Weekend Meditations--5777 Year of The Ruling Sword!

Revelations 19

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditations--5777 Year of The Ruling Sword!

Witness sword throughout the Bible:  H2719 chereb spelled chet, resh, beit--sword, knife, sword, tools for cutting stone

H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Psalm 149:6
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword  in their hand;

Torah:  Genesis 27:40, 31:26,  34:25-26; Exodus 5:3, 5:21, 15:9, 18:4, 32:27: Leviticus 26:6,-8, 26:25, 26:33: Numbers 21:24, 22:31, 31:8: Deuteronomy 20:13, 33:29,
Prophets:  1 Samuel 15:8, 17:39,  17:47, 17:50, Nehemiah 4:13, 4:18: Isaiah 1:20, 13:15, 21:15, 41:2, 49:2, 65:12: Jeremiah 4:10, 6:25, 12:12, 14:15, 25:31, 32:24, 33:4; Ezekiel 5:17, 6:18, 14:17, 21:3-4, 21:9;
Writings:  Joshua 5:2, 5:13, 8:24: Judges 4:15, 7:14, 20:37; 1 Kings 3:27, 19:14; 1 Chronicles 5:18, 21:5, 21:12, 21:16: Esther 9:5; Job 1:15: Psalm 17:13, 37:14-15, 57:4, 76:3; Song of Songs 3:8,

Jeremiah 34:4
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

Revelations 19:11-16 11 Next, I saw heaven opened, and there before me was a white horse. Sitting on it was the one called Faithful and True, and it is in righteousness that he passes judgment and goes to battle. 12 His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were many royal crowns. And he had a name written which no one knew but himself. 13 He was wearing a robe that had been soaked in blood, and the name by which he is called is, “THE WORD OF GOD.” 14 The armies of heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down nations — “He will rule them with a staff of iron.” It is he who treads the winepress from which flows the wine of the furious rage of Adonai, God of heaven’s armies. 16 And on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

THE NUMBER 7 - GOD'S DIVINE NUMBER
The number 7 is God's very own number and is associated with Divine completion and perfection. It becomes apparent to most who read the Scriptures that the number 7 is the most significant number in all of the Scriptures. Therefore, it stands to reason there must be some extremely important patterns that are associated with the number 7. The entire Bible is based upon the things that Yahweh has said to His servants, the prophets. "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts", is a phrase that reveals to us that God Almighty has indeed given us the very words that have come directly from His mouth. This phrase is found exactly 70 (7 x 10) times in the King James Bible.
The Bible is a book of prophecy. The word "prophecy" is found 21 (7 x 3) times in the Scriptures. The 21st occurrence of this word reveals that we should be very cautious about how we handle the Word of Yahweh:
Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
The Bible itself states that the Word of God is a book of parables. The word "parable" is found 49 times. The word "parable" is found 7 times in the book of Numbers. All of them are found in chapters 23 and 24, and all of them are spoken by Balaam, with the first time being in verse 7. In Psalm 78 we are told that Yahweh speaks His Word by means of the parable, and we are also told that all the words of Yeshua are in parable form:
Matthew 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them.
The Holy Spirit is represented elsewhere in the Scriptures as being the "breath" of God. God tells us in Ezekiel 37:6 that He will "put the breath in you, and ye shall live". In Genesis 2:7 Yahweh did this with Adam. This is the first place we find the word "breath", and notice that it is in verse 7. The word "breath" is found 42 times. God took the number of man (6) and multiplied it by the number for God (7) (6 x 7= 42).
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God Himself. There is a variation of this in the Scriptures called "the Spirit of Christ". The Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of God are the same. There is no difference between them. That is why these two phrases together are found exactly 28 (7 x 4) times in the Scriptures.
In the two listings of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the manifestation 7 is displayed. The account given for us in Matthew, chapter one, lists 42 (6 x 7) generations from Abraham. The account given for us in Luke, chapter three, lists 77 generations from God Who created Adam, the first "son of God", to Yeshua, the "true Son of God". This title of "Son of God", in its various forms is found 49 (7 x 7) times in the New Testament. It is found only one time in the Old Testament, recorded in Daniel 3:25. As we saw earlier, Jesus' title of "Christ" is found 555 times in the Bible. Since the Bible declares that those who follow Christ will be joint heirs with Him (Romans 8:17), it is logical that this lineage has a very special purpose. You will, therefore, find the word "church" in the KJV exactly 77 times! We discovered the phrase, "house of God", is found 84 (7 x 12) times in the Old Testament. When we look at the history books of the Old Testament, Genesis through Esther, we find the phrase, "house of God", 77 times.
There is a total of 28 words in the above inscriptions. This number is a product of 7 for perfection, and 4 for the Gospels. When Pilate was asked to change the words that were written, Pilate responded with a 7-word proclamation: "What I have written I have written" (John 19:22).
There are those who will not believe, even when faced with these amazing facts. There is no way that these numerical patterns could have crept in by chance or human design. They were placed there by an Almighty Yahweh; a God Who wanted all of mankind to know His special secrets. These are revealed to us in this most special of all books. You may deny some of my conclusions, but you cannot deny that these patterns exist.
If in the course of my study I had encountered one or two of these patterns, I might not have thought too much about them. But, as you can clearly see, the evidence is overwhelming and is growing day by day. There has not been a single time when I dedicated myself, my time, and my study to the Lord, relying on His inspiration, that I have not been shown more of His signature in the King James Bible. It is my hope that all who discover these wonderful truths will also come to revere this most special of all books the way I have.
The new year 5777 as apposed to the Gregorian calendar is  2016-- Rosh Hashanah, we look forward to Yeshua ruling and reigning over all. The earth becoming Heaven and us as rulers over many.  Selah, Shema let us listen and consider this teaching that has been spoken in our hearing--Roar, Judah roar!

Rosh Hashanah Awaking to Judgement!!!

Leviticus 23

We are walking in today:  Rosh Hashanah Awaking to Judgement!!!

