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CONTRIBUTION “Heave offering”

The 19th Torah Portion Reading7th reading in the Book of Exodus

Exodus 25:1 – 27:19Isaiah 66:1-24

Matthew 12:46 – 13:58

Terumah

TerumahThe Shadows of the Messiah

Titles of Messiah

• The Temple - John 2:19-21• The Holy Place - Exodus 25:8• The Tabernacle - John 1:14• The Menorah - Revelation 21:24• The Altar - Hebrews 13:10

Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep the Torah strive with them.Pro 28:4 Silang nangagpapabaya sa kautusan ay nagsisipuri sa masama: nguni't ang nangagiingat ng kautusan ay nangakikipagkaalit sa kanila.

GOOD VS EVIL

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Brought to you by the END – TIME PROPHETIC MINISTRY OF BROTHER AIKE AIZION OF MESSIAH THE LIVING TORAH CENTER

Ten Words – That Proceeded our of the Mouth of YHVH Elohym

Hebrew vs Greek Mindset- It is not the absence of Scripture in bible believing churches, - it is the absence of a correct way of reading and then obeying Scripture. - If G-d's Word is immutable, and His standards absolute? One word: Philosophy. That is, the philosophical or rational approach to G-d's Word.Beloved, philosophy begins with the question, "What is truth?" and ends with the answer, "This is truth to me." G-d's Word was not given to be subjected to the exercise of philosophical argument.

“ It is entirely tolerable to the Hebraic mind to accept a paradox. To the non-Hebraic mind, the paradox is seen as blatant contradiction, and is summarily dismissed as nonsense.”

– Bikurei Tziyon, issue 71, pg.29”

TORAH LEARNING NOT LIMITED RELIGIOUS LIFE

TRANSCEND INTO THE REALM OF THE SECULAR WORLD

EX: ISRAEL INVENTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

All torah learning is to be applied in daily activities and all spheres of our human endeavors– from the the way we dress , pray to the way we treat other people

Deu 22:5 "A woman shall not wear man's clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

Apply TORAH LEARNING : wear decent clothes not only on shabbat on regular days .at work or at shul.

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained. But blessed is he, the one keeping the Torah.Pro 29:18 Kung saan walang pangitain, ang bayan ay sumasama: nguni't siyang nagiingat ng kautusan ay maligaya siya.

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Hebrew vs Greek MindsetThe mainstream traditional churches is only slightly behind the decaying mainstream denominations, because it stopped treating G-d's Word as the absolute authority. Maybe it never did. -- In short, we have too many people talking theology; and too few practicing and teaching G-d's commands.

The Philosophy TestHere is a quick test to see if the philosophical approach has affected you. - Truth needs to be understood in order to be obeyed.- What you believe is more important than what you do.- Knowledge is worth pursuing for its own sake.- We must separate the sacred from the secular.- Mundane things in life interfere with our spiritual focus.- The primary purpose of education is to understand the world around us and acquire correct ideas and right thinking.- Knowledge and right thinking feed the soul.- The primary source of religious teaching should be trained pastors or teachers.

It began in a Garden. A Serpent, and a Woman…"And he [the Serpent] said to the woman, 'Has G-d indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the garden"?'" (Genesis 3:1b)That is a logical question. Think about it. G-d had said in verse 16 and 17, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat." * So the Serpent's query was logically correct. Ah, but was it truth? No, it wasn't. * G-d's instruction to the Man and the Woman was to eat of any tree except the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The difference seems subtle, but it is not.

In the next few verses, the Serpent takes the Woman for a ride on the philosophy train, and railroads her right into the most logical answer to his first question: "Has G-d indeed said?". The logical answer of course (to Eve), "Why no, He didn't really mean what He said when He said don't eat" – after all, misread 1Cor 6:13; 8:8; Rom 14:17, and this error filled logic seems to make sense.

***The problem with our modern theologies that approach G-d's Word with selective compliance is that they are all based upon 3 false assumptions:

- G-d's instructions change as we (collectively) mature spiritually.

- G-d's illogical (humanly speaking) instructions were only valid until we figured out that they were merely figurative instructions. In other words, they only existed until what they illustrated was obvious – or they were only metaphors (sound familiar?).

- Actually there is a third and even bigger false assumption:***We think we know it all, and know what G-d really means.

Raise My Contribution

Exodus 25:1-2 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution."

Principles in Kingdom Building1Sam 2:30 “ those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed. David says “ I will build your House AdonaiGod Responded “ your house/family I will build forever?B’ Resheet John 3:16 = G_D first is the Giver Creator of all ***Mature believers has the heart and good motive To build God’s kingdom here on earth.


