The Most High Delights To Hide You In The Wilderness So Your Hidden Thing Is Actually A Blessing!!!!*** PART 3

Proverbs chapter 25

We are walking in today:  The Most High Delights To Hide You In The Wilderness So Your Hidden Thing Is Actually A Blessing!!!!*** PART 3 

Witness deceitfully throughout the Bible:  H4820 mirmah--deceit, treachery, false, guile, subtilly

Psalm 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. H4820

The Torah ...................
 Genesis 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, H4820 and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:


The prophets ................
 Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful H4820 weights?

The writings .............
 Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful H4820 witness speaketh lies.


Psalms 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful H4820 matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Avoiding Deception
Our avoidance of deception, as everything else, comes only by The Most High's mercy, and by His Grace. If we would escape deception, we must cry out to The Most High, just as the Psalmist describes in (Psalms 5:8, 141:8-10). We must then seek His precepts and keep them, as the Psalmist describes in (Psalms 119:100, 104, 128).

To avoid deception, we must also be as the Bereans, and study the Scriptures for ourselves. Now the Bereans were said to be more noble, for when they heard Paul teaching, they:


"...searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." (Acts 17:11b)


We must take notice that the only Scriptures the Bereans had were what we call the 'old' Testament writings, from which they were able to prove all things taught by the apostle Paul! We too may avoid deception when we hear a teaching, if we will study the Scriptures diligently [the 'old' Testament writings], just as the Bereans did!

And so we see from the above passages, that the prophetic "Error of Haman" seen today is the false teaching of Grace. It consists of the True teaching of Scripture, along with a number of man-made or False word definitions, and False explanations of the application of Grace, and False accusations against the eternal Laws of the King, turning the entire True teaching into Falsehood.

Indeed, from the examples seen thus far, we may conclude that the prophetic picture of Haman is one of a Leader in the King's household, one who is identified, even from the meaning of the names and prophetic numbers, as a teacher of Grace.

From the message Haman taught to the King's household, bringing false statements against the Laws of the King, we may conclude that Haman speaks of the multitudes of Pastors, teachers, prophets, and leaders in the Body of Messiah today, who teach against the Laws of the King, and who bring further separation between Vashti and Esther, to their respective destinations.

As we have seen in the example of Vashti, the false grace teachings have very grave, and serious consequences in the lives of Believers today. The end result of the recipients of a false grace teaching is that they become deceived, and do not know The Most High, simply because they refuse to obey His Commandments. "Through deceit they refuse to know me, says The Most High" (Jeremiah 9:6b).

In the final day, Yahushua will speak a very frightening word that will be heard by many, heard by those that had been taught the False Grace teaching, for they had been led by their leaders to believe that because they are Born-Again, they already 'know' Him:

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:23)

Notice that those that were refused entry do not know Him, but are engaged in 'iniquity.' The word for iniquity is the Greek word anomia, Strong's numbers <458> and <459>, whose meaning is "Lawlessness," or "without Law" and is the New Testament definition of Sin (1John 3:4). Disobedience to The Most High's Law is the cause of not knowing The Most High!

It is also evident from the book of Revelation that the true Bride Company, those who Overcome, are those who obey Him, because they know Him. They are the ones that gain the right to eat of the Tree of Life, and gain the right to enter into the City of The Most High. Notice the following:

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Yeshua. (Revelation 14:12)

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14)

Fiveamprayer, Vashti has been ruling and reigning as Queen, along with the King, for 2,000 years. Vashti has remained under the teaching of that wicked Haman, and has allowed Haman's teaching to infect her, and all of the King's household. Although she currently rules and reigns as Queen along with the King, Vashti will soon be judged as the Harlot Bride.

There is one True Bride Company, one that will replace Vashti, the Beautiful One. She is Esther, and she is at this moment undergoing her preparation to go into the presence of the King. Let us now turn our attention to Esther, to see who she is today, so that we might learn, and prepare ourselves to come into the presence of our King.


Esther Is Hadassah
We first see Esther mentioned by her Hebrew name 'Hadassah,' and then by her Persian name of Esther. As the name 'Hadassah' is mentioned only once in all of Scripture, we have our first clue as to whom she represents. We are told of the Bride,

"My dove, my undefiled is but one…" (Song of Solomon 6:9)


We are told also in Esther 2:7 that Hadassah had neither father nor mother, reminding us of Melchizedek, who is a figure of our King. We are also reminded of our Master's admonition to us, as part of our preparation:


Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; Psalms 45:10

We see then, that Esther was fully prepared in this regard – she had died to all her earthly ties, not only familial, but as to her own ambitions and plans that her parents might have had for her. We are told also, in Esther 2:7 that she is fair and beautiful, both terms being used throughout Song of Solomon to describe the Bride of the King.