Witness awake throughout the Bible:   H5782 uwr spelled ayin, vav, resh--to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite, to stir up, to be excited, be triumphant, to act in an aroused manner, a primitive root (rather identical with through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively): awaken, up, lift up (self), master, raise up, stir up self

Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:11
Prophets: Ezra 1:5, Isaiah 14:9, 41:2, 42:13, 45:13, 51:9; Jeremiah 6:22; Joel 3:7, 3:9, 3:12; Habakkuk 2:19; Zechariah 4:1, 13:7
Writings: Judges 5:12; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Job 8:6, 17:8, 41:10; Psalm 7:6, 35:23, 44:23, 57:8, 59:4, 73:20, 78:38;
Song of Songs 2:7, 3:5, 4:16, 5:2; Daniel 11:2
Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Rosh Hashanah means “Head of the Year.” Just like the head controls the body, our actions on Rosh Hashanah have a tremendous impact on the rest of the year.  As we read in the Rosh Hashanah prayers, each year on this day “all inhabitants of the world pass before God like a flock of sheep,” and it is decreed in the heavenly court “who shall live, and who shall die ... who shall be impoverished and who shall be enriched; who shall fall and who shall rise.”
It is a day of prayer, a time to ask the Almighty to grant us a year of peace, prosperity and blessing. But it is also a joyous day when we proclaim Yahweh King of the Universe.  Rosh Hashanah is the start of the Yamim Nora’im (High Holidays). The holy day of Yom Kippur when we gather in synagogue for 25 hours of fasting, prayer and inspiration, is just a week later. The days in between (known as the 10 Days of Repentance, or the Ten Days of Return) are an especially propitious time for teshuvah, returning to Yahweh. Yom Kippur is followed by the joyous holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah.

The season of the high holy days--Rosh Hashanah
What: It is the birthday of the universe, the day God created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Hebraic year.

When:  The first two days of the Hebraic year, Tishrei 1 and 2, beginning at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1--these are the first two days of this year (check the date’s for this year--the Hebraic calendar counts the days differently as the Gregorian...January, February etc).
How:  Candle lighting in the evenings, festive meals with sweet delicacies during the night and day, prayer services that include the sounding of the ram’s horn (shofar) on both mornings, and desisting from creative work.
Greetings:  When you meet a fellow Jew on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, wish him, “Leshana tovah tikatev v’tichatem” or, for a female,“Leshana tovah tikatevee v’tichatemee” (“May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year”). Afterward, wish them a “G’mar chatimah tovah” (“A good inscription and sealing [in the Book of Life]”). 
We’re familiar with the sights, tastes, and sounds of Rosh Hashanah—the sweet sensation of honey on our tongues, the rhythmic swaying of the congregation in prayer, the cry of the shofar piercing the air. But have we ever stopped to think about the messages behind the deeds of the day?
While every commandment is essentially supra-rational—performed solely because it is the will and command of the Creator—our sages have found meaning and messages behind the commandments we fulfill. Let’s take a look at 11 reasons given for blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah.

1. The Return of the King
On Rosh Hashanah, the anniversary of creation, Yahweh renews the creative energy that sustains our world. Once more, He is crowned as King of the universe. Just as trumpets are sounded at a coronation, the shofar announces Yahweh’s continued kingship.

2. The Great Alarm Clock
On Rosh Hashanah, the first of the Ten Days of Repentance, we awake from our spiritual slumber. The shofar is like an alarm that calls on us to examine our deeds and correct our ways, as we return to Yahweh.

3. The Reminder
The shofar was blown at Mt. Sinai when the Torah was given. On Rosh Hashanah, we blow the shofar to remind us to rededicate ourselves to Torah study—and to remind Yahweh of our original commitment and sincerity.

4. The Voice
The shofar reminds us of the voice of the prophets, who like the blast of the shofar called upon us to correct our ways, follow G od’s commandments, and act properly with others.

5. The Tears
The shofar’s cry reminds us of the cries and tears shed for the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, galvanizing us to bring Moshiach and hasten the rebuilding of the Temple. (Sod)

6. The Sacrifice
The shofar, made of a ram’s horn, reminds us of the binding of Isaac and the ram Yahweh provided as a sacrifice in his place. By blowing the shofar, we remember the faith of the Patriarchs and our own capacity for self-sacrifice.

7. The Awes
The shofar fills us with awe and humility as we contemplate the true infinitude of Yahweh, how He fills all space and time.

8. . The Introspection
The shofar will be blown on the Day of Judgment when Moshiach comes. We thus blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah to remind us to examine our deeds and contemplate how we can improve them.

9. The Celebration
The shofar blast will signal the return of the Hebrew people when Moshiach comes. We blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah to remind us of Yahweh’s salvation in our own lives.

10. The Unity
The shofar blast when Moshiach comes will herald a time of universal understanding and recognition of Yahweh’s unity. We blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah to remind us of Yahweh’s unity.

11. The Scream
We’re familiar with the sights, tastes, and sounds of Rosh Hashanah—the sweet sensation of honey on our tongues, the rhythmic swaying of the congregation in prayer, the cry of the shofar piercing the air. But have we ever stopped to think about the messages behind the deeds of the day?

During this one month of the year, we are responsible for deep introspection, with the goal of arriving at Rosh HaShanah fully aware of ourselves, what we have done, what we want to do, and where we are going, for change to happen--both in us and in the world, we must first acknowledge our faults. Elul is meant to be disruptive. We disrupt our lives to take note of our weaknesses and strengths, where there is room for improvement and where we excelled.
Elul also gives us a mouthpiece. In biblical times, the king would come out to the fields during Elul to speak to the people while they were doing their mundane work. When he did, they would show that the sustenance on which he lived was dependent on their field work and on their harvest.
According to the Hebraic tradition, on Rosh Hashanah the destiny of the righteous, the tzaddikik, are written in the book of life, and the destiny of the wicked, the resha’im, are written in the book of death. However, many people will not be inscribed in any book, but have ten days until Yom Kippur to repent, teshuvah--sealing their fate. Hence the term Aseret Yemei Teshuvah the Ten Days of Repentance, on Yom Kippur then everyone’s name will be sealed in one of the two books--Yahweh as King over all the Earth!
The Mishnah states that Adam and Chavah were created on Rosh Hashanah. By the arranging of the words bereshit “in the beginning” the phrase on the 1st of Tishri was formed, and this date became associated with the anniversary of creation. Rosh Hashanah therefore represents the day that Yahweh began to rule as King of the Universe. When Adam first opened his eyes and human consciences was born, he immediately understood that the Lord created all things, including himself. According to midrash Adam's first words were “The Lord is King for ever and ever”!!!! Yahweh then Said “Now the whole world will know that I Am King” Shema, Selah--let us hear listen and consider and reflect  what Yahweh is teaching in this lesson!

Teshuvah and Transparency!!!

Psalms 27; Song of Solomon 8

We are walking in today: Teshuvah and Transparency!!!

