The Counting of the Omer--Teach us how to number our days!!!
Leviticus 23, Psalm 119
We are walking in today: The Counting of the Omer--Teach us how to number our days!!!
Witness number throughout the Bible: H4487 manah--to count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare
Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Torah: Genesis 13:16; Numbers 23:10
Prophets: 2 Samuel 24:1; Isaiah 65:12; Jonah 1:17, 4:7, 4:8
Writings: 1 Kings 3:8, 8:5; 2 Kings 12:10; 1 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 5:6; Psalms 61:7; Ecclesiastes 1:15; Daniel 1:5
Yesha'yahu also cries concerning Yashar'el, Though the number of the children of Yashar'el be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: Romaiym (Romans) 9:27
And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Shabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Shabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh Shabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a renewed oblation unto Yahuah. Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:15-16
Psalm 119 in its entirety key verses 1-8
א Aleph Blessed are the undefiled in the Way, who walk in the Torah of Yahuah. Blessed are they that guard his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. You have commanded us to guard your precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed to guard your statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments. I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments. I will guard your statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Tehilliym (Psalms) 119:1-8
The Omer is an offering of wheat and measurement that was commanded to be brought before the priests every year. By the children of Israel. As part of the gratitude of Yahuah's provisions and an idiom of El Elyon as being the bread of life. As well as mankind characterized by the wheat and tares. Yahusha's parable told to his disciples.
And Yahusha said unto them: I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst. Yochanon (John) 6:35
So each day counting up to the 50th day. Leads up to Pentecost starting from the first day of counting the Omer. During the 7-week count. Each day has a connection to walking with Yahuah and bringing the Omer offering made by fire to the priest.
Fire
#784. esh
Strong's Concordance
esh: a fire
Original Word: אֵשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: esh
Phonetic Spelling: (aysh)
Short Definition: fire
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
a fire
NASB Translation
blazing (1), burned* (1), burning (1), burning coals (1), fiery (1), fire (362), fires (2), flame (1), flaming (3), flashing (1), man (1).
#562. omer
Strong's Concordance
omer: promise, speech, thing, word
Original Word: אֹ֫מֶר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: omer
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-mer)
Short Definition: promise
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs
Ok, so we have the count of the Omer. Which is the offering made by fire, which is man. This tells me what El Eyon is saying nowadays, that we are to count each day as a sacrifice of self. Anything that is not of Hashem as each Omer is read. Shows us what area that needs to be cleaned and healed in order to receive the blessings and promises of counting up to Pentecost (Shavuot). We will be discussing Shavuot in tomorrow's lesson.
Now, what are we specifically counting?
Psalms 119 Has sections that are marked off by the Hebrew aleph bet. Starting from aleph to the last letter Tov. Contained in the sections are prayers. These alphabets are the original language of the Hebrews and of the Bible. One of the world's most ancient letters and languages. The belief is that Ahya Asher Ahya created life by the announcement by the using of these letters. The other interesting fact is that the Aleph Tov has a numerical value. These 22 letters that have a numerical value. Also, the Aleph Tov value changes after the 10th letter. Which is Yod valued at 10. From there all of the power goes by 10 so after Yod is Kaf=20 the 11th alphabet. So even though it's the 11th aleph bet it's valued at 20 and so forth to the 22nd and last aleph. Which is Tov equaling 400.
The power is found in the instructions to count. Since we have found that our Yahuah does things in cycles. The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) 1:9
Let all things be done decently and in order. Qorintiym Ri'shon (1 Corinthians) 14:40
So we learn to count seasons, days and months. From one Feast Day and its season to the next as a perpetual regulation from generation to generation. The same Feast Days implemented some thousands of years ago. Given to Adam then to Moses than to Israel. Never changing except for the sacrifices of animals because of the ultimate sacrifice. Yahusha paid it all to the T. The laws of sin and death. That will be another lesson but not to be overlooked.
Due to all the feast days of The Most High pointing to Him. Every part of the feast days is observed to the specific time of year since its establishment. The significance isn't just for selfish man-made traditions. That all point to everything other than what God established from the beginning.
I repeat. All God's feast days once again points back to Him and can be found not only in the scriptures. We read.... or may not, but not only are they found in the scriptures. But they are to be observed as a sign of a covenant between the children of Yahuah or the children of many gods (The nations outside of Torah).
In making the Omer count in our lives, meditating on these scriptures will be helpful in addition to reading Psalm 119 and each section of alphabet
WEEK 1
The first 'week' or cycle in this period is the Feast of Unleavened Bread is a time to remove all the leaven - all the wrong doctrine and ensure that we truly are 'unleavened' and "be renewed in the spirit of our mind"
Days:
Sunday: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8
Monday: Romans 12:1-2
Tuesday: Ephesians 4:20-24
Wednesday: Ephesians 4:29-32
Thursday: Ephesians 5: 1-2
Friday: Ephesians 5:15-20
WEEK 2
The second week brings us to the purging of His Word upon the worldly sources of life. We have to crucify the old nature and its lusts. Healing will be the resultant blessing.
Days:
Sunday: Galatians 5:16-18
Monday: Galatians 5:22-26
Tuesday: 1 John 2:15-17
Wednesday: James 3: 1-6
Thursday: James 3: 8-12
Friday: James 3:13-18
WEEK 3
That brings us to the place of submitting to the ordinances which He has established and putting to death the inclination of our rebellious natures.
Days:
Sunday: 1 Peter 3: 1-6 or 7-12
Monday: Titus 2: 1-10
Tuesday: 1 Peter 5: 5-7
Wednesday: 1 Timothy 5:1-2
Thursday: Romans 13: 1-5
Friday: Romans 13: 6-7; Hebrews 13:17
WEEK 4
The lusts of the flesh have to be brought into subjection to the spirit. We have to make Yahusha the source of our life and draw our sustenance from Him.
Days:
Sunday: James 1:12-15
Monday: 1 John 3: 4-9
Tuesday: John 8:31-32
Wednesday: John 15: 1-8
Thursday: 1 John 5: 3-5
Friday: John 15: 9-15
WEEK 5
We are instructed to keep the Sabbath and to rest in Him and trust Him for our provision. We must put to death the motivation of our own nature, our own will, and cease from our own works
Days:
Sunday: Hebrews 4: 1-16
Monday: James 4:13-17
Tuesday: Proverbs 3: 5-10
Wednesday: Proverbs 4:26-27
Thursday: Romans 8: 5-8
Friday: Isaiah 58:13-14
WEEK 6
Our natural man doesn't want to die. We have to learn to drink from the Rock, from the living water He supplies.
Days:
Sunday: John 4:10-15
Monday: 1 John 1: 1-3
Tuesday: John 1: 1-5; 14-18
Wednesday: Matthew 6:31-34
Thursday: Colossians 3: 1-4
Friday: Colossians 3:16-17
WEEK 7
War with Amalek ensues. This time it is not a natural battle, it is a spiritual one that can only be won through prayer over the forces of the enemy. We have to stand upon His Word (the Rock) and win the victory over his assault.
Days:
Sunday: 1 Thessalonians 5: 5-8
Monday: 1 Peter 5: 8-11
Tuesday: Ephesians 6:10-13
Wednesday: Ephesians 6:14-18
Thursday: 1 John 4: 4-6
Friday: Jude 20-25
Shema Selah let us pause and consider the goodness of preparing for His appointed times as we walks us through this 50 omer count leading us to Shavout!! The giving of the Torah and causes us to remove that which is not like Him and seek to reflect the Most High in our lives!!