Zekeniam Y’ISCHRaEL Sherut haRitztzuy (the ministry of reconciliation) by whom we have now received the ( Atonement) Reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuy Let this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration [“EHYEH ASHER EHYEH”] ( HaYaH (He was), Howeh (He is), and Yihyeh (He will be). I AM My Memorial for generation after generation.” Shemot 3:13-16 This is MY NAME for ever,
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Zekeniam Y’ISCHRaEL
Sherut haRitztzuy
(the ministry of reconciliation)
by whom we have now received the
( Atonement)
Reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuy
Let this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration
[“EHYEH ASHER EHYEH”]
( HaYaH (He was), Howeh (He is), and Yihyeh (He will be).
I AM
My Memorial for generation after generation.”
Shemot 3:13-16
This is MY NAME for ever,
YaHuWaH, ALuaHiYM of your father’s Abraham, Yitzchak [Isaac], and
Ya’aqob [Jacob], has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is
my memorial for generation togeneration." and I appeared to Abraham,
to Yitzchak, andto Ya’aqob as hashadday [the almighty]. and my name,
YaHuWaH, was not well known (famous) to them.
The ministry of reconciliation
Message of Reconciliation
Torah sh’Bichtav
(Written Torah)
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear
“Sola Scriptura”
(the Scriptures alone is authoritative for faith)
(in His Name)
YaHuWaH
[Yah -hoo-Wah]
is the Name of the Creator.
YaHuWSCHuA
(YaHuWSCHuA) is His Son
ALuaHiYM
[Al-u-heem - ALHYM] means "Mighty Ones“ or "Power"
Qadosh
means Set-apart, Pure.
Kodesh
(Qodesh) also means "Set-apart"
Ruwach (Spirit) is the Ibry (Hebrew) name for His "Presence", pictured
as the Counselor, Helper, and Advocate, the One Who "proceeds from
the Father"
Teh 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will keep me secretly in His booth. In the
covering of His Tent He will hide me. On a Rock He raises me up.
is for you too!
Scripture speaks of a secret place where we can simply go, be alone, be
protected, pray, and hear from Yahuahshua. Knowing there is such a
place is a matter of faith. Going back time and again, that's a matter of
building a relationship. You need not have an advanced degree in any
subject, need not have memorized Scripture from beginning to end, but
instead be aware the YaHuWaH of Y’ISCHRa’EL has a place for each
Jew and Gentile who will open their minds and hearts to Him.
Mt 6:5-8
When you pray, you shall not be as the role-fakers, for they love to
stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that
they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received
their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber,
and having shut your door, pray to your Father Who is in secret, and
your Father Who sees in secret shall reward you openly. In praying,
don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they
shall be heard for their much speaking. Therefore don’t be like them,
don't you see that your Father knows what things you need before you
ask Him.
The truth in reality is visited in this secret place AND must be shared by
those who will live or else ... they will perish ... in darkness.
It is written
Lu 11:33
“No one, when he has lit a Lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket,
but on a stand, that those who come in may see the Light.
Teh. 119:105
Your Word is a Lamp to my feet, and a Light (aur) for my path.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your
whole body is also full of Light; but when it is evil, your body also is full
of darkness. Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
If therefore your whole body is full of Light, having no part dark, it shall
be wholly full of Light, as when the Lamp with its bright shining gives
you Light.”
With this in mind, heart soul and strength let us study together in the
Ruwach
The Sabbath is not a day of creation, but of resting in the goodness of
what has already been done and to come.
YaHuWaH Gave the commandments personally
The Word of YaHuWaH [Memra] spoke all these words, saying, “I AM
YaHuWaH your Aluahiym, Who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim,
out of the house of bondage.
The word here for "I" is a specialized one that indicates an intimacy
between the speaker and the one spoken to. But recognizing that His
name is YaHuWaH and that we are to have a relationship to Him as on
those terms is the foundational principle He lays down. He often places
this phrase “I Am YaHuWaH your Aluahiym” next to a command, partly
to say, “You must do it because of who I am, and I said so”, but also
because it is only through obeying these commands that we can truly
know what He is like.
The Sabbath was instituted in Paradise,
The Sabbath Blessing of Bemidbar 6:22-27 reads
(actual Ibriy)
YaHuWaH
Will kneel before you presenting GIFTS and will GUARD you with HEDGE
of PROTECTION.