Witness purge & purify throughout the Bible: H2892 tohar spelled tav, hey, resh--
purity, purification, purifying, clearness, lustre
&
H2891 taher spelled tav, hey, resh--clean ceremonially, to purify, be clean morally, made clean

Ezekiel 43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
The Torah: Genesis 35:2, Exodus 24:10, Leviticus 12:6, 12:8, 14:4, 14:7, 14:11, 14:17-18, 14:20, 14:31; Numbers 8:6, 8:15, 8:21, 19:19, 31:23-24,
Prophets: Ezra 6:20; Nehemiah 12:30, 13:22, 13:30; Isaiah 66:17; Jeremiah 13:27, Ezekiel 22:24, 24:13, 36:25, 36:33, 37:23
Writings: 2 ​ Kings 5:10, 5:13-14, 2​ Chronicles 29:15-16, 29:18, 34:3; Job 4:17, 37:21, Psalms 51:2, 51:7; Proverbs 20:9
Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi,
​ And purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

Psalms 27:13-14
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Songs of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals there of are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame

Why do we have such difficulty being genuinely honest with ourselves? Despite the fact that man you say that we are "sinners saved by grace" We often make excuses for our failures by rationalizing that we are not that bad, and therefore we postpone real teshuvah, return to our original, natural state. Striving to save face when the enviable must be faced.

All I can say is Yahweh is amazing. Especially when it comes to teaching--that's His way! He is like a father, a wise father that takes His time and teaches us rightly. Today's lesson on teshuvah and transparency.

The desire for many of us to keep our weakness hidden, even from ourselves as we seek to only show that person that is with cracks and stands forever strong.  When we are seeking the approval of men alone we certainly cannot be found approved by Yahweh--for being friends with the world are not able to stand fully with Him!  For those that you are purposed to walk with will not turn away from the mere cracks behind that mask but allow freedom to walk in and restore the areas of our lives that need to be address and healed.  Fiveamprayer we can no longer allow our misbehavior and wrongful actions to be our pass for mistreating others and remain in a bitterness that only serves to keep you in a forces state of harsh judgement and pain.

Yahweh reveals both the holy character of Yahweh as well as the inner conditions of our hearts, since it's imperative that we apply His instructions, we are to supply the obedience! This is the entry point if you will, because the assumption that the flesh can justify itself through its own inner determination must be shattered and broken as were the first tablets of stone. It is only after confession and the acceptance of our great need for divine deliverance, do we receive new hearts to serve Yahweh--no longer as fearful slaves, but as His redemptive children!  Selah, Shema hear, listen and consider this lesson.

Weekend Meditation--The Blood Speaks, Who Will Atone For It?

We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--The Blood Speaks, Who Will Atone For It?

Guest Speaker Rabbi Ralph Messer

Witness atonement throughout the Bible: H3722 kaphar spelled kaf, pey resh--to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch, pacify, propitiate
​, ​atone for sin, make atonement for
​, ​atone for sin and persons by legal rites,
​a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:—appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, make reconciliation.

Leviticus 1:4 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
The Torah: Genesis 6:14, 32:20; Exodus 29:33, 29:37, 30:15, 30:16; Leviticus 7:7, 8:34, 14:29, 16:24, Numbers 8:19, 16:46-47; Deuteronomy 32:43
Prophets: 2
​ ​Samuel 21:3; Nehemiah 10:33; Isaiah 6:7, 27:9, 28:18; Jeremiah 18:23; Ezekiel 16:63, 43:26; Daniel 9:24
Writings: 1
​ ​Chronicles 6:49; 2
​ ​Chronicles 29:24, 30:18; Psalms 65:3, 78:38, 79:9; Proverbs 16:6, 16:14
Leviticus 4:20 He is also to do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering—he must do the same with it. So the kohen shall make atonement for them—and they will be forgiven.


This morning we had guest speaker Rabbi Messer on the line to teach on the voice of the blood that speaks. We would like to thank him for this teaching as we see the scriptures come to life through the lens of current events!
This is voice from the blood that has been poured out on the ground cries out, in ancient times as it does now--avenge me! This season of teshuvah--our return to our natural original state has us in the field with the King. Our Redeemer who watches over us to protect us, gives is the why and how of what we see too often in the broadcasts of the news and in our updates on social media. The blood of the innocently slain has a voice:​

Genesis 4:8-11
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
​ 9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
​ 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
​ 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

2 Samuel 22:7-8
​ ​(KJV)
7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
​ ​8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

Psalm 56:7-9
​ (KJV)
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
​ 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
​ 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

In this time and season we have to know that this is all written in scripture. Only fully revealed in the study of the laws of the land--set froth by our King Yahweh as the proper way to operate in the kingdom, the Torah. That which was once disregarded now seen fully active and shaping the actions of entire nations! Why so pressing today? Why crucial at this time? With a return to the appointed times of Yahweh that were given to led and direct the people of the Earth.

Genesis 9:5-6 (KJV)
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Genesis 4:10-11 (KJV)
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

We have clearly here in scripture that the blood of man, the image of Yahweh was never to be spilled--meaning there was to never to be murder of one man at the hands of another. All death sentences were to be carried out by
​dilligent ​research and two or more witnesses
​.​

Deuteronomy 17:4-7 (KJV)
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
​ 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
​ 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
​ 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.


Psalm 9:7-20 (KJV)
7 But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.


Deuteronomy 21:1-9 (KJV)
1 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
​ 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
​ 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
​ 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
​ 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
​ 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
​ 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
​ 8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
​ 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

Leviticus 25:29-34 (KJV)
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. 30 and if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.


​What we have here is what Yahweh has said regarding His people, His beloved. There are rules, laws and ordinances set forth. In the taking of a life it was to be looked at the intention of the murderer. In the review by the elders or leaders of the people to see if there was ill intention involved or truly an accident. This ruling was not to be reached lightly since there was a life on the line, for the life that was taken. The Goel Ha Adama, Redeemer of the blood is the one who had the right to take the life of the one who slayed their family. Only if the murder fled to the City of Refuge to have all the facts determined would their lives be saved until the findings were determined. What does that mean for us today? Certainly the Bible was for such a long time ago and not impactful today--wrong!! The power and intent of these ancient texts have never been diminished, only our understanding of it has! The killings of so many throughout the nation that were unarmed yet wounded resulting in their death. Those who have dealt these wounds have too often been allowed to flee to places of refuge and yet not required to answer for the blood that they have spilled that continues to cry from the ground--'avenge me,' 'I can't breathe,' 'why are you following me,' 'you shot me, you shot me,' and ' please don't let me die.' Once you check your Facebook feed there is another incident involving spilled blood with no cause nor threat--just cries of widows and orphans echoing against the walls of the halls of gross injustice! Where can justice be found in a Torah-less society? Only in our return to the truth can we be righted and set in our proper place!
The other layer that must be considered is that the blood that is spilled could even be of the Levitical blood line--since over the years and time we do not know where we--in our original tribes comes from. ​They are the servants of Yahweh to minister unto Him especially in the offering of sacrifices and other duties of their office. This is a serious place that the nation of America is in. That the leaders of the cities, states and federal governments must stand up for and stop the injustice that is flowing down too many streets without cause. The spiritual leaders must return and teach the entirety of the Bible with Hebraic understanding--call out the truth! Cry out for restoration of order! Return to the ancient path first trod upon by Abraham, then Isaac and Jacob and taught to numerous generations since! The Torah is Yahweh's teaching and instruction--the laws of the kingdom of heaven! No other way or understanding yields this life and restoral, but the origin of all things--His holy word set in action by the utterance of His own mouth!


