THE LANGUAGE OF EXILE PART 4

Psalm chapter 40










Today we are walking in: The Language of Exile Part 4




























Jos 22:24




And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying: In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying: What have ye to do with Yahuah Elohai of Yashar'el? Yahusha (Joshua) 22:24
















Today we look to the word- SPEAK- H559 'amar--to say, speak, utter, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend







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









Gen 18:27




And Avraham answered and said: Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Adonai, which am but dust and ashes: Bere'shiyth (Genesis) 18:27




Gen 24:45




And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rivqah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray you. Bere'shiyth (Genesis) 24:45









Exo 4:14




And the anger of Yahuah was kindled against Mosheh, and he said, Is not Aharon the Leviyiy your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Shemoth (Exodus) 4:14











Exo 12:3




Speak ye unto all the assembly of Yashar'el, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: Shemoth (Exodus) 12:3




Lev 7:29




Speak unto the children of Yashar'el, saying: He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto Yahuah shall bring his oblation unto Yahuah of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. Vayiqra (Leviticus) 7:29









Lev 17:2




Speak unto El-Aharon, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Yashar'el, and say unto them; This is the thing which Yahuah has commanded, saying: Vayiqra (Leviticus) 17:2







Deu 27:14




And the Leviyiym shall speak and say unto all the men of Yashar'el with a loud voice, Devariym (Deuteronomy) 27:14












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





2Sa 14:12




Then the woman said: Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my el-adoniy the king. And he said: Say on. Shemu'el Sheniy (2 Samuel) 14:12







Isa 30:10




Which say to the seers: See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 30:10







Jer 1:7




But Yahuah said unto me: Say not, I am a child, for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:7







Jer 5:14




Wherefore thus says Yahuah Elohai Tseva'oth: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 5:14







Jer 18:11




Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Yahudah, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying: Thus says Yahuah; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 18:11







Eze 3:10




Moreover he said unto me, son of A'dam, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart and hear with your ears. Yechezq'el (Ezekiel) 3:10





the writings bear witness.............



1Ki 12:7




And they spoke unto him, saying: If you will be a servant unto this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. Melekiym Ri'shon (1 Kings) 12:7







1Ki 22:14




And Miykayahu said, As Yahuah lives, what Yahuah says unto me, that will I speak. Melekiym Ri'shon (1 Kings) 22:14







2Ki 6:12




And one of his servants said, None, my adoniy, O king: but Eliysha, the prophet that is in Yashar'el, tells the king of Yashar'el the words that you speak in your bedchamber. Melekiym Sheniy (2 Kings) 6:12







Psa 45:1




My heart is indicting a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Tehilliym (Psalms) 45:1




Psa 94:4




How long shall they utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Tehilliym (Psalms) 94:4













In the Scriptures, the word Torah is synonymous with the word Wisdom and also with the expression the Tree of Life. Therefore, the Torah is not only Yah's Teaching and Instruc-tion-Torah represents life itself! The Torah scroll is a visual demonstration of what Yah has already written on your heart and placed within your mind according to the New Covenant. In other words, the Most High takes these words written on the Torah scroll and makes them come alive to you by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Tanakh (Old Testament) uses various words to refer to Yah's instructions for His people. The most commonly used words are:




• Law

• Decrees; Statutes

• Judgments; Ordinances

• Commands; Testimonies




The majority of people and ministers today still see the Torah as law rather than teaching. They're innocent, and the reason they are innocent is because we have failed to teach and disciple them in the Torah. When you look at this list of words: law, commands, decrees, judgments, ordinances, statutes, testimonies, you are going to sense a certain hardness in the translation. But if I translate these words back into their original Hebrew, they become the words, "Torah," "Chukim," "Mishpatim," and "Mitzvot."




1. Law (Torah):




If I say the word "law" in English, you may think of the Highway Patrolman pulling you over and writing you a ticket. You hear law, and you naturally think legalism. But, in the Hebrew mindset, Torah is not law as is the Western or Greek understanding of the word. Torah is Teaching, Instruction, Guidance, and Direction leading to life. Torah is practical Yahly Instruction for His holy people.




2. Decrees; Statutes (Chukim):




The word "Chukim" means image, a lasting impression, or to take upon the image of Yah. The 613 Principles of the Torah are not intended as harsh, rigid decrees or statutes of Law. They are life-giving Principles which reflect the image-the nature and character— of Yah. The Chukim should create a lasting impression for us and our descendants; an impression that reflects the glory of the Divine nature within us.




3. Judgments; Ordinances (Mishpatim):




The word "Mishpatim" actually refers to Yah's deliverer and deliverance. So how was this word translated as judgment? Whenever you take a word from Hebrew—an action and love language, and then translate it into Greek

—a rigid and exacting language, you are going to transmit that hardness in the translation. In the case of "Mishpatim," if I use the word judgment instead of the word deliverance, there's a big difference to your ears! If I come to judge you, it gives a connotation that you are guilty of something. Many, many people live with ambiguous feelings of guilt and shame, but they are actually living in fear. Fear is not the absence of the Presence of Yah; fear is the absence of the presence of direction. And what is Torah? Torah is guidance, teaching, and direction. In other words, the Torah written on your heart and mind already has an instruction embedded in you, and when the Holy Spirit embodies and empowers that instruction, it leads to deliverance (Mishpatim) and never judgment.




4. Commands; Testimonies (Mitzvot):




A more accurate English translation of the Hebrew word "Mitzvot" is deeds, good works, or works of righteousness. This category of Instructions in the Torah is intimately associated with compassion, charity, and alms-giving. It draws on the empathetic reaches of our hearts as fellow human beings, to care for and share with one another.