YaHuWaH
Will ILLUMINATE the WHOLENESS of HIS BEING towards you bringing
ORDER and he will BEAUTIFY you.
YaHuWaH
Will lift up HIS WHOLENESS of BEING and LOOK UPON YOU and will SET
IN PLACE all you NEED to be WHOLE and COMPLETE.
He blesses you, YaHuWaH, and He guards you; He shines, YaHuWaH,
His Face to you, and He favors you; He lifts, YaHuWaH, His Face to you,
and He puts for you shalom. So shall they put My Name upon the sons
of Y’ISCHRa’EL, and I, I will bless them.
Being SET APART by a HEDGE
In the book of Iyowb we read
YaHuWaH said to haSatan,
“Have you considered my servant, Iyowb? For there is none like him in
the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears
Aluahiym, and turns away from evil. „Then haSatan answered
YaHuWaH, and said, “Does Iyowb fear Aluahiym for nothing? Haven’t
you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all
that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and
his substance is increased in the land.But put forth your hand now, and
touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
Shemoth 20:8
“Remember the Sabbath day, to guard it set apart.
Remember: recall, recognize, or make mention of it--because it is
nothing new at this point; it has been around since creation
(and verse 11 makes this connection overtly).
For in six days YaHuWaH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is
in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore YaHuWaH blessed the
Sabbath day, and made it set apart.
This assumes we keep track of which day it is. But if we look around
today, it is to see how easy it is for even very religious people to forget.
A parallel passage,
Deut. 5:12
“Treasure up the Sabbath day, to keep it set-apart, as YaHuWaH your
Aluahiym commanded you.
Treasure up: or safeguard. It is our responsibility to build a hedge
around the treasure He has given us. Be stricter than you have to, to be
sure it is not lost! If we are trying to find loopholes in it, we have not
successfully hedged out our own will. There is more written about this
command than any of the others, yet it receives the least emphasis
today, and what publicity it receives is usually inaccurate. Nothing we do
on it should be common or profane. It is a gift--made for man, as
YaHuWSHuWaH said--but it comes with instructions as to how it is for
our benefit. It must be used for us (corporately), not for yourself as
such.
says "observe" ("guard") where this one says "remember", for to guard
we must remember. The term for "guard" essentially means to fence off-
-i.e., look for ways to ensure that you stay away from your own pursuits.
Meeting together helps us keep those things off our minds. We should
make a point of doing as many things as possible differently on the
Sabbath so that nothing on it is ordinary or mundane. This is the one
commandment YaHuWaH repeated after all the words Moshe brought
down from the mountain
Shemoth 31:12
YaHuWaH spoke to Moshah, saying,
Shemoth 31:13
“Speak also to the children of Y’ISCHRa’EL, saying, ‘most certainly you
shall guard my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you
throughout your generations; that you may know that I AM
YaHuWaH who sets you
apart.
Even obeying His command to build these holy things could not override
the Sabbath. The construction of the tabernacle was, after all, all about
the "seventh day"--the Kingdom which it foreshadows. You shall be sure:
I.e., do not miss this! This is a strong term meaning "by every means at
your disposal", or "above all else". I.e., check to see if we are really
keeping it. Have we really built the fence? It is the first of YaHuWaH's
appointments; there is no point learning about the others if we have not
become proficient at it. We cannot truly keep them outside of this
context anyway. They are not a field trip or spectator sport, but who we
are. A sign: a distinguishing mark or token of an agreement. It is like a
wedding ring that seals YaHuWaH's special relationship with
Y’ISCHRa’EL. If the sign over a store is gone, it means it is no longer in
business. If someone deliberately leaves his wedding ring off, it makes
us wonder whether he wants others to know he is married. Many
teachers "hang out a sign" offering their services, but if they do not even
obey this most basic command, they are not really licensed in
YaHuWaH's eyes. They may be apprentices, but we can hardly imagine
that they can lead us deeper into holiness.
Shemoth 31:14
You shall guard the Sabbath therefore; for it is set apart to you.
Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does
any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Building a hedge around the Sabbath (so that no one will even come
close to breaking it) is part of living up to our name. On it we must be
set apart from all the other cares, priorities, and habits of the rest of the
week. The Sabbath is often called a queen or a bride; refusing to
participate in it is like giving excuses to not attend a wedding. Treats it
as ordinary: profanes, desecrates, or defiles, reduces in honor, based on
a root that means to hurt. Work: the type of work done for pay or for
personal benefit.
YaHuWaHshua answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
“The Reign of YaHuWaH is like a certain King, who made a marriage
feast for his Ben,and sent out His servants to call those who were invited
to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
Shemoth 31:15
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of
solemn rest, set apart to YaHuWaH. Whoever does any work on the
Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
The seriousness of this command is reiterated over and over, yet it is
probably the one most often disobeyed by people who say they belong
to YaHuWaH. Saying the Sacredness moved from the last day of the
week to the first leaves the last day with decreased honor. On the
Sabbath we have the privilege of forgetting the rat race and spending
time with our Creator as if we were back in Eden. One day in seven we
can "live in the Kingdom" even now. By our actions we build the houses
we will live in then.
1 Cor. 3:12ff
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones,
wood, hay, or stubble; each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day
will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test
what sort of work each man’s work is. If any man’s work remains which
he built on it, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned, he
will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire. Don’t
you know that you are a Dwelling Place of YaHuWaH, and that
YaHuWaH’s Ruwach lives in you? If anyone destroys the Dwelling Place
of YaHuWaH, YaHuWaH will destroy him; for YaHuWaH’s Dwelling Place
is Kodesh, which you are. Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks
that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he
may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with
YaHuWaH. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
And again, “YaHuWaH knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is
worthless.” Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
In the "seventh day"--the Millennial Kingdom--nothing new can be
added; it will be too late.
Shemoth 31:16
Therefore the children of Y’ISCHRa’EL shall guard the Sabbath, to
observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant.
Keep [it] ...to observe it: don't just do the action, but examine what it is
meant to teach you. Carry out: or, make the Sabbath: Rabbi Abraham
Joshua Heschel describes preparing our hearts for the Sabbath as
"building a palace in time" and then quieting down to dwell in it,
spending the time with YaHuWaH. It is His ordained way of extending
the concept of holiness to the realm of time. He Himself keeps the
Sabbath, so on it, we are participating in the same activity He is doing.
Shemoth 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the children of Y’ISCHRa’EL forever; for in
six daysYaHuWaH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed.’”
The Sabbath is a sign.
It is thus on the same level as binding YaHuWaH's words on our hand.
Deut. 6:8
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for
symbols between your eyes.
"Was refreshed" means "breathed in" or "withdrew into Himself". Even
He stops to catch His breath on it; how much more do we need to? He
draws back into Himself what He has already done. But first we must
"breathe out" the other six days. But it has the same root as the word
for "soul", and this forms the basis for the tradition that on the Sabbath
one receives a second soul.
the seventh day of the week.
(It does not just say "one day in seven", but specifically the seventh day
of the week.) But keeping it in mind also requires a concrete
participation as acknowledgment of its spiritual reality. The tense of
"remember" here extends indefinitely beyond merely the day itself (S.R.
Hirsch), since in a sense all days were created for the purpose of having
a Sabbath rest. The liturgy for the end of the Sabbath blesses YaHuWaH
who, as He created a distinction between the Sabbath and the ordinary
days, has also distinguished between light and darkness, and between
Y’ISCHRa’EL and the rest of the nations, since it is not to be a nation just
like all the others. Set-apart: in a category of its own.
Shemoth 20:9
You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
Work: here, occupation for the sake of gain or the continuation of
creation by altering the nature or form of anything. Herein again is the
importance of finishing the work YaHuWaH gives us to do in this age,
and not waiting until it is convenient to obey (as it will be in the
Kingdom) to show with Whom we stand. Notice that even on the six
ordinary days, service takes priority over employment.
Shemoth 20:10
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to YaHuWaH your Aluahiym.
You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your
stranger who is within your gates;
Sabbath:
time of ceasing and desisting.
