For this is the Ahavah Elohim
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Transcript of For this is the Ahavah Elohim
Zekeniam Y’Isra’EL
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,
I AM / WILL BE WHAT I AM / WILL BE:
"And YHWH said to mosheh , 'I am that which I am. [ehyeh asher ehyeh]' and he said, 'so
you will say to the sons of Y’isra’EL, "I am [ehyeh] has sent me to you." 'and YHWH said
further to mosheh, 'now you are to say to the sons of Y’isra’EL, "YHWH, elohey of your
fathers Abraham, Yitzchak [Isaac], and Yaa’qob [Jacob], has sent me to you. this is my
name forever, and this is my memorial for generation to generation." ' "Shemoth 6:3," 'and
I appeared to Abraham, to Yitzchak, and to Yaa’qob as hashadday [the almighty]. and my
name, YHWH, was not well known (famous) to them.
YHWH, ELohey Tsebaoth, is his name.
The ministry of reconciliation
Message of Reconciliation
Torah sh’Bichtav
(Written Torah)
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Yahu(ah)shua
Ok what part of the above do you not understand, the truth is written right before your
eyes, will you still deny it still
In plain truth it reads
1 Yochanan 5:3
For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are
not heavy,
It saddens me most when even when the truth is right before their eyes are blinded
By this we know that we love the children of YHWH (Yahuah), when we love YHWH
(Yahuah) and keep His commandments. For this is the love of YHWH (Yahuah), that we
keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
1 Yochanan 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and halak in darkness, we lie, and do not the
emet:
To say you love YHWH (Yahuah), yet walks in a lifestyle of conscious disobedience is like
the believer who says they walk in fellowship with YHWH (Yahuah), yet walks in darkness
You are liar
Your love for YHWH (Yahuah) will show itself in your obedience. "Believers frequently
attempt to turn love for YHWH (Yahuah) into a mushy emotional experience. His
commandments are not burdensome when we see how wise and good the commandments
of YHWH (Yahuah) are. They are gifts from Him to show us the best and most fulfilling life
possible. YHWH (Yahuah)'s commands are like the "manufacture's handbook" for life; He
tells us what to do because He knows how we work best. YHWH (Yahuah)'s commands are
not given to bind or to pain us, or because YHWH (Yahuah) is like an irritated old man.
It’s because He loves us
Genuine love for YHWH will result in obedience to His commandments. This love expresses
itself in action, not just emotion, and here is the stumbling block that many fall over
Devarim 31:26
Take this sefer ha torah, and put it in the side of the aron ha Brit of YHWH (יהוה)
Eloheichem, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
The congregation itself was meant to be YHWH's witness, so in a way the scroll was a
witness against the witness, if they should depart from this calling. But if we keep the
Torah, it can be a witness for us instead. Can people look at our lives and say, "Oh, so that's
what it means!"? YHWH listed the names of the men who wept when they compared
themselves to the Torah when they rediscovered it
Nekhemyah 8
Is your name listed as one who upholds it? Like the Sabbath, the Ark is a sign of the
covenant. With the Torah beside it, the theme of the Two Witnesses that runs throughout
Scripture shows up here again.
Exodus 25:16
And you shall put into the Ark the Testimony which I will give you.
Specifies that the testimony should be put inside the Ark of the Covenant when Moshe
would receive it. He himself built another chest out of only wood, without the gold, possibly
to hold only the stone slabs with the Ten Declarations on them.
The Ark of the Covenant (Hebrew: רית Ārōn Hāb’rīt, modern pron. Aron Habrit), also ארון הב
known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a chest described in Book of
Shemot 25:10-22
"And they shall make an Ark of shitim (Acacia) atzei (wood); two and a half cubits shall be
its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
This is the "Ark of the Covenant". It parallels the Sabbath in that it is a sign of the covenant
between YHWH and Y’Isra’EL. The word "chest" (aron) itself, in Hebrew, comes from a root
word meaning "to pluck or gather". They would not have had large planks with them in the
wilderness. And acacia trees themselves are mostly made up of many small twigs; there is
little ready-made "lumber" in them. Many tiny pieces have to be joined together to make it
work as such, paralleling Yehezq'El 37's picture of the two houses of Israel being regathered
like two "sticks" that become one. Sticks are not to be gathered on the Sabbath (a picture of
the millennial kingdom), but beforehand.