From Eden to Sinai

Exodus 25:8 Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.

In Exodus 25, the Almighty prepared to restore His relationship with humanity. He desired to dwell among human beings and have fellowship with them as He did with Adam in the garden. The whole purpose of the redemption of Israel was that God might dwell among them: "I brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God" (Exodus 29:46). In that regard, the LORD's objective for the redemption was not merely the liberation of Israel but the reunification of His Divine Presence with human beings. The exodus from Egypt, the revelation at Sinai, and the building of the Sanctuary were all steps toward repairing the damage of the sin of Adam

The LORD asked the children of Israel to contribute toward the construction of a Sanctuary in which He could dwell in their midst. He gave Moses a list of items that people could contribute toward the Sanctuary. Likewise, in the Messianic Era, the LORD will instruct the Messiah to lead His people in the construction of a Sanctuary in Zion where He will once more dwell in the midst of His people.

Rabbeinu Bechaye taught that the items for contribution listed in Exodus 25:1-7 all allude to some aspect of the future redemption. For example, the "oil for lighting" (Exodus 25:6) alludes to King Messiah Himself, as it says, "There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth; I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed" (Psalms 132:17).


Raise My Contribution – Divine Partnership

Prov 3:5-10 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. (6) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. (7) Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. (8) It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. (9) Honor the LORD from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; (10) So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.

GIVE THE BEST OF YOU TO ADONAISHEMA : LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART SOUL AND RESOURCES.ABILITIES/TALENTS/ -- GIVE BACK TO G_DTHE LORD GIVETH THE LORD TAKETH AWAY….

Sanctuary and Tabernacle

Kadash = to sanctify

Kadosh = holy

Mikdash = holy place (sanctuary)

Sanctuary and Tabernacle

shachan = to dwell

Shechinah = Dwelling Presence

mishkan = dwelling place (tabernacle)

The Hebrew words translated as ‘statutes’ and ‘ordinances’ are very specific and very familiar to readers of the Hebrew “Old” Testament. In no way do the original Hebrew words reflect the Christian understanding of “following the leading of the Holy Spirit.” * These words very specifically refer to the hoq (statutes), mišpat (regulations), and mitzvot (commandments) in the Tanakh (Old Testament).Eze 36:26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Eze 36:27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. Eze 36:28 "You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God. 31

But even the idea of Torah being instructions or directions, or more specifically, instructives or directives, can be viewed in a negative light. The same is also true with law. It can be viewed as “rules and regulations,” or, *** it can be viewed as constitution: the ruling precepts of a national government.

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Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus/Yeshua for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

[9] ‘Good works’ in the Hebraic context always refers to the works commanded in the Torah.

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Is the written Torah a set of ideal laws or a constitution for a people? - Is it a collection of timeless principles or time-

bound laws for an actual people? - Is it social legislation or a set of ethical ideals?Many people want Torah to be something it is not. Many want Torah not to have commandments about owning slaves, taking war brides, and executing non-believers. But many people need to learn to see what is in Torah theologically, with eyes for the way Torah does reveal God’s ideal ways, as a scroll bringing real people from human evil on a trajectory toward perfect justice.

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[6] The Constitution is only a statement of goals; thus, without the nation’s accompanying specific rules and regulations based on the Constitution’s principles, the Constitution would be merely a great philosophical idea, with no basis in reality. *** Without the Torah mitzvot, the Ten Commandments can be more accurately called the Ten Great Suggestions, and they have little genuine power to affect our lives, because everyone ends up ‘interpreting’ them according to their own standards.

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Torah As Constitution Why is the Torah referred to as the Law in the Renewed Covenant/New Testament?In the Greek Scriptures, the word nomos (nomoß)[3]was used to communicate the idea of torah. - Nomos is a term which in its strictest sense means

“law,” but not always Biblical Instruction. - It can also be representative of extra-Biblical Jewish

Talmudic rulings, Greek or Roman civil code, and can be indicative of laws of nature that govern the universe.

