Tag: Sacrifice

Gateways To Life

As this year the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars are not in sync., we are between the two calendar dates for Passover/Unleavened Bread and First Fruits.

This gap in the dates, gives us an opportunity to focus on the single most miraculous event in time and eternity.

It is an event that we should remember all year, not just as the seasons make their turn.

Gethsemane and Calvary are in truth

the Gateways to Life /Chaim

and why Messiah said

I am the Way the Truth and the Life.

Derek, Emet and Chaim.

It is impossible for us who are bound in human flesh, to understand Messiahs agony, however, we don’t have to misunderstand it.

Matthew 26:36 – 38

It was the agony of God and man in the person Yeshua/Jesus as He came to face to face with sin; and on the cross He experienced total separation from His Father because as He became sin – as the sin offering – the Holiness of God could not look upon that sin.

It is not possible for us to experience Gethsemane and Calvary. We cannot learn about them through personal experience because they represent something totally unique.

They are the gateway,

the door, the dalet

into life for us.

It was not death on the cross that He was facing, that caused Yeshua/Jesus to agonize over when He was in Gethsemane; because He stated that His purpose was to die. He knew that was why He came.

It was not a shock to Him, He was completely aware of His Heavenly Fathers’ plan and the process He was to complete. Most likely His concern was that He might not get through this struggle as a Son of Man. He was confident at getting through it as the Son of God because Satan couldn’t not touch him there; the previous temptations had proved that. The pressure was the adversary’s assault against Him, with the focus that our Lord would come through for us on His own; solely as the Son of Man.

If Messiah had done that He could not have been our Savior. Hebrews 9:11–15

And we should read the account of Gethsemane and His agony in the light of His earlier temptations in the wilderness. The devil departed from Him until an opportune time. Luke 4:13. In Gethsemane was an opportune time, but satans attack was overthrown once again. The adversarys’ final assault against our Savior was in the garden of Gethsemane as the Son of Man.

The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here, to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become Sons and Daughters of God; HIs children, His Family. We should also remember that the Jews have a priority over the Gentiles, in that the Messiah Himself, Jesus Christ/Yeshua Hamashiach, came first as a Jew to the Jews. We are told in Romans 9:5, of whom are the fathers, and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

and reminded again in Romans 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek/heathen/gentiles. 

HIs agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation.

The cross of Yeshua/Jesus was a triumph for the Son of man, and not only a sign that our Lord triumphed; but that He had triumphed to save the human race.

Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.

Our gateway to God, our Heavenly Father.

1 Peter 2:24.

It cost him everything.

The cross of Calvary is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. It was not a martyrs death, it was the ultimate triumph and shook the very foundations of hell.

There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain and undeniable, than what He accomplished on the cross. It changed everything for ever.

He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right standing relationship with the Father. He made redemption the foundation of human life, that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship, communion and an intimate relationship with the creator of the universe.

That cross was not something that happened

TO Jesus/Yeshua, He came to die.

The cross was His purpose in coming.

The great divide was restored by a great collide.

He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:8.

The incarnation of Yeshua Messiah would have no meaning without the cross.

We must be sure not to separate –

God was manifested in the flesh –

from 

He made Him to be sin for us.

1Timothy 3:16; 2Corinthians 5:21.

The purpose of the incarnation was redemption.

The Most High God came in the flesh to take sin away, not to accomplish something for Himself.

Not only is the cross the central event

in time and eternity…

it is the answer to all the problems in both.

The cross is not a cross of a man, but the cross of the only creator God, King of Kings and Lord of Lords; and it can never be fully understood through the human experience.

The cross is our Heavenly Father God, Adonai Elohim Melech haOlam, displaying His nature. It’s the Gate through which any and every individual can enter into oneness with Him. However it is not a gate we pass right through, it’s the one where we enter His presence and where we abide – in the life/chaim that exists and is found there.

The heart of salvation is Messiahs cross and the reason it’s so easy for us to obtain, is that it cost the Father so much!

It was the place where a Holy God and sinful man merged with a tremendous collision.

It is why the Way to life was opened, and we must remember, all the cost and pain of that collision was absorbed by the heart of our loving Father God.

The great division was restored by a great collision…. and the result was NOT

chaos, devastation and total destruction

but peace, healing and total restoration.

Colossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

Let our prayer this week be for the eyes of our understanding to be enlightened, that we may know Him and power of His cross and resurrection…

Phil 3: 10-17 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

Ephesians 1:18-23 18 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, 

 

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

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

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

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

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

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

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

The Hour Has Come

What is the purpose of the hour?

in Hebrew hour is:

שָׁעָה

scha’a

A Hebrew Hour is defined as 1/12 of the time between sunset and sunrise,

or 1/12 of the time between sunrise and sunset. 

Hebrew Day Hours.

The midpoint of the 12 Hebrew Night Hours is called Mid-night. The moment of Mid-night occurs exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise separating the sixth and seventh Hebrew Night Hours. The midpoint of the 12 Hebrew Day Hours is called Mid-day. The moment of Mid-day occurs exactly halfway between sunrise and sunset separating the sixth and seventh Hebrew Day Hours. An easy way to measure Day Hours is by using an equiangular sundial marked with 12 divisions.

The only Scriptural reference to there being

12 Hebrew Hours in a Hebrew Day

is found in John 11:9 

where  יהושע the Messiah asked a famous question, 

“Are there not 12 hours in a day?” 

The diagram below is a working timepiece where the sun’s position indicates the current Hebrew Hour at Jerusalem. One Hebrew Hour ends and another begins when the center of the sun crosses an hour line.