Employment: or "constructive work", or "using the material of the world
for our own purposes" (Hirsch). We do this for six days, but only this is
excluded on the Sabbath; the "labor [for service]" in verse 9 (for which
we expect no reward in return and through which others benefit and are
moved to bless YaHuWaH) is not prohibited, so we do that type of work
seven days a week, not just on the Sabbath when we desist from the
work for our own gain. The rabbis say "your wife" is not mentioned in
the list, because husband and wife are considered one entity. Service to
one another [the first type of work (labor) listed above] is not forbidden
on the Sabbath; indeed, on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple
doubled their work of sacrifices. What is forbidden is doing things for our
own pleasure
YashaYahuw 58:13
“If you turn away your foot from the Shabbath, from doing your pleasure
on My Qodesh day; and call the Shabbath a delight, and the Qodesh of
YaHuWaH esteem-able; and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways,
nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words [uttering a
word of indignation from your mouth]:
One of the charges against YaHuWSCHuA was healing on the Sabbath
The Glad Tidings of Nikódemos:
For the chief priests and scribes assembled in council, even
ChananYâ´huw and Qayë´phâ’ and Somne (Senes) and Dothaim
(Dothael, Dathaes, Datam) and Gamliy’Ë´l, Yâhuwthâ´h, Lëwíy and
Naphttâlíy, Aléxandros and Yâhuw’ârâ´sh and the rest of the
“Yehuwthím” , and came unto Pilátus accusing Yâhuwshúa` for many
deeds, saying: „We know this Man as the Son of Yâhuwçë´ph the smith ,
and one born of Miryâ´m, yet He alleges that He is the Son of the
mighty One and a King; moreover He does profane the shabbâ´ths and
He wants to destroy the Law of our fathers. „Pilatus says: „And what
things are those that He does, and would destroy the Law? „The
“Yehuwthím” say: „The Law, confirmed by our customs, commands to
keep pure the shabbâ´th and prohibits curing on that day: but this Man,
by means of His evil deeds has cured the lame and the bent, the
withered and the blind and the paralytic, the dumb and them that were
possessed, on the shabbâ´th day!”
HIS SABBATH, HIS RULES, HIS QODESH
YashaYahuw 58:14
Then you shall delight yourself in YaHuWaH; and I shall make you to
ride on the high places of the Land; and I shall feed you with the
heritage of Ya'aqob your father:” for the mouth of YaHuWaH has spoken
it.
the opposite of serving one another and focusing on YaHuWaH--and
anything by which we participate in an act of creating or gainful activity,
since it is a reminder that YaHuWaH, not Mammon, has the final word
and ultimate ownership of our lives. Everything else takes a back seat to
this and does not matter. (As demonstrated by the Maccabees and in the
Six-Day War, or more commonly by continuing to run hospitals, deeds
necessary to preserve life are exempted from this prohibition, though
those who do so should not earn anything by doing so, or if they must,
then give it away.) We also let others rest, and even our animals have a
day to be themselves, and not "ours". Guest who is within your gates: an
idiom for someone who has come under YISCHRaEL’s authority to learn
from her about YaHuWaH, with a view to one day becoming part of the
community. But even a guest who is passing through is responsible to
know the rules of what may or may not be done on the Sabbath. Rashi
comments that our ceasing is also to be in attitude, not just deed; we
are to enter into the Sabbath with the same ease we would feel if all our
other work was actually completed, just as YaHuWaH did after creation.
Though it was not on a Sabbath, YaHuWSCHuA exemplified this idea
just before his death, when he said he had completed all the work
YaHuWaH had given him to do.
Shemoth 20:11
for in six days YaHuWaH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore YaHuWaH blessed the
Sabbath day, and made it set apart.
The Sabbath is the only day in creation on which we can participate in
what YaHuWaH is doing and thereby be united with Him. We cannot
participate in making the earth or stars, but we can rest when He rests.
Thus those who participate in the day He blessed are blessed as well.
YaHuWaH gave much more weight and detail to this command than any
other, showing how important it is to Him. He leaves no room for
misinterpretation. Nobody works on this day. Anyone who could be
seen as representing you in any way must cease from labor. Normal
routines must be changed so we can give it a separate place in our
thoughts and actions, as YaHuWaH did on the first Sabbath. (Gen. 2:2)
The first three commands pertain specifically to our relationship with
YaHuWaH, and twice as many--six--that pertain to our relationship with
our fellow men. But the hinge on which the gateway between them
swings is this fourth command. It ties the two great commands
together. Yochanan the Envoy emphasized this, asking how we could
love YAHUWAH, whom we cannot see, if we cannot even love our
neighbors, whom we can see, as ourselves. Loving our neighbor is the
only doorway by which we can arrive at true commitment to YaHuWaH.
