Who or What is Ts D K and is it Found in Bethesda?

Ts D K 

is Hebrew for

Righteousness

Ts’dakah

Tsedek

is a masculine noun meaning:

righteousness

Righteousness – Tzedaqah or tsedaqah

Ts D K (without the vowels)

צדק

There are many scriptures that speak of righteousness and because of language differences and translations we sometimes miss the Hebraic meaning of a word and instead attach our western mindset to a word, phrase or scripture. 

(Mindsets covered in previous posts).

One of the well known scriptures is in Ephesians 6:

the breastplate of righteousness

but what does righteousness really mean?

Strong’s Hebrew: 6664. צֶ֫דֶק (tsedeq) — rightness

צדק.

Righteousness, Fairness, Justice. Integrity

Righteousness, in human standards, is defined as:

the quality of being morally true or justifiable.

It can be considered synonymous with

rightness or being upright.

Righteousness: conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Another definition of Righteous is:

acting in accord with divine or moral law: free from guilt or sin.

In Hebrew it is from

tsadaq: the right (natural, moral or legal);

also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity.

Righteousness: Tzedaqah or tsedaqah.

Below is a quick look at the ancient Hebrew meaning:

The original pictographs give us a picture of

צֶדֶק:

צֶ Tzade = Fishhook,

Hunt, Chase, Catch, Desire, Trail, Journey, a man on his Side.

דֶ Dalet = Door, Entrance, Gate, Pathway of Life, Hang, to Move in and out.

ק Qoof = Back of Head, Follow, Behind, Last, Least, Horizon.

With these meanings it could be read as:

Hunting for the Door by Following the Least.

Tzade, is the 18th letter of the Hebrew Aleph-bet.

It is pronounced like the Tz sound in Tsunami, and Pizza.

The letter looks like a

Hook dragging a fish on a path through the water,

and the shape creates a visual description of how it feels to be Hooked by Desire:

This word Tzedeq, contains 3 sub-roots.

צַד Tzd, = Side,

צוּד Tzud = to Hunt, and

דַּק Daq = small, as in finely ground, or threshed.

The letter Tzade and the meaning of the word Daq

placed together form a picture of the need for our

Desire to be made Least,

or figuratively Threshed.

Like the chaff that is separated from the grain at harvest, in the winnowing/sifting process.

(See previous posts below for more on threshing/winnowing)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/why-a-threshing-floor/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-did-yohanan-say-was-in-his-cousins-hand/

In the Hebrew language the meaning of

Righteousness צֶדֶק Tzedeq,

Is also paralleled  with

Evenness מֵישָׁר Meshar.

This is a word, a noun, derived from the 3 letter verb root

יָשַׁר Yashar,

meaning

Straight, or Equal:

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt.7:14

In Ps.98:9 the scripture says that:

before יְהוָֹה YHVH, for He comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with Righteousness צֶדֶק Tzedeq

and the peoples with Equity מֵישָׁר Meshar.

A 

צַדִיק  Tzadiq 

is a person who

does what is Right.

“Blessed are those who

hunger and Thirst for Righteousness,

for they will be filled,” Matthew 5:6

The Hebrew word for Thirst is:

צָמָא Tzama.

It is a word picture of a person

Tzade  צָ = Hooked by their cravings/lust/desire,

for

Mem.  מ   = Water,

Aleph.  א.  = Strongly.

To a truly thirsty person water really is a serious matter,

that of life and death.

Likewise, צְדָקָה, Tzedaqah, the Righteous person

Desires the Water of Life:

“…I Am the Aleph and the Tav, the Beginning and the End.

To the Thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the Water of Life.”

Revelation 21:6; 22:17; John 4:10; Isaiah 55:1

Torah defines Righteousness

“In the Way of Righteousness צְדָקָה Tzedaqah is Life, in its Path there is no Death,” Proverbs 12:28

There is only one way to enter the Dalet/Door, or Pathway of Life, and that is by doing what Yehoveh/YHVH has shown us is Right.

That is Yeshua/Jesus

John 10:9. I am the Dalet/the Door of the sheep.

Jesus answered,

“I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me,” John 14:6

YHVH, the Eternal, is our Righteousness, Jeremiah 23:6

Jesus Yeshua is our Righteousness, 1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 3:22

Keeping His commandments

sets us free from our selfish desires,

 Deuteronomy 6:25; Romans 10:3

The robe of righteousness

Blessed are those who Wash their Robes, (these are those who are faithful to the Covenant ) so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter the city by its Gates. Revelation 22:14; Revelation 2:7; Exodus 19:10; Psalm 118:20

The core of Torah in spirit and heart is: Doing Right.

Yeshua/Jesus summed this up in Matthew 7:12

In everything, then, Do to others as you would have them Do to you. For this is the Essence of the Law and the Prophets, 

“Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.  Beloved, I am Not writing you a new Commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning.“ 1 John 2:6.

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

KJV: the LORD [is] righteous, and I and my people

Yhvh Tsidqenu: the LORD is our righteousness,

יְהוָֹה צִדְקֵנוּ

ye-ho-vaw’ tsid-kay’-noo

the LORD is our righteousness

The word Tsidkenu,

is the Hebrew word used for righteousness in

The Lord Our Righteousness ,

means: upright, straight, and narrow.

The righteousness of God is the root of all integrity. It is the definition of all that is genuinely good in this life.

in Hebrew: Jehovah tsidkenu or Yahweh tsidqenu

Jer. 23:6; 33:16

But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. Matthew 3:13

John’s baptism also symbolized preparation for the coming kingdom of heaven.

To fulfill all righteousness 

is to 

submit yourself to life in God.

In Hebrew fulfill is

and in Greek word for fulfill is pleroo which means:

to fulfill or to complete.

In Luke 1:17 Yeshua/Jesus was identifying Himself with John’s ministry as the forerunner for the coming Messiah and

he fills to the full the right

requirement of YHVH/Yehoveh in the Tanakh.

The word righteous

is a translation of the Hebrew verb

צדק 

Ts.D.Q, 

Strong’s #6663,

which means

to walk a straight line.

From this root comes the noun 

צדיק 

tsadiyq, 

Strong’s #6662

 which means

a straight line.

This can literally mean a straight line,

or figuratively what is right;

which is where we get the words

right and righteous.

As discussed earlier, Torah is:

a way of life

or

a WAY of WALKing.

Jesus/Yeshua is the living Torah

The Torah IS a straight line

and teaches God’s children

how to WALK a straight line.

Therefore,

Torah is the straight line

by which his children are to walk. 

The word translated walk is halakhah in Hebrew.

Israel had to walk “in the way.“

And as spiritual Israel we are to do also.

“I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted.”

Genesis 17:1, JPS

The word “halakhah” is usually translated as “Jewish Law,”

although a more literal (and more appropriate) translation might be

“the path that one walks.”

The word is derived from the Hebrew root Hei-Lamed- Kaf,

meaning to go, to walk or to travel.

הלך hâlak

 

Strong’s Hebrew: 1980. הָלַך (halak) — to go, come, walk

A tsadiyq is also

one who walks a straight line

or

a righteous one.

Those who follow the

righteous Torah 

are considered

righteous, a tsadiyq.

And if we are careful to obey all this Torah before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness (tsadiyq). (Deuteronomy 6:25)

You will again see the distinction between the righteous (tsadiyq) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. (Malachi 3:18)

The New Covenant also teaches that righteousness comes from obedience to the Torah.