Link to site for clock below:
https://torahcalendar.com/HOUR.asp

In the Creation Calendar, Hebrew Hours begin at sunrise and sunset.

Remembering Yeshua/Jesus was present at creation!

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:  Col 1:16

A Hebrew Hour occurring between sunset and sunrise is called a Hebrew Night Hour.

A Hebrew Hour occurring between sunrise and sunset is called a Hebrew Day Hour.

 Sunset occurs and the First Watch begins exactly at the beginning of the first Hebrew Night Hour.

The Second Watch begins exactly at the beginning of the fourth Hebrew Night Hour.

Mid-night occurs and the Third Watch begins exactly at the beginning of the seventh Hebrew Night Hour.

The Fourth Watch begins exactly at the beginning of the tenth Hebrew Night Hour, and ends at sunrise at the end of the twelfth Hebrew Night Hour.

Sunrise is always exactly at the beginning of the first Hebrew Day Hour.

Mid-day occurs exactly at the end of the sixth Hebrew Day Hour.

Sunset occurs exactly at the end of the twelfth Hebrew Day Hour.

The duration of a Hebrew Hour varies with the season. A Hebrew Day Hour is shorter in duration during winter when a Hebrew Night Hour is longer in duration. A Hebrew Day Hour is longer in duration during summer when a Hebrew Night Hour is shorter in duration.

In Acts 3:1 Peter and John went up together into the temple at

the hour of prayer,

being the ninth hour.

The hour of prayer: 

שעה   scha’a.  תְּפִלָּה tephillah

The verb to pray: le•hit•pa•lel

 prayer, to pray – תְּפִלָּה …

Strong’s Hebrew: 8605. תְּפִלָּה (tephillah) — prayer

 

John 12:23. Ἡ ὥρα, the hour.

Of this hour there is frequent subsequent mention:

John 12:27, “Father save Me from this hour,”

John 13:1, “When Jesus knew that His hour was come, that He should depart out of this world unto the Father,”

John 16:32, “Behold the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered,”

 John 17:1, “Father, the hour is come: glorify Thy Son.”—ἵνα δοξασθῇ, that—should be glorified) with the Father:

John 17:5, “And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was,” and in the sight of every creature.

 

A brief explanation of this reference helps us to understand and appreciate why these times of the HOURS were included.

Devout Jews, living in Jerusalem, went to the temple to pray.

(Luke 18:10 Acts 3:1).

The first hour of prayer:

9AM is the first hour of prayer referred to in Acts 2:15,

when the Temple gates opened.

The Hebrew word for this hour of prayer is

Shacharit meaning morning.

Morning prayer: Shacharit or Shaharit  שַחֲרִית‎,

meaning:of the dawn,

literally the dawning

Morning Prayers were from sunup to about 11a.m. any time between sunrise and the first half or third of the day; the earlier the better.

According to Jewish time this is the 3rd hour. Meaning it is the third hour from sunrise sometimes written as the third hour of the day; according to Roman time this is the 9th hour. Roman time for each day began at 12 midnight. This has continued into our western time today.

Next is Minchah – Afternoon prayer:

Mincha or Minha (מִנְחָה‎),

Phonetic Spelling: min-khaw’.

Meaning: a gift, offering.

From halfway through the daylight hours – around 1:00ish to about an hour before sunset. So named for the flour offering that accompanied sacrifices at the Temple in Jerusalem,

Evening prayers

מַעֲרִיב Maariv or arvit עַרְבִית

are recited after dark from sunset to before midnight.

Also spelled Maariv,

plural Maaribim, or Maarivim,

Hebrew meaning: of the evening Maʿariv,

who brings on twilight/ bringing on night

Halachic midnight is the halfway point between sundown and sunrise. This can be before or after – especially during DST – 12 a.m.

The hours and times can be confusing when read in the scriptures unless we understand that our time has been changed from what was originally followed. Some charts below…

and this was also covered in detail in previous post.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-pesach-dalet-in-time-a-man-between-2-realms-yonah-and-the-watches-of-the-night/

But why do we need to know or understand this?

Because One of the hours of prayer was the

ninth hour, or three o’clock in the afternoon,

when the

evening sacrifice was offered.

This is the exact time

Yeshua/Jesus gave up His Spirit!

The timing was perfectly in synchronism with the

HOURs of prayer

and He fulfilled their deep meaning.

Messiah had been on the cross

from approximately 

9:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M.,

a total of six hours.

Crucifixion was an execution designed by the Romans to kill, torture, and humiliate its victims. Some people suffered for days on a cross before dying. Messiah was on the cross for about six hours before He gave up HIs Spirit.

The Romans started each day’s hours at midnight. Using the Roman system of time, John tells us that Yeshua/Jesus’ trial began about the sixth hour, 6 a.m. (John 19:14).

Matthew, Mark, and Luke use the Jewish system of time, beginning each day at 6 a.m. Mark tells us Messiah was crucified at the third hour, 9 a.m. (Mark 15:24–25).

Matthew tells us the day turned to darkness from the sixth hour to the ninth hour, noon to 3 p.m. (Matthew 27:45).

Yeshua/Jesus died about the ninth hour (Matthew 27:46–50).

A Roman soldier confirmed His death by pushing a spear into His side, and He was taken off the cross (John 19:34–38).

The Torah, the Prophets and the Writings do not number specific Hebrew Hours. Only the Messianic Scriptures number specific Hebrew Hours in Matthew, Mark, Luke and Acts.

The third hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:3-4, Mark 15:25 and Acts 2:15. 

