What Has a Flower Got To Do With a Servant Heart, Salvation and a Bridegroom?

The Spring season of Appointed Times of the Lord/Moedim were initiated this week with Purim.

The remembrance of Purim is a precursor to the 7 on the Hebrew Calendar; and it commemorates the selfless action of woman chosen for a specific time and purpose. Purim is always 30 days before Passover/Pesach. It’s almost like a heads-up, a marker, for those with eyes to see and ears to hear, of what is about to begin!

Although previous posts have highlighted Esther /Hadassah/Myrtle, one aspect of this story was not included in:

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

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

Mystery of a Pur, a Secret Name and a Miracle. https://www.minimannamoments.com/if-i-perish-i-perish-remembering-purim/

This aspect concerns the fact that Gods name was hidden in this book. It did not mean He was not there or didn’t know what was going on.

Although the name of God is not written as a literal word in this book, it is however, conspicuous by its absence. In that absence, it is more of an indication that, although God is hidden and not obvious in the text; He is working behind the scenes.

From here He is causing His will to proceed and come to a victorious conclusion in bringing about the salvation of His chosen people, even though at the same time, the devil was trying to orchestrate their extinction.

When His Name is not obvious, on and in the events, as in the book of Esther, readers may think He has forgotten, deserted or has abandoned them.

NOT SO and nothing could be further from the truth.

He is working?

How do we know that?

Because His Word tells us He Never slumbers nor sleeps:

Indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. … Psalm 121; Psalm120; Psalm 122.

Hinei lo yanum v’lo yishan shomer Israel

A further confirmation being one of the Covenant Names of God, that shows and qualifies His attributes is:

YHWH-Shammah —

“The Lord is present”

(Ezekiel 48:35)

God is ALWAYS present with us.

Phonetic Spelling:

(yeh-ho-vaw’ shawm’-maw)

read from right to left under each Hebrew letter

<maw shaw  h-va-ho-yeh <

Pronounced Ya-wa or

Yod–Ha-Vav-Ha Sham-ma

God is intimately and intricately involved in the lives of His people. He is constantly at work in every aspect of their lives. But everything He does is for a purpose.

Job 34:20

 In order for the scenes to change in the faith experience, the Lord, Who is “the Author and Finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:2), must work behind the scenes.

Although people and circumstances are always associated with where we are in the spiritual drama, the Bible teaches that God is the major Force behind the ever changing scenes of life.

Just as we see in the life of Joseph

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-was-tsofnat-paneach/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/yeshua-and-yosef-jesus-and-joseph-parallels/

God had been working behind the scenes, in the lives of two men Joseph had never met. God worked in their life circumstances in what initially appeared to be negative events in order to bring these three men together in the same place for this very moment. Specifically so that Joseph could interpret their dreams.

Joseph said, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please” (v. 8). 

The whole of Josephs early life and experiences were in preparation for the time He would save his family, his people and his whole nation which included the line from which Messiah would come to bring salvation.

Gideon also had an experience of God working In Judges 7:9-15 as the warrior was about to face the troops of Midian with a much smaller and less-equipped force.

Although Gideon was a willing servant of God, he needed assurance that it was, in fact, God calling him to this task (vs.17).

In accomplishing the mission set before him by God, Gideon proves himself to be faithful, as well as a mighty warrior, becoming a strong leader of men (Judges 7:17). 

9 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

Judges 7:9-15 KJV.

The following night the Lord commanded Gideon to go down to the camp of the enemy, as He had given it into his hand. In the Hebrew language text, here the perfect is used to denote the purpose of God, which had already been formed.

In the same way as in Judges 4:14,

God had worked behind the scenes!

This working, is not confined to the Old Testament/TaNaKh, but is further confirmed for us in Yeshua/Jesus own words informing us that God is always working His purpose out. 

God is working right now!

John 5:17, NIV: In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day,

“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” John 5:17 NKJV 

He is watching ever mindful of us and all the events unfolding. At the appointed time, He intervenes. He reveals Himself in all His glory and ability to bring events to a perfect and timely conclusion.

To coin a couple of well known phrases:

The wedding will take place – the show must go on.

It also has a worldly meaning that people often push forward in their own strength, when they are not supposed to, regardless of how negatively pressing and unfavorable circumstances may be.

For us, knowing that He is WORKING, it brings COMFORT..

His nechamah.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/receive-his-nechamah/
(see mmm last post link above)

… and He is in control and nothing happens that He does not see.

Fear NOT!!

and do not look at the circumstances –

Proverbs 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear/disaster/danger, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Look unto Jesus/Yeshua, His Righteous right arm!

and have faith in His and the Fathers ability to accomplish all that  has been planned from the foundation of the world;

because He Is:

Omnipotent (All-powerful)

Omniscient (All-knowing)

Omnipresent (Ever-present)

His word will come to pass.

All scripture will be fulfilled.

All prophecy will happen just as it has been written.

Esther came into the moment.

Into the time line.

Just as the events seemed set to wipe out Gods’ children for good.

The enemy’s plan was to destroy and totally annihilate the people of God, the tribe of Judah, the Jewish race and in turn to stop the future birth of Messiah.

Consider how many times that was attempted and every time it failed!

הֲדַסָּה

Hadassah

Esther’s Jewish name comes from the Hebrew word  הֲדַס  hădaç Hadas which means ‘myrtle’.

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the thorn/brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. To set forth his glory. Of God’s deliverance, and that he will never forsake his Church. Isaiah 55:13 

Read that one more time………

To set forth His glory.

Of God’s deliverance, and that

He will

NEVER

FORSAKE

HIS CHURCH!!!

church = ecclesia = called out/apart ones/His BRIDE.

That’s all of us who meet His criteria!

Instead of the thorn, (from the crown of thorns of the suffering servant); shall come forth the myrtle

the flower

the servant

and the chosen one

the hidden bride.

Esther’s name has a meaning of hidden, this meaning is that the bride of Messiah is to this day hidden from the Jewish people. Esther disguised herself as a Gentile, but secretly she was a Hebrew (Ivri )/Yahuwdiy (Jew).

In the same way, those who are born-again by the blood of the lamb are not recognized by many who call themselves Jews because, as of today, many do not acknowledge Jesus/Yeshua as their true Messiah, but one day they will see Him who they pierced.

To be the true bride kallah/challah of the King.

We have seen that as believers symbolically God is our bridegroom and we are His challah/kallah, His bride.

Strong’s Hebrew: 3618. כַּלָּה kallah

כַּלָּה ;

phonetically pronounced (kal-law’).

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-hidden-mystery-of-the-kallah/

Yeshua/Jesus our Heavenly Bridegroom was born – nothing could stop it. No devilish plans could prevent His coming then,

and it will not now either.

His second coming will occur at the appointed time.

Events will unfold on time – His time — just as they did in Esther’s day.

The devil still seeks to destroy God’s family, he wants to prevent the wedding taking place., but he does not succeed!

——

Where is God’s Name in the story today?

He is WORKING behind the scenes.

The salvation of His people is the focus through Ruach HaKodesh /Holy Spirit, whose mandate according to Scripture is:

as an expression of His love and mercy, the Holy Spirit seeks to convict or convince us that Jesus is the cure for sin.

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; (John 16:8-9)

Jesus/Yeshua promised the apostles that the

Ruach HaKodesh /Holy Spirit would convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment

 The world is a sinful place, and one of Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit’s tasks, is to convict the world of its’ sin. No amount of preaching, pleading, or pointing of fingers will bring about the conviction of sin, unless Ruach HaKodesh /Holy Spirit is at work in the sinner’s heart.

It is the Ruach/Spirit’s job to bring conviction to a soul.

God’s desire is that they will be motivated to look for defense counsel: (Jesus/Yeshua) before they appear before the Judge (Father God) for sentencing.

To bring all to repentance and like Esther, beg petition from the king for clemency.

As Esther was prepared to do, we must lay down our lives for Him…

Esther laid her life on the line for her people..

Jesus/Yeshua laid His life on the line for His people.

Instead of the briar comes the myrtle..

Up came the Esther/the Hadassah/Myrtle, to speak for those about to perish.