For it is not those who hear the Torah who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the Torah who will be declared righteous. (Romans 2:13)

Hebrews 8:12 I will show loving kindness to them and I shall forgive their unrighteousness. And I shall no longer remember their sins.

12 I will show loving-kindness to them and forgive their sins. I will remember their sins no more.”

Strong’s Hebrew: 2617a. chesed — goodness, kindness

from chasad.

This word is variously translated as

mercy, lovingkindess,

steadfast love, compassion,

and even

goodness,

is the Hebrew word

chesed, or hesed.

The LXX usually uses ελεος – mercy,

and the Latin uses misericordia.

In academia, the Septuagint

is often abbreviated as LXX,

the Roman numeral for seventy.

Chesed/hesed

is one of the thirteen attributes of God that the Jewish sages derived from the study of God’s revelation to Moses.

Exodus 34:6-7.

for more: https://www.minimannamoments.com/13-attributes-of-gods-mercy/

For thy loving kindness is before mine eyes:
and I have walked in thy truth. (Psalm 26:3 KJV).

One of the Hebrew words for

love is

hesed  חסד,

pronounced kheh-sed,

which is actually a difficult word to translate literally into English. That is because there is a range of meanings. 

Hesed surpasses ordinary kindness and friendship. It is the inclination of the heart to show

amazing grace to the one who is loved.

Hesed runs deeper than social expectations.

 Hesed is love, mercy, favor, grace, forgiveness kindness, gentleness, patience and more all rolled into one.

It is used many times in scripture and the best way to translate it is in the phrase

loving-kindness.

The Hebrew words meaning:

compassion, grace, love and mercy are:

Compassion, Pity, Rahamim

Compassionate: Rahum, Rahaman

Grace: Hen, Hanun/ Chen chanun

Love: Ahavah, Ohev

Loving Kindness: Hesed

Mercy: Rahamanoot

Mercy חֶ֔סֶד

Doing righteousness – Ts D K

Ts’dakah 

Most translations have Ts’dakah as righteousness

but that is really too weak an interpretation/translation as we understand the word to mean in English; because

Righteousness

means:

to do what is right,

to be just;

which is what the Father requires of us.

According to Micah 6:8:

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

Act Justly

would have been understood by Micah’s audience as living with a sense of right and wrong. In particular, the judicial courts had a responsibility to provide equity and protect the innocent. Injustice was a problem in Israel at that time.

Micah 2:1-2; 3:1-3; 6:11.

To Love Mercy

it contains the Hebrew word hesed,

which means: loyal love

or loving-kindness.

Along with justice, Israel was to provide mercy. Both justice and mercy are foundational to God’s character

(Psalm 89:14).

God expected His people to show love to their fellow man and to be loyal in their love toward Him, just as He had been loyal to them

(Micah 2:8-9; 3:10-11; 6:12).

Walk humbly

is a description of:

the heart’s attitude toward God.

God’s people depend on Him rather than their own abilities. (Micah 2:3).

Instead of taking pride in what we bring to God, we humbly recognize that no amount of personal sacrifice can replace a heart committed to justice and love. Israel’s rhetorical questions had a three-part progression, and verse 8 contains a similar progression.

The response of a godly heart is:

outward (do justice),

inward (love mercy),

and upward (walk humbly).

The message of Micah is still pertinent today.

Religious rites, no matter how extravagant, can never compensate for a lack of love.

1 Corinthians 13:3.

External obedience to rules is not as valuable in God’s eyes as

a humble heart that simply does what is right.

God’s people today will continue to desire:

justice, mercy, and humility before the Lord.

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 sure you are His..

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.

 

 

 

Begin At His Beginning – B’reshiyt

As mentioned in the last post we are at the start of the annual weekly scripture portions reading through Tanakh comprising the Torah, the Haftorah and the Brit Chadashah/Re New-ed Covenant/Testament.

So we should therefore…

Begin at His Beginning

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית

B’reshiyt

Genesis

בראשית

Strong’s Hebrew: 7307. ר֫וּחַ (ruach) — breath, wind, spirit

Strong’s Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — God, god

Ruach Elohim Chayim

ROO-akh e-lo-HEEM KHAI-yeem

Spirit of the Living God.

2 Cor. 3:3.

Spirit of the LORD God

 RUKh ELHIM.

Transliteration: Ruach Elohim. 

Noun: “Elohim’s directing power”.

Strongs Concordance: H7306 and H430. 

רוּחַ  Ruach

Pronounced: roo’-akh – breath, wind, spirit

אֱלהִים elohim

Pronounced: el-o-heem – God

Ruach ‘Elohiym

fluttering

on the face of the waters…

Genesis 1:2 
HEB: פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת
NAS: of the deep, and the Spirit of God
KJV: of the deep. And the Spirit of God

and God said

Let Light Be and Light was

and God saith, ‘Let light be;’

and light is.

Youngs Literal Translation

The Word was there

B’reshiyt – in the beginning,

at the shaping of the heavens and the earth.

The Word was with God and the Word was God.

Without Him not even one thing existed

for it was through Him He spoke and

all things came into being.

Millennia later that same Word

was made flesh and lived among us.

John 1:14

A translation of

Genesis

B’reshiyt

from the Hebrew words and their meanings:

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית

B’reshiyt

Chapter 1, Verse 1 

in~SUMMIT בְּרֵאשִׁית / bê’rey’shit 

he~did~SHAPE(V) בָּרָא / ba’ra

Elohiym אֱלֹהִים / e’lo’him

AT אֵת / eyt 

the~SKY s~ הַשָּׁמַיִם / ha’sha’ma’yim 

and~AT וְאֵת /wê’eyt

the~LAND הָאָרֶץ / ha’a’rets

Could be read as:

In the summit Elohiym shaped the skies and the land,

Verse 2 

and~the~LAND  וְהָאָרֶץ / wê’ha’a’rets 

she~did~EXIST(V)  הָיְתָה / hai’tah

CONFUSION  תֹהוּ / to’hu 

and~UNFILLED  וָבֹהוּ / wa’vo’hu

and~DARKNESS וְחֹשֶׁךְ /wê’hho’shekh 

UPON עַל / al FACE~s פְּנֵי / pê’ney DEEP.

WATER תְהוֹם /tê’hom

and~WIND וְרוּחַ /wê’ru’ahh

Elohiym אֱלֹהִים /e’lo’him

much~FLUTTER (V)~ing(fs) מְרַחֶפֶת / mê’ra’hhe’phet 

UPON  עַל / al

FACE~s  פְּנֵי / pê’ney 

the~WATER~s הַמָּיִם /ha’ma’yim

Could be read as: and the land had existed in confusion and was unfilled, and darkness was upon the face of the deep water and the wind of Elohiym was fluttering upon the face of the waters,

The fluttering

is significant as we read in 

Mark 1:10

“he (John) saw the heavens torn open, and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him (Jesus).

The wings of a dove are always

fluttering

to stay in the air.

Here was the Son, the Father as He spoke, and His Spirit was present descending in the same way a fluttering dove would hover just as He had overshadowed Mary several decades previously.

Verse 3 

and~he~will~SAY וַיֹּאמֶר / wai’yo’mer

Elohiym אֱלֹהִים / e’lo’him he~will~EXIST(V)

יְהִי / yê’hi) LIGHT אוֹר / or

and

~he~will~EXIST(V) וַיְהִי / wai’hi

LIGHT אוֹר / or

Could be read as:

and Elohiym said,

light will exist,

and

light existed.

For those desiring to do further research

there is an excellent transliteration site

of Hebrew to English is at qbible.com

Emptiness and the deep gave way to substance;

and darkness gave way to light.