The third hour of the night is referred to in Acts 23:23-24. 

The sixth hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:5, 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44 and Acts 10:9. 

The ninth hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:5, 27:45, 27:46, Mark 15:33, 15:34, Luke 23:44, Acts 3:1, Acts 10:3 and Acts 10:30-31. 

The eleventh hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:6 and Matthew 20:9.

All the detailed prophetic fulfillment was so very significant to the children of Israel and unless we understand their WAYs we miss so much of His WAYs! We have taken our western Christianity at doctrinal face value without its true origins and think that is all we need to know.

Again, it is good to be reminded this Bible is originally a Hebrew book, with a Hebraic mindset, about a God of the Hebrews/children of Israel. We gentiles/heathen, are the ones grafted in to Messiah not the other way around. If we ignore that fact, it leads us to leave out the true foundations and depart from the heritage and of what we say we believe about a Jewish Messiah!

Devout Jews, living at Jerusalem, went to the temple to pray (Luke 18:10 Acts 3:1).

Sages tell us that the custom of praying three times a day was originally introduced by the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel.

Abraham introduced prayer in the morning,

Isaac—in the afternoon, and

Jacob/Israel added one at night.

The regular hours of prayer, as we may glean from Psalm 55:17 and Daniel 6:10, were three in number.

The first coincided with the morning sacrifice, at the 3rd hour of the morning, at 9 AM therefore (Acts 2:15).

The second was at the 6th hour, or at noon, and may have coincided with the thanksgiving for the chief meal of the day, a religious custom apparently universally observed (Matthew 15:36 Acts 27:35).

The 3rd hour of prayer coincided with the evening sacrifice, at the ninth hour (Acts 3:1; Acts 10:30).

The Hebrew verb for prayer— hitpallel התפלל—is in fact the reflexive form of palal פלל, to judge.

Thus, to pray, conveys the notion of judging oneself:

ultimately, the purpose of prayer—tefilah תפלה—

is to transform ourselves.

It is not God that changes through our prayer,

rather it is man himself who is changed.

During the first 1000 years approx., since the time of Moses, there was no set order of prayer. Each individual was duty-bound to pray to God every day, but the form of prayer and how many times a day to pray was left to the individual; by Yeshua/Jesus’ time it had become more clearly defined and more of an institution.

In the HOUR we can find our life or lose it.

This is why He came…

For This I Have Come Into the World

John 18:37

For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice. John 14:13-15 

Like our Messiah, who told us to follow Him, not only are we to take up our cross; which is the means of our execution – our means/method of crucifying the fleshly carnal life.…..

and not only are we to die to self through the process…

we are to be willing to drink the cup that He drank.

Are you willing  …yes…. then you will …He told His disciples.

If they had known what it would mean would they still have been so quick to accept the cup? 

Matt 20:22 Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink?” “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!” ESV Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking.

Christianity is not for wimps.

We too are called to walk with Him to Calvary’s hill, to

take up our crosses, 

to drink the cup of suffering, 

to be conformed to His image. 

As disciples, our attitude should not be to ask that times of sorrow and difficulty be prevented or even stopped but that our Heavenly Father protect us and strengthen us in order that we remain true to Him; and to that which He has created and afore determined we should become.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath beforehand ordained, that we should walk in them. & Ephesians 1:11

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.Romans 15:4 & Romans 8:30.

Our prayers should be that, in spite of all the refining fires and sorrowful challenges we experience; that our faith does not fail us, that we accept our position and realize our purpose in the midst of it all.

This one thing we should look at carefully and not misread the statement He made in these verses; knowing that

He knew

He  understood and

He accepted His purpose.

He willingly faced and received Himself by this acceptance, and because of it, in the midst of this incomparable fire of sorrow and ordained purpose….

He was saved NOT

FROM the HOUR but

OUT of the HOUR

and His Father glorified His Name.

This question was rather rhetorical as He says

what shall I say save Me from this HOUR?

And follows it immediately, answering Himself…

But for this purpose I came to this HOUR

When the HOUR has come for us He will not save us

from it

but

OUT of it.

As with

Noah and his family

as in the days of …

He did not save them

from

the flood but

OUT of it

the flood still came but

in the ark they were saved

and lifted out and above it.

Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark to escape the flood waters. Gen. 7:7

and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

2Peter 2:5

Genesis 6:18
But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark–you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

Messiah Yeshua/Jesus – the ark of our covenant

lifts us up

OUT of our HOURS

of trouble and testing; just as He was lifted up out of the world both by resurrection spiritually and lifted physically – ascension.

This is the promise for us.

He faced His HOUR and in doing so received/faced Himself in the fires of sorrow in that HOUR.

Many question, and many preach and teach that there ought to be no sorrow – that trials and difficulties are not from a loving Heavenly Father God.

However…He chastens those He loves ..

and there is sorrow, and like the one we say we follow; we are to accept and receive ourselves in these fiery trials.

1 Pet 4:12-14 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13

It is foolish to try and evade and refuse to deal with sorrow because it’s one of the bigger facts of life, so it’s a waste of breath to say it should not be part of our experiences.

Sin, sorrow and suffering are very real and they exist; and we are not in a position to say our Heavenly Father makes mistakes in allowing these things to happen to us.

The work of sorrow in our lives removes a great deal of an individuals shallowness, however it does not always make that individual better. Times of suffering will either help us to face ourselves, or it will destroy us. It is a yielding and a letting go; a total submission and laying down of ones life, in favor of the offered cup and the HOUR of death.

