The Heart Of Stone, Is Against The Tree Of Life

Isaiah 45:11; Proverbs 3:17-18; Genesis 3:22-24, 2:9; Proverbs 3:1-18, 19:7-8; Psalms 1:1-3; Revelation 22:1-2, 22:14; Romans 4:16; Genesis 18:18-19, 26:5; Leviticus 19:2; 1 John 4:7-8; Psalms 116:5; 1 John 1:5; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10; Romans 10:4; Hebrews 10:5-7; Romans 3:20-28; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 8:1-3, 5-9; Genesis 17:1; Psalms 119:7-8; Ephesians 4:11-15; Hebrews 5:12-15; Isaiah 28:16; Ephesians 2:19-20; Psalms 78:1-4; Proverbs 1:1-6; 1 Corinthians 2:6,10-14; Ezekiel 43:10-12; Colossians 2:16-17; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Mark 4; Exodus 24:3; Numbers 14:1-4; Zechariah 7:11-12; Exodus 24:12; Deuteronomy 4:12, 9:10-11; Romans 8:3-10; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:8-12; Ezekiel 11:19-20; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6; Hebrews 10:15-16; John 14:16-17, 16:13; Psalms 119:42; John 17:17, 14:16-17; Galatians 5:22-25; Isaiah 46:9-10

We are walking in today:  The Heart Of Stone, Is Against The Tree Of Life

Witness dominion throughout the Bible:  H7287 radah to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down, subjugate

 Genesis 1:26, 1:28, 27:40, 37:8; Numbers 24:19; Judges 5:13, 14:4; 1 Kings 4:4, 9:19; Isaiah 26:13; Micah 4:8; Zechariah 9:10; 1 Chronicles 18:3; 2 Chronicles 8:6, 21:8; Nehemiah 9:28, 9:36-38; Job 25:2; Psalm 8:6, 19:13, 72:7-8, 103:22, 114:2, 119:133, 145:13; Daniel 4:13, 4:22, 4:34, 7:14, 7:27, 11:3; Matthew 20:25; Romans 6:9, 7:8; Ephesians 1:19-21; 1 Peter 4:11, 5:10-11; Revelation 1:5-6

The Torah, Yahweh's teaching and instruction was given to us on how to live our lives after being saved.  This is the tree of life that was planted in the middle of the garden of Eden. This tree is the way of pleasantness and all who grab a hold of it have life and peace.  The tree of life is the Torah!  According to the psalmist it is more desirable than silver and gold--even sweeter than honey in a honeycomb!  It is upon this that we are to meditate on day and night.  These are the Davar Elohim, Word of Yahweh our God!  This word that cannot be reversed nor will ever fail!  The words of the King of the Universe that once spoken become law!  The healing in the leaves of the tree of life--the sections of the Torah scroll are called leaves.  The Torah not only gives individual healing but these leaves heal all nations!  Fiveamprayer we have to know that in the Torah, Yahweh's teaching and instruction we have what we need for this life.  No longer hold off and focus on your after life, how are you supposed to live now? What directions have been given that we live peaceably with all we meet?  For He has provided richly for us in our obedience and yet we continue in disobedience that curse after curse chases us down.  Why do we need to know how to live, because without the Torah we have death surrounding us.  Curses on the left hand and on the right, yet we have step by step instructions of what to do as well as what happens when we don't--

Deuteronomy 28 

1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord Thy God;
59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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Testimony Tuesday--Wait On Yahweh, Your Elohim!

Psalm 27:14; Isaiah 40:31; Deuteronomy 31:50; Joshua 1:5; Psalm 138:2-7; Hebrews 13:5-6; Jeremiah 1:5, 29:11-14; Luke 12:7; 2 Samuel 22:4-7; Isaiah 47:8; Psalm 18:2; 1 John 4:18; Matthew 24; Isaiah 41:13, 26:3; Psalms 85:8; John 14:27; Philippians 4:6-7; Psalm 34:14, 4:8, 119:165; 2 Thessalonians 16:33; Exodus 7:15; Isaiah 62:8; John 16:33; Matthew 28:18; Luke 10:19; Psalm 5

We are walking in today:  Testimony Tuesday--Wait On Yahweh, Your Elohim!

