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Are You A Way Preparer?

Who are the

way preparers

for the Lord God and His Messiah?

The prophets were

way preparers…

Below are some of them:

Malachi 3:1“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple;

For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Is 40:3

Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.” Amos 4:12

Jonah 1:17
And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah was to prepare the people of Nineveh for Gods’ judgment,  he was to tell them to repent. When Jonah was disobedient then the Lord became a way preparer, to bring Jonah back to what he was supposed to be doing.

Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! Joel 2:9. 

Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand though they are a rebellious house. Ezek. 12:3.

 

Noah was a way preparer

In obedience to the Lords directive, he

prepared the ark to make a way to survive the flood.

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. Heb. 11:7.

Moses was a

way preparer

in Ex. 14:1-32 preparing the way for freedom from Egypt by way of the reed/red sea.

And the Lord God Himself was again a

way preparer,  

Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.   

Ex. 23:20.

Joshua and Caleb were way preparers. Going before the Israelites  to cross the Jordan into the promised land.  Joshua 3.

John the Baptist was a way preparer for Yeshua/Jesus.

Matthew 3:3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’” 4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

 

The disciples were sent out in twos, they were way preparers for Jesus/Yeshua. In Luke 10:1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit. 

The apostles being sent out, were way preparers for Yeshua/Jesus and the gospel of His Kingdom. Luke 9:1-10 First it was the Twelve Apostles:

Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness

later he calls the Seventy in chapter 10:1-24.

 

In Matthew 28:16-20 and Luke 24:44-53

The great commission calls all believers and disciples to be

way preparers.

The 2 witnesses in Revelation 11:13-19

are

way preparers

for the second coming of Messiah.

All Way Preparers are to be

awake, alert, ready, they are to be watchful.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye stand fast in the faith quit you like men be strong.

How many times did Messiah say to watch? Here are a few:

Watch with me one hour Matthew 26:40-45.

Watch and pray.

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Matthew 24:42-51.

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Matthew 24:44.

Rom. 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Luke 12:47.

The Way Preparer for Messiah.

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Eph. 6:15.

Those scribes in John’s day who were familiar with the TaNaKH, the Torah, Writings and the Prophets, sent a delegation to ask John two questions.

John 1:21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”?

This was referring to Malachi’s prophecy that the prophet Elijah will come as a messenger before the appearance of the Messiah.

in Malachi 4:5. See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.

And in

Is. 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

To this day Jews around the world still set out a cup of wine for Elijah at Passover /Pesach, in participation of his arrival as the forerunner the

way preparer of the Messiah.

The second question was are you the prophet. John 1:21. This referred to Moses/Moshe prophecy that God would send a prophet like me. Deuteronomy 18:15 – 19 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

Clearly people knew the prophecies, another example is when we read of the time Philip talked with Nathanael. John 1:45  He said we have found him of whom Moses in the Law/torah and also the prophets wrote Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph.

After Yeshua/Jesus fed the 5000 the people began to ask if this was the prophet who is to come into the world. John 6:14. Then Peter identified Yeshua/Jesus as the prophet in Acts 3:22, 23.

Stephen before the Sanhedrin declared that Yeshua/Jesus was the promised Messiah. Acts 7:37 – 38. This is that Moses……

From the beginning there have been

way preparers.

Abraham was a way preparer leaving his homeland and becoming the father of faith and through him came Isaac Jacob Israel his Sons and the 12 tribes.

Joseph was a way preparer for the children of Israel giving them a safe place in the years of famine in Egypt.

Moses was a way preparer for the children of Israel to be released from Egyptian bondage. He was also a way preparer towards the promised land.

Reading through the Scriptures there are many heroes and heroines of faith who were way preparers for those who would come after. How many others can you find? John is one of many and with the spirit of Elijah as Messiah referred to him.

And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Matthew 11:14

Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist.  Matthew 17:13

All the disciples were way preparers, going into the villages prior to Messiah arriving there. All the apostles and believers were way preparers. Go into all the world and preach…… whereas all those. written of in the TaNaKH way preparers were for Messiahs 1st coming, those in the Brit Chadashah are way preparers for His 2nd Coming/ return. Paul was a way preparer for the Gentiles to be reached with the gospel of the kingdom and to be grafted into the true vine, spiritual Israel. The one who brought us the way is Messiah Himself, Yeshua of Nazareth. He said I am the way the truth and the Life. The first believers were known as followers of the Way.