An individual cannot find or receive self through perceived success, that which is calculated by worldly standards.

Why?

So that one will lose their head in pride and self achievement/ aggrandizement by the worlds terms. We cannot receive/face ourselves through the monotonous drudgery of day to day living. Why?

Because that un-dead/un-crucified flesh will give in to griping, complaining, and murmuring.

In the fires of sorrow is the only place we will find ourselves. Wondering why it is this way is immaterial because His ways are past finding out.

We should rather accept in faith and trust in His Word and His Way, which has been written for us historically in all the human experiences recorded. We can always recognize these believers, those who have been through the fires of sorrow and received themselves… we too must receive unto ourselves the HOUR of our laying down our life, to take it up again in Him, just as Yeshua/Jesus did.

Because of this, the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take  it up again. John 10:17.

When our Heavenly Father has us on our knees, it is there that He can change us.

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience” James 1:2-3.

God must test our faith in order to reveal our faith.

We may look knocked down to men yet be exactly where our Father can use us. 

“We are persecuted by others, but God has not forsaken us. We may be knocked down, but not out”. 2 Cor. 4:9.

We must empty out our own desires, that we would be filled with His. When we stay right with the Lord and allow Him to change us through our circumstances, then He can bring us forth as the kind of bread and wine that will benefit His other children.

The closer you get to God, the more you realize how He uses your suffering for His purposes. It is a demonic notion born out of the flesh of man, carnal and worldly to think and believe that God will only make us rich and comfortable in this life.

We must get the fleshly thoughts cast out of our mind, thinking that we could serve God better in our comfort than in our suffering. Let Him use our circumstances to teach us how to serve His children. The more we want to serve Him, the harder His lessons are going to be. So we must be willing to count the cost.

1 Pet 4:12-14 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13

First we must be broken, so that He can reshape us into something new. In the midst of God shaping us, we usually pray that our difficulties would be removed or we be saved from them instead of praying that they would change us; and as we are changed, then He saves us out of them.

That which appears to be destroying us, is actually where God is recreating us into the very thing that He can use. We must forget the notion that our Father will make our lives easy and remember that He knows what He is doing.

By allowing Him to break us, He reforms us into bread worth eating. By allowing Him to place us in that winepress; the process of crushing us into wine is never easy.

However we can’t have the bread until it has been broken and we can’t have the wine without first crushing the grape.

If you want to reach the broken, be the broken. “The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite [crushed] spirit” (Psalm 34:18). It is when we are broken that the Lord can form us into something new.

Consider that the reason He has broken your heart, is that He then might flow through it onto others. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise” (Psalm 51:17).

Until we are broken and have yielded ourselves to our Father, are we not just another zealous soul working opposite to the Kingdom of God. Remember Paul …persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. …being more exceedingly zealous… (Galatians 1:13-14). Then his Messiah Yeshua/Jesus broke him.

 

Sometimes we have to have our feet knocked out from under us and to hit rock bottom in order to get our footing.

Those who have died to self, allow the fire to burn away the carnal shallowness … those who have truly laid down their life.

Losing it during the hour of fire and testing, to find it in Him; taking it up again and yoking that life to His, in permanent submission to the perfect will of our Father.

These are those we recognize as ones we can go to in our moments of trial and trouble and find they have plenty of time for us. A listening ear and an encouraging word from our Heavenly Fathers storehouse of treasures. Ones who make you feel you are the most important person of that HOUR.

This gift of time is often overlooked as we are so busy and we never seem to have enough of it to do all we want to do. By submitting to the life He has for us, in laying down our own, we will find we have all the time we need for Him to accomplish through us His perfect will plan and purpose. One who has not been through the fires of sorrow is more often than not prone to be dismissive, contemptuous of others and their trials; having no respect for and no time for others, turning away with many excuses and reasons for their actions.

If we are willing, and if we will receive/recognize/accept ourselves in the hour of sorrow: accepting our position and realizing our true purpose in light of His calling in the midst of this HOUR of fire…

He will save us

out of it…

NOT from it;

and through it, He will make us instruments /vessels of nourishment for other people – sheep feeders and lambs fodder and then like Peter, He can feed His flock through us,

Yeshua/Jesus states Peter’s task in three words, 

“Feed my sheep” (John 21:17)

We should not try to avoid this HOUR

or be saved FROM it

because for this purpose

we also came to this HOUR

and He is faithful and will save us OUT of it.

This is how we become as our Lord and Savior was…

broken bread and poured wine,

that His life be shared and given out

for whosoever will receive Him.

God calls us today..

be broken bread and poured out wine.

Bread must be broken to be consumed and shared,

and grapes must be crushed and poured out to make wine.

If we object to the fingers He chooses to use to crush us…

then He can never make us into wine!

It is He who chooses the people

and the circumstances to crush us,

and it is up to us to allow Him.

How long will it be before we finally get it into our understanding, that we are here to willingly submit to His will, so that He may work through us what He wants?

Just as our savior did and then said follow me…

“Although he was a son, [Jesus] learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect,

he became the source of eternal salvation

to all who obey him,

being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrew 5:8

We are to do likewise and once we realize this, He will make us broken bread and poured-out wine with which to feed and nourish others.

Is our glass still empty?

Meanwhile let’s continue

to stay alert and ready,

be in prayer and in His Word

for in an hour we think not

He is coming.

Shalom shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

… and…

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.

 

Midweek Mannabite – What Does Purim Mean And Why is Esther Involved?

For those who are new to mmm and the truths to be discovered in our Hebrew heritage; you may not have heard of what is called the

Appointed times of the Lord

or

the Feasts of Israel.

