The Test of Waiting on the Lord
https://youtu.be/wSQ6KeNWs8w?t=950
Our Biblical Identity
https://youtu.be/iRXF_Psh2Ww
DID YOU KNOW VI
Origin and Timing of the Feasts (Celebration of Religious Holidays)
Did you know the feasts were a part of the Mosaic Law that was given to the Children of Israel by God through Moses (Exodus 12; 23:14-17; Leviticus 23; Numbers 28 & 29; and Deuteronomy 16). The Jewish nation was commanded by God to celebrate seven feasts over a seven month period of time, beginning in the spring of the year and continuing through the fall.
The first three feasts Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits occur in rapid succession in the spring of the year over a period of eight days. They came to be referred to collectively as “Passover.”
The fourth feast, Harvest, occurs fifty days later at the beginning of the summer. By New Testament times this feast had come to be known by its Greek name, Pentecost, a word meaning fifty, (five to the 10th power).
The last three feasts Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles extend over a period of twenty-one days in the fall of the year. They came to be known collectively as “Tabernacles.”
The Nature of the Feasts
Did you know some of the feasts were related primarily to the agricultural cycle. The feast of First Fruits was a time for the presentation to God of the first fruits of the barley harvest. The feast of Harvest was a celebration of the wheat harvest. And the feast of Tabernacles was in part a time of thanksgiving for the harvest of olives, dates, and figs.
Most of the feasts were related to past historical events. Passover, of course, celebrated the salvation the Jews experienced when the angel of death passed over the Jewish houses that were marked with the blood of a lamb. Unleavened Bread was a reminder of the swift departure from Egypt so swift that they had no time to put leaven into their bread.
Although the feasts of Harvest and Tabernacles were related to the agricultural cycle, they both had historical significance as well. The Jews believed that it was on the feast day of Harvest that God gave the Law to Moses on Mt. Sinai. And Tabernacles was a yearly reminder of God’s protective care as the Children of Israel tabernacled in the wilderness for forty years.
The Spiritual Significance of the Feasts
Did you know all the feasts were related to the spiritual life of the people. Passover served as a reminder that there is no atonement for sin apart from the shedding of blood. Unleavened Bread was a reminder of God’s call on their lives to be a people set apart to holiness. Leaven was a symbol of sin. They were to be unleavened that is, holy before the nations as a witness of God.
The feast of First Fruits was a call to consider their priorities, to make certain they were putting God first in their lives. Harvest was a reminder that God is the source of all blessings.
The solemn assembly day of Trumpets was a reminder of the need for constant, ongoing repentance.
The Day of Atonement was also a solemn assembly day a day of rest and introspection. It was a reminder of God’s promise to send a Messiah whose blood would cover the demands of the Law with the mercy of God.
In sharp contrast to Trumpets and Atonement, Tabernacles was a joyous celebration of God’s faithfulness, even when the Children of Israel were unfaithful.
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DID YOU KNOW – PART V
Did you know?– The Throne of God comes from the North. Ezekial 1:4
Cherubim carry the Throne of God into battle – This equals God’s War Chariot – David heard the noise of God above the trees. When he battled for Jerusalem – the Jebusites. Ps. 18 tells what he heard.
Did you know the 10 Commandments possibly were written on Sapphire, which is aluminum exposed to fire? God wrote the 10 Commandments on aluminum which turned to Sapphire due to the heat. Many translations say stone, and this is quite possibly true, but sapphire is also stone of a sort.
Did you know there is no outer court in heaven – Rev. 4. Jew, Gentile, man and woman are all spirit form and there is no husband/wife. (Matt. 12:25.)
No sacrifice and no washing is required.
In Rev. 8, there is incense – prayers of the saints, and Candlestick – but no showbread – Jesus is the High Priest – no need to eat bread. Jesus is the Bread of Life.
Heb. 9:11-12 explains that Jesus got back the Priesthood of the Blood.
Ezekial 44-48 describes the temple during the Millennium.
Heb. 8 says that “the pattern” was given to Moses on the Mount.
Did you know this?:
Dan: North – Eagle
Reuben: South – Man
Judah – East – Lion
Mannaseh – West – Ox
Did you know the Eagle is the Prince of the Air, the Man has Dominion over the earth, the Ox had Dominion over the fields and the Lion is the King of Beasts?
