Original Word: קֹדֶשׁ Transliteration: qodesh Phonetic Spelling: ko’-desh
Holiness Unto The Lord
written in Hebrew
‘Kodesh L’ADONAI’
HOLINESS (holy) UNTO THE LORD;
Sanctum Domino (Vulgate);
Ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ παντοκράτορι (Septuagint).
This was the inscription upon
the golden plate on the mitre of the high priest.
Mitre in Hebrew: mitsnepheth,
something rolled round the head;
the turban or head-dress of the high priest
Exodus 28:4 Exodus 28:37
Exodus 28:39; 29:6.
Exodus 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Leviticus 8:9
Leviticus 19:1-2
The Israelites were commanded to be
Holy
on account of their relationship with
The Holy One of Israel
K’dosh Yisrael or Qedosh Yisra’el
הקדוש של עם ישראל
The term Holy One of Israel
is used more than 30 times in the Bible.
Bible references: 2 Kings 19:22; Ps. 71:22; 78:41; 89:18; Isa. 1:4; 17:7; 30:11; 41:14; 43:3, 14; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 54:5; Jer. 50:29; 51:5 and a total of about forty five times.
Against the Holy One of Israel! 2 Kings 19:22.
The English translation of the word, does not very clearly convey the acurate meaning, as seen in Hebrew. In the English language, the words
one and of
are added to the translation
הקדוש של ישראל,
meaning: the Holy Oneof Israel.
In Hebrew, it is written as:
Holy Israel – קדוש ישראל,
and the difference is significant.
The English language conveys:
a belonging to,
but also
a distinctly separate association.
The Hebrew, however, communicates
oneness.
Indicating the Shema.
The Lord is One.
In other words, Holy Israel is another name given to Adonai.
He is Holy, and He is also Israel/Yisrael.
The implication is that Yeshua/Jesus,
Who is the Word of God revealed in the flesh,
is called Holy Israel,
and therefore it could be said,
He and Israel are inseparably one.
The Holy One –
The One set apart
as completely perfect and unique,
transcending the realm of the finite, the fallen,
and the imperfect.
Only God is worthy of worship, for He alone is Holy.
qadosh {kaw-doshe’}; from qadash; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary — holy (One), saint. HEBREW qadash.
1Peter 1:13-16; 1Cor. 6:9-20.
The Torah defines a
Holiness Code
that contains more commandments for His children concerning practical ethics beginning with Lev. 19 1-2.
His Spirit is the Ruach Ha Kodesh
the Holy Spirit
Hebrew: רוח הקודש ,
ruach ha-kodesh
Literally: spirit of Holiness Who will always guide us into the Truth and into the Fathers presence by WAY of Messiah Yeshua HaMashiach.
is frequently translated as holy, which is an abstract word.
When we use the word holy, as in a holy person, we usually associate this with a righteous or pious person.
If we use this concept when interpreting the word holy in the Hebrew Bible, then we are misreading the text, as this is not the meaning of the Hebrew word qadosh!
Qadosh literally means:
to be set apart for a special purpose.
A related word, qedesh,
is one who is also set apart for a special purpose
but not in the same way we think of holy. Deut 23:17.
Israel was qadosh
because they were separated from the other nations as:
servants of Elohiym.
The furnishings in the tabernacle were also qadosh, as they were not to be used for anything except for the work in the tabernacle.While we may not think of ourselves as holy, we are in fact
set apart from the world to be Elohiym’s servants
and His representatives/ambassadors.
Holiness could be described as a:
state of consecration produced by ethical separation from profane culture when viewed in practical terms relating to human beings and their relationship to the Father.
Kadosh
encompasses the whole sphere of the sacred and
set apart things that are totally separate
from anything that is profane and sinful.
According to
Isaiah 57:15/Is 40:25
this means:
elevated and lofty and
beyond all comparison
and utterly unique, entirely righteous
Is 57:15 glorious and awesome
Ps 99:3 full of light and power
Is 10:7 and is chosen and favored as Gods own
Ezek 22:26.
Holiness is a name for the Lord Himself:
Ha kadosh barukh hu – the Holy One blessed is He.
Isa. 40:25
The idea of holy therefore suggests: separation..
meaning:
the realm of the holy
is entirely set apart from
the common, the habitual, or the profane.
The holy is singular, awe inspiring, even terrible or dreadful.
Neh 1:5 Ps 68:35
As the Holy One, God is
utterly unique, distinct, sacred and set apart as
the only One of His kind.
Only God is worthy of worship, for He alone is Holy – Kadosh.
As the Holy One ( ha’kadosh ),
the Lord of Hosts ( Adonai Tzeva’ot)
He alone is worthy of true worship and adoration, since He alone is peerless, without rival and stands in relation to the world as Creator and Lord.
Only the Lord is infinitely and eternally
known to Himself as Anochi.
Ezek. 3:15
I am that I am.