These times are our Heavenly Fathers’

Rhythm of Life/Chaim.

They are called Moedim in Hebrew

מועדים

pronounced: Moe-eh-deem.

Here is a brief explanation and links to earlier posts that will assist in our understanding.

The Gregorian/Julian calendar we follow in the west is not solely based on the Biblical days found in Scripture; they have been given other names and dates that have brought confusion in believers understanding. This has caused us to celebrate some things that are not found in the Word of God.

Finding that we have missed out on precious truths in His plans and purposes can be quickly remedied by familiarizing ourselves with what Our Father has clearly set out in His Word. Many times we simply follow what we are told and raised into without reading scripture for ourselves. Many will chime in that the Old Testament laws have been done away with and yet they will quote the Old Testament scriptures on Tithing and follow other requirements; picking out what fits a denominational doctrine and not accurately encompassing the whole Word and counsel of God.

Jesus/Yeshua Himself said in Matthew 5:17-18, as part of His Sermon on the Mount,

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. 

This is what Jesus/Yeshua actually did, by following the Appointed Times of His Father, His life was a fulfillment of what each one represents spiritually.

In our Heavenly Fathers calendar we are approaching the start of the spiritual days of springtime.

The Moedim 

מועדים

It is a reminder of His plan for humanity

and it is always is heralded by Purim.

 

This time of the year, Purim, is like

a wake up call, an alarm clock,

that we are quickly entering His annual seasons; and it gives us time to prepare our hearts and clean up our lives, ready to focus our thoughts on all that He has done through His Messiah,

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ/ Yeshua Ha Mashiach.

The annual cycle of appointed times/feasts of Israel, are a rehearsal for us in the same way that a bride and groom rehearse the plan of the coming wedding ceremony.

So we, as His bride, rehearse

the plan of the ages every year,

it keeps us close to our

Heavenly Bridegroom and helps our halak/walk,

along the narrow Way/Derek, to stay

within the boundaries He has set for us in His Word.

 

This year, Purim is March 16 and 17.

March 17-18 in Jerusalem/Yerushalayim.

Purim

in Hebrew פּוּרִים

Purim is always a month and a day before Passover/Pesach. 

Purim is celebrated on 14 Adar,

and Passover starts on 15 Nissan. 

Passover is Pesach in Hebrew פסח.

In a Jewish leap year there are 2 x Adars, making for a total of 13 months. In those years, Purim is celebrated during the second Adar, so that it is close to Passover/Pesach.

The reason for this is so that the miraculous salvation and deliverance of Purim,

is as close as possible to the annual reminder of the time of the Exodus;

the miraculous salvation and deliverance of the Hebrews/

the children of Israel, which is also remembered on Passover/Pesach.

This of course parallels the salvation and deliverance from the bondage of the world/Egypt for the believer in Jesus/Yeshua. We were slaves to sin and He came to set us free to serve Him.

Purim remembers the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot 

to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.

Purim means lots in ancient Persian.

The holiday was named Purim after the wicked Haman had thrown lots to determine when he would carry out his evil plan. It can be pronounced in several ways.

In the Eastern tradition, it’s pronounced poo-REEM.

In the West, it is often called PUH-rim.

Mordechai was the leader of the Hebrews/Jewish people in Persia, (present day Iran), and Esther was cousin to Mordechai. When Esther was made queen of Persia, she bravely interceded by putting her own life at risk, on behalf of her people. The Book of Esther records the story of their bravery and willingness for self sacrifice.

Because of Esther’s request, the events were written in a scroll which were to be read every year on Purim. This scroll is called the Megillah/Book of Esther and it was one of the last books to be canonized and added into the Tanach/Old Testament.

During this next Month and a Day Before Pesach/Passover

lets prepare ourselves….

Holiness – separated unto the Lord…

 

Links below to other posts about Purim and Esther:

 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/purim-esther-faithful-unto-death-if-necessary/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/double-take-and-casting-lots/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-was-hadassah/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/if-i-perish-i-perish-remembering-purim/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-has-a-flower-got-to-do-with-a-servant-heart-salvation-and-a-bridegroom/

 

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

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

What Is The Connection Between Blood, Gold & The Mystery of Beth Shemesh?

There are three parts to this mystery and we begin with

Blood.

Charles Spurgeon once said

“The Bloody Sacrifice on Calvary

is the only hope for sinners…….”

and its because

a bloodless gospel

is a lifeless gospel.

This IS the Gospel

the Blood of Messiah has been shed for us.

It is not preached or taught enough.

It is The Blood of Sanctification

Don’t let the word Sanctification cause us to stumble or retreat,

because the verb sanctify means

to set apart and

to make clean.

Sanctification is the process of

being separated and made clean unto God.

Heb. 13:12.

It’s not a quick fix, nor is it a pass to live as we please;

it is directly related to everyday life.

The Blood

and the process of

sanctification cannot be separated.

We are sanctified, set apart,

the ecclesia, the called out, set apart ones.

If we are still vitally connected to the world, we are vulnerable to compromise and stumbling.

Sometimes we have heard a message on a subject so many times we don’t pay attention to it in as much detail as we should.

We think we know what it’s about and yet we still do not have full or enduring victory in areas of our lives. We know of the armor but do we live with it always in place 24/7?

He is the Sanctifier –

The people are the object of His Sanctifying Grace

and the BLOOD, HIS BLOOD,

is the means of cleansing, or is the sanctifying agent.

This was His primary purpose.

Without Blood there could be

NO ACCESS

by sinful man to a Holy God.

