The End From The Beginning & Signs Of The Times

I Am God, and There Is None Like Me, Declaring the End From the Beginning, and From Ancient Times the Things That Are Not Yet Done. Isaiah 41:4

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am He.

In Isaiah 46:10, God stated that He “declared the end from the beginning”, as well as “things that were not yet done”.

What this literally means is, that God not only declared the TIME of the end from the beginning, (meaning the 7 day creation story), but also that the creation story itself is actually prophetic.

A Translation could read:

From the beginning I revealed the end. From long ago I told you things that had not yet happened, saying, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.”

Are the end times upon us? According to those keeping a close eye on the strange happenings in Israel, the answer might well be “yes.”

Predictions about the end of the world seem to appear every time there is an unusual celestial phenomenon, such as a lunar eclipse/blood moon or a comet’s arrival,

but the notable signs in Israel are both more common and more bizarre.

Rabbis and prophecy watchers in Israel have been abuzz over several events which all took place at the end of 2018, they see them as positive signs of Messiah’s soon coming. MMM is not affirming that connection here, however, the signs are interesting enough to sit up and take note.

The 1st of the these strange occurrences was the birth of the first red heifer in 2,000 years on 5th sept 2018.

Many will be purified and purged and refined; the wicked will act wickedly and none of the wicked will understand; but the knowledgeable will understand. Daniel 12:10

The red heifer is described in the Book of Numbers.

“This is the ritual law that Hashem has commanded: Instruct B’nei Yisrael to bring you a red cow without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which no yoke has been laid. Numbers 19:2

One of the commands given to Israel in the Law of Moses requires the birth of the “Parah Adumah”, the red heifer. The sacrifice of the red heifer is to bring purification.

Red heifers are mentioned in rabbinic speculation concerning the end times. The birth of a red heifer, many believe, will herald the building of the Third Temple.  Some Christians believe that such an event will herald the second coming of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

One week after it’s birth the calf in question was given an “extensive examination” to see if she was actually “blemish free” as is specified in the Bible.

According to end times literature, the red calf “brings the promise of reinstating Biblical purity to the world” paving the way for re-establishing the Temple service and marking the final stage of redemption. It will be sacrificed prior to the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

Rabbinical experts have found that the calf is without blemish as defined by Scripture and thus is a ‘viable candidate for the Biblical red heifer.’

The event was being heralded as the first verified birth of a red heifer in two thousand years.

According to Jewish tradition, there will only be 10 red heifers in human history with the 10th heifer ushering in the Messianic era. 

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides), the most renowned medieval Jewish scholar known by the acronym Rambam, wrote in his explanation of the mitzvah that “the tenth red heifer will be accomplished by the king, the Messiah; may he be revealed speedily, Amen, May it be God’s will.”

Rabbi Chaim Richman, the International Director of the Temple Institute, commented on this on their website.

“If there has been no red heifer for the past 2,000 years, perhaps it is because the time was not right; Israel was far from being ready. But now… what could it mean for the times we live in, to have the means for purification so close at hand? With the words of Maimonides in mind, we cannot help but wonder and pray: If there are now red heifers… is ours the era that will need them?”

The laws pertaining to the mitzvah are myriad and considered by the sages to be the archetypal chok, an inexplicable Torah commandment accepted solely on faith.

For believers we know that Messiah Jesus/Yeshua has fulfilled the mystery of this chok. 

click link for more on CHOK

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

Before entering the land of Israel after the Exodus, the heifer was burned outside of the camp. In the days of the Temple, the heifer was taken to the Mount of Olives across a causeway built specifically for this purpose to ensure that there was no inadvertent contact with areas along the way that may have been contaminated by dead bodies.

Cedarwood, hyssop, and wool or yarn dyed scarlet are added to the fire, and the remaining ashes are placed in a vessel containing spring water to purify a person who has become ritually contaminated by contact with a corpse.

Water from the vessel is sprinkled on the subject, using a bunch of hyssop, on the third and seventh day of the purification process. The priest who performs the ritual then becomes ritually unclean, and must then wash himself and his clothes in running waters. He is deemed impure until evening.

No less stringent than the laws pertaining to the heifer are the laws pertaining to the site where the heifer is burned. Almost 30 years ago, Rabbi Yonatan Adler, who is also an archaeologist, performed an in-depth study into the textual references to the site where the red heifer was burned, publishing his results in the Torah journal. 

His calculations, based on the Holy of Holies being located where the Dome of the Rock stands today, led him to a spot where Dominus Flevit, a Catholic Church built in 1955, now stands. Archaeological surveys discovered unique characteristics of the site that corresponded to descriptions in the Talmud.

The 2nd oddity in Israel has baffled scientists across the world.

The Dead Sea is known for its overwhelming salinity; (Hebrew: יָם הַמֶּלַח Yam ha-Melah lit. Sea of Salt; Arabic: البحر الميت ‎ Al-Bahr al-Mayyit) is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

The extraordinary abundance of salt in the water makes it both a popular tourist destination and an environment that is completely inhospitable to almost every form of life on the planet.

The Dead Sea is 377 m (1,237 ft) deep, making it the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride or other mineral salts, with saline levels nearly 10 times the salt of the ocean, life in its brine is largely unknown. 

On the shores of the Dead Sea – more than 400 meters below sea level – are freshwater sinkholes, created as a result of dropping water levels. A young woman on a nature hike was shocked recently when she discovered freshwater ponds with fish on the shores of the Dead Sea. 

The sinkholes around its edges, have inexplicably been filled with fish!! An incongruous sight with powerful implications: a prophecy appearing before her eyes that seemed to contradict the laws of nature.

 Where the fish have come from is unknown, and they have been joined by the return of vegetation to the otherwise barren area.

The Bible, however, describes a very different picture of the region. Lot looked out on the valley where the Dead Sea is now and saw an incredibly fertile and well-watered region.

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Hashem destroyed Sdom and Gomorrah like the garden of Hashem. Genesis 13:10 (The Israel Bible)

The Bible relates that the landscape changed when the fire and brimstone destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah turned the valley into a wasteland. Indeed, people who visit the Dead Sea today would find it difficult to envision a garden in the arid region.