Now the Name Esther [meaning "Star"] is mentioned 55 times in the Book of Esther, and is mentioned in 45 verses. The number 45 in Scripture speaks of The Most High's preservation of His saints; and the number 55 speaks of two 5's, as two walking together by 'Grace,' the enablement given to her from Messiah living within her, as she allows "Messiah-in-you" to walk in obedience. The number '5' is thus the number that speaks foremost of the Bride. The word 'Star' reminds us of what The Most High says in Daniel:

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness [shall shine] as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)

So we may conclude that Esther speaks of those who will have the characteristics of a 'star' – that they will be wise [as seen in the '5' Wise Virgins], and they will turn many to righteousness. These are two of the character traits that the Overcomers will have during their 1260-day ministry during the soon-coming Great Tribulation. They will be wise, and they will turn many to righteousness.

Now the name 'Hadassah' means "myrtle" tree, and is mentioned only once in Scripture as the feminine gender. However, the word for 'myrtle' in the masculine gender is mentioned six times, so that the single mention of the feminine gender completes and makes the seventh usage. As the number '7' speaks of "perfection" or "completion," we see in this that the female Bride 'completes' the male Husband. As we look at the word myrtle, we catch a further glimpse of the Bride, and her character traits, as one who is fully prepared.

Another fascinating picture of the word myrtle used in Scripture, is seen in the fact that it is listed in both Nehemiah and Isaiah as the 'third' in a list of trees. Since the number 'three' speaks of resurrection, we understand these passages are significant, and we can thus associate myrtle trees with resurrection, and more significantly, the first resurrection, as Esther is prophetic of the First Resurrection Company.

In other Scripture verses, we see that the branches of myrtle trees are among the branches used to construct the Sukkah, the booths used by the Bride in celebrating the Feast of Succot, also called the Feast of Tabernacles, one of the three main feasts of The Most High. The use of this word speaks to us of the tabernacling of our Yahushua among us, and of the presence of the Father with the Son. So we see that this was another trait of Esther — she had the presence of Yahushua "tabernacled" within her.

Likewise, in Zechariah we see a highly-significant prophetic event: the angel of The Most High is seen standing among the myrtle trees, and is mentioned three times (in Zec 1:8,10,11). The 'angel' or messenger of The Most High is seen as a man standing among the myrtle trees, and thus speaks to us of the Captain of The Most High's army, Messiah Himself, standing among the Company of the Bride Company.

We see a further picture of Messiah and His Bride, as we note that Zechariah is the 38th book of the Bible. Thirty-eight is equivalent to 19 x 2. The number 'nineteen' in Scripture speaks of faith, so 19 x 2 speaks prophetically of "two walking together by faith."

We see also, that for each mention of myrtle trees seen in Zechariah, we see The Most High walking among them! We also see reference to the end time, in the reference of the horses that are present in these verses. Furthermore, the Strong's number for the name 'Hadassah' is number <01919>, that is, this Hebrew word is the one thousand, nine hundred and nineteenth word in the Strong's Hebrew word dictionary.

As we look closely at this number '1919,' we see that by the power and sovereignty of The Most High, He has ordained just enough words in the Bible to have it work out thus. Just as we saw above in the number '38,' the number '1919' again speaks of two walking together by Faith!

Next we see that Esther was brought unto Hege, also known as Hegai, keeper of the women. We will not go into much detail here, but Hegai represents the work of the Holy Spirit through the various ministries of the Believers, given by The Most High to prepare the Bride. We see in Esther 2:13 that everything needed for her purification was given to her, to prepare her to go into the presence of the King.

Like the prophetic Hegai, it is the Holy Spirit who freely gives us all we need, a picture of His Grace, His giftings and enablement He freely gives us. Likewise it is the Holy Spirit who leads us into all Truth, so that by our learning to become 'DO-ers' of that Truth, we too might be fully prepared to go into the presence of our King!