Witness shout throughout the Bible:  H6030 `anah  to answer, respond, respond as a witness, receive an answer
Exodus 32:18; Numbers 23:21; Joshua 6:5, 6:10, 6:16, 6:20; 1 Samuel 4:5-6; Isaiah 12:6, 42:11, 44:23; Jeremiah 25:30, 31:7, 50:15, 51:14,; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 9:9; 2 Chronicles 13:15; Ezra 3:13; Psalm 5:11, 72:11, 35:27, 47:1, 47:5,65:13, 132:9, 132:16,; Acts 12:21-25; 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Fiveamprayer we have to understand that waiting shows in whom we trust.  He is the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful Yahweh, our Elohim!  He is with is forever!  But do you trust and believe on His word? He is the Lord God Almighty, the King of the universe!  Being King, all that He speaks is law and will, shall, must come to pass.  He hears our cries and His hand is mighty to save!  We are never left out nor forsaken!  Remain in His instructions for direction and protection.  For all is known by Yahweh from the very beginning.  We were known by Him before we were created in the womb.  Stop seeking everything and anyone else--no greater King has ever ruled!  No more loving Father, than our Heavenly Father!  No higher Creator, than He who created the whole world and all therein!  Seek after His heart to now His love for us!  We are to stand on the unfailing Rock of ages!  
When we begin to trust in our own abilities we are starting down a dangerous path.  For we alone have not the actual ability to succeed on our own.  Only His purposes stand, irregardless to what we plan. This is the shemitah year, we are to rest in His plans for us.  As we keep seeking and studying His Torah we find our path and way for our lives.  This aimless wandering and guessing must cease and we must follow the steps that He has laid out for us in examples throughout the Bible.  Only Yahweh can take scriptures that we have in some cases memorized and they now be opened up before us revealing much insight and wisdom.  The goal is the Torah and with this understanding we find where we miss the mark and can make the correction to realigned with His plan.  That which He knew the end of from the very beginning!  To hear this again click here.

Weekend Meditation--Yahweh's Blueprint For The House

Ezekiel 43:10-20; Hebrews 3:4, 3:6; 1 Timothy 3:15; Ephesians 2:19; 1 Peter 2:5; Psalm 118:22; Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:10-11; 1 Peter 2:7-8; Isaiah 28:16; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Psalm 18:30; 2 Samuel 2:31; Psalm 12:16, 66:10; Job 23:10; Zechariah 13:2-9; Exodus 25:1, 25:8-9; Hebrews 8:5; Revelation 21:1-3; 2 Corinthians 5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 28:1-6, 28:11-20; 1 Kings 8:12-20; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:19; Matthew 6:9, 4:30-32;Hebrews 10:1; Colossians 2:16-17; Psalm 40:7; Ecclesiastics 1:9; Isaiah 41:22, 42:9; Psalm 87:1; Joel 3:17; Isaiah 51:16; Psalm 48:1-2, 132:13; Hebrew 4:11-14; Luke 4:1-13; Deuteronomy 8:13, 7:12-14; 2 Corinthians 6:17, 7:1; Deuteronomy 7:14; Luke 4:19; Isaiah 61:1-2; Matthew 4:23, 5:3-16, 9:35, 11:4-6; 1 Peter 2:8; 1 Chronicles 16:7-36; Deuteronomy 1:1-3; Ezekiel 37; Exodus 19:5-6; Ezekiel 44; Amos 9:11; Acts 15:16-21; 2 Corinthians 6:16, 7:1; 1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 4, 12:1-2; Proverbs 3:1-3; Hebrew 12:10-14; Deuteronomy 7:21-23, 7: 25-26; 1 John 2:16; Deuteronomy 8:18, 9:7; Hebrews 4; Malachi 4:4-46; Genesis 1:1; John 1:1; Deuteronomy 11:13-21


We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Yahweh's Blueprint For The House

Witness race throughout the Bible:  H734 orach  the way, path, road, way of living, manner of a man
Psalm 19:1-5; Eccleastes 9:11; 1 Corinthians 9:24; Hebrews 12:1 

This arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living.  This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.

