YAH’S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MANKIND

Genesis chapter 1






Today we are walking in: Yah’s Original Plan For Mankind






Genesis 22:5

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, H7812 and come again to you.












WORSHIP










Today we look to the word-WORSHIP- H7812 shachah--to bow down; prostrate oneself before superior in homage; before the Most High in worship













The Torah testifies.........……






Genesis 24:26

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped H7812 the LORD.






Exodus 4:31

And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. H7812









Exodus 34:14

For thou shalt worship H7812 no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:









Deuteronomy 8:19

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship H7812 them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.













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









Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped H7812 the LORD with their faces to the ground.









Nehemiah 9:3

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped H7812 the LORD their God.









Jeremiah 25:6

And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship H7812 them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.









Zechariah 14:16

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship H7812 the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.












The writings bear witness............






Joshua 5:14

And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, H7812 and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?






1Chronicles 16:29

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship H7812 the LORD in the beauty of holiness.









2 Chronicles 7:3

And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, H7812 and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever









Psalm 66:4

All the earth shall worship H7812 thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.








Chapter 1


YAH’S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MANKIND


Yah’s greatest desire as revealed in the Scriptures is for a family.


IN the beginning Elohiym created את the heavens and את the earth. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 1:1 את CEPHER. Land and seas, plants and animals, birds and sea creatures all came forth at His spoken word.


And Elohiym said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. So Elohiym created man in his own image, in the image of Elohiym created he him; male and female created he them. And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 1:26-28 את CEPHER.


This crowning act of creation was a result of Yah’s desire to have a family. He wanted someone to be His friend and to live with Him as a son. Yah’s original plan was that man would share in His authority and rule, not serve Him as a servant. This is why Yahusha Hamachiach is the “King of kings and Lord of lords” (Rev. 19:16b), not the King of subjects. Yah was interested in a completely different kind of relationship than we normally think of when we talk about a king. He wanted sons who would not only be led by the King but who would also exercise the King’s authority and rule on earth.


This relationship between Yah and man is of paramount importance to Yah. Creation shows this to be true. The first thing Yah gave man was His image and likeness, because that was the first thing Yah wanted man to have. The second thing Yah did was to place man in His presence, which is the meaning in the Hebrew language of the word Eden. Therefore, Yah’s greatest desire was that man would act like Him and live with Him.


Yah WANTED MAN TO HAVE HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS AND TO LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE.


The word image means “resemblance” (Strong’s, H6754) or “exact likeness” (Webster’s, “image”). Therefore, to be made in Yah’s image means that man resembles Yah and is an exact likeness of Him. He has Yah’s true nature and His spiritual and moral character. In the Scriptures, the word Eden refers to a place of Yah’s presence (see Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13). So Yah gave man His nature and then put Him in His presence. These were Yah’s priorities.


Yah did not establish reverent patterns, pious traditions, or religious activities in the Garden of Eden. There was simply a relationship between Yah and man. Establishing and maintaining this relationship continues to be Yah’s primary concern. He is much more concerned about our fellowship with Him than about our works, our activities, our traditions, and even our busyness. Yah wants relationship—that’s the bottom line—and everything Yah established for man was built on this desire for fellowship.


Thus, Yah created man for a specific purpose: to have dominion over all the earth; with an image different from that of all other parts of His creation: His own spiritual and moral nature; and with the ability to function like He does: seeing things that are not yet visible (faith). The Scriptures clearly show this intent of Yah that man would be more like Him than the rest of creation, and that he would think and act like Yah.


What is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet (Psalm 8:4-6; see also Hebrews 2:6-8).


Truly, the creation of man was Yah’s greatest production, and He described the man He had made as being “very good” (see Gen. 1:31). Sadly, what Yah intended for man and man’s current experience are quite different. This difference is a result of man’s choice to disregard the principles that are an inherent part of Yah’s creation.


Yah Is a Yah of Principles


Man’s ability to fulfill his purpose and to be all Yah intended him to be is predicated on the requirement that he obey the principles Yah established when He created human beings. Why is this true? Yah is a Yah of principles. Everything He created was established to operate by certain principles that guarantee its proper function. This pattern in creation includes human beings. We were created to operate by principles that Yah established before He created us.