Esther Begins Her Preparation
Next, let's notice the preparation that Esther underwent:

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) Esther 2:12

We could spend hours discussing this verse, but will only look at several items. Throughout Scripture, we see that oil of myrrh was given to Yahushua on three occasions in His life on earth — At His birth, at His death on the cross, and at His burial. Myrrh was used to embalm a body after death. Myrrh speaks to us of "death to self."

So we see that Esther's first step of preparation was the "death of self." That is, she allowed herself to die to her own self-centered life. To do this, she must first die to her fleshly appetites, keeping her body under subjection to her spirit (1Co 9:27). She must also die to her own self-will, her own self-effort, her own ambitions, and her own understanding — along with all that she once held dear in this life on earth.

She must die to self, so that she too may say:

"...not my will, but thine be done." (Luke 22:42)

And, as a result of giving up 'all she had,' she would qualify to be among Messiah's disciples (Luke 14:26-27,33), and she would be found among those that would overcome:

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Revelation 12:11)

Next we see that she was prepared with sweet odours. We are told elsewhere in Scripture what the sweet odours portray:

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. (Psalms 141:2)

…an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. (Philippians 4:18)

…golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. (Revelation 5:8)

So we see that Esther's next item of preparation was with sweet odours, which speak of cultivation of a vital prayer life, one of intimate fellowship with Messiah, of praying in the spirit (1Co 14:14-15; Jude 1:20), and of 'koinonia' or sharing of life together.

We then see one final item included in Esther's preparation — the purifying, or cleansing of the Bride.

The Cleansing of the Bride
The last item of Esther's preparation was 'other things' for her purifying, or 'cleansing':

"…and with other things for the purifying [cleansing] of the women…" (Esther 2:12)

Beloved, there are many things in Scripture, that exhort us to be holy [set-apart unto The Most High], and to cleanse ourselves, by learning the difference between what is holy and clean, and what is unholy and unclean — all according to Scripture.

Some of these purifyings and cleansings can be seen in the following passages:

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (John 15:3)

That he might sanctify and cleanse it [the called-out assembly] with the washing of water by the word... (Ephesians 5:26)

In the above passages, we see that the Word of The Most High cleanses our spirit, when we hear it;

And put no difference between us and them, purifying [cleansing] their hearts by faith. (Acts 15:9)

Seeing ye have purified [hagnos: to sanctify; purify; make chaste; cleanse] your souls in ['by'] obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: (1 Peter 1:22)

In the above passages, we see that the Word of The Most High cleanses our souls, when by faith, we obey it;

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Yeshua Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

In the above passages, we see that the Blood of Yahushua Messiah cleanses us, when we walk in His light as He does, and when we confess our sins;

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. (Psalms 4:3)

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. (Proverbs 18:1)

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves...unto the LORD... All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. (Numbers 6:2a, 8)

In the above passages, we see that The Most High sets apart people for Himself, and those that are wise set themselves apart, or separate themselves unto The Most High. We also see that to separate or consecrate ourselves unto The Most High is to be 'holy.'

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. (Ephesians 5:5)

Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness that they die not in their uncleanness.... (Leviticus 15:31a)

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. (1 Thessalonians 4:7)

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; (Leviticus 10:10)

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Ezekiel 44:23)

In the above passages, we see that the opposite of holiness [separated-ness] is uncleanness. To walk in holiness is to walk in Biblical cleanness. Those who are learning to be holy [set-apart] unto The Most High, are learning the difference between what is holy, and what is unholy; between what is unclean, and what is clean, according to Scripture.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1)

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste <53> [hagnos: sanctified; set-apart; pure; chaste; clean] virgin to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2)

In the above passages, we see that The Most High is calling His 'new' Testament Believers to cleanse themselves in both the flesh realm and the spirit realm. Only by performing or accomplishing holiness in the fear of The Most High, can we be presented as a chaste virgin to our Bridegroom.

The Most High has already begun to bring about the promised restitution of all things. He is restoring His people to their original [intended] state, as demonstrated by Messiah while He was on the earth.

Today The Most High's people are learning the difference between clean and unclean, so that they may walk in true holiness. They are preparing themselves, making themselves ready, in order that they may be presented to Messiah as a chaste [sanctified, set-apart; pure; clean] virgin, at the moment He appears to His Bride (Exodus 19:10-11; Matthew 24:44, 25:10; Luke 12:40,47; 2Tim 2:21; Rev 19:7).


Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you... (2Corinthians 6:17)

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. (Isaiah 52:11)

In the above passages, we see that in order to maintain our holiness ['separatedness'], we must come out from among [intimate association with] those who do not desire holiness, but who instead practice uncleanness.