The Second Commandment-Exodus 20:4-5 You shall have no other gods before Me.  You shall not make yourself a carved image nor any likeness of that which is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the water beneath the earth.  You shall not prostrate yourself to nor worship them, for I am the LORD your God--a jealous God.
121. A Kohen with any blemish shall not approach the Altar --Leviticus 21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

122. A Kohen who is unclean shall not come near the Offerings --Leviticus 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.

123. A Kohen who is unclean shall not eat from the Offerings --Leviticus 22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

124. A person  who is not a Kohen shall not eat the Offerings --Leviticus 22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

125. A person who resides with a Kohen shall not eat the Offerings --Leviticus 22:10

126. A person who is the laborer of a Kohen shall not eat the Offerings --Leviticus 22:10

127. The daughter of a Kohen married to a person who is not a Kohen shall not eat the Offerings --Leviticus 22:10

128. The Kohanim shall not desecrate the Offerings --Leviticus 22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;

129. You shall not offer a blemished animal on the Altar --Leviticus 22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

130. You shall offer only unblemished offerings --Leviticus 22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

When building or constructing a house the directions of how to put it together is the blueprint.  The blueprint shows where the walls, wiring, plumbing are to go--includes the placements of the walls and other supports to keep the structure safe.  Only those with understanding can draw up the blueprints so that the ending result will be sound, safe and habitable.  Fiveamprayer we have been given a blueprint on how to operate and handle this house He has given us.  Adonai gives us His Torah to instruct us how to live our lives, it is the Way the Truth and the Life!  With this framework we are strengthened to stand in the face of many storms, being built on the Rock of His word--the unchangeable, infallible Davar Elohim, Word of Yahweh!  But many say that portion of the Bible is finished.  Yet we have most of the Next Testament coming from what was written in the First.  So that theory would cause the most of the Bible rendered obsolete for that which is not repeating from the Torah is expounding the principles as Yeshua taught the people and corrected the pharisees and scribes.  This idea would be the same as a house telling the architect and the blueprint, no I don't need you now that I am built and will change anything that I want to my liking?!  One of the biggest dangers in not being able to read or understand the blueprint is that if a load bearing wall is removed the whole structure can be compromised and no longer deemed safe to dwell in.

Fiveamprayer, take a look at our lives, the removal of the 10 utterances or the 10 commandments from the courtrooms, prayer from schools and no longer observing the Lord's feast days has yielded us a wicked, greedy and indifferent to suffering nation of citizens.  This lack of care, concern and narrow focus on self has allowed legislation to pass that Yahweh tells us over and over again is an abomination to Him.  

We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained...

This is the country that was to be a nation under Almighty God, that George Washington said would be protected and blessed if this nation continued to seek Him and regard that which He ordained.  Yet we have made laws and voted in things that are not to be linked to Yahweh for He is totally against these terrible things.   This has resulted in us, the house of God, where His Spirit resides, to come under dis-ease and curses operating in our lives.  We were never to set down nor change His word, the Bible to suit our selfish desires!  We find ourselves lacking strength, but the chief corner stone has been reduced to paying our ransom over and over again. Will we continue in our own folly?  Can it not be seen that defeating the enemy is with our obedience to Yahweh's instruction?  The provision and protection are available to us within His instructions that we will seek to attain the goal that Yahweh has set for us.  For in His great mercy and grace, He covers us when we miss the mark but had the actions of attempting to walk out the principles to the best of our capability, instead of total disregard. Isaiah 32:4-6 (KJV) 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 

Yahweh so loves us that He gives us the pattern, the template--we are not having to craft our own, yet many of us have, to our downfall.  Moses gets the pattern of the tabernacle from what is in heaven.  Yeshua tells the disciples to pray in this manner in Matthew 6:9 and then we have how we are to treat each other in how Yeshua lived His life.  When we study the volume of the Book, these patterns show up and give us more details of how things will be in eternity.  The feast days are our rehearsals for our eternal time with Yahweh.  Things that are important are rehearsed, look at the instruction to Joshua:

Joshua 1:5-9 (NKJV) 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”  Fiveamprayer are you observing to do all that He had written in The Book of The Law?  Are you meditating on it day and night?  Are you observing to do all that is written in it?  For Elohim says, then you will make your way prosperous and have good success.  Has He not commanded you?  So take a look at your life and find out if you are prosperous and have good success.  The disobedience to His instructions and teachings leads to lack in every area of our lives, yet out obedience leads to all that is afforded to us according to His purpose and design!  This is not an argument but a self evaluation, take a look at your life.  You determine if there is lack in your life or dis-ease in your body.  What principles are you not adhering to?  Or totally disregarding? Or breaking will with wild abandon?  In Joshua it says 'haven't I commanded you?'  Commands are not optional--ask those in the military, can they comply with the drill Sargent demand at their leisure?  Is there a benefit to a quick response?  Take some time out this weekend to listen to this teaching again.  Take notes and really look over what is going on in your life to see where the mark was missed.  Study and pray to find what corrections need to be made.  You may find that you are crumbling under pressure due to removing a load bearing wall because of misunderstanding the blueprint which was given to preserve and protect out lives--it is not a restriction.  What is restricted by following His teaching and instruction is the enemy's access to your life and family. 

5 Smooth Stones, Yahweh's Justice System--Exodus 22

Exodus 22

We are walking in today:  5 Smooth Stones, Yahweh's Justice System--Exodus 22

Witness assembly throughout the Bible:  H6595 qahal assembly, company, congregation, convocation , or evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes, company (of returning exiles)

Genesis 49:5-7; Exodus 12:5-6, 16:3; Leviticus 4:13-14, 8:4, 23:34-36; Numbers 8:9, 10:2-3, 20:6, 20:8, 29:35; Deuteronomy 5:22, 9:10, 10:4, 16:8, 18:15-18; Judges 20:2; 1 Samuel 17:47; 2 Kings 10:20; Jeremiah 15:7, 50:9; Ezekiel 13:9; Joel 1:14, 2:15; Zephaniah 3:18; Psalm 89:7, 107:32, 111:1; Proverbs 5:14; Acts 19:32, 19:39; Hebrews 12:23-25

Here we have Yahweh's law code for the children of Israel.  First we have how the crime of thief is to be handled.  If the thief is caught in the night where it was not easy to determine what was going on, the death of the thief was allowed.  The theft happening in the daylight would afford a better understanding of what is going on and their life was not to be taken.  The person taking the items of value were to repay double.  If they were not able to pay double they could be sold into slavery and the money then used to replace the loss.   Imprisonment wasn't a part of Yahweh's justice plan.  The practice of imprisonment was common among the people surrounding the children of Israel or from those who where captured in war.  This chapter gives how to handle the loss of an animal, crops or items trusted to a neighbor.  The if this than that gives a clear line to the consequences from our actions.  Other laws of ancient peoples were varied and did not place as much emphasis of the protection of life as the instructions of Yahweh.  These laws stemmed from His compassion and shows the value of men over animals, or crops.  The consciousness of the person committing the crime--no matter their intent or circumstances, were to be upheld consistently.  The command that a witch was not to be suffered to live--that they would not proceed in the pagan practices of seeking those gods to do their bidding.  Another common practice of the other cultures was people having sex with animals was also prohibited.  The children of Israel were directed over and over to not do the things that the pagen people were doing, no should they mix in those practices with the instructions of Yahweh.  He knew that like many of us they would look for a loop hole.  Yes I am doing a pagan practice, but God knows my heart!  They are told over and over to not acknowledge, offer sacrifices to nor worship the pagan gods.  Do not allow anyone to entice you to go and worship pagan gods.  They were brought out of Egypt and had their own pagan customs that He was stripping from them.  Look at how the golden calf was set up when they thought Moses was on the mountain too long for time with Yahweh.  Not only was an idol set up but they set up a feast day and began to celebrate in error who delivered them out.