This fits the prophets Zechariah and Ezekiel’s claims that the Dead Sea and the area around it would flourish with life before the world came to an end.

“And it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall go out from Yerushalayim: half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.” Zechariah 14:8 (The Israel Bible™) 

Then said he unto me: ‘These waters issue forth toward the eastern region and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea into the sea of the putrid waters the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth whithersoever the rivers shall come shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh. Ezekiel 47:8-9 (The Israel Bible)

In the Book of Ezekiel, the prophet speaks of what will take place in the last days.

The Jewish people will be regathered from the ends of the earth back to the land of Israel.

The Temple will be rebuilt.

And water will flow from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea.

As it flows, it will bring life from death and fish will swim in the waters of the Dead Sea. Fish have never been spotted in the Dead Sea… that is, apparently, until the end of 2018.

 

The 3rd eerie happening in Israel is enough to send shivers down the spine!

At around the same time of the birth of the red heifer, while Jewish people were praying at the Western Wall, a very different creature appeared.

A snake began slithering out from the stones in the Western Wall, interrupting the prayers being offered there. As the serpent is a creature often associated with evil, the event, the first of its kind to be recorded, sparked off more speculation concerning ‘dangerous times’ and the coming of Messiah.

Understandably, worshipers there at the time were in shock as it is one of Israel’s holiest sites. 

Is A Snake Appearing From Temple Mount Connected to the Messiah and Third Temple?

The snake was identified as a coin-marked snake, or leaden-colored racer, and it was not a small specimen either.

Rough estimates place it at over three feet long.

There is something ominous about the unexpected appearance of the animal so often associated with evil in the Bible in a place that is meant to be filled with worship.

Let them lick dust like snakes, Like crawling things on the ground! Let them come trembling out of their strongholds To Hashem our God; Let them fear and dread You! Micah 7:17 (The Israel Bible™)

The incident is considered the 3rd sign of the approaching Apocalypse.

The snake crawled out of the stones at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and frightened the dove it was trying to catch which was sitting on the wall.

https://youtu.be/IfVepVl5aHk
To see the dove fly away click either link
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for the snake removal click

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According to Torah scholars, prophecy considered to be of EPIC PROPORTION has been fulfilled! 

When this snake came wriggling out from between the stones of the Western Wall it brought with it a message straight from Jewish mystical teachings; connecting the archetypal enemy of man with the High Priest in the Temple, and also, perhaps, serving as a harbinger of the Messiah.

Scholars noted as it flew away and found refuge within the rocks of the wall, so must the Jews remain close to their TORAH as evil closes in on the world.. 

Just as the dove is safe so long as it seeks shelter among the stones of the Temple Mount, the Jews are protected by the Torah commandments. When the dove comes out from the stones or the the Jews move away from the Torah, they are in danger.

Torah scholars also claimed the appearance of a snake coming out of the stones of the Temple Mount could be seen as an auspicious sign. In gematria (Hebrew numerology) nachash (snake)  נחש equals 358, the same as Moshiach (Messiah) משיח. An explanation is that the evil inclination, personified by the snake in Eden, will make a resurgence in the days before Messiah appears as holiness also increases in the world in the end-of-days.
Another connection between the lowly snake and holiness is implicit in the Hebrew words.
The letters of the word nachash can be rearranged to spell choshen (breastplate), worn by the Kohen Gadol (high priest) in the Temple. It is stated that the tikkun (fixing) of the snake would be accomplished in the Third Temple by way of the breastplate. Embedded in the breastplate were 12 precious stones, each representing a tribe of Israel. When faced with a difficult situation, the kings of Israel could inquire and the stones of the breastplate would shine in sequence, providing them with a divine response to their question. This was a Tikkun for the snake which gave a deceitful response to Eve.

The appearance of the snake was not the first frightening incident to take place at the Wailing Wall this year.

On 22nd July 2018 an elderly worshipper had a close call when a 100-kg (220 lb) stone suddenly fell from Jerusalem’s Western Wall (kotel) and crashed at her feet on to the egalitarian plaza, a prayer platform.

Jerusalem Antiquities authorities are investigating and say they will respect its ‘sensitivity.’

The Wall, is more than 2,000 years old. 

It became known by Europeans as the Wailing Wall, a translation of the Arabic, el-Mabka.

Rabbis look up to where the boulder fell from.

Could it be that….

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Another sign appeared on Hoshana Rabba, the last day of Sukkot, when a large cloud of mist began billowing up from the ground inside the Temple Mount Compound, surrounding the Dome of the rock for several minutes. 

In October, a group of Jews praying on the Mount of Olives witnessed a large white cloud rise up out of the ground from the Temple Mount.

I wipe away your sins like a cloud, Your transgressions like mist— Come back to Me, for I redeem you. Isaiah 44:22 (The Israel Bible™)

Most were immersed in their holiday prayers and had not noticed but when it was pointed out, they confirmed the mist’s presence. The phenomenon lingered on the ground around the golden dome for more than 20 minutes.  

When Rabbi Yosef Berger heard of the sighting, he responded with equanimity.

“If you had told me that it happened any other day of the year, I would not have assigned it any significance,” Rabbi Berger told Breaking Israel News. “But to have this cloud appear on Hoshana Rabbah is highly significant and makes me happy, knowing the geula (redemption) is at hand.”

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Israel announces:

The Third Temple will be ready in 2019

Sanhedrin Invites 70 Nations to Hanukkah Dedication of Altar for the Third Temple

The altar built by the Temple Institute to be used in service in the rebuilt Third Jewish Temple.

As Breaking Israel News reported earlier this month, the Temple Institute in Jerusalem has completed the construction of the stone altar required for the sacrificial service in the Holy Temple.

The ceremony included the consecration of a stone altar prepared for use in the Third Temple. The declaration was intended as an invitation to the nations to participate in the Temple and to receive its blessings.