Yeshua/Jesus Himself is the way preparer for us to be reconciled to a Holy God Who we will be united with eternally. From Jesus/Yeshuas’ command ‘to go’, we too are way preparers; our mission field is right where we are. It is time we move out.

Prepare ye the way of the Lord.

Johns answer was from Isaiah 40:3, that he was a voice of one crying out in the wilderness sent as a way preparer to bear witness to the Messiah, Yeshua, Who was there present in their midst.

In Acts, Peter’s message is recalled when he spoke at Solomons portico, he was quoting from Deuteronomy 18:18 – 19 and he identified Jesus/Yeshua as the prophet like unto Moses.

Are you a way preparer?

Maybe it is time to find out?!

The days in which we are living are described in

Matthew 24 and in Luke 21:9-36 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. …

Part of being a way preparer is carrying and giving the appropriate  message given by His Holy Spirit, which is fitting for the time and season.

Are we giving meat in due season?

Mathew 24:45

To give them meat (τὴν τροφὴν, their food) in due season.

The message for this time is that it must be meat in due season. Why? Because it is to feed the believers from the Word of God.

It was a direct reference to

Ps. 145:15-21.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

The Lord God is moving and He wants us to be way preparers and providers of spiritual meat in due season.

It is time to move and get into the front ranks and hold our position. We must never flinch. Can our Heavenly Father be sure that we will never turn cowardly and flee? He promises to sustain us in dangerous positions.  He is well able to keep us there and adequately supply every need by His grace.

“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” 1Pet 1:13.

Peter urges believers to prepare their minds for action and to be disciplined in their thinking. This preparation includes setting our hope fully on the grace to be received when Messiah returns. It emphasizes the need to focus our thoughts, aligning them with God’s promises and remaining alert and ready for His coming.

“In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.” Prov. 13:16.

Preparation involves acting with knowledge and discernment.

The prudent person carefully considers their actions and plans, while the fool recklessly displays their ignorance. This verse in Proverbs, reminds us of the significance of acquiring knowledge, seeking wisdom, and acting accordingly.

Being well-prepared requires understanding and thoughtfulness, avoiding foolishness and its consequences.The Bible emphasizes the importance of preparation in various contexts, offering guidance on both spiritual and practical aspects of life. Preparation is often linked to concepts such as wisdom, diligence, and foresight. Moses, was given detailed instructions by God to prepare the tabernacle and its furnishings with meticulous precision. Exodus 25-31. This shows the significance of being prepared to serve God as Daniel did, with a spirit of excellence, always offering our best work.

Joseph’s wise preparations during 7 years of abundance allowed Egypt to survive seven years of famine. Genesis 41. Proverbs frequently extols the virtues of planning, diligence, and foresight in all aspects of our lives.

As we have noted John was a way preparer,

but what does the phrase

That wisdom is justified by all children?

mean in 

Luke 7:33, 35. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

John was a ascetic,

(definition: avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons:)

He practiced strict denial as a means of physical and spiritual discipline; but why would his refusal to eat bread and drink wine lead the Pharisees to believe he was a demon possessed man?

We would say of a nun or monk who lived such a lifestyle that they were very godly people in leading lives of denial.

Interestingly in the Aramaic language

not eating bread and drinking wine

is an ancient idiom/ or expression:

la ekal la khma shetha khamea

and literally translated reads:

not consuming food and drinking the juice of fruits.

 To say an individual consumes food and drinks the juice of fruits is like saying in English: we have lunch with friends at our favorite cafe, pub or bistro. This idiom is an expression of:

hospitality or interacting socially.

John the Baptist literally came out of the wilderness simply to preach, baptize those who repented of their sins and then went back into the wilderness. He didn’t interact with people socially or have lunch with with them, he didn’t live what was considered a normal life of those days. Yeshua/Jesus was not like John in that He came and lived among the everyday people so that He could minister to them.

Matthew 9:10-17, Mark 2:15-22, Luke 5:29-39

He interacted with them socially and often went to ‘sinners’ homes to eat, and this is why it was written:

He came eating and drinking.