The provisions for the widows and orphans that they be not mistreated for when they cry our to Yahweh--He will hear and judge the situation.  Where is your concern for those without their father or having a deceased husband? For those those who give their cloak as collateral, you are not to keep it over night, for where is your compassion for them being warm at night?  The children of Israel were not to charge interest to there Israelite brothers and sisters.  Their hands were not to be shut against each other who is in need.  For Yahweh provides for them all but in the community they were not to allow their brother or sister to suffer when they could assist them.  This community mindset is often foreign to us now a days.  When many of us do not know our neighbors, nor are we able to go next door to borrow a cup of sugar.  This individual mindset is in contrast to the community mindset--the drive for individual success at the detriment of the community is not any part of the original intent for Yahweh's people operating in His government here on the earth.  To hear this again click here.

Power To Draw, But Not Deliver?

Isaiah 61:1-11; John 5:1-11, 1:12, 8:30; Psalm 119:11, Romans 8:1, Exodus 34; Ezekiel 8; Proverbs 15:22
 
We are walking in today:  Power To Draw, But Not Deliver?

Witness discover throughout the Bible:  H1540 galah  uncover, remove, depart, go into exile, lay bare, reveal
Deuteronomy 22:30; 1 Samuel 14:8; Isaiah 3:17; Jeremiah 13:26; Hosea 2:10; Micah 1:6; Nahum 3:5; Proverbs 18:2, 25:9

Fiveamprayer, we have to realized that there are people who believe, but they aren’t delivered, so they can’t live what they believe. It seems like as we continue our week to week worship services, we believe more in the mysticism of deliverance than we do in the practicality of deliverance. Deliverance doesn’t come through mysticism! It comes through the Word of Yahweh, and only by the changing that only Yahweh can do. Being delivered is being set free. The covenant with man is so that we can be set free; so that we can be separate from the world and we can be joined to Him; so we can be holy with Him; so we can die to the world and be holy with Him. There are things that are worldly that we need to be delivered from. We continue to come into atmospheres where we’re looking for some kind of sign. We’re leaving happier, but we’re still the same. It’s the truth that changes. It’s the truth that sanctifies. We are still a people that are so broken. We are so hurt. We are so frustrated.  It is this hurt, frustration and brokenness that actually impairs our ability to see. It also impairs our ability to do what Elohim has called us to do. Abraham was told by Yahweh to go to a land that He would show him.  It was His word that had already gone forth and secured the place that Abraham was to go. It was a journey of faith. Abraham heard what Yahweh said and he did just that--went to the land directed by Yahweh. 
We’re not delivered under our own strength or abilities.  Deliverance comes through obedience to the Word of God, the Davar Elohim that has been spoken and will not return void. How did the water get turned into wine at the wedding? Because they did was Yeshua said! If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. What does it mean to be in Christ? It means to be obedient. It means to hear what He says and do what He says. We can draw people because we can entertain them but we can’t deliver them because we won’t give them enough Word to be delivered. Who the Son sets free, he is free indeed. Jesus said that if you continue in my teaching you will know the truth and the truth will make you free. People aren’t walking in truth every day and people aren’t being delivered because they don’t know the truth. It’s up to us to deliver folks. It’s up to us to help people discover that their water has already been turned into wine. People who have been saved for years and years still carry the heavy burden of guilt and they have not been delivered from that. When you’re guilty, you deal with people that level. When you allow the Lord to deposit His Word inside of you, you allow Him to help you discover what’s already on the inside of you. He has already forgiven our lawlessness. You received the volume of the Book--now is the time to walk it out in your daily life not just for a few hours one day a week.  Nor should we make this an academic study void of actually application to our lives! Now you have to discover what’s already on the inside of you. We all want to be entertained. You don’t have to go to church to be entertained. You have to go to church to be discovered, so that you can discover the Holy Spirit inside of you. Where are the messengers that are carrying the good news? We are living in the Acceptable Year of the Lord! This is the year of deliverance! If we don’t tell them they’re free, who’s going to tell them? Now, go out and bless somebody else and tell them the truth. Amen!  To hear this again click here.

5 Smooth Stones--Genesis 19, Is America A Modern Day Sodom and Gomorrah?

Genesis 19, 13:10-12, 14:12; 2 Peter 2:7-8; Leviticus 18:22-30; Genesis 19:18; 1 Corinthians 3:15; Genesis 18:25; Ezekiel 16:49; Leviticus 18:22; Genesis 13:10; Luke 17:32; Deuteronomy 32:28-35; Jude

We are walking in today:  5 Smooth Stones--Genesis 19, Is America A Modern Day Sodom and Gomorrah?