- Nomos can also be used in speaking of spiritual laws, more clearly defined as spiritual constants (i.e., the law of sin and death, the law of the spirit of life). 36

http://www.tnnonline.net/two-housenews/torah/constitution/index.html#_ftn3

We bring this important point out because in Ephesians 2:12 the Apostle Paul writes the non-Jews (who we believe to be Ephraimites) that they were “at that season separate from Messiah, alienated from the commonwealth of Yisrael, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.” - The Complete Jewish Bible translates this

admonition as “You were estranged from the national life of Isra’el” and *

- the Power New Testament by William J. Morford says “you were at that time…alienated from the state of Israel.” *

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The Greek noun translated as commonwealth, national life, or state, is politeia (politeia)[4] and is of extreme interest. Thayer’s Greek Definitions politeia means “the administration of civil affairs, a state or commonwealth, citizenship, the rights of a citizen.”[5]*** A proper historical understanding of politeia may unlock the key as to why torah was rendered as nomos in the Septuagint.

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Ancient Greece was made up of various city-states, each one known as a polis (poliß),[7] a related term to politiea. Each polis had an official known as anomothetes (nomoqethß) or a “lawgiver,”[8] whose job it was to transcribe and enforce the nomos or “law” of that city-state.[9] This “law” or nomos would not be “rules and regulations,” but rather the statutes that would govern the city and thus establish an identity for the people. It would essentially be their constitution. W.E. Vine tells us “nomos became the established name for law as decreed by a state and set up as the standard for the administration of justice.”[10]39





But even the idea of Torah being instructions or directions, or more specifically, instructives or directives, can be viewed in a negative light. The same is also true with law. It can be viewed as “rules and regulations,” or,

*** it can be viewed as constitution: the ruling precepts of a national government.

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It seems that it was never the intention of the Septuagint rabbis to render torah as nomos so as to imply that the Torah of Yahweh should be looked upon as “rules and regulations.” Rather, it was probably their intention, as given in the historical example, that Torah should be looked upon as the constitutional “law” of the people of Israel—something to be looked at in a very positive sense. *** The Torah or constitution of Israel provides us with a national identity that separates us from the heathen of this world. The Torah on a very broad scope provides law and order for the society that Yahweh wants. 41

In last week’s study, we read about God giving the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel through His servant, Moshe (Moses). (Exodus 14:31)This portion of Scripture (Parasha) begins by describing a whole system of civil legislation, such as the rights of persons, slaves and servants, as well as laws concerning murder, personal injuries, offenses against property, and moral offenses.These ancient codes are still relevant today. The laws found here are powerful and deep, and they remain a meaningful treasure in the Word of God.The spirit of lawlessness causes many people to resent rules and regulations; however, without a standardized code of laws, chaos and anarchy reigns, and the love of many grows cold. (Matthew 24:12)In fact, the closer we move toward the end times, the more lawless society seems to become, which is consistent with end-time prophecy.“For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7)God is a God of peace and order. Laws are absolutely necessary to live a righteous, loving and peaceful life..

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TORAH AS CONSTITUTION CONTN’.Independence Day. It commemorates the time when our nation threw off an oppressive regime that held us hostage to a ruling authority that did what was right in his own eyes. In place of that the founders of this nation set forth a foundational document to guide us and set parameters, that if we followed them, lived them, and defended them, we would become more free. But the freedom that this document provided was a selfless freedom built on independence. But the independence that the document provides is not a selfish one that makes independent of it! We are to be subject to the Law of the Constitution of the USA. This allows freedom to choose, but does not allow anyone person to subject another to their own version of the law. Being subjects of a governing document that declares that all men are created equal, but governed by the same law, makes an even playing field, where each person has the right to work within the law to live the kind of free, prosperous life that it was meant to pave the way for..

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TORAH AS CONSTITUTION CONTN’.The fragile clay pot is saying to the potter, "Thanks for making me. I've got it from here. You did a good job in beginning this world and mankind, but now we have evolved beyond how you told us to live. We don't need your Law to govern us any longer." You won't hear many put it in these words, but by their actions they are saying just that. I am challenged by it. How much of that mindset do I still have in me? How much of my flesh is still keeping me in bondage? 45

Romans Chapter 8. Paul says that the carnal man, or the man who lives according the dictates of the flesh, cannot submit to the Torah of Yahweh. - Independence apart from the Law is self defined and and subject each individual and the party that more closely fits his or her agenda. We each have a version of the Law that has become subject to our flesh, instead of crucifying our flesh that we might submit to His Torah..

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Matthew 5. Yeshua made it very clear. You (the religious rulers and teacher of the various factions) have heard it said, but I say to you...." The progressives had progressively eroded His Torah, making it subject to their own interpretation. Yeshua came to remind them that they needed to hear Him. He says in John Chapter 12 that His Word will judge them in the end. He made it clear that His Word was the Word of the Father. There's nothing new about it. He didn't come with a progressive revelation. He came telling us that we need to seek the ancient path of Torah; what He said. 47

Matthew 15 and Mark 7. Yeshua said, "You make the My Commandments (Torah) of no effect by your tradition."

