MESSIAH IN YOUExodus 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, H4057 that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. Today we look to the word-WILDERNESS- H4057 midbar --wilderness, pasture, uninhabited land The Torah testifies....................................... Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, H4057 by the fountain in the way to Shur. Exodus 4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness H4057 to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. Numbers 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness H4057 forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. H4057 Deuteronomy 1:31 And in the wilderness, H4057 where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. The prophets proclaim.................. Isaiah 42:11 Let the wilderness H4057 and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, H4057 and rivers in the desert. Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, H4057 that none passeth through? Ezekiel 20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: H4057 they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, H4057 to consume them. The Writings bear witness............. Joshua 1:4 From the wilderness H4057 and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 2Chronicles 1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. H4057 Nehemiah 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: H4057 the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. Psalm 65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: H4057 and the little hills rejoice on every side. Psalm 78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, H4057 and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: Messiah In You








Exodus 3:18


And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, H4057 that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.




Today we look to the word-WILDERNESS- H4057 midbar --wilderness, pasture, uninhabited land




The Torah testifies.......................................




Genesis 16:7


And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, H4057 by the fountain in the way to Shur.




Exodus 4:27


And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness H4057 to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.



Numbers 14:33


And your children shall wander in the wilderness H4057 forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. H4057




Deuteronomy 1:31


And in the wilderness, H4057 where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.





The prophets proclaim..................






Isaiah 42:11


Let the wilderness H4057 and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.



Isaiah 43:19


Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, H4057 and rivers in the desert.



Jeremiah 9:12


Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, H4057 that none passeth through?



Ezekiel 20:13


But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: H4057 they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, H4057 to consume them.






The Writings bear witness.............








Joshua 1:4


From the wilderness H4057 and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.




2Chronicles 1:3


So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. H4057




Nehemiah 9:19


Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: H4057 the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.



Psalm 65:12


They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: H4057 and the little hills rejoice on every side.



Psalm 78:15


He clave the rocks in the wilderness, H4057 and gave them drink as out of the great depths.


Messiah In You


As we saw in Messiah In The Wilderness, it is our Traditions and Commandments of Men that can actually prevent Messiah-in-us from being manifest. This is an important issue — for it is only Messiah-in-us who will bring us into the Promised Land. In this writing we will look at several items that will help us to discern His will, so that we might allow Messiah who lives within us, to bring us in.


Discerning His Will


Let us now look at several Scripture passages that reveal the importance of the whole matter. From these verses we may see the absolute necessity of determining what the sayings of Yahusha are, and what Yahusha’s commandments are.


Let’s take particular note of the consistency and urgency of the following statements, as we try to listen for, and discern His will for us. And as you read along, remember this is the Word of Yah, who is Yahusha Messiah, speaking to us in all of these passages:


And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. (Exodus 20:6)


And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. (Deuteronomy 5:10)


Know therefore that the Most High thy Yah, he is Yah, the faithful Yah, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; (Deuteronomy 7:9)


Therefore thou shalt love the Most High thy Yah, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. (Deuteronomy 11:1)


For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Most High your Yah, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; (Deuteronomy 11:22)


If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Most High thy Yah, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: (Deuteronomy 19:9)


In that I command thee this day to love the Most High thy Yah, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Most High thy Yah shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. (Deuteronomy 30:16)


But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Most High charged you, to love the Most High your Yah, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Joshua 22:5)


And said, I beseech thee, O Most High Yah of heaven, the great and terrible Yah, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: (Nehemiah 1:5)
And I prayed unto the Most High my Yah, and made my confession, and said, O Most High, the great and dreadful Yah, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; (Daniel 9:4)


If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15)


He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. (John 14:21)


If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide [remain] in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. (John 15:10)


By this we know that we love the children of Yah, when we love Yah, and keep his commandments. (1John 5:2)


For this is the love of Yah, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (1John 5:3)


Fiveamprayer, the above passages show the close connection of Love with keeping Yah’s commandments. We note from the above passages that the ultimate test of our love is based on whether or not we keep Yahusha’s commandments. We must be absolutely sure what those commandments of Yahusha are if we desire to “keep ourselves [remain] in the love of Messiah,” and desire to be found “loving Him, and loving the brethren” upon His return.


In the passages above, note that the New Testament references are to both Yahusha’s commandments and Yah’s commandments — for even the disciples of Yahusha’s day knew who Yahusha was — that He is the Messiah, the Word of Yah seen throughout the Old Testament writings, and is the embodiment of Yah Himself.


Just as the Disciples of Yahusha’s day followed Yahusha, in the same way Yahusha gives us His example for us to follow today. Notice Yahusha tells us in John 15:10, “…even as I have kept my Father’s commandments.”


In this statement, Yahusha gives Himself as our example to follow; and then the apostle John reminds us in 1John 2:6, “He that saith he abideth [is remaining] in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” Yahusha kept Father’s commandments, so we who desire to abide [remain] in Him, ought do the same.