Nothingness obeyed the Word

and responded to the authority of His will.

Then creation stumbled in humanity, in us,

when humanity heard the Word,

substance became nothingness

and light reverted to darkness.

It should give us pause for thought when

nothingness can hear and obey!

Then why are we so stubborn?

We so often fail to both hear, to listen to His Word and do what He says!

Even nothingness was not rebellious to the Creators voice!

This heart of rebellion in the human soul echoes the words of the slyest beast of the field…

Did God say?

Did He really say?

The voice of doubt, curiosity and rebellion, seeks a compromise of His truth and in the very question, undermines the authority of His Sovereignty in our lives. These doubts attack our convictions and then we consider other things that amount to nothing more than deceptive seducing lies; then we begin to entertain thoughts concerning them…and eventually believe the error.

He has given each of us

the power to choose when we hear His Word.

To listen and obey,

or to ignore,

separation from the Father is the inevitable result.

Sin will always challenge the Word

BUT

the good news is

we have been created anew

and have been given New Life in Messiah

and been granted rulership over sin.

We are new creatures in His image and likeness

and have the power in Yeshua/Jesus

to turn from sin and darkness.

Halleluyah!

In Hebrew Bereshit or B’reshiyt

is the first word of the 1st book of the Bible/Tanakh.

And so the title is its’ beginning.

(His Torah being the first 5 books attributed to Moses).

The very first letter of the 1st word is

B

in the Hebrew alefbet

Bet/Beit/Beyt

and herein is the 1st revelation/revealing

of Adonai/Yehoveh/YHVH.

This letter Bet or Beit means house.

Some scholars point out that the letter itself is composed of

3 x the letter shape of the letter vav

(our letter V as in vine).

Bet is also used for the letter V, vet without the dot.

Vav represents the number 6

which is considered the number of man.

Side note: 3×6! Sounds familiar?

Revelation 13:18 says,

Here is wisdom.

Let him who has understanding

calculate the number of that beast,

for the number is that of a man;

and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

Vav Vav Vav

not to forget a previous post on who has our vav!

https://www.minimannamoments.com/in-times-of-need-and-during-days-of-uncertainty-whos-got-our-vav/

 

 

In the letter B,

is then the sum of 3×6=18

and is the same numerical value

as that of the word for LIFE – Chai.

This could be said as:

the house of creation is then the life of the universe?

The same word Bet

also has another function

in the Hebrew language

and means IN.

This suggests our Creators intention of

living/abiding

withIN this realm He created.

This voice/Kol,

that He spoke,

reveals the glorious power of the creation of the universe

by His spoken Word

and in a way reveals the threefold nature of Yehoveh by the use of the plural ElohIM and the word bara He created; which we noted earlier that all 3 were present at Yeshua/Jesus’ immersion.

Let’s take a moment to remember

our bereshiyt, our beginning,

the day we were forgiven,

redeemed,

cleansed,

delivered from darkness

and brought into His glorious light.

The day we repented of our sin

accepted His free gift of salvation and eternal life;

cleansed and restored to fellowship/relationship with Him.

We are made clean by His redeeming Blood and

the washing of the water of the Word.

This was the moment

Our Heavenly Father

said/spoke

to each of us:

Light Be!

יְהִי / yê’hi) LIGHT אוֹר / or and

His spirit of holiness, His

רוּחַ  Ruach אֱלהִים elohim

Pronounced: roo’-akh -el-o-heem

fluttered over us

much~FLUTTER (V)~ing(fs) מְרַחֶפֶת / mê’ra’hhe’phet, 

and darkness had to flee from us.

Yes, God did say ….

May we have ears to hear and eyes to see

and a heart to obey

the Word that He really and truly spoke.

His plan was and is to give us Life/ Chaim

and the Light was the Life of all humanity

Jesus/Yeshua HaMashiach. The WORD there in the 

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית

He truly is the Genesis, the beginning, the b’reshiyt;

our beginning, our b’reshiyt, …

it is the Truth of us all!

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Please don’t leave this page before making certain you have

a new b’reshiyt/beginning

and are 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.

 

Sukkot – The Promise of a Permanent Dwelling Place

It is the 3rd of 3 Appointed Times that all males are required to travel to Jerusalem to participate in annually.

Known in Judaism collectively as

The Three Pilgrimage Festivals.

In Hebrew:

Shlosha Regalim  שלושה רגלים

They are:

Pesach, Passover

Shavuot, Weeks or Pentecost

and

Sukkot, Tabernacles, Tents or Booths –

and relate in order to: our Physical Salvation

our Spiritual Salvation and our

Joyful Thanks to God for His Encompassing Protection and for the future when He will be Dwelling, Tabernacling with His people forever.

The secret place of the Most High/El’yon is the shield and surrounding wall of His Truth; it’s not a fictional location made up from imagination it’s a real place to be found in His presence.

The scripture says

Yeshua/Jesus is the Truth and when we are

IN Him

then we are in that secret place.

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.

1John 4:13 also Psalm 91

When the ancient Israelites were living in the Kingdom of Judah they would make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem, as commanded by the Torah.

And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month

You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

Lev 23:40, 42-43

Feast of the Tabernacles

in Hebrew סֻכּוֹת

Chag haSukot,

also Succouth, Sukkot or Sykkot.

This post includes links to previous ones that have covered most of the relevant information on this season. It is hard to not repeat the wonderful nuances and types and shadows of what we have ahead of us and also to ponder on all that Our Heavenly father/Av has prepared for us.

1 Corinthians 2:9 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

And 2Tim 4:8 for those who love His appearing Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.

So here follows some thoughts and Hebrew greetings for this glorious appointed time.

Sukkot is a joyous holiday celebrating the fall harvest.

The booths, called sukkahs,

that are built during this week-long festival, are reminiscent of the booths ancient farmers used to sleep right in their fields during harvest season. They also commemorate the 40 year period during which the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, sleeping in tents.

This appointed time calls for a temporary dwelling here, meaning it’s not a permanent structure.

Part of Sukkot is spent in synagogue at prayer, and much of it is spent eating, drinking, sleeping, and generally dwelling in the sukkah.

But wherever you happen to meet people during this particularly joyous holiday, it’s nice to know how to greet them.

It is still considered appropriate at this time to wish each other a Happy New Year or Shana Tovah in Hebrew, just as people continue saying Happy (Gregorian) New Year for many weeks into January and beyond.

To wish someone a Happy Sukkot in Hebrew simply say

Chag Sameach which means Happy Holiday.

Moadim L’simcha Moh-ah-DEEM Le-sim-CHAH

This is used on both Sukkot and Pesach/Passover, particularly the intermediate days of the festival

Chag Sameach is Hebrew for joyous festival.

The traditional response is

chagim u’zmanim l’sasson 

khag-EEM oo-zmahn-EEM le-sah-SOWN.

The individual who initiates the greeting says: Mo’adim l’simhah!
and the one who replies says: Hagim u’z’manim l’sasson!

Here is a hint about pronouncing the greetings: Each of the Hebrew words above puts emphasis/stress on the last syllable.

Chag Sameach pronounced khahg sah-MAY-akh

literally means happy holiday

and applies to most Jewish holidays.

Gut Yontiff pronounced goot YUHN-tiff

is a yiddishized version of the Hebrew phrase 

yom tov meaning good day

and referring to any major holiday on which work is traditionally forbidden.