She was the picture of servant hood and sacrifice, just as Yeshua/Jesus with the crown of thorns was the picture of servant hood and sacrifice…

Both willing to lay down their lives for others and in this case for a whole nation. Had she not done so, the line through which Messiah came, would have perished and He would not have been able to lay down His life for the whole world.

Esther

The epitome of a true and faithful servant – loving not her life even unto death!

Self sacrifice, laying down her life – chaim, for others.

As we remember Esther, it is also the initiator of the appointed times on the Hebraic calendar year cycle.

The Appointed Times/Moedim, always begin with sacrifice

-self-sacrifice,

laying one’s life down for another… for Her people, a nation..

and as we are about to begin the cycle of the Spiritual Calendar with Passover/Pesach the epitomy of self sacrifice –

laying one’s life down for another… for His people, a nation..

and in Messiahs case, for the whole world.

The trick the enemy was preparing ended up being the agent of his own demise. God was working and always is.

Even when we don’t see it plainly or see His Name on events, the myrtle will blossom in it’s time.

This is 2020 = we must have perfect vision…spiritually so we can SEE Him WORKING!

Esther/Hadassah/Myrtle, was the model of true servant hood in her timeline and Jesus/Yeshua was the model of true servant hood in His…

In part 2 we will look at what the pictographs of this Word servant show us.

Happy Purim

Shalom, shalom, mishpachah!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

Fear not, simply rest in Him and be comforted, God is WORKING!

Stay alert, prepared and be ready!

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Please don’t leave this page without the knowing in your heart you are totally His.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/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.

Swords, Mountains and Gardens

Connecting some more dots with some of the places and things mentioned in the last few posts.… with God there is always more and this post takes a look at a link to the Mishkan, Gardens and Sukkot.

The wilderness camp was at the base of Mount Sinai.

Mount Sinai was also called mount Horeb, the word Horeb is linked to the word HEREV which means sword.

(Hebrew: חרב ‎, Sword) (Remembering that b and v are the same letter bet/vet.)

From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement — axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

This is interesting and significant on several levels, as here was where God cut the covenant between Himself and the children of Israel so it could also be called the mountain of the cutting.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2719.

חָ֫רֶב (chereb) — a sword

In Genesis we read that God

“drove the man out of Eden and stationed east of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the fiery ever-turning sword, to guard the way to the tree of life”

 (See last post for more on Eden.)

SWORD OF God = cherev shel hashem 

The Hebrew word for sword is Charev or Harev with the start of it being just like the word Hanukkah sometimes spelled Chanukah.

As noted, the Hebrew word for sword is Charev or Herev/Harev – חרב

The pictograph for Zayin looks like a sword, a weapon; the classical Hebrew script is constructed of a Vav with a large “crown” on its head.

There is a Mystery in the Zayin as it is considered a “crowned” Vav and just as Vav represents “yashar,” which is ‘straight light from God to man’, so Zayin reflects the (or chozer), of the vav as the ‘or chozer/ returning light.’

Think for a moment of other places where a crown is mentioned in scripture and what the symbol of the vav is…

Zayin (also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay) is the seventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Zayin , Hebrew ‘Zayin ז, Yiddish Zoyen ז, Aramaic Zain ,

Thought to mean Glowing/Heat, Mount Horeb is one of two names given to a mountain mentioned in the book of Deuteronomy as the site where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses.

The second name of Horeb in Exodus is, the Mountain of God/the Mountain of YHVH.

Mount Horeb, Hebrew: חֹרֵב,

Greek in the Septuagint: χωρηβ,

Latin in the Vulgate: Horeb.

Mountain in paleo is: har

Hey – Resh

Meaning: behold the head above the rest.

Mt. Horeb – Most likely synonymous with Sinai, was the scene of the burning bush,

of the giving of the Law, and of Elijah’s vision. 

We saw the first time the word HEREV is used Genesis was when God places the cherubim at the entrance to the Garden of Eden with the flaming swords, or Herev, because

the Herev is a sword raised up against sin!

And is familiar to us as being symbolic of the Word of God in Ephesians 6:17 and Hebrews 4:11

At the fall from Grace

They were removed from the Garden of life

after accessing a tree and

causing sin to reign

God took man out

of a garden of life

and they died spiritually

(broken relationship/separation from The Father.)

The day sin was put to death

the opposite occurred:

man took God down from a tree/wooden cross,

and placed Him in a garden of death,

the garden tomb

where He was resurrected into LIFE

and restored the broken relationship

with the Father having experienced the separation from Him.

In the Song of Solomon, there is another garden we read:

blow upon my Garden that the spices may flow.

Spices permeate the beautiful story, the Song of Solomon; Shir Hashirim, is the equally pleasant presence of the fragrance of spices.

Without the spices mentioned in this book of love between the Messiah and His Bride Israel, one could hardly imagine the prophesied marriage, or the communion of believers with their God.  Spices seem to be referring to the ascent to the heights of Israel and also pointing to enraptured heights of being in the presence of the Lord and Savior.   

The spices are found in the presence of both Bride and Bridegroom, and in the ‘garden enclosed’—representing a virtual garden of each delicate and holy spice.  

Most of the spices mentioned are the spices of the Tabernacle, the use and purpose of each spice commanded by God to Moses and Israel, and pointing to the pleasant, beautiful realm of Heaven and the throne/presence of God.  

A deeper look at each spice, shows not only the symbolic value of each substance, but the nature of the spices; which in turn point to Messiah and His suffering. (not included in this post).

This should be our prayer..

Breathe upon us with Your Spirit/Ruach wind and stir up the sweet spices of Your life/chaim within us. Spare nothing as You make us Your fruitful gardens and hold nothing back until we release Your fragrance. Come walk with us as You walked with Adam in Your Eden garden and taste the fruits of Your life in us.

When Solomon talked of his beloved feeding the garden and gathering lilies it indicates that, the Lord keeps on feeding and strengthening those who are maturing spiritually; while gathering to Himself, those who are away from His word and still need to know Him.

So man placed God in a garden of death and laid on Him spices, which also came from a garden.

In the Song of Solomon reference to the bride, (us), is also made.

Note the crown!

Let my beloved come into His garden.

The tomb of God is a Garden tomb.

Meaning it is not just a place of death and ending… it is a garden

the place of life

where things sprout and grow.

The place of new beginnings

that place 

Ha Makem’- ‘The Place’- המקום

of life/lives

Chaim.

All life now comes out of death.

We all must die in order to live.

Really, we should rejoice to enter His tomb..

to let the old man die

then we will find true new life.

And we are to raise another sword/herev,

the Word of God, the Sword of the Spirit.

As the law, is the instructions for life to be lived righteously, was given on the

Mountain of the sword/Horeb/Herev.

Or :

the mountain (behold the head above the rest) of HisWord.

This instruction was as a sword to be raised up against sin.

Not only corporately but at an individual level in life. We must use that sword against sin, which is, whatever does not line up with the Word of God. Use it to cut away (zayin) and circumcise our hearts putting every sin to death and driving out of the garden of our heart where sin will choke His-word .

The meaning of the letter bet also seen in the temporary house of Sukkot/Tabernacles ….. a place of safety and protection.

Coming from the ancient Hebrew prayer, which is called the hashkiveinu, and it describes an usual picture asking for:

His tabernacle to be spread over them.

Hashkiveinu is the second blessing following the Shema during Maariv.

It is a petitionary prayer to be able to lie down in peace/shalom at night and to return to life the following day.

Like a continual resurrection to life, where His Mercies are new every morning!

The prayer envisions God as a guide and shelter during the night ahead and praises God for watching over us, delivering us, and being merciful.

Here we ask God’s protection from the terrors of night “in the shadow of Your wings”- i.e., like the shelter that a mother bird gives to her young

Psalm 91:4 You will cover us with Your pinions, and under Your wings shall we take refuge.

This word is requesting, (actually commanding), God to make us lie down. We lie and down sleep as an act of surrender to God’s will that we sleep.

Hashkiveinu (hash-kee-VAY-noo), is one of the most beloved prayers of the evening service. It goes back to ancient times, when sleep was poorly understood. 