Entering His Rest: The Fulfillment


There are 15 verses listed above. The number ’15’ speaks of “Rest.” We are then reminded that the phrase ‘My Sabbaths’ occurs fifteen times in Scripture. This phrase reveals both the importance, and the means, of entering Father’s rest. The Theologians, and most of their followers today, have dreamed up elaborate schemes to deceive their followers, listing reasons why the “Sabbaths” of Yah are not for New Testament citizens. These Doctrines and Commandments of Men are not based on Scripture, and they actually turn men from the Truth (Titus 1:14), by causing men not to practice the Truths of Yah, but to practice substitutes of those Truths — which is idolatry!


We are exhorted to enter into His rest, and we are warned that some will not do so. We have been told that the Israelites in the wilderness did not enter in, and we are told why they did not enter in. Then we are warned not to fail to enter into His rest, and not to fall after the same example or pattern of unbelief (disobedience) as they did. What was their example, and the reason they failed to enter His rest? The reason they were not allowed to enter in to Yah’s rest is related to do the above passages.


We shall not go into great detail here, but you are encouraged to look up the referenced article, outlining the Scripture passages that tell us exactly why Israel did not enter in, and how we are warned in the New Testament that if we choose to walk in disobedience to the Sabbaths and Commandments of Yah, as the Israelites did in the Wilderness, we too will be refused entry!


Fiveamprayer, the implications are enormous. If we desire to be a “DO-er” of Yahusha’s sayings, His commandments, then we must be talking about being a doer of not only the obvious ones in the New Testament, but a do-er of Yah’s ‘Old Testament’ commandments spoken by Yahusha, including the Ten commandments, His ordinances, and His Feasts, and all those things Yahusha has spoken, and in which He has prepared for His people to walk.


If there is any question about the matter we are discussing, let us remember that Yahusha is faithful to give us the proper meat in due season. He has hidden various New Testament Scripture passages for His sincere seeking ones for such a time as this. Let us look at a few more passages, recalling the little prophetic phrase, “from the beginning:”


Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. (1John 2:7)


And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. (2John 1:5)


These passages, tell us plainly that John is talking about the Old commandment, or the commandments in the ‘Old’ Testament. Notice the following passage:


Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Most High. (Leviticus 19:18)


Fiveamprayer, whose commandment is the one shown above? Indeed, even Yahusha confirms to us that the above command in Leviticus is His commandment, although we were not taught that truth:


This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. (John 15:12)


“Well, what about the New Commandment of Yahusha, that we love one another. Isn’t that the only commandment we must obey?” Let us look at the following verse:


A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34)


Notice that of the two verses shown above, they are shown in reverse order. In their normal order, one can easily skip over the truth that Yahusha wants us to see, namely two things. First, that the verse in Leviticus is His commandment; Secondly, that He is giving us a New commandment, having to do with how we love one another (as He has loved us – to the point of death).


This New commandment is much more demanding than the Old Testament command to love. This new commandment does not replace everything else He spoke, but is in addition to everything else He has said. Foolish teachers have taught, however, that this new commandment supersedes or replaces all the Old Testament commandments, thus they say we need not “obey” them. What rubbish! To the contrary, Yahusha merely summed up the commandments into two general summary categories, however, and did not say that the Law [Torah] or the commandments were superseded, replaced, or in any way done away with.


Let us notice the following words Yahusha spoke to those who sought to enter His Kingdom. First, in showing how the two greatest laws summarize all the rest, Yahusha said:


Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. (Matthew 7:12)


On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:40)


Showing how the Law and the commandments have not been done away with, Yahusha said:


Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:17-19)


Moreover, we have further testimony that true love for Yahusha (Yah) is shown by our obedience to His commandments, as John points out:


By this we know that we love the children of Yah, when we love Yah, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of Yah, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (1John 5:2-3)


Now come to the discomforting part, where we go beyond what we have been taught, into seemingly uncharted waters. We could simply deny that this is all true, and go back to our familiar and comfortable understanding. We could take our chances that those Pastors and Leaders are correct, whom we have been hearing, and upon whose doctrines we have staked our entire eternity. Fiveamprayer, search the Scriptures for yourself, and discard the Doctrines and Commandments of Men, and lay hold of the Truth of the Scriptures!


We could simply continue to accept what we have been taught, thus denying Yahusha Himself, by not loving the Truth — for His Word is the Truth, and His Torah is the Truth (Psa 119:142; Mal 2:6). Or, we could ask Yahusha to reveal Truth of the Scriptures to us, no matter what it is, or where it takes us, or no matter how unfamiliar it is, no matter how uncomfortable it seems at first.


Those who are Yahusha’s Disciples will follow Yahusha “whithersoever He goeth!” Only those who fully allow Messiah-in-them will be allowed to proceed to enter His Rest. For it is Messiah Himself who will enter in, along with those in whom He lives, just as Joshua and Caleb were the only ones of their generation to enter into the Land.