Holiness then implies more than an abstract separation as is often suggested but rather means:
separation from that which is common, mundane or evil,
(evil meaning: out of harmony with God).
In other words
holiness implies: absolute moral goodness and perfection.
God is not just Holy…
He is
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Isaiah 6:1-3
In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
And one called out to another and said,
“Holy, Holy, Holy, is YHWH of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.”
In Scripture, finding the same three words in a row is rare. Two other instances are in Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
This use of this grammatical emphasis, is most often with double words and occurs frequently in the Hebrew scriptures. It is a way of emphasizing the point and by repeating the same word; it was like putting an exclamation mark today. Seeing the same three words one after the other, was like shouting.
In the B’rit Chadashah/New Testament, John/Yocahannes used this word repetition too, and he experienced a vision similar to Isaiah’s:
Revelation 4:8
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come!”
Kadosh – Holy, holy, holy As the Holy One ( ha’kadosh ), the Lord of Hosts ( Adonai Tzeva’ot)
We are to be a reflection of Our Heavenly Father God’s Holiness!
Holy is not a word that we should flippantly and disrespectfully throw around, like the terms of exclamation like: “holy cow” or “holy guacamole”.
Holy is rich in meaning and it is one of the main descriptors of Our Heavenly Father/God. To those who have a relationship with Him, it is a descriptor of us too. WHY? Because He calls us to be Holy and because we are to be a representation of His glory on earth. That’s a great responsibility which we should not take lightly!
Leviticus 19:2-4
“Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I YHWH your God am holy.’
Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am YHWH your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am YHWH your God.”
Leviticus 20:26
‘Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I YHWH Am Holy; and I have set you apartfrom the peoples to be Mine.’
The Call to Holiness
Various practical commandments are given in the Torah through which His people were sanctified or set apart, to be kadosh/holy; and therefore prepared to enter a relationship with God.
God is not unreachable because He encompasses all of creation but those who are called into presence must be holy themselves.
Practical holiness results in sanctification which is gained through obedience to His commandments. These commandments include both those directing us to do something and those telling us to stop from doing something. In addition decrees are given that further separate the Israelites from the customs and profanity of the nations surrounding them.
The call to holiness is given
3 times in Leviticus 19:2; 20:7; 20:26.
Because the Lord is Holy, the Israelites could not be in relationship with Him if they had been involved in idolatrous or profane practices.
They were
called to be separate
from all that was unholy
Lev. 22:44-45.
The call to holiness was based on the fact that they were Gods possession because He had separated them from the Nations.
Lev. 20:26
Yes, we are to be Holy, but how do we live up to that?
Are we worthy enough to be His reflection on earth?
Messiah Yeshua/Jesus was.
He was, and is, the perfect reflection of God.
Throughout the B’rit Chadashah /New Testament, Yeshua /Jesus is referred to as the
Holy One of God,
from the very announcement of His birth:
Luke 1:28-35
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
We are called to holiness through the letters of Shaul/Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20a
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the HolySpirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.
and reminded of holiness once again in Revelation, where those around the throne cry
קָדוֹשׁ. Qadosh holy.
and from the prophets statements…
“In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 14:20-21
The word holy in the Hebrew means to set-apart or separateness. While godly behavior is the result of being made holy unto the Lord, IT IS NOT a requirement to receive salvation, we come as we are.
When we become born again by His Holy Spirit, Yeshua HaMasiach/ Jesus Christ’s righteousness and holiness isIMPUTED to us.(meaning it is accredited to our account.)
We are set apart unto the Lord as vessels for His use, in the same way as God set apart pots and vessels under the old testament/Tanakh, to be used in his service.
The Holy Spirit is called theSpirit of holiness, because He is the sanctifier of all our Father’s vessels and makes them acceptable for His use by the washing of the word and regeneration of His Spirit of Holiness.
When the scriptures say:
Without holiness, no man shall see God. Heb. 12:14.
This means being born of His Holy Spirit into new life in Yeshua/Jesus. Without being born again of the Spirit of holiness one cannot be made Holy and therefore we would have no inheritance in the kingdom of God.
God’s indwelling Spirit empowers His children to live lives that please Him. The scriptures tell us that all who seek to be justified by the law are not holy but defiled, defiled by the sinful nature whose works are as filthy rags in God’s sight.
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God IMPUTETHrighteousness without works. Romans 4:6
IMPUTED: attributed/given on behalf of another.
Yeshua/Jesus places His righteousness on our record,
when we trust upon Him for salvation
and this is what makes us holy
and not our behavior, whether we are good or bad.
Holy is the Greek is hagios
which means:
to be in awe, venerate, regenerated.
When we are regenerated and set free from sin, we become holy vessels unto the Lord.
Faith in Yeshua/Jesus is our righteousness
and our fruit is then holy.
Lev. 20:26 you shall be holy to me for I the lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples that you should be mine.
Western Christianity has sadly earned the title of being a cheap religion. For onlookers, many so called christian lifestyles do not look any different from the non believers in the world.
