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Should Christians Study Torah?

It is quite a common belief among some Christian groups to think that the Old Testament is completely irrelevant today, since they believe that the doctrines of the various church denominations are made clear in the New Testament writings.

However it is important to understand that this is a serious mis-conception as the following facts will show.

We have heard it quoted that, the mysteries of the Old Testament or Old Covenant are revealed in the new, but if we have never read them, we are missing out on the very foundation of what we say we believe. A “mystery” in the New Testament is something that had at one time been hidden but is now revealed to God’s people. One example: Col.1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 

For many the fact that Jesus was Jewish from a Jewish family is not one they are immediately aware of. The word Jewish here, means that He was a descendant of the tribe of Judah one of the 12 tribes of Israel/formally Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.

Jesus lived approx. 2024 years ago in the middle eastern land that we now call Israel; formally called Palestine, the Holy Land, the Promised Land and Canaan. Jesus name in Hebrew is Yeshua, there are several spellings of this Hebrew name. He would have spoken a local Galilean dialect of Aramaic Hebrew. His lifestyle was as far removed from todays western world as one can get.

Yeshua/Jesus and all His disciples were Torah observant Jews. The scriptures that they studied, loved and quoted were, the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings. i.e. the Jewish TaNaKh.

As well as Torah, Jews also call their Hebrew Scriptures the TANAK/TANAKH, an acronym for: –

TORAH (Law or Instruction); –

NEVI’IM (The Prophets); and. –

KETHUVIM (The Writings)

TANAK – The Three-Part Hebrew Bible

Yeshua/ Jesus quoted from the book of Deuteronomy from the Torah more than any other book in The Scriptures. The Torah comprises the first 5 books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

 

As a child Yeshua/Jesus would have studied the Torah and memorized it with other Jewish children. He would also have been familiar with the teaching of the earlier Jewish sages and rabbis of Israel.

When He was asked what the greatest commandment of the Lord was, Yeshua/Jesus quoted the ve’ahavta portion of the Shema. Which is found in Deut. 6:5.

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad

Hear O Israel the Lord is God the Lord is One.

And then He added the commandment from Leviticus 19:18.

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Both of these commandments come directly from the Torah!

These were not something He made up or changed from the original which was given by His Heavenly Father YHVH, to the children of Israel through Moses when the covenant was made at Sinai.

Indeed Yeshua/Jesus said that He did not come to abolish the Torah, or the prophets, but to fulfill/complete them. Showing us how to interpret and live them correctly. This was because over the generations since Moses, the Pharisees and religious Leaders had added laws and commandments of their own for various reasons that were not part of the original directives given by the Lord.

Matthew 5:17 – 19.

in Matthew 19:17 He later told a man who wanted to be a disciple of His

If you would enter life, keep the commandments.

When He was asked which ones, Yeshua/ Jesus replied by referring to the 10 commandments and appealed to the man to follow Him. Matthew 19:18 – 21

Yeshua/Jesus said that the Jewish scriptures testified of Him.

John 5:39

In Matthew 5:18 Yeshua/Jesus says that not one jot or tittle will pass away from the law until all is accomplished.

He does not abolish the law, but fulfills it through His obedience and blood.

As His followers and disciples, we should understand what this means, and how they indeed bear witness of Him as the King of the Jews. Matthew 2:2;27:11.

In addition by studying Torah as well as the Writings and Prophets, we can more fully appreciate the Glory and Grace as revealed in the person of our redeeming Savior. One example is that we can more fully understand the role of the sacrificial system and why it was necessary until Messiah came. It is also important for us to understand that His commandments are to show us how sinful man is to approach a Holy God. Furthermore, how Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all of Gods Holy requirements on our behalf, not only as the perfect sacrificial lamb whose blood has paid the price for our sin; but also as the High Priest/Kohen haGadol of the re-new-ed covenant.

When two disciples were on the way to the town of Emmaus discussing the events and the meaning of the crucifixion three days before, Messiah Himself appeared beside them and taught them about Himself from the Jewish scriptures. Luke 24:13 – 36.

The new testament, the gospels and all the letters, were not written yet, all they had was the Torah the Prophets and the Writings.

Again as His followers, we should likewise be able to teach and show how Yeshua/Jesus is revealed in the Hebrew scriptures.

The church/the ecclesia, had its genesis on the Jewish Holy day/Appointed Time/Moedim of Pentecost/Shavuot among the thousands of Jewish people who were in Jerusalem in obedience to the Shalosh Regalim.

In Hebrew: שלוש רגלים,

romanized : šāloš rəgālīm, or

חַגִּים, ḥaggīm

Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot;

referred to as the Shalosh Regalim.

The Torah (Exodus 34:23) tells us that on these Appointed days, all able-bodied people should appear in Jerusalem for a national celebration of service to God.