Witness famine in the land throughout the Bible:  H7458 ra`ab famine or hunger in the land or community, depletion of Yahweh's word
Genesis 12:10, 26:1; Ruth 1:1; Amos 8:11

Fiveamprayer, today we are looking at Genesis 19 the which gives us the details of Lot leaving the area of Sodom and Gomorrah.  While going through this study consider if we see these same practices here in America in this current age and time. 
Now the plan of Elohim has been revealed and discussed with Abraham in Genesis 18 then we have Lot at the entrance of the gate of Sodom when the messengers of Yahweh arrive in the evening.  He knew that the practices of this town would be to either harass those who would dare to come to their city for refuge for the night if they were not wealthy or even kill them to let it be known that they have no hospitality within their walls.  They were a wealthy city and did not receive those in need with care nor concern.  This deep seeded greed lead to a twisted protection of their wealth at all costs and keeping up the reputation that others would avoid lodging over night or visiting all together.  When Lot saw the two messengers he quickly offered them a place for the night.  They declined and said that they would say in the town square for the night.  Lot would not hear of it and insisted that they would lodge with him.  They agreed.  This picture of finding Lot at the gate of the city shows that he is a civic leader in Sodom, for sitting at the gate was a position of honor and authority.  Once the messengers were in the house he fed them a great banquet.  This was interrupted by the men of the town come to Lot's house and demand that the messengers were given to them that they would know them sexually.  Another of the wicked sins of Sodom and Gomorrah was the practice of homosexuality.  With this added to the greed they had as a wealthy city lead to the abuse and mistreatment of many people and not solely for physical pleasure.  Lot tries to convince this mob of men to not do this wicked thing, for these messengers had come under his roof and protection.  He even offers up his two virgin daughters, to these men were not distracted from their goal in the least and persisted and would have pressed in upon them from the outside as they shoved Lot against the door.  The messengers of Yahweh brought Lot in and struck the men without with physical blindness to match their moral blindness.
We can see here in America that 32 of the 50 states have passed laws in favor of same sex marriages.  This is a direct violation of the Torah, the Davar Elohim, the Word of God.  He gives us His plan for marriage in the beginning of the Bible.

Genesis 2:21-25 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

This sin of homosexuality as defined in the Bible a man laying with a man or a woman laying with a woman is an abomination, causing the land to be defiled and the people spewed out.

Leviticus 18:22-30 (KJV)22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.  24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:  25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.  26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:  27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)  28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

They have found in studies that those who live a homosexual lifestyle have many sexual partners and sometimes only know their partners briefly before having a sexual relationship.  The saturation of this lifestyle is apparent throughout this country and so prevalent that there is talk of teaching to children in school that this is an acceptable choice or lifestyle.  The characters on many television shows are no longer hinting at being homosexual or give subtle clues but are upfront and bold about it.  This pushing of the envelope is not only in the lifestyle choices similar to Sodom and Gomorrah but also there are laws on the books in this country that a person can be jailed for feeding the homeless.  Also that the homeless are being imprisoned due to not having a place to live.  There used to be a time when the homeless who did not find shelter were able to sleep in the parks overnight and many now have arrest records due to being homeless.  Sounds like the inhospitable practices of Sodom and Gomorrah echoing in my ears. With the recent election the topic of abortion came up again.  There is so much fighting and has been, about taking away the 'right' of abortion.  This does pose another question, does this 'right' really exist if we do not have control over creating a life?  

 Genesis 1:26-28 (KJV) 26 And God 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 creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God 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 moveth upon the earth.

 Does the scripture tell us that Yahweh gave the male and female, that were created in His own image and likeness dominion over the Earth--blessed to be fruitful and multiply?  So the account of Sarah not baring children until her old age was in her control?  When Abraham and Sarah traveled in the 20 chapter of Genesis to a land and the king of that land took Sarah and the wombs of the women were shut--by who's command was that done? 