Those who profess to follow the God of the Bible need to follow the Bible and allow Him to speak as to what He meant by it. It's time to lay aside our versions and eschew the doctrines of men and follow His Doctrine. His Torah is our founding document, if we are citizens of His kingdom.

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—In Jewish thought the seven-day week is a prophetic picture of a seven thousand year plan of redemption culminatingin the Messianic Age (or Era) during which the “Final Redemption” occurs. The first 6000 years, according to Jewish thought, is subdivided into three periods: *** the first two days or two thousand years are called the “Age of Desolation”, days 3-4 are called the “Age of Torah” and the last two days (days five and six) are called the “Age of Messiah” (See Artscroll Beresheis 1(a), pp. 359) culminating in the Final Redemption when the Israelite exiles will return to the land of Israel and Messiah Ben David will assume rulership over theearth and the Messianic Age will be established upon this earth for 1000 years.—In Jewish thought, the Final Redemption will occur on the first day of the seventh month on the seventh day of theweek at the beginning of the seventh millennium

THE FINAL REDEMPTION IS TO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF AND DURING THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUMThe concept of the Messianic Age in Hebraic thought encompasses the concept of the First and Final Redemptions which are two separate events. The First Redemption occurred when the Israelites left Egypt or spiritually when the Believer leaves spiritual Egypt at the time of their salvation. By contrast, the Final Redemption occurredwhen the Israelites entered the Promised Land which spiritually and prophetically corresponds to the Believer being resurrected at the end of the age and receiving their spiritual inheritance, i.e. glorified bodies and rulership with Messiah in the Messianic Age for 1000 years) (Messiah Vol. 2, pp. 186, 191-192). (1st & greater exodus from egypt/world)The Final Redemption is a Jewish rabbinic concept that is sprinkled through out rabbinic writings. It is an event (or series of events) that occurs at the end of the age prior to the return of Messiah (Yeshua) ben (son of) David and at the beginning of the Messianic Age (Millennium). The Jewish sages teach, based on their understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures, that the following notable events are to occur in conjunction with the Final Redemption:

—The Millennium is the fulfillment of all prophecies/promises for the people of Israel (including the “church”.* Many see the Millennium as the place where the righteous Israelites (i.e. Jews) will reign with Messiah while the Believers are reigning spiritually in heaven. ( but Kingdom)- The Jews have a physical inheritance/kingdom - while the Believers have a spiritual inheritance and kingdom. - For those who believe this way the Millennium is a symbolic

metaphor for heaven.—For those who believe that the Millennium is merely a symbolic metaphor, the 70 or so Scriptures in the Tanakhdealing with the Messianic Age are assigned to the “church” — a form of spiritualization of the peshat or plain meaning of these prophecies and a form of replacement theology. Much of this confusion stems from not knowing who is Israel as opposed to the tribe of Judah.

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-People will live to a very old age: Isa. 65:20. in the MilleniumIsa 65:20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. Isa 65:21 "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. Isa 65:22 "They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. Isa 65:23 "They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their offsprings/descendants with them. Isa 65:20 Hindi na magkakaroon mula ngayon ng sanggol na mamamatay, o ng matanda man na hindi nalubos ang kaniyang mga kaarawan; sapagka't ang bata ay mamamatay na may isang daang taong gulang, at ang makasalanan na may isang daang taon ang gulang ay susumpain.

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MYTH : ON MARRIAGE During the Milennial YearsMattityahu/Matthew 22:23-3223 The same day came to Him the Tzadukim (Saducees), who say that there is no resurrection, and asked Him, 24 Saying, Master, Moshe said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up zera (seed) for his brother.25 Now there were among us seven brothers: and the first, when he had married a wife, he died and, having no children, left his wife to his brother: 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, all the way tothe seventh. 27 And last of all, the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she befrom the seven? For they all had her as a wife.29 Yahushua answered and said to them, You are led astray,not knowing the Keetvay HaKadosh (Scriptures as a Whole in plural form),nor the power of YHWH.30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor aregiven in marriage, but are as the heavenly malachim (angels) ofYHWH in the shamayim (heavens).31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by Eloah, saying,32 I am the Eloah of Avraham, and the Eloah of Yitzchak, and the Eloah of Yaakov? Eloah is not the Eloah of the dead, but of the living.