Num. 15:32ff
And while the benai Yisrael were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks
upon Yom Shabbat.
A cubit is approximately 18 to 21 inches long (the standardized measure of the length from a
man's elbow to fingertips). Note that none of these measures is in whole numbers, and the
Hasidic rabbis explain this to mean that no matter how well we learn the Torah, there is
always another piece to learn; only when we become what this ark represents will it truly
be complete.
Shemot 25:11
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make
on it a molding of gold all around.
Inside and out: Though very few people would ever see inside this box, it must still be the
same as the outside. If the outside tells you it is pure, the inside must agree, or it is nothing
but "whitewashed tombs" or cups that are only cleaned on the outside.
Matt. 23:25-28
Woe unto you, Sofrim and P'rushim, tzeviut (hypocrisy)!for you make clean the outside of
the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. [You] blind
Parush, first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may be
clean also.Woe unto you,
Sofrim and P'rushim, tzeviut (hypocrisy)!for ye are like unto whited tombs, which on the
outside appear beautiful, but within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness. Even
so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of tzeviut
(hypocrisy) and lawlessly against the Torah.
A pig is deceptive because on the outside it appears kosher (it has a split hoof) but inwardly
it does not chew the cud, which is a picture of "meditating day and night" on YHWH's
words
Tehillim 1
Happy is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked nor stands in the way of
sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scoffers, But his delight is in the Torah of YEHOVAH; and
in His Torah he meditates day and night. And he shall be like a *tree planted by the *rivers
of *water, that brings forth it’s *fruit in its season; his *leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he does shall prosper. The wicked are not so: but are like the chaff which the
wind drives away. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous. For YEHOVAH knows the way of the righteous: but the way
of the wicked shall perish.
Amein and ameien
sifting them, refining the nutrition that is gotten from them. The pig, instead, eats anything
indiscriminately and cannot filter any of it--a bad example which we do not want to make a
part of ourselves. But purity goes beyond the Torah's direct physical commands (as
important as they are) to the heart of the matter, as Yahu(ah)shua said--loving YHWH and
neighbor. So it is up to us to understand the deeper meanings so we can make the inside and
outside truly match. If we are selfless inside the house, we will lay the necessary
groundwork for Yahu(ah)shua's Kingdom to come, and then the outside world will line up
with it; they will have no choice.
Tehillim 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel.
The true Kingdom cannot be faked; that would be an unworthy vessel for His testimony. If
we find that we are pretending to be pure when we really are not, be thankful for the
revelation so we can deal with it and go back and actually make the inside right, however
much rebuilding it may take.
Shemot 25:12
You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be
on one side, and two rings on the other side.
Intervals: Aramaic, "on its four joints", but the word is the same as for "rhythmic beats".
They may correspond with Yaakov’s four firstborn sons, since the firstborn is counted as the
first of a woman ("who opens the womb"), not a man. Two "sticks" (cf. Y'chezq'El/Ezek. 37)
were needed to keep its balance; neither Yehudah nor Efrayim can carry the covenant
alone.
Shemot 25:13-15
And you shall make poles of shitim (Acacia) atzei (wood), and overlay them with gold.You
shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, that the Ark may be carried by
them. The poles shall be in the rings of the Ark; they shall not be taken from it.
The poles poked against the curtain dividing the two sanctuaries, providing evidence that
the Ark was still inside.
1 Kings 8:8
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the Kodesh before
the debir (oracle), and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
They were not simply to transport it; they protected the ones carrying it from death. Thus
they are a picture of Yahu(ah)shua--human (of wood) yet pure (overlaid with gold)--who
saves us from YHWH's wrath; they are also a picture of our "abiding in him" so that we can
continue to bear fruit. If the ark had always been carried on poles as YHWH said, there
would never have been an occasion where it nearly fell off a cart, leading to the death of the
one who illegally touched it with the best intentions of steadying it.
2 Shmuel 6:6-7
And when they came to Nakhon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the Aron ha
Elohim (אלהים ), and took hold of it; for the oxen shook [it]. And the anger of YHWH (יהוה)
was kindled against Uzzah; and Elohim (אלהים) smote him there for [his] error; and there he
died by the Aron ha Elohim (אלהים).
