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The Secret of O’gehn of Tiqvah PART 2

In Titus 1:2,

The HOPE of our future salvation not only ANCHORS us to wait on God in present storms…

BUT

Read that again…

HOPE was BEFORE the beginning of Time!

Wow! – It’s inseparable from Him because the structure of its’ components are eternal.

King James Bible
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Berean Study Bible
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world: 

Young’s Literal Translation
upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s chosen ones and [to lead and encourage them to recognize and pursue] the knowledge of the truth which leads to godliness, 2 based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began, 3 and at the appointed time has made known His word and revealed it as His message, through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the command of God our Savior.

Amplified 1:1-3

When trouble comes all words are often Help! and Please!

And occasionally why? and why me?!

The Psalmist teaches that along with petition there is to be a multitude of praise… So which comes first HOPE or praise?

But I will continually

wait

with

HOPE

under the wings

and add to all Gods praise.

Psalms 71:14 – 16

Our understanding mind may agree in mental assent, but how do we apply His Word to our lives?

Where ever there is a lack, that is the place to start.

The goal is… continually wait with hope.

Both of these increase as we use our mouths, (the paleo Hebrew letter P, PEY is a pictograph of a mouth), to confess His righteousness and salvation. Giving Him praise and thanks.

Though they are beyond numbering, we are to recount them all day long. It is in this way we increase our HOPE, as there is no such thing as praising God too much.

Empty praise deflates hope.

The key is to let Praise build up our HOPE, and then respond to the HOPE we have increased, by praising Him some more.

He alone is worthy of praise and as we recall His righteousness, we will be able to come into His might with courage, in the same way as David encouraged himself in the Lord.

This strength comes from Him alone. It’s not our strength and only with His, can we persevere and overcome.

Endurance is not gained by simply crying out to Him.

The difference is in having the fortitude, endurance and patience to praise Him even in the worst of circumstances and to keep adding to that praise. Ps 150:6 and 

As we turn to Him, Adonai-Elohym whether in joy or sorrow, our HOPE is always increased and with it faith is too. And our love for all that He is, is embodied in Him. For we know we can trust and hope in the man that died for us.

Psalms 148:7-14  and All of creation is always declaring to us God’s glory.

Hope is the spiritual essence of encouragement.

 

In Hebrews 6:19 – Notice another important point – as well as This

Hope – Tikvah- תִּקְוָה 

we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

The second part of the verse tells us this very important point… it is one which enters within the veil,

This one is hope and it, hope, enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain!

The hope, this anchor, enables us to

go beyond the veil which is now

torn in two

from TOP to bottom

and we can enter in to the inner sanctuary..

the Holy of Holies’/Kodesh haKodashim…

which contained ‘the ark of the covenant’.

Now in fulfillment of both the promise and the oath to Abraham taken by God that it would come to pass, we have been invited to this place that was never accessible before.

This is because Jesus/Yeshua went before us and operates as our High Priest before God having made atonement for us. What began in the wilderness Mishkan was concluded when from the cross, Jesus/Yeshua said.

It is finished. 

 “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:19-23).

The reason we can enter boldly into the Holy of Holies is because Yeshua/Jesus is there -shammah – waiting to welcome us.

His Blood has removed all traces of sin making us clean (Hebrews 7:27; 8:11-12; 9:26; 10:10, 12, 14, 18).

As High Priest, He makes intercession before the Father on our behalf. (Hebrews 7:16, 25: 9:24; 10:19-21).  

He eternally holds the rank after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:6; 7:16, 24, 28) and has fulfilled the promise made to Abraham that through his Seed a great nation would be born (Galatians 3:16-17).

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-mystery-how-messiah-takes-blue-and-red-threads-to-make-purple-people/ .

He is the Dalet. John 10:7-9

The Door through the torn veil…

As grafted in believers, we are the result of that promise.

All of this combined gives us the HOPE needed to enter into God’s presence.

This is the ANCHOR for our soul keeping us steadfast and secure no matter what life holds.

The HOPE behind the curtain is not only an ANCHOR for our soul, it also gives us assurance for our salvation; because He is that present and eternal High Priest after the order of Melki Zedek. 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/why-was-the-priest-in-the-water-conclusion-of-the-mystery/

HOPE enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, Hebrews 9:7.

But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

This hope this anchor, ushers us into the very presence of God, through the DALET-door Jesus/Yeshua Himself, which He made in the tearing of that veil between the realms and into the Fathers presence behind the torn veil/door in the Holy of Holies. 

There were many regulations that first had to be met. The High Priest did not enter in with confidence. In fact, the High Priest had to take a censer of coals and incense with him so the smoke would cover the mercy seat to shield him from seeing it, lest he die (Leviticus 16:12-13).