Matthew equals the Lion
Mark – Suffering Servant – OX
Luke – Son of Man
John – King of Lions
Did you know Noah’s Ark also had three areas as did the Tent of Meeting?
There is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Man is composed of Body, Soul, and Spirit.
Pitch equals atonement – Pitch around Ark and Pitch in wood around Tent of Meeting.
Covering over top of Holy of Holies – White first, then Ram skin dyed red and then on top Badger skin – Black
Ruach – Wind – (Hebrew) -= Jehovah Ruach – Ruach HaKodesh -Breath of God. This was heard by the priests who slept just outside the room in the Tent of Meeting
Did you know what was in the Ark of the Covenant? Reading through the Old Testament, the answer is,
The Ten Commandments, 2. Aaron’s rod that budded (added later on) and 3. Manna (which in Hebrew means “What is it?). That’s the nutritional white stuff they found on the ground to eat.
Where is the Ark of the Covenant now? John in the Book of Revelations writes of it in Revelation: Re 11:19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of His covenant. No one knows exactly what happened to the earthly Ark of the Covenant. It disappeared after the destruction prophesied by Jesus in 70 A.D., although there are numerous suppositions.
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God’s Provision Implies God’s Rules, Not Ours
https://youtu.be/9v73J9LYp00?t=898
Prophecy Update Re. Deut.22:5
https://youtu.be/FwWZN8w8oj8
DID YOU KNOW – PART IV
Did you know God had it all figured out from the very beginning? Find a picture of the Tent of Meeting on the WEB and it will be looked at from above.
Then look at the last chapter of Exodus and see how exactly things had to be placed. What does it form? It is a Cross, (seen from above) but Y’shua actually died on a tree. Crosses were formed but certainly not perfectly – there was no equipment to make them exactly as they are today. The cross was a horrible, cruel invention. Truly a terrible way to die.
After showing Moses the heavenly aspect of it, God anointed Bezalel and Oholiab (Hebrew name = Tent of My Father) with the Holy Spirit, to make the portable Tent of Meeting that contained the Ark of the Covenant in the way back area, which was called the Holy of Holies. A definitive study of the meaning of the temporary animal sacrifices is necessary for Gentiles and Jews to understand Jesus as the final sacrifice.
The book of Exodus relates that at Mount Sinai, Moses was given instructions for a portable tent-like sanctuary that was to be the center of Israel‘s worship (Exodus 25-30). The sanctuary was called both the “Tabernacle” (“dwelling”) and the “Tent of Meeting.” The courtyard of the Tabernacle was 150 feet long and 75 feet wide, and it contained a large wash basin for the priests and an altar for burnt offerings. The Tabernacle itself was 45 feet long and 15 feet wide, and it was divided into two parts. The forecourt contained a lampstand, incense altar, and a table with 12 loaves of bread. The inner court housed the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. The Israelites took this portable Tent of Meeting with them as they traveled through the wilderness from Mount Sinai to Canaan. After Solomon built the first Temple in Jerusalem, the Tabernacle was no longer used (1 Kings).
Did you know the lampstand, (Menorrah) contained seven candles – Six being the number of man and with Jesus Christ in the middle and higher would be seven or God’s number of perfection, also representing illumination such as via Holy Spirit God, and possibly speaking to the seven churches Jesus wrote to in Revelations.
Did you know the middle candle was called the Servant Candle?
On the table were 12 loaves representing the 12 tribes of Israel, prophetically speaking of the 12 disciples of Jesus.
Did you know the incense altar speaks of the prayers of the priests, prophetically speaking to the prayers of Jesus and the prayers of those who believe in Jesus as the Lamb of God?
The altar and washbasin speak prophetically of the faith to believe in Jesus as the Lamb/Final Sacrifice of God Himself. Unfortunately, this is also called the Outer Court, where many believers stay and do not progress further.
Did you know to enter the next level is to enter the Holy Place? This usually cannot be done without knowledge provided by those listed in Ephesians 4 – Apostle, Prophet, Pastor, Teacher, Evangelist. There were five posts outside the Holy Place and these represent those of Ephesians 4, who lead the supplicant into the knowledge to enter.