Hashkiveinu Adonai Eloheinu l’shalom Spread the shelter of your peace over us.

V’hamideinu malkeinu L’chaim

Raise us back our King to life.

Keep us safe through the night

Till we wake with morning light.

Revelation 7:9… is the vision of the multitude standing before the throne in white robes holding palm branches…

which is what they held at the feast of tabernacles, or sukkot.

verse 15 says he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

The same unusual picture and the same words as the prayer.

God wants His people to dwell under His Sukkah, His BET/house/tent/His tabernacle, the place of his peace/ the Tabernacle of His shalom.

A Sukkah can be built anywhere. The one in the wilderness was mobile, so where ever we are, we can ask Him to spread over us the tabernacle of His shalom; which means we can live in, and under, that place of peace which includes grace and mercy.

The secret place of his tent is the now the Garden of our heart.

A pavilion is a safe shelter, here His Tent often referred to as the Tabernacle of David. The place of our hiding.

For in the time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion He will hide me in the secret place of His Tent.

This is connected to Rev 7:9 and Tabernacles Sukkot Revelation 7:15

Revelation 7:15 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. Revelation 7:15 (Or sanctuary.)

This Greek word, sk’enos, means ‘tabernacle, booth, shelter, or covering’ and also appears in Rev. 21:3.

This same word, sk’enos, is used to speak of Jesus/Yeshua during His first coming, (John 1:14).

Here we can see the protection provided in Rev. 7:16, corresponding to Isa. 4:5-6, and the fountain of living waters in Rev. 7:17 and 21:4.

For this reason, they are [standing] before the throne of God; and they serve Him [in worship] day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them and shelter and protect them [with His presence].

פָּרֹכֶת

Poreketh – po-reh’-keth = separation

Veils in Hebrew the sacred screen — vail. Strong’s #6532

Greek Strong #: 2665 ‑ καταπέτασμα 

(kat‑ap‑et’‑as‑mah);

Eph. 3:18 MAWSAWK; The Life  – The Way –(includes: HOLY OF HOLIES Mercy Seat The veil Golden Altar of Incense HOLY PLACE Eternal Life Access Prayer Holiness Entrance Atonement.)

The poreketh as the vail of the Old Testament is misleading when applied to katapetasma in the New Testament. There are two katapetasma’s in the Holy places. There are two masak’s in the Holy places. There is only one poreketh. (see diagram below).

The way back between the cherubim is through the curtain, upon which the cherubim were represented visually. This curtain was hanging between the holy of holy’s and the inner Court. It was torn from top to bottom at the time of Messiah’s death as He torn for us.

Sin is dealt with in the court where the Bronze altar and bronze laver were and the sacrifice was made..

we can now enter in sinless because of the blood of Messiah that is already on the Mercy seat between the cherubim/The kapporet.

We can enter in to His presence, His ruach hakodesh, His Holy Spirit as the wind/ breath of His presence; blowing the sweet fragrance of spices from His Garden. And with His presence filling the house (our bodies), the temple, the inner sanctuary, not the outer court or the inner court of the temple; but the Holy of Holies. (Jesus/Yeshua in the tabernacle); the sanctuary, which is the body in which we live.

The temple is the whole plan in a structure, where Gentiles/ heathen were welcome in the outer court; so it’s precise that we are the sanctuary of the Lord – His inner place of glory, ha makem of the Shekinah presence.

Ha Makem’- ‘The Place’-המקום

Psalm 27:5 is the pavilion, the safe shelter, the secret place of His tent.

Tent as in Mishkan, and Sukkot booths or tents; (temporary residence, also symbolic of the fact our bodies are temporary residences while here on earth.)

The fulfillment of Sukkot will be when He tabernacles with men forever.

The links to the Mishkan/Tabernacle, 3 Gardens and Sukkot, together with the Herev of The Lord, seems undeniable. Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is in everything we just have to know where to look!

It is only by passing through the

sword of the cherubim in Messiah,

the Word of God made flesh,

that we can enter the Garden

and the life of grace

that contains all the blessings

within the shalom of Messiah.

This is the WAY (back) as if we are accessing EDEN passing through the cherubim and the flaming sword/Herev.

The hope of His calling us, the sukkah of His shalom, the hashkiveinu (spread over us the tabernacle of your peace)…

Don’t leave this page without the certainty that you are able to pass through the cherubim and that you can enter into His Presence washed in the blood of the Lamb of God.

Shalom, Shalom!

Please don’t leave this page without making a decision.

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

He longs to give you the Shalom He paid the ultimate price for..

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. Amen.

Back To The Future Past? Part 2 ..plus.. Who Was Eating Bread On Day 6?

Continuing from part 1 … now a look at the original definition of the English word

Grace.

Elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion or action.

Mercy; clemency; pardon

While these definitions do apply to the Hebrew word חן chen, (hhen), they do not completely convey the full emotion and spectrum of the Hebrew word. This is the problem with translating Hebrew into English. The English vocabulary is limited in how it can express the full meaning of a given Hebrew word.

Grace as unmerited favor.

This was also manifest in Eden.

What does the English word grace means outside of theological reference?

The dictionary provides two basic definitions for grace, first:

Elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion or action.

Secondly: Mercy, clemency; pardon.

Because the Hebrew language is vastly different from English, we need to examine the Hebrew meaning of this word to see if one or both English definitions are appropriate definitions for the Hebrew word translated as grace.

Remembering they lived/existed in a state of continual grace before they fell from grace.

And that carries the meaning:

God produces life in us and then puts a fence or wall of protection around that life so that it may not be destroyed or removed.

This is in fact what He did at creation.

The Hebrew word has to do with freely giving without condition or obligation. 

The act of giving grace reveals 2 things, first: a need (like Adam suddenly found he had!). Those in receipt of grace are usually unable to provide the need themselves; so it’s received from another freely, one who can provide and meet the need.

Secondly, it reveals generosity on the part of the one giving, whether out of the individuals abundance or out of what little they have. The supreme act of grace and giving that God extended to humanity can be seen in the acrostics:

which helps us to remember what the definition is, no doubt there are many more than 3.

Now let’s look at Grace with the pictographs again to refresh our memory.

Remember the shape of the letter for Noon or Nun/Nuun, changes over time that is why sometimes it looks different in the illustrations and Hebrew letter  ן
is the Noon sofeet
/sofit which is how you write the letter for N, Noon at the end of a word; as shown here in Grace/Chen; and why so many pictures are included so we don’t get too confused.

There are 22 letters in the Hebrew Aleph-bet. 5 have a sofeet/sofit form (used when the letter appears at the end of a word).

Noon – a seed of life and later a fish = activity and life, continue or air.

Chet – private place of refuge, fenced and protected sanctuary. To separate from outside or protect life – beauty or loveliness. (again sounds like Eden – paradise.)

Eden had to be chet because outside of the garden God planted was not a place of chet/chen or where chen was available. (Not yet anyway!)

Chet as connected to the Mishkan – His Kingdom, qodesh/holy/set apart, according to His Pattern, and His instruction.

The Pattern of the Mishkan is our straight path our narrow WAY/Derek. Our refuge is in Him, walking through the Dalet/Door of Blue Purple and Red.

Chet = 8 carries the meaning eternity, new creation, new birth, new beginning.

Nun/noon = 50 signifies Holy Spirit Pentecost Deliverance followed by rest and Jubilee. (again this sounds a lot like our future as well as the believers life right now.)

The revelation embedded in the value of these numbers is:

8 = the new birth that God graciously initiates in every believer.

50 = delivers us from the bondage of sin and by God’s Holy Spirit produces eternal life.

Again a verse so over read that we miss its deep significance.

Eph 2:8-9 for by CHEN are we saved …..it is the gift of God.

Grace given freely without conditions or obligation by the giver. Gods grace is extended freely to fallen sinful man. Giving back what he lost in Eden.

Grace/Chen is

first seen in Genesis 6:8

(Have to add in the pictographs for Genesis here as they are too good to leave out!)