All the proceedings during the Appointed Time of the Lord, the Moed, which was recorded in Acts 2:1–41, was entirely Jewish; quoting from the Prophets and from the Psalms of David which would have meant little to any gentiles within hearing distance, if indeed there were any.

 

It is likely that the 3000 people who were saved that day would have all been Jewish, descended from the 12 tribes of Israel. The earliest members of the new church/ecclesia, called apart ones, met regularly in the temple, where gentiles were excluded, with no exception. Acts 2:46. We read that the apostles Peter and John were recorded to have gone to the temple for prayer during the time of the minchah/ afternoon sacrifices Acts 3:1. They did not suddenly stop doing what they had always done before Messiah had come; and their ministry continued explicitly among the Jewish people,  among whom were thousands who believed and were zealous for the Torah. Acts 21:20

Even after they were imprisoned and by a miracle of the Lord escaped, an angel told him to go, stand, and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Acts 5:20.

Later when the Jerusalem Council wrote their letter to the Gentiles regarding their relationship to the Torah, they advised them to at first abstain from those things that make them abhorrent to the Jews. This directive was with the assumption that they would later go on to study the Torah of Moses and the other Jewish scriptures. Acts 15:19 – 21

The apostle Paul was raised a Torah observant Jew who studied under the famous Rabbi Gamaliel in Jerusalem. Acts 22:3 Rabbi Shaul, as he would have been called, was well established in the Jewish leadership of his day, and even had a relationship with the Sanhedrin and the High Priest of Israel. Acts 9:1 -2. But even after his conversion on the road to Damascus, Acts 9:1–21. He still identified himself as a Jew. It Acts 23:6 he confessed I am, not was, a Pharisee. He even declared that concerning the observance of the Torah he was blameless, which indicates that he observed a Jewish lifestyle to his dying day. Philippians 3:6; Acts 25:7–8; 28:17.

Paul even took the Nazarite vow. Acts 18:18. He lived in observance of the Torah.

Acts 21:23-24. And he actually offered sacrifices in the Jewish temple. Acts 21:26. It is clear that Paul not only paid for his own sacrifices in order to be released from his Nazarite vow, but that he also paid for the sacrifices for four other Jewish believers. Notice also that this was performed at the specific request of James, the Head of the Jerusalem church and half-brother of Yeshua/Jesus

Paul regularly attended synagogue. Acts 17:1-2. When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

And when Paul later wrote to the gentile churches, in

2 Timothy 3:16, 17

ALL SCRIPTURE is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[ a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.….

He was of course referring to the Jewish scriptures the Torah Prophets and Writings. Since as already noted, the gospels and letters had not yet been written for the new believers/ecclesia.

Indeed, in order to understand Pauls writings, we need to remember his training as a Rabbi when he quotes the scriptures in his writings. For example, when he wrote 1Corinthians 10:4, all drank from the same spiritual drink for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them and the rock was Christ.

He was quoting from story later written in the Talmud. Exodus 20:1 (i.e. that from the time that Moses struck the rock at Horeb and brought forth water until the death of Miriam, this water giving rock followed the children of Israel through the desert and provided water for them each day. )

Many Christian denominations profess to believe in the authority of both the old and new testament scriptures, while at the same time relegating the study of the Torah, Prophets and Writings to the dustheap of history. If the Hebrew Jewish scriptures are taken seriously at all, these denominational traditions try to explain away their clear reading; for example: they take the covenantal promises made to ethnic Israel and say that the intent of the text as being applicable solely to the ‘christian church’.

This is both shortsighted and inconsistent; since it is impossible to understand the new testament writings, including the very church/ecclesia itself, while ignoring the cultural and spiritual context of which it is a part. We must remember that the Greek text of the New Testament derived its authority and truth from the Jewish Hebrew scriptures, and not the other way around. Too many Christian theologians work at this backwards, reading from the new testament gospels and letters, and particularly certain ideas ascribed to the apostle Paul; as the interpretative filter and guide for the study and interpretation of the Hebrew text. Theologians of the western traditions must consciously remember the statement: a text without a context is a pretext.

Such heresies as that of replacement theology, which believes that ‘the church’ i.e., westernized Christianity, has completely replaced the children of Israel and they believe God is finished with them. These beliefs need to be seriously repented of.

Yes, it is for these and many other reasons, it is important, even vital for believers in and disciples of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus to study the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings as part of the whole counsel of God.

2Tim 2:15.

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

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

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

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

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

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

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

Prophetic Fulfillment – What Are The Odds??

Biblical Prophecy can be thought of as His Story, Gods own future unfolding through the ages and generations or as pre‐written history.