Mo’adim = moments, festivals, appointed times.
Singular: mo’eid

l’ = for/to

simhah = joy, gladness, happy occasion

Hagim = holidays, celebrations.
Singular: hag

u’ = and

z’manim = seasons, times
Singular: z’man

sasson = joy, happiness

ברכות סוכות

sukkah: a thicket, booth

Strongs #5521

: סֻכָּה

pronounced: sook-kaw’

booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent

Deuteronomy 16:13 
HEB: חַ֧ג הַסֻּכֹּ֛ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְךָ֖
NAS: the Feast of Booths seven
KJV: the feast of tabernacles seven
INT: the Feast of Booths shall celebrate seven days

Other titles used for this feast:

Time of Our Joy – Zman Simchatenu–  זמן שמחתנו

Moadim L’Simcha – Appointed Times for Joy

Zman Simchatenu Time of Our Joy – זמן שמחתנו

Simchat Torah – the Joy of the Torah – שִׂמְחַת תורָה

Shemini Atzeret – Eighth Day of Assembly – שמיני עצרת

Hoshanah Rabbah – Great Salvation – הושענה רבה

Chag Assif – Harvest Festival – חג אסיף

Sukkah is the Hebrew term for the temporary building that is constructed for this holiday.

Sukkot(h) is the Hebrew name of the holiday,

the moed

and usually translated as

booth or small hut and 

to tabernacle with someone, is to dwell with them.

Yehoveh/Adonai, tabernacled with the children of Israel as they wandered in the desert for 40 years, manifesting Himself as a cloud by day and fire by night.

The Hebrew word for tabernacle is sukkah. It means a booth, a hut, a covering, a pavilion or tent.

The Greek word for tabernacle is sk’en’e, which also means a tent, hut, or habitation; and the context by which the word tabernacle is used in the New Covenant /Brit Hadashah.

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 Yeshua/Jesus 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.

It is interesting to note that as these were set in place by the Father through Moses and have been followed and celebrated annually ever since.

 Luke 2:41 states that Joseph and Mary and Jesus/Yeshua made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem every Passover.

Joseph and Mary went to the Passover celebration in Jerusalem every year: Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 

Also, Luke records Paul

“hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible,

on the Day of Pentecost” Acts 20:16 Acts 20:16

all went up to Jerusalem… indicating they are not done away with after Jesus/Yeshua ascended?

Sadly western Christianity detached itself from the observance of our Heavenly Fathers’ Appointed Times/Jehovehs Moedim; and those then in power changed the dates and days to ones we have become more familiar with as easter and Christmas etc.,

This could be the ‘feasts’ that God says He hates as prophetically declared in Amos 5;21  I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. As well as those they had adopted from Babylon. Some scholars say the dates were messed up from that era and when they returned from captivity they did not rectify the changes…

In the modern Gregorian calendar we label all years with B.C. (before the birth of Christ) or A.D. (anno domini or “in the year of our Lord”) There is no zero year. In our modern system, the year Christ was born is supposedly A.D.1 and the year preceding it is 1 B.C. The most favored view amongst Bible scholars is that Messiah Jesus/Yeshua, was born in 5 B.C. which agrees with this timeline which was due to Herod the Greats death occurring in 4 B.C. If Jesus/Yeshua was born in 5 B.C. possibly on Tabernacles, then our current year should really be the year A.D. 2023 and not 2021! And as noted in a previous post this year is 5782 according to the Hebrew calendar count. Notwithstanding the possible fudging of dates and missing centuries (200 years) that would put the date from Genesis closer to 5982! Could this be the reason for Yeshua/Jesus statement that no man knows the day of His coming???

It seems that not only did the early Roman Catholic Church get the year of Yesua/Jesus’ birth wrong but it seems they got the month wrong as well. Some of the evidence that Yeshua/Jesus might have been born earlier in the year is the fact that it would be highly unlikely for shepherds to still be in the field with their sheep in December. This is in the middle of the winter and they wouldn’t be in the fields at this time of the year. Click link for more on this:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-lambs-tale-and-a-mysterious-tower/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/endings-are-simply-new-beginnings/

The Feast of Tabernacles symbolizes

the restoration process,

which will be completed with the return of

Messiah Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.

The Tabernacle of New Jerusalem,

descends from Heaven to Earth to

tabernacle, dwell or shelter His people with His presence.

The Feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot, is the last of the seven Moedim/ Feasts of the Lord and the most joyful, occurring on the 15th day of Tishri and lasts for eight days.

It is sometimes referred to as the 

feast of booths

or feast of ingathering. 

The word ingathering is in reference more to people than crops, as the wheat and most of the fruit has already been harvested by this time of the year.

It is noteworthy according to Numbers 29:15,32 that on each of the 7 days of Tabernacles, they were to offer 14 (7×2) lambs without blemish. There is an interesting parallel in Matthew where he lists the genealogy of Messiah, the Lamb of God. The generations from Abraham to David are 14, from David to the Babylonian captivity are 14, and from the captivity to Christ are 14. Matthew traced the genealogy back to Abraham and divides Israel’s history into 3 sets of 14 generations. However, there were probably more than those listed here. Genealogies often compressed history and not every generation of ancestors was specifically listed, especially if they were evil. The Tenakh/ Old Testament genealogies are much more precise such as in 1 Chronicles chps. 1-9.

In Zechariah 14:16-19. it is stated that everyone will learn about this Moed/Appointed Time:

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

The Feast of Tabernacles is also a picture of the judgment of the inhabitants of the earth who live during the 1,000 years according to Isaiah 2:4  And he shall judge among the nations,

So it is something that will still be celebrated in the future so whether we learn now or later, it will be part of life/chaim, for those in the millennial kingdom as we understand the scriptures to indicate.

This may have been what Peter was referring to at the Mt. of Transfiguration?

Their experience must have been overwhelming and we are told they were terrified. The presence of God in the form of His Glory Cloud, overshadowed them, engulfing them, and they heard His voice in its midst.

Mark 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

A little intimidating to put it mildly!

They must have thought the Kingdom had come and wanted to build Booths/Sukkah to them in celebration of the event. Their thoughts would have been flying wildly in all directions trying to make sense of what was happening to them.

Sukkot is about remembering God/Yehoveh’s provision in the 40 year wilderness journey and His protection while they travelled. It’s celebrating His ever-presence Yehovah Shammah, His guidance and care of His people who were chosen to be His Challah/Bride and as we are kallat mashiach/Bride of Messiah; we are His K’doshiym/His Holy Ones. He made covenant with them and called them His own precious treasure.

Through Yeshua/Jesus, all is being fulfilled, the Moedim/ Appointed Times of the Lord, reflect Yeshua/Jesus as we have seen in previous posts. Sukkot is the one that will never end as it is the climax of Yehoveh/Gods plan to be reunited with His children and dwelling together with the Bride of Messiah. At One, following the AtOnement of Yom Kippur, the celebration of Sukkot Tabernacles/Booths/ is preparing us for when He permanently Tabernacles with His people, not in frail booths or in these frail temporary bodies, but in the fullness of His presence in the new Jerusalem/Yerushalyim.

Literally Heaven on earth! Nothing we try to accomplish ourselves on this fallen earth can even begin to be like the restoration Yehoveh/God will implement . We are spiritually returning to Eden and to the Holy Mountain of God which scripture says is Jerusalem/ Yerushalyim from above; the location of Mt. Moriah where all the pivotal events have occurred through the ages past.

Whether we have yet or not, one day we will all go up to Jerusalem/Yerushalyim to the city of Adonai, His chosen location where He has put His Name. The apple of His eye, His First fruits, the land of promise; and the glory of His presence will one day be for all to see. It will not be hidden from view in a sanctuary of the Holy of Holies for just 1 man to experience once a year, but for all to behold Him in majesty and splendor.