MYTH : ON MARRIAGE During the Milennial YearsYeshua answers them precisely according to their question. They asked about in the resurrection. They did not ask about after the resurrection. To verify that they asked the wrong question, Yeshua says their asking only touched the resurrection of the dead.What can malachim/angels do that we cannot? They can fly. In the resurrection, we fly and apparently fast.*** Since they asked about “in the resurrection”, how long does “in the resurrection” last?Qorintyah Aleph / 1st Corinthians 15:50-55

MYTH : ON MARRIAGE During the Milennial Years1st Corinthians 15:50-5550 Now this I say, Yisraelite brothers, that flesh and dahm (blood)cannot inherit the malchut (kingdom) of YHWH;neither does corruption inherit incorruption.51 Behold, I show you a sod (hidden mystical level) mystery; We shall notall die, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last shofar: for the shofar shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put onincorruption, and thismortal must put on immortality.54 So when thiscorruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put onimmortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death isswallowed up in victory 55 O death, where is your sting? O Sheol, where is your victory?

A twinkling of an eye.

IN THE MILLENIAL KINGDOM 6001- 7000-Crowds of people will flock to Jerusalem: Zech. 2:1-4; Isa. 49:14.-The temple will be rebuilt. Instructions to build a new temple: Ezek. 40:1-49; 41:1-26; 42:1-20; 43:1-27; Zech.6:15; Zech. 14:20-21; Hag. 2:6- 9; Zech. 6:12-15.-The Messiah will be king over the whole world: Zech. 6:9-13; Isa. 11:1- 5; Rev. 20:6; Rev. 5:9-10.-The nations which do not want to serve the HASHEM YAHWEH will be destroyed: Isa. 60:12; Zech. 14:16-19; Isa 9:5-7.

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—In Jewish thought the seven-day week is a prophetic picture of a seven thousand year plan of redemption culminatingin the Messianic Age (or Era) during which the “Final Redemption” occurs. The first 6000 years,according to Jewish thought, is subdivided into three periods: the first two days or two thousand years arecalled the “Age of Desolation”, days 3-4 are called the “Age of Torah” and the last two days (days five and six)are called the “Age of Messiah” (See Artscroll Beresheis 1(a), pp. 359) culminating in the Final Redemptionwhen the Israelite exiles will return to the land of Israel and Messiah Ben David will assume rulership over theearth and the Messianic Age will be established upon this earth for 1000 years.—In Jewish thought, the Final Redemption will occur on the first day of the seventh month on the seventh day of theweek at the beginning of the seventh millennium

THE FINAL REDEMPTION IS TO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF AND DURING THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUMThe concept of the Messianic Age in Hebraic thought encompasses the concept of the First and Final Redemptionswhich are two separate events. The First Redemption occurred when the Israelites left Egypt or spirituallywhen the Believer leaves spiritual Egypt at the time of their salvation. By contrast, the Final Redemption occurredwhen the Israelites entered the Promised Land which spiritually and prophetically corresponds to the Believer beingresurrected at the end of the age and receiving their spiritual inheritance, i.e. glorified bodies and rulership withMessiah in the Messianic Age for 1000 years) (Messiah Vol. 2, pp. 186, 191-192).The Final Redemption is a Jewish rabbinic concept that is sprinkled through out rabbinic writings. It is an event(or series of events) that occurs at the end of the age prior to the return of Messiah (Yeshua) ben (son of) David andat the beginning of the Messianic Age (Millennium). The Jewish sages teach, based on their understanding of theHebrew Scriptures, that the following notable events are to occur in conjunction with the Final Redemption:

—The future King Messiah (Messiah Ben David) will not only redeem the Jews from exile, but will restore the observance of the Torah-commandments to its complete state, which will only be possible when the Israelites are living in the Land of Israel. -- At this same time, “there will be an ingathering of the dispersed remnant of Israel. This will make it possible for the Davidic dynasty to be reinstated and for the observance of the Torah and its mitsvot to be restored in its totality ****According to the Rambam in his Thirteen Principles of the Jewish Faith the resurrection of the dead will occur just after the coming of the Messiah and that the resurrection of the dead is a key element of the Final Redemption (ibid., p. 59).—The Jewish rabbis recognize that the ingathering of the exiles, including the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom, will also return and that the whole house of Israel will serve YHWH (Ezek. 20:32-37, 40-42)

(Mashiach – the Principles of Mashiach and the Messianic Era In Jewish Law and Tradition, pp. 20-22, by Jacob Immanual Schochet quoting from Sanhedrin 110b; Bamidbar Rabba 16:25; etc.)