For those who will remain in silence you are setting up those around you to remain in error and even permit more disruption that will ripple across the nation in echoes of dysfunction and woe. Fiveamprayer is here to say what thus says Yahweh according to scripture, there is a voice of the spilled blood that cries out to be avenged. If this cry goes unanswered then the land can become cursed. In the most serious cases where the death penalty is considered there has to be a minimum of two witnesses--the blood is the first witness and the unrequited blood, defiles the land is the second witness. Which if left unaddressed causes a curse to be fall on that nation who has these incidents throughout the land that the very blood of the slain cries out to be avenged! To hear more on this current event, showing up in scripture click here
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Weekend Meditation--Teshuva of The Tongue!!!

2 Kings 4; Psalm 27; Song of Solomon 2

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Teshuva of The Tongue!!!

Witness tongue throughout the Bible:  H3956 lashown spelled lamed, shin, vav, nun--
tongue of men, organ of speech, language, tongue of animals, tongue of fire, wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped), from H3960; used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), babbler, bay, evil speaker, talker

Psalm 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
The Torah:  Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31; Exodus 4:10, 11:7; Deuteronomy 28:40

Prophets:  2 Samuel 23:2; Nehemiah 13:2; Isaiah 3:8, 32:4, 33:19, 45:23, 54:17, 57:4; Jeremiah 5:15, 9:3, 9:5, 9:8; Zephaniah 3:13, 8:23

Writings:  Joshua 10:21; Esther 1:22, 8:9; Job 5:21, 15:5, 20:12, 27:4, 33:2; Psalm 5:9, 10:7, 12:3-4, 37:30, 39:1, 39:3, 45:1, 51:14, 55:9, 64:3, 64:8, 120:2; Proverbs 12:18-19, 15:2; Song of Solomon 4:11

Psalm 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and ​ ​of thy praise all the day long.

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

The Eighth Commandment--Exodus 20:13  Thou shall not steal

494. You shall not take grapes in a vessel from your neighbor's vineyard  --Deuteronomy 23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.                                           

495. You may eat grapes to your fill from your neighbor's vineyard  --Deuteronomy 23:24

 

496. You shall not lift a sickle against the standing grain of your neighbor  --Deuteronomy 23:25When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.                                                                                                                                                       

497. You shall not take a lower or upper millstone as a pledge  --Deuteronomy 24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.   

498. You shall not enter your neighbor's home to take collateral for a debt  --Deuteronomy 24:10-1110 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.                                                                                             

499. You shall not sleep with a poor man's collateral  --Deuteronomy 24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:                                                                                 

500. You shall return the collateral of a poor man when the sun sets  --Deuteronomy 24:13 ​

 

​In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.​

501. You shall pay a worker his wages on the day of his hire --Deuteronomy 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.​

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502. You shall not take the garment of a widow as collateral --Deuteronomy 24:27​ 

​Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:​

 

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503. You shall leave the forgotten bundle of your harvest in the field --Deuteronomy 24:19​

 

​When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.​

 

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504. You shall not turn back to take a forgotten bundle from your field --Deuteronomy 24:19 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.​

 

505. You shall not muzzle an ox in its threshing --Deuteronomy 25:4 ​

 
506. You shall not possess false weights and measures --Deuteronomy 25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Our world reveals what is hidden within our hearts, and therefore-because words and thoughts are intimately connected- we must be careful about what we think and how we esteem others.

Judging favorably is better than judging critically, The sages say that our judgment carries weight and it is always good to judge favorable when judging. When your thoughts of someone is positive and aligned with heaven messengers are dispatched. But when we do the exact opposite, our thoughts are aligned with HaSatan. More over there is great danger when we accuse others of wrong doing, since we open up ourselves to the same judgment. It takes great wisdom to offer Godly correction to others.

Mathew 7:3-5
3 Why do you see the splinter in your brother’s eye but not notice the log in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ when you have the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite! First, take the log out of your own eye; then you will see clearly, so that you can remove the splinter from your brother’s eye!

How you think and pray determines the bounds or course of your life. Your hearts' song is defining the course of your life--listen!!  Guard your heart, for the issues of life come from it. Our thoughts and words are ultimately constant prayers and offering, but who are they being offered to?

Proverbs 4:24 Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips.

Yeshua spoke of good and evil treasure of the heart that produces actions expressed by words. The focus here is not the use of profanity or vulgar words, but on the condition of the heart. Our inward motives determines our thinking, which in turn effects the way we act and use words. We must be on guard from the evil tongue by focusing on what is worthy, lovely, and of a good report.

May the words of my mouth be acceptable to the Lord, or strength and redeemer. Amen

Luke 6:45 The good person produces good things from the store of good in his heart, while the evil person produces evil things from the store of evil in his heart. For his mouth speaks what overflows from his heart.

Phil 4:8 In conclusion, brothers, focus your thoughts on what is true, noble, righteous, pure, lovable or admirable, on some virtue or on something praiseworthy.

Shema, selah let us take time to consider this weekend meditation, while we teshuvah--return to our natural state!

Hidden Faults!! The King Is In The Field Series, Part 9

Psalm 27; Song of Solomon 1

We are walking in today:  Hidden Faults!! The King Is In The Field Series, Part 9

Witness hidden throughout the Bible:    H5956 `alam spelled ayin, lamed, mem--to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret, dissembler, to veil from sight, blind

Deuteronomy 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from
thee, neither is it far off.

The Torah:  Leviticus 4:13, 5:4, 20:4

Prophets:  1 Samuel 12:3; Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 22:26

Writings:  1 Kings 10:3; 2 Kings 4:27; Job 4:23; Psalms 26:4, 55:1, 90:8; Proverbs 28:27; Ecclestes 12:14; Lamentation 3:56

Isaiah 48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden ​things, and thou didst not know them.

At one point or another we all come to face the man in the mirror. Often this person is a reflection of all that we have endured throughout our lives. Yet with this search or review of self we find hidden faults of which we were not aware of before. David prayed to Yahweh for His word to be hid in His soul that He might not sin against the All Mighty God, Yahweh. The process is humbling and only Yahweh can cleanse a broken soul who is willing to forgive and move on from past hurts and damages.

Psalms 19:12-13
(11) Through them your servant is warned;in obeying them there is great reward.
13 (12) Who can discern unintentional sins?Cleanse me from hidden faults.

The goal is to teshuvah (repent) turn back to Adonai and let go of what made you err.

The Hebrew word error (shegi’ot) comes from a root word that means to wander, stray, or transgress. Which can be tied to the idea of hidden faults those unknown, unseen, and reside in our unconscious. These mindless sins, unthinking offences, hidden dispositions that we unwittingly commit perhaps from deep issues--that trigger theses dark habits that need to be broken.