Genesis 20:17-18  (KJV)17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. 18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Fiveamprayer take a good look at scripture and see where this is being reflected in our current society and nation.  What is the end result?  Who can intercede like Abraham did for Lot with the Lord God Almighty?  When correction is made to the error does Yahweh forgive and restore?  Even in errors of ignorance, we can be restored with His truth!  Stand on the entity of His word!  Ask Him for knowledge, understanding and wisdom to walk before Him in the good and right way.  This is not something you would just know all on your own.  We have to be  taught and learn His ways and set down a totally turn away from the ways of the world!  We are to be in the world but not of this world!  To listen to this message again click here.  https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/playback.html?n=RvxYy/jJ7xq

Torah Portion--The Life Of Sarah

Deuteronomy 28:26; Jeremiah 22:19; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Numbers 19:16; Exodus 21:22-23; Psalm 88:6-12; Genesis 49:29; 2 Samuel 19:38; Nehemiah 2:5; 2 Kings 23:6; Jeremiah 26:23; Genesis 25:8; Deuteronomy 21:23; Genesis 50:2-26; Jeremiah 34:3; 2 Chronicles 16:14, 21:9; John 19:40; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56; Genesis 23:3-19, 50:13, 24:2-9; Luke 9:23-24; Genesis 5:2; John 16:13; Genesis 24:22; Ephesians 5:23; Isaiah 46:9-10

We are walking in today:  Torah Portion--The Life Of Sarah

Witness common throughout the Bible:  H2455 chol profane, unholy, the opposite of consecrated
Leviticus 4:27; Numbers 16:28-30; 1 Samuel 21:4-5; Ecclesiastes 6:1-2; Jeremiah 26:23, 31:5; Matthew 27:27; Mark 12:37; Acts 4:32, 5:18, 10:14-15, 10:28, 11:8-9; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Titus 1:4; Jude 1:3

Our teaching today is from the weekly Torah portion for the week of November 9-15
Chayei Sarah/ Sarah's Lifetime  Genesis 23:1-25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31; Matthew 19-23; Mark 13-14; Luke 17-20  or click above to order a calendar that includes the weekly Torah portions

This portion opens up with the passing of Sarah at the age of 127.  Abraham goes to the people in the land to ask to purchase land with a cave to bury her.  Initially the people of the land, the sons of Heth offer the land at no charge.  As the negotiations continue Ephron the Hittite comes in with the same offer and then the final amount is decided. Abraham pays for the place called Machpelah, 400 shekels of silver.  The burial practices of the Hebrews are seen here, that the body would be entombed outside of the regular living quarters.  As we find in the Torah, that the people did not become defiled by a dead body.  This practice appeared more simple than the extravagant practices of embalming by the Egyptians.  When a man died in the Bible he is often said to sleep with his fathers.  The tombs were often set apart by families.  Or those well advanced in age would desire to be buried in their home towns.  The more common people without exceptional wealth were not buried in familial grave sites or tombs.  We have this example in the Brit Chadasha or New Testament that in the burial of Yeshua, the preparing of the body was done in haste due to the closing of the day, and the following feast days, before He was placed in the tomb. 
After the passing of Sarah, Eliezer, Abraham's servant was instructed go out for a bride for Isaac from Abraham's home land.  The other requirements were for the woman not be from the local people and that she would have to come away with him, that Isaac would not go and live there.  Eliezer make a promise to Abraham to do all that he was instructed to do.  If in foll0wing every instruction, and the bride did not come away with him for Isaac, he was still in good standing with Abraham.  Eliezer travels to Abraham's home town with the traveling party to wait by the wells with his 10 camels.  His prayer to Yahweh that the woman who comes out at this time of drawing water, would will give him drink and will also water the camels is the one that meets His approval for Isaac.  Rebecca is the maiden who does comply with his request.  They all return to her family home and see if she will go with Eliezer to wed Isaac.  The importance of the bride not being amongst the people where Abraham was living, could be that the influence of the family would be too great to overcome.  Remember that both where Abraham lived now and where he came from are people with pagan practices.  Not allowing Issac to go to her land but rather remain set apart and separate from the pagan practices, that she too would cross over also becoming a Hebrew.  To hear more of this teaching click here.