This world revolves around and caters to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. These things may please the flesh in the short term, but they work death. The Bible says that the pleasures of sin are only for a season. They are short lived. They do not satisfy. They do not give peace. They end in death. They fool us. Satan is the ruler of this world. The world that we are living in is his kingdom.
Keeping the 10 sayings is not impossible as the scriptures tell us the rich young ruler had kept them from his youth, and Elizabeth and Mary among others had also kept them.
Yet today so many say that we aren’t able to keep them and we are under grace not law!
We are to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect and it is possible through Jesus/Yeshua,
if we will choose to follow Him.
Though many say, no one is perfect, it’s really a way out, and to condone sin and compromise away from the standard Messiah sets for all who would be His talmidim/disciples. And in His words, how are we to do greater works than these, if we are not walking as He walked? We have His spirit within us now, since Pentecost; before then all generations who kept Torah did it without His indwelling spirit… so we have little to no excuse today. Not a welcome statement for those who still choose to live their own life on their own terms and still believe they are saved in their own understanding of salvation based on their own terms.
It is impossible that the Holy One could tolerate sin since this would invalidate the distinction between the sacred and profane and thereby weaken the nature of Holiness itself. That which is Holy, is in total opposition of the profane and therefore the Lord God has to hate and oppose that which violates the sacred and holy.
Where there is no fundamental change and no sacrificial putting away of ungodly habits and behavior, there can be no holiness. Many claim salvation and holiness by grace alone; neither understanding, nor appreciating, the cost involved and the seriousness of our precarious position before a Holy God; before Whom no sin can be present. It is only through Jesus/Yeshuas’ sacrifice that we can even dare to think that we can approach the Holy Creator and King of the universe. This was only possible by way of all the statutes and ordinances in the Torah until He died and shed His blood in our place.
We take this relationship so lightly and often without the reverential respect which we should willingly show from a humble, repentant and grateful position.
We are called to holiness, just as the priest wore upon his head the band with that word inscribed upon it; we are grafted in by His mercy and grace, into the family of His chosen children. This is a Hebrew Book and He is the Hebrew Messiah. Salvation is of the Jews, it was given to them first and we are privileged to be among those gentile nations offered the gift of eternal life and restoration relationship with a Holy God.
Now as the scripture says, we are priests unto the Lord, called to minister to and for Him while we remain here on the earth.
Are we truly making ourselves able to wear the band upon our foreheads, saying, Holiness unto the Lord?
Are we doing all that we are required to do? We are not to throw out the commandments He gave, but to apply them to our lives and to walk a set apart sanctified life before Him. Don’t let’s be of those accused of following a cheap religion with no cost to ourselves. We are to lay down our life, to lose it for Him and for the gospel; and in so doing find it through a life of being
Definition: to wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself.
In the passage from 1Peter, the call to holiness is established on the hope that will be brought to us at the revelation of Messiah in the end of days and in 1Cor., Paul outlines the same moral restrictions that determine
a called out people of God.
Believers in the Jewish Mashiach/Messiah are to be free from sin that pervades surrounding culture and in particular from sexual immorality, which is idolatry. The follower of the Mashiach Yeshua/Jesus, is not exempt from
the call to personal holiness
since Messiah and His Father are the
same yesterday today and forever.
Our carnal nature always will lean to a meaning and understanding that ‘let’s us off the hook’ so to speak; one that makes it easier for us to live a compromised lifestyle and still think we can get all the blessings and benefits here and now and also eternal life in heaven.
We need to wake up toreality and count the true cost of Who and what we truly believe and follow.
As the days grow darker and the morals of the world become increasingly in complete opposition to all that our Heavenly Father requires for His family; there is a call for sobriety and being genuine, we must make the effort to be authentic in our lives and to walk in the fullness of the calling upon us.
That call is to
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
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.
As mentioned in the last post we are at the start of the annual weekly scripture portions reading through Tanakh comprising the Torah, the Haftorah and the Brit Chadashah/Re New-ed Covenant/Testament.
Could be read as: and the land had existed in confusion and was unfilled, and darkness was upon the face of the deep water and the wind of Elohiym was fluttering upon the face of the waters,
The fluttering
is significant as we read in
Mark 1:10
“he (John) saw the heavens torn open, and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him (Jesus).
The wings of a dove are always
fluttering
to stay in the air.
Here was the Son, the Father as He spoke, and His Spirit was present descending in the same way a fluttering dove would hover just as He had overshadowed Mary several decades previously.
Verse 3
and~he~will~SAY וַיֹּאמֶר / wai’yo’mer
Elohiym אֱלֹהִים / e’lo’him he~will~EXIST(V)
יְהִי / yê’hi) LIGHT אוֹר / or
and
~he~will~EXIST(V) וַיְהִי / wai’hi
LIGHT אוֹר / or
Could be read as:
and Elohiym said,
light will exist,
and
light existed.