The Sabbath cannot truly be kept unless it is shared; it is something we
have in common with all of YaHuWaH’s people. “Keeping the
Sabbath”does not mean keeping it to oneself.
YashaYahuw 58:13
“If you turn away your foot from the Shabbath, from doing your pleasure
on My Qodesh day; and call the Shabbath a delight, and the Qodesh of
YaHuWaH esteem-able; and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways,
nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words [uttering a
word of indignation from your mouth]:
Even when repairing the breach, we must still pause when He says to
pause. Your foot: the three pilgrim festivals are literally called "feet" in
Hebrew (shalosh regalim, Ex. 23:14). But our choice of festivals (most of
which were borrowed and adapted from pagan sources) has obscured
His. Man-made festivals claimed to replace the Sabbath, but He wants us
to turn back (repent) to the calendar He Himself set up. To be honored:
or important. Your own: We can only receive when we give back to Him
what He has given us by turning it over to the welfare of all Y’ISCHRa’EL.
YashaYahuw 58:14
Then you shall delight yourself in YaHuWaH; and I shall make you to
ride on the high places of the Land; and I shall feed you with the
heritage of Ya'aqob your father:” for the mouth of YaHuWaH has spoken
it.
The High Places: the areas claimed by the Palestinians now, but which
actually belong to the northern Kingdom and Yahuwdah. (Yehezqel 36:2)
The high ground is a place of safety and having the upper hand, and
from which we can see an enemy coming. After the fast, if we receive
its lessons properly, we can move on to the feasting of Sukkoth. He
Himself will feed us with the words of His mouth. This provides a link to
Psalm 81, which was written most particularly for the season of
repentance prior to Yom haKippurim.
This provides a link to Tehillim 81
Sing aloud to Aluahiym, our strength!
Make a joyful shout to the Aluahiym of Ya'aqob!
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.
Blow the shofar at the New Moon [of the first day of the 7th month -
trumpets], at the full moon, on our feast day [the 15th - Sukkoth].
For it is a statute for Y’ISCHRa’EL,
an ordinance of the Aluahiym of Ya'aqob.
He appointed it in Yowseph for a testimony,
when He went out over the land of Mitsrayim,
I heard a language that I didn’t know.
“I removed his shoulder from the burden.
His hands were freed from the basket.
You called in trouble, and I delivered You.
I answered You in the secret place of thunder.
I tested You at the waters of Meribah.”
Selah.
“Hear, My people, and I will testify to You,
Y’ISCHRa’EL, if You would listen to Me!
There shall be no strange mighty one in You,
neither shall You worship any foreign mighty one.
I AM YaHuWaH, Your Aluahiym,
Who brought You up out of the land of Mitsrayim.
Open Your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But My people didn’t listen to My Voice.
Y’ISCHRa’EL desired none of Me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
Oh that My people would listen to Me,
that Y’ISCHRa’EL would walk in My Ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn My hand against their adversaries.
The haters of YaHuWaH would cringe before Him,
and their punishment would last into the Ages.
But He would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
I will satisfy You with honey out of the Rock.”
, which was written most particularly for the season of repentance prior
to Yom Kippur.
“The Sabbath is made for man”, but that means it is a gift, and we must
find its proper use, not simply throw it away or let it sit unused. “The
Sabbath is made for man”, but still we must use it properly.
He said to them,
“This is that which YaHuWaH has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a
Set-apart Sabbath to YaHuWaH.
YaHuWaH spoke to Moshah, saying,
Shemot 31:13
“Speak also to the children of Y’ISCHRa’EL, saying,
‘Most certainly you shall guard my Sabbaths:
for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations;
that you may know that I AM YaHuWaH who sets you apart.
You shall guard the Sabbath therefore; for it is set apart to you.
Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does
any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his Six days
shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn
rest, set apart to YaHuWaH. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath
day shall surely be put to death?
Therefore the children of Y’ISCHRa’EL shall guard the Sabbath, to
observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between Me and the children of Y’ISCHRa’EL
forever;
for in six days YaHuWaH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh
day he rested, and was refreshed.’”