This was Holy Ground because Gods’ Presence was there, His shekinah glory. šekīnah

שכינה

The Shekinah is also mentioned (in Hebrew prayers) as an angelic essence of God. The two very similar common expressions regarding this angelic essence are “ta-chat kan-fey ha-she-chi-na,” (under the wings of the Divine Presence) and “al kan-fey ha-she-chi-na,” (on the wings of the Divine Presence). 

The divine presence of God actually descends into the physical world to dwell among humans. The original Hebrew word for this “divine presence” is the shekinah (שכינה).

Now, we have a HOPE,

an ANCHOR,

that brings us into the very presence of God, and an ANCHOR,

by it’s definition, keeps us

securely connected,

fastened, moored to Him.

 עוֹגֶן noun

support, assistance, hold, sustenance, countenance

לְעַגֵן     verb

o hold, hold, keep, possess, maintain tie, bind, connect, relate, bond

attach, add, enclose, join, append

The WAY was opened up and was

paved by Messiah

and unlike Israel’s High Priest,

we are able to enter boldly!

 “Let us then approach the throne of grace chen with confidence, so that we may receive mercy racham and find grace chen to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

Everything is connected!

For more on all these subjects and connections click links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/mysteries-and-miracles/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-mystery-of-solomons-chok-part-2/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/are-we-boxed-in/

This was God’s throne and place of the letting down of wings

where the ark of His covenant with His Blood on the Kapporet /Mercy seat/ throne/throne/presence,

is the set apart/HOLY place that we enter in by Grace/Chen. (Remember the deeper meaning of grace/chen…)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-secret-of-the-letting-down-of-wings/

 

Hebrews 6:19-20. HOPE enters the inner sanctuary of CHEN behind the curtain and the Hebrew writer tells us that HOPE in the eternal life, is an anchor for us in the stormy seas of this life.

When darkness seems to obscure His face, we are to REST in His Eternal and Unchanging GRACE – Chen.

In every storm and through all the rough weather we encounter in our journey the anchor of HOPE holds firm within the veil where we are enveloped in His presence.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-10/

This is the place/ha makem of His true shalom and where we will meet face to face, the Sar Shalom/Prince of Peace and the Captain of our Salvation.

Joshua as an Old Testament type of Messiah, is the Captain who leads Israel into the Land, (and brought salvation to Rahab and her household the scarlet thread of HOPE a prophetic picture of Messiahs’ Blood.)

Yeshua/Jesus is the Captain of our Salvation (Hebrews 2:10), who brings believers today into His promised Rest.

A captain is one among a group who leads the others to achieve an objective. 

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. Hebrews 2:10 C. S. Bible (Heb. 4:8, 9; Acts 20:32; 26:18).

As well as the author and finisher of our faith;

who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Strong’s Hebrew: 5387.

נָשִׂיא (nasiy’) captain

As our Captain and familiar with fishing men and their boats; we can see that an anchor would be an appropriate picture, in terms of being an Early Christian Symbol.

לְעַגֵן of תִּקְוָה,

anchor of hope

Furthermore having HOPE will give us COURAGE:

The same courage Rahab had and because of it, her future in the lineage of Messiah was secured!

Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab” (Matthew 1:5). 

Then Ruth and Boaz had Obed – who was the father of Jesse – who was the father of King David.

Two women, Rahab and Ruth, who were genetically close to King David, were definitely not in God’s sacred Israelite bloodline. Rahab was King David’s great, great grandmother. Ruth was King David’s great grandmother. The gentile/heathens were included even then!

18 Having HOPE will give you COURAGE. You will be protected and will rest in safety. 19 You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help. 20 But the wicked will be blinded.  Job 11:18 NLT

Strong’s Hebrew: 553. אָמַץ (amets) — to be stout, strong … and

אֹמֶץ

while the English word courage comes from the Latin word cor meaning heart; (so that courage might be also be called heartedness,)

the Hebrew word

אומץ

might best be defined as

willingness to take action.

A related word is מַאֲמָץ – effort.

It is a uniquely strong and powerful descriptor of “courage” that comes from God.

Chazaq 2389

Original Word: חָזָק
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: chazaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-zawk’)
Definition: strong, stout, mighty

אומץ

 אָמַץ

Transliteration: amets
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-mats’)
Definition: to be stout, strong, bold, alert

This statement,

HOPE will give you COURAGE,

is simple, so simple that we can mentally agree to it and dismiss it as simply common sense,

but in reality there is something tremendously powerful here!

First, we need to look at Hopelessness which is the opposite and makes us discouraged.

Interestingly scientists are now discovering that all depression can be sourced to hopelessness or helplessness, and we see once again that the Word of God clearly gives us the pattern of human behavior before finally science catches up.

In many areas of our lives we can lack the courage to make decisions. How can we get that courage? HOPE!