For those desiring to do further research
there is an excellent transliteration site
of Hebrew to English is at qbible.com
Emptiness and the deep gave way to substance;
and darkness gave way to light.
Nothingness obeyed the Word
and responded to the authority of His will.
Then creation stumbled in humanity, in us,
when humanity heard the Word,
substance became nothingness
and light reverted to darkness.
It should give us pause for thought when
nothingness can hear and obey!
Then why are we so stubborn?
We so often fail to both hear, to listen to His Word and do what He says!
Even nothingness was not rebellious to the Creators voice!
This heart of rebellion in the human soul echoes the words of the slyest beast of the field…
Did God say?
Did He really say?
The voice of doubt, curiosity and rebellion, seeks a compromise of His truth and in the very question, undermines the authority of His Sovereignty in our lives. These doubts attack our convictions and then we consider other things that amount to nothing more than deceptive seducing lies; then we begin to entertain thoughts concerning them…and eventually believe the error.
He has given each of us
the power to choose when we hear His Word.
To listen and obey,
or to ignore,
separation from the Father is the inevitable result.
Sin will always challenge the Word
BUT
the good news is
we have been created anew
and have been given New Life in Messiah
and been granted rulership over sin.
We are new creatures in His image and likeness
and have the power in Yeshua/Jesus
to turn from sin and darkness.
Halleluyah!
In Hebrew Bereshit or B’reshiyt
is the first word of the 1st book of the Bible/Tanakh.
And so the title is its’ beginning.
(His Torah being the first 5 books attributed to Moses).
The very first letter of the 1st word is
B
in the Hebrew alefbet
Bet/Beit/Beyt
and herein is the 1st revelation/revealing
of Adonai/Yehoveh/YHVH.
This letter Bet or Beit means house.
Some scholars point out that the letter itself is composed of
3 x the letter shape of the letter vav
(our letter V as in vine).
Bet is also used for the letter V, vet without the dot.
the house of creation is then the life of the universe?
The same word Bet
also has another function
in the Hebrew language
and means IN.
This suggests our Creators intention of
living/abiding
withIN this realm He created.
This voice/Kol,
that He spoke,
reveals the glorious power of the creation of the universe
by His spoken Word
and in a way reveals the threefold nature of Yehoveh by the use of the plural ElohIM and the word bara He created; which we noted earlier that all 3 were present at Yeshua/Jesus’ immersion.
Let’s take a moment to remember
our bereshiyt, our beginning,
the day we were forgiven,
redeemed,
cleansed,
delivered from darkness
and brought into His glorious light.
The day we repented of our sin
accepted His free gift of salvation and eternal life;
cleansed and restored to fellowship/relationship with Him.
He truly is the Genesis, the beginning, the b’reshiyt;
our beginning, our b’reshiyt, …
it is the Truth of us all!
Shalom shalom
‘Mishpachah’
‘Family/Tribe’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa,
friends, visitors and every reader…
Please don’t leave this page before making certain you have
a new b’reshiyt/beginning
and are born from above.
Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is
your Redeemer, Savior, Lord
and soon returning King
and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.
This is the spiritual side of who we are and the most important part.
There are some in the bible who were more aware of who they were than others.
In 2 Sam 7:18, David asked the Lord
Who am I?
He asked in 1 Chron. 17:16: when King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: Who am I, O LORD God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
The scripture says that David was a man after Gods’ own heart but this was not due to his bad decisions and list of sins; but because he repented …Even with his close relationship to the Father he still asked the question
Who am I?
We see that this question was also asked by others in the scriptures: In Esther 7:5; Isaiah 51:12; Ruth 3:9; Ex.3:11; 1Sam.18:18, 25:10; 2Sam. 1:8, 7:18; 1Chron. 17:16, 29:14; 2Chron.2:6; Deut. 18:17-19; Acts 9:5, 19:15.
In Matt. 16:15 Messiah asked, who do you say that I am?
& in Mark 8:27 Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, Who do people say I am?
Peter answered by the Spirit of Holiness bearing witness..
In Luke 4:34 the demons knew Who Yesua/Jesus was!
Who are you really?
What identity do you identify with the most?
He knew us in the womb Jeremiah 1:5 before we were born and named by our physical parents.
All mammals go through the same process to bring forth after their kind, so what makes us different?
Is it because we have a birth certificate and a social security number?
Is it because we have a Drivers License when we reach a certain age; or because we have all manner of certificates and diplomas with our name on?
John the Baptist knew who he was … or did he?
John declared he was a voice crying in the wilderness to make straight the paths of the Lord.
A preparer of the way.
Jesus/Yeshua knew who His cousin John was and said of him..
… are willing to accept it, heis the Elijah who was … come. And if you are willing to accept what I say …heisElijah, the one the prophets said would come.