The TaNaKH/Old Testament written hundreds of years and some, more than a 1,000 years, before Yeshua/Jesus’ birth contains some

351 prophecies

that refer to the coming of the Mashiach, Yeshua/Messiah, Jesus, the Only Son of the one true living God; who fulfilled them through His life, death and resurrection.

Circumstances such as his birthplace, lineage, and method of execution were beyond Christ’s control and could not have been accidentally or deliberately fulfilled.

So what are the odds?

Mathematically speaking, they are staggering!

The actual odds of anyone fulfilling a small amount of prophecy is impossible!

1 person fulfilling 8 prophecies: The chance of this happening, they say, is 1 in 1017 power. Which is 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000

1 person fulfilling 40 prophecies: 1 chance in 10 to the 157th power

1 person fulfilling 351 prophecies: completely impossible for anyone …except

Messiah Yeshua/Jesus!

We should recall that in Matthew 5, Yeshua/Jesus clearly told us:

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.

He fulfilled all prophecy concerning His Father’s plan of redemption spoken by the Old Testament prophets/ Nevi’im and in so doing, He fulfilled the requirements of the covenant directions for us. This is something none of us can do for ourselves.

At the time of Yeshua/Jesus there was only the Hebrew scriptures in the form of scrolls which were called collectively the TaNaKH

Which we know as

The הישנה ברית

Old Testament

Ta•nach. 

Hebrew: תַּנַ”ךְ‎,

pronounced: taˈnaχ or təˈnax;

also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach

In Hebrew Tanakh it is not a name it is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text’s three traditional subdivisions of the Old Testament:

Torah (the Law) ‘Teaching’, also known as the Five Books of Moses

Ne•vi•eem (Prophets); and

Ke•tu•vim (Writings).

—hence TaNaKh

The three-part division reflected in the acronym Tanakh is well attested in the literature of the Rabbinic period. During that period, however, Tanakh was not used.

Instead, the proper title was Mikra 

or

Miqra, מקרא,

meaning: reading

or

that which is read

because the biblical texts were read publicly. 

Mikra 

continues to be used in Hebrew to this day, alongside 

Tanakh,

to refer to the Hebrew scriptures.

In modern spoken Hebrew, they are interchangeable.

The Torah, תּוֹרָה,

literally

teaching,

also known as the Pentateuch 

or as previously mentioned, the Five Books of Moses.

Printed versions (rather than scrolls) of the Torah are often called 

Chamisha Chumshei Torah

חמישה חומשי תורה‎

Five fifth-sections of the Torah

and informally a

Chumash.

The Torah includes:

the five books of Moses /Pentateuch,

following Be•re•sheet /Genesis; 

Shemot /Exodus; and Vaikra /Leviticus.

Be•mid•bar / Numbers is its 4th book,

with Deuteronomy/ Devarim the 5th.

Each of the Torah books is named after either the very first word in that book (as in Genesis where the very first word ‘be•re•sheet’ is the name of the book), or the second (as in Exodus where it is the second word in the verse), with one exception occurring in the book Be•mid•bar (Numbers), which gets its name from the fifth word of the fifth verse of the book.

The Book of Numbers, Be•mid•bar, means in the wilderness.

Only the Creator and King of the universe/Melech haOlam could know beforehand and accomplish all that was written about the Messiah/Mashiach, the Redeemer of humanity. This historical accuracy and reliability sets the TaNaKH/ Bible apart from any other book or record by its reliable historical accuracy. The details of these prophecies mark the Word of God as being inspired by His Ruach HaKodesh/Spirit of Holiness.

If we question whether Messiah Yeshua/Jesus can be found in the TaNaKH/Old Testament the Word itself answers that in

Matthew 5:17‐20

“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 truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commandments (10 sayings); will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Again in John 5:39‐40, He says:

You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

 

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:25–27

“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!” John 5:39

 

And He clearly told the 2 on the Emmaus road in Luke 24:25

He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Here is a list of the prophesies:

The Book of Genesis/B’resheet/ בראשית Beginning:

The prophecy of Yeshua/Jesus goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3:15. God fulfilled his promise from Genesis 3:15 by sending his son into the world as a baby. He was fully God and fully human. The offspring of the woman would eventually crush that old serpent, Satan.

In Genesis 3, God forewarned the Serpent that he would bruise the heel of the woman’s Seed (descendant), but that descendant would bruise the Serpent’s head, implying a death blow. When the Spirit of God conceived the Lord Jesus in Mary’s womb over 4,000 years later, He fulfilled the part of the prophecy that mentioned the Seed of the woman. The serpent bruised the Lord Jesus’ heel when He suffered crucifixion for our sins. 

Revelation 20:10 glimpses the future time when the Lord Jesus will bruise the serpent’s head and destroy him.

God embedded a prophecy into His post-Flood promise to Noah, saying, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” We are reminded of God’s faithfulness and the Bible’s truth when we see the seasons change every year.