 

For now we see through a glass darkly, but then all eyes will see Him face to face …but for now we are the containers of the glory of His presence, we are the living stones, we are the sanctuary of His Ruach HaKodesh/Spirit of Holiness. The Holy of Holies resides within each of His called apart ones/ecclesia/body. As darkness increases and the times of the gentiles are fulfilled, we will all shine so much more brightly. He has always wanted to be with us from the Genesis and soon this will be completed.

On the last day of the feast John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Yeshua/Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

This was right in the middle of the water pouring ceremony.

This was the last day of the seven-day long

Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles celebration;

known as:

the Last Great Day, in Hebrew Hoshana Rabbah.

On this day, a joyous festival occurred called the Water Pouring Ceremony, where the Jews prayed for rain for the upcoming agricultural season resulting in a bountiful harvest.

Click link below for more on this:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sheltering-presence-god/

Messiah said: I AM the living water All who come to Him will never thirst again.

During these few days, let’s especially remember He has led us through our wilderness. How He has provided and cared for and protected us along His Way then available as our Israelite family celebrates and rejoices in His Torah; let’s give thanks that His Word is so freely to us.

He is the Word made flesh and if we follow the annual cycle of reading the Bible in a year ..its time to start over…a new beginning. Whatever day of the year it’s always a good time to read the Word of God/Yehoveh! Sometimes, things are simply traditions of men, but the Moedim/Appointed times, are set in by our Heavenly Father and understanding them and their meanings enhances our knowledge and appreciation of Who He is and Why Yeshua/Jesus came; and why we can be certain He is coming back!

The clouds in the wilderness are called ‘the clouds of glory’ and the wilderness experience is a picture of the future Messianic age, the Millennium.

Jesus/Yeshua tabernacle/sukkot among us John 1:14.

Peter spoke about his body being a tabernacle 2 Peter 1:13-14.

The apostle Paul told us that our earthly bodies were earthly houses or tabernacles in 2 Corinthians 5:1-5.

Jesus/Yeshua was the true tabernacle of God according to Hebrews 9:11.

In Hebrews 8:1-2; Revelation 13:6; 15:5; the Scriptures speak of a heavenly tabernacle . Revelation 21:1-3 says this heavenly tabernacle will come to earth.

Links to the posts for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret they are:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/sheltering-presence-god/

includes The Four Species: Arba Minim

https://www.minimannamoments.com/in-the-end-its-all-about-yeshua-jesus/

At this season of Sukkot, Isa.12:3 was often quoted, as it is written, ‘Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.’ Jesus/Yeshua in Hebrew means ‘salvation.’

Note again the statement in John 9:5.

This is the last day of the feast,

Hoshana Rabbah.

John 9:14; Lev. 23:34-36.

The post Endings Are Simply New Beginnings

includes reference to Jesus/Yeshuas birth.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/endings-are-simply-new-beginnings/

The final, 8th day, of this feast is known as 

Shemini Atzaret, Yom haSh’miyniy’Atzaret,

The 8th day assembly.

In Israel, the 8th day is a day that speaks of eternity and the Bible ends in Revelation with that same day, the day of eternity where we will reign forever with Him.

The 8th day is about resurrection and leaving the old life, a day of transcending, of breaking out of the limitations of the finite and into the realm of the infinite. Of transcending the old, overcoming the ultimate limitation, death, and thus every limitation.

The day after the end of the old life, the old existence and gaining the power to live beyond it in and through Yeshua/Jesus.

So the day of the resurrection and the day of the beginning of eternity are in inevitably joined together.

The Sheltering Presence of God Abides With Us Always.

may we all remain in the Sukkah of His Loving Protection.

In sharing about the Moedim/feasts/Appointed Times and having done much research a brief disclaimer is needful only because
there are many Hebrew Roots, Messianic and Messianic Jewish believers who are under the impression that the modern Rabbinical calendar tabulated by Hillel II is the same as the Biblical calendar. It would seem that unfortunately, this is not the case and although it is true that the modern Rabbinical calendar is very close, the two calendars are calculated using entirely different methods, because of this, there are minor and major variations.

Why is this important?

Our heavenly Father has commanded us to follow His Moedim/ feasts/Appointed Times according to His calendar, not one calendar that estimates it. The modern Rabbinical calendar rarely has Moedim/Appointed days at the same time as the Biblical calendar, this can lead even the most faithful followers of Yeshua/Jesus to observe days that have not been divinely ordained and neglecting days that have been.

We are reminded that Messiah said if you love me keep my commandments and that He did not come to destroy or do away with but to fulfill them.

We must remind ourselves that these Appointed Times are not exclusively “Jewish” Moedim/feasts.

These are Yehoveh/God’s Moedim/feasts and Appointed Times; and that it is His calendar that determines, not ours. His calendar is the only one that truly counts. It should be noted that there are several differences of opinions in how to decide the exact days of the calendar as written in Leviticus 23. As we are all on the WAY and learning as we travel, everyone is encouraged to do their own research in studying about the calendar according to the Scriptures, which our Heavenly Father has set in place. We still keep the 10 sayings/commandments that were given through Moses and Jesus/Yeshua quoted them on several occasions in answer to peoples questions on what we sould follow keep and do; so why do we humans think that we can choose which parts of the Bible we want to follow and which parts are no longer important??

So what is the purpose of Sukkot?

The sukah serves to remind us that our trust is NOT to be in what we call, permanent structures made with human hands; but in the One who has the power to protect us against every form and type of adversity. This is another opportunity for us to remember that we dwell in safety not because we have the security of 4 well constructed walls, but because our Heavenly Father is protecting, providing and caring for us each and every day. In the end, even the most reliable shelter is just a sukkah! One day it will be gone but instead, we will have a permanent home with Him forever. 

This is the spiritual truth true and most important aspect of the meaning of sukkot. This is the focus we are to have, that of our future hope and home; when He will dwell with us and we will be with Him forever. Now that’s something worth celebrating and being joyful over as we await the final ingathering!

The Sheltering Presence of God

Abides With Us

Always!

May we all remain

in the

Sukkah of His Loving Protection.

Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved (Acts 16:31).

The cry for salvation at Tabernacles

is heard

and answered through

Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah,

for He came to

save His people from their sins (Matt. 1:21).

Shalom shalom

‘Mishpachah’

‘Family/Tribe’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa,

friends, visitors and every reader…

Blessed are You, HaShem, Who spreads the Sukkat Shalom upon us, upon all of His people and upon Israel.

Please don’t leave this page before making certain Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

4 times throughout the book of Revelation Jesus says

“Surely I am coming quickly”

He is coming back very soon – so let’s keep looking up!

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 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.

Who R U ?

Who are you?

האדם שאתה,

haadam sheatah

  Who am I?

   מי אני

 mi ani

Mah Shemakha

What is your name?

שלך השם מה

My name 

in Hebrew is

 שְׁמִי‎.

shem mem yod

Shmy pronounced sh-mi.

But

this does not say

who you are

just what you are called by others.

Have you ever asked yourself the ?

Who am I?

Who are you?

mi atah?    מי אתה

?

Who are you Lord?

האדם שאתה, אדוני

haadam sheatah, adonay?

The Scriptures tell us that we are made in the image and likeness of our Heavenly Father.

Yeshua/Jesus being the perfect example.

He had one physical parent, the one with the womb,

the wombman in which Jeremiah says He formed us.