The altar is currently in the form of loose stone blocks ready to be transported to the Temple Mount and stored in a manner that will enable them to be transported and assembled at a moment’s notice. When complete, the altar will be a square nine feet on each side and five feet tall, and includes a ramp for the priests to ascend.

For believers neither building nor further sacrifices are required as we are the living stones of the Temple/Body of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua the building of the 3rd Temple is to fulfill Biblical end-time prophecy.

Interesting note: 70 is the number of languages that were given to divide and separate the people after the tower of Babel incident, are they now being re-assembled??

And yet another harbinger reported..

Is increasing Snowfall in Sahara Desert a Sign of Messianic Redemption?

Snow in the Sahara desert has been a rare phenomenon, yet the Algerian town of Ain Sefra experienced on its second snowfall of the winter.

Of course, a second snowfall in the same winter was even more unforeseen, amazed locals woke up to see the desert sands coated again in approximately half a foot of snow.

Such rare weather patterns may very well be a sign of the Messianic era as the prophet Isaiah speaks repeatedly of deserts blooming in his description of the end of days.

“I am about to do something new; Even now it shall come to pass, Suddenly you shall perceive it: I will make a road through the wilderness And rivers in the desert.”

 

Another significant occurrence is that of a Special Torah Scroll Written for Messiah has been Completed.

Rabbi Yosef Berger, one of the rabbis in charge of King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem’s Old City, took an enormous step towards making his year-long dream a reality.

Rabbi Berger’s dream was to write a Torah scroll to present to the Messiah upon his arrival. Since David’s Tomb, the burial place of the Messiah’s ancestor, is located on Mount Zion, Rabbi Berger is uniquely positioned to personally present the Torah to the Messiah.

The Rabbi believes that by writing a Torah scroll which includes all of Israel, and keeping that scroll on Mount Zion, it will fulfill the requirements to usher in the Messiah.

Rabbi Berger explained to how he learned this from Yalkut Shimoni, a collection of teachings believed to have been arranged in the 13th century. He quoted the text:

“’Rabbi Shimon Ben Monsia said, ‘No signs of redemption will be shown to Israel until they seek these three things – the kingdom of heaven , the dynasty of King David, and the building of the Temple.’ Writing a scroll housed on Mount Zion, where King David is interred, and adjacent to the Temple Mount, will accomplish all three goals in one action,” the rabbi explained.

In December, the first letters of the scroll were inscribed by Rabbi David Hai Abuhatzeira, the grandson of the prominent Moroccan Sephardic mystic Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, known as the Baba Sali.

At the time, Rabbi Abuhatseira urgently instructed the organizers of the project, “Write the Sefer Torah as fast as possible, you don’t have much time!…I hope you have a chance [to finish]!”

It appears that Rabbi Berger finished this stage of the project in time. Last Thursday, the ceremony to consecrate the new Torah scroll began at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem and moved to the adjacent Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue, where the final letters were written by a collection of honored rabbis. Thousands of celebrants accompanied the Torah scroll to its new home at David’s Tomb on Mount Zion.

The ceremony was on the seventh day of the Hebrew month Adar, which is both the birth date and the Yahrtzeit (anniversary of the death) of Moses. Apropos to the momentous occasion, Rabbi Berger announced to the crowd, “Moses was truth, and his Torah was truth, and this Torah will never change.”

He then quoted from the book of Hosea
“For the Bnei Yisrael shall sit solitary many days without king and without prince and without sacrifice and without pillar and without ephod or teraphim; afterward shall Bnei Yisrael return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days.” (Hosea 3:4-5)

One final report is one that is related to the Feast of Trumpets/ Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashanah.

In the summer of 2016 there was a revival of the 4 horned variety of Jacob Sheep which got their name in the late 19th century because their spots and speckles match the description in the Book of Genesis of Jacob’s flock. 

And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted. Genesis 30:39

Apparently their horns are very significant and used as shofars.

On 20th August 2018 Jacobs sheep were moved to the Temple grazing ground.

And you, O Migdal-eder, Outpost of Fair Tzion, It shall come to you: The former monarchy shall return— The kingship of Fair Yerushalayim. Micah 4:8 (The Israel Bible™)

Migdal Eder is also identified by the Prophet Micah as the place from which the dynasty of King David will be reestablished.

click link for more on Migdal Eder..

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

After a journey from the other side of the world, the flock of 100 Jacob’s Sheep may have found a permanent home; Migdal Eder, a site designated for grazing animals destined for the Temple altar. They are currently in Gush Etzion awaiting the construction of facility in Migdal Eder (the tower of the flock) the place from which the Messiah is prophesied to come at the sound of the Last Trump!

Last but not least front and center in the news … There is also a strong indication of a Peace Deal in the not too distant future…..An agreement to divide Jerusalem and establish a PLO state is a tribulation event….

From a Biblical prophetic perspective, the reason why the God of Israel would allow these events to happen is because it will result in the end of the exile of the house of Jacob and the reunification of the 12 tribes of Israel (Ephraim and Judah).

We will to be “watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem” and we will not rest until the God of Israel makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62).

Rest assured, our Heavenly Father has all things in His control and in His timing for He has said…

From the beginning I revealed the end. From long ago I told you things that had not yet happened, saying, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.”

Shalom shalom!

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

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

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

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

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

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

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

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

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs…What???!!!

Everyone knows that when this expression is being used, that there are not actually cats and dogs falling out of the sky. It is an expression that means that it is raining very heavily!!

Only those who speak English would understand this expression, in other languages other than the one being spoken it does not make sense.

This is a figure of speech called an idiom. 

Scripture is full of Hebrew phrases and idioms that most grafted-in believers don’t know about.  It is extremely important that a person who wants to study the Bible has knowledge concerning these things, in order to understand Scripture correctly.

Without the knowledge of these phrases, you cannot possibly interpret verses as they were originally intended by the ancient Hebrew authors. There are many things that grafted-in believers have believed for almost two thousand years, that are incorrect, partially because of this missing knowledge.

Different languages have from dozens, to hundreds of idioms.

So WHAT IS A Hebrew IDIOM? 