The apostle Paul explains how a prophecy God spoke to Abraham continues to be fulfilled, saying, “And the Scripture Genesis 12:3, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ‘In you all the nations shall be blessed.’ So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.” Other passages reinforce the “all the nations” aspect of this Genesis prophecy, and even now the gospel is going out into all the world, blessing people and changing lives.

Finally, God confirmed the Genesis 3 promised seed for each generation of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then Jacob/Israel prophesied,

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah…until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people,”

indicating that one of Judah’s descendants would become the long-awaited King of all. Christ, the King, was a descendant of Judah, just as Genesis prophesied.

Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 20 prophecies in Genesis.

The most significant being Genesis 28:8

For the real sacrifice

God had His own Son in mind

not Abrahams!

In the second book of the Torah

in the Hebrew Bible:

שמות‎, Šemot, Names

Book of Exodus

from Greek ἔξοδος, Exodos, meaning: going out; 

we are told how the Israelites leave slavery in Egypt through the strength of Yehoveh/YaHWeH. The Book of Exodus narrates how Moses led the Israelites in building the Tabernacle Exodus 35–40 based on God’s instructions Exodus 25–31. Even though it was written long before Yeshua/Jesus.

Exodus contains 9 prophecies (21‐29) about Yeshua/Jesus.

He fulfilled all 9 in Exodus.

The Book of Leviticus

is the 3rd book of the Torah and of the

TaNaKH/Old Testament.

from Greek Λευιτικός, Leuitikos,

meaning: relating to the Levites;

Hebrew: ויקרא‎,

Wayiqra, or VaYikra

And He called

Most of its chapters 1–7, 11–27 consist of God’s speeches to Moses, in which he is commanded to repeat to the Israelites. This takes place within the story of the Israelites’ Exodus after they escaped Egypt and reached Mt. Sinai Exodus 19:1. Then in Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests how to make offerings in the Tabernacle and how to conduct themselves while camped around the holy tent sanctuary.

Leviticus contains 7 prophecies (30‐36) about Yeshua/Jesus, He fulfilled all seven.

The Book of Numbers

בְּמִדְבַּר

Be•mid•bar,

means

in the wilderness.

is the 4th book of the Hebrew Bible,

and the 4th of 5 books of the Jewish Torah.

The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites. Numbers begins at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have received their laws and covenant from God and God has taken up residence among them in the sanctuary. The task before them is to go in and take possession of the Promised Land. The people are counted and preparations are made for resuming their march. The Israelites begin the journey, but they murmur at the hardships along the way, and about the authority of Moses and Aaron. For these acts, God destroys approximately 15,000 of them through various means. They arrive at the borders of Canaan and send spies into the land. Upon hearing the spies’ fearful report concerning the conditions in Canaan, the Israelites refuse to take possession of it. God condemns them to death in the wilderness until a new generation can grow up and carry out the task. The book ends with the new generation of Israelites in the Plain of Moab ready for the crossing of the Jordan River.

Numbers also contains 3 prophecies (37‐39) about Yeshua/Jesus, all three prophecies in Numbers were fulfilled by Him.

De•va•rim,’ ‘Deuteronomy,’ 

Hebrew:

דְּבָרִים‎, Devarim,  [spoken] words

from Greek

Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronomion, second law;

The Book of Deuteronomy is the 5th book of the TaNaKH/Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah. Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land.

The 1st sermon recounts the forty years of wilderness wanderings which had led to that moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law, later referred to as the Law of Moses;

the 2nd reminds the Israelites of the need to follow Yahweh/Yahoveh/YHWH, and the laws He has given them, on which their possession of the land depends;

and the 3rd offers the comfort that even should Israel prove unfaithful and so lose the land, with repentance all can be restored. The final 4 chapters (31–34) contain the Song of Moses, the Blessing of Moses, and narratives recounting the passing of the mantle of leadership from Moses to Joshua and, finally, Moses death on Mount Nebo.

One of its most significant verses is

Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema Yisrael,

which has become the definitive statement of Israelite/Jewish/Hebrew identity: 

Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Verses 6:4–5 were also quoted by Yeshua/Jesus in

Mark 12:28–34 as part of the Great Commandment.

Deuteronomy contains 5 prophecies

(40‐44)

about Yeshua/Jesus; He fulfilled all five.

 

The Book of

Joshua Yehoshua יהושע

gives the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile. It tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes, framed by two set‐piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of the land, and, at the end, the last by Joshua warning of the need for faithful observance of the Law (torah) revealed to Moses.

Joshua contains 1 prophecy

(45)

about Jesus. He fulfilled the prophecy.

 

ספר רות ב

The Book of Ruth

רות Rut – friendship:

is named after its central figure,

Ruth the Moabitess,

the great-grandmother of David.