Bet /Beyt: house tent family son of God – tent house

Reysh/Resh: a person the prince the head the highest – Head

Aleph: strong leader, first, God the Father –Ox

Sheen/Shin: to consume, to destroy, to press against – Teeth

Yood/Yud: work, a deed, to make – Hand

Tav: to seal, to covenant, a sign, crossed sticks –Cross.

The meaning of the very first word,

In The Beginning,

also the title of the first Book,

contains within it the whole of Hisstory and prophetically declares the plan of redemption!

The Son of God destroys (the works of the devil) by (His) hand (nailed to) a cross (by) covenant.

Or the son of God pressed by his own hand to a cross! Wow!

Now to Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace.

חַנ

Noach/Nuach pronounced No’ahch found Chen

(noo’-akh) nuach or noach means: rested

Or nowach {no’-akh}; from נוּחַ  nuwach (noo’-akh);

quiet — rest(-ed, -ing place)

Here also have to include the progression and possible meanings in the names of the following men in the Genesis 5 genealogy, as their meanings appear to declare the Truth.

(May aid in reading long lists of names elsewhere that apparently seemed to serve little purpose…not so!)

(Noah seems to be spelled both ways but for this post we’ll look at the נחַ Chet and noon/nun spelling.)

Chet is pictured as an inner room to separate a fence a sanctuary like a garden that is protected and away from any harm; (like EDEN!)

Nun/Noon is pictured as a fish which means life and activity.

Again the Meaning:

God produces life in us and then puts a fence or wall of protection around that life so that it may not be destroyed or removed.

Same 2 letters make up his name which means RESTING,

or, in the paleo,

the heir separated from the outside..

as he was in the ark/box, he was given the ability to fence/save/enclose in his seed!

Eden

equal to

rest

equal to a

place of Grace.

REST – SHAKAT

Shin/sheen – quph/qof – tet

Sheen = teeth, destroy

quph qof = sun on horizon, back of head.

tet = fence, inner Eden = a place of shalom.** 

(**for full definition see previous post)

Rest in the Lord. Psalm 37:7

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: KJV

 (dō·wm) דּ֤וֹם

Strong’s Hebrew 1826: 1)

to be silent, be still, wait,

Ex 31:15 Strongs 7677 of rest

שַׁבָּת֛וֹן
šab-bā-ṯō-wn

Strongs 7965; Shalom: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace

Original Word: שָׁלוֹם

נוּחַ

noo’-akh

   5118 nuach or noach: rested,

Or nowach {no’-akh}; from nuwach; quiet — rest(-ed, -ing place).

5117 nuach: to rest

Original Word: נוּחַ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nuach
Phonetic Spelling: (noo’-akh)
Definition: to rest

Pre Hebrew, (ivri-crossing over), Israelites and was in action form with Noah; so with the later definition of a camp it’s not just any camp; it is talking about Gods’ camp. The tents themselves formed a protective wall for those within. (The image comes to mind of circling the wagons, or soldiers standing with backs to each other, gives the same image of protecting that which is within.)

Beauty in the camp = a place of refuge was also for those not of the seed = leviticus 19:33,34, grace. If a stranger came to the camp, they saw its beauty and came to be saved. It was a place of refuge for them. When they did come in, they kept the rules of the house (of God) exactly the same as a seed had to. Egypt was a place of refuge for the Hebrews initially (Goshen).

Deut. 26:13

So a working definition of grace could be said to be brought into a protected place.

Unmerited favor is more of a Greek conceptual image, meaning something we don’t necessarily deserve.

Channah used in relation to those who would camp near the Tabernacle/Gods presence Num. 1:52; the ones seeking refuge.

Camping near to those we find beautiful.

This is not a new thing

God provides instruction for those He favors and we are protected through Yeshua/Jesus, so if we want to camp near God for His protection, and have Him consider us beautiful enough to protect; then we must receive His Grace, and that through Messiah.

Grace also has a space/time element to it, where we are to enter in to the place of protection however, it has an expiration date!

Just as in the days of Noah, there was a time for them to enter the ark of grace all but Noah and his family chose not to. And once the door closed their space time opportunity also closed, and there was not way back from their decision. The time to enter in is when the beauty of grace is still in operation making the narrow WAY available for whosoever will.

Chet, vav, nun = a pardon – when one enters a place of grace, it’s because we are being pardoned of an offense against the Lord or His children. If you don’t conform you will not be able to stay just as in Eden.

(they were put outside the camp).

It also has to do with the remnant of 8 with Noah in the ark/box, they received grace.

The door or the physical representation.

Open the door for the family to come indraw all men unto me –

into grace;

into the camp. Matt 24:37.

The place of grace is available for all today, just as prior to the flood; we enter the place of grace, (which at this time is with the family of believers who are the faithful remnant,) through the Word of God, the narrow gate or door. (Dalet, 4th Hebrew letter, that also represents the tribe of Judah and Messiah.) He said I am the …. Door and also He is the Word made flesh.

Those who don’t come in through the Gate/Door is a thief and a robber.

No one can come to the Father without coming into the camp into grace into Jesus/Yeshua and grace comes through and by Jesus/Yeshua.

So far we have seen that Eden was a protected place,

a camp of safety within the chen/grace

of God’s presence where

shalom-peace

and

nuwach-rest

were in a

compassionate

racham-womb

of

life-chaim

noon with no ra!

……..

So Who Was Eating Bread On Day Six and WHY? What’s the connection?

The Hebrew word for man is Adam

And he was created on the sixth day so the day of man was day six.

1 Corinthians 15:21,22

Luke 22:19, 39 – 46

Genesis 3:19

Jesus/Yeshua was also called the Son of Man.

Luke tells us the grace of God was on Jesus/Yeshua as a child, now we see that was not simple unmerited favor but this

Grace-chen also means

to fence, or protect life.

chet-fence

noon-life action.

Here an interesting correlation is that

Garden – gan – גָּן

Strong’s Hebrew: 1588. גָּן (gan)
an enclosure, garden

gimmel/gimel-noon/nun

gimmel – camel, lift up

nun/noon – life, seed

means:

To lift up life,

let it grow and flourish!!

And are there any other links to this connection?

If we examine the last days of Jesus/Yeshua, we can see that day six was the day that the crucifixion took place.

We need to remember the Hebrew Day begins at dusk on what is the evening of the same day to everyone else.

It was not a Jewish invention but God’s design from the beginning. Genesis the evening and the morning was the first day. The evening and the morning, evening always comes first, for God, darkness always gives way to the light.

The sixth day began at sundown, Sunset on our Thursday night before the crucifixion.

On the day Adam fell from grace, chen, he was basically told, you shall eat bread until you return to the ground. (Have to grow it provide for yourself.)

Adam was destined to work for his food/ bread in order to live and would do so until he died.

This was part of the curse from their disobedient behavior and resulting sin. It brought forth death, so in the curse, bread is linked to death!

All the more reason for Jesus/Yeshua to say.. I am the bread of life.

The sixth day began at sundown with the start of the Last Supper which was not a coincidence, it was an Appointed Time of the Lord – since Moses day.

This (Passover/Pesach – Last Supper)

had to take place on the day of Adam,

in fulfillment of God’s prophetic Plan which centers around His Annual cyclical Appointed Times.

It was the feast of bread, and more particularly the feast of unleavened bread. Leaven represented sin in the Bible.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sonset-sunrise-sunset-sonrise-apocalypse-of-the-tamid/

This bread had no sin in it.

Remembering the first Adam was told you shall eat bread  – his bread was a result of sin.

Jesus/Yeshua was without sin.

And again said

I am the bread of life.

Sin has death.

Without sin there is only LIFE.

Jesus/Yeshua was also called the Last Adam. So as this sixth night began,

the start of the Hebrew day,

Messiah ate bread right in the face of death. Knowing He was about to die, due to sins out-working and its requirement.

The wages of sin is death.

When He lifted up the bread at the Last Supper Meal, He was doing it to join it to His death as in the curse of Adam when the bread was joined to death.

Jesus/Yeshua died on the day of creation because it was necessary in order to become a new creation and become the first born from the dead.

Furthermore He said

I am the bread of life

not the bread of death!