An idiom is an expression of a concept, feeling, idea, circumstance, or thing, used in a figurative sense to aid and enhance an explanation.

An idiomatic expression should never be interpreted literally. It is very closely related to a maxim and a parable.

WHAT IS A MAXIM? 

A maxim is a brief expression of a general truth or rule of conduct. An example of a maxim is: “The pen is mightier than the sword.”

 Meaning. Definition: Influencing people through thoughts and ideas are more effective than violence.

Idioms, maxims, and parables have been very useful teaching tools, especially in cultures that are without books and rely mainly on oral communication.

WHAT IS A PARABLE? 

A parable is a short allegorical story intended to illustrate (or teach) some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. Jesus/Yeshua used parables and figures of speech many times.

A widely-known Hebrew idiom, Bosom Of Abraham, is one of them that is commonly missed, and taken literally.

Is it a real place, or an idiom for the grave?

In Luke 16 He uses this Hebrew idiom. This was a figure of speech they readily understood, and Jesus/Yeshua used it to make His point about a very rich man and a desperately poor man.

His point was that riches, pleasure, possessions, and position can be a stumbling block to us. (stumbling block = deterrent, obstacle).

He wanted to convey how important it is that we evaluate our behavior, and how it will factor into our final destination. The scriptures tell us that our hearts are corrupt, and lack compassion for our fellow human beings. The rich man lacked compassion, and was extremely selfish. He had the evil eye, an idiom meaning he was stingy, miserly, and self-centered.

Jesus/Yeshua was not teaching us about the literal details of the here-after, but rather figuratively used the idiom, bosom of Abraham to teach the principle of generosity, hospitality, and kindness. He was also giving us a glimpse of how He sees our treatment of one another.

Another thing we miss in Hebrew, His original followers were called the Netzarim. (Hellenized in Greek to “Nazarenes”).

 Natsarim means Watchmen in modern Hebrew, the term “notzri” (נוצרי) is the general word for “Christian,” which perhaps comes from the word “netzer,” but more likely comes from the name of town of Nazareth.

Strong’s Hebrew: 5341. נָצַר (natsar) — to watch, guard, keep

Strong’s Hebrew: 5342. נֵ֫צֶר (netser) — a sprout, shoot

Those who are Netzarim (watchmen, shoots from the branch,) have a desire to guard and keep truth. They try to view the entire Bible through a Hebrew mindset and adhere to YHWH’s teachings instead of allowing themselves to be swayed by man’s opinions, as He clearly stated in Matthew 5:17-18. that He did NOT abolish the Law/Torah, but came to fulfill it.

It’s normal to confuse Hebrew word-roots, especially between the two words, Natsarim and Nazirite. We actually become a Natsari because we follow Yeshua/Jesus. Paul was a member of the sect of the Pharisees, but became a Natsari. (Yahusha is another Hebrew spelling of Jesus’ name.)

The Natsarim means the Watchmen, as spoken of in the Prophets (Old Testament) and Brit Hadasaha (New Testament). The first followers of Yahusha were called the Natsarim. They were not accepted by the teachers of Judaism nor the early Christian church.

The Dead Sea Scrolls provide the Jewish context of the early Netzari Faith, those of the Way. The Early Believers Called: HaDerech (The Way)The Natsari-Netzarim-Natzraya. Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were fragmentary; not more than a dozen are intact.

Jesus/Yeshua used many idioms. His natsarim/ followers/disciples knew He used them, and in one place they pointed this out: “His taught ones said to Him, ‘See, now You are speaking plainly, and not using figures of speech!’” – John 16:29

These figures of speech refer to the use of idioms.

Cultural idioms can easily be misunderstood when translated literally.

They vary in transparency.

Some of the following are familiar to us.

There are many examples in Modern English which is filled with idioms:

You had me in stitches- (laughing so hard it hurts)

Are you pulling my leg? (Fooling making a joke)

Kill time, (doing something to pass the time)

Blow your mind, (shock surprise )

To read between the lines saying something more than is plainly written

To go for a burton (to stumble or fall over)

Eat your heart out (Intended to make one feel bitterness or pain as they long for something out of reach.)

Feeling under the weather (an illness);

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed (cranky);

Graveyard shift (working the late shift, past midnight);

Have a bone to pick (dispute between people);

Kick the bucket, croak, bite the dust, bought the farm (die);

Silver lining (unforeseen good aspect of a bad situation);

Red herring (distracting or misleading clue);

. . . and so on.

Not understanding how to apply idioms, we can easily get egg on our face. (This idiom means “made to look foolish”).

Why is unlocking the meaning of hebrew idioms and hebraisms important?

It’s because of misinterpretation, we can easily invent things and places we think may are true or really exist; (as in the idea of Purgatory)– which is a syncretism borrowed from Buddhism.

Definition of syncretism – the combination, merging, blending or reconciliation of differing beliefs or practices in religion, philosophy, etc. which were originally from distinctly separate sources.

Religions which have the belief in this realm often receive money in exchange for “indulgences” which are said to reduce or eliminate a fiery torture for “venial sins.” There is no basis for this in the Bible.

No one can be in Purgatory because it doesn’t exist.

Purgatory appeared for the first time in Christian tradition in the late 12th century, and is derived from a Buddhist practice of making offerings for the dead.

Misunderstandings create strongholds (false reasonings).

Some scriptural examples of the use of figurative language in conversation or discourse where in the KJV,

the word “apple” is used where the Hebrew text employs an idiom for an object of incomparable desire. This idiom became a completely different one here, since the Hebrew word does not mean “apple”, either literally or abstractly.

The literal meaning is little man of the eye, child of the eye in Zech 2:8 :

 בָּבָה

Strongs 892 babah: (baw-baw’)

the apple (of the eye)

Also in Prov. 7:2; Ps. 17:8; Deut. 32:10; as meaning treasured, and very important.

(Makes one wonder if the translator really, really liked apples or maybe he was hungry at the time of writing?)