There are those who say this scripture was to endorse the fact that Messiah actually drunk alcoholic drinks and even got drunk. To spin this from the expression/ idiom, would amount to setting our own Western thought and Greek mindset into an Aramaic idiom. Those who desire to drink alcohol and want it to be acceptable, use it to support their personal lifestyle; but it is far from the intent of the passage. We are not to twist the scriptures to make it fit how we want to live a compromised lifestyle and not feel guilty.

 The word for wine in Greek used here is: Oinon which could mean: both fermented and unfermented wine and the Greek word doesn’t differentiate between them. However, Yeshua/Jesus spoke in a Aramaic Galilean dialect, and that language does have different words for fermented and unfermented wine; and the word used was khamea , which is a reference to unfermented juice from some fruit. It was not necessarily the fruit of grapes, it could have been apples,  oranges, grapefruit, melon etc. The key is that it is unfermented, or non-alcoholic, meaning: the sugar content in the fruit had not turned into alcohol. It would seem that Messiah Yeshua/Jesus was mocking those accusing Him by saying in our vernacular: Look, the Son of Man comes drinking non alcoholic drinks with publicans and sinners and you accuse Him of being drunk?

Today we might say: you sit down in a social setting with all kinds of sinners drinking  lemonade or Pepsi and people think you’re getting drunk with them?

The last phrase of the same scripture is:

but wisdom is justified by all her children.

What does that mean?

We must stop trying to understand with our western Greek/English mindset and try to understand the Eastern Oriental concept of wisdom. In English the word wisdom is always used positively however, in the eastern semitic mind, it can have both a positive and negative connotation. Sometimes in Aramaic the word wisdom which is: khekmtha, can idiomatically, have the expression of meaning stupidity, which is just the opposite. In the same way people in the west will say ‘that was such a bad movie, it was wicked’ really meaning, it was very good and extremely exciting!

Messiah was using a similar Aramaic idiom/expression in this scripture and it is quite likely He was inferring: because your arguments are so ridiculous it’s a clear indication of your stupidity.  The reference to all her children has the meaning: whatever is the offspring from the parent or the original. It is in the same way we would say, a chip off the old block or the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. If the source is wise the offspring/children will be wise but if then the offspring/children are stupid… like begets like.

Yeshua /Jesus was the ultimate way preparer when He said

 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Rom. 10:13.

and so was our Heavenly Father

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10.

 

David wrote in the 23rd Psalm.  A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

John 14:22 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Today we are way preparers for Yeshua/Jesus and the gospel of His Kingdom. We are to go into all the world and tell people to prepare themselves for the soon return of our Messiah; to prepare the way for the Lord….

Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.’Matthew 9:27 Luke 10:2.

It’s time not only to pray for more laborers but to become one,

a way preparer… 

Shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

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

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

 

 

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

Dvarim, or Debarim in Hebrew: דְּבָרִים,

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

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

Strong’s Number H1697 matches the Hebrew דָּבָר dāḇār,

biblehub.com › strongs › hebrew

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

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

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

derived from the Hebrew phrase:

מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה, mishneh haTorah.

Deut. 17:18.

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

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

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

Deut. 30:19

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

the bee (from its systematic instincts) — bee.

BEES 1682

deborah: a bee

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

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

had·də·ḇō·rîm;

הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים

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

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

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

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

You have The devarim/words of Life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luke 24:13-32

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

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

 

Luke 24:13 – 32

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

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

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

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

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

Isaiah 44:18 understanding is not given to all.

and read

Matthew 13:14

Luke 8:10.

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

Luke 17:26–30 days of Noah and Lot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related scripture: Hebrews 9:11-15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strong’s Number G3956

pas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The devarims.

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

name of the book of Deuteronomy.

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

(Page 150/151 in the pdf.)

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

The shem tov/shem tob copy reads like this:  

all the things or all the words or all Deuteronomy.

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

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

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

Download pdf link below

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

 

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

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

Deuteronomy 1:44–46

Pursued you as the bees would do…

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

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

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

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

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

Do we have the proper covering?

Are we washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are we wearing our robe of white/righteousness?

We choose whether our life will be blessed or cursed.

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

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

Devarim/Deuteronomy 30:15 – 19.

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

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

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

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

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

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

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

How To Answer Our Heavenly Fathers Call

Hineni – Here I am

Two little Hebrew words: ‘hineh’ and ‘ani’,

meaning “here” and “I”

that say everything.

“Here I am — Hineni,”  

said Abraham, Moses,

and the many prophets of God

who answered in response to Him calling their name.