We must remember the hope of heaven,

the hope of Yeshua/Jesus’ return.

The hope that God’s Word is truth

and all His promises are proven trustworthy in our lives.

Truth – אֶמֶת – eh-MEHT
Strong’s Hebrew: 571. אֱמֶת (emeth) — firmness, faithfulness …
The Rabbis pointed out that the Hebrew word for truth 
– אֶמֶת (eh-MEHT) –
begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, א, continues with one of the two middle letters, מ, and ends with the last letter, ת.
This Biblical Hebrew word therefore encompasses the gamut of reality!
The word for real is אֲמִתִּי (ah-mee-TEE).
In Hebrew, the word for truth, emet (אֱמֶת), contains the first, middle, and the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, indicating that…
truth encompasses all things and endures from the beginning (א) to the end (ת)!

This is the measure of HOPE that we have!

Because the word HOPE in Hebrew actually means to expect or, have some sort of expectation. This means we aren’t merely hoping it to be completed.

We’re 100% expecting it to be completed.

There should be no doubt anywhere in our mind concerning the Lord’s promises to us.

Meaning Of The Word Hope In Greek:

Elpizo– this verb means to hope. The verb is followed by three prepositions:
  1. eis- “on”. Ususally translated “in” and used in John 5:45:
“Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.“
  1. epi- “on”. Found in Romans 15:12, “There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”
  2. en- “in”.
“If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.”
-1 Corinthians 15:19
These prepositions express that Messiah is the sphere and element where this ‘hope’ is placed. Since hope is a verb, those who walk in this hope are considered “hopeful” and have a character of hope.
Elpis- to anticipate, usually with pleasure.
As a noun it means, “favorable and confident expectation, a forward look with assurance.”
Elpis refers to the future and the unseen such as in Romans 8:24-25: “For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.”
Elpis is found over 50 times in the New Testament. The apostle Paul was constantly talking about anticipating future events with joy, such as in these scriptures:
“And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.”
-Acts 26:6
“For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”
-Galatians 5:5
“if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.”
-Colossians 1:23
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.“
-Romans 5:1-
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,  and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power“
-Ephesians 1:17-19

HOPE is a purifying power.

According to 1 John 3:3: “And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”

and since the term HOPE in Greek means anticipation, in order to get a deeper understanding of them, we could read all of these scriptures replacing those particular words.

This would change our perspective on these scriptures and how we see it.

Paul was constantly talking about expecting or waiting with absolute certainly for the Lord’s promises.

God, the God of HOPE. Certainly, the Lord isn’t an undecided being. Instead, He’s extremely trustworthy and can be relied on. When we place our HOPE in God, we shouldn’t feel unsure of His actions and intentions. Here we can see exactly what the scriptures mean when it mentions the word HOPE.

The ANCHOR of our soul keeps us connected:

Romans 12:12; 1Thessalonians 5:8; Hebrews 6:18,19.
I would have fainted- unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Ps 27:13

 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
[What, what would have become of me] had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living! American Standard Version
[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living. The Complete Jewish Bible
This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. English Standard Version
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, Berean Study Bible

 

Jesus/Yeshua IS the ANCHOR To Our Soul.

He is our anchor and He holds us even through the darkest of nights, the roaring of the raging seas and in our hour of temptations.

Give all your troubles to Jesus/Yeshua who is the author and the finisher of our faith, (Hebrews 12:2,) because through Him we can have abundant HOPE, and (Psalm 31:24.  Be of good courage.)

Then that hope becomes an anchor for our souls. 

The main reason we need an anchor is to keep from drifting into things that would destroy us, especially during storms. Abraham had his storms as he waited on God.

Faith in God and in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach, is the main anchor that we must have in our lives, to hold us fast, during times of social turbulence and wickedness, that seem to be everywhere today. This faith, this HOPE, this anchor, must be more than that of the generic dictionary definition.

The anchor of our souls is not a rope hanging in the air, waiting for our weak hands to grasp and hold. That would be no security, the links that hold us are unbreakable. 

The anchor of our soul is as solidly bound to us as it is to heaven.

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love. 1 Corinthians 13:13.

 If faith, hope, and love are the things that last forever, it becomes clear that these are the things we should pursue with our lives:

Faith

אמונה – emunah

There are a number of Hebrew words used in the Old Testament which are related to faith or believing in God. These are: aman, batah, mibtah, hasah, galal, mahseh, yahal, rechats and emunah.

The Hebrew word aman means believe, trust in, rely upon, believe in, have faith or be faithful trust, have belief, believe, to be certain.

And love/emunah/aman

is the greatest because

Faith/אמונה – emunah

and Hope/Tikvah – תִּקְוָה 

can only work by love/Ahava/emunah/aman, and only show themselves by love/אהבה Ahava (Ah-ha-vah.)