This is critical to every believers life in Christ/Messiah/Mashiach. It is essential that we understand the meaning in its’ fullest sense and we must take the time to chew on this word and understand it, digesting it, and allowing it to be absorbed into our deepest innermost being. Only then can it impart to us His LIFE/chaim.

What was shadowed at the gate of Eden, on Mt Ararat, Mt Moriah and in Egypt was now confirmed at the foot of Sinai in a most solemn manner by Blood covenant.

Although the manner of application differed in the previous occasions:

on Moriah the life was redeemed by the shedding of the blood;

in Egypt it was sprinkled on the doorposts of the houses;

but at Sinai it was sprinkled on the people themselves.; not something they would quickly forget!

Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” Ex.24:8

The contact with the blood was more personal/intimate and the application that much more powerful.

1 Peter 1:18,19

The word

atonement means

a covering

it is the blood that makes a covering for the inner man.

 

 it is the blood which makes atonement for the soul.

Lev. 17:11

The Hebrew word is

כפר

kaphar

Kaf: Palm of hand, to open

Pey: Mouth, word, speak

Resh: Head, person, first

Strong’s Hebrew: 3722. כָּפַר (kaphar) — appease

HEBREW WORD STUDIES כָּפַר ‘kaphar’ meaning ‘to atone’ 3722

to cover over and to make reconciliation.

 

Definition. to cover, purge, make an atonement,

make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.

Think ark of Noah!

The pitch protected the people inside, making a water-tight seal,

and Messiahs’ blood covers our sins and protects us

from the wrath of God.  For more click link below

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-is-the-connection-between-two-mountains-the-ark-of-the-covenant-and-messiah-being-thirsty-part-3/

The original meaning of this word is to cover, to cover over, or to overspread. The example given in Genesis 6:14 closely expresses the original meaning. Both the verb and the noun are used:

“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch [kaphar] it within and without with pitch [kopher].”

As a noun kaphar is used to signify a place of shelter. 

(Qal) to coat or cover with pitch. (Piel) to cover over, pacify, propitiate. to cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for. To cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites. (Pual) to be covered over.

Hebrews 9:22.

Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-far’)

Definition: to cover over, pacify, appease, make propitiation

The word atonement is an abstract word and in order to understand the true Hebrew meaning of a word we must look to the concrete meaning. If an offense has been made, the one that has been offended can act as though the offense is covered over and unseen. We express this idea through the word of forgiveness.

Atonement is an outward action that covers over the error. 

Only the blood makes a covering which He accepts.

Bloodless coverings are unacceptable to God.

 

God did a miracle through Mary enabling His Blood to become a reality in His Son that could be poured out for us and redeem us from eternal death/separation from Him. This Blood is like no other before it or since; and has the power to remove the sin contained in ours from Adams curse. His life/chaim is in the Blood and it’s why it’s so powerful because unlike human blood it cannot die or dry up.

Why?

Because the chaim/life of God cannot die.

It’s an eternal source of sacrificial substitution and speaks continually, crying mercy – forgiveness; and this is why it will never lose it’s power.

As we are quickly approaching the Fall Feasts/Appointed Seasons of The Lord it is a timely opportunity to speak of the Atoning Sacrifice of Messiah.

Made for ‘whosoever will’ and whosoever chooses to, accept and receive His priceless gift of redemption.

Many books have been written and even more sermons and teachings given and most readers will be familiar with the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua and all that it means.

The Power of the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua is

that His blood redeems us.

There was a price against us that we could not pay, but the blood of Messiah redeemed us.

1 Peter 1:18-19 says, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things…. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

 The power is in the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, because Yeshua/Jesus, was the spotless Lamb of God, and because He shed His blood for us, we can be forgiven of our sins.

We can see the extent of this forgiveness and the effectiveness of His blood in the Scriptures. God, our Heavenly Father separates us from our sins by an immeasurable distance.

The blood of Yeshua/Jesus had to be applied

to the heavenly mercy seat

to redeem mankind.

If all of Yeshua/Jesus’ blood had soaked into the ground at Calvary, then the sins of humanity could not have been taken away.

Hebrews 9:12, “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”.

God was represented and was envisioned by Israel as sitting enthroned upon the Mercy Seat.

The term “Mercy Seat” comes from Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible into German, where he added to the meaning of kapporet by translating it as a location or “seat” of mercy.

The English term Mercy Seat is not a literal translation for the name that describes the place on which the golden angels’ wings touched and from where God would speak. 

The Hebrew word is Kapporet 

כפורת

and the Complete Jewish Bible simply translates it as

ark cover. 

The High Priest in the Tabernacle or Temple Sanctuary appeared before God and offered the blood of animals for expiation/atonement on the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur.

As our High Priest, Messiah Yeshua/Jesus entered into the reality that was foreshadowed by the Tabernacle and Temple.

Teachings and sermons on these foundational subjects such as the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus are few and far between today.

Many don’t like the teachings on the Blood, reacting squeamishly and look for something nicer and more pleasant to preach or listen to.

We MUST remember that

without the shedding of blood

there is no forgiveness,

salvation,

redemption or atonement

and we all remain dead in our sins.

It all begins when the blood speaks. Gen. 4:6-11

It was a witness against Cain, later, God instituted a covenant with Moses which we call the old covenant. Hebrews 8:6 tells us it has been replaced with a better covenant, through the prophesied Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.

Why do we plead the blood of Yeshua/Jesus?

It is to plead the Living Word of God. Jesus/Yeshua was and is the Living Word, The Word made flesh.