Hineni — הִנֵּֽנִי

pronounced: hee-NAY-nee

Hineni is not like the modern Hebrew word po,

which means present or 

here, in the sense of taking a classroom attendance.

Hineni by itself is often translated as Behold!  

It tells people an important announcement is at hand.

Behold was a way to say “Look… look what I’m pointing at”.

The initial use of hineni in the Bible, was part of God’s first words to Adam:

Genesis 1:27-31” Then God said, “Behold [Look!: Hinneh], I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. God saw all that He had made, and behold [w-hinneh], it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

God was saying,

Hinneh! Look! Look what I’m pointing at…

All this, I made for you.

This fellowship and closeness enjoyed by them was changed after they disobeyed by eating from the tree God commanded them not to and Adam knew it!  However, God called out to him not because He didn’t know where he was in the garden, but to re-unite and restore the broken fellowship with him after his disobedience.

Our Heavenly Father was providing Adam the opportunity to confess and repent. He was asking Adam to communicate and talk with his Creator and return to the close intimate relationship. and at the same time, He was giving Adam the chance to be accountable for his actions.

Adam’s initial reaction was flight and to hide, and avoid God’s question with a non-answer:

“I heard you, I was afraid, and I hid.” Genesis 3:10.

Adam did not respond with, “Hineni” — “Here I am”.

  Later in Genesis 22. we read of a very different interaction.

Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Hineni! (Here I am)”. 

Genesis 22:1, NLT.

With the Hebrew word ani, it proclaims,  

“I’m at Your service, Lord!”

it is a way of expressing

total readiness to give oneself –

it’s an offer of total availability.

Interestingly, this is not a one-sided announcement, because our Heavenly Father also says to us,  “Hineini.”

“Then you will call,

and the LORD will answer;

you will cry for help, and He will say: 

Here am I.” 

Isaiah 58:9

In Genesis 22:11 we read about Abraham / Avraham:

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham:

and he said, Here am I.

God calls out, “Abraham”  and without knowing what the Lord would ask of him,  he answers,  “Hineni.”  Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 

Abraham replies without hesitation, despite not knowing what will come next or what God is about to ask of him.

By answering ‘hineni’, Abraham declares

his readiness and his faith.

His faith is proven as he proceeds with the request God has just made of him; to take his only son, the one he waited so many years for, and offer him as a sacrifice.

When Abraham finds out that God wants him to prepare his beloved son Isaac as a sacrifice, he obeys.  As he places the wood on his son and they proceed to the place of the offering on Mount Moriah, Isaac calls out, “Father?”

Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son” [hineni beni]. And he said, “Behold [Look: hinneh], the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

Wanting to be present for his son’s needs as well as for God’s, Abraham again answers, “Hineini.”  Genesis 22:7.

Then, one last time, as Abraham lifts the knife and readies himself to slaughter his son, the majestic Malach YHVH (Angel of God), calls out to him from Heaven:  “Abraham, Abraham.”

He answers, “Hineni,”  as God mercifully shows him the ram that will take Isaac’s place  (Genesis 22:11).

These prophetic words, “God will provide Himself the lamb” was a beautiful foreshadowing of YHWH’s plan for the Messiah and Abraham illustrates God’s sincere desire as our Father in Heaven to restore our broken relationship with Him through the great cost of His only Son Yeshua. God shows us His future Messianic redemptive plan when He calls Abraham to do the unthinkable — sacrifice his son,  Isaac — a picture of how God would sacrifice Himself as His own son, Yeshua /Jesus.

Abraham also illustrates how God makes Himself available to us while longing to hear us say, Hineini

Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold [w-hinneh], behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son. Abraham called the name of that place YHWH Will Provide [YHWH Yir’eh], as it is said to this day, “In the mount of YHWH it will be provided.”

HERE I AM/Behold: Hineni.

(Strong’s 2009)

Root: הִנֵּה

As previously noted, Hineni” (hee-neh-nee) is a Hebrew phrase comprised of two short words:

‘hineh’ and ‘ani’, meaning “here” and “I”.

More literally, “hineh” is translated as

“behold” (certainly, surely),

which is a much stronger word than simply “here”.