Love is as the undivided perfection of sevenfold light.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-does-the-mysterious-roy-g-biv-reveal-about-ahavah/

The Hebrew word for “Love” is Ahava (Ah-ha-vah.)

But, love is more than just a word. 

It is an emotion that involves action and in Israel, where Hebrew is the national language, love is also a way of life!

Strong’s Hebrew: 157. אָהַב (aheb) — to love

The Hebrew has two main words for love, ahab and hesed.

Love in ahab sense is the closest to the English meaning and is usually refer to the love between people (husband and wide, parent and child, friends) or of people toward God. More rarely, it may also refer to the love of God toward people.

 

Recall that Faith and HOPE are precious stones of one color, (see part 1) as a ruby and a sapphire; but love, as He has been showing us throughout the scriptures, is a diamond of many facets.

HOPE in Hebrews is a faithful or persistent HOPE, and love is a faithful or enduring love. All three rely on the faithfulness of God.

Strong’s Hebrew: 3176. יָחַל (yachal) — to wait, await

יָחַל

Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-chal’)

the Hebrew word תִּקְוָה, ‘tiqvah’ meaning ‘hope’, and another is

towcheleth- expectation, hope.

 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes,

it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12.

When HOPE comes to fruition

it is

a tree of life

When Yeshua the HOPE of our salvation came to fruition at Calvary, The Father’s Desire, He became the tree/cross of LIFE to the world.

The HOPE deferred finally came

tiquah- expectation; hope was fulfilled.

 The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. Proverbs 11:23.

We will finally get to eat of that eternal fruit as overcomers! 

2:7 To him that overcometh, to him will I give to

eat of the tree of life,

which is in the Paradise of God.

Webster’s Bible Translation.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Greek: tree
ξύλου (xylou)
Noun – Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong’s Greek 3586: From another form of the base of xestes; timber; by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance.

of life
ζωῆς (zōēs)
Noun – Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong’s Greek 2222: 

Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.

From zao; life.

His wooden cross was and is

the Hope

the

tree of life

to those perishing..

this is the Hope and that

Hope is for now,

for today, we won’t need it in heaven.

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. 

For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. 1Cor. 13:10-12 AMP.

Hosea 6:3 (KJV). 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

And then we will KNOW…

HOPE is a golden cord connecting us there –  it helps us stand firm and strong. It’s the support to our weary arms, legs and head when tests and trials and spiritual buffeting is abounding; and when it does, GRACE CHEN does much more abound.

That place/ha makem of safety.

This journey through life is UPHILL, and HOPE lifts our viewpoint from the path where the next foot step will fall, carefully placed so we do not trip or slide off the narrow mountain trail/Way.

HOPE lifts our head and then we see the view from the high road, for its’ destination is the glory of His Heavens/shamayim. And when our focus is on the goal, we consider the condition of the road we travel with less significance.

Rough or smooth matters much less, yet He still requires our focus to be on two things. One is HOPE and the second, He never leaves nor forsakes us – He is ever present – Jehovah Shammah.

The hope of the heavens/shamayim, and the Kingdom thereof,

Hope thou in God – faith is the evidence of things hoped for.

Romans 5:5 now HOPE does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

We are a blessed people we have the Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh, of the living God living in our hearts; and our faith in Him, gives us HOPE that that love shed abroad in our hearts, can be counted on to sustain us as long as we need it to.

There are times in every believers life that our humanity rises up with questions.

Has God forgotten me?

For all who have failed, fallen, sinned, all who have lost people and things and wondered at the events unfolding all around.

There is a HOPE to be found in an unusual person…in Zicharayah!

When Israel’s sins where so great, having turned from God, broken the covenant, rejected His ways, persecuted his prophets, did and celebrated what was the evil, (ra – out of harmony with God), and lifted/given their children as sacrifices on the altars of foreign gods. They had every reason to believe that their days as a nation were over, exile from their homeland which was destroyed, they sat and wept by the river, by the waters of Babylon remembering…

After many years in exile, a remnant returned to the land of Israel, only to find it a wasteland and Jerusalem in ruins. They were hindered at every effort in trying to rebuild it. They were discouraged and felt like God had forgotten them because of their unfaithfulness…

until a baby was born.

He was called Zicharayah, who would grow up to become the prophet sent to them in their days of discouragement and sorrow. Zicharayah is the Hebrew spelling of Zechariah which is more familiar to us.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2148.

זְכַרְיָה

(Zkaryah) — Zachariah

זְכַרְיָה

Strong’s Hebrew: 3050.

יָהּ (Yah)

 the name of the God of …

However it has a special meaning;

the yah

יָהּ

(yaw)

of the name means

God –YHVH/YHWH

Yahweh   יְהוָֹה   (yeh-ho-vaw’)

Strongs 3068

And the Zichar means

remembers or

has remembered.