This is My body, broken for you take eat and remember.

He had said: I am the bread of heaven who ever eats of Me will not die. This is the curse destroyed… He broke the curse with His broken body… He said it is broken for you.

The passover zeroah

זְרוֹעַ (zeroah)

the pesach sacrifice.

The mystery emblem was always present until He was revealed.

גָּלָה gâlâh, gaw-law’

We examined this in a previous post.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/tag/zeroah/

In the original language there was a secret hidden in the translation; within the question, to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

MI HE’EMIN LISHMU’ATEINU UZERO’A HASHEM AL-MI NIGLATAH?

It is in the word revealed.

In Hebrews this word is NIGLATAH.

It means to be taken captive, what it is saying is,

the Arm of the Lord will be taken captive.

The zeroah will be niglatah!

However here is a deeper connection.

It also means to be put to shame, disGRACEd grace removed (the safety fence, the womb of protection within the place of His presence.)

Which allowed Jesus/Yeshua to become niglatahtaken prisoner, put to shame, disGRACEd

Only by being DISgraceD could the process be completed!

Later after the meal, He went in Gan Shemanim

Gethsemane (Matt. 26:36–46).

Gethsemane is derived from two Hebrew words:

גת – gat/gath, which means “a place for pressing oil (or wine)” and  שָׁמְנָא- shemen/shemanim, from the root שמן (smn) which means “oils.”

Strong’s Hebrew: 1588. גָּן (gan) — an enclosure, garden

Here in another Gan/Garden

the Garden of Gethsemane,

the Son of Man

the Last Adam,

Toiled – in Prayer

Sweated – drops of blood.

Ground – where they fell

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19

Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.Genesis 3:17

Weep = da-ma

– דָּמַע – (daw-mah’)

water coming out of the door of the eye

or

blood of the eye….

Strong’s Hebrew: 1830. דָּמַע (dama) — to weep

Sweated – drops of blood.

Dalet, mem = blood

Ayin = eye

Blood – dam – the door of water

Dalet – door (path )

Mem – water (liquid)

In Adam the dam is the path/door of water; here as a life giverthe first blood

and Jesus/Yeshua as the Last Adam

gave the dam-blood

as a

pathdoor of life (eternal)

restoring the

First Adams – loss of life

incurred by the

fall from grace

and ending up in ra.

Jesus/Yeshua pathWAY takes us

away from ra and to

the place of peace

as

the Sar Shalom,

He is the prophetic fulfillment that:

someone will come and destroy the one who is causing all the chaos and confusion!

Because Shalompeace, only comes:

 when the authority connected with chaos and confusion is destroyed.

Gives another insight to the water and blood from His side

and the fact that Eve

came out of

the First Adam’s

SIDE

whom God 

BUILT

 Eve was created by God by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam’s companion. Genesis 2:18–24

Young’s Literal Translation Genesis 2:22
And Jehovah God
buildeth
up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

וַיִּבֶן֩ way·yi·en
Strong’s Hebrew 1129
וַיִּבֶן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים
from man, built/fashioned/made he a woman,

to be His Bride.

His SIDE was pierced and out of HIS SIDE flowed Water and Blood!

No coincidence!

Was this revelation some of what He was trying to communicate to Nicodemus??? 

The Last Adam shed His blood

for the bride 

kalah  כַּלָה   (kal-law’)

also spelled challa/challah

Strong’s Hebrew: 3618. כַּלָּה (kallah) 

From kalal; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son’s wife — bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.

kaf/kaph, lamed, hey.

kaf/kaph = open palm, wing, cover

lamed = to protect, yoke

hey, H or Ah= look behold

meaning: all complete, covered, projected, joined/yoked, as if perfect; (which is what Messiah wants for us, His bride kalah  כַּלָה.) 

The Last Adam shed His blood

for the BRIDE 

to be cleansed

to enter in

through the door (dalet I am the door)

of water

the pathWAY back to Eden

to the Garden of Grace and Shalom.

Adam or A-dam means first blood 

BLOOD =

DALET-door

MEM-water

(he was the first of mankind) 

Alef: ox strong first

Blood: dalet mem

Man – mankind – being human: this word literally means red man from the concept of blood/dam; therefore red/adam.

Adam is also related to earth or ground

a da mah

out of which he was taken.

The ancient form of this word is:

yud/yod – alef, dalet, mem

arm, ox, door, water.

(Right to left in Hebrew)

To help avoid confusion:

All three were part of Adam’s curse which started in a garden.

Eden, where it all began and at the conclusion of the earthly life of the Son of Man,

He was also in a garden on the night of (Adams day) day six.

What happened to Adam on day six?

Because of the fall from Grace, he was removed from that place, the garden of God to a place outside that garden.

Outside of the place of grace,

he was no longer within and under grace… he was outside of the protected enclosure and instead was in the place of the curse which eventually resulted in his death.

God drove out the man

he was forcibly removed.

So too, Messiah, the Son of Man/ Last Adam was forcibly removed from the garden and taken to a place where the curse of Adam –death – would fall on him.

Gal.3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.

And He was taken to Golgotha the place of the skull and taken to His death.

All this began on the night of Adam, the six day, the day of man; so that the children of Adam could be redeemed from the curse and saved from toil of their lives by the Last Adam.

He became the

DOOR

of

The WAY BACK

into the presence of God (Eden)

back into the blessing

leaving the curse behind.

Back into the place of his presence

under His grace chen,

enclosure

place of presence

of

Mercy seat

where the blood of His sacrifice

has paid the price for sin.

The law of sin and death is conquered and we are again under Grace as it was in the Beginning Genesis/Eden.

This extends our understanding of no longer being under the penalty of the law..

it is referring to the law of sin and death

(for the soul that sins it shall die)

the penalty has been paid.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death.

And we are under GRACE;

this is the age/time of grace,

and we have been restored to that

place of grace

from which mankind fell.

The sixth day violation,

which began in a garden called Eden and ended in a curse;

has been reversed on the sixth day

in a garden called Gethsemane and ended in a blessing!

Mankind, (Adamkind), is now restored to that state of grace

in which we began.

Chen/Grace is the spiritual enclosure

He has provided for us

where we will remain until

the day He returns

and eventually creates a new heaven and a new.

This is redemption in action.

Come to me all who are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28

Rest – navah – comes from the life that is secure

Noon: life

Vav: hook nail secure

Hey: what comes from

Meaning:

What comes from secure life!

Also

The Rest of God – the shevat/shabath to Cease, desist, rest

שָׁבַת

shaw-bath’

(Recall Hebrew letters v and b are interchangeable.)

The 7th day recorded in Genesis was the day God rested from all the work He had done.

(The word rest, means something different to us, it’s like taking a break and putting our feet up before continuing activities.)

The word in Hebrew translated as rested is SHEVAT or shabath and it is a primary root meaning to cease.

7673a Strongs

Original Word: שָׁבַת
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shabath
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-bath’)
Brought to an end (1), cease (21), ceased (7), ceases (3), did away (2), disappear (1), do away (1), eliminate (3), gone (1), hear…more (1), lacking (1), left you without (1), made an end (1), make an end (1), no* (1), observe (1), observe the rest (1), put a stop (3), put an end (3), puts an end (1), remove (2), removed (1), rest (3), rested (3), silence (1), stop (2), stopped (1).

שָׁבַת

Shin/sheen, bet/vet, tav.

To cease, stop completely.

He had finished His work it was complete.

So on the seventh day He ceased, SHEVAT because of this event this rest, this SHEVAT, comes the word Shabbat and from this we get our word Sabbath.

So the Sabbath is the Sabbath because God ceased/ SHEVAT. He rested and all its’ blessings come from the act of the SHEVAT of God. However because of the fall from grace, the peace, the shalom of the Sabbath rest and all the blessings connected with that rest/ SHEVAT were gone from the creation and from our lives.

So a new Sabbath was needed. However only God can bring the Sabbath and a Sabbath can only come when God ceases/ SHEVAT.(When He rests)

So for Him to bring a new Sabbath He would have to cease, and the timing of it would have to be linked to the 7th day…….