If you are willing to accept it he is Elijah!!! John denied it maybe he was not aware he carried the spirit of Elijah! This was in fulfillment of the prophesy that I will send Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord. So that also gives us a marker in Gods’ timeline! It also gives us an insight into the little understood complexities and mysteries of the inner workings of the unseen spiritual realms. His ways are most certainly higher than our ways!
Yeshua/Jesus knew who He was and it’s probably safe to say that Elijah and the old testament prophets knew who they were too.
But Who Are You?
Have we ever asked ourselves or considered
who we really are?
This question is not referring to our physical, earthly identity in this world; for we are not of this world.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John 8:23 . And he said unto them, Yeare from beneath; I … But he continued, “You are from below; I am …ofthisworld; I am notofthisworld. Jesus …
John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Spirit cannot die,
this is the likeness and image of God,
Who is our Father, the God of all spirits.
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Num. 27:16
God is the Father of all “the spirits,” whether in the flesh or not; all are of Divine parentage, for God himself is Spirit – Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεός. John 4:24
Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Every physical body decays, from the moment of birth, the cycle of life is on a downward spiral. This is bad news…
BUT the GOOD news is we are NOT our bodies,
we are spirit, the spirit that inhabits this physical body. Some say soul and define it as mind, will, emotions; this comes from a Greek mind set. Soul and spirit in Hebrew is the same: breath, wind, spirit nefesh/Ruach or consciousness. That which survives death of the body.
We need to get it sealed in our understanding….the physical flesh body will wear out one day or we will simply leave it behind as the real us, our spirit & soul, goes to our Father.
we don’t die…
we are eternal
and will exist eternally as a spirit or in spirit form in one of 2 locations/realms/dimensions, as scripture indicates.
Could it be that the reason Yeshua /Jesus was able to give little to no importance to this life and everything that physical existence means and requires, is that He knew Who He was? He was the Son of God and the Son of man. He came to bring many sons to glory.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb. 2:10.
Note: whenmen sonsorbrethren is used it includes daughters/women/sisters; childrenwould be a better word to include both physical body-type-vessels. There is no male/female in the spirit; why do we still struggle over such basic issues?
If we are truly born from above by His Ruach Ha Kodesh /His Spirit of Holiness, having our spirit that was dead to our Heavenly Father made alive to Him once again! Then our true identity is there to be revealed. We are children of God also, yet we existed before creation according to Genesis.
Spirit cannot not exist,
so where were we before Gen. 1:2,
and who were we?
What did we do?
Were we spiritual seed in the spiritual loins of Our Heavenly Father of lights, waiting within Him to be birthed into a flesh body/human being?
We are an eternal being, a spirit, our bodies are the containers we dwell in, with 5 physical senses to enable us to interact in this earthly realm by utilizing and instructing our flesh brain. If we existed prior to being physically born, why do we not remember? Did we have our memories wiped?
We are here to find out who we are in Him and to
choose the Father…
which father we will serve?..
and also to complete the task we were sent here to do.
To be a good and faithful servant.
Our brains, where our memories are stored, is flesh and will not survive the demise of the body, we will not take our brain with us. Could the transition be more like the awakening from a dream/sleep and it quickly fades into a distant thought that we can’t quite get ahold of again?
Who are you?
What makes you, you?
Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are; this is more based on the carnal, fleshly sense-based personality.
He did not come to save our flesh.. No flesh will be present in heaven. God can’t look upon us without the Blood of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus covering us, because our flesh is corruption and filthy in His sight.
… , beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness … , we should cleanse ourselves from every defilement of fleshand spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
… him and don’t think of anything except their own filthy desires. They are reckless and proud and … of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority.
We do not know what we will become but we know that we shall be like Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
1 John 3:2
We are spirit.
We came from the One True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel; and we will return to Him …
We are created in His image and likeness meaning;
we are spirit as He is spirit, and beings of light as He is.
He said in Matt.22:30 we will be as the angels in heaven.
So what is your real identity?
It’s not the one your parents gave you, we are not our name, nor are we the one we have become of our own making; by copying others and fashioning ourselves after others standards and lifestyles.
We have nothing that is original except sin nature! Everything we have and want and do, is from a source outside ourselves. Our manner of dress, place of residence, the car we drive, the way we communicate, none of it had it’s origins in us.
We are all copy cats! We emulate first our parents, then our siblings, then family, friends, coworkers, etc etc…in speech, actions, traits, etc. and all are dependent on which country we are born into and the influence of the culture we are exposed to. This is why we are to renew our minds with the Word of God. That is reality, not this world and its systems… we have to change our ‘worldview’ to one that views everything out from the eyes of the spirit, from Heavens perspective.
He came to save the soul, NOT our flesh and
He came to make and give The WAY for our spirits to be reborn from above to everlasting life, so we would not remain in death because we were all born in sin and its’ wages are death.
We always assume that is referring to physical death but it’s not… it’s spiritual death, which is the literal separation from God, our Heavenly Father for ever – for eternity!!
Is a physical life here worth more than that?