Hebrew origin, meaning

“Yahweh remembers.”

It comes from the Hebrew word

zakhar, meaning to remember,

and yah,

one of the names of the Hebrew God.

This child was the sign in flesh and blood that He/God has remembered them even in their greatest fall and darkest times through sins of disobedience.

Even when they had forgotten God, He had not forgotten them.

He upheld His covenant, remembered His promises and with love and tender mercies He did not give up on Israel but encouraged them that they would be restored.

The prophet called ‘God has remembered,’ came with a message that they were to rebuild Jerusalem; and that it would be to this rebuilt Jerusalem that the Messiah would come, and He did.

Here is the key for all who have failed, fallen, sinned, who have lost and questioned in discouragement and dismay. Our answer is Zicharayah… remember his name and when we feel God has forgotten and abandoned us …Zicharayah.

It is a reminder of His promise, He has not forgotten us and when we repent and return to Him, His faithfulness to us will always be greater than our sins.

This is the reality and true meaning of the HOPE of the Bible.

Faith, Hope and Love – Zicharayah!

Believe/Faith

we are anchored/Hope

to Him in

indestructible Love

because

He has not forgotten us –

Zicharayah

– in truth –

He has remembered us.

Lee lee shoo ah!

the children of Israel sang this after they saw His act of deliverance through the Reed Sea in Ex 15:2.

The Lord is my strength and my song He has become my salvation.

We could say something like…

Zicharayah lee lee shoo ah yachal o’gehn tikvah!

God has remembered my salvation waiting (with hope)!!

is this our song too?

If not Please don’t leave this page without the knowing in your heart that your

HOPE is in Him

and you can say with all His Family

‘Mishpachah’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa

You are my salvation,

Lee lee shoo ah,

You saved me from death from myself from my enemies and from hidden danger.

No one is like you Lord….Jeremiah 10:6

 For thou art my hope (tikvah), O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. (Ps. 71:5)

SHALOM SHALOM

Still not certain?

YOU CAN BE..

Make sure 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 greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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.

WHAT LIES BENEATH … Ancient Urusalima?

Ever wondered what exactly is under that golden Dome on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel?

MMM takes A DEEPER DIG Under The Dome of the Rock; (“Kippat ha-Sela” in Hebrew; (“Qubbat al-Sakhrah” in Arabic).It is front and center almost every time we look at a panoramic view of Jerusalem. Often dismissed as something, not of much importance to believers in Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach, yet there remains a measure of curiosity and there is great significance to the location we may have overlooked or forgotten…..

…And what is the mysterious “Well of Souls”?

The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine and the Temple Mount is referred to as Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary).

Situated in the Old City of Jerusalem, it was built by the Umayyad caliph ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān.

The construction was initially completed in the late 7th-century, approx. 691 CE; (only 1300 years ago). According to the Islamic tradition, here Prophet Muhammad flew with the archangel Jabrail and met prophets Ibrahim, Musa and Isa (Abraham, Moses and Jesus respectively).

A rock rises towards the roof of the Dome. From this rock, according to legend, Muhammad ascended to Allah. Today, the Temple Mount is a home for the Al-Aqsa Mosque with the Dome of the Rock architectural complex. The mountain is open to tourists at certain times which are not related to the time of Muslim worship.

So why is it of any importance to us?

This mystery connects to events that have taken place over the last 5,000 years, thousands of years prior to the construction of the ‘Dome’.Then it was called Mount Moriah, on which was also located the mysterious city Urusalima, the forerunner of Jerusalem, (Salem).

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Salim/Salem/Jerusalem is inscribed in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, an archaeological find dated to the 1400s BC.

The original name of Jerusalem was Babylonian, Uru-Salim, “the city of Salim,”or the city of Salem.

” Jebus” makes its appearance for the first time in the Old Testament (Judges 19: 10,11).In Hebrew, Yerushalayim. 

Mount Moriah is the name of the elongated north-south ridge of rock that rises from the junction point of the Hinnom (Hagai) and Kidron valleys between Mount Zion to the west and the Mount of Olives to the east.It rises through the City of Davidand reaches its highest elevation just northeast of the Damascus Gatein the Old City.

The Temple Mount today covers about 45 acres and is built around the outcropping of the bedrock under the Dome of the Rock.

It is about 118 feet lower than the highest point of Mount Moriah.

Hinnom valleyKidron Valley

Jewish tradition holds that it is the very same site where God gathered the dust to create Adam before placing him in the garden.and in Genesis 22. where the Binding of Isaac for sacrifice by Abraham took place believed by many biblical scholars to be the same mountain in the region of Moriah mentioned in the Book of Genesis.There is a grotto inside the Dome of the Rock where limestone forms into a cave.In 1 Chronicles 21 it is identified as The Jebusite “Zion” was situated on the southern slope of Mount Moriah, above the Gihon Spring.