The book tells of Ruth’s accepting the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own.

In chapter 1:16–17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother‐in‐law,

“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

Ruth contains 1 prophecy

(46)

about Yeshua/Jesus. He fulfilled the prophecy in Ruth.

The Books of Samuel/

Shemuel

שְׁמוּאֵל   name of God:

1 Samuel and 2 Samuel,

make up part of the history of Jacob/Israel in the

prophets Ne•vi•eem’

portion of the

TaNaKH/Hebrew Bible/Old Testament,

which includes

Joshua,

Judges,

Samuel

and Kings

comprising a history of

the children of Israel/Jacob; i.e. the Israelites.

Samuel begins with the prophet Samuel’s birth and God’s call to him as a boy. The story of the Ark of the Covenant tells of Israel the Philistine oppression, which brought about Israels first king, Saul, being anointed by him. However, Saul proved unworthy and God turned to and chose David, who defeated Israel’s enemies and brought the Ark of His Covenant to Jerusalem/Yerushalayim. God then promised David and his successors an everlasting house/dynasty.

1&2 Samuel contain 6 prophecies

(47‐52)

about Yeshua/Jesus.

He fulfilled all 6 prophecies in Samuel 1 and 2.

Some biblical commentators believe the books of Joshua and Judges and 1&2 Samuel, were written to provide an explanation for the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah by Babylon in 586 BC and lay a foundation for a return from exile.

The Book of Kings:

melek מֶלֶך.

monarch, sovereign. 

The Books of 1&2 Kings, are the 11th and 12th books and were originally a single book. They complete the early history of Israel presenting its’ history from the death of King David to the release of Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, which was a period of approx. 400 years between 960 and 560 BC.

Kings contains 1 prophecy

(53) about Jesus, He fulfilled the prophecy in Kings.

The Books of Chronicles:

Divrei HaYamim

הימים דברי

The Chronicles narrative begins with Adam and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely by genealogical lists, down to the founding of the first Kingdom of Israel 1 Chronicles 1–9. after a brief account of Saul the remainder of 1 Chronicles, is concentrated on the reign of David 1 Chronicles 11–29. The next section records the life of Solomon, David’s son. 2 Chronicles 1–9, and the final part is about the Kingdom of Judah with somel references to the 2nd kingdom of Israel 2 Chronicles 10–36. Judah is destroyed in the last chapter and the people taken into exile in Babylon, and in the final verses the Persian king Cyrus the Great conquers the Neo‐Babylonian Empire, and he authorizes the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the return of the exiles.

Chronicles contain 3 prophecies (54‐56) about Jesus/Yeshua. He fulfilled all 3 prophecies in Chronicles.

The Book of Job  

Iyov 

אִיּוֹב 

is recorded as being in an obscure land called Uz, far from Israel, during an unknown time period, this book focuses on questions about God’s justice and asks why good people suffer attacks from the adversary/ hasatan /Satan.

שָׂטָ֖ן śātan

Throughout the book, Job, his wife, and his friends speculate on and discuss why he, an upright man, suffers. Job accuses God of being unjust and not operating the world according to principles of justice, and his friends believe that Job’s sin caused his suffering. Job decides to talk directly to God. And when he does his eyes are opened and he understands.

Job contains 2 prophecies

(57‐58)

about Yeshua/Jesus He fulfilled both prophecies in Job.

The Book of Psalms

תהילים

tehilim:

contains an amazing number of

102 prophecies about Yeshua/Jesus

(59‐160).

The name Psalms

is derived from the Greek translation,

ψαλμοί, psalmoi,

meaning: instrumental music

and includes, the words accompanying the music.

Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all 102 prophecies in Psalms.

The Book of Proverbs is the

2nd book in the Ketuvim or Writings,

the 3rd section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).

The full Hebrew title is Mishlei Shlomo,

or

The Proverbs מִ֭שְׁלֵי of Solomon/ שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה

מִ֭שְׁלֵי

The Book of Proverbs Mishlei/מִ֭שְׁלֵי

is a collection of writings relating to a way of life which lasted for more than a 1000 years. It highlights traditional Biblical wisdom, raising questions of values, moral behavior, the meaning of human life, and right conduct. The repeated theme is that the beginning of wisdom is having the fear of God; which means submission to the will of God. Wisdom is praised for her role in creation; acquiring her before anything else, and through her He brought chaos into order. Because humanity has life and prosperity by conforming to Gods’ order of creation, therefore, seeking wisdom is both the goal and essence of the godly lifestyle.

Proverbs contains 2 prophecies

(161‐162)

about Yeshua/Jesus.

He fulfilled both prophecies in Proverbs.