Is our own way/plan/lifestyle worth more than that?
Are our own plans and what we want to do here and now, worth more to us than this??
Matt. 25:34
prepared for us from the foundation of the world our inheritance….
so He knew us then before we were a physical being.
Think on this… Our physical parents, and this includes those who are parents themselves, our parents bodies were made to be used to create the physical container for our spirits/souls. Is this why Yeshua/Jesus said he Had come to separate within families because this natural family is a flesh relationship? We are not His family unless all are born from above..and because of that, separations will take place.
Flesh is flesh and spirit is spirit, He said to Nicodemus
and they (Parents) become one flesh at marriage
not one spirit.
The spirit does not come from the parents but from God and ultimately returns to Him.
When we leave this body
Dust to dust, flesh goes back to the earth.
Viewed in this way we do not ‘belong’ to our parents, we are not their ‘property’.
Look at it like this, we are simply ‘on loan’ to them from the Lord. He placed us where He did for His purposes. He knit us in the womb of His choosing preparing the vessel to carry us – the spirit/soul, to do His will. Made for His purpose. They are, and we as parents likewise, are to help all individuals grow up in the will plan purpose and admonition of the Lord.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov. 22:6
They are to help us grow and fulfill our call in Him, not our personal fantasies, dreams and goals. Nor should they cling to us, or us to them. As Yeshua/Jesus said,
I must be about My Fathers business.
Our cultural heritage stifles and suffocates Gods will for us. We are here for His purposes not our own, we have it back to front when we ask, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ saying, ‘You can be anything you want to be’ …NO, not according to scripture! …
Whose are you and whom do you serve?
If you are not Gods’ child and don’t want to become one, then you can do what you want…So Who are you?
If we say to this mountain be removed…do we believe that?
And if it were not true why did He say it?
Who are you really?
It’s time to think and realize
we are not our body,
we are not our earthly identity
this body is the temporary dwelling place
for our spirit,
the real you,
the body is just the wrapper!
You are spirit and light,
the body cannot function without us inside it.
We really need to re-assess our innermost desires; if it’s based on what the world says is abundant life, then we are deceived and working for the wrong goals.
This life will end, this body is dying, we were born into decay, it has no future but the grave. BUT our soul/spirit will live on;
for the true believer it’s unto eternal life;
for the unbeliever it’s eternal separation
from our Heavenly Father.
In a way saying we die is a misnomer,
we don’t die because
we cant die;
spirit is spirit and has no capacity to die,
it’s another state of being.
Romans 14:8 “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
Often we are so out of touch with our spirit that we focus on the flesh body and its needs instead. The soul has the emotions and the senses to help our spirit operate this vessel/this body. If we cannot get ahold of this reality, our bodies will dictate to us its’ desires and dreams of a reality in this world and that is what will dominate our lives. Then our walk with Him becomes a big struggle.
Through our 5 physical senses we see here what we want because we see what others have and we want it too. It is coveting; it’s desiring the things to make one wise and to make one look good.
It’s the same tricks and temptations which started a very long time ago in a garden… lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life; wanting others to see that you have made it, that you are somebody, that you are wealthy, etc etc…. This is of our own efforts not glorifying the Father.
Paul said it
oh lord deliver us from ourselves from this flesh that wants and needs and causes us to stumble yet James says we sin when we are drawn away by our own lusts.
We must choose daily to die to this flesh, it’s not a one time event. Crucify the flesh, kill it, deny it, it will lead us only to the broad way.
The longer we walk with the Lord the more He will require us to tighten up our walk and to cut off the sins that so easily beset us; to lay down the things that take our time away from His presence.
To deliver ourselves from the snare of the fowler.
Any life without God as the focus, the goal and the fulfilling of His will and plan and purpose, is off course.
It’s not a message that many want to hear, but if we read what He told us to do, how many of our lives really conform to the instructions He gave us?
Father help us to wake up and stop living for ourselves and or close family. We are just building our own kingdoms and not His.
This life is a one time opportunity to get it right; we don’t get a replay like a game.
Yeshua/Jesus warned us, few there are that find the gate, few there are that enter in. Matt.7:14.
The Good News is, if you are reading this, there is still time to change..
It is the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches, financial gain and possessions that are the snares and temptations that we fall into.
That’s why Yeshua/Jesus told the rich young ruler to give it all away; the riches had him, he loved them more than Yeshua/Jesus and the Father.
If we seek first the kingdom, He promises He will add all that we need.
We try to add them ourselves using the worlds system to do it. This is not Gods 1st choice way…
Who are we?
You are not your flesh body…
This is a truth we must get hold of because it will change the way we think and see ourselves and everything around us. It will help us to function from our spirit and live by the gifts of His Spirit. We will leave this body behind when we are called home. Our spirit goes to its’ maker and the body does not survive without us in residence.
So death is NOT to be feared,
it’s simply a transition
from
this earthly realm to the heavenly realm.