When the two words are put together, ‘hineni’ becomes more than just sharing your geographical location. It is a powerful declaration – one that can be made to our Heavenly Father, and one that He can make to us

With reference to the past or present, it points generally to some truth either newly asserted, or newly recognized. Genesis 1:29, 17:20, 27:6, 1 Samuel 14:33. With reference to the future, it serves to introduce a serious or important declaration. Exodus 32:34, 34:40, Isaiah 7:14, according to the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon.

Hinneh can be found over 800 times in the Old Testament, but there are a few times it is “Behold, I”, and has often been translated as “Here I am”, from the Hebrew words hineni and hin’ni; often being a response used when an authority figure called someone, e.g. Jacob speaking to his son, Joseph:

Genesis 37:12-14a

Then his [Joseph’s] brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem. Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he [Joseph] said to him, “Here I am” [Hineni]. Then he [Jacob] said to him, “Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.”…

Genesis 31:11 and 36:2.

Jacob/Yaakov, whose name was changed to Israel, was told to  travel, first back to his homeland in Canaan, and then to Egypt. This was to set plans in motion for the Hebrew nation to be strengthened in captivity.

In Genesis 31:11, 13

“Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’ [Hineni]… [The angel of God said] ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”

The first time Jacob’s name was called one one time, the second ooccasion God called on him, Jacob’s name was said twice:

Genesis 46:2-3

God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am” [Hineni]. He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.”

Jacob was essentially saying, 

“Look! I am here, and I’m willing to go wherever you lead me.”

In Exodus 3:4 we read of Moses/Moshe.

Moses was and caring for his father-in-laws sheep, when suddenly he notices the strange bush that is on fire but was not consumed.

When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush,

“Moses! Moses!”. And Moses said,

“Here I am.”.

Sometimes written as hin·nê·nî as seen above. Strongs 2009.

God reveals His name as “I AM WHO I AM” to Moses at the burning bush and commands him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

Moses’ response of ‘hineni’ showed that he was ready to hear and obey, again, not knowing what was about to be asked of him. God tells Moses how He has seen the afflictions of His people, heard their cries and that He knows their suffering. He intends to intervene, and He wants to use Moses in that intervention.

Without knowing all that it would entail, Moses’ response of ‘hineni’ becomes a turning point in his life for the next 40 years.

In 1Samuel 3:4 we read the experience that Samuel/Shmuel had when God called him.

That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.  

The young boy Samuel, was lying down most likely he was asleep, in the temple of the Lord, not far from the place called the Holy of Holies or Most Holy Place.

One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down Samuel is actually asleep when God calls to him.

From this example of Samuel replying ‘hineni’, since initially he does not know it is the Lord. Samuel thinks it is Eli calling his name. This demonstrates that ‘here I am’ can also be used within the context of a family, indicating readiness to pay attention or follow instructions.

‘Hineni’ can be a child communicating their willingness to submit to their parents’ requests. It’s even been compared to a type of military responsiveness, as if the person uttering ‘hineni’ is saying, “at your service”.

In 1 Samuel 3:1, we find Samuel as a boy, ministering to the Lord, which is already indicating that even as a child, Samuel had a heart inclined towards God’s ways.

When God calls out to Samuel, Samuel runs to Eli, thinking he was the one who called his name.; this happens three times and each time Samuel’s answer is ‘hineni’.

Samuel’s call from God was to announce the downfall of the priests of Eli’s line, and this allowed Samuel to become the prophet-priest needed to anoint the earliest kings of Israel.

Samuel would be instrumental in David’s rise as king and ancestor of the Messiah. He was Hannah’s son, the barren woman who prayed for a son, and God granted her request. In thankfulness to the Lord she dedicated Samuel to Him and after she had weaned him, she brought him to the priest Eli, 

Samuel’s life was dedicated to being in the presence of God. Perhaps, no surprise that one of the most intense “here I am” stories came from a very young Samuel, before he even understood who the Lord was:

1 Samuel 3:4-16

YHWH called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am” [Hineni].  Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am [hin’ni], for you called me.” But he [Eli] said, “I did not call, lie down again.” So he went and lay down.

YHWH called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am [hin’ni], for you called me.” But he answered, “I did not call, my son, lie down again.”

Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, nor had the word of YHWH yet been revealed to him. So YHWH called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am [hin’ni], for you called me.”

Then Eli discerned that YHWH was calling the boy. And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, YHWH, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Then YHWH came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

YHWH said to Samuel, “Behold [Look: hinneh], I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them. Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of YHWH. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am” [Hineni].