Law, Decrees, Judgments, Testimonies— these are legal terms, and they illustrate the difference between covenant law, and man's law. In man's law you rely on precedent and stat-ute; you require case law. The words Teaching, Image, Deliverance, and Deeds-these terms come out of covenant law. You're in covenant with Yah. You don't have to earn salvation through works. You are not trying to appease a pagan Yah. In Yahusha, you're no longer under the judgment of the law of sin and death. You are not in pursuit of Yah; Yah is in pursuit of you!




Most of the time in the Scriptures, when legal words such as law, statutes, decrees, or testimonies appear in translation, you can restore the intended meaning by substituting the original Hebrew words and meanings back into the Biblical text. The following examples compare several English translations side-by-side with the original Hebrew understanding:




1. Law (Torah): Teaching, Instruction, Guidance

"I delight to do Your will, O my Yah, and Your law (Torah) is within my heart."




"I delight to do Your will, O my Yah, and Your Teaching (Torah) is within my heart."(Psalms 40:8, emphasis added)




"Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Most High, and teach out of Your law (Torah)"




"Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Most High, and teach out of Your guidance (Torah)*(Psalms 94:12, emphasis added)




"Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law (Torah); indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart."




"Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your Instruction (Torah); indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart."(Psalms 119:34, emphasis added)




2. Decrees; Statutes (Chukim): Image;

Lasting Impression; Image of Yah




"In the day when your walls are to be built, in that day the decree (chukim) shall go far and wide."




"In the day when your walls are to be built, in that day the image of Yah (chukim) shall go far and wide." (Micah 7:11, emphasis added)




"The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute (chukim), to Israel as an everlasting covenant"




"The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a lasting impression (chukim), to Israel as an everlasting covenant" (Psalms 105:9-10, emphasis added)




3. Judgments; Ordinances (Mishpatim):

Yah's Deliverer; Deliverance




"For when Your judgments (mishpatim) are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."




"For when Your deliverers (mishpatim) are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness." (Isaiah 26:9, emphasis added)




"For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments (mishpatim) have been manifested."




"For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your deliverers (mishpatim) have been manifested." (Revelation 15:4, emphasis added)




4. Commands; Testimonies (Mitzvot):

Deeds; Works of Righteousness




"You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Most High your Yah, His testimonies (mitzvot), and His statutes which He has commanded you."




"You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Most High your Yah, His deeds (mitzvot), and His statutes which He has commanded you." (Deuteronomy 6:17, emphasis added)




"All the paths of the Most High are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies (mitzvot)."




"All the paths of the Most High are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His works of righteousness (mitzvot)." (Psalms 25:10, emphasis added)




Translation, Translation, Translation




The results of interpreting Biblical concepts and Hebrew expressions from a Greek mindset have been disastrous for both Hamachiachianity and Juda-ism. Much of this has happened because the Bible is a Middle-Eastern book that we have read from a Western cultural perspective.




It's a matter of restoring a Hebrew mindset of the Spirit and life found within the Torah,and removing a negative Greek mindset of law that still permeates the Church today. This does NOT mean that I'm against the Church, I teach in churches all the time. The message I'm bringing is a teaching that won't frustrate you, that is not common, and that separates you. This message will cause you to truly prosper and to have gain and increase in your life.




"Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does." (James 1:21-25, emphasis added)




Within the Torah are Yah's Principles that cause you to prosper spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally. The main reason why so many believers today have lost their fire for Yah is because they are frustrated. And why are they frustrated? Because they're not walking in Yah's purpose for their lives. And what is the purpose of Yah for your life? The Torah.




Yah is a Yah of order, and not of chaos. The Torah is a Book of order, and order is the accurate arrangement of all things. Yah is returning you to the Torah in order to remove those things which are inaccurately arranged in your life. The Torah is light (or) in the midst of your darkness. By the Torah, Yah removes your chaos and brings your life back into order. Yah has a definitive purpose for your life, and that purpose is the message that people in the Church seem to be starving for.




Because of the misunderstandings of the meaning of Torah and its role in the life of the believers today, Paul is often accused of forsaking the Torah, teaching against the Torah, and starting a new religion called Hamachiachianity. While tradition says otherwise, Paul was not a Hamachiachian in the Western sense, nor did he ever become one!

Paul was a Torah-observant Jew.




"For Hamachiach is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." (Romans 10:4, emphasis added)




The word "end" in Greek is "telos," and is more properly translated as "goal." Hamachiach is the telos

—the goal of the law. Paul is not saying that the Torah has "ended," Paul is simply saying that the Torah points people to Jesus, the ultimate goal of the Torah!




Paul also speaks of different kinds of laws, but this is hard to distinguish because the same Greek word, nomos, is used for each reference and translated into English as law without any distinction.




What was the faith of Paul? It was the Torah!

Remember, Paul is writing to those raised in the Torah, those who already understand Torah as teaching and not as legalism. So when you read your Bible, you may have a hard time knowing the difference between the law of sin and death and the law of Hamachiach Jesus. You have to discern which law are the Scriptures talking about? The first century believers were asking the same questions. That's why, in Romans 3, they came to Paul and questioned, "Has the Torah been done away with?" And Paul answered saying, "Heaven forbid! Yah has terminated the law of sin and death, not His holy Law-Torah.




Since Paul's writings do not make a clear distinction between the holy law of Yah and the law of sin and death, it is easy to get confused and think Paul was writing negatively about the Torah. When Paul seems to be writing negatively about the Torah, he is really writing against the misuse of the Torah as the legalistic system of rules and regulations one must keep in order to be saved. Phrases such as "under the law," "works of the law," or "curse of the law" refer to this misuse or perversion of the law...Paul also speaks against a certain group of Hebrew believers called

"Judaizers," who taught that the Gentiles had to keep the Torah as a requirement for salvation.






"For the law of the Spirit of Life in Hamachiach Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:2)