Song of Songs,

שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה shir hashirim

song of songs שיר השירים 

or, as some know it, the 

Song of Solomon,

separates itself from the other books in the Bible. There is no reference to covenant or laws wisdom or the God of Israel. The opening words introduce a poetic work whose subject is romantic love; the plot is about the courtship and marriage of a maiden referred to as the Shulammite and takes place in ancient Israel, in the woman’s garden and the king’s palace.

In modern Judaism the Song is read on the Sabbath during the Passover/Pesach, which marks the beginning of the grain harvest as well as remembering the Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition reads it as an allegory of the relationship between God and Israel, Christianity regards it as an allegory of Messiah and His bride/challach the Ecclesia/called apart ones.

Song of Solomon contains 1 prophecy

(163)

about Yeshua/Jesus and He fulfilled the prophecy in

Song of Solomon.

שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה shir hashirim

Be encouraged to take some time thinking and reading the prophecies for yourselves..they are truly amazing… What a wonderful Father we love and serve…

Conclusion in Part 2

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His

and are truly born from above.

Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is

your Redeemer, Savior, Lord

and soon returning King

and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

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

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry.

I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

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

 

 

 

Is Messiah Found In The TaNaKH and Brit Chadashah?

We know scripture speaks of

the

AlefTav


the beginning and the end

the alpha and omega.

 

Is Messiah to be found in every book of the Bible?

In the TaNaKH and the Brit Chadashah?

For the benefit of new readers,

the Old Testament is also called

TaNaKH

Ta•nach.

In Hebrew it is not a name

but the initials of the three sections

of the Old Testament: TNK

Tanakh made up of:

Torah (Torah, the Instructions or Law); ‘ תורה

Ne•vi•eem’ (Prophets);

and Ke•tu•vim (Writings).

The Torah includes the five books of Moses (the Pentateuch)

and ‘She•mot’ is its second book,

following ‘Be•re•sheet’ (Genesis).

The Brit Chadashah is the re-new-ed covenant.

Torah

Prophets: Nevi’im

Writings: Kesuvim

The Former Prophets (נביאים ראשונים‎ Nevi’im Rishonim)

The Latter Prophets (נביאים אחרונים‎ Nevi’im Aharonim)

The Twelve Prophets (תרי עשר‎, Trei Asar, “The Twelve”),

The Twelve (minor prophets) Trei-Assar

The Eleven Books of the Writings (Kesuvim)

 

We may have heard of the following list before,

so here we will add the Hebrew for each Book

and see how Messiah is foreshadowed

or, is the type in each one.

Exodus 3:15

Say this to the Israelites:

The LORD, the God of your ancestors,

the God of Abraham,

the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob,

has sent me to you.

This is my name forever;

this is how I am to be remembered

in every generation.

YHVH

The letters are as they sound

Yud Hey Vav Hey

add the vowels a, e and o

Hebrew vowels (nikud).

YeHoVeH is Our Heavenly Fathers Name 

In the Tanakh,

YHVH

is the personal name of God

and His most frequent designation,

occurring over 6,800 times.

This is known as the

Ineffable Name

or

Unutterable Name of the God of Israel.

The Israelites understood the Name to be too Holy to speak so they used other words for His Name instead. After many generations the original pronunciation is believed to have been lost.

Because it is composed from the four Hebrew letters

Yod, Hey, Vav, and Hey,

it is also referred to as the

Tetragrammaton,

which simply means

the four letters.

Some use the name spelled

Yehovah

which is

derived from the three-letter

Hollow Root

HYH

which means

“to be”.

We know this from Ex 3:14

in which He explains His name as

“Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh”.

The word Ehyeh

is an “imperfect” verb from the same root

HYH meaning “to be”

There are various other ways scholars pronounce the NAME..Yahuah/Yahweh/Yehovah, etc.

Recall, some use the vowel a in place of e in different words.

Please Note: This is NOT meant to cause confusion or controversy. We simply need to read what His Word says in the original language in which it was written; and let His Spirit of Holiness/Ruach HaKodesh bear witness to His Truth; and as His Spirit does so, let each reader decide for themselves.

As we read through the books, let’s linger on each one in order to reflect upon these questions:

Who do we say He is? And do we truly believe that He is?

As Hebrews 11;6 tells us

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing `unto him’;

for he that cometh to God

must believe that he is,

and `that’ he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

 

It was a question He asked His disciples in

Matthew 16:16 , Mark 8 and

Luke 9:18–20  

“Who do you say I am?”

Is our answer the same as Peters?

You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

Who is He to us?

How do we see Him and how is He manifest in our lives?

Is He our Passover Lamb?

Is He our Kinsman Redeemer?

In previous posts we have read many of the following types and shadows, so its a great opportunity to turn inwards and ask ourselves

Who Is He To Us?

What place and position do we give Him in our Lives?