Psalms 90:8
You have placed our faults before you, our secret sins in the full light of your presence.

These unaddressed hidden faults can cause gross darkness and stagnation of the spirit. Folks can be held in their own internal bondage and not even know that they are bound--due to this disfunction or darkness stemming from lack of knowledge of self!!! How many of us are fully aware of what we are doing all the time? For those operating in fatigue or repetitions of life? We go on auto pilot and forget we are surrounded by other people going through the same tiredness and issues as well. How many of us are transparent to Yahweh and ourselves? Fiveamprayer will we seek Him with a pure motive, of restoration and wholeness in His holy presence?

Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is more deceitful than anything else and mortally sick. Who can fathom it?

We must heal these hidden sins--devices of the enemy, planted to cause hindrance in spiritual growth and blindness prolongs healing. The perfect timing of Yahweh is now in the month of Elul. We come face to face with ourselves and our King. Am I in your image--as You have crafted me by Your hands?  We want to be found in Your likeness Abba! It is time to expose me to me, that my faults will be transformed to give you the glory and honor Yahweh!  Shema, selah let us take time to consider this lesson and teaching while in the field with the King!

Men Of Torah Day--Men, It's Elul A Time of Self Discovery!!!

Psalms 27; Song of Solomon

We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--Men, It's Elul A Time of Self Discovery!!!

Witness discovery throughout the Bible:  H4672 matsa' spelled mem, ayin, alef--to find, attain to, secure, acquire, get (thing sought), to find (what is lost), to meet, encounter, to find (a condition), to learn, devise, to find out, to detect, to guess, to be found, to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered, to appear, be recognized, to be gained, be secured, to be, be found, to be in the possession of, to be found in a place, happen to be, to be left after war, to be present, to prove to be, to cause to find, attain, to cause to light upon, come upon, come, to cause to encounter, to present offering

Gen 27:20
Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have ​ it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because
the LORD your God caused it to happen to me.”

The Torah:  Genesis 2:20, 6:8, 18:3, 19:19, 26:19, 33:8, 37:15, 39:4; 41:38, 44:16, 47:14, 47:29; Exodus 9:19, 16:25, 33:12-13, 34:9; Numbers 32:23; Deuteronomy 4:29-30

Prophets:  1 Samuel 1:18, Nehemiah 8:14; Isaiah 41:12, 57:10; Jeremiah 1:19, 15:16, 29:14

Writings:  Judges 6:17; Ruth 2:2, 2:13; 2 Chronicles 15:15, 19:3 Esther 1:5, 7:3; Job 11:7; Proverbs 3:4, 3:13, 7:15, 8:17; Ecclesiastes 7:27; Song of Solomon 3:4

Jeremiah 50:20 ‘In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

Psalm 27:7-14 (CJB)
7 Listen, Adonai, to my voice when I cry;
show favor to me, and answer me.
8 “My heart said of you, ‘Seek my face.’”
Your face, Adonai, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me,
don’t turn your servant away in anger.
You are my help; don’t abandon me;
don’t leave me, God my savior.
10 Even though my father and mother have left me,
Adonai will care for me.
11 Teach me your way, Adonai;
lead me on a level path
because of my enemies —
12 don’t give me up to the whims of my foes;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
also those who are breathing violence.
13 If I hadn’t believed that I would see
Adonai’s goodness in the land of the living, . . .
14 Put your hope in Adonai, be strong,
and let your heart take courage!
Yes, put your hope in Adonai!
 

Songs Of Solomon 8:6-7
6 Set me like a seal on your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
passion as cruel as Sh’ol;
its flashes are flashes of fire,
[as fierce as the] flame of Yah.
7 No amount of water can quench love,
torrents cannot drown it.
If someone gave all the wealth in his house for love,
he would gain only utter contempt.

Elul is not just the pre-festive month. If you skip Elul and don’t give it any special attention, you might suddenly find yourself unprepared at Rosh Hashanah. Just like Friday prepares for the coming Shabbat, so too, Elul, the sixth month from Nisan, is an essential preparation for the seventh month of Tishrei in particular, and for the coming year in general.

I Am for My Beloved
It is a well-known fact that the initials of the phrase, “I am for my Beloved, and my Beloved is for me” spell out “Elul” in the aleph bet. This means that it is an appropriate time to arouse ourselves to approach God. If “I am for [i.e., towards] my Beloved” by doing Teshuvah (repentance) and good deeds then, “my Beloved [will be] for me.  In the verse “I am for my Beloved and my Beloved is for me,” it all begins with “I.” The month of Elul is the most appropriate month for personal soul-searching and trying to present our personal “balance-sheet” towards the end of the Jewish year. Yet, beyond all of our personal accounts—regarding what we have done during the past year—we are liable to reveal that we have gotten lost in the overall tally… there are so many things that we have dealt with, we have been scattered in every direction, but where were we really?? Where is our “I”? The urgent task of Elul is to find our lost “I,” to rehabilitate our personality and to take it to a renewed meeting with God, “I am for my Beloved.” But, how do we do that?

Flee to a City of Refuge
In Chassidic writings, it is explained that Elul is the “city of refuge” of the year. This is how every one of us should feel, to a certain extent, when the month of Elul arrives. We look in all directions in shock: Oh my goodness, what have I done? Who have I (almost) killed? Myself. I must immediately find myself a protected space where I can hide out, renew my proper way of living, and rediscover my true self. But, where is the soul’s city of refuge? We need to reach the root of the soul. The verse states, “Flee to your place”[2]—i.e., to one’s initial starting point. One might do a “guided imagery” exercise: begin by peeling away all the layers of one’s personality, all the unwanted baggage that has accumulated over the years, until we return to our mother’s womb. But, that’s not enough, we need to go even further back in time, until we reach the seminal point from which we were born (more precisely, the fetus is created from the meeting between the father’s seed and the ovum. Physical reality is parallel to spiritual reality. Even our soul follows a similar journey until it appears in our familiar personality. The fundamental kernel of our soul is also in “the mind of the father”—i.e., in God, the Creator’s thought (where even the term “thought” is a borrowed expression and is not the same as what we know as “thought”).

Compassionate Father
Our journey to the source―to the root of our soul―has brought us to a rendezvous with our Father, “Our Father; compassionate Father.” As deep as we might dig into ourselves, we will never find our lost identity until we recognize the existence of our most fundamental soul root that is incorporated within the Almighty. But, in Elul, we meet Him first and foremost as a good Father. There is a famous allegory that states that in Elul “the King is in the field”—however, the special thing about this state is that when the king is the field, he does not appear with his usual formal attire, rather he shows a smiling face to everyone, allowing all to approach him without any special preparation—exactly like a compassionate father. In order to expose the root of our souls, which corresponds to the sefirah of wisdom and to the letter yud, an inner power of the soul is required—the power of selflessness, which relates to standing before God feeling like a zero-dimensional point.