The “apple of the eye” was the pupil, the aperture at the center of the human eye. At the time the phrase came into use, the pupil was erroneously thought to be a solid, round object and it was called the “apple” because apples were the most commonly encountered spherical objects.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Zechariah 2:8

There are many Hebrew idioms and if we take them literally, we will be very confused.

One familiar phase, “the bride of Jesus/Yeshua,”can be misconstrued.

It’s an idiomatic expression, we know it’s not literally a gender issue but is giving the concept of being like a marriage, because it’s a covenant relationship reflecting total commitment and selfless love.

Another idiom is the idea of first-fruits, meaning first-born. Idiomatically the idea applies to those in the first resurrection, the bride that will attend the “wedding feast.” This second idiom, “wedding feast,” is an extension of the “bride” idiom.

Some other Hebrew idioms are: 

heart (thinking);

eye of a needle (any task requiring great skill and focus);

bind and loose (forbid and permit, according to Torah);

uncircumcised ears/hearts (lack of commitment to Jesus/Yeshua);

make a wide mouth (sneer);

slept (died);

to receive another heart (change the mind);

lifted up his eyes (saw); 

hate (avoid, or prefer less than another);

your right eye (your will, decision, or fixed goals);

stumbling block (deterrent, obstacle);

throat an open grave (speak deceitfully);

enlarge space (set free);

under the ban (may mean either dedicated only to Jesus/Yeshua, or be completely destroyed);

stiff neck (obstinate);

kiss the son (show loyalty, render pure homage);

bronze forehead (brutish, unhearing);

remove the foreskin of your heart (commit yourself);

hard-hearted (stubborn, unyielding, lacking compassion);

gird up loins (be ready);

open the womb (give birth);

kidneys (guts, inner courage);

flowing with milk & honey (fertile);

living water (Torah observing, love); 

green tree (fruitful, righteous, obedient, and loving one);

dry tree (rebellious, unfruitful, hateful one);

seed (offspring, descendants);

bind and loose (forbid & permit); 

bury my father (collect my inheritance);         (This puts a clearer meaning to Matthew 8:21 “Another disciple said to Jesus, “first let me go bury my father.”Even though he was a disciple his request showed where his heart was focused.)

evil eye (stingy, miserly); 

poor in spirit (humble, selfless, or mourning one);

eagles gathered together (messengers, the weed-reapers at the harvest of the Earth); 

right hand (might, strength);

higher-calling (those selected as the bride, first-fruits, at the first resurrection);

old wine (men’s teachings);

new wine (Truth, freeing a person from men’s teachings).

One cannot serve two masters.

Either we will serve Jesus/Yeshua and follow His instructions, or we will follow men’s teaching authority and “fall into a ditch” (be taken away by deceptive teachings).

Dictionary definition idiom /íddim/ n. 1. fixed expression with nonliteral meaning a fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the combined meanings of its individual words, the way of using a particular language that comes naturally to its native speakers and involves both knowledge of its grammar and familiarity with its usage..or

an idiom is an expression in a language which has a unique meaning which cannot be understood from the meanings of its parts.

These are all easily understood expressions by our contemporaries; but for those for whom English is a second language, these simple idioms would require explaining.

The same is true for the hebrew language and there are many idioms that are used in the scriptures. When Messiah Jesus/Yeshua was talking and teaching His disciples, He often used idioms that the listeners were familiar with. He also used everyday objects and events that they understood which explained the things He was teaching more clearly and made the examples more personal to their lives and situations.

To fully understand the concept of a Hebrew idiom is that it is a figure of speech that reflected the culture and times in which it was used.

Many NT Greek idioms are literal translations of Hebrew idioms. The boundary between idioms and other figures of speech is not always clear cut in the literature of NT Greek.

In many cases, what are called idioms should, technically, often be analyzed as other figures of speech, such as metonymy, euphemism, etc.

A Euphemism is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Perhaps this is to be expected, since idioms often derive from dead metaphors.

Actually, throughout the Hebrew bible there are hundreds of cultural idioms that, through translation into English, have lost their concrete and originally colorful meanings.

English speaking readers who wonder about the significance of phrases such as, suck the milk of nations, but with knowledge (straight from the horse’s mouth), explain it as: getting the wealth of other countries.

Most scripture was originally written in the Hebrew and Aramaic languages. For hundreds of years, Hebrew idioms have been ‘literally’ translated into English. So ancient manuscript which were written to a Jewish culture have been altered to fit modern society. When we read the scriptures, we read the work of translators and scholars who have transformed an ancient document by substituting English words for the original Hebrew.

Consequently, Hebrew thought is lost. The words are there, but the meaning is missing.  

Lack of knowing Hebrew and not understanding the unique Jewish mindset has robbed our scripture study of the richness and variety of Hebrew scripture with its poetic, visually descriptive metaphors and analogies.

For an extended list of idioms and meanings which are too good to ignore but TOO long to incorporate in one post! .. please click link below.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/idioms/

May 2019 be a shannah of Shalom to all who are reading ..many blessings to and from all MMM friends and family.

Click link below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/may-this-be-a-shannah-of-shalom-a-year-of-peace/

There is no idiom or substitute for salvation so..

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety in your heart that you have Him in your life and heart..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

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

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

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

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

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

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

Christmas Bonus

I Will NEVER Leave You – Secrets Of The Seven Seasons.

At this time of year whether you are a believer or not most of the world focuses on Christmas/ New Year and everything that it encompasses.

This season can evoke a plethora of emotions, and for as many reasons, both good and bad.

This may be the first Christmas without a loved one.

It may be an annual reminder of a tragic event and of great or sudden loss.

Maybe there is no family to share the time with due to circumstances and events such as separation, divorce, abandonment, sickness and a host of other reasons.

Nothing highlights all these scenarios more than a traditional family time gathering.

It often amplifies the loneliness, depression and disappointment that can settle on individual lives at a time when everybody else seems to be enjoying themselves surrounded by family food festivities and gifts galore.

On the flip side – for some, the gathering together of family members is not a happy time at all. No one really wants to be there and the siblings and the in-laws don’t get on together.