Shemot 25:16
And you shall put into the Ark the Testimony which I will give you.
Testimony: or witness. The box was not decorated for its own sake. It is to hold and to
highlight the Testimony. Testimony to what? The real covenant that could not be put into
the box, for the writing only bears witness to what we have agreed to do. Our actions are
what constitute the covenant. If we are not obeying, we have no covenant, even if it is
"written on our hearts" or tattooed on our arms! Later would be added Aharon's almond
rod that budded (symbolizing authority and Yahu(ah)shua, the firstfruits of the
resurrection) and an omer of manna (symbolizing Y’Isra’EL's life as a whole community).
These are YHWH's treasures, so this ark is His treasure-chest. If it does not have these three
things, the box is a useless, empty shell, 1 Cor. 13
Shemot 25:17 (ii)
"You shall make a Kaporet (Mercy Seat) of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its
length and a cubit and a half its width.
Cover: place of atonement; LXX, "propitiatory". Sometimes called the "mercy-seat", it was
the place where the blood from the chosen goat on the Day of Atonement was brought by
the High Priest--the only time he could enter the direct manifest presence of YHWH and
survive, because he was doing so for the whole community. Even though the
commandments were inside, and it was overlaid with gold to symbolize purity, still this
picture of a salvaged human being had to be atoned for in order for full fellowship with
YHWH to be restored.
Shemot 25:18
And you shall make two Keruvim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the
two ends of the Kaporet (Mercy Seat).
Kh'ruvim: or cherubim, a special class of "Messengers" (spiritual beings) that have a special
connection with guarding something that is Sacred. (They are not mentioned until after
Adam and Chavvah's sin made it necessary for the Tree of Life to be guarded from them
and their progeny.) The popular image of "cherubs" as pudgy babies with wings is a gross
diminishing of the terror they must have aroused with their flaming swords, but there is
some truth to it: rabbinic writings say they had childlike faces to symbolize innocence.
There is great depth to this picture. The Talmud says they were meant to symbolize YHWH
in face-to-face fellowship with His bride. This covenant is indeed meant to be like a
marriage, and the depiction is of one piece with the "atoning cover", emphasizing that the
covering is inextricably connected to the covenant and to the relationship between YHWH
and Israel, the other party to the covenant, which is indeed meant to bear His fruit in the
earth. Heylel (Lucifer) was once called "the anointed kh'ruv that covers".
Yehezq'El 28:14
Thou [art] the anointed cheruv that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the
kodesh har (mountain) Elohim (אלהים); thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.
But as Ruth's nearer kinsman was unwilling to jeopardize his inheritance by redeeming
those who represented both faithful Yehudah as well as the wayward northern kingdom,
haSatan's fall was in being unwilling to humble himself. Yahu(ah)shua, "instead of the joy
set before him endured the Tree, despising the shame" and was in turn exalted more highly
than ever before and made "Head over all things". We can only imagine how jealous
haSatan is to see another "bride" replacing "him".
(Compare his description in
Y'hezqel/Ezekiel 28:12-16
Ben Adam, take up a lamentation upon the melekh Tzor, and say unto him,Thus saith
Eloahi (אדני) YHWH (יהוה):Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in
beauty.Thou hast been in Eden the garden of Elohim (אלהים); every precious stone [was]
thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the
sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of
thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou [art] the anointed
cheruv that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the kodesh har (mountain)
Elohim (אלהים); thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou [wast]
perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By
the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou
hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of Elohim (אלהים): and
I will destroy thee, O covering cheruv, from the midst of the stones of fire.
with the city-bride portrayed in
Rev. 21:9-20;
And there came unto me one of the seven malakhim which had the seven vials full of the
seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife.And he carried me away in the Ruakh to a great and high mountain, and
shewed me that great city, the set apart Yerushalayim, descending out of Shamayim from
Elohim (אלהים), Having the Kavod Elohim (אלהים): and her light [was] like unto a stone most
precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, [and]
had Shneym Asar she'arim (gates), and at the she'arim (gates) Shneym Asar malakhim,
and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the Shneym Asar Shivtei ha benei
Yisrael: On the east three she'arim (gates); on the north three she'arim (gates); on the south
three she'arim (gates); and on the west three she'arim (gates).And the wall of the city had
Shneym Asar foundations, and in them the names of the Shneym Asar Shlichim of the
Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the she'arim
(gates) thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large
as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, Shneym Asar thousand furlongs.