As men of the Torah, we seek less of self to discover in Yahweh our original identity. The feast time of Yahweh, Elul is the perfect time to meet the Father in the field of this world. Ask what is not amiss but what is written in our case log--Yahweh's Torah. The language of The Kingdom Of YHVH. We learn that in its study. There lies a treasure of truth only to the seekers.  Shema, Selah hear listen and consider this lesson for your a closer walk with Yahweh our King in the field!

Weekend Meditation-- The Biblical Significance of The Number 40, Part 5 of The King Is In The Field Series

Deuteronomy 9

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--
The Biblical Significance of The Number 40, Part 5 of The King Is In The Field Series

Fiveamprayer this season of teshuvah--returning to our original, natural state begins in the month of
Elul and is observed for 40 days.
Reading from Psalms 27 and Song of Solomon 5

Witness immerse throughout the Bible:  H7364 rachats spelled resh, chet, tsade--to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe​,​ to be washed

Genesis 7:17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high

​The Torah: Genesis 18:4, 19:2; Exodus 29:4, 30:18, 30:20; Leviticus 14:9, 16:4, 16:24; Deuteronomy 23:11
Prophets: 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 12:20; Isaiah 1:16, 4:4; Ezekiel 16:9, 23:40
Writings: Ruth 3:3; 2 Kings 5:10; Psalm 30:12; Songs of Solomon 5:3

Exodus 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

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

The Eighth Commandment--Exodus 20:13  Thou shall not steal

481. You shall not aggrieve one another in your buying and selling -- Leviticus 25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

482. You shall not give your brother your money for interest --Leviticus 25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

483. You shall not give your brother food for increase --Leviticus 25:37

484. You shall observe the laws of inheritance --Numbers 27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

485. You shall not harden your heart or close your hand against your destitute brother --Deuteronomy 15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

486. You shall open your hand and lend whatever is lacking --Deuteronomy 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

487. You shall not move the boundary markers of your neighbor --Deuteronomy 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

488. You shall return the lost property of your brother --Deuteronomy 22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

​489. You shall not hide yourself from any lost property of your brother --Deuteronomy 22:3​

 

​ In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.​

 

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490.  You shall not take the mother bird with her young --Deuteronomy 22:7​ But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

 

491. You shall set free the mother bird when taking the young  --Deuteronomy 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

492. You shall not cause your brother to take interest  --Deuteronomy 23:20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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493. You may cause a gentile to take interest  --Deuteronomy 23:20   ​

Deuteronomy 9:11
Yes, after forty days and nights Adonai gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.


The number four signifies completion or fullness.  Every time one finds the number forty in Torah, its inner meaning is the ascent from one level to the next higher one. We get a new mission at forty. But the attainment of a higher level can come only after first reaching and fulfilling all aspects of the previous level, and then a making of an emptiness in the middle to allow for the emergence of something entirely new. Why is the number forty so important? Why do we come across this number as a duration of time so often in the Torah? One of the laws of mikveh (a gathering of waters for immersion - baptism) is that it must hold at least forty Seah, or approximately 200 gallons of water. In deriving this quantity of forty Seah, we saw that in a sense, this was based upon a measure of man. The flood of Noah lasted forty days, Moses was on Mount Sinai for "forty days and forty nights" when he received the Torah, and the Israelites similarly spent forty years in the desert. There are many other places where we find the concept of forty in the Bible.

The Jewish people were born anew under the covenant of the Torah, and the Torah itself, in being transmitted to man, had to undergo a birth process. As in the case of man, this was to take forty days. The same reasoning also explains why the Israelites spent forty years in the desert. We find the beginnings of an answer in the laws of childbirth, as they applied in the time of the Holy Temple. The pain and infirmity associated with childbirth are an indication of the imperfection of human reproduction, and therefore, they bring about a state of "impurity" in a woman who has given birth.
Why did the Torah ordain that a woman after childbirth should bring a sacrifice?

When she kneels in bearing she swears impetuously that she will have no intercourse with her husband. The Torah, therefore, ordained that she should bring a sacrifice. (R. Joseph demurred: Does she not act presumptuously in which case the absolution of the oath depends on her regretting it?Furthermore, she should have brought a sacrifice prescribed for an oath!) And why did the Torah ordain that in the case of a male [the woman is clean] after seven days and in that of a female after fourteen days? [On the birth of a] male with whom all rejoice she regrets her oath after seven days, [but on the birth of a female] about whom everybody is upset she regrets her oath after fourteen days. And why did the Torah ordain circumcision on the eighth day? In order that the guests shall not enjoy themselves while his father and mother are not in the mood for it.

Why did the Torah ordain that the uncleanness of menstruation should continue for seven days? Because being in constant contact with his wife a husband might develop a loathing towards her. The Torah, therefore, ordained: Let her be unclean for seven days in order that she shall be beloved by her husband as at the time of her first entry into the bridal chamber.
Our sages teach us that these forty days represent the time that an embryo takes to attain human form. From a standpoint of Jewish Law, an embryo does not have any status as a human being until forty days after conception This concept is also sound from a scientific viewpoint since it is well known that the human embryo begins to assume recognizable human form around the fortieth day after conception. This helps explain why the flood described in the Torah lasted for forty days. According to the traditional interpretations, the main sin that brought about the flood was sexual immorality. The Midrash thus says that the flood lasted for forty days because of the people of that generation "perverted the embryo that is formed in forty days." It is interesting to note that the Zohar gives a similar reason for the fact that the punishment was through the water. The division of the waters represents the original concept of sexuality in creation, with the "upper waters" as the male element, and the "lower waters" as the female. The generation of the flood perverted this basic concept of sexuality, and therefore, the "upper waters" and "lower waters" came together to punish them. In a book of Jewish Mystical philosophy titled Torah Ohr, it is explained that the Flood was not simply the punishment for a totally corrupt world. For, to destroy the world, HaShem could have chosen any number of different methods to this end. The Flood was also an act of purification, which is why the deluge lasted for forty days. The number forty corresponds to the forty seahs (a fluid measurement) in a mikveh (ritual bath). The waters of Noah cleansed the world by immersion in the same way one is purified by immersion in the waters of the mikveh. This separation and removal of all extraneous and undesirable elements have the ultimate purpose of bringing the world (and a person) to a higher level, hence forty:

The waters of Noah cleansed the world by immersion in the same way one is purified by immersion in the waters of the mikveh. This separation and removal of all extraneous and undesirable elements have the ultimate purpose of bringing the world (and a person) to a higher level, hence forty:

Genesis 7:11
The springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:17
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

This same concept also applies to Mikveh, which can be made up of rain waters and spring waters. The same concept also applies to the giving of the Torah. This also involves the idea of birth. The Jewish people were born anew under the covenant of the Torah, and the Torah itself, in being transmitted to man, had to undergo a birth process. As in the case of man, this was to take forty days. The same reasoning also explains why the Israelites spent forty years in the desert. When Moses sent spies to explore the Promised Land, the Torah tells us that:

Numbers 13:25
"they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days."