At this point the Baptism of Holy Spirit God is required, (usually by someone who has experienced this in the past) and Holy Spirit God takes the supplicant past the curtain into the Holy of Holies, wherein is the presence of God Himself. On the other hand, there is nothing to stop an individual from looking at Luke 11:11-13 and asking the Father God in Jesus name to send Holy Spirit God which, of course, would result in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Did you know what a “shadow” in the Old Testament means? It means something that works right then as far as God is concerned, but points to the “real” thing happening in the New Testament.
Hebrews: 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. Ga 3:21; Heb 7:18-19; 10:1,11
10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings– external regulations applying until the time of the new order. Le 11:2; Nu 19:7; Eph 2:15; Col 2:16,20; Heb 7:16
11 When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. Heb 3:1; 8:2; 10:1
12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. Da 9:24; Zec 3:9; Ac 20:28; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; Heb 9:26,28; 10:4,10; 1Pe 1:19; Re 1:5; 5:9
13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. Le 16:14,16; Nu 19:2,17
14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God , (probably right after Jesus told the woman at the grave site not to touch him – because he had not yet ascended to the Father) to cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!Lu 1:74; Ro 1:4; 6:13,22; Eph 5:2; Tit 2:14; Heb 1:3; 6:1; 7:27; 10:22; 1Pe 1:19; 3:18; 4:2; 1Jo 1:7; Re 1:5
15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance– now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. Ro 3:25; 5:6; 1Ti 2:5; Heb 3:1; 7:22; 8:6; 12:24; 1Pe 3:18
(More to Come)
DID YOU KNOW? – PART III
Did you know A.D. stands for Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord – Latin) and not After Death? You may read Jesus died at 30.5 years or 31.5 years. The reason for this is whether you count 0 to 1 as a year or not. OR you may read that Jesus died on the cross and rose again when He was 33.5 years, because at that time no one could be a Rabbi (teacher) unless they were thirty years of age.
The date is sorta irrelevant and no-one knows for sure. Even Christmas is off, as far as the first one is concerned. It was set by an individual who did not know the climate of Israel and wanted to cover up a really evil Roman holiday held on Dec. 25th called Saturnalia. It is cold in Israel at that time and there would be no shepherds in the field and no sheep, because there was no green grass. In addition female sheep gave birth only in the spring. But if you thought it was April 1st, you were called a fool, as in April Fool).
Sometimes you will see a book with BCE being used (Before Common ERA) and CE is used instead of AD. CE stands for Common ERA.
Did you know the first verse in the Holy Bible says, “In the Beginning, God, created the Heavens and Earth”? And that the word used for God is plural in the original Hebrew? “Elohim”. WHAT? How can that be? Didn’t Jesus say “Hear O Israel, the Lord, thy God is one”? Yup, He did, but it’s still plural. So what’s the explanation? Look in your dusty Bible at John (the Gospel),Chapter 1 vs. 1.
Did you know John liked to write apocalyptically? – well, that’s easy for you to say. Anyway, in that verse, John used Word with a capital W, to stand for Jesus. So the verse is interpreted as “in the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God and Jesus was God”. That sorta makes the plurality of the first verse in Genesis make sense, doesn’t it?
Then in the second verse of the Holy Bible, we see the first mention of the Holy Spirit of God. So there’s the Holy Trinity right there, all in the first two verses.
Neat huh?
Did you know after that first verse in the Bible that says, In the Beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”, not much more is said about heaven?
I guess we’re supposed to find this stuff out on our own. Well, what about Lucifer/Satan? He was obviously created right? Right. And so the Father God, Jesus Christ God and Holy Spirit God created him. Mistake? Who knows? We can get major headaches trying to figure God out.
I was looking at Ezekiel 28: 12-17 and it sure seemed to me that God told Ezekiel to prophecy to the King of Tyre, and then in those verses it kinda seems like there is a second prophecy and Lucifer is identified. Yah, I know it’s in Isaiah 14 too, and I know there is theological debate about this, but it just makes sense to me.
I guess Lucifer was really what you would call “beautiful”, cause “handsome” just wouldn’t do the job. Anyway, it apparently went to his head and he decided he would be the same as God and everyone would worship him instead. Well, I guess he took a third of the other angels with him when he got kicked out of heaven by God. So where is he now? Down here in the atmosphere of earth. We can’t see him, (cause he’s still spirit) but I guess Jesus could. Or He just knew because He was filled with Holy Spirit God.