The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.And he measured the wall thereof,
an hundred [and] forty [and] four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of
the malakh. And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure zahav,
like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all
manner of precious stones The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx.the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Yeshayahu/Isa. 61:10.)
I will greatly rejoice in YHWH (יהוה), my nefesh shall be joyful in Elohai; for he hath clothed
me with the Bigdei Yesha (garments of salvation), he hath covered me with the robe of
tzedakah, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth
[herself] with her jewels.
This explains why ""he" was so eager to trip up humanity which was made in YHWH's
image. That image was indeed shattered; mystical Judaism speaks of it in terms of molten
gold bursting its mold and being scattered all over creation. But YHWH initiated its repair
when He created the people of Y’Isra’EL
, through which the "second Adam" could be born. Yahu(ah)shua is the Head of this "one
new man" which is being gathered from the seed of Avraham scattered all over the world
and any who adhere to them. It rests upon the covenant which includes Torah, the rod, and
manna--all pictures of Yahu(ah)shua. These kh'ruvim were connected together and formed
one piece.
Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are
members one of another.
says the many parts of the Body--also called the "Tree of Life" in mystical Judaism--are
"members of one another". The tree of life is what the first-mentioned kh'ruvim
Gen. 3
guarded. This is a reminder that while we are not innocent anymore, when we become
sacred enough to be one of the guardians of this reunited Adam, we will be allowed in
again; in YHWH’s kingdom we will again have access to the Tree of Life, as per
Rev. 22.
So the "place of atonement" between these kh'ruvim (v. 22) is a prophetic picture of the
restoration of Adam and Chavvah, the rejoining of YHWH and His bride, and a return to
the Garden. He sets them here as a reminder of what kind of people He wants us to become-
-the kind of people He can dwell among, for His deepest desire is simply to be able to walk
with Adam again in the Garden. But He must make us fit to be able to stand His presence,
and that is what the box's contents are about. As in the mystical tree, the Kingdom is the
way back in--the "place" at which the mirror image of Eden (culminating at Yerushalayim)
connects to the real Eden above. Hammered: LXX, "graven", yet even if that is the case,
these graven images were specifically commissioned by YHWH as a picture by which He
wanted to show something about Himself, not a figment of men's imagination. Like the
kh'ruvim woven into the curtains that hid it, this image was seen by only those who should
know enough to not carry it in the wrong direction.
Shemot 25:19
Make one Keruv at one end, and the other Keruv at the other end; you shall make the
Keruvim at the two ends of it of one piece with the Kaporet (Mercy Seat).
Shemot 25:20
And the Keruvim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the Kaporet (Mercy Seat)
with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the Keruvim shall be toward
the Kaporet (Mercy Seat).
Wings: symbols of concealment, covering, and deliverance from danger. Sheltering:
Aramaic, "overshadowing". Each look toward the other: literally, "man toward its
brother". The atonement is directly tied to looking into one another's faces and becoming a
community. "If one cannot love his brother, whom he has seen, how can he love YHWH,
whom he has not seen?"
1 Yochanan 4:20
If a man say, I love Elohim, and hateth his achi, he is a liar: for he that love not his achi
whom he hath seen, how can he love Elohim whom he hath not seen?
Wings: not necessarily like those of a bird (though Yeshayahu 6 seems to imply this when
we see kh'ruvim in action there); the term really means anything that is "projected
laterally" or the extremity (as used of garments in many passages, such as
Numbers 15:38
Speak unto the benai Yisrael, and bid them that they make them tzitzit in the borders of
their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the tzitzit of the
borders a cord (thread twist פתיל) of blue:
Deut. 22:12
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest
[thyself].
It is also the same term as the "skirt" Ruth asked Boaz to spread over her to symbolize his
taking her in marriage as part of being kinsman-redeemeer for her husband who had died
childless.