ETERNITY (OLAM HABA) THE COMING WORLD, THE AGE TO COME,TO OCCUR AFTER THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUM

Here are some of the distinctive characteristics of the this period of time that, for lack of a better term, we shall call eternity. This is a distinct and separate age from that of the one thousand year long Millennium. In YHWH’s seven annual Feast Days Sukkot or the Feast of Tabernacles is a prophetic shadow-picture of the Millennium while The Eighth Day or Shemini Atzeret represents the age occurring after the close of the Millennium which we refer to as eternity. Scripture gives us some characteristics of this age:—A new creation at the end of the Millennium: Rev 21:3- 4;—No sun and moon. YHWH will be the everlasting light. No more tears or mourning: Isa 60:19-20;—A heavenly Jerusalem descending to earth: Rev. 21—New Jerusalem is approximately 1,200 hundred miles square: Rev 21:16—A river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of Elohim and of the Lamb: Rev 22:1—On either side of the river was the tree of life: Rev 22:2

ETERNITY (OLAM HABA) THE COMING WORLD, THE AGE TO COME,TO OCCUR AFTER THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUM

—There is no physical temple. YHWH Elohim is the temple: Rev 21:22—The streets are paved with translucent gold: Rev. 21:21—The city walls contain twelve gates named after the twelve tribes of Israel. There is no Gentile gate: Rev. 21:12THE BOOK REVELATION EVENTS ARE CHRONOLOGICAL, NOT CONTEMPORANEOUSSome biblical expositors interpret the events in the book of Revelation to be contemporaneous or that various seemly divers events that appear to be written chronologically to be in fact different recitations of the same event, but told from a different perspective with different details. For example, some of these Bible teachers believe that the Seven Seals (Rev. 6-8:5), Seven Trumps (8:5-19) and Seven Last Plagues (Rev. 15-16) are all the same event.Additionally, some teach that the one thousand year millennium is identical to Revelation’s description of the NewHeaven, the New Earth and New Jerusalem (Rev. 21-22).

WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF ELOHIM?YESHUA’S TEACHINGS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF ELOHIM IN LIGHT

OF HEBRAIC THOUGHT OF THE FIRST CENTURY

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Sanctuary and TabernacleWhen John said that the Word became flesh and "dwelt" among us, he alluded to the Tabernacle imagery. In fact, a literal translation of John 1:14 might read, ''And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us." Much as the Shechinah of God descended upon the Tabernacle in the wilderness to dwell among men, so too, the eternal Word (Logos Memra) of God descended to tabernacle among us in the body of Yeshua.

Yeshua as TabernacleThe same Hebrew words which we translate as, "Let them construct a sanctuary, Messiah fulfills this passage literally. While He was among us in the flesh, the physical body of Yeshua created a perfect sanctuary for God to dwell among His people. This is why Yeshua spoke of Himself as the Temple of God. He warned, "Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up again" (John 2:19).His body was a spiritual Temple, the holy dwelling place of God: "He was speaking of the temple of His body" John 2:21 ).

Yeshua as Tabernacle2 Corinthians 6: 16 For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said [in Leviticus 26:12], "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

l Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you?

Yeshua as TabernacleBecause the body of Messiah corresponds to the Temple, and because His disciples are metaphorically called "His body," they are also collectively called the Temple of the Holy Spirit.

- Paul repeatedly symbolized the congregation of believers as the "Temple of God“ with the Holy Spirit dwelling within:

Yeshua as TabernacleJohn 4:21-23 An hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father .... But an hour is corning, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

Yeshua as TabernacleIn the world to come there will be no Temple. Messiah Himself will be the Temple in the New Jerusalem: "I saw no temple in it, for the LORD God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple" (Revelation 21:22).

The MirrorExodus 25:9 According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

The MirrorAtop Mount Sinai the LORD showed Moses the pattern for the Tabernacle and all its furnishings. In some sort of vision-like state, Moses saw the furnishings of God's eternal dwelling place in heaven, the supernal Temple. God instructed him to make a physical copy of it on earth.5 *** He told Moses to make it "according to all that I am going to show (mareh) you." The Hebrew verb mareh appears in the noun form as marah which means "vision" or "mirror."

The MirrorGod showed Moses the eternal Temple in a vision or, one might say, in a mirror. He instructed him to replicate the vision in an earthly version.

*** Yeshua is the living Sanctuary through whom God took up dwelling on earth, abiding in the midst of His people. He is the mishkan (the dwelling place of God) and the mikdash (the holy place of God). *** What better way for God to dwell among men than to make a man His dwelling?