The visits end in fights and feuds and everyone leaves wishing they’ve never gone. Many face the prospect of paying off credit cards that they have maxed out feeling they had to buy everybody something, it takes a whole year to pay it down and then they do it all over again!

The western tradition of Christmas has lost much of the real reason for the celebration. It has become simply a commercial time and is symbolic of excess and over doing in every area of the flesh life.

For those who believe in the reality of the son of God who was born in Bethlehem, and who are born-again by the spirit of the living God, believing that He gave His life so that we could be reconciled to the Father. We do not rely on one specific day to celebrate His presence in our lives, He is our life.

If you are physically alone this Christmas, be encouraged, there are thousands of people in the same situation. Many have lost their homes and everything in them this year, as well as family members. There are countless worse things that can happen to a person other than getting the gift they did not want.

The love of the father does not change because it’s a particular day of our Gregorian calendar year. His loving kindness never changes and is there for us every moment of every day.

No one is ever truly alone for His presence never leaves us nor forsakes us. Scripture says that He is close to those that are brokenhearted and He watches over His people. He sees what they are going through in these critical times, and He knows their innermost feelings.  2Timothy 3:1; Acts 17:27.

He is near to those that are broken at heart; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. Ps.34:18. 

One of the things He came to do is recorded His own words in Luke 14:18 fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah:

He came to heal the broken hearted.

He is no respecter of persons and each reader can rely completely on this promise from His own lips.

If you are alone consider it a good thing. Many people are too afraid to be alone. They are afraid of silence and their own thoughts. They keep busy all the time with noise, noise and more noise. Whether it’s music, voices, TV, radio, social media what ever the source, it serves to block out what ever they are trying to forget.

It is hard for our Fathers’ Holy Spirit to get our attention when there is always so much activity going on. Busy, busy, busy, stress, stress, stress, getting nowhere fast. Some people always have to be doing something they cannot just be still and know that He is God. (A picture of Martha and Mary.)

They are missing the true end and scope of life, which is God. So embrace the silence and the quiet time, enjoy being alone with our Father, with no distractions or interruptions, nothing to do but sit and immerse yourself in His wonderful presence and let His healing power flood our entire being.

It’s not the date, the day, the company, or lack of it that is important but where our focus rests.

Secrets of the Seven Seasons

 Seven is a Number used many times in scripture as noted in previous posts. It is up to each individual concerning whether to celebrate Christmas or not. It is certainly never wrong to remember His first coming, if there wasn’t a first there couldn’t be a second!

It is worth mentioning here that God’s year is not based on our year and His Calendar structure came long before ours did. His birth is not an isolated historical fact and should not be seen as such, and here is why.

He set up the year, which we can see in this present age, according to the pattern set out in the Old Testament. (Lev. 23.) His year begins at Pesach/Passover, and the mystery it holds foreshadows the death of the lamb, beginning the age with salvation. It is symbolized by a cup and a piece of matzo bread. (emblems of His body and His Blood of the re-newed covenant)

Next is Yom Resheet, the date when the first fruits of the Spring harvest are lifted up to the Lord. The mystery within the second appointed date foreshadows the day of first fruits as Messiah is lifted up from the dead in the raising up of Him as the first fruits of new life, the resurrection. It is symbolized by a sheaf of barley.

Symbolized by sheaves of wheat and two loaves of bread is the third appointed event and it holds another mystery. The feast of Shavuot launches the summer harvest and foreshadows the feast of Pentecost, which was the giving of the Ruach, His Spirit and was the launching of the harvest of this age.

The fourth appointed time is the great harvest of the summer. Here the mystery foreshadows the harvest of the nations, it is the time of the gospel, of sowing and reaping and going to the ends of the World with the word of salvation. This is the time that we are in now. It is symbolized by grains, figs, grapes and olives.

Here there is a gap in the seasons as we come to the fifth mystery of the feast of trumpets. This has yet to come to pass prophetically and it foretells the sounding of the trumpets; which will happen at the end of the age, to declare the coming of the King. It is symbolized by a shofar or rams horn.

Symbolized by a cloth, a piece of a curtain, embroidered with cherubim is the sixth mystery of Yom Kippur. This is the day of atonement when man and God are face to face. The mystery within this appointed time foreshadows the day of judgment and salvation when man and God will stand face-to-face.

The final and seventh mystery symbolized by branches of the Lulav and citrus fruit. It is called the feast of tabernacles or booths/Sukkot. Hidden within it meaning is the mystery telling the age of the kingdom to come when God will live/ abide/tabernacle, among us and we will forever be with Him. Then the mystery of the age will all be fulfilled.

If Messiah was born in the Spring it would have coincided with Pesach,Passover, the lamb of God and sacrifice and if in the autumn it would be Sukkot and the tabernacling with mankind. Either is significant. There is a way to calculate from the date of Zechariahs visitation as mentioned in a previous post as well as more on each feast. However not the focus here.

These times of the year, plus Hanukkah are those planned by our heavenly Father and have wonderful meaning to us as believers in Messiah Jesus as we have the mysteries of the ages revealed to us by understanding their true origins. His birthday was just one day and He never told us to remember it but rather to remember what He was teaching.

People decided to focus on a date and it may have had the initial goal of evangelism and making sure His first coming was not forgotten. The world back then did not function in the same way ours does, they had no alarm reminders of any kind, just the annual cycle of God’s seasons. He said remember Me as often as you do this, by taking communion, and doing what He has asked us to and to, and being continually prepared, and ready for His return at His second coming.

In Christmas, as His birthday, we are looking 2000+ years in retrospect, we need to be looking forward and upward, for our redemption does indeed draw close. He rose and will return as surely as He came then.

Wherever you are, whatever predicament you find yourself in, be encouraged. Father knows where you are and sees you and understands your needs at this moment. Simply ask, cry out for what you need Him to be for and to you and He will answer.

His promises never fail.

Call to me and I will answer….

Prayers go out to to each and every one over these few days of Christmas/New Year and especially all who have been affected by the worldwide natural/weather disasters.