A Warning


Dear Fiveamprayer, you are encouraged not to believe anything without first seeking Yah in the Scriptures diligently as to the truth of a matter, including anything in this writing! We must be led by His Spirit, and as we approach maturity, or ‘marriageable’ age as a Bride. The Ruach HaQadesh will lead us in places that we would not desire or want to go. However, as we put ‘self’ to death, we will allow Him to gird us, and we will then go where He leads. Only then do we begin to truly follow Him (John 21:18-19).


We must, however, find our point of departure into uncharted waters. We must confirm what we understand, and what we do not yet understand. Most find their current understanding is mostly ‘Commandments of Men’ based on twisted Scripture. We will now review a few basics of Scripture that Yahusha’s Disciples should come to understand, by diligent seeking in the Scriptures, just as did the Bereans, who searched the Scriptures to see whether these things Paul was saying were true.


In our seeking, we must do two things. First, we must come to an unshakeable understanding of Biblical ‘Grace,’ in order that we may walk in the ‘mystery’ of ‘Messiah-in-you’ (Col 1:27); and second, we must discard any Traditions of Men that do not agree with Scripture, the Doctrines and Traditions we have accumulated in our understanding and practice. All our focus then begins to be upon the issues of Messiah-in-you.


Messiah-In-You


Most of the children of Yah understand that by the Blood of the spotless Lamb of Yah, who is Yahusha the son of Yah, we have been redeemed from slavery to another master, called “Sin,” and also by this shed Blood of Yahusha we have forgiveness of all Sins — our Transgressions of the Law [Torah] (1John 3:4). This forgiveness of our Sins places us in right standing with Yah, without any works on our part whatsoever. It is by His Grace alone that we are forgiven, and are Born-again by the Spirit of Yah. His Blood has cleansed us, and He has given us the ‘Blessing of Abraham’ — which is Righteousness by Faith.


As citizens, we have been set free, and forgiven, and cleansed for a purpose, just as a vessel must be cleansed before it is filled (Gal 3:14). Let us now look at the purpose for our cleansing. Notice the following passage:


Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom Yah would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Hamachiach in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Hamachiach Yahusha: (Colossians 1:26-28)


Notice the issue of ‘Messiah-in-you’ is listed as a mystery. Not many will understand it. Second, we see that ‘Messiah-in-you’ is the hope of glory. The use of the word ‘the’ shows exclusiveness, and tells us that this is the only hope of glory, of being counted among those called “My Glory,” and of being among those who will be allowed to enter in to the City of the King. The word ‘perfect’ shows that the goal of informing others about ‘Messiah-in-you’ is that they would become ‘perfect’ or complete, a term referring to the preparation of the Company of citizens, just as a Bride prepares for her Husband.


Notice also that this description of perfection is not what man would call perfection, but is simply a Biblical term meaning complete, a term that describes the state of those in whom Messiah-in-them has been allowed to come to fullness, so that Messiah-in-them can bring them in to the Land.


As we look further, we can see in several passages the purpose of our cleansing. We are cleansed, so that we might be filled with the fullness of Yahusha, by His promised Spirit (Gal 3:14). This is done so that we might be directed into the Way of Truth, so that we may have right relationship and fellowship with Yahusha, and with His children; and so that we might bear the resulting fruit unto Yah.


Just as a baby in the natural sense is the result of an intimate fellowship, so it is in the spiritual realm. It is in this way that we become Born-Again, in that Messiah becomes birthed within us, and “Messiah-in-us” is formed within us. This is how He comes forth in us, and how we grow up in Him, as we mature, and become increasingly obedient to all of Scripture (Gal 4:19; Eph 4:15).


Yah desires that we walk together with Him, day by day. As we choose daily to allow ourselves to be conformed to the image of Messiah, we begin to notice that some of the dealings of Yah are not as we expected. We go through many experiences of what we think is death to self, and it really is, but resurrection life is brought forth as a result! The Master deals with us about yokes of bondage, and how we are not to be yoked again, but then expects us to take on His yoke of bondage (Matt 11:29-30), the yoke of bondage in betrothal to Him, in the marriage Covenant with Him (Ezekiel 20:37).


This last step is very difficult for most citizens to do, since they have been trained by their teachers and false prophets to avoid all forms of bondage, including the ‘Bond(age)’ of Love between the Lamb and His Bride! It may be noted here that the main feature of the Mountain of Yah’s presence — His habitation, called Mount Zion in Scripture — is ‘Bondage.’ Everything of Truth in Yah’s kingdom appears as Bondage, and for that reason only the few, the very elect of Yah, will attempt to come near, and touch the Mountain.


In our next item in this series, we will look at several vivid examples of what Scripture says, in contrast to what many have been taught today. We will see how this false teaching can change our behaviour, and can thus actually disqualify us from entering His Rest, and from being among the Bride-Company.