Three times God called Samuel, but Samuel didn’t understand because He didn’t yet know the Lord God/YHWH, so he could only think that it was Eli calling him. However, he didn’t ignore the call, he responded immediately to the voice of authority he was used to hearing.

When Samuel learned to discern the voice of God, he was ready to listen and deliver God’s message. Samuel was afraid to share the news with Eli, his teacher and father-figure, but after he said, “Hineni, here I am”, he gathered the confidence and shared the terrible fate awaiting Eli’s family.

Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah Yesha yahu

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”.

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Isaiah is quick in his obedience. He gives a resounding “yes” to God’s call, before knowing what would follow.

This response by an individual is more than a basic acknowledgement of being in a physical location, the word “Hineni” has an all encompassing meaning by way of saying, I’m not only here, but I’m here spiritually, I’m all in. I’m prepared to consider my ways and who I really am, what’s important to me, and how I can be a blessing in the lives of others.”

Hineni’ is not only the response of God’s true and faithful servants, Ii’s also a statement God Himself makes to His children.

In Isaiah, there are three examples where the Lord promises His continual presence and provision; in chapter 52:6, 65:1, and in the following verse:

“Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I.”  (Isaiah 58:9)

Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” [hin’ni sh’lakheni]

In this instance, God didn’t call Isaiah by name, Isaiah volunteered, and without any hesitation. What was it that he was volunteering to do? Isaiah stood up to be God’s reflection on earth. According to Isaiah, here’s what would happen if you freed the oppressed, shared bread with the hungry, brought the homeless into your house, and clothed the naked:

Isaiah 58:8-9a

“Then your light will break out like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily spring forth; and your righteousness will go before you; the glory of YHWHwill be your rear guard. Then you will call, and YHWH will answer; you will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am’” [Hineni].

We were called to be image-bearers of our Heavenly Father and of Yeshua/Jesus. When we are truly a reflection He will will be able to look at us and and see Himself in us. He will be able to say “Hineni! Here I Am. I see Myself in You”. 

It’s time for us to volunteer like Isaiah did. It’s time for us to call out to our Heavenly Father saying ” Here I am. I’m ready to go and do. Send me!” When you call out to HIm, He will answer, saying, “Here I Am and I see you! You are in Me, and I Am in you”…Then He will give us instructions and directions.

Yeshua/Jesus, God in the flesh.  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  John 1:1;  He makes Himself available to us, always waiting for us to say, “Hineini.”

He calls to us during times when we have hidden ourselves from His presence.

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.  So be earnest and repent.  Here I am (Hineini!)

“I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person,  and they with me.”  Revelation 3:19–20.

Messiah promises to abide with us, if we allow Him in.

Only with His presence can we truly fulfill the call to be of service to our Heavenly Father.  For Messiah Yeshua/Jesus says,

Remain in me, as I also remain in you.  No branch can bear fruit by itself;  it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.” John 15:4.

Yeshua/Jesus lived out Hineini, always at the service of His Father, doing His will, and with His help, so can we.

“I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”  Psalm 40:8.

As with everything that He asks of us, Yeshua/Jesus has gone before us.  He knows what it is to live here in an earthly body and still be of service to the Father. But Yeshua/Jesus always did what pleased His Father and fulfilled the divine Hineini that was prophesied in Psalm 40:7-8:

“Then I said, ‘Here, I have come (Hineini); in the scroll of the book it is written of Me: I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.’”  Psalm 40:7–8.

We must ask ourselves what will I do?

Paul tells us “I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1.

And the Father gave up His Son, to restore our intimacy with Him.  In doing so, they have demonstrated the most profound Hineni of all time.

In that way, we fully live out Hineni in the eyes of our family and community in a way that truly pleases and glorifies Him.  And He will be fully available to us as well.

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen … to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. “Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I.”  Isaiah 58:6-9.

They all answered in the same way to Gods call saying

Hineni – Here I am.

When our Heavenly Father calls to us by name and asks

where are you?

It is not because He doesn’t know where you are physically, He is asking us do we know where we are spiritually  and in relationship to HIm; and if we are ready to reply saying Hineni!

What was the response of those we have looked at? In every example, It was the response of a servant: ‘hineni’.