On a Friday afternoon 1,000’s of years later, on the end of the 6th day, the Day of Man,

this time it was not the week of creation but the week of redemption

and as it was in Genesis/beresheet the 6th day was the day of completion of all God’s creative work.

So also the work of the cross was completed and on the cross came SHEVAT of GodHe ceased and He said

it is finished.

It is complete, He ceased from His work and from His life. As it was in Genesis, God ceased/SHEVAT and then came the Sabbath

now there is a new Sabbath and a new Shalom,

not of this world but greater than this world and there for all who will enter in..

How do we enter in?

By ceasing, by SHEVAT,

by ceasing to strive and struggle, by ceasing from laboring, ceasing from our self, our own works… we are to enter His rest, His Shabbat and by doing so, we will experience His Shalom in the place of His Grace.

 

What we have seen in the paleo pictographs is that Grace and Eden and Shalom have much in common with each other

and with the redemption-salvation

that is gained through Grace.

It, the grace,

is to give us access

BACK into Eden

the place/state of grace

(including the paleo meanings would be something like this:)

Restored back into the future of an enclosed garden of God, where His presence is manifested and there is no sin only shalom and rest.

The mercy seat is there, typified both in the Eden layout and in the wilderness camp, tabernacle/mishkan and later in the temple floor plan.

The cherubim guarding

the way to the tree of life

were both at Edens entrance and on the veil/curtain separating the Ark of God’s presence as He manifested upon the Mercy seat/Kapporet.

In an enclosed womb like shape where eternal life was accessed by the High Priest.

Remember: The tabernacle (mishkan mish-kawn’ מִשְׁכָּן), first mentioned in the Torah in Exodus 25, was the portable sanctuary that the Israelites carried with them in the wilderness.

Mishkan comes from the Hebrew root meaning “to dwell”; the tabernacle was considered to be the earthly dwelling place of God.

The portion of the tabernacle and the Temple building in front of the Holy of Holies which contained the inner altar, the table for the showbread, and the menorah.

They lived in a state of continual grace and shalom.

He had produced life in them and then put a fence or wall of protection around that life so that it may not be destroyed or removed.

This way back has been opened by our High Priest,

the curtain rent,

the cherubim parted and

access to the throne/presence of God

on the kapporet

is available once again

as the mercy seat

is covered in Messiahs blood

and we are redeemed.

His trial in the garden, fulfilled all the criteria for Gods plan of the ages.

This is the grace that has saved us

the same grace that they lived in in Genesis, is the grace we are to live in now..

as He said to Paul, it is sufficient..

it’s chen/grace

the place where

God provides protection and provision for life a camp a graceful place of healing strength salvation and rescue!

It’s the Shalom

(remember the definition of shalom)

HIS shalom, the same that was in the grace, the placeeden, the place,

the garden of God, that He gave to us,

Eden, to see the judge of life;

and we must do that to be saved;

a judge is the door to life.

Judge offers justice and redemption. Eden is a place, where you open the door and enter the pathway that leads to life.

It also includes Mercy; clemency; pardon mercy, the womb…racham

is The house that surrounds life.

In the Garden of Olives He crushed the head of the serpent and the tree of everlasting life was once again made available through Jesus/Yeshua.

The Garden of Eden was meant to be a place of continual life.

Chaim both physical and spiritual…

(recall IM as plural – lives.)

First Adam – Last Adam

each in a garden one

began in one and ended in one .

It was outside the camp.. but Jesus/Yeshua is the DOOR the WAY into GRACE restored. Eden restored where we enter His REST 

 which is now secured as that Shalom – peace, which only comes when the authority connected with chaos and confusion is destroyed, which is has been by the Sar Shalom, the Prince of Peace.

Eden restored, regained, by eating of Him who is NOT forbidden fruit

and we enter into HIS rest.

We enter into a racham/womb of Shalom where nothing is missing or broken and no good thing is withheld.

Yes it seems Eden is the place of grace/rest and shalom and both Adams are there, in the garden of God, waiting for us to join them in His presence passing by the cherubim and right up to the tree of life, and it seems we are indeed

going back to the future past...

Full circle….

Eat of ME and LIVE forever!

It was the Son of Man –

the Last Adam

who was eating bread

on the 6th day.

In a WAY, He is not only the Last Adam but He is also Eden the DOOR/Dalet to eternal Life.

Hakarat Hatov, recognizing and appreciating the good, is the foundation of Hebrew thinking and a lifestyle in understanding how we are to walk ‘the way’ of Messiah Jesus. We are believers in and followers of Jesus/Yashua Messiach ‘ha-De-rekh’ (‘the Way’) the Messianic Messiah.

Righteousness is showing forth the goodness of Elohim by acts of loving kindness. Showing mutual respect, trust and love. Expressing truth, love, faith, praise and harmony. Most important are Faith, love, trust and humility and praising Him for that which we witness today declaring always that His glory illuminates the entire world.

Grace was the physical expression of, and provision for, humanity.

His love is unconditional and came down from the heavens

the grace stooping towards us

the stronger coming to the help of the weaker who stands in need of help either by reason of their circumstances or natural weakness.

Being lost and fallen from grace definitely qualifies us!

Our love that goes up is our worship;

love that extends outward is affection but the love that bends and stoops down..that is GRACE.

Shalom ‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’.

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety in your heart that you are in the place of grace, as the days draw ever closer to the end of the age of that GRACE..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

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

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

He longs to give you the Shalom He paid the ultimate price for..

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. Amen.

Back To The Future Past??

Days of our future,

our past and

our present – 

is this another case of the end from the beginning?

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-end-from-the-beginning-signs-of-the-times/

Grace – Chen

– extends from the Genesis/Beresit/beresheet/ בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית  

to

Revelation/Galah/גֶּלֶה

Apocalypse (Greek).

Ephesians 2:7… in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his Grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Greek: ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις, in the ages to come:

Properly, the ages which are coming on – the ages both of time and of eternity, looked upon in one great continuity.

Here, again, the manifestation of the riches of God’s Grace is looked upon as His special delight, and as His chosen way of manifesting His own self to His creatures. It also carries the meaning that in the ages to come this is the end of God’s permitting sin, in which men are morally dead; and of his suffering them to go on in sin, in a state of unregeneracy; and of his quickening them with Christ, and raising them up, and causing them to sit together with him:

Are we going back – yet at the same time, returning to somewhere in our future? Is there a connection between the place of our genesis and

‘Ha Makem’- ‘The Place’- המקום

the place of our future destination of

Galah,

apocalypse (revealing)?

https://www.minimannamoments.com/the-revealing/

Remembering the cyclical nature of Hebraic thought and how God’s plan and annual events are cyclical, not linear, in this post we will be taking the ‘scenic route’,

with a paleo pictograph/pictogram tour of 2 gardens!

Is Eden equal to Rest –

equal to a place of Grace –

equal to a place of Shalom?

 

So get some coffee, (or equivalent) and get comfortable!…

 If this is your first time on mmm this post will not make as much sense as it will to those who have been following for some time…Ruach HaKodesh is leading us on a journey step by step – line upon line and is adding to the clarity of His precepts by opening up His Word as deep calls unto deep. Reading previous posts will help each reader to both follow and to absorb the information more easily.
The content of these posts are not refuting or replacing anything we already know, rather enhancing our understanding of what has always been there; things we did not see before because they were hidden until Father chose to reveal them to us. These are the days of the Revealing. They are not designed for fascination but for education to enhance and improve the quality of our personal relationship with Jesus our Messiah/Yeshua HaMashiach.
No one knows it all or always gets it right – so every reader is encouraged to research and check out the things covered to get answers for themselves.

It is obvious from reading the scriptures that we were not created to live in the daily conflicts of strife and struggles of this world and its systems. Our Heavenly Father created us to live in His presence, to be, to exist, to abide, to grow, to rest, in a garden called Eden.

Gan Eden עֵדֶן

is:

The proper name, of a territory.

The garden home of Adam and Eve.

עֵדֶן  –  ay’-den

Ayin – Dalet – Noon/Nun

Paleo-pictograph-pictogram:

eye

door

seed/life

Paleo meaning:

To see the judge of life.

