Weekend Meditation--Are You A Cake Not Turned?

 Hosea 7; 2 Kings 14-19; Galatians 5:16, 19-21; Psalm 4

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Are You A Cake Not Turned?

Witness  impossible throughout the Bible: H101 adynateō not to have strength, power or ability
Matthew 17:2, 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 1:37, 17:1, 18:27; Hebrews 6:4, 6:18, 11:6

This arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living.  This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.   

The Third Commandment Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

249. The Nazir shall not eat fresh or dried grapes --Numbers 6:3
250. The Nazir shall not eat anything made from wine grapes, even the pips or the skin --Numbers 6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.​
​251. The Nazir shall not shave his hair during his vow --Numbers 6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
252. The Nazir shall let his hair grow during his vow --Numbers 6:5
253. The Nazir shall not become unclean for the dead --Numbers 6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
254. The Nasir shall not contaminate himself for the death of a close relative --Numbers 6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
255. The Nazir shall shave his hair and burn it on the fire of the Altar upon completing his vow --Numbers 6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
256. You shall prepare the ashes of the red heifer used in ritual purification --Numbers 19:2-9 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
257. Anything within the dwelling of a corpse shall be contaminated for seven days --Numbers 19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
258. You shall purify one who touches a dead body with the water of sprinkling --Numbers 19:13, 21 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
259. You shall not test the Lord your God --Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
260. You shall not intermarry with the seven Canaanite nations --Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

This is a story that many have seen or witnessed.  Yet how can this be?  That faithful, patient husband who goes after his wayward wife.  She is so out of control that those on the outside of the relationship, would have walked away a long time ago.  This husband has perfect, unfailing love--still reaching out in grace and mercy.  All this to cause her to return to him.  He tells her of how she is living her life and in his love for her, pleads for her to return.  So that his heart would no longer be broken by who he loves and how she treats him with disregard.  Got the picture yet?  This chapter of Hosea 7 gives us a picture of Yahweh with His people, Ephraim.  The land of Israel was divided into the northern and southern tribes.  The largest group in the northern tribes is Ephraim.  Almighty Yahweh is watching the actions of His people, that are leading them into further destruction.  His loving pleas to return to Him and put down the pagan and flesh-filled desires.  Return, return to His grace and mercy, He hand reaches out still.  Fiveamprayer, have we too become distant as the children of Israel had in walking in ways contrary to His teaching and instruction?  Will we turn out backs on all of His truth? Being a cake unturned comes from an improperly heated oven and the dough mixed improperly.  This faulty process yields the same, a faulty cake.  A piece of bread that is burned on one side and the other side is sticky, gooey and raw.  This is not a acceptable finished product.  Yahweh is seeking to correct and draw Ephraim back that they would be productive and suitable for His purpose. The people that Hosea spoke to, like so many of us now--have our hands in many jars.  They were not seeking to return to the truth.  How can one be healed if they are not aware that they are sick?  Will those who perceive they are healthy seek a doctor?  Yahweh comes to correct, direct, heal and restore, but will you allow Him?  Is this a only situation we can handle?  Well how well are we really doing--handling this our own way?  Return, return to truth and correction.  We cannot think we are skilled in His righteous ways without His teaching us the right ways!  To hear this again click here.