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

Many of us have been pleading the blood without knowing what we were doing.

When we plead the blood of Yeshua/Jesus we plead the whole TRUTH of God. Messiah said I Am The Truth.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:16

The blood is central to the whole Torah, Tenach and Brit Chadashah. It began in the garden with the first Adam and ended with the last Adam in Jerusalem. Blood was integral to Adams fall, as God declared only blood could cover and redeem from sin.

Why? because the life is in the blood.

When there is no blood there is no life

and when life exits the blood, it dies and dries up….

all except the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus

because He came from the Father. His Father is The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel. His Father was not of this earth BUT His blood type came from the Heavenly Father, Creator and King of the Universe.

Because God is an eternal being, He imparted His eternal essence into the blood of His Only Son, by the overshadowing of Marys’ womb the Ruach/spirit/breath/nephesh: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion of God.

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35

The Ruach HaKodesh (the Wind of the Set-apart One) shall come upon you, and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you. And for that reason HaKodesh (the Set-apart One) born of you shall be called: Son of Elohim. (Luk 1:35) The creative Power, Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), of YHVH shaped this miracle of the Word that became flesh (Joh 1:1-3)

ἐπισκιάζω (to overshadow; envelope; [h/c]over over by presence)

 

The scripture says the blood speaks, it is alive and has a voice. Ables’ blood cried from the ground.

“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice]. Gen.4:10

The saints blood cries in heaven

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Rev.6:9,10

The blood of Messiah cries mercy for us.

Abel’s blood crying out for vengeance is listed all the way in Hebrews 12:24, pointing out that the blood of Messiah gives us mercy from the kapporet in Heaven where the ark is.

Revelation 11:19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

They overcame him with the word of their testimony of what God has done for us, literally the gospel of His kingdom; and the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 12:11

John declared the prophetic had manifested…

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

John 1:29

God came to save and redeem us in Messiah, and shed His blood to not only cover our sin but wipe them away forever. The blood does more than cover as it did in the old testament and it’s why we must not deny its’ amazing power.

We have sung the songs but do we truly understand the power in His Blood?

It is so important to understand that we must apply the knowledge of the blood of the sinless Lamb of God.

By pleading the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua we can enforce satan’s defeat in our lives and begin to live a victorious life in Him.

Isaiah 43:25-26 in the New American Standard Bible says, “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins. “Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together; state your cause, that you may be proved right.”

When we plead the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus,  we’re making a confession of the

redemptive power

and mercy

God provided to us through Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach.

It is a faith declaration of His righteousness,

which is what makes us righteous.

 When the enemy attacks us or makes accusations against us, we must answer him in faith using the sword of the Spirit/the Word of God; declaring what the Blood of Messiah has done and is doing for us.

Pleading the Blood of Jesus/Yeshua means we know and understand and have faith in the Blood of Jesus.  Then we can rest our case and be assured that things will be settled because of our faith in the Precious Blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Our faith in the power of His Blood is what we need to enable us to walk in total victory in our lives!

It is good to reaffirm that when we plead our case before our Heavenly Father, we can be assured that our case rests on what Yeshua/Jesus did for each of us when He died, was buried, and was resurrected from the dead. 

He’s alive and has already won every victory in every area of our lives.

Our responsibility is by faith to receive that victory.

As the world grows darker, we are to be the bright light shining brighter. We are that lighthouse, the beacon in the storms of peoples’ lives. They see our lamp/light shining brightly and run to it and we point them to Yeshua/Jesus; Who in turn points them to His Father by His Ruach HaKodesh.

We need to be saved from ourselves because if we do not obey the light in us and walk while we have that light, darkness is creeping up trying to overtake us. We must take a serious sober look at the atonement; and focus more on the work of Messiah’s cross.

We glibly speak of our salvation but neglect to speak of the price.

It is free …

yet…

the cost is without measure.

Instead of easing off, we are to press in….

the day is coming when no man can work.

Think for a moment of our Heavenly father.

The scriptures say He is

Spirit

and Light

and Life.

He is not human with a corruptible flesh body like ours. We should try to refrain from aligning our physical attributes to our Heavenly Father because we will get a false image of Who and What He is. Because we know Yeshua/Jesus had a human form like us, we tend to place a similar image upon the Father. Yeshua/Jesus has now a resurrected body, a whole new thing never seen before! He says He has flesh and bone but does not mention blood.

“See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” Luke 24:39.

There was no blood on Thomas’ hand because flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God and Jesus/Yeshuas’ resurrected body had no blood left in it. John 20:27

We have seen from scripture that He poured out His blood at Calvary and upon the kapporet/mercy seat in Heavens throne room, where the Ark of the Covenant is. If He and the Father are one, then this blood was indeed The Fathers blood!

Angels have no blood because they have no flesh. Ps. 139:14

They are spirit and have only spiritual life; and why they were amazed at our creation…

What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. Ps.8:4-6

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.  Job 32:8.

This is possibly because life itself is spiritual

but

must have a physical carrier and this carrier is the blood.

The contact between the divine and the human rests in the blood stream and its capacity to carry the life of God.

When we leave this realm we will be similar to angels:

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. Mark 12:25

I am the Life..

God imparted His own chaim/ life into the bloodstream of Yeshua/Jesus. The blood that flowed in His veins was perfect.

It was not contaminated by Adams sin which brought sickness and sin into human blood. If Adam had not sinned he would not have died. Jesus/Yeshuas’ perfect blood gave Him the title of the last Adam.