Debarim 8:3
He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger,(for his word) and fed you
with manna,(the living word) which you didn’t know, neither did your
father’s know; that He might make you know that man does not live by
bread only, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of
YaHuWaH does man live.
Again, here is a test of whether we are being led by YaHuWaH or not.
Are we hungering for more? Are we being fed by things we had never
heard of? We would not have paid attention if we were not starving, yet
still we so often looked to empty calories to fill our hunger rather than
accepting the true nourishment He provided. What we walked in before
was made by men for our comfort, but YaHuWaH gives us what we truly
need. We must not get tired of it and, like our ancestors, want what we
had when we were slaves. YaHuWaH likes to keep the medium from
being the focus. Y’ISCHRa’EL in particular is not limited to the usual
means of sustenance. He provides through a variety of sources and
makes some of the wells dry up so that we will recognize that He is
behind them all, and not start trusting the means rather than the
provider. We don't know where it is coming from, but what we need is
always there. We should not look on such a prospect with dread, but see
life as never boring, but an adventure. (See also 11:10-11) He then
moves directly from speaking about manna to speaking about what
comes from YaHuWaH's mouth. When He told Y’ISCHRa’EL how to
gather the manna, He said to do it, literally, "a word a day". (Ex. 16:4)
This is the deeper meaning the manna represents. This, too, comes from
His mouth and as the manna fills your mouth, YaHuWaH's words are
what is to fill our mouths, not just community for its own sake. (He
speaks in particular of "the" bread--a specific bread. "One bread"
represents community per 1 Cor. 10:17, but as the economy dries up,
more and more people may see the value of community for other
reasons, but for us it must be for the sake of the Kingdom and the
Torah.) YaHuWSCHuA is called the bread that comes from Heaven
(Yochanan 6:32) as the "manna" did. But the Torah is also likened to
bread in Scripture (Amos 8:11), and this, too, comes out of the mouth of
YaHuWaH. If we do not know His words, we are not armed for the tests.
But it is not just words that come from His mouth, but His "breath"
(same as "spirit" in Hebrew) as well. (Gen. 2:7) "Humanity" here is the
word Adam, so it is meant to point us back to this. It should be as if we
were breathing the same air that YHWH "breathes". Like baby birds who
do not know what their parents are bringing, we have to trust Him to
feed us what will nourish us because it is coming from the right source.
In the wilderness, Moshe was also the "mouth" of YaHuWaH, and the
Torah is still the test for all else that seems to be from His mouth. Again
He has been feeding us with things we did not know before--like the
Sabbath, His appointed times, the kosher laws, etc. Much knowledge
that we have not seen for thousands of years is now flowing from this
book. This is what we are to live for, not just to gain a livelihood and fill
our bellies.
Shemot 16:28
YaHuWaH said to Moshah, “How long do you refuse to guard My
Commandments and My Instructions?
A humble attitude
This is what YaHuWaH, the Aluahiym of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long
will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?
You are Ambassadors of the YaHuWaH of Y’ISCHRa’EL, carrying his
dispatches to the people
Shemot 16:29
Behold, because YaHuWaH has given you the Sabbath,
Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh
day.”
YaHuWSCHuA reiterates that the Sabbath is YaHuWaH's gift to man
(Mark 2:27), but this means we must gratefully take responsibility for it;
otherwise it too becomes a test of how set apart we are, for this reveals
what we will do in more weighty circumstances. (Luke 16:10-12) Are we
worthy of being given the rest of the Torah? If we do pass the test, it is
His sign that He has set us apart. (Yehezqel/Ez. 20:12) Obedience shows
that we want His ring on our finger, and thus are as set apart as the
Sabbath--that is, off limits to anyone else. Remain in his place: Rev.
22:11 is reminiscent of this; when the gates are shut or sealed (as in the
imagery at Yom Kippur), no one can go in or out any longer. The
seventh day foreshadows the coming millennium, when one's position
will already have been determined. If we wait until the kingdom to seek
the kingdom first, we will find that we are too late; we cannot buy oil
once the doors are closing. (Mat. 25:8-13) If we are not used to the
Sabbath, we will feel utterly clueless when we get to the Kingdom. Many
will be there, yet will suffer the torment of being excluded from the
banquet hall. But while the city gates were closed on the Sabbath so no
commerce could enter or exit, the Temple's gates were open all day on
the Sabbath, and "place" is a special idiom for the Temple Mount. That is
the place to stay on the Sabbath. (The word for "place" is based on the
word for "stand" or "rise up", and no one is permitted to sit down there
except the king in the line of David.)