These principles or rules of operation for human beings are found throughout the Bible, although they are not always referred to as principles. They may also be referred to as Yah’s laws, ordinances, precepts, statutes, commands, commandments, decrees, instructions, word, and ways. Although the meaning of each of these words carries a slightly different nuance from the others, they all carry within them the basic concept of a principle, which is a law that is established to preserve and protect a created thing and to assure its maximum performance. So each time these words occur in Scripture, the particular word used may be removed and the word principle may be inserted in its p lace. These varying words for Yah’s principles can be clearly seen in Psalms 19 and 119:


The Torah of Yahuah is perfect, restoring the soul: the testimony of Yahuah is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of Yahuah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Yahuah is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Yahuah is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of Yahuah are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in guarding of them there is great reward. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 19:7-11 את CEPHER.


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. בּ BEYT - Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word. With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments. Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O Yahuah: teach me your statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways. I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word. ג GIMMEL - Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and guard your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your Torah. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 119:1-18 את CEPHER




Characteristics of Principles


Since a satisfying relationship with Yah, each other, and the rest of Yah’s creation is predicated on our obeying His principles in creation, let’s look now at some of the characteristics or properties of principles. Understanding these properties can help us to understand how principles function in our life.


Principles are permanent. When Yah created human beings, He created them to breathe oxygen. Although many years have passed since Yah first formed man from the dust of the earth, and man has found many ways to “better” his life experience, man still needs oxygen to survive. In essence, any environment where oxygen is absent is deadly to man.


Principles never change; they remain constant. In the English system of measurement, a yard has been determined to equal 36 inches. Now, you may create a stick that measures 35 inches long and call it a “yardstick,” but this in no way changes the principle that a yard is a unit of measurement equal in length to the sum of 36 inches. In essence, a stick 35 inches in length is not equal to a yard no matter what you call it, because a yard, by the principle of its definition, contains 36 inches. In a similar manner, modifications by our society to Yah’s standards of conduct do not change Yah’s law. Yah’s law is constant, even as He is constant (see Num. 23:19).


Principles work anywhere. One of the laws of nature is that water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0 degrees Celsius). It doesn’t matter whether you freeze water at the north pole or at the equator, water cooled to 32 degrees F (assuming the water is not contaminated with other substances that skew the water’s freezing point) will turn to ice. In the same manner, we can expect that Yah’s laws apply to us no matter where or when we live. His principles are applicable in all times, cultures, and geographic locations.


Principles protect the product. This characteristic of principles can be illustrated by the care labels that many clothing manufacturers sew into their garments at the collar or a side seam. These specifications by the manufacturer regarding the garment’s care may include requirements concerning water temperature for washing, line drying versus the use of a clothes dryer, and washing in water versus dry cleaning. The manufacturer provides these instructions to protect the clothing from possible harm that could result in shrinkage of the fabric, color loss, premature breakdown of the fibers, or other damage. Yah’s laws are also intended to protect us from harm. Although they may at times appear to limit our choices, these limitations are always given by Yah to protect our freedom and well- being.


Principles can never be broken. The laws of gravity state that the mass of the earth, the moon, or another planet will exert a certain pull on objects at or near its surface. This pull will draw the objects toward it. With the invention of airplanes, helicopters, and other modes of air transportation, one might say that the laws of gravity have been broken. Such a statement can never be true because a principle of creation cannot be broken. What can happen is that man devises various means to combat or redirect the forces of gravity. Then, although the principle of gravity is not evident in a particular event or circumstance, the principle itself—that is, the rule that objects at or near the earth’s surface are pulled toward the earth if they are not in some manner prevented from doing so—still holds true.


Principles, when violated, produce destruction. What seems right to you for the use of a product is not necessarily in agreement with what the manufacturer of a product intended. For example, when you buy an iron, the box it comes in contains a little booklet that lists the commandments or laws of the manufacturer concerning its function. These are often called the operating instructions. They tell you how to use the iron so you get the maximum performance from it.


Now you could take that iron, plug it into the wall, and put it into the bathtub with you to heat up the water. Since an iron is supposed to get hot, that way may seem right to you: “The iron is hot and the water is cold, so I’ll just put the iron into the water to make it warm.” Guess what? There’s a way that seems right unto man, but the end of it is a shocking experience! Both you and the iron will suffer damage because of your choice to violate the iron’s operating instructions (principles).