The spies knew that the Israelites would undergo a spiritual rebirth when they entered the Promised Land. In order to experience this rebirth themselves and report on it, the spies spent forty days in the land. They were not worthy of the land, however, and therefore, they brought back a bad report. As a result of this report, the Israelites rebelled against Moses, not trusting that HaShem would give them the land. It was then decreed that they should spend forty years in the desert, as the Torah says:

Number 14:34
"Following the number of days in which you spied out the land - forty days - for every day, you shall bear your sins for a year - forty years."

These forty years represent yet another kind of rebirth - the rebirth of an entire generation that would be worthy of eventually entering the Promised Land. We see that the number forty represents the process of birth. As we have said, it is related to the measure of a man. This also explains the forty Seah of water that the Mikveh must contain. The Mikveh also represents the womb, and therefore, these forty Seah parallel the forty days during which the embryo is formed.

In order to understand why birth and embryonic development always involve the number forty, we must introduce yet another concept.

Our Sages teach that the world was created through ten Divine utterances. Mystically, each of these ten utterances manifests itself on four different levels, hence a total of forty. On Shabbat, we refrain from 39 categories of forbidden labor. The Talmud refers to these 39 as "forty minus one" because each one parallels one of the forty levels of creation, except for the highest level of creation, creation of something from absolute nothingness, which has no parallel in our physical world.

Creation consists of four stages, alluded to in the verse:

Isaiah 43:7
"All that is called by My Name,
(1) for My glory,
(2) I have created it,
(3) I have formed it,
(4) and I have made it."

These four stages are represented by the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, God's Name Yud Hay Vav Hay. The first stage is "God's Glory," where things exist conceptually, but not in actuality. The next stage is creation," which represents creation, "something out of nothing." Then comes "formation" where the primeval substance attains the first semblance of form. Finally comes making," where the process is completed and yields a finished product. Our sages also teach us that the world was created with ten sayings.

By ten commands was the world created, and these are they:

In the beginning, God created
Genesis 1
1. And the spirit (ruah) of God hovered 2); And God said: Let there be light; And God said: Let there be a firmament; And God said: Let the waters be gathered together ; And God said: Let the earth put forth grass; And God said: Let there be lights  And God said: Let the waters swarm; And God said: Let the earth bring forth; And God said: Let us make man. Menahem b. R. Jose excluded, ’And the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters,’ and included, AND THE LORD GOD SAID: IT IS NOT GOOD THAT THE MAN SHOULD BE ALONE.

These "ten sayings" enter into each of the four stages of creation, the total number of elements of creation is forty. The number forty is therefore very intimately related to the concept of creation

One Lash Less
A Jew who transgresses a Torah prohibition is punished with lashes. How many lashes? The Torah mentions the number forty but the Sages interpreted this to mean the number preceding forty and therefore rule that the number of lashes is 39. How foolish are most people, exclaimed the Sage Rava, who stand up for a Sefer Torah but not for a Torah scholar. The Torah says forty lashes and the Sages limited it to 39. A similar proof of the power of the Sages could apparently have been brought from the fifty days of counting the Omer which the Sages interpret as 49. But only the example of the lashes is cited because the true greatness of the Sages to be appreciated by the masses is not in their ability to make the Omer count one day less but in their ability to remove one painful lash from a sinner.

HOW MANY LASHES ARE GIVEN? FORTY SAVE ONE?

If it were written, ‘forty in number,’ I should have said it means [actually] forty in number; but as [the order of] the wording is ‘by number forty’ [it means] a number coming up to the forty.  Raba observed: How dull-witted are those other people who stand up [in deference] to the Scroll of the Torah but do not stand up [in deference] to a great personage, because, while in the Torah Scroll forty lashes are prescribed, the Rabbis come and [by interpretation] reduce them by one. Every time one finds the number forty in Torah, its inner meaning is the ascent from one level to the next higher one. Forty is the time when a Torah scholar becomes fit to judge and decide halachic questions. Even though the scholar may have previously studied much Torah, not until this power of binah reaches full maturity at age forty can he best analyze, infer, study precedents, and render legal decisions.

There is much more significance to the number 40 throughout the word of Yahweh. We as his Talmidim learn to count. As everything has its significance in the Torah.  Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson

Weekend Meditation--The Trumpet Of The “Rams Horn” Is Prophetically Connected To Covenant, Red

Revelation 9

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--The Trumpet Of The “Rams Horn” Is Prophetically Connected To Covenant, Redemption And Deliverance !!!!  Conclusion of No Man Knows The Hour Series

Witness voice throughout the Bible:  Today we look to the word H6963 spelled qof, vav, lamed--
voice, sound, noise, ​voice​, sound (of instrument)​, lightness, frivolity​, from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound, bleating, crackling, cryout, fame, lightness, lowing, noise, proclaim, proclamation, sing, spark, thundering), yell.

Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

The Torah:  Genesis 3:8, 4:10, 21:17, 22:18, 27:22; Exodus 3:18, 4:8-9, 18:19, 19:16, 19:19, 24:3; Deuteronomy 4:12, 4:30

Prophets:  1 Samuel 12:14, 25:35; 2 Samuel 22:7; Ezra 3:13; Nehemiah 4:20; Jeremiah 33:11

Writings:  Joshua 10:14, 24:24; 1 Kings 18:27, 18:29; 2 Kings 2:6; Psalms 29:4, 42:4, 81:1; Provebs 1:20, 2:3, 5:13; Song of Solomon 2:8, 5:2

1 ​​Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the
​ ​fat of rams.

Revelations 9:14
saying to the sixth angel, the one with the shofar, “Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

 The Two Witnesses:
After His display of wrath on Yom Kippur, then they proceed to the wedding banquet during the seven days of The Feast of Tabernacles with all of the guests and the wedding party. Thus we can see that the first seven days correlate to the seven-day wedding of Leah & Jacob and this is between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement (Yom Teruwah & Yom Kippur). And then there is yet another seven days during the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot for the other bride typified in Rachel and this is when both brides (Leah & Rachel) symbolizing Ephraim & Judah will be made “one stick” in the hand of Yahweh at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. 

The Ram’s Horn & Covenant
The first and the last time that the word “shofar or trumpet” is used in the Bible, it is used in the context of the bride “coming up” to meet her bridegroom: It is no small coincidence that the first time the word “trumpet” is mentioned in scripture is in Exodus 19:13, when Israel, the bride was being “called up” to meet Yahweh at Mount Sinai.