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart …

The image and likeness is the important issue.

This is the spiritual side of who we are and the most important part.

There are some in the bible who were more aware of who they were than others.

In 2 Sam 7:18, David asked the Lord

Who am I?

He asked in 1 Chron. 17:16: when King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: Who am I, O LORD God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

The scripture says that David was a man after Gods’ own heart but this was not due to his bad decisions and list of sins; but because he repented …Even with his close relationship to the Father he still asked the question

Who am I?

We see that this question was also asked by others in the scriptures: In Esther 7:5; Isaiah 51:12; Ruth 3:9; Ex.3:11; 1Sam.18:18, 25:10; 2Sam. 1:8, 7:18; 1Chron. 17:16, 29:14; 2Chron.2:6; Deut. 18:17-19; Acts 9:5, 19:15.

 

In Matt. 16:15 Messiah asked, who do you say that I am?

& in Mark 8:27 Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, Who do people say I am?

Peter answered by the Spirit of Holiness bearing witness..

In Luke 4:34 the demons knew Who Yesua/Jesus was!

Who are you really?

What identity do you identify with the most?

He knew us in the womb Jeremiah 1:5 before we were born and named by our physical parents.

All mammals go through the same process to bring forth after their kind, so what makes us different?

Is it because we have a birth certificate and a social security number?

Is it because we have a Drivers License when we reach a certain age; or because we have all manner of certificates and diplomas with our name on?

John the Baptist knew who he was … or did he?

John declared he was a voice crying in the wilderness to make straight the paths of the Lord.

A preparer of the way.

Jesus/Yeshua knew who His cousin John was and said of him..

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

… are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was … come. And if you are willing to accept what I say … he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come.

If you are willing to accept it he is Elijah!!! John denied it maybe he was not aware he carried the spirit of Elijah! This was in fulfillment of the prophesy that I will send Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord. So that also gives us a marker in Gods’ timeline! It also gives us an insight into the little understood complexities and mysteries of the inner workings of the unseen spiritual realms. His ways are most certainly higher than our ways!

Yeshua/Jesus knew who He was and it’s probably safe to say that Elijah and the old testament prophets knew who they were too.

But Who Are You?

Have we ever asked ourselves or considered

who we really are?

This question is not referring to our physical, earthly identity in this world; for we are not of this world.

John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

John 8:23 . And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I … But he continued, “You are from below; I am … of this world; I am not of this world. Jesus …

John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Spirit cannot die,

this is the likeness and image of God,

Who is our Father, the God of all spirits.

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Num. 27:16

God is the Father of all “the spirits,” whether in the flesh or not; all are of Divine parentage, for God himself is Spirit – Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεός. John 4:24

Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

Every physical body decays, from the moment of birth, the cycle of life is on a downward spiral. This is bad news…

BUT the GOOD news is we are NOT our bodies,

we are spirit, the spirit that inhabits this physical body. Some say soul and define it as mind, will, emotions; this comes from a Greek mind set. Soul and spirit in Hebrew is the same: breath, wind, spirit nefesh/Ruach or consciousness. That which survives death of the body.

We need to get it sealed in our understanding….the physical flesh body will wear out one day or we will simply leave it behind as the real us, our spirit & soul, goes to our Father.

we don’t die…

we are eternal

and will exist eternally as a spirit or in spirit form in one of 2 locations/realms/dimensions, as scripture indicates.

Could it be that the reason Yeshua /Jesus was able to give little to no importance to this life and everything that physical existence means and requires, is that He knew Who He was? He was the Son of God and the Son of man. He came to bring many sons to glory.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb. 2:10.

Note: when men sons or brethren is used it includes daughters/women/sisters; children would be a better word to include both physical body-type-vessels. There is no male/female in the spirit; why do we still struggle over such basic issues?

Gal. 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek,slave nor free, male nor female, for youare all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

If we are truly born from above by His Ruach Ha Kodesh /His Spirit of Holiness, having our spirit that was dead to our Heavenly Father made alive to Him once again! Then our true identity is there to be revealed. We are children of God also, yet we existed before creation according to Genesis.

Spirit cannot not exist,

so where were we before Gen. 1:2,

and who were we?

What did we do?

Were we spiritual seed in the spiritual loins of Our Heavenly Father of lights, waiting within Him to be birthed into a flesh body/human being?

We are an eternal being, a spirit, our bodies are the containers we dwell in, with 5 physical senses to enable us to interact in this earthly realm by utilizing and instructing our flesh brain. If we existed prior to being physically born, why do we not remember? Did we have our memories wiped?

We are here to find out who we are in Him and to

choose the Father…

which father we will serve?..

and also to complete the task we were sent here to do.

To be a good and faithful servant.

Our brains, where our memories are stored, is flesh and will not survive the demise of the body, we will not take our brain with us. Could the transition be more like the awakening from a dream/sleep and it quickly fades into a distant thought that  we can’t quite get ahold of again?

Who are you?

What makes you, you?

Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are; this is more based on the carnal, fleshly sense-based personality.

He did not come to save our flesh.. No flesh will be present in heaven. God can’t look upon us without the Blood of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus covering us, because our flesh is corruption and filthy in His sight.

Gal. 5:19 &

2 Corinthians 7:1  Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from …

… , beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness … , we should cleanse ourselves from every defilement of fleshand spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear

2 Peter 2:10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of …

… him and don’t think of anything except their own filthy desires. They are reckless and proud and … of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority.

We do not know what we will become but we know that we shall be like Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:2

We are spirit.

We came from the One True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel; and we will return to Him …

We are created in His image and likeness meaning;

we are spirit as He is spirit, and beings of light as He is.

He said in Matt.22:30 we will be as the angels in heaven.

So what is your real identity?

It’s not the one your parents gave you, we are not our name, nor are we the one we have become of our own making; by copying others and fashioning ourselves after others standards and lifestyles.

We have nothing that is original except sin nature! Everything we have and want and do, is from a source outside ourselves. Our manner of dress, place of residence, the car we drive, the way we communicate, none of it had it’s origins in us.

We are all copy cats! We emulate first our parents, then our siblings, then family, friends, coworkers, etc etc…in speech, actions, traits, etc. and all are dependent on which country we are born into and the influence of the culture we are exposed to. This is why we are to renew our minds with the Word of God. That is reality, not this world and its systems… we have to change our ‘worldview’ to one that views everything out from the eyes of the spirit, from Heavens perspective.

He came to save the soul, NOT our flesh and

He came to make and give The WAY for our spirits to be reborn from above to everlasting life, so we would not remain in death because we were all born in sin and its’ wages are death.

We always assume that is referring to physical death but it’s not… it’s spiritual death, which is the literal separation from God, our Heavenly Father for ever – for eternity!!

Is a physical life here worth more than that?

Is our own way/plan/lifestyle worth more than that?

Are our own plans and what we want to do here and now, worth more to us than this??

Matt. 25:34

prepared for us from the foundation of the world our inheritance….

so He knew us then before we were a physical being.

Think on this… Our physical parents, and this includes those who are parents themselves, our parents bodies were made to be used to create the physical container for our spirits/souls. Is this why Yeshua/Jesus said he Had come to separate within families because this natural family is a flesh relationship? We are not His family unless all are born from above..and because of that, separations will take place.

Matt.10:34 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.…

In John 3:3, the term “born again”

in the Greek is

“gennao anothen”

which in straight English means

“born from above.”

It does not actually translate into

“born again”

but

“born from above”

meaning born of God,

spiritually reborn from heaven.