If we are His children, but fail to maintain our holiness, our cleansing or separatedness, Then Father must apply further measures to our backsides:

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he [chastens us] for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness [set-apart-ness; purity; chastity; clean-ness]. (Hebrews 12:10)

If his [Messiah's] children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. (Psalms 89:30-32)

The blueness ['stripes'] of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes [cleanse] the inward parts of the belly. (Proverbs 20:30)

In the above passages, we see that The Most High is calling us to cleanse ourselves, in both the spirit realm and the flesh realm. If we are His children by faith in Messiah, but do not cleanse ourselves by keeping His statutes, commandments, and judgments [His house rules], The Most High chastens us, to make us chaste; He cleanses us, so that we might be partakers of His holiness.

If The Most High's children do not respond to His initial cleansing, He will then subject them to a much more vigorous scrubbing. This is a chastening that is more intense, and is designed to purify those that are His children. This scrubbing is also designed to separate the wheat from the chaff — to separate those that are His children, from those that are not His children.

In this regard, we are given much information in Scripture to reveal to us several stages of The Most High's further chastening. These advanced stages of chastening are not intended for those who are Wise, who obey Father's house rules. This further chastening is only for the Foolish, for those who have not chosen to walk in Father's ways, and will not be found worthy to escape further testing and proving:

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. (Luke 21:36)

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, [testing; proving] which shall come upon all the world, to try [test; prove] them that dwell upon the earth. (Revelation 3:10)

In the above passages, notice the words watch and kept. These are very important words, as the Greek words underlying the English words for watch and keep have two primary Hebrew and Aramaic counterparts [natsar <05341> and shamar <08104>]. These words have the meaning of 'keep, guard, and obey,' and are used in the context of keeping Father's covenant and His commandments.

And so in these passages [and in many others!], we see that those who 'watch' and pray — that is, those who 'keep, guard, and obey' Father's Torah, along with prayer — will be found worthy to escape the further trials and testings. These will be the Company of the Wise Virgins, the Barley Harvest First Resurrection saints.

We also see that those who do not 'watch' and pray — that is, who do not 'keep, guard, and obey' Father's Torah, along with prayer — will not be found worthy to escape the further trials and testings. These will be the Company of the Foolish Virgins, the Wheat Harvest Resurrection saints, who must undergo further trials and testings:

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Proverbs 27:22)

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Daniel 12:9-10)

In the above passages, we see the great and innumerable company of those who say they are Born-again, Blood-bought, Holy-Spirit-filled Believers, yet they continue to be disobedient to Father's Laws — His statutes, commandments, and precepts.

Thus far these have not fully shown their love for Messiah (John 14:15), so that Father must bring further trials and testing to them, in order to determine their true spiritual paternity — and to separate those who are His children, from those who are not:

They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. (Ezekiel 7:14)

In the above passage, we see those who do not respond to the trumpet [prophetic warnings given to the people], to spur them to make themselves ready. These are the multitudes who have been trained not to respond to what the Scriptures actually say. Instead, these hold only to their denominational doctrines, the various man-made mixtures of truth and error they have embraced, and have become deceived.

And so we are thus warned — the burning of Father's wrath is not toward His own children, but toward those with whom they mingle. Unless His children separate themselves from them, they too will feel the heat. They too must endure the things that are coming on the earth, to try the sons of men.

Conclusion

Beloved, there is much more that could be said about Esther. But having seen only this brief overview of the King and His household, perhaps we have seen ourselves among these prophetic personalities within the Book of Esther.

We may now ask ourselves, "Which one am I?"

Beloved, perhaps it is time for us to seek The Most High, and return to Him, and return to the 'first love' — the 'first works' of obedience seen in the early Called-Out Ones. Let us cry out to Him, asking Him to reveal His Truth to us, and to give us His help (Ps 119:18,34; Ps 143:10; Jer 33:3)

Just as we are called to "remember Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32), let us also "remember Vashti," who refused to come into the presence of the King on the seventh day!

We trust that the little we have shown gives the reader adequate warning of the two possible paths, and of the two possible destinations, of those within the Body of the called-out ones. One path is the Wide Road, with many thereon, going the way of Vashti unto rejection.

The other path is the Narrow Road, with few thereon — that is, only a remnant — going the way of Esther, into the ultimate presence of the King. Shema Selah look for all that is being revealed to us in the wilderness!!