So although it’s not a biblical holyday and it was by man’s design which began in the middle of the 8th century. The disciples did not celebrate it nor did the early church. However as believers in Jesus the Messiah/ Yeshua HaMashiach, let’s open our hearts for His all encompassing presence and let Him fill us with His joy, which is not the shallow frivolity of the world but the source of all spiritual strength; which will sustain us, bringing healing in all its fullness.

With God we are never alone, we may physically be by ourselves but by abiding in Him we are never truly alone and are always a part of the ‘called apart ecclesia’, the true remnant and body of Messiah.

The shortest day of the year has already passed it gets brighter from here on; and as the path of the righteous is to the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Receive the loving thoughts and prayers of the congregation of His family/Mishpachah in Jesus/Yeshua’s Name.

And remember

for He has said, “I will never[under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!” So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently say, “The Lord is my Helper [in time of need], I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?” Hebrews 13:4-6 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Tears may endure for a night but Joy comes with

This time of year we think of random acts of kindness of unsung heroes, the ones that are not known by anyone but the Father. Many of these acts of kindness and courage have been revealed by those who were helped and…

Here is a link to 2 short videos that that really touches the heart and sums up a real hero with great courage.

If watched in order the 2nd will expound on the first.

https://youtu.be/PKkgO06bAZk .

https://youtu.be/xVLB2zkNtpw

This precious hero has now gone home to receive his heavenly reward but lived to the grand old age of 106!

Father knows and He cares…deeply!

He is EMMANUEL- God with us!

Shalom, shalom!

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety that you have the mender of broken hearts in your life..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

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

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

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

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

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

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

A Missing Piece?

Is there a missing peace in our Christmas festivities?

Amid the annual fuss and flurry, shopping and stress…

Pause a mini manna moment…

and assess the real reason for the season.

Yes, the impact of that phrase has been diminished by it’s overuse.

However its’ TRUTH remains forever pertinent. He is the bridge the WAY of reconciliation.

During this season our focus often strays from our savior, to that which has become so commercialized and gift oriented, that we forget the greatest gift that ever was given should be the primary focus and IS The MISSING PEACE/PIECE in too many ‘Christmas’ events and gatherings.

 

It’s all about the presence

not the presents,

because He is the star

of the house of bread.

BEIT LECHEM

בֵּית לֶחֶם

Bethlehem Is the Greek spelling of the Hebrew name BEIT LECHEM meaning house of bread, in what more appropriate place could he have been born, the one who said, for the bread of God is that which descends from heaven and gives life to the world. John 6:33

Bethlehem (/ˈbɛθlɪhɛm/; Arabic: بيت لحم‎ Bayt Lahm Arabic pronunciation: [beːt.laħm], “House of Meat”;

Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם‬ Bet Lehem, Hebrew pronunciation: [bet ˈleχem], “House of Bread”;

Ancient Greek: Βηθλεέμ Greek pronunciation: [bɛːtʰle.ém]; 

More Insights at related posts – links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/may-this-be-a-shannah-of-shalom-a-year-of-peace/ .

https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-he-came/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/is-el-eem-anu/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-lights-up-your-life/

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

How do we see things?

We miss so much, its all about perception and what we focus on…

our eyes are a gift; so what do we see?

There are so many sights happening around us.

Hebrew letter Tav at the end of a lightening bolt!

So many amazingsigns in the heavens,in the sky,the moon and stars

Nov. 19th, Northern Lights Tromsø, Norway,Phoenix appears in aurora over Senja, Norway Nov. 11thSky over Portugal abovebelow in Swedens’ skies.

There’s a comet passing by and has been dubbed the Christmas comet.

Its’ closest approach was 16th December.

The comet 46P Wirtanen near the Pleiades on Dec.16th 2018 Visible to the naked eye, a reminder of the star that the wise men followed and amazingly in the same location as the one they saw which they interpreted as meaning that a king had been born in Beit Lechem of Judea .and where the Lamb of God was born and wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Which star are we following which star is leading us? And where is it headed?

Make sure it’s the bright shining of Messiah and not an angel of light!

Instead of looking down to our digital devices let’s look up to where our help comes from.

Look up, at the amazing phenomena happening all around this beautiful earth which He spoke into existence.

There is nothing wrong with remembering Him as a baby as long as it does not detract from His purpose in coming  – we celebrate His miraculous birth and yet it was just the beginning. As believers, we know He is Risen and that our soon returning King is no longer a helpless infant.

His life, death, resurrection and soon return, should be our prime motivation in any purpose of gathering together. Not the food, or the gifts, or the traps and trappings, all designed by purveyors of commercial things, who all vie for our hard earned money.

They ply their never ending temptations directly to our wants, lusts, traditions and culture and promote everything except what we should be thinking of.

A little research will confirm the somewhat non Christian roots of many traditions we entertain; like santa clause, etc. The exact time of year when Messiah Jesus was born, is possibly correlating more accurately to the Hebrew season of either Passover in the spring, which some scholars say and others point to the season of Succoth, which is our Sept/Oct and not Dec 25th. However the exact date is not the critical issue. The focus of our love intention and heart motivation is.

Our attention is linked to our intention.

What we give our time to and in what order and capacity.

It’s all about our souls’ desire and our spirits’ well-being.

The missing piece should not be peace missing in your spirit, soul and heart; we should be filled with the peace He came to bring us. Just as the Angels declared it to those shepherds in the fields.

True biblical shalom refers to an inward sense of completeness or wholeness. Although it can describe the absence of war, a majority of biblical references refer to an inner completeness and tranquility. today, when we greet someone or say goodbye, in Israel you say, Shalom.

We are literally saying, “may you be full of well-being” or, “may health and prosperity be upon you.”
Hebrew words go beyond their spoken pronunciation. Each Hebrew word conveys feeling, intent and emotion. Shalom is more then just simply peace; it is a complete peace. It is a feeling of contentment, completeness, wholeness, well being and harmony.

According to Strong’s Concordance 7965 Shalom means completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord.

Shalom comes from the root verb shalam meaning to be safe in mind, body, or estate. to be complete, perfect and full. In modern Hebrew the obviously related word Shelem means to pay for, and Shulam means to be fully paid.