In

Genesis

בראשית

In the Beginning בְּרֵאשִׁית

Bereshit Be•re•sheet Bereishit

Yeshua/Jesus

ישוע

is

the

Seed of the Woman

ישו הוא הזרע של האישה

Seed -zera

זרע האישה

In

Exodus

שְׁמוׄת

Shemot – Names

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

 

is the

Passover Lamb

pesach

טלה פסח

the sacrificial Lamb of God/YHVH

who took away our sin.

 

In

Leviticus

Vayikra

ויקרא

and He called

Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, or Wayyiqra (וַיִּקְרָא ‎

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

High Priest

: כהן גדול ‎

kohen gadol;

ever interceding for us at the mercy seat.

 

In

Numbers 

מידבר בְּ

Be•mid•bar בְּמִדְבַּר

Bemidbar, BeMidbar, B’midbar, Bamidbar,

or Bamidbor בְּמִדְבַּר ‎

Hebrew for in the wilderness of [Sinai]

Yeshua/Jesus

ישוע

is the

Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night

עמוד ענן amud ha’anan  עמוד האש  Amud Ha’Esh

Ever leading us by day and by night.

 

In

Deuteronomy

דברים ברחם

De•va•rim,’ דְּבָרִים

‘Deuteronomy,’ means:

words. מילים

Word, thing, essence – לָּה, דָּבָר

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the word made flesh

and a

Prophet like unto Moses

נביא כמו למשה

 

In

Joshua

Yehoshua or Jehoshua

 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ‎ Yəhôšuaʿ

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ  

God is Salvation יְהוֹשֻעַ

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Captain of Our Salvation/

Captain of the Lord’s host

קפטן ישועתנו

 

In

Judges

Shoftim

Shophtim

(שֹׁפְטִים)

שופטים haš·šō·p̄ə·ṭîm

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Judge and Lawgiver

שֹׁפֵט Mechoqeq ת’ות

Our debt is paid…

we are declared

not guilty!!!

In

Ruth

רות

Rut friendship

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Kinsman Redeemer

go el  גָּאַל

gaal: to redeem, act as kinsman

Original Word: גָּאַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: gaal
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-al’)
Definition: to redeem, act as kinsman

In

1 & 2 Samuel

Shemuel Shmuel

(sehm-oo-ale’)

His Name is G-d

Shmû’ēl (שְׁמוּאֵל)

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is our

Trusted Prophet

נביא מהימן

Strong’s Hebrew: 982. בָּטַח (batach) — to trust.

‘your prophet’ is ‘Neviecha’ (נביאך)

The testimony of Yeshua

is the spirit of prophecy.

In

1 & 2 Kings

M’lakhim (מְלָכִים)

Melakhim – Melachim – Kings

and

In

Chronicles

 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים

Divrei Hayamim Divrei HaYamim

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

our

Reigning King

המלך המכהן

Strong’s Hebrew: 7287. רָדָה (radah) — reign

Strong’s Hebrew: 4428. מֶ֫לֶך (melek) — king

In

Ezra

Help

‘Ezrā

עֶזְרָא

&

Nehemiah

נחמיה

 

Nechemyah: Yah comforts,

Nechemya: comfort of god

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Rebuilder of the broken down

walls of human life.

המלך המכהן

repairer of the breach

   מתקן הפרצה

 

In

Esther

Ester

אֶסְתֵר

Hadassah – Star – Myrtle tree

Estēr 

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Mordecai מרדכי

 

 

In

Job

Iyov 

Iyyôbh

 אִיּוֹב 

Hated,

Oppressed אִיּוֹב

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

our

Ever Living Redeemer

אי פעם חי גואל

In

Psalms

Tehillim 

Praises

תְהִלִּים

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Shepherd

Roi – רֹעִי – ro-ee’

In the Hebrew Bible it is always called

the shepherd of the flock,

the sheep and the goats,

termed ‘tson’ in Hebrew.

In

Proverbs

Mishlei 

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Wisdom – מִשְׁלֵי

&

Ecclesiastes

Qōheleth

קֹהֶלֶת

Kohelet Maggid/Preacher,

Speaker, Collector of Sentences

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Wisdom. חוכמה.

(chokmah) — wisdom

 

In

Song of Solomon

Shir Hashirim – Song of Songs

הַשִּׁירִים שִׁיר

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Loving Bridegroom.  חתן אוהב

 

In

Isaiah

Yeshayahu 

God is Salvation

Yĕsha‘ăyāhû – יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Yeshua/Jesus

is the

Prince of Peace

Sar Shalom. נסיך השלום

 נסיך של שלום.

