and doubt, in the Olam Haba there will be neither. Hope is the assurance of things unseen, in the Olam Haba ALL will be revealed.

(Matt. 22:36-40). 36 “Rabbi, which of the mitzvot in the Torah is the most important?” 37 He told him, “‘You are to love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.’[a] 38 This is the greatest and most important mitzvah. 39 And a second is similar to it, ‘You are to love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All of the Torah and the Prophets are dependent on these two mitzvot.”

Basically the meaning is that, if you do the above

you will not lie to, covet, or steal

what belongs to your neighbor;

you will not murder him,

nor commit adultery with them.

It includes ALL that is incorporated in the 10 sayings.

He did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it

and the greatest commandment is love not sacrifice.

 

Matthew 5:17. Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

This He completed perfectly.

The greatest act of love is to lay down one’s life for a friend. He called us His friends and laid down His life and it should follow that if He is our friend then we are to be willing to do the same for Him.

This is what we are told to be doing with our life by Messiah, our Lord and Savior Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus the Christ.

Why do we keep questioning and discussing who is called and who is not?

We are all called ….it is simply up to the individual whether we hear; and when we do, do we accept and answer the call, or continue with our own life?

People continually ask what is the will of God for me? It is so clear in Messiahs own words… It’s just that most choose to ignore it saying and thinking it’s for someone else to do.

This is what we are to be doing in Olam Hazeh

it will determine our future in Olam Haba.

Those things that Yeshua/Jesus told us to occupy our time with are all listed in…

Matthew 25:35-40 and Matthew 28:19. Amp. Bible.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

And we are to be occupied with learning and teaching His Word, according to his or her gifts, and behaving in an honest and decent manner with our fellow human beings.

1 Timothy 3:16.

Remembering that how we treat others and what we do to them; or what we do for or against them, we are in fact doing it to Yeshua/Jesus in both word and deed. Matt.25:40.

In Judaism and classical Jewish theology

Olam ha-zeh – עולם הזה – this world,

is a concept of: the real world.

Olam hazeh means: the everyday world that we live in.

Life in this world – olam ha’zeh; is also called:

Chayei Sha’ah – חיי שׁעה – Fleeting life.

So called, because it is absorbed in the physical and social structures of this worlds’ systems: working, eating, pursuing pleasures, etc., etc.

The ideas about Olam Hazeh and Olam Habah are to be understood rather as cosmic and metaphysical.

Why?

Because they relate to the universe outside of ourselves and they are in terms of the all encompassing goal, pattern and plan, that our Heavenly Father has put in place for His creation.

From the point of view of the human soul, these are experienced as

Chayei Sha’a – fleeting life and

חיי שׁעה

Chayei Olam – eternal life, respectively.

John 17:3 In the New Covenant/Testament/brit Chadashah,

eternal life/chayei olam,

is identified as:

the knowledge of the one true living God. The One Who sent His Son Yeshua into the world /Olam as the Messiah.

Eternal life/chayei olam, is having and maintaining a conscious relationship with the Father/God, through His Messiah, Jesus/Yeshua. Because our Father abides in eternity this means we are to live in the here and now by faith and have the understanding, the reality, that the eternal elements of the unseen realm of the spirit exists all around us.

We could say that our faith SEEs the Olam Haba/the world to come, and is preparing us to enter into its reality even while we are still in the Olam Hazeh/This world.

Heaven in Judaism – Shamayim שָׁמַיִם‎ šāmayīm, the Hebrew word for heavens, (literally heavens, im for the plural), identifies one element of the three-part biblical cosmology.

Which comprises:

Heavens, Earth, and the underworld.

The Hebrew Bible depicted a three-part world, with the

heavens – shamayim above,

Earth – eres in the middle,

and the

underworld – sheol below.

After the 4th century BCE this was gradually replaced by a Greek scientific cosmology of a spherical earth surrounded by multiple concentric heavens.

Revelation 5:13  And every creature which

is in heaven,

and on the earth,

and under the earth,

and such as are in the sea,

and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. King James Version (KJV

John is recording his vision in the book of Revelation when he writes, And no man

in heaven,

nor in earth,

neither under the earth,

was able to open the book. Rev. 5:3

Philippians 2:10 in the New King James Version says, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

of those in heaven, and

of those on earth, and

of those under the earth.

The Hebrew word for heaven is

שמים shamayim.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2319. חָדָשׁ chadash – new

Strong’s Hebrew: 776. אָ֫רֶץ  erets  – earth, land

ארץ  חדש

in Jewish theology,

olam ha-ba/the world to come,

is either

the world after death

or

the new creation

or

restoration of the world that is to follow

the messianic millennium.