We introduce ourselves by name and occupation. We identify with the name given by parents/guardians, or one we choose for ourselves by changing birth name on our certificates to another. We cannot alter the original but it still is not who we are.
We take on the identity from the family that we are raised among, adopting their ways and habits emulating their lifestyles.
It’s all we know.
All we are exposed to and we copy them.
For now we see through a glass, darkly;
but then face to face:
now I know in part;
but then shallI know even as also I am known.
1Cor. 13:12.
If we do have some memory of an existence before our spirit /soul was inserted into the physical body, by the time we can speak we’ve forgotten. We are told how to behave, how to live by those around us. Then we are educated by a worldly education system; we have no clue if what we are taught is true or not, we just accept it and much of what we are told of our history is only partially true, with many changes and omissions to the whole truth.
We think we are who we see in the mirror and the world molds us by its’ standards which are in Direct Opposite Reverse to the Way of the Father whose DOR, Dalet is Jesus/Yeshua.
This is the only way we will find our true selves and why we must renew our minds with His Word. His Word tells us we are eternal spirit and soul which cannot die so we have been around for much longer than we think.
We are His own, given to Yeshua/Jesus by His and our Father.
We have to get our eyes opened to really see this life is vanity, worthless, pointless, that only what we do for the kingdom of the heavens will have lasting value, however noble and good it may appear.
Treasures in Heaven again,
you are not your body
you are not the identity you project,
you are not your career your status and the old man is dead.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col.3:3.
We are consumed with this life and it quenches His spirit within, choking the lifes/chaim from us; Mark 4, and does not bear fruit to maturity.
The world and all its’ pleasures are not rooted in the Word of God. They belong to the prince of this world which is why he could offer them to Yeshua/Jesus.
He rejected them so should we…they are seducing, deceiving temptations, aimed at the flesh and its carnal desires. We must see them for what they are…We need to stop being a part of it and come out from among them and be separate.
His called apart ones.
What the world offers us is temporary and will pass away without lasting fruit to our credit. Whatever we love, we pay attention to and give our time to. Our time is the one thing we can direct and have control over, how do we spend it? What are we consumed with? What are we devoting our life to accomplish, and for what end?
Matt 10:34-42 whatever/whoever we love more than the Father and Jesus/Yeshua; whatever, whoever we place in the position of 1st place and importance is NOT worthy – deemed entirely deserving- of Him. V 38
Family, this is serious, very serious.
Spiritually speaking, our identity is Not with our physical family. Matt 10:36, members of household, Micah 7:6, our children are not ours, we are merely stewards until they can function without assistance. Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. Prov.22:6
We are all brothers and sisters in the kingdom of God our heavenly Father. You are a spirit and so is everyone else. No family relationship in the spirit is like the world expresses it; we are all equal in the family of God.
48 But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” 49 Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of My Father… Matt.12:49.
We must begin and continue, to stop focusing on the things of the natural. Our bodies are simply containers for us to function through on the earth. Until we get it settled within us, we will be pulled down by its’ physical demands, feelings and 5 senses, and all the physical pain and problems.
You are not your body
and you have rule over it.
This is a liberating message if we want to receive it.
He came to set us free
Gal.5:1
don’t go back into bondage.
When God delivers us out of bondage, our eyes must be fixed on Him and Him alone. We must be determined not to look back or go back to the place that God has condemned.
Every person working for another, by way of a company etc., is in reality a slave to that job.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
Prov. 22:7.
Anyone who has debt, is in bondage to that debt.
The system has been set up to keep us in that bondage. Usually its incurred for things we want or think we need… houses, cars, etc., etc., etc. Things will keep us trapped, living a simple life with less is the life with less bondage; because the things we take on trap us into having to keep serving another who is not the Lord.
The world and everything in its systems belong to the prince of this world and we are to come out from among them and be separate.
Beloved family let’s put our trust in Him now, don’t wait until we are desperate but starting now, believe Him to supply our needs. Believe for that meal without a wage, without a handout from the government.
Can we do it?
Let’s begin to believe for our healing in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth instead of first going to the Dr. There is not one scripture where Yeshua/Jesus said go to a Dr. Go see a physician because I can’t heal you.
Or go to a psychiatrist I don’t know what’s wrong with you it’s a psychosis…
no …He cast out unclean sprits and demons that were causing sickness and disease. Those in the medical profession are a huge blessing for us and we are beyond grateful for their ministry and expertise…but what would we do if there is no Dr. or Nurse around??
What and who are we making our first choice?
Our jobs own us, we are slaves to our bosses, we do what they tell us because we want the money in the wages we get, to finance our dream and fulfill our goal…. How have we got so off track as far as what Messiah said to do??
Go into all the world and preach the good news of the gospel of the kingdom heal the sick raise the dead cast out demons the kingdom of god is within us so we carry it wherever we go. Lay hands on the sick they shall recover.
Who was this said to???