Ayin – eye – עֵ – sees

Noon – seed/life – ן

Dalet – door /judge

den/dan – ןדֶ  

The Hebrew word for Judge is dan ןדֶ or seed and door.

The word picture tells us that:

a judge is the door to life.

(The judge offers justice and redemption).

Genesis 30:6..

then Rachel said God has vindicated, (judged) me and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.

Therefore she named him

Danjudge/or eternal life

Dalet – door – eternal, 

 Noon – life. 

Eden: (strongs #5729) literally means: delight, enjoyment, garden of eden, paradise. Semitic root: dn ‘lush’

To see (acknowledge) the judge.

The Garden of Eden was a place of delight and enjoyment….. as long as they recognized and followed God as their judge.

(There are always conditions with the promises and blessings of God.)

(Door eye) Eternal perpetual (seed) life

The Garden of Eden was meant to be a place of continual life.

Chaim

Adam and Eve had to leave so they would not eat of the tree of life and live forever in a fallen state,

that is fallen from a state/place of grace.

Recap. of what grace is in pictographs:

Some claim that the name “Eden” derives from the Akkadian term edinu, which means ‘plain’; and if viewed on a map is clearly a possibility.

Strong’s Hebrew: 5731. עֵ֫דֶן (Eden) — the garden home of Adam and Eve.

עֵ֫דֶן

It was also the Garden of God according to

Ezek 28:13; You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, was in you.

There are also deeper Hebrew meanings of the ‘Garden of Eden’.

The Hebrew word for ‘delicate’ is ‘Me’udan’ {מעודן} – which comes from the same root and the initial Latin meaning of ‘delicate’ (‘delicatus’ in Latin) is ‘something that gives pleasure’ (compare with ‘delicious’ – food that is so tasty it gives one pleasure).

Eden N E H (pleasure).

The first residence of man, called in the Septuagint Paradise, which is a word of Persian origin, and describes an extensive tract of pleasure land, similar to an English park; and the use of it suggests a wider view of man’s first abode than it being just a small garden!

The Garden was planted by God and then He put the already formed man into the garden.

The Lord God created the Garden specifically for Adam, the first man, whom God had formed.

In Genesis 2:8-9, we read: The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.

The Letters – Otiot

Ayin, Dalet and Noon

Ayin – eye to see to know to experience to understand

Dalet – door that opens up to a pathway

Nun – seed fish life and activity

Eden is a place where you…

open the door and enter the pathway that leads to life!!!!

When man chose sin, (the pathway to confusion chaos and death – RA);

the doorway in Eden that led to glorified eternal life was removed from the earth.

(THE TREE OF LIFE – JESUS/YESHUA).

They had been tested (just as we all are) and found unworthy to enter into eternal life because of sin.

Did the promise of a glorified body leave his mind when he looked at the tree of knowledge of good and evil? What was he thinking?

God has given us another opportunity with another tree… but this was not pleasant to the eye..

(Isaiah 53:2 and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.)

nor desirable for food yet …. and He told us to eat of Him… this tree was dead and cut into a cross, instead of sweet fruit, there was only the stench of sin and death..

Eve looked up to leaves and desirable fruit.

Yeshua/Jesus looks down, from a lifeless dead tree, onto lost sinners and desires them.

He took upon Himself Adam’s sin and the sins of all the offspring until this day and going forward. 1 Cor. 1:18.

In a WAY, He is Eden/Eden’s door/Dalet, the door to eternal life/Nun(or Noon).

In Eden, the tree of life grew in the midst of the garden, however in the new Eden/new Jerusalem, (which comes down from heaven), the tree of life grows on either side of the river. 

According to Revelation, it seems to have multiplied and expanded, implying that everyone will have access to it; all will be welcome to eat their fill.

The Garden of Eden 

(Hebrew: גַּן־עֵדֶן – gan-ʿḖḏen),

also called Paradise, is the biblical garden of God described in Genesis and Ezekiel. Gen.13:10 refers to the garden of God, and the trees of the garden are mentioned in Ezekiel 31.

We are to understand the Grace of God in truth. Col. 1:16

We are joint heirs of the Grace. 1Peter 3:7; 4:10,16.

For the law was given through Moses, but Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved. Eph. 2:4-5

and the end from the beginning.

Rev. 22:21

The first garden was an enclosed place surrounded and protected but from what?

From everything outside (chet)

it’s perimeter fence.

We know because outside was not so favorable to humans. Adam found that out when expelled from its location.

Outside was not preferable or even equal; it was hostile and God’s presence and provision was not there in abundance where he had never had to ask for anything.

Now he has needs, need of everything…

Eden was a place, of complete Shalom.

(Shin alef lamed mem)

Like a womb:

beten – bet, tet, noon (or nun).

The house that surrounds life!

This is the common word for belly but scripture also uses it for the womb.

(waters of life within it)

Womb – rechem/racham

(looked at in previous post as connected to mercy/compassion);

is:

reysh tet mem

and in the pictographs is reysh= head person; tet = fence, inner chamber; mem = water.

Waters of life (Mem) or chaos are also in the word for peace-shalom. 

In the paleo it is

Sheen: teeth, destroy

Lamed: staff, authority

Vav: hook, nail, establish

Mem: water, chaos

This indicates that Shalom peace, only comes…

when the authority connected with chaos and confusion is destroyed!

Every time we say Shalom/peace, we are uttering a prophetic declaration that..

someone will come and destroy the one who is causing all the chaos and confusion…

and in reality that is the Sar Shalom the Prince of Peace.

He knew what He had come to do so when Yeshua/Jesus said:

Peace/Shalom I leave with you I you My

Peace/Shalom

I give to you not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” John 14:27.

He was, (and still is) the authority who came to destroy the one connected with chaos and confusion!

The definition of Shalom cannot be translated into English by one word, but its’ essence is contained in the following phrases:

It means to set, to establish you in shalom. The law of our covenant with Him does not give it and leave it at that, but he sees to it that you are firmly established in shalom.

Shalom, the word normally translated peace, means wholeness, completeness, nothing missing, nothing left out, health, welfare, security, justice, and tranquility, also freedom from all disaster. Having a settled quietness and composure of mind, the fullness of the word for peace which is ‘Shalom’ which could also read ‘full, total and complete wholeness for the human spirit, soul, and body.’

A Hebrew scholar gave the best English translation of shalom: no good thing is withheld.

Shalom comes from shalem meaning to be complete, so when there is shalom there is tranquility just as there is sufficient food clothing and housing. There is divine health, with no sickness.

Shalom means an absence of: disorder, injustice, bribery, corruption, conflict, flat, hatred, abuse, violence, pain, suffering, immorality and all the other negative forces. 

When shalom reigns with our Sar Shalom, in complete control, there will be no immorality, no injustice and the principles in the scriptures will be followed by all; and then the command to love your neighbor will be made complete.

The outside of eden was a place without Shalom, which eventually brought death to Adam and Eve.

It was the opposite of Shalom – it is called Ra (resh-ayin)/Rasha (evil,wicked).

While Ra is commonly translated evil or wicked, evil, literally meaning out of harmony with God, the real meaning in English is not expressed in the dictionary.

The meaning of the Hebrew word Rasha:

reysh (resh)

sheen (shin) ayin

= wicked, guilty

Head = person

teeth = devouring

eye = sees

meaning:person of the devouring eye

(gives a new perspective on  why we are to refrain from coveting and evil eye!)

and

Ra:Reysh Ayin – bad, evil. 

Head = person

eye = sees

person of the eye:

a person who watches can be good or evil,

Ra is the total opposite of shalom, so it means that nothing makes sense or is right. Chaos or anarchy are often used in translation because they may best expressed the meaning of Ra. Anarchy or chaos reigned when the children of Israel strayed after false gods, when the seasons of the Lord and the appointed times were ignored.

When there is chaos in society the bullies take over, corruption and bribery are common, freedoms are restricted; immorality is the norm and there is no order and no justice in society.

The mild side of Ra could be described as the occasions in our lives when we feel that even though we can’t put our finger on it, there is just a feeling of things not being right.