Because this latter interpretation came from the teachings and exhortations of the prophets, it was especially popular during the period of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (516 BC–AD 70). Whatever the interpretation of ʿolam ha-ba, for Jews it meant the end of uncertainty, miseries, and strife.

In Jewish literature olam ha-ba and olam ha-zeh/this world, are in contrast to one another. They believe that olam ha-zeh/this world, is a time to prove oneself worthy of participating in the world to come. Their understanding of the resurrection of the dead is that it will occur in the messianic age, a time referred to in Hebrew as the Olam Ha-Ba, the World to Come, but that term is also used to refer to the spiritual afterlife. For them, when the Messiah comes to initiate the perfect world of peace and prosperity, the righteous dead will be brought back to life and given the opportunity to experience the perfected world that their righteousness helped to create. The wicked dead will not be resurrected.

We understand that Messiah has already come and are awaiting His soon return.

Following the millennium, it describes a time after the world is perfected under the rulership of Messiah.

This term also refers to the afterlife where the soul passes after the death of the body.

It can be contrasted with olam hazeh, this world.

Ephesians 1:21

Yochanan/John Chapter 3:3 speaks of

SEEing the kingdom of God

 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot

SEE the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of heaven [of God]

resembles a concept in rabbinic Judaism called

tikkun ha-olam,

which literally means:

mending the world.

Tikun Olam – Repairing/mending the World.

When one enters (or joins) the kingdom of heaven, one becomes a partner with God in spreading redemption throughout a hurting world. That person goes out and feeds the hungry; clothes the naked; visits those who are in hospital and prison; prays for the sick and defends the rights of the orphan and widow. A person who has entered the kingdom of heaven gets involved in people’s lives. He or she pursues a lifestyle characterized by

tikkun ha-olam

or mending our world:

where there is hatred, he or she bestows love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

In John 3 we see Yeshua/Jesus discussing aspects of this with Nicodemus:

“If one is not fathered, born from above, he cannot have power, permission, ability to see the kingdom, dominion, rule, royal power, kingship of the God.”

There are many points to this teaching; in essence Yeshua/Jesus is saying that the Kingdom of God/Malkut Shamayim, cannot be gained through Torah observance alone. He is also saying that being born physically into the sin affected world is a death sentence, unless… one is born anew from above by His Spirit.

He is also indicating to the power/Spirit/ruach of God being essential in order to walk continually in righteousness and to enter into the Olam Haba/World to come.

The sight, He is referring to is, spiritual sight that can only be received from Our Heavenly Father by His Spirit and through His Son the King, Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.

All of this teaching is directly opposed to the teaching that says that repentance, Torah observance, mitzvot, and prayer alone can earn one entry into the Olam Haba.
 
Therefore, unlike the rabbis of the Talmud, 

Yeshua/Jesus does NOT teach that conversion to Judaism will birth a person anew, instead, that:

ONLY repentance and salvation through the redemptive work of God through His Messiah, will bring newness of life to the individual.
 
Kingdom of the God –

Malkut Shamayim – Kingdom of the Heavens

Dan. 4:3; 1 Chr. 29:10-12,

This points to our Heavenly Father’s divine reign over the present world made new; rid of all sin and evil etc.; and it’s a more correct understanding than the traditional and extra Biblical, Christian concept, of a heaven somewhere in the clouds.

Instead, by the tikun olam/repairing of the world,

it indicates that the present world will be

cleansed, restored, and renewed

by

God

through the atoning Blood

of His Son Yeshua/Jesus,

and He will transition it into the

Olam Haba/world to come.

Interestingly this is supported by both the Old Tesament/Tanakh and the New Testament/Brit Ha-Chadashah.
 
Messiah simply points to the physical birth first and says that both it and a spiritual birth are needed. He doesn’t tell Nicodemus that he is incorrect and continues to explain that everyone is born through the mothers waters breaking, but something more is needed if we are to enter God’s Kingdom/Malkut Shamayim.

We must be born of God’s Spirit,

born anew,

from above.

The words water and Spirit can be found in both

the

tevilot/immersions/baptisms of

 Yochanan/John the Immerser /Baptist

and Messiah/Yeshua/Jesus.

Water represents the tevilah/baptism of repentance

and

The Spirit the tevilah/baptism of Spirit and Fire from above.

Without Messiah Yeshua/Jesus’

tevilah/baptism of death and His resurrection

we are unable to receive His Spirit.

In Him alone we have access to what is needed for our Salvation, His very own Spirit, and the Spirit of His Father in us.

His Spirit births in us the desire to repent/teshuvah/turn around, to turn back to God. Then only through Messiah are we able to receive the fullness of the gift of His Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh/Spirit of Holiness

Who births us anew from above

into a life reconciled to God.

Born out of water refers to the breaking of a mother’s waters at physical birth and it speaks of being born into this world/God’s creation affected by sin.
 