We see ‘hineni’ appear at pivotal moments throughout Scripture. Moments when profound change is about to take place in the lives of those responding to God.

What makes ‘hineni’ such a powerful statement? It is an offer of complete availability, of total readiness to serve. When we say ‘hineni’, we make ourselves fully available to whatever it is God might ask of us. Even without knowing what that might be.

The answer of ‘hineni’ is one of faith.

The answer “hineni” means: “Here I am ready and waiting to do Your will. Here I am, a partner with You in the eternal covenant between You and our people. How can I fulfill my role more fully?”

Yet the word conveys so much more. To say “hineni” expresses a deep desire for a spiritual awakening, a moment, however fleeting, in which we feel close to the heart of the Father.

It indicates a receptive mind and an openness of soul. It declares a readiness to engage, to take part in the unfolding of Gods plan of the Ages.

One New Testament example is recorded in Acts 9:10-15

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord” [Greek: Idou ego, Kyrie]. And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.

Our Heavenly Father called out, by name, those He needed to fulfill His plans. Ananias quick response changed the course of Paul’s life, and he became the missionary to the gentiles.

In the Psalms we are assured that God is our ever-present help, and He delights to make Himself available to His children. By God saying ‘hineni’ to us, He is saying that He hears us, He sees us, and He knows us.

Are our hearts prepared to answer?

Are we ready to offer ourselves,

even without knowing what service He will ask of us?

Let our prayer today be that our hearts will answer without the slightest hesitation, and that we might make ourselves fully available to whatever our Heavenly Father asks of us; and that our faith would be added to in the process.

Song by Marty Goetz

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

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

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

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

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

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

Moses Mountain Top Experiences

Moses received the call from God

to return to Egypt in

Exodus 3:1–6, 12.

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 

And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”…4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.… 5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”…

In the other books of the Pentateuch/Torah, Sinai is the usual name, though Horeb also occurs: see Exodus 3:1; Exodus 17:6; Exodus 33:6, applying both to the “Mount of God” and to the desert of Rephidim some 20 miles to the Northwest.

Another name for Mount Sinai/Mount Horeb in the Bible

is ‘the waste’.

Mount Horeb in Hebrew: הַר חֹרֵב Har Ḥōrēḇ; Greek in the Septuagint: Χωρήβ, Chōrēb;

So, how many times did Moses climb up the mountain?

The 1st Climb is recorded in Exodus 19:1–8:

After the Israelites left Egypt, in the third month, they arrived at Mount Sinai Exodus 3:12. Moses ascended the mountain and God offered a covenant between Himself and the Israelites. Moses was to tell the people these words from the LORD: “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” Exodus 19:4–6. Moses did as instructed, implying he descended the mountain. The Israelites agreed to this covenant Exodus 19:7–8. 

The 2nd Climb Exodus 19:8–9:

Moses reported the Israelites’ response back to God, implying he ascended Mount Sinai again. God replied, “Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever” Exodus 19:9. This conveyed the message that Moses was God’s anointed leader for the people of Israel. Moses reported this to the people, implying he descended the mountain. 

The 3rd Climb Exodus 19:10–19:

Some scholars believe that God speaking to Moses in Exodus 19:10 is part of the earlier conversation. Exodus 19:14 says that Moses descended the mountain, which could be the descent implied in Exodus 19:9 or a separate descent. Whatever the case, God tells Moses to consecrate the Israelites and set boundaries around the mountain because He is going to make an appearance. Moses does as instructed. On the third day, “Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder” Exodus 19:17–19. 

The 4th Climb Exodus 19:20—20:20:

From the thunder, God asks Moses to ascend the mountain again and advises that Moses go back down and warn the people not to break the barriers. Moses replies that the people cannot come up because they have set limits and have been warned. God tells Moses to go back down and bring his brother Aaron back up with him. Moses goes down and tells the people, Exodus 19:25. It seems that Moses is at the bottom of the mountain with the people when God delivers the Ten Commandments/Sayings in Exodus 20:1—17. “When all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, ‘You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die'”

“the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel” Exodus 24:17.

Exodus 20:18–19. Moses tells them not to be afraid “for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin” Exodus 20:20. The people keep their distance and Moses draws near to the manifest presence of God in Exodus 20:21. 