A Copy and a ShadowHebrews 8:4-5 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

A Copy and a ShadowJewish tradition explains that the LORD revealed to Moses the supernal, heavenly Temple, the eternal dwelling place of God: "The Holy One, blessed is He, desired to have a dwelling place below, just as He has one above.', The LORD told Moses to make an earthly replica, "a copy and shadow of the heavenly“ (Hebrews 8:4):

Exodus 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Temple in the New Testament

The Bible regards the Temple as God's house on earth. The biblical narratives unfold in and around the Sanctuary, both the Tabernacle and the Temple.

Leviticus 26:2 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

The Torah devotes more ink to describing the Sanctuary, the priesthood, the sacrificial services, and the Levitical rites than it does to any other subject. The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings all revere the Temple as holy and precious, and they elevate it as a central concern of both Israel and the LORD. ***The LORD has tied the fate of the nation to the Temple. When the Temple falls, the people go into exile. When the LORD redeems His people, the Temple is rebuilt. The destruction of the Temple brings the greatest national tragedy possible, and the prophets look toward its ultimate rebuilding.

Temple in the New TestamentIn the Messianic Era, the Temple will be rebuilt, and thenations will stream to it. It will be called a house of prayer for all nations. ***In view of the priority and spiritual significance that the Bible and the Jewish people assign to the Temple, why does Christian teaching generally disregard the Temple? At best, Christian teaching ignores the Temple. At worst, Christian teaching depicts the Temple as obsolete, carnal, and replaced by a spiritual temple in Christ.

Temple in the New Testament1 Corinthians 3:16-17 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Temple in the New TestamentThe New Testament does speak of the believers as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that God desires worshippers who worship in Spirit and truth. Christian teachers understand the New Testament to say that Christ replaced the priesthood by becoming our high priest. He replaced the sacrifices by becoming our sacrifice for sin. ( nx slide)

Temple in the New TestamentHe replaced the Temple by making His followers (the church) into a spiritual temple which supersedes the physical Temple. When Christ died, the veil of the Temple tore, indicating the abrogation of the Temple and the cessation of the sacrifices. Christian theologians derive all these interpretations from their reading of the New Testament, *** but the New Testament writers never intended to imply the cancellation of the literal Temple or the Levitical priesthood. On the contrary, our Master revered the Temple as His Father's house.

Messiah and the Third TempleEzekiel 37:27-28 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Messiah and the Third TempleIn the Bible and in Jewish thought, exile consists of two factors: the Jewish people driven from the land, scattered among the nations, and the destruction of the Temple. - The mystics teach a direct correlation between the dispersion and the destruction of the Temple. *** God's Shechinah, which dwells within the Temple, accompanies Israel into exile. ***In this regard, redemption requires two primary events: The ingathering of the Jewish people and the rebuilding of the Temple.

Third Temple A Classic Debate

The rabbis all agree that the Temple will be restored in the Messianic Era, but they disagree over how this come about.

Third Temple - A Classic Debate

Maimonides states that the Messiah Himself will build the Temple, just as Moses oversaw the construction of the Tabernacle.

Rashi, on the other hand, transmits another opinion about the future Temple. He teaches that the Temple will be built by God Himself, and it will descend to Jerusalem from heaven.

According to Rambam's opinion, Israel will build the Temple under the command of King Messiah, a new Temple "made with hands" (Hebrews 9:24).

The Ark of the CovenantExodus 25:10 They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

The Ark of the CovenantThe LORD instructed Moses to construct the holy ark of the covenant as His throne. The holy of holies, where the ark stood, became the throne room of God on earth. Angels surround the throne of God in heaven. Likewise, two golden cherubim flanked the top of the ark where God is enthroned.

The Ark of the CovenantYeshua, the One on whom God's Spirit rests, may be likened to the throne of God on earth, the living ark of the covenant. The ark was made of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Gold symbolizes royalty and divinity.

The Tabernacle is compared to a human body by way of analogy:In this analogy, the holy ark corresponds to the heart because it contains the tablets of the Torah. ***According to the better promises of the New Covenant, the Spirit of God will ultimately write His Torah, not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.*** As the first to enter into the New Covenant, the Messiah exemplifies that idea in that the Torah of God was written upon His heart.

Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, says YAHWEH, that I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will cut with the house of Israel: After those days, declares YAHWEH, I will put My Torah in their inward parts, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

The Mercy Seat

Exodus 25: 17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

The Mercy SeatA golden lid ornamented with two cherubim covered the ark. The Hebrew word for the ark's lid, kapporet is related to the word for atonement, kapar . - The high priest sprinkled the kapporet with the blood of the sin offerings on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).