Everyone – whosoever will hear and do.
The call has gone out but only a very few answer it.
We choose our own way, our own path, our own life … it does not change the call that came to us; it’s just we didn’t have ears to hear like so many when Yeshua/Jesus first spoke it.
This is a serious message and no doubt many will be offended and raise up, voicing excuses that we say are valid reasons for why we are doing what we are doing.
The truth is… the truth of us… is where we are right now.
Today, this moment….if it were our last… are we ready to meet our Lord?
We are only promised today; yesterday is gone for ever, and tomorrow may never come for us … have we done what we should have? It’s a message designed by our Father to stir us up… and how we respond, will determine the WAY we take from this moment forward.
Many will wish they never read it, because now there’s a choice to make and some don’t want to.. but we have read it and Father knows it so…
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore
choose life, (chaim/hayyim)
that both you and your descendants may live; Deut. 30:19
So choose וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙(ū·ḇā·ḥar·tā)
life, בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים(ba·ḥay·yîm)
there are only 2 ways
everlasting life in the Fathers presence and
everlasting death without Him……
be one of the few that enter in to His glorious kingdom.
What is there, or who is there, on this earth that is more important???
Whatever it is, it’s an idol before the Lord. It’s another god, the thing we give our worship to, it’s instead of, before and in front of the Lord.
Even when we say we love Jesus/Yeshua, our actions, our fruit and priorities tell a different story. We can fool people but we can’t fool Our Father. We can even fool ourselves, saying, oh God understands.. He’s a God of love He doesn’t want me to do this, or that, He wants me to do what I’m doing and be happy.
Yes it’s a hard saying, so were those messages which Yeshua/Jesus said, both to the crowds and to His disciples.
Well we say, that was then and not everyone is a disciple or is supposed to go …go where you are! Your mission field is as close as your breath…we must stop compromising with the world, with trends, with fashion, technology, and entertainment. We are not here to have fun and enjoy life, we are sent here by our Father to fulfill His will to do what He asks of us ….
Lord Jesus /Messiah Yeshua, help us see
who we really are
open our eyes – hippatach –
reveal to us
who we are in YOU.
Our natural, earthly family here, may not be our forever family if they are not walking with the Lord; and if unsaved, neither are our siblings, parents and children. As for those who are His, we will see them as they truly are one day, our true spiritual siblings, we only see them as in earthly relationships for this earth experience. In Christ/Messiah, our parents, children, grandparents, etc., are all our equal siblings. Our brains and memories will die with the rest of the physical body we don’t take those with us.
This world and everything in it, is NOT reality; it’s a construct within the earths framework, constrained by a thing we call time. Time does not exist outside of this realm and when we transcend/ascend, or however we want to name it; this life will be as a moment, something like a dream we had and can hardly remember. We came from Him and will return to Him for a future we can barely imagine. Yes there is beauty here but it’s temporary, transitory; we are passing through and where we are going is wonderful beyond our words to describe.
Our foundation is in Yeshua/Jesus, not here, so let’s stop building our Eden, our paradise on earth because according to scripture, it’s about to be burned up. Build up your treasures in heaven where they will not be destroyed. The disciples got it, they understood and not loving their lives unto death, they ran their race and completed their course. Can we say with Paul that we have too!????
Who are we??
We are spirit, we are eternal, we will never die, so we can cease being afraid of death… for the believer it doesn’t exist its just a change in the realm of existence.
This age is at its’ close, Yeshua/Jesus is coming back. Revelations prophetic pictures will come to pass; God will judge this world and everything written will happen just as He said it will…are we ready?
Are we prepared for those things in Revelation?
Are we able to stand in that day?
Will we be counted worthy, deemed entirely deserving, to escape those things coming upon the earth and to stand before the Son of man? Or are we loving our lives too much? Are we seeking to save our lives, or are we looking unto Yeshua/Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. And will He find that faith demonstrated in us when He returns?
Know that you are loved enough for truth to be told to you and this writer makes no apologies for declaring the Truth of His Word. Wouldn’t we rather hear the truth and not an ear tickling, feel good message that does not set us free? He loves us and will not lose one that has been given Him by His Father.
However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. John 6:37-39
Ephesians 3:12 — I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
May His true Shalom rest upon each one in Yeshuas’ Name.
You are greatly loved
Mishpachah, Family,
משפחה
and prayed for daily..
Time is VERY short…
lets know for certain in our hearts
who we are in Messiah.
Keep looking UP and
make sure you are secure in the knowledge you are saved
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
Blessed are You, HaShem, Who spreads the SukkatShalom upon us, upon all of His people and upon Israel.
Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
He is coming back very soon – so let’s keep looking up!
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Bible references: 2 Kings 19:22; Ps. 71:22; 78:41; 89:18; Isa. 1:4; 17:7; 30:11; 41:14; 43:3, 14; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 54:5; Jer. 50:29; 51:5 and a total of about forty five times.
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