After King David captured the city he made it his capital and named it for himself: the ‘City of David’. The northern area of the mountain’s summit lay desolate for long after Zion’s capture by David. It was in fact still the private property of Araunah, the city’s former Jebusite king.For various reasons David did not confiscate the site of the Jebusite threshing floor but preferred to buy it from Auranah for full value: “So David paid Ornan ) the Jebusite [Auranah] for the site 600 shekels’ worth of gold.And David built there an altar to the Lord and sacrificed burn offerings and offerings of well-being” 1 Chron. 21:25, and a slightly different version at 2 Sam. 24:18-25.

The very same threshing floor where Ruth and Boaz were.

This purchase is an important fact since it demonstrates that the Jews received this area through a legal transaction. They have never sold the rights to Mount Moriah.King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site; and David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings. – 1 Chronicles 21:24, 25 

The Old Testament describes how an army led by David, the second king of ancient Israel, breached the walls of Jebus around 1000 B.C. David then built a palace nearby and created his capital, Jerusalem. At the site of a threshing floor atop the mountain, where farmers had separated grains from chaff, David constructed a sacrificial altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt and peace offerings.It was here that King David brought the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the tablets with the Ten Commandments.

In the course of time the mountain had acquired an aura of sanctity and was the subject of many traditions. Indeed, its sacred status may date back to the early Canaanite period, when it perhaps was the cultic center of “El Elyon,” god of Melchizedek, king of Salem:‘And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High [=El Elyon].’ Hebrew 7:1-3(Salem ancient name of Jerusalem). Gen.14:18.He blessed him, saying, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, creator of heaven and earth” Gen 14:18.

The Bible calls Yeshua, Jesus, the Great High Priest.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

 Hebrews 7:17

For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Isaiah 9:6

The tradition of “Jacob’s Dream” is also identified with Mount Moriah: “He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. He had a dream; a stairway was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it. And the Lord was standing beside him… Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, … “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of God and that is the gateway to heaven” Gen 28:10-18.

This is perhaps the most colorful representation of the essential nature of the site which some would later claim was the “navel of the world”.At the summit of Mount Moriah, traditionally, is the “Foundation Stone,” the symbolic fundament of the world’s creation, and reputedly the site of the Temple’s Holy of Holies, the supreme embodiment of the relationship between God and the people of Israel.According to the Second Book of Kings and the First Book of Chronicles, David’s son, Solomon, built the First Temple (later known as the Beit Hamikdash) on that site.Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. – 2 Chronicles 3:1Solomon dedicates the Temple.

Upon the completion of King Solomon’s Temple, famed for its sumptuous splendor, the Ark of the Covenant was placed within its confines.

The sanctity of the site is reflected in the graphic description provided by the Book of Kings: “the priests came out of the sanctuary for the cloud had filled the House of the Lord and the priests were not able to remain and perform the service because of the cloud, for the Presence of the Lord filled the House of the Lord…” 1 Kings 8:11.Solomon built his palace in the “miloh” (infill), area which separated the summit of the mountain and the Temple from the city below. This was also a concrete expression of the divine inspiration that was attributed to his kingship. Other palaces were also built nearby, such as the “House of the Forest of Lebanon” and the House of Pharaoh’s Daughter. 

Solomon used dirt to fill in this east-west lateral rift, hence the area’s name: “miloh” (infill), or Ophel , from a Hebrew word referring to the road that ascended to the Temple from the city which at that time was topographically lower and seen as a name on some maps.

King Solomon, according to the Bible, built the First Temple of the Jews on this mountaintop circa 1000 B.C., only to have it torn down 400 years later by troops commanded by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, who sent many Jews into exile. In the first century B.C., the Babylonian Army destroyed the First Temple in 586 B.C. The ark of the covenant disappeared, possibly hidden from the conquerors. Following the conquest of Jerusalem by the Persians in 539 B.C., the Jews returned from exile and, according to the Book of Ezra, constructed a Second Temple on the site.

At the summit of Mount Moriah, the supreme embodiment of the relationship between God and the people of Israel was realized. Upon the completion of King Solomons Temple, the Ark of the Covenant was placed inside, it contained the tablets with the Ten Commandments, the Jar of Manna and Aarons Rod that budded.

In the first century B.C., King Herod undertook a massive reshaping of the Temple Mount. Herod expanded and refurbished a Second Temple built by Jews who had returned after their banishment. He filled up the slopes surrounding the mount’s summit and expanded it to its present size. He enclosed the holy site within a 100-foot-high retaining wall constructed of limestone blocks quarried from the Jerusalem Hills and constructed a far more expansive version of the Second Temple.