Ruth 3:9
And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Rut thine handmaid: spread
therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou [art] a near Go'el.
So, in context, this may simply mean they are spreading out a garment to serve as a
wedding canopy over themselves.
Shemot 25:21
You shall put the Kaporet (Mercy Seat) on top of the Ark, and in the Ark you shall put the
Testimony that I will give you.
Shemot 25:22
And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the Kaporet (Mercy
Seat), from between the two Keruvim which are on the Ark of the Testimony, about
everything which I will give you in commandment to the Benai Yisrael.
Meet: the term can mean to summon, but can also mean to betroth! Two cannot walk
together unless they are agreed
Amos 3:3,
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
in which the term "agreed' is the same one used here). The ideal Y’Isra’EL represented by
this intertwining of YHWH with His bride (as described in the Talmud) is a reparation for
what haSatan did, just as Esther replaced Queen Vashti. The ark is to be set behind curtains
as if in a bridal chamber. It defines how close He wants Israel to come to Him. We are even
told that one day we will no longer look for the Ark of the Covenant
Yirmeyahu/Jer. 3:16ff
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and parah (increased; fruitful) in ha ertez,
in those days, declares YHWH (יהוה), lo yomer (say) Aod (anymore) Aron Brit YHWH (יהוה):
neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit [it];
neither shall [that] be done any more.
this is because we will by then BE what it represents!
as solely containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed.
According to some traditional interpretations of the Book of Exodus
Shemot 16:33
And Mosheh said unto Aharon:
Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before YHWH (יהוה), to be
kept for your generations.
Containeror pot : Hirsch, "a cooling-flask", perhaps of stone, to keep the damaging heat
away from it during its long-term storage. An omer's worth: literally, "the fullness of an
omer". Posterity: literally, "generations". Will some of it be needed again during the time no
one is able to buy or sell if they do not have the mark of the beast? (Rev. 13) Yahu(ah)shua
said he would give some of the "hidden manna" to the one who overcomes--that is, endures
until that time. (Rev. 2:17)
Shemot 16:34
As YHWH (יהוה) commanded Mosheh, so Aharon laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Moshe probably appended this (and the next verse) just before he died, as the ark was not
yet built at this time. While some say they know where the ark of the covenant is,
Yirmeyahu 3:16
tells us it will one day no longer be brought to mind. If we get the point and live out the
intent behind it, it really does not matter if we still have the physical reminder or not. We
will already be that omer.
Bamidbar 17:10 (17:25)
And YHWH (יהוה) said unto Mosheh:
Bring Aharon's rod again before the edut, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou
shalt quite take away their telunnah (murmurings) from me, that they die not.
YHWH was tired of killing Israelites. Now if someone grumbled, all Moshe would have to
do was bring out Aharon’s rod as a reminder of his authority and ask if they really wanted
to argue with the sign YHWH had given. When their fruit surpassed Aharon’s, they might
have something worth saying! Until it did, if they did not stay quiet, they would feel the
rod! This was not so much to commemorate the miracle as to preclude further deaths of the
same sort as Qorakh’s. They might be “sons of rebellion” (and some might specifically be
sons of the rebel himself, for they would be reminded of this rod when they went to cover the
ark, as this was their responsibility – 3:30-31; 4:4-6), but they could survive if they did not
give expression to what was latent within them. But they could not just walk in there and
see it; this place was off limits to most. But this also gave it more appeal and made it more
powerful in a way, because it was not a common thing they saw every day and would take
for granted. It was more “mystical”. Yet each new generation that did not see this event
still had to understand authority and proper order so that they would not again fall into
chaos, so this underlines the responsibility of teaching the next generaration that it is there
and what it is about. Our ruler is so fully identified with Torah that he was even called "the
Torah fleshed out".
Yochanan 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His Kavod, the Kavod
as of the only begotten of Ha AVI,) full of Chesed and Emet.
He identified himself with the manna.
Yoch. 6:31
And Yeshua (ישוע) said unto them I am the lechem of life: he that cometh to Me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.
His blossoming will stop the murmuring against Torah that is still prevalent, and the dry
stick of Efrayaim can grow together into the stick of Yehudah.