In

Jeremiah

Yirmeyahu

God Will Raise Up

Yirmyāhû – יִרְמְיָהוּ

Yeshua/Jesus

is

our

Righteous Branch. סניף

סניף חסיד אומות העולם

 Hebrew: 6662. צַדִּיק (tsaddiq) — just, righteous

5342. נֵ֫צֶר (netser) — a sprout, shoot

In

Lamentations

Eikhah 

Eicha Alas!

Eikhah אֵיכָה

Yeshua/Jesus

is

our

Weeping Prophet.

נביא בוכה

1058. בָּכָה (bakah) — to weep, bewail.

www.biblehub.com/hebrew/503

In

Ezekiel

Yekhezqel

Yechezkel

Yehoveh/God Will Strengthen

Yĕḥezqiēl  – יְחֶזְקֵאל

Yeshua/Jesus

is

the

Wonderful Four-faced Man.

אדם נפלא בעל ארבע פנים

3. פֶּ֫לִאי (pili or pali) — wonderful …

. אּישׁ (ish) — man

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second facewas the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. every. Ezekiel 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. Ezekiel 1:6-10

In

Daniel

Dani’el 

God is My Judge

Dānî’ēl (דָּנִיֵּאל)

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

the

Fourth Man

in the

Fiery Furnace

האדם הרביעי בכבשן הלוהט

In

Hosea

Hoshea

Salvation

Hôshēa‘ (הוֹשֵׁעַ)

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Faithful Husband

בעל נאמן

forever married to the

backslider.

 

In

Joel –

Yô’ēl

יוֹאֵל

God is Willing or HaShem is G-d

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

Baptizer of the Holy Spirit and Fire

הטבילה של רוח הקודש והאש

Ruach Hakodesh    84. אֵשׁ (esh) — a fire

In

Amos –

To be Burdened, Troubled

Āmôs 

עָמוֹס

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Burden-bearer. נושא נטל

 סַבָּל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: sabbal
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bawl’)
Definition: burden bearer

In

Obadiah

Ovadya –

Servant of G-d

Ōvadhyāh

עֹבַדְיָה

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

Mighty to Save  אדיר לשמור

גִּבּוֹר (gibbor) — strong, mighty

 

In

Jonah 

Yonah

Dove

Yônāh 

יוֹנָה

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is

our

great foreign Missionary.

מיסיונר זר גדול

 

In

Micah

Micha

Who is Like God?

Mîkhāh

מִיכָה

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the Messenger of beautiful feet. 

שליח של רגליים יפות

How beautiful upon the mountains.

mah na-vu ra-glay m’va-sayr tov.

How beautiful are the feet of the messenger of peace.

ma-shmee-a shalom.

announcing peace. kol tzo-fa-yeekh na-s’u kol.

In

Nahum

Nachum  

Comfort

Naḥûm

נַחוּם

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Avenger of God’s Way.

הנוקם של דרכו של אלוהים

In

Habakkuk

Chavakkuk

To Wrestle, To Embrace

Ḥăvaqûq

חֲבַקּוּק

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

God’s Evangelist crying,

האוונגליסט של אלוהים בוכה

“Revive Thy works

in the midst of the years”

להחיות את העבודות שלך בעיצומו של השנים

In

Zephaniah

Tzefanya

Hidden by God

Tsĕphanyāh

צְפַנְיָה

 Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our Savior.

  המושיע שלנו

Because of this many believe the Hebrew word yasha means “savior” and this apparently is not quite right.

The word ישה (yasha) is a simple verb meaning “to deliver.”

When the letters י, ו and מ are added to the verb a more complex verb is formed and more specifically a hiphil participle verb. A hiphil verb is causative and would mean “cause to deliver.”

In

Haggai

Chaggai

My Feast, Festive

Ḥaggai

חַגַּי

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

  משחזר המורשת האבודה של אלוהים

Restorer of God’s lost heritage.

. נַחֲלָה (nachalah) 

meaning: possession, property, inheritance original gift.

In

Zechariah

Zecharya

Memory, Remembrance of HaShem

Zkharyāh

זְכַרְיָה

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Fountain of the House of David

מעיין בית דוד

4726. מָקוֹר (maqor) — a spring, fountain

4599. מַעְיָן (mayan or mayeno or mayanah …

“the House of David”

in Hebrew is

בית דוד.

beit/bayt daveed

In

Malachi –

My Messenger, My Minister, My Servant

Mal’ākhî

מַלְאָכִי

Yeshua/Jesusישוע

is

Son of Righteousness

with

healing in his Wings

בן צדק עם ריפוי בכנפיו

as well as

Messenger – minister- Servant.

משרת שר השליחים

8334. שָׁרַת (sharath) — to minister, serve.

397. מַלְאָך (malak) — a messenger

Malak: ambassador, messenger, angel, king.

Who is He to us?

The B’rit Chadashah will be in the next post…

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May His true Shalom/Peace

rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.

‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..

please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that 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.