And of the Spirit refers to being born anew, fathered by God through His Spirit. In the same way that physical birth breaks water and through blood brings new life into the present world, so too spiritual birth breaks the living waters of MessiahYeshua/Jesus and through His blood atonement, it births anew the soul of a human being into the Olam Haba/world to come.

This means that an individuals entry into the Olam Haba/world to come, starts at the moment of being born anew by His Spirit through Messiah Yeshua/Jesus and continues all the way through physical death and into everlasting living.

This is why Messiah said:
 
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he dies, yet shall he live: And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die.

John/Yochanan 11:15-16
 
In the previous verses the earthly things are explained and show the progression from physical birth, through spiritual renewal and into the Olam Haba. It seems that Messiah is not making a separation between the physical and the spiritual as some might think, instead, the earthly things include spiritual things and are the explanation of a merging between the physical birth and the spiritual birth from above.
 
Here is appears Yeshua/Jesus’s teaching shows the final shape of tikun olam/repairing of the world. The Bible clearly teaches a renewed heavens and earth and New Jerusalem descending from heaven at the end of the age.

Through Yeshua/Jesus, as His children, we are empowered to begin the work that will be completed by Messiahs return and the Father dwelling with His own/ finally fulfilled in Tabernacles/Sukkot.

 This we must understand will be under a renewed heavens and not in some Greco-Roman, gnostic inspired, heavenly kingdom in the sky.

Those who accept God’s redemptive offer have already begun to live eternally v.16.

Those who refuse God’s redemptive offer are already dying eternally v.18.

All creation is offered an opportunity to receive Our Heavenly Father’s offer of redemption and to be born anew from above.

11. Do this, knowing that at the present time/olam hazeh, it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; 

Verse 11 begins a repetition of metaphors which contrast evil and good: sleep/death and salvation, night and day, darkness and light.

When a person with a hebraic mindset reads, Present time, he understands it to refer to the olam hazeh/present world, our current existence within time and space. Here Paul/Shaul, compares the present state of the world to death, using sleep which was a metaphor common to the rabbis teaching, and was also used by Yeshua/Jesus Himself as a reference for death/temporal death while awaiting final judgment.

Paul/Shaul told them to:

Stop living as though you are still dead like those living under wrath, you’re not, you’re a new creation, act like those who are awake/already alive eternally in Messiah. For now salvation/Yeshua/Jesus, is nearer to us than when we first believed. 12 The night/olam hazeh/the present world subject to wrath is almost gone, and the day/olam haba/the world to come is near.

This salvation is the final resurrection and the

olam haba/world to come,

the physical return of

Salvation/Yeshua/Jesus/Himself.

The night, a symbol for this present age/olam hazeh

and the dark acts of humanity, is almost finished.

The day, a symbol for the world to come/olam haba,

is very close in terms of our Heavenly Father’s plan for the reconciliation of creation.

Sometimes it may seem so far off, however, we are cautioned that we should understand our position from His perspective. This present darkness is only temporary, and just like any night, it will end and if, as Paul/Shaul tells us, it is near, then we are now quickly approaching the dawn.

Here we are informed that there are clearly two worlds:

the olam hazeh,

literally translated as: world this one,

and olam haba

world the coming or the world to come,

meaning: eternity.

In Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, we need not fear what comes next because what comes next is:

the Olam Haba/world to come

which is, through Him.

In Messiah Yeshua/Jesus,

we are assured of everlasting life,

not because we won’t die physically

but because having died to self, we will live in Him.

No longer do we need to surrender to the power of death which is the fear of the unknown because the promise of Our Heavenly Father is that we are known in Him and that through His Son we will exist in right relationship with Him for all eternity and in Him there is no unknown.

Any religion that teaches we can repair the world by our own efforts is a religion of anti-Christ.

The true tikun olam is impossible without

the redeeming work of the King Messiah Yeshua/Jesus

at His first coming;

and

the renewing work of the King Messiah Yeshua/Jesus

upon His return.

Maybe if we understood the Hebrew mindset and language better, the incomplete verbal action which is associated with the

olam ha’ba; we would recognize that it is 

already but not yet,

in exactly the same way that we talk about the role of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus being completely finished….

already but not yet!

  It becomes evident that this idea of the olam ha’ba

helps greatly to redirect our motivation and energy on the mission here in the olam hazeh

because the two are not totally separated from each other and Hazeh will become Ha’ba in our Heavenly Father’s perfect timing. 

If the olam ha’ba is coming,

then the really serious issue in our chaim/lifes

is whether or not we will be ready for His and its arrival?

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם‎,

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week,

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily.

Please don’t leave here without assurance of your salvation in the 

olam ha’ba/world to com…

Not sure ..you can be…

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.

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.