Principles contain inherent judgment. This last characteristic of principles is particularly important. For example, the principle of fire is heat. When you put your hand in fire, you can expect to get burned because fire produces heat. In other words, you don’t get burned because Yah burns you or the devil burns you. You get burned because heat is a principle of fire. In essence, the judgment—the burn—is inherent in the principle.


Thus, much of what we call “acts of Yah” are simply judgments that are inherent in Yah’s principles of creation. For example, Yah has killed no man. Rather, “the wages [natural result] of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23a). When you play around with sin and start flirting with things you shouldn’t be doing, you don’t have to worry whether someone will find you out, because your own activities will tell on you. Why is this true? Sin contains an inherent judgment. When you violate Yah’s principle, the principle itself contains your discipline or punishment.


Yah’s Use of Principles


The verses previously quoted from Psalms 19 and 119 also clearly reveal the necessity of understanding and obeying Yah’s principles of creation. This is true because only the manufacturer of a product knows what factors are necessary to obtain the maximum operation of the product. In essence, you can’t use a product according to your own ideas and expect it to fulfill what the manufacturer promised it could and would do. If you want a product to work, doing all that the manufacturer said it would do, you have to obey the principles (laws, commandments, instructions, etc.) of the one who designed and made the product.


Yah’s demands of us are always based on His principles, because He knows we cannot fulfill our purpose and enjoy fulfillment in life unless we operate within the parameters (principles) He has set for us. The effects of His laws cannot be avoided because they are inherent to the law. Therefore, our relationship with Yah, both our perception of Him and His response to us, is based on how we respond to the principles He has established throughout creation. He is not capricious in His responses to us, but rather is “faithful and just” (see Ps. 111:7 and 1 John 1:9).


IF YOU WANT A PRODUCT TO WORK, YOU HAVE TO OBEY THE MANUFACTURER’S PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION.

We may prefer lawlessness, which is the freedom to do whatever we want to do, but our very creation by Yah, our Manufacturer and Source, requires that we follow His principles. Should we choose lawlessness—doing what we want, when we want, how we want—we can expect to reap the inevitable results, which include slavery, death, and the loss of privileges or freedom. This is precisely what happened to the man and the woman in the Garden of Eden.


Disregard for Yah’s Principles Carries Consequences
When Yah placed the man in Eden, He gave him some instructions that were to govern his life in the garden. One of these instructions concerned what he could and could not eat.


And Yahuah Elohiym commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 2:16-17 את CEPHER


Please note that this command contains an inherent judgment. Death is the p roscribed consequence for disobeying this principle. Thus, Yah’s pronouncement to the man in Genesis 3:19, “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return,” is nothing more than the logical consequence of man’s choice to disobey Yah.


DEATH IS THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESENCE OF Yah IN A MAN OR A WOMAN’S LIFE.


This physical death that will inevitably claim every person, whether in infancy or in old age, is not, however, the only death man suffered because of his disobedience. The more serious consequence of man’s disregard for Yah’s principles for life in the garden was his loss of the Holy

Spirit and his subsequent separation from Yah. This spiritual death, as it may be called, is at the root of all the ills that plague us as individuals and as a society. In truth, man cannot and will not live up to the potential and purpose Yah built into him until the love and intimacy Yah and man enjoyed in the garden is restored. Because life in the presence of Yah is man’s ideal environment, Yah’s presence is also his greatest need. Man cannot truly live until the relationship between Yah and man is restored.


PRINCIPLES


1. Yah created man to share His image and authority.


2. Yah is more interested in relationship than in rules and traditions.


3. Everything Yah created is governed by principles.


4 . Fulfillment of purpose requires obeying Yah’s principles.


5. Principles contain these inherent characteristics: Principles are permanent.
Principles never change.
Principles work anywhere.
Principles protect the product.
Principles can never be broken.
Principles, when violated, produce destruction.
Principles contain inherent judgment.


6. Yah’s Word contains the principles that govern men and women.


7. Disobeying Yah’s commandments brings natural and spiritual consequences.