The 5th Climb Exodus 20:21—23:33:

This time, Moses “approached the thick darkness where God was” Exodus 20:21, and God gives him a collection of laws to share with the people of Israel, as well as a promise to send an angel with them and give them the land of Canaan Exodus 23:20–33.  

The 6th in Exodus 24—31:

Moses is again summoned to ascend Mount Sinai. This time, in addition to Aaron, he is also instructed to bring Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel with him.  

The next day, Moses builds an altar and erects twelve stone pillars to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. He offers burnt offerings to God and reads the Book of the Covenant, the Torah he had been given on Mount Sinai, to the Israelites, who agree that they will obey what God had commanded. Exodus 24:4–8.  

Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders ascend the mountain. God reveals Himself to Moses and all the men he brought with him. They “saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank” Exodus 24:10–11. 

God commands Moses to come further up Mount Sinai and leave the other men behind. Joshua, Moses’ assistant and the future leader of the Israelites into Canaan, was allowed to come up part of the way, Exodus 24:12–13. God summons Moses into the cloud at the top of the mountain where Moses stayed for forty days and forty nights, Exodus 24:15–18. 

During this time, Moses is given the Ten Commandments written on tablets of stone by God Himself, Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1, 28. He also gives Moses instructions on how to build the tabernacle, the ark of the covenant, and the altar, as well as specific instructions for the priestly garments and their consecration, Exodus 24–31. He tells Moses to emphasize the Sabbath as a sign between the people of Israel and the Lord, Exodus 31:12–17. 

When Moses and Joshua come back down the mountain, they are greeted by the idolatry of the Israelites worshiping the golden calf, Exodus 32. God had told Moses this was happening, and Moses interceded with God for the people. When Moses goes down the mountain and sees for himself, his “anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain”.

Exodus 32:19. He also destroyed the golden calf and disciplined the Israelites.

Exodus 32:20–29.  

The 7th time is in Exodus 32:30–35:

Moses returns to the Lord at Mount Sinai to intercede on behalf of the Israelites and “make atonement for [their] sin” Exodus 32:30, that God might grant them mercy. In a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, Moses offers his own life in exchange for those of the Israelites, Exodus 32:32. God does not accept his offer, and sends a plague on the Israelites. God then commands they depart and that He will give them the land of the Canaanites but will not go with them. “When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments” Exodus 33:4. Moses, again, intercedes and pleads for God’s presence to go with them, Exodus 33:12–23. God agrees, even to Moses’ request to show him His glory. 

The 8th climb is in Exodus 34:

During this final ascent, God has Moses remake stone tables and then rewrites the Ten Commandments on them, replacing the ones Moses had broken in his anger, Exodus 34:1–2, 28. God describes Himself to Moses as

“The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation” Exodus 34:6–7.

Moses stays on the mountain with God for another forty days and forty nights, miraculously “he neither ate bread nor drank water”. Exodus 34:28.  

“When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him”. Exodus 34:29–30. 

The times Moses climbed up to Mount Sinai were important in that they reveal the the Fathers process of making a covenant with Israel, creating that covenant and directions for life, in the form of laws for social order; and speaking both with and through Moses to the people. The giving of the Torah shows the holiness of God and what the nature of sin is, Romans 7:7. The Torah/Law served as the schoolmaster for the Israelites for the generations that lived before Messiah Yeshua/Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, Galatians 3:24–25.

Moses speaking to God on behalf of the people was prophetic of how Messiah now intercedes before God on our behalf, Deuteronomy 18:18; Romans 8:34.

The climbs up to Mount Sinai show us some attributes of Who He is. It reveals that He is Holy, righteous and loving and One Who longs for a covenant relationship with His chosen people. 

Moses was on Sinai 3 times for 40 days:

After the Giving of the Torah, Moses went up Mount Sinai for 40 days.

After the Golden Calf, he went up another 40 days, and then he went up before the Lord God the final time for yet another 40 days to secure complete forgiveness.

We do not have to climb Mt.Sinai or any other mountain top to spend time in the presence of a loving Heavenly Father. He has made the Way for us through Messiah. We should not take lightly the privilege we have in communing with the Lord whenever we want to. We are not summoned to spend 40 days in fast whenever His Spirit wants to speak to us.

1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1John 3;1..

Let our hearts always be tender and open to hear His voice, and let us be obedient to obey; and turn aside quickly to receive His instructions…

Yes Lord…Here I am – Hineni!

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

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

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

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

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

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