The Mercy SeatThe New American Standard version combines the atoning concept with the enthrontment concept and translates kapporet as "mercy seat." *** Yeshua is our atonement covering. By the application of His blood to the "throne of grace“ in heaven, we find mercy and atonement

The Table of the BreadExodus 25:30 You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

The Table of the BreadInside the Tabernacle stood the table of the lechem haPanim i.e., the bread of the face. In its context here, the word panim (face) should be read as the equivalent of the English word "presence." The Torah refers to the area inside the Sanctuary, in front of the holy of holies, as the "face of the LORD" or the "presence of the LORD.“

The Table of the BreadThe table of the bread of the presence invokes Messiah as the bread of life, the bread continually in the presence of God. - The twelve loaves represent the twelve tribes of Israel. In the same way, Messiah, the quintessential Israelite, represents all Israel before God. What is more, He is destined to rule over the twelve tribes of Israel. *Just as the bread is broken and eaten by the priesthood of Israel, Yeshua gives Himself for the spiritual sustenance of God's people.

The Menorah and the Light of the World

Exodus 25:31 Then you shall make a menorah of pure gold. The menorah and its base and its shaft are to be made of harnmered work; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.


The light of the menorah corresponds to Messiah. The menorah radiated light in the presence of God. *** Messiah is the light that radiates from the presence of God, like the primeval light of creation, as Scripture says in Daniel 2:22, ''And the light dwells with Him.“


The sages refer to the menorah as the "light of the world." The Talmud also calls the Temple the "light of the world,“so as it says in Isaiah 2:2, "All the nations will [become enlightened by] it." Jerusalem is also "the light of the world," as it says in Isaiah 60:3,


"Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising." The Torah is called the light of the world,23 as it says in Proverbs 6:23, "For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light." Messiah applies the same term to himself. He says, "While I am in the world, [ am the Light of the world." (John 9:5)

The VeilExodus 26:33 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.

The VeilGod commanded that a veil should be made to separate the holy of holies from the holy place. **According to the Gospels, the veil tore into two pieces when Yeshua breathed His last upon the cross: "And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom“ (Mark 15:38).

The VeilBible teachers usually interpret the tearing of the Temple veil as a sign of God's displeasure with the people and the Temple, but according to Hebrews 10:19-20, the veil symbolizes the Messiah's body. He is the veil. **As the life was rent from His body, the curtain was rent with the result that we might have access to the throne of glory in the supernal Temple through Him.

Holy of Holies

Exodus 26:34 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

Holy of HoliesAs explained above, the holy of holies represents the tree of life (immortality) and Eden (paradise). The holy of holies also corresponds to the throne room of God. It teaches about God's sanctity and accessibility. Though God dwelt in the midst of His people, He still remained holy, separate, and unapproachable except by means of the blood of atonement.

Holy of HoliesYeshua is the living "image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). If the disciples of Yeshua corporately comprise the Temple of God, then Yeshua is the holy of holies in our metaphorical temple.

Holy of HoliesAll Israel is holy, just as the whole Tabernacle is called a holy place, but the room in which God dwelt was holy of holies. *** One man among Israel acts as the holy of holies because God dwells within Him fully. The way into the holy of holies led into the presence of God. Yeshua said, "No one comes to the Father but through Me" (John 14:6).

Holy of HoliesCol 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col 2:10 And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

The AltarExodus 27: 1 And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

The AltarThe altar of burnt offering stood within the Tabernacle courts, outside the Sanctuary proper. The outer courtyard offered common ground between Israel and God. Even the layman could enter the Sanctuary's outer courts as far the altar of burnt offering. ** The altar symbolized a touching point between heaven and earth.

The AltarThis teaches about Messiah, the living intersection between heaven and earth. He is the common ground between God and man. * The Bible speaks of the altar metaphorically as "the table of God" and of the sacrifices placed upon it as "food.“ Regarding the priesthood, Paul says, "Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?" (1 Cor 9:13).

The AltarIn the book of Hebrews, the writer of the epistle reminds those Jewish believers banned from participation in the Temple services that they have "an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat" (Hebrews 13:10). That altar is Messiah, and the food offered upon it represents His body. The blood splashed against it represents His blood:

The Altar"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him" (John 6:55--56). In this regard, the altar corresponds to Messiah's atonement on Israel's behalf, for He became the sacrifice on the supernal, heavenly altar, and by His blood we are brought near to God.By His merit we receive a place at the table of God.

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Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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