The word here is “yowbel” #3104 in the Strong’s Concordance, and it means “a ram’s horn.” This word also means “Jubilee” and it comes from the root word “yabal” #2986 which means “to bring forth, to carry.” Jubilee signifies the time when then bride is redeemed and her land and her inheritance is restored to her by her

Exodus 19:13
When the shofar (trumpet) sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.

Revelation 9:14
Saying to the sixth angel which had the shofar (trumpet), Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

The bridegroom,  kinsman redeemer in the 6th chapter of Joshua, the seven priests are a picture of the seven congregations (the bride) and they are commanded to sound seven trumpets seven times on the seventh day in order to see the walls of Jericho fall down. Interestingly, the word Yerichow in Hebrew comes from a root word yareach which means the moon! This is pointing to the new moon of the seventh month of Tishri!

Joshua 6:4
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

On the 7th day, when the walls of Jericho fell, this correlates to the 7-day wedding following the Feast of Trumpets. When the seven priests compassed the wicked city of Jericho seven times on the seventh day with seven trumpets what happened? As you can see, the children of Israel had to be the ones to sound the shofar so that the walls of Jericho would fall, and it will be the same thing in the end of days when the “Two Witnesses” sound the “shofar” as they prophesy for 1,260 days until “Mystery Babylon” falls down: In the same way that the Israelites received their land and their inheritance when the walls of Jericho fell in the book of Joshua, so the bride will also receive her land and her inheritance when Mystery Babylon falls!

Joshua 6:5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

The very last time that the word “trumpet” is mentioned in scripture is in Revelation 9:14 and it is when the four angels from the four winds of heaven are about to be loosed to gather the bride (the elect). This trumpet is about redemption!

The first time Yahweh established covenant with Abraham. A three-year old ram was killed (symbolic of the three year ministry of Messiah). When Abraham offered up his son Isaac to Yahweh, a ram was seen with his horns “caught” in the thicket as a substitute offering. Once again, this was about redemption! And thus we can see that the “trumpet” or the “ram’s horn” is prophetically connected to covenant, redemption, freedom and deliverance!

Genesis 15:9
He answered him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove and a young pigeon.  

To review this lesson again for this weekend meditation Shema, Selah!

Weekend Meditation--The Trumpet Of The “Rams Horn” Is Prophetically Connected To Covenant, Red

Revelation 9

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--The Trumpet Of The “Rams Horn” Is Prophetically Connected To Covenant, Redemption And Deliverance !!!!  Conclusion of No Man Knows The Hour Series

Witness voice throughout the Bible:  Today we look to the word H6963 spelled qof, vav, lamed--
voice, sound, noise, ​voice​, sound (of instrument)​, lightness, frivolity​, from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound, bleating, crackling, cryout, fame, lightness, lowing, noise, proclaim, proclamation, sing, spark, thundering), yell.

Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

The Torah:  Genesis 3:8, 4:10, 21:17, 22:18, 27:22; Exodus 3:18, 4:8-9, 18:19, 19:16, 19:19, 24:3; Deuteronomy 4:12, 4:30

Prophets:  1 Samuel 12:14, 25:35; 2 Samuel 22:7; Ezra 3:13; Nehemiah 4:20; Jeremiah 33:11

Writings:  Joshua 10:14, 24:24; 1 Kings 18:27, 18:29; 2 Kings 2:6; Psalms 29:4, 42:4, 81:1; Provebs 1:20, 2:3, 5:13; Song of Solomon 2:8, 5:2

1 ​​Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the
​ ​fat of rams.

Revelations 9:14
saying to the sixth angel, the one with the shofar, “Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

 The Two Witnesses:
After His display of wrath on Yom Kippur, then they proceed to the wedding banquet during the seven days of The Feast of Tabernacles with all of the guests and the wedding party. Thus we can see that the first seven days correlate to the seven-day wedding of Leah & Jacob and this is between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement (Yom Teruwah & Yom Kippur). And then there is yet another seven days during the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot for the other bride typified in Rachel and this is when both brides (Leah & Rachel) symbolizing Ephraim & Judah will be made “one stick” in the hand of Yahweh at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. 

The Ram’s Horn & Covenant
The first and the last time that the word “shofar or trumpet” is used in the Bible, it is used in the context of the bride “coming up” to meet her bridegroom: It is no small coincidence that the first time the word “trumpet” is mentioned in scripture is in Exodus 19:13, when Israel, the bride was being “called up” to meet Yahweh at Mount Sinai.

The word here is “yowbel” #3104 in the Strong’s Concordance, and it means “a ram’s horn.” This word also means “Jubilee” and it comes from the root word “yabal” #2986 which means “to bring forth, to carry.” Jubilee signifies the time when then bride is redeemed and her land and her inheritance is restored to her by her

Exodus 19:13
When the shofar (trumpet) sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.

Revelation 9:14
Saying to the sixth angel which had the shofar (trumpet), Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

The bridegroom,  kinsman redeemer in the 6th chapter of Joshua, the seven priests are a picture of the seven congregations (the bride) and they are commanded to sound seven trumpets seven times on the seventh day in order to see the walls of Jericho fall down. Interestingly, the word Yerichow in Hebrew comes from a root word yareach which means the moon! This is pointing to the new moon of the seventh month of Tishri!

Joshua 6:4
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

On the 7th day, when the walls of Jericho fell, this correlates to the 7-day wedding following the Feast of Trumpets. When the seven priests compassed the wicked city of Jericho seven times on the seventh day with seven trumpets what happened? As you can see, the children of Israel had to be the ones to sound the shofar so that the walls of Jericho would fall, and it will be the same thing in the end of days when the “Two Witnesses” sound the “shofar” as they prophesy for 1,260 days until “Mystery Babylon” falls down: In the same way that the Israelites received their land and their inheritance when the walls of Jericho fell in the book of Joshua, so the bride will also receive her land and her inheritance when Mystery Babylon falls!

Joshua 6:5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

The very last time that the word “trumpet” is mentioned in scripture is in Revelation 9:14 and it is when the four angels from the four winds of heaven are about to be loosed to gather the bride (the elect). This trumpet is about redemption!

The first time Yahweh established covenant with Abraham. A three-year old ram was killed (symbolic of the three year ministry of Messiah). When Abraham offered up his son Isaac to Yahweh, a ram was seen with his horns “caught” in the thicket as a substitute offering. Once again, this was about redemption! And thus we can see that the “trumpet” or the “ram’s horn” is prophetically connected to covenant, redemption, freedom and deliverance!

Genesis 15:9
He answered him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove and a young pigeon.  

To review this lesson again for this weekend meditation Shema, Selah!