Y'hezq'el 37:16ff
This can only occur if it is alive again. We, too, are meant to bring forth edible fruit from
what seemed long since dead. Our lives are meant to be a witness against the rebellious, not
witnesses to the lawless one.
17:11 (17:26)
And Mosheh did [so]: as YHWH (יהוה) commanded him, so did he.
So as: or, precisely when.
Ivrim 9:4
Which had the golden censer, and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid roundabout with gold,
wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aharon's rod that budded, and Luchot
haBrit (the tablets of the Covenant)
the Ark also contained Aaron's rod ,a jar of manna and the first Torah scroll as written by
Moses
Zachor et-yom haShabat lekadsho.
Remember the shabbat day, to keep it Sacred
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).
. "because in six days YHWH set in order the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is
in them, but He desisted on the seventh day. On account of this YHWH blessed the seventh
day and set it apart [as holy].
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,
Shomer the Yom Shabbat to sanctify it, as YHWH (יהוה) Eloheicha hath commanded thee.
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
YHWH repeated after all the words Moshe brought down from the mountain
Exodus 31:13-17
Speak you also to the Benai Yisrael, saying.Truly My Shabbat you shall keep: for it [is] a
sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that ANI
YEHOVAH (יהוה) that who sanctify you. You shall keep the Shabbat, therefore, for it is set
apart to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any
work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.Six days may work be done;
but in the seventh [is] the Shabbat of rest, kadosh to YEHOVAH (יהוה): whosoever does
[any] work in Yom ha Shabbat, he shall surely be put to deathWherefore the Benai Yisrael
shall keep the Shabbat, to observe the Shabbat throughout their generations, [for] a
perpetual Berit. It [is] a sign between Me and the Benai Yisrael forever: for [in] six days
YHWH (יהוה) made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.
probably because He knew it would be the one most frequently susceptible to mis-obedience
by otherwise-righteous people. (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 YHWH
who, as He created a distinction between the Sabbath and the ordinary days, has also
distinguished between light and darkness, and between Israel 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.
Yochanan 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
2 Yochanan 5
For many deceivers are entered into ha olam hazeh, who confess not that Yahu(ah)shua
HaMashiyach is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an anti-Messiah.
That time is nigh upon us
Yochanan 16:8-11
And when he is come, he will reprove Olam Hazeh of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment
Of sin,
because they believe not on me;
Of righteousness,
because I go to My AVI, and ye see Me no more;
Of judgment,
because the prince of this world is judged.
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Ephesios 2:2
Wherein in time past ye halakh according to the course of this olam hazeh, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the Ruakh that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Once: emphasizing that it refers only to a former time. Arrangement: world-order,
constitution, the whole mass of humanity that functions apart from YHWH’s Torah.
Atmosphere: particular the lower, denser air—possibly contrasted with the clearer air at
the top of the holy mountains. Stubborn opposition to compliance: not those who try to obey
but sometimes misstep.
Eloneinu Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach
In His Name
blessed be, in His name
'YHWH be with you.' and they answered him, 'YHWH bless you.' "
Be not blind to the truth
And, hinnei, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Yahu(ah)shua
passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O YHWH, [thou] Ben David. And
Yahu(ah)shua stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
They say unto Him, YHWH, that our eyes may be opened. So Yahu(ah)shua had
compassion [on them], and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight,
and they followed him.
His servant and yours
Shalom in Righteousness
by the GRACE of YHWH
keiYAH
nätzräya
Remember me and pray for me that YHWH will be gracious unto me and be merciful unto
my sins which I have sinned against him. Peace be to them that read and that hear these
things and to their servants:
Amein and Amein
Freely ye have received, freely give
A rule necessary, and of great extent. A servant in the Gospel Vineyard, though
worthy of his Comfortable support while in the work. Should never preach for hire,
or make a secular traffic of the Ruakh (spiritual work): what a scandal is it for a
man to traffic with gifts which he pretends, at least, to have received from the Ruakh
HaQodesh, of which he is not the master, but the dispenser. He who preaches to get a living,
or make a fortune, is guilty of the most infamous sacrilege
The Everlasting Covenant is The Sabbath
Eloneinu Yahu(ah)shua HaMashiyach be with your Ruakh