So when Jesus/Yeshua said, My Peace I give to you, My Peace I leave with you, the meaning of fully paid, takes on a deeper concept, that of Gal. 3:13 and Col.1:14

Paid The Price. (Shulam)

… He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.  

What do we see?

And Messiah Himself said He was both giving and leaving His Shalom with us. Not like the world can understand but His peace – the missing peace – If it wasn’t missing He would have had no need or reason to say what He did.

Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is called Sar shalom, Prince of Peace, which perfectly describes the ministry and personality of our Messiah (Isaiah 9:6).

Shalom is taken from the root word shalam, which means, to be safe in mind, body, or estate.

It speaks of completeness, fullness, or a type of wholeness that encourages you to give back — to generously re-pay something in some way.

If this is the way we understand biblical peace, then suddenly many verses take on a whole new meaning.

Because each Hebrew word conveys feeling, intent and emotion, Shalom is more then just simply peace; it is a complete peace. It is a feeling of contentment, completeness, wholeness, well being and harmony. Nothing is missing or broken and no good thing is withheld.

Each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet has a special meaning and a story to tell. The Hebrew letters spelling the word “shalom” are Shin Lamed Vav Mem sofit. Taken together, and reading from right to left, they spell SHALOM.

SHIN is the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet and it has a numerical value of 300. SHIN means TOOTH, YEAR, REPEAT, TEACH. SHIN makes the sound SHHHH when the DOT is on the right, and SSSS when the DOT is on he left. Shin is one of 7 letters which may be adorned with Tagin, or little crowns, in the Torah, Tefillin or Mezzuzah scroll.

LAMED is the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 30. Lamed makes a sound like the L in Like. Lamed means both TO LEARN and TO TEACH. The Lamed is the tallest and most majestic of all the letters. Since LAMED means LEARNING, it would seem that this would constitute a direct connection between LAMED, LEARNING and YHWH.

VAV is the 6th letter, has a numerical value of 6, and is constructed of a single vertical line. Vav means HOOK and makes a sound like the V in Victory. When used as a vowel, Vav can sound like a long o or a long u. Translated it means AND. It is the GREAT CONNECTOR. Vav appears in the Four Letter name of YHWH our Elohim – Yud Hey Vav Hey.

MEM is the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 40. Mem makes a sound like the M in Middle. But according to an ancient text the MEM hummms! Mem is usually associated with the word mayim – WATER or Eemah – MOTHER. Mem is composed of a Caf (20) and a Vav (6) = 26, which have the same GEMATRIA as the Yud (10) Hey (5) Vav (6) Hey (5) = 26, name of God – the holiest of Name of God. The first word in Torah is Bereshit, meaning: A BEGINNING. If you divide Bereshit into bara and sheet, it means HE CREATED SIX (sheet is 6 in Aramaic) meaning The 6 days in which creation was completed.

Matt. 1:21. She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].

This is why He came and the world is in danger of leaving Him out of the annual celebration of His birth.This year let us be the ones to refocus the attention of those we are with, to the Sar Shalom/Prince of Peace; whose gift of forgiveness, salvation and eternal life will not break, or have to be returned because it’s the wrong size! Let us guide our family, friends, coworkers and neighbors to the present giver.

(It is rather disturbing that santa and satan is just one letter different by removing n from the center to the end of the word!?)

There is nothing wrong with giving, on the contrary it is the central message of the gospel – He GAVE His only Son.

And it truly is, more blessed to give than to receive. This is a principle based on Hebrew thought that the person in need is actually the reason we are able to be blessed; because they have a need, we have the opportunity to be blessed to give and should be grateful for that chance.

We can give in many ways our time, our talents, our money, our resources, our love, our attention, our prayers, etc. It’s as always, the motivation of the heart and why we do what we do that determines the quality of our gift; and it truly is the thought that counts. What one may see as a useless gift, was on the givers end their way of showing their love and fond thoughts. The old adage of don’t look a gift horse in the mouth reveals an ungrateful attitude.  While we celebrate the true meaning behind the worlds façade, when we look at the twinkling lights… let’s remember, as we did at Hanukkah, He is the light of the world, of our lives and the hope of tomorrow.

This new year, as the Gregorian calendar changes to 2019, we remember the Fathers’ calendar and what time it really is.   It’s 5779 and time is running out.

So instead of scheduling the attendance to an annual Christmas service, crammed in between everything else, let’s make Him the central focus of all we do this Christmas time. After all, the reference to Him as Messiah/Christ is why it’s called Christmas.

The date is not as important as how we spend our time and what we focus on. For believers every day is just as special, its not just for one or two times a year.So indeed it truly is, Joy to the world for the Lord is come – and He is Coming again …soon!

Is there a missing piece in your plans?

Maybe what’s missing is the Peace of the Son of Man, Jesus the Messiah!

He’s the one who completes the picture.He is the last piece in the puzzle and the glue that holds everything together by the Word of His power.

Let us look for a star of guidance and wisely seek Him in our own lives and be willing to follow wherever He leads.He is the light from on high that dawns upon us to guide our feet into the WAY of Shalom.

We may never intellectually comprehend the miracle of His incarnation and all its’ majestic mystery with our natural finite minds.Let’s rather follow the example of the wise men, who, after following the star, they then fell down in humble worship on finding Him.Make sure the true Shalom is the present that we give to others and that you receive His gift to you.

Much love and abundant blessings to every subscriber, follower, FB friends and of course much Shalom from your MMM Mishpachah.

MMM just passed 2 years of internet presence and will continue to post with the Fathers’/Avinu’s guidance. for subscribing and your faithful support in prayer.  

More Insights at related posts – links below:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/may-this-be-a-shannah-of-shalom-a-year-of-peace/ .

https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-he-came/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/is-el-eem-anu/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-lights-up-your-life/

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

Please Do Not leave this page without the surety in your heart that you have His peace in your life and heart..

NOT CERTAIN?

YOU CAN BE..

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

Its all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and very precious in His sight.

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

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

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

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