Shemot 16:30
So the people rested on the seventh day.
Finally! Why did they have to be beaten into something that is such a
privilege, especially for former slaves? Yet this is the very reason they
had a hard time doing so (apart from the fact that they had to trust
YaHuWaH instead of providing for themselves): their Egyptian
taskmasters had probably made them feel guilty every time they relaxed,
and Egypt was still in their minds.
Ok understood so far
The Sabbath was given to man:
B'Rayshiyth 2:22
He made the side (rib), which YaHuWaH Aluahiym had taken from the
man, into a woman, and brought her to the man. The man said, “This is
now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called
‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
It was made for man; man was not made to serve it
Mark 2:27
He said to them, “The Shabbath was made for the sake of man, not man
for the sake of the Shabbath.
Thus says YaHuWaH, Don’t let the wise man boast in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man boast in his might, don’t let the rich man
boast in his riches; but let him who boasts, boast in this, that he has
understanding, and knows Me, that I AM YaHuWaH Who exercises loving
kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I
delight, says YaHuWaH.
Boast: means to rave about something even to the point of appearing
foolish. When the lights are really turned on, all will see that living for
oneself is the real foolishness, but in the era when such philosophies
have precedence in the public eye, walking the most straightforward,
simple way will be what is called foolish. And that is what we must
accept for His sake.
1 Cor. 1; 19-2:16
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the
discernment of the discerning to nothing. „Where is the wise? Where is
the scribe? Where is the Torah scholar of this world? Hasn’t YaHuWaH
made foolish the wisdom of this world? For seeing that in the wisdom of
YaHuWaH, the world through its wisdom didn’t know YaHuWaH, it was
YaHuWaH’s good pleasure through the foolishness of proclaiming to save
those who believe For Yahuwdim ask for signs, Arameans seek after
wisdom, but we proclaim haMashiyach impaled; a stumbling block to
Yahuwdim, and foolishness to Arameans, but to those who are called,
both Yahuwdim and Arameans, haMashiyach is the Power of YaHuWaH
and the Wisdom of YaHuWaH. Because the foolishness of YaHuWaH is
wiser than men, and the weakness of YaHuWaH is stronger than men.
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to
the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; but YaHuWaH chose
the foolish things of the world that He might put to shame those who are
wise. YaHuWaH chose the weak things of the world, that He might put
to shame the things that are strong; and YaHuWaH chose the lowly
things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that
are not, that He might bring to nothing the things that are: that no flesh
should boast before YaHuWaH. But of Him, you are in haMashiyach
YaHuWSCHuA, Who was made to us Wisdom from YaHuWaH, and
righteousness and Set-apartness, and redemption: that, according as it
is written,
“He who boasts, let him boast in YaHuWaH.
When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech
or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the witness of YaHuWaH. For I
determined not to know anything among you, except YaHuWSCHuA
haMashiyach, and Him impaled. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and
in much trembling. My speech and my proclaiming were not in
persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Ruwach
and of Power, that your persuasion wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of
men, but in the Power of YaHuWaH. We speak wisdom, however, among
those who are full grown; yet wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers
of this world, who are coming to nothing. But we speak YaHuWaH’s
wisdom in a secret, the wisdom that has been hidden, which YaHuWaH
foreordained before the worlds for our esteem, which none of the rulers
of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have
impaled the Master of esteem. But as it is written:
“Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t
enter into the heart of man, these YaHuWaH has prepared for those who
love Him.”
Yasha. 64:4
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither
has the eye seen an Aluahiym besides You, Who works for him who
longs for Him.
Y’ISCHRa’EL is asking that YaHuWaH repeat what He did in the past, so
there will be no doubt among her enemies about whose side He is on.
But Paul quoted this verse (in slightly-modified form) in 1 Cor. 2:9, and
in that context, he says that natural men cannot understand spiritual
principles, so, as in YaHuWSCHuA parable, even if someone came back
from the dead to tell them, they would not believe it if they are not
already disposed to do so. (Lk. 16:31) Long for Him: the phrase includes
the sense of digging in and entrenching oneself, not being passive.