Flesh is flesh and spirit is spirit, He said to Nicodemus

and they (Parents) become one flesh at marriage

not one spirit.

The spirit does not come from the parents but from God and ultimately returns to Him.

When we leave this body

Dust to dust, flesh goes back to the earth.

Viewed in this way we do not ‘belong’ to our parents, we are not their ‘property’.

Look at it like this, we are simply ‘on loan’ to them from the Lord. He placed us where He did for His purposes. He knit us in the womb of His choosing preparing the vessel to carry us – the spirit/soul, to do His will. Made for His purpose. They are, and we as parents likewise, are to help all individuals grow up in the will plan purpose and admonition of the Lord. 

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov. 22:6

They are to help us grow and fulfill our call in Him, not our personal fantasies, dreams and goals. Nor should they cling to us, or us to them. As Yeshua/Jesus said,

I must be about My Fathers business.

Our cultural heritage stifles and suffocates Gods will for us. We are here for His purposes not our own, we have it back to front when we ask, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ saying, ‘You can be anything you want to be’ …NO, not according to scripture! …

Whose are you and whom do you serve?

If you are not Gods’ child and don’t want to become one, then you can do what you want…So Who are you?

If we say to this mountain be removed…do we believe that?

And if it were not true why did He say it?

Who are you really?

It’s time to think and realize

we are not our body,

we are not our earthly identity

this body is the temporary dwelling place

for our spirit,

the real you,

the body is just the wrapper!

You are spirit and light,

the body cannot function without us inside it.

We really need to re-assess our innermost desires; if it’s based on what the world says is abundant life, then we are deceived and working for the wrong goals.

This life will end, this body is dying, we were born into decay, it has no future but the grave. BUT our soul/spirit will live on;

for the true believer it’s unto eternal life;

for the unbeliever it’s eternal separation

from our Heavenly Father.

In a way saying we die is a misnomer,

we don’t die because

we cant die;

spirit is spirit and has no capacity to die,

it’s another state of being.

Romans 14:8 “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Often we are so out of touch with our spirit that we focus on the flesh body and its needs instead. The soul has the emotions and the senses to help our spirit operate this vessel/this body. If we cannot get ahold of this reality, our bodies will dictate to us its’ desires and dreams of a reality in this world and that is what will dominate our lives. Then our walk with Him becomes a big struggle.

Through our 5 physical senses we see here what we want because we see what others have and we want it too. It is coveting; it’s desiring the things to make one wise and to make one look good.

It’s the same tricks and temptations which started a very long time ago in a garden… lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life; wanting others to see that you have made it, that you are somebody, that you are wealthy, etc etc…. This is of our own efforts not glorifying the Father.

Paul said it

oh lord deliver us from ourselves from this flesh that wants and needs and causes us to stumble yet James says we sin when we are drawn away by our own lusts.

We must choose daily to die to this flesh, it’s not a one time event. Crucify the flesh, kill it, deny it, it will lead us only to the broad way.

The longer we walk with the Lord the more He will require us to tighten up our walk and to cut off the sins that so easily beset us; to lay down the things that take our time away from His presence.

To deliver ourselves from the snare of the fowler.

Any life without God as the focus, the goal and the fulfilling of His will and plan and purpose, is off course.

It’s not a message that many want to hear, but if we read what He told us to do, how many of our lives really conform to the instructions He gave us?

Father help us to wake up and stop living for ourselves and or close family. We are just building our own kingdoms and not His.

This life is a one time opportunity to get it right; we don’t get a replay like a game. 

Yeshua/Jesus warned us, few there are that find the gate, few there are that enter in. Matt.7:14.

The Good News is, if you are reading this, there is still time to change..

It is the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches, financial gain and possessions that are the snares and temptations that we fall into.

That’s why Yeshua/Jesus told the rich young ruler to give it all away; the riches had him, he loved them more than Yeshua/Jesus and the Father.

If we seek first the kingdom, He promises He will add all that we need.

We try to add them ourselves using the worlds system to do it. This is not Gods 1st choice way…

Who are we?

You are not your flesh body…

This is a truth we must get hold of because it will change the way we think and see ourselves and everything around us. It will help us to function from our spirit and live by the gifts of His Spirit. We will leave this body behind when we are called home. Our spirit goes to its’ maker and the body does not survive without us in residence.

So death is NOT to be feared,

it’s simply a transition

from

this earthly realm to the heavenly realm.

We introduce ourselves by name and occupation. We identify with the name given by parents/guardians, or one we choose for ourselves by changing birth name on our certificates to another. We cannot alter the original but it still is not who we are.

We take on the identity from the family that we are raised among, adopting their ways and habits emulating their lifestyles.

It’s all we know.

All we are exposed to and we copy them.

For now we see through a glass, darkly;

but then face to face:

now I know in part;

but then shallI know even as also I am known.

1Cor. 13:12.

If we do have some memory of an existence before our spirit /soul was inserted into the physical body, by the time we can speak we’ve forgotten. We are told how to behave, how to live by those around us. Then we are educated by a worldly education system; we have no clue if what we are taught is true or not, we just accept it and much of what we are told of our history is only partially true, with many changes and omissions to the whole truth.

We think we are who we see in the mirror and the world molds us by its’ standards which are in Direct Opposite Reverse to the Way of the Father whose DOR, Dalet is Jesus/Yeshua.

This is the only way we will find our true selves and why we must renew our minds with His Word. His Word tells us we are eternal spirit and soul which cannot die so we have been around for much longer than we think.

We are His own, given to Yeshua/Jesus by His and our Father.

We have to get our eyes opened to really see this life is vanity, worthless, pointless, that only what we do for the kingdom of the heavens will have lasting value, however noble and good it may appear.

Treasures in Heaven again,

you are not your body

you are not the identity you project,

you are not your career your status and the old man is dead.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Col.3:3.

We are consumed with this life and it quenches His spirit within, choking the lifes/chaim from us; Mark 4, and does not bear fruit to maturity.

The world and all its’ pleasures are not rooted in the Word of God. They belong to the prince of this world which is why he could offer them to Yeshua/Jesus.

He rejected them so should we…they are seducing, deceiving temptations, aimed at the flesh and its carnal desires. We must see them for what they are…We need to stop being a part of it and come out from among them and be separate.

His called apart ones.

What the world offers us is temporary and will pass away without lasting fruit to our credit. Whatever we love, we pay attention to and give our time to. Our time is the one thing we can direct and have control over, how do we spend it? What are we consumed with? What are we devoting our life to accomplish, and for what end?

Matt 10:34-42 whatever/whoever we love more than the Father and Jesus/Yeshua; whatever, whoever we place in the position of 1st place and importance is NOT worthy – deemed entirely deserving- of Him. V 38

Family, this is serious, very serious.

Spiritually speaking, our identity is Not with our physical family. Matt 10:36, members of household, Micah 7:6, our children are not ours, we are merely stewards until they can function without assistance. Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. Prov.22:6

We are all brothers and sisters in the kingdom of God our heavenly Father. You are a spirit and so is everyone else. No family relationship in the spirit is like the world expresses it; we are all equal in the family of God.

48 But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” 49 Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of My Father… Matt.12:49.

We must begin and continue, to stop focusing on the things of the natural. Our bodies are simply containers for us to function through on the earth. Until we get it settled within us, we will be pulled down by its’ physical demands, feelings and 5 senses, and all the physical pain and problems.

You are not your body

and you have rule over it.

This is a liberating message if we want to receive it.

He came to set us free

Gal.5:1

don’t go back into bondage.