It is here that, according to the Gospel of John, Jesus Christ lashed out against the money changers (and was later crucified a few hundred yards away). The Roman general Titus exacted revenge against Jewish rebels, sacking and burning the Temple in A.D. 70.

We are familiar with the much photographed Western Wall, it’s one that’s easily recognizable together with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.The Western Wall is the holiest site for Jews. Thousands of people — Jews and non-Jews alike — come to this wall every day to pray.

But the commonly known religious site and tourist destination represents only the tip of the Western Wall complex. Its main treasures are found inside a tunnel excavated by Charles Warren from 1864 to 1870.

The tunnel follows the street level of the first century, which lies about 30 feet (9 meters) below the current level of the Western Wall plaza where the tourists and worshipers usually gather. It exposes magnificent stones measuring 45 by 9.8 by 11 feet (13.7 by 3 by 3.3 meters) and weighing 520 metric tons. The stones comprised the foundation of a retaining wall that King Herod ordered so he could create a level platform for the temple complex. 

A significant site is found 150 feet (46 meters) inside the tunnel. Above picture is the sealed-off gate, close to the place where the temple’s most Holy place, KOTEL – the Holy of Holies, is believed to have been located. The site of the Western Wall and its tunnel are managed by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

The upper part of the Temple Mount where both temples once stood is controlled by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf foundation, financed by the Kingdom of Jordan. Arabs refer to the place as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. The complex includes the golden Dome of the Rock, which stands on the supposed spot on Mount Moriah where Abraham prepared to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice.

The area controlled by the foundation also includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site for Muslims who believe it was here that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to the “Divine Presence” on the back of a winged horse—the Miraculous Night Journey, commemorated by one of Islam’s architectural triumphs, the Dome of the Rock shrine. A territorial prize occupied or conquered by a long succession of peoples—including Jebusites, Israelites, Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, early Muslims, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans and the British—the Temple Mount has seen more momentous historical events than perhaps any other 35 acres in the world.

The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls are classified as a World Heritage Site.

 During the time of Solomon and of Nehemiah, the walls also encompassed the City of David, an area south of theTemple Mount.

So what exactly is under the golden dome?

The bedrock, or the actual stone, of the top of Mount Moriah. known as the Foundation Stone where all the aforementioned events took place.

(According to a medieval Islamic tradition, the Stone tried to follow Muhammad as he ascended, leaving his footprint here while pulling up and hollowing out the cave below. The impression of the hand of the Archangel Gabriel made as he restrained the Stone from rising, is nearby.) The Stone — known as Even haShetiya in Hebrew and es-Sakhrah in Arabic — is considered the holiest site in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam.)It can be seen covered by the Muslim’s Dome of the Spirits.

This is about 285 feet north of where the Ark of the Covenant would have sat on similar bedrock in the Jewish Temple. Today the Muslim’s Dome of the Rock covers that location.

The Well of Souls, also known in Christianity and Judaism as the Holy of Holies, is a partly natural, partly man-made cave located inside the Foundation Stone under the Dome of the Rock.

Below The Sakhra (rock) in the Dome and shows the possible location of the ark lower left part of exposed rock surface.

This is a closer view of the actual bedrock, or the original rock, from the top of Mount Moriah. It is located under the Muslim’s Dome of the Spirits and is located just outside the Dome of the Rock. Abraham would have walked across parts of this rock when he came up here to sacrifice Isaac.

This would be close to where the Jebusite threshing floor would have actually been located when David purchased Mount Moriah.

Looking across the pavement that has been built over Mount Moriah to create a level surface. This is the site of the ancient Jewish Temple Mount. The golden Dome of the Rock stands where the Jewish Temple formerly stood.Notice the location of Mount Moriah on this map showing Jerusalem’ topography.

In a cave under the sacred rock, there supposedly is a mysterious Well of Souls from which the spirits of the dead can be heard.

Whether it is true or not, the Temple Mount is a place of veneration of believers of the three world religions and has a unique energy that can be really perceived.  The Well of Souls is a supernatural dimension that is guarded by the Archangel Azrael. It is said to hold power over life and death, and it acts as a receptacle for the souls of the departed. From a purely biblical standpoint, the Well of Souls is referenced as Sheol, the pit where un-regenerated souls are held until judgment.

The Foundation Stone in the floor of the 

Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem. 

Photo above showing:

1 The cage-like structure just beyond the hole covers the stairway entrance to the cave beneath the rock

2 The round hole at upper left penetrates to a small cave, known as the ‘Well of Souls’, below.

3 Rock (Al Sakhra) where Muslims believe Muhammad ascended to the heavens.

The Well of Souls (Arabic: بئر الأرواح ‎ Bir al-Arwah; sometimes translated Pit of Souls, Cave of Spirits, or Well of Spirits in Islam), also known in Christianity and Judaism as the Holy of Holies, is a partly natural, partly man-made cave located inside the Foundation Stone under the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem.