Of course Jesus was perfect man and perfect God, and when he was baptized in water by His cousin, John the Baptist at the river Jordan after His statement (“to fulfil all righteousness”), after He was baptized He became a major threat to Lucifer, the third of the angels and “demons”, (you know, the kind Jesus kicked out of people, one’s that made them sick, or deaf and dumb ones).
So Lucifer really went after Jesus when He was in the desert, tired and really, really hungry, after 40 days. Not that Lucifer led Jesus out there. God’s Book is very clear on that point. Holy Spirit God led Him out there. Lucifer quoted some of God’s words to Moses to tempt Jesus. And Jesus answered Satan back from the same words God spoke to Moses. This is interesting in that it shows Jesus was fulfilling the commands of the Father God to His chosen people, which His chosen people were not able to do for forty years in the wilderness. Jesus used Deuteronomy right back to Lucifer in the correct perspective.
Did you know you can find out more about the fall of the evil angels? Look in your Concordance (in the back of your Bible) for the words temptation, Lucifer, Satan, or something like that – some words from whatever you remember happened then.
Did you know about the precious stones that Lucifer had on him in Ezekial 28, which represent the 12 tribes of Israel. He was missing three. Here is the Worship Leader of Heaven — who our Three in One God knew would fall, so he left off three stones from his adornment. These were and see Genesis chap 49: Isaachar- so Lucifer could not ever carry a burden. Isaachar is also associated with being a Redeemer and again Lucifer could not ever be tied to Redemption.
Gad- so Lucifer would never be an over-comer.
Asher- so no royal seed would ever come from Lucifer.
Did you know about the “changing of the guard”. That means a major change to the way of doing things, or just one or more soldiers replacing other soldiers. Well when the Chief Priest of the Jews, from the line of Levi, (like Aaron and Moses), was about to die, he presented his oldest son to the people and said: “this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. That person was then the High Priest.
Do you remember when John the Baptist baptized Jesus and God spoke from heaven and God said “this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”. (Some dummies thought it thundered). So that was end of the Levite Priests and the beginning of Jesus as King of Kings and Chief Priest of the entire world.
If you don’t have a Concordance, don’t walk, run – to your nearest religious bookstore and get one. The best ones are “Strong’s Concordance”, and now there are the “Strongest Strong’s”, and so on. If you have only used the old King James Version, than you only remember words from there, so get a Concordance that matches the King James. (If you only remember a couple words and want to know where the passage is, that is what a Concordance is for).
Did you know there are some Concordances that have matches for a whole bunch of Bible versions. Bible software for a computer, is about sixteen dollars with the NIV (New International Version) opened. There is free Bible software too, that can be downloaded, such as that at www.e-sword.net. Anyway, most Bible software has a “search” feature, so you can do a search for the words you are looking for. I had Verse Search from Texas for quite awhile, but it is expensive. Right now I am using Power Bible, from www.PowerBible.com – best to get it on a CD. It’s only about ten bucks for seven or eight + bible versions, unless you want to open a version that isn’t already open. It’s about six dollars more to open a version you like.
(More to Come)
DID YOU KNOW – Part II
GENERAL THINGS EVEN MINIMAL “CHRISTIANS” MUST KNOW
Did you know, Jesus of Nazareth never said the words: Thee, Thou, Verily”
And He didn’t lisp either. So he never said “ith”.
These words are from the 1611 King James Version of the Holy Bible, which was one of the first English translations. Jesus spoke a language called Aramaic, which is referred to by some as ancient Hebrew and others as an “older” form of Hebrew, but was a language that seemed to come about when Israel was in that Babylon captivity (maybe a combo of Hebrew and Akkadian – now known as Arabic, much in use during the time Jesus literally lived as perfect man on earth. Actually people of that time were multi-lingual and spoke several languages. Jesus also spoke Hebrew and Greek. Where the Aramaic came from seems irrelevant.
Prior to the 1611 King James Version, one man who translated the Bible to English, was tortured and then burnt alive at the stake for his efforts. His name was Tyndale. He was considered a Reformer, had helpers, and actually didn’t quite finish the translation. Tyndale used the “Polyglot Bible” which had the Old Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, and the New Testament in Latin and Greek. There is now a publishing group called Tyndale Publishing, which puts out the Living Bible or now the New Living Bible, as well as a lot of other stuff, like that “Left Behind” fiction series.