When God delivers us out of bondage, our eyes must be fixed on Him and Him alone. We must be determined not to look back or go back to the place that God has condemned.

Every person working for another, by way of a company etc., is in reality a slave to that job.

The rich rule over the poor,

and the borrower is a slave to the lender. 

Prov. 22:7.

Anyone who has debt, is in bondage to that debt.

The system has been set up to keep us in that bondage. Usually its incurred for things we want or think we need… houses, cars, etc., etc., etc. Things will keep us trapped, living a simple life with less is the life with less bondage; because the things we take on trap us into having to keep serving another who is not the Lord.

The world and everything in its systems belong to the prince of this world and we are to come out from among them and be separate.

Beloved family let’s put our trust in Him now, don’t wait until we are desperate but starting now, believe Him to supply our needs. Believe for that meal without a wage, without a handout from the government.

Can we do it?

Let’s begin to believe for our healing in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth instead of first going to the Dr. There is not one scripture where Yeshua/Jesus said go to a Dr. Go see a physician because I can’t heal you.

Or go to a psychiatrist I don’t know what’s wrong with you it’s a psychosis…

no …He cast out unclean sprits and demons that were causing sickness and disease. Those in the medical profession are a huge blessing for us and we are beyond grateful for their ministry and expertise…but what would we do if there is no Dr. or Nurse around??

What and who are we making our first choice?

Our jobs own us, we are slaves to our bosses, we do what they tell us because we want the money in the wages we get, to finance our dream and fulfill our goal…. How have we got so off track as far as what Messiah said to do??

Go into all the world and preach the good news of the gospel of the kingdom heal the sick raise the dead cast out demons the kingdom of god is within us so we carry it wherever we go. Lay hands on the sick they shall recover.

Who was this said to???

Everyone – whosoever will hear and do.

The call has gone out but only a very few answer it.

We choose our own way, our own path, our own life … it does not change the call that came to us; it’s just we didn’t have ears to hear like so many when Yeshua/Jesus first spoke it.

This is a serious message and no doubt many will be offended and raise up, voicing excuses that we say are valid reasons for why we are doing what we are doing.

The truth is… the truth of us… is where we are right now.

Today, this moment….if it were our last… are we ready to meet our Lord?

We are only promised today; yesterday is gone for ever, and tomorrow may never come for us … have we done what we should have? It’s a message designed by our Father to stir us up… and how we respond, will determine the WAY we take from this moment forward.

Many will wish they never read it, because now there’s a choice to make and some don’t want to.. but we have read it and Father knows it so…

 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore

choose life, (chaim/hayyim)

that both you and your descendants may live; Deut. 30:19

So choose
וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ (ū·ḇā·ḥar·tā)

life,
בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים (ba·ḥay·yîm)

there are only 2 ways

everlasting life in the Fathers presence and

everlasting death without Him……

be one of the few that enter in to His glorious kingdom.

What is there, or who is there, on this earth that is more important???

Whatever it is, it’s an idol before the Lord. It’s another god, the thing we give our worship to, it’s instead of, before and in front of the Lord.

Even when we say we love Jesus/Yeshua, our actions, our fruit and priorities tell a different story. We can fool people but we can’t fool Our Father. We can even fool ourselves, saying, oh God understands.. He’s a God of love He doesn’t want me to do this, or that, He wants me to do what I’m doing and be happy.

Yes it’s a hard saying, so were those messages which Yeshua/Jesus said, both to the crowds and to His disciples.

Well we say, that was then and not everyone is a disciple or is supposed to go …go where you are! Your mission field is as close as your breath…we must stop compromising with the world, with trends, with fashion, technology, and entertainment. We are not here to have fun and enjoy life, we are sent here by our Father to fulfill His will to do what He asks of us ….

Lord Jesus /Messiah Yeshua, help us see

who we really are

open our eyes – hippatach –

reveal to us

who we are in YOU.

Our natural, earthly family here, may not be our forever family if they are not walking with the Lord; and if unsaved, neither are our siblings, parents and children. As for those who are His, we will see them as they truly are one day, our true spiritual siblings, we only see them as in earthly relationships for this earth experience. In Christ/Messiah, our parents, children, grandparents, etc., are all our equal siblings. Our brains and memories will die with the rest of the physical body we don’t take those with us.

This world and everything in it, is NOT reality; it’s a construct within the earths framework, constrained by a thing we call time. Time does not exist outside of this realm and when we transcend/ascend, or however we want to name it; this life will be as a moment, something like a dream we had and can hardly remember. We came from Him and will return to Him for a future we can barely imagine. Yes there is beauty here but it’s temporary, transitory; we are passing through and where we are going is wonderful beyond our words to describe.

Our foundation is in Yeshua/Jesus, not here, so let’s stop building our Eden, our paradise on earth because according to scripture, it’s about to be burned up. Build up your treasures in heaven where they will not be destroyed. The disciples got it, they understood and not loving their lives unto death, they ran their race and completed their course. Can we say with Paul that we have too!????

Who are we??

We are spirit, we are eternal, we will never die, so we can cease being afraid of death… for the believer it doesn’t exist its just a change in the realm of existence.

This age is at its’ close, Yeshua/Jesus is coming back. Revelations prophetic pictures will come to pass; God will judge this world and everything written will happen just as He said it will…are we ready?

Are we prepared for those things in Revelation?

Are we able to stand in that day?

Will we be counted worthy, deemed entirely deserving, to escape those things coming upon the earth and to stand before the Son of man? Or are we loving our lives too much? Are we seeking to save our lives, or are we looking unto Yeshua/Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. And will He find that faith demonstrated in us when He returns?

Know that you are loved enough for truth to be told to you and this writer makes no apologies for declaring the Truth of His Word. Wouldn’t we rather hear the truth and not an ear tickling, feel good message that does not set us free? He loves us and will not lose one that has been given Him by His Father.

However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. John 6:37-39

He is calling us close to Himself..

Today, if you hear His voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

Heb.3:15.

 

Gird up your loins family,

get ready,

be prepared and stay alert,

because you do not know

the hour that your Lord is coming!

Who I Am In Christ

In Christ, I am accepted …

John 1:12 — I am God’s child.

John 15:15 — As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1 — I have been justified.

1 Corinthians 6:17 — I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 — I have been bought with a price, and I belong to God.

1 Corinthians 12:27 — I am a member of Christ’s body.

Ephesians 1:3-8 — I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.

Colossians 1:13-14 — I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.

Colossians 2:9-10 — I am complete in Christ.

Hebrews 4:14-16 — I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.

In Christ, I am secure …

Romans 8:1-2 — I am free from condemnation.

Romans 8:28 — I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.

Romans 8:31-39 — I am free from any condemnation brought against me, and I cannot be separated from the love of God.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 — I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.

Colossians 3:1-4 — I am hidden with Christ in God.

Philippians 1:6 — I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.

Philippians 3:20 — I am a citizen of heaven.

2 Timothy 1:7 — I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.

1 John 5:18 — I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me.

In Christ, I am significant …

John 15:5 — I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine and a channel of His life.

John 15:16 — I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.

1 Corinthians 3:16 — I am God’s temple.

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 — I am a minister of reconciliation for God.

Ephesians 2:6 — I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.

Ephesians 2:10 — I am God’s workmanship.

Ephesians 3:12 — I may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

You are greatly loved

Mishpachah, Family,

משפחה

and prayed for daily..

Time is VERY short…

lets know for certain in our hearts

who we are in Messiah. 

Keep looking UP and

make sure you are secure in the knowledge you are saved

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

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

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