We are pleading the reality of the light of God which we received at the new birth when we were overshadowed by His Ruach. And His blood cleanses us so that the light of that life in us is part of Himself.

Christ in us the hope of glory. Col. 1:27

We are covered with the righteousness of Messiah – a robe of righteousness. That robe is really the blood which He shed for us and we are covered – this is our covering. No man or church denomination can cover us as Yeshua/Jesus blood does. God’s life/chaim is light. Jesus/Yeshua said John 8:12 I am the light of the world.

We read in Leviticus 17:11 that the life of all human flesh is in the blood. That is where Adam’s life was in Genesis 2:7, where he was formed out of the dust of the ground. Man had a body but it was not living, not alive, there was no life in it. Out of His divine being where all life originated,

God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.

So follow it through, if God breathed into man the breath of life and if the life is in the blood, then there must be some relationship between what God breathed into man and into our blood?

Blood is charged with air/ oxygen so as we breathe there is a close relationship between our nostrils and our blood stream.

The air we breathe in is oxygen which goes directly into our blood. With every breath our blood is charged with oxygen. Adam’s first breath came directly from God, it went straight into his nostrils inflated his lungs and charged his blood with the chaim/life and nature of God. Adam became a living soul when God’s life began pumping through his veins. Was that life, eternal life, the same that flows from The throne of God?

Red corpuscles are alive because of the life/chaim of God in the blood. With sin came, death and was passed down to every man in his blood. So we are all born in sin. After the likeness of Adam’s transgression/sin.

John 1:1 – 5,9

Gods’ life was light James 1:17 that life went into Adam’s blood and brought light. Matthew 6:22 the eyes are the light of the soul he had the spark of life in him. We are redeemed from the curse which was in our blood. Do we have His light in our blood?

Gabriel told Mary the Holy thing within you was conceived by God’s Spirit of Holiness. We see visible light around us every day but there is also invisible light. It’s known as infrared light and ultraviolet light which are not visible to the human eye. We have to understand that for the most part the Kingdom of God is invisible to us because it is beyond the spectrum of human vision. But it is there and that light is known in the spirit world. John 8:12

When Jesus/Yeshua said I am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.

Is it possible He was not just talking about light but was also talking about the blood because He said that anyone who followed Him would have the

light of life.

Then He said ye are the light of the world,

so we became the light of life carriers.

He had the light of life and that

life was in His veins because

the Life of all flesh is in the blood.

Yeshua/Jesus’s life was in His blood and

His light was in His blood

also blood and light go to together

just as blood and life go together?!

God breathed of Himself into Adam

He had to breathe life into him.

1John 1: 5-7

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 

 

Here light and blood are in the same portion of scripture.

Light is divine energy – the light of life.

His life was the light of men – these are not just nice statements they are deeply revelatory in their content.

Was it

Truth, Word, Life and Light

that was pumping through Yeshua/Jesus veins?

Is that why we plead the blood of Yeshua/Jesus…

because it covers everything?

Col 1: 12 – 14 the word redemption could also be translated deliverance. In the translation from the Latin Vulgate in the light of the Hebrew and Greek originals by Ronald Knox reads in the son of God in his blood we find the redemption that sets us free from our sins. Col 1 :13 we were translated out of darkness into light by the blood because the light was in the blood. By the blood of Jesus we have redemption col 1:15 16

When He breathed on the disciples,

He was breathing life/chaim and light/or into them.

The word translated “He breathed” is emphusaō, which is related to the Hebrew word for breath or spirit (nephesh).

John 20:21 Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” 22 When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.

If we are sanctified and set apart, then our blood is cleansed from sin both original sin through Adam, and our own sins. We are also the LIGHT of His LIFE that the world will see, carriers of His mercy and  forgiveness!

The work was completed by Messiah as He shed His sinless blood at Calvary as the spotless, sacrificial Lamb of God.

1Peter 1:18, 19

and then He ascended to the Father to place

His blood on the Mercy seat/kapporet in the heavenlies.

Conclusion in part 2 and as we come towards Yom Kippur this season, let’s remember what the

blood of Yeshua haMashiach/Jesus Christ

continually cries out for us…

mercy,

forgiveness,

cleansing

and

redemption…

not just on one day of the year

but

always and forever.

In Israel in the autumn (fall) of the year, we enter into an extremely important season of repentance/teshuvah in the Jewish/Hebrew calendar known as the Fall Feasts.

Feast of Trumpets: September 8-9, 2021

Day of Atonement: September 17-18.

Feast of Tabernacles: September 22-28.

Shmini Atzeret Wednesday Wed Sep 29,

Simchat Torah Monday Mon Nov 29

Last Great Day: September 29.

Another site gives the dates as:

Yom Kippur 2021 begins Wednesday, September 15

at sunset ends Thursday, September 16 at nightfall

Sukkot/ Tabernacles :

(sundown to sundown) 20th September – 27thSeptember, 2021. 

The Great Day is the 8th

Day of Tabernacles: (sundown) 27th – 28th September, 2021.  

Yom Kippur takes place on the final day of the 10 Days of Awe, which begins with

Rosh Hashanah – The Jewish New Year for Hebrew Year 5782

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה 

Yom Kippur, Known as the Day of Atonement, this holyday is spent in prayer and fasting among many people of the Jewish faith.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/yamim-noraim-days-of-awe-or-high-holy-days/

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

further links for the Fall Appointed Times are to be found on home page under heading

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May His true Shalom rest upon each one in Yeshuas’ Name.

You are greatly loved Mishpachah, Family

משפחה

and prayed for daily..

 make sure you are secure in the knowledge you are saved

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

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

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