The name Well of Souls derives from a medieval Islamic legend that at this place the spirits of the dead can be heard awaiting Judgment Day.  The name “Well of Souls” has also been applied more narrowly to a depression in the floor of this cave and to a hypothetical chamber that may exist beneath the floor. The famed 19th-century British explorer Sir Charles Warren could neither prove nor disprove the existence of a hollow chamber below the cave. They believed the sound reportedly heard by visitors was simply an echo in a small fissure beneath the floor.For Believers, the site is known as the Holy of Holies (alluding to the former inner sanctuary within the Temple in Jerusalem) .

Both Jewish and Muslim traditions relate to what may lie beneath the Foundation Stone, the earliest of them found in the Talmud in the former and understood to date to the 12th and 13th centuries in the latter.

The Talmud indicates that the Stone marks the center of the world and serves as a cover for the Abyss (Abzu) containing the raging waters of the Flood.Muslim tradition likewise places it at the center of the world and over a bottomless pit with the flowing waters of Paradise underneath. A palm tree is said to grow out of the River of Paradise here to support the Stone.Noah is said to have landed here after the Flood. The Mosaic floor covers the opening to the well of souls.

The souls of the dead are said to be audible here as they await the Last Judgment, although this is not a mainstream view in Sunni Islam.

The Foundation Stone and its cave entered fully into the European Christian tradition after the Crusaders recaptured Jerusalem in 1099 and converted the Dome of the Rock into a church, calling it the Templum Domini, (Latin for the Temple of the Lord).They made many radical physical changes to the site at this time, including cutting away much of the rock to make staircases with 16 marble steps and paving the Stone over with marble slabs.

They certainly enlarged the main entrance of the cave and probably are also responsible for creating the shaft ascending from the center of the chamber. The Crusaders called the cave the “Holy of Holies” and venerated it as the possible site of the announcement of John the Baptist’s birth, since Luke says it happened in the Temple.

  (Modern scholarship indicates that the Temple Holy of Holies was probably on top of the Foundation Stone, not inside it.)Here the original granary, (similar to picture above), where the corn was threshed or rather trodden out, upon the plain on either side, and winnowed from the Rock.The entrance to the cave is at the southeast angle of the Foundation Stone, beside the southeast pier of the Dome of the Rock (Sakhrah) shrine. On the way down, bedrock masses project in towards the stair; the one to the right is called “the tongue”. (because, according to legend, when Caliph Umar thought he had discovered the stone which was Jacob’s Pillar in his vision at Bethel, he exclaimed, “Es Salámo Alaykúm” (“Peace be unto thee”), and the stone answered Caliph Umar, “Alaykúm us Salám, wa Rahmat-Ullahi” (“Peace be to thee, and the mercy of God”).To the left (south) as one descends is a prayer niche where David prayed. 

To the right is a shallower, but ornately decorated, prayer niche dedicated to where Solomon traditionally prayed; and where Abraham and Elijah and Mohammed met on the occasion of his night flight upon El Borak.

This mihrab is certainly one of the oldest in the world, considered to date at least back to the late 9th century. (Some even suggest that it dates back to the 7th century and to the time of Abd al-Malik, builder of the Dome of the Rock — making it the oldest in the world — but this is disputed.

The cave chamber is roughly square, about 6 meters on a side, and ranges from 1.5 to 2.5 meters (about 4.9 to ~8.2 feet) high.

At the center of the ceiling is a shaft, 0.46 meter in diameter, which penetrates 1.7 meters up to the surface of the Stone above. It has been proposed that this is the 4,000-year-old remnant of a shaft tomb. Another theory is that it represents a Crusader “chimney” cut for ventilation to accommodate lighted shrine candles.Still others have tried to make a case that it was part of a drainage system for the Temple altar of Sacrifice; that the cave was the cistern for the blood, which ran off by the Bir el Arwáh, (Well of Souls) into the Valley of Hinnom.

There are no rope marks within the shaft, so it has been concluded that it was never used as a well, with the cave as cistern. The ceiling of the cave appears natural, while the floor has been long ago paved with marble and carpeted over.So now we know what is under that golden dome and next time we see a photograph it will serve as a reminder of its place in our history and that it reveals another of the reasons for its ownership and possession being such hotly disputed territory. 

Shalom..

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You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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

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You can have His love – His Forgiveness – His Grace and His Compassion and live like Royalty in the Womb of His Mercy..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…Don’t put it off one more day…

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.You are now Born Again by the Holy Spirit of the Living God and you are part of the ever growing family of believers. You will never be the same again!