The far end of Ra is when everything is wrong, as with an absolutely hopeless situation. In that case only a personal relationship with the living God can give us shalom/peace in our spirits.

It was a place where food and water were abundant, the environment was perfect, not too hot or too cold; you could say it was climate controlled. No striving was necessary. There were no enemies or threats or danger.

Eden – and – a place of rest..

also

a place of Grace/Chen

Shalom

 we enter in by

Grace

Chet Nun/Noon

Could a definition of Grace be EDEN? The original state of Grace from which we all are fallen?

The term falling from Grace is often used to describe what happened to Adam and Eve but it also includes everyone of us.

Eden/Grace was the calibre of the existence of true life as it was originally designed/ created to be.

Therefore the position is only re-attainable by Grace….which we know to be truth. Eph 2:8

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

Amazing Grace – more amazing than we knew.

A literal state/place of being.

The Chen of God.

EDEN the place of grace/favor.

strongs # 2580

חֵן (chen) — favor, grace

We saw in a previous post that we enter in by or through Grace.

Do we literally enter into a spiritual environment of grace that surrounds us like a womb?

Jesus/Yeshua, tells us we enter in through the narrow gate/door.

This is entering into spiritual Eden.

We are in a way, going back

to also

get to the future,

back to Eden;

however it is the Eden of the future, yet the original Eden was not destroyed so maybe it still exists ….. We sometimes call it heaven? Eden was heaven on earth just has Jesus/Yeshua stated in the disciples prayer – on earth as it is in heaven, as above, so below…….

So the place,

‘Ha Makem’-המקום

where we fell from the state of grace, was an enclosure, a GAN, a garden, with protective walls made for a specific purpose.

Could it be said that the state of Grace therefore is Edenic in nature?

Because the state of Grace lacks nothing – therefore it would appear to be equal to shalom, (as we understand it by its definition). With nothing missing nothing broken,etc.

This is the place/state of being, of peace that passes understanding of the mind, that the world cannot know or experience or dwell in or have within; because as seen, everything outside of Eden is RA; which is resh ayin and is the complete opposite of shalom.

God planted a garden Genesis 2:8

GAN = enclosure..

Referring to the walls or fences that surround a grove of trees in ancient lands built to keep unwanted animals out.

The definitions of the letters in CHEN in Paleo Hebrew pictographs for an enclosure, a place of safety protection, includes the Paleo Hebrew picture of a fence and a seed.

Chet noon/nun

So have we by grace/chen entered spiritually into grace, the future eden? In Messiah we have returned to the pre-fall state, (back to Eden), so we might also call it the new Jerusalem or heaven.

Genesis 3:23. They were sent out of the garden because sin could not stay where the presence of God was manifested. So they had to leave. Eden was the garden of God then and it will be also in the future.

Grace had a meaning in that there was a boundary that encompassed it; this was true not only of Eden, but also the Israelites camp in the wilderness.

No sin could be within the camp where Gods’ presence was and which is why Messiah was was crucified outside the city walls/camp.

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

The Garden of gethsemane was also outside the city camp/walls. (for more on Gethsemane link below.)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sonset-sunrise-sunset-sonrise-apocalypse-of-the-tamid/

And the outside of the camp designation, did this mean there was no grace there?

There is so much more to this concept e.g. when we say glibly… But we are no longer under the law we are under Grace.

And also consider the statement made by Paul that God told him that His grace was sufficient for him….

To learn the definition of God’s grace, it is wise to understand the Greek and Hebrew words behind this term. A prominent Old Testament word describing God’s grace is chesed.

This word speaks of deliverance from enemies, affliction, or adversity. It also denotes enablement, daily guidance, forgiveness, and preservation; and in the Hebrew mindset it meant being able to be part of the community enclosure.

 As we have seen the Hebrew word for grace is chen, חן

which derives from a shoresh(root), meaning favor, mercy, kindness, graciousness. In Exodus 34:6-7, one of the great attributes revealed about the LORD is that He is gracious (chanun), and in Psalm 86:15, David is no doubt reminded of this fact.

El Channuwm אֵֽל־ חַנּ֣וּן

 GRACIOUS GOD

2 Chronicles 30:9 Jonah 4:2

Strong’s Hebrew: 2587. חַנּוּן (channun)  gracious

Grace (χαρις) – We have to be on our guard against the supposition that grace is an abstract quality; it is an active personal principle, showing itself in our dealings with those by whom we are surrounded. … In the great proportion of passages in which the word grace is found in the New Testament, it signifies the unmerited operation of God in the heart of man, which is done through the agency of the Holy Spirit.

Greek for Grace (χαρις)  CHARIS literally means ‘favour’, to bend or stoop in kindness to another as a superior to an inferior. It has the idea of graciousness in manner or action.

It almost always means the power of salvation which finds expression in specific gifts and acts. 

Recall The Hebrew word translated as grace is חן (hhen, Strong’s #2580) and is a two-letter parent root. חן (hhen) comes the verbal root חנה spelled exactly the same except with the addition of the letter ה (h) at the end. The following verse provides a good e.g. of the meaning of this verb.

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (KJV, Genesis 26:17)

Recall this verb means “to pitch a tent” or “to camp.” The noun derived from this verb is מחנה (mahhaneh, Strong’s # 4264).

When we think of a camp we think of tents scattered about in a general area, but the camps of the Ancient Hebrews were a little different as the picture below shows.

The tents were set up in a sort of circle

(a womb-like shape)

and these tents serve as a wall/fence, separating and protecting the inside of the camp from the outside.

At this point it may help to look at the pictographic Hebrew script again which was used to originally write the word חן (hhen).

The first letter is the letter hhet/chet, which was written as

and is a picture of a wall,

having the meaning of separation

as the wall separates the inside from the outside.

The second letter is the letter nun, which was written as

and is a picture of a sprouting seed having the meaning of continue as the seed continues a lineage to the next generation; (as does the seed when planted in the womb).

When these two letters are combined they mean

the wall that continues.

The tents in the picture above are a wall that continues around the camp.

A second verbal root derived from the parent root חן (hhen) is חנן (Hh.N.N, Strong’s #2603), spelled exactly the same except with the addition of the letter ן (n) at the end and Channah H2580

This verb is often translated as to be gracious or have mercy, however these are abstract terms and do not help us understand the meaning of this verb from an Hebraic perspective, which always relates words to something concrete.

One of the best tools to use to find the more concrete meaning of a word is to look at how that word is paralleled with other words in poetical passages. In the following verses the translation of the verb חנן (Hh.N.N) are underlined and the word that it is paralleled with will be in black.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. (KJV, Psalm 6:2)

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. (KJV, Psalm 30:10)

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. (KJV, Psalm 41:10)

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. (KJV, Psalm 57:1)

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. (KJV, Psalm 86:16)

Through this process we find that this Hebrew verb is paralleled with such ideas as healing, help, being lifted up, finding refuge, strength and salvation (literally rescue).

From a concrete Hebraic perspective, חנן (Hh.N.N) means all of this, which we can sum up with providing protection. Where does one run to for protection? The camp, and now we see how חנה (Hh.N.H), the camp, and חנן (Hh.N.N), protection, are related. We also need to see how these words are related to the parent root חן (hhen).

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it… (KJV, Proverbs 17:8)

In this verse, the Hebrew word ‫חן (hhen) is translated as precious, something of beauty and value.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. (KJV, Proverbs 11:16)

In this verse the grace, or beauty, of the woman is contrasted with the strength of a man.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. (KJV, Proverbs 31:30

Again, this Hebrew word is being paralleled with beauty and this beauty is something that is precious and graceful, which is exactly how the Hebrews would have seen the camp of protection, a graceful and precious place.

Now we will return to our original definition of the English word grace.

Conclusion

part 2…

coming in another garden…

Shalom and Chen..

Grace and Peace to all

Mishpachah – Family

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KH

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety in your heart that you have the Grace of Messiah in your life and heart as the days draw ever closer to the end of the age..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

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

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

He longs to give you the Shalom He paid the ultimate price for..

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. Amen.