The Land
Eretz land אֶרֶץ
Yisrael
pronounced: Iss-rah-el
The term
Land of Israel
is a direct translation of the Hebrew phrase
ארץ ישראל
Eretz Yisrael,
which occasionally occurs in the Bible,
and is first mentioned in the
Tanakh/Old Testament in
1 Samuel 13:19,
following the Exodus, when the
Israelite tribes were already in the
Land of Canaan.
The Name Yisrael means
God strives,
it is another name of Jacob and his descendants.
ישראל
Strongs 3478
Original Word: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: Yisrael
Phonetic Spelling: yis-raw-ale’
The name Israel was first introduced in the Bible in
Gen. 32:29. “And he said, ‘Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince you have power with God and with men.
The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history is called Etymology.
The roots of the word Yisrael come From the verb
sarah שרה sara:
to become rigid from the retention of liquidity,
and
the word
el אל
God.
and from (1) the verb
ישר yashar, to be upright,
and (2) the word אל ‘el, God.
This name has been translated several different ways including:
he wrestles with God,
Prince of God,
he struggles with God,
and several others.
The name Israel
is actually a complete sentence in one word.
The name has three components –
Y, SR and AL.
The Y is a prefix meaning he.
The AL usually pronounced as
el is the Hebrew word for God.
The SR is the part that seems to have caused
most of the problems in translation.
The Hebrew word
SR
literally means
turn the head.
It is often translated as
prince or ruler
one who turns the head of the people.
The feminine form of this word is SRH or Sarah.
Abraham’s wife Sarah was very beautiful
and probably
turned the head
of the men who saw her.
Another word related to
SR is yasar
meaning discipline.
When you discipline your children you are
turning their head
from a path of bad to a path of good.
Because the Y is in front of the word SR
we know that this is a verb and not a noun, this is standard Hebrew grammar; and can literally be translated as
he turns the head of God.
It can be understood that when Israel, either Jacob or his descendants; speaks to God, as the Father of Israel, He stops what He is doing and turns to His son and says
What do you want My son.
Today’s name is the Hebrew name of the
Land of Israel,
E•retz Yis•ra•el.
The word
a•retz
is the general word for
land,
and eretz
becomes more specific, and it means
the land of.
The Land of Israel is one of several names for an area of indefinite geographical extension in the Middle East. Related biblical, religious, and historical English terms/names include:
the Land of Canaan,
the Promised Land,
the Holy Land, and
Palestine.
The land was called other names before being named Israel and through the centuries, the territory was known by a variety of other names, including
Canaan,
Djahy,
Samaria ,
Judea,
Yehud,
Iudaea,
Syria Palaestina
and Southern Syria.
Because of geopolitical reasons, the boundaries of
Eretz Yisrael
and, hence, the final borders of the
State of Israel,
have not yet been agreed upon between Israel and its neighbors.
The major obstacles are the territories of Judea and Samaria, which are claimed by the Palestinians as their land.
Biblically, these areas are under the definition of the
Land of Israel,
and especially those which comprise of major large parts of Jerusalem.
The official name of
Israel
in
Hebrew
is
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ,
Medīnat Yisrā’el
or the
State of Israel.
And upon gaining independence in 1948,
the country formally adopted the name.
Israel has been the name of an ethnic group in the Levant going back at least 3200 years, based on the first known mention of the name in the written record, which was in ancient Egypt.
Based on the Bible itself, the ancient peoples of the Levant were generally named for their progenitors.
For example,
the smaller southern
kingdom of Judah
is named for Judah,
the son of Jacob.
The Levant
is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia
with its islands
and neighboring countries.
In this post we have seen
the prophetic nature of
Israel
The Man – The Tribe – The Land
in scripture
as in just how many prophecies have been fulfilled, not least that of Isaiah; in chapter 35:1-2,
the prophet said that although Israel would become a desolate land, its deserts would one day bloom again. Isaiah lived about 2,700 years ago.
He declared that the wasteland will come to life and recent rains in Israel have caused the deserts to bloom, just as Isaiah prophesied!
These prophesies confirm and reaffirm
YHWH
Yehovehs
hand is on His chosen place and people spiritually and physically; and leaving no doubt that as each one has been fulfilled to date that everyone yet incomplete will be, in His perfect timing.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Exodus 3:15
https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/
His ways are not our ways and His thoughts not as ours.
As it’s only within the confines of the physical earth realm that we experience time constraints; the hour of His revealing will no doubt come as a thief in the night to the unprepared.
He has given us His Word both written and in Messiah Who was His Word made flesh.
Everything is written for our understanding so we should not be surprised or fearful of how He concludes His plan and the events of the end of the age. We are clearly given the signs/signals of their unfolding in His teaching about the very last days before His return, He told His disciples to watch Israel/Yisrael and the increasing interest that other nations show in her, as a sign/signal of His coming:
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed….
This is recorded in Matthew 25, Mark 16 and Luke as well as in His Revelation in the Brit Chadashah /the new Testament; and by all the Prophets in the Tanakh/the old Testament.
Surely the end times began as Yeshua/Jesus’ physical earthly life ended. The religious leaders and many others missed the day of their visitation. It seems crazy that all the prophets had told them ahead of time what to look for, that they did not see it, and recognize the events unfolding before their very eyes as literal prophecy was being fulfilled in real time.
But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 2 Cor.3:14.
2000+ years later let’s be sure that we do not miss the signs/signals of His imminent return according to His Word and specifically those of Yeshua/Jesus recorded in
Matthew, Mark, Luke and Rev.
For as certain as those we have just looked at have already come to pass; so will every word ..
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished. Matthew 5:18.
Maranatha – Come Lord Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach
The cup of indignation of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Yisrael is full.
Once more it is at critical measure and the earth is again filled with violence as in the days of Noe/Noah and Lot. This time He is not sending a flood but fire and He is coming as judge to those who have rejected Him, His Son, and His offer of forgiveness and redemption.
The compensation is that on seeing Him,
the scripture says
all Israel/Yisrael will be saved
for they shall look upon the one they pierced.
As the veil is removed from their eyes.
Mishpachah’
Family
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
we are grafted in to spiritual Israel;
A Jew is not one
outwardly
but
inwardly
and there is no scripture that demands anyone convert to the religion of Judaism. The words of Jesus/Yeshua are clear..
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,
nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly;
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.
Romans 2:28
Let’s remain humble and thankful in a
repentant attitude of heart and mind.
In the midst of the worlds chaos
we must stay in that place of true shalom/peace.
As Job said,
I know that my redeemer lives
and He is returning for
His Bride
and we are
His Kallat Mashiach
His K’doshiym – His Holy Ones.
Israel/Yisrael is the apple of His eye
His land
His first fruits
it is where
He chose to put His Name.
https://www.minimannamoments.com/i-will-put-my-name-here/
And it is His focus for timed events to unfold.
So do NOT be afraid or dismayed when events concerning Yerushalyim/Jerusalem are in front of our eyes and she is surrounded by her enemies once again.
Luke 21:20
According to scripture all
These things must take place; and when
is trodden underfoot for 42 months,
remember…
it was prophesied,
and so it will happen.
He is cleansing
His House – Beit El
and Mt Moriah;
it begins with the house of God.
1Pet 4:17 So, Judgment begins in the house of God
means:
That discipline begins in the house of God.
Accountability begins in the house of God.
Weeding (holiness; separation) begins in the house of God.
Time to circumcise our hearts….Because
The Man The Tribe The Land Yisrael/Israel
IS Truly
Prophetic In Every Way..
His will be done His kingdom come both in the earth and in our individual lives…
