The 153 Fish Are The Sons Of God

Ezekiel 47; John 21:3-14; Jeremiah 16:16; Romans 11:25, 16:25; Genesis 35:22-26; 1 Kings 11:26-40;  2 Samuel 18, 19:41, 20:22, 20:1; 1 King 11:35; Nehemiah 1:2-3; Luke 3:1; 2 Samuel 7:11-17; John 1:1; Ezekiel 44:22-23; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-11; Matthew 13:47-48; Isaiah 52:10, 62:8; Hosea 1:10

We are walking in today:  The 153 Fish Are The Sons Of God

Witness entangled throughout the Bible:  H943 buwk to perplex, confuse, be confused or involve oneself in evil
Exodus 14:1-3; Galatians 5:1; 2 Peter 2:20

This morning we are talking about the parable of the 153 fish in John chapter 21.  Let's start with some key points to remember before getting started:
--we do not support British Israelism.
--we do not support replacement theology
--the Torah is the word of Yahweh and at the time of Yeshua was focused on the first five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
In scripture we have the house of Jacob which is also the house of Israel which contains these sons of Israel the 10 1/2 northern tribes:  Rueben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Manasseh, Ephraim and 1/2 tribe of Levi.  This group is also called Ephraim for they are the largest number of these tribes.  The house of Judah consist of Judah, Benjamin and the 1/2 tribe of Levi known as Judah, the largest in number is the southern kingdom.
All the 12 tribes called the house of Jacob for all had received land according to their inheritance that Yahweh gives to each tribe.  During the rule of King David, Judah was Manaseh's main rival. This division into the northern and southern kingdoms was fully divided under the rule of Rehobam.  These two kingdoms started to split with Absalom's rebellion and continued in difficulty until finally split after the death of Solomon.  In 722 B.C. the northern kingdom/Israel/Ephraim, when the people were dispersed after exile into Africa, Spain, Europe and Americas.  The southern tribes were exiled and in Nehemiah some of them returned to rebuild Jerusalem, this is the house of Judah.  When exiled they were sent to Assyria and Babylon for a time and then they returned.  The everlasting covenant that Yahweh made with the House of David is the unified kingdom under his rule which is both the northern and southern kingdoms restored.
Looking to John 21 we have Simon Peter goes out to fish with 6 other disciples.  As we looked at Hebrew idioms last week we can see how much of scripture is opened up to us with this Hebraic understanding.  Fishing is an idiom for looking for the harvesting of the Holy Spirit into the kingdom of God.  At night is an idiom for going out without the Torah, the root word which is or means light.  There being 7 disciples in the boat, stands for the 7 laws given to Noah after the flood, many Jews believed that those in the nations were to follow those laws but they were only chosen to be apart of Israel if they became Jews.  The sea is an idiom of people groupings and groups of people.  In verse 4 we have Yeshua standing on the shore but was not recognized by them--this shows that many today fail to recognize Yeshua and the covenant of Moses are the same Word of God!  This is the reunification of the whole house of Israel, both Ephraim and Judah. They had been out all night and had caught nothing, yet at His instruction that they cast the net on the right side.  The right hand of Yahweh is an idiom of His power and authority.  That we have the right side here in the text instead of cast on the other side of the boat is something the Hebraic mind would have grasped this is power and authority of Yahweh.  This also shows us that the great abundance we expect is only in walking in obedience to the Torah.  That is how we move from lack and decrease to gain and increase!  It is John who was a Levite who recognizes Yeshua on the beach and Peter who wraps himself in his tallit or prayer shawl to jump into the sea.  Here John and Peter are two witnesses as in the books of Daniel and Revelation.  Do you think to ask why put on your prayer shawl to jump into the sea?  The tallit represents the Holy Spirit and the sea is groups of people.  This is a shadow of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit into all people.  To hear more of this awesome teaching click here.