Did you know most of the Old Testament was written first in Hebrew and most of the New Testament was written in Greek/Aramaic/Hebrew? The Greek people translated the Old Testament to Greek in about 250 B.C. They called it The Septuagint. They did ask the Hebrews if they could translate it and having just been conquered as a race by the Greeks, of course, the Hebrews said fine.
Then the Bible was translated into Latin which is called “Old Latin”. St. Jerome translated the Old Testament from the Hebrew and the New Testament from Greek and it was called “the Latin Vulgate”. This was the bible for the “Church” until the Reformation time.
John Wycliffe translated the first English version of the Bible, from the Latin Vulgate – so this was a translation “from a translation” and not from Hebrew or Greek because John Wycliffe did not know Hebrew or Greek.
Following the invention of the printing press, many versions were put out. Americans need to understand that all languages were included, – not just English. The version Martin Luther used was, of course, German, since Martin Luther was German.
Did you know for a long time in America there was one choice, the King James Version? This was followed by the Revised Standard, the Amplified, the Good News and many others, including the NIV, (New International Version)
There is a “Read through the Bible in One Year, NLT (new living text) edition”, which is a good one for morning reading, especially if you are not a morning person, because you really don’t have to think, since it is in the language of today. However, in regard to the Gifts of Healings in 1st Cor. 12, it misses the plurality of this Gift of the Holy Spirit and lists it in the singular – Gift of Healing. When there is a double plural in the original Greek, we can assume the plurality is very important. What this means is that Holy Spirit God has gifted some people to act in the Gifts of Healings in certain areas easier then in others. Not that all healings are not Miracles, but some people are better praying for certain needed healings than others. The prayer always, of course, is that Jesus as the Great Physician will do the healing.
It is important to note that there were several kings, all in a row, who called themselves King James and no, I don’t know which one accepted the English version of the Bible as being OK. Look it up on the WEB.
Did you know the copyright on the King James Bible has expired? Maybe that’s why it is quoted all the time. Otherwise it costs money (so much a word usually) to quote from a Bible.
DID YOU KNOW -Part I
DID YOU KNOW?
The following are some thoughts of an older guy looking at this “Christianity” thing and consists of some things found to be true, from this older guy’s subjective perspective. These thoughts are not PC (politically correct), and should alienate maybe 40% of all readers.
To be PC, at this time in America, means to believe that homosexuality is OK, that Islam is a religion and is OK, that Islam means Peace rather than what is really means, “Submit” and it is OK to kill both newly born and unborn baby’s. Those who believe this are sometimes called Leftist Liberals which is a broad term and also includes people who feel that God changes, and this God adapts to the times or that He isn’t really important in the overall scheme of things and we have to be tolerant of Atheist’s, Humanist’s, Rationalist’s and Relativist’s. Let’s all be happy and get along.
In general, the inhabitants of America and most churches of today meet the requirements Paul wrote to Timothy about, in his second letter: “2Ti 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God– 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.”
Essentially, this means a church (form of Godliness) may look good on the outside, but there is no love, no Gifts of Power from Holy Spirit God as noted in 1 Cor. 12,13, and 14. Without love for others, it is pretty much useless to “do church”. Soup kitchen’s, and nursing homes are a much better place to invest. However, with considerable time investment, it is possible to find a place that truly meets the definition of a “true” church. This would include Messianic Jewish places of worship.
Did you know God promised His Chosen Jewish people a Messiah? Jeshua (Jesus) was the Messiah. He came first as a Lamb of God, and will come again for believing Gentiles, and for His Chosen People — as a Lion. So if a Jewish Rabbi is called a Messianic Rabbi that means this Rabbi knows Jeshua came first as a Lamb of God and will come again. Does that mean he is a Christian? Sort of, but Jeshua (Jesus) came first as a Jew and God kinda put a “block” in the Jewish mind until all the Gentiles had “come in” – meaning they realized that Jesus, was God, who redeemed them by dying on the cross for them. And Jesus called the Gentiles “my other flock” in John 10:16.
Did you know that Christ is not Jesus’ last name? It comes from Greek and is used as a title not a name. Actually the words Christ, Mishiach, and Messiah, all mean the same: “Anointed One”. When Jesus comes the second time, (Second Coming) His followers will not be here. He will meet them in a cloud and call them up to Paradise first.
Sound too good? Just take a look at this:
1Co 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed–
52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
And here’s some more:
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.
(NIV)
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