Month: April 2014

Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033      

Shalom.  Our teaching this morning is from Exodus 34.8-12, but first we will start by reading verses 6 and 7.

READ EXODUS 34.6-12

Moses again went up to the top of Mt. Sinai to present himself to The LORD.  This is the third time Moses ascended to the top of the 7,500 foot mountain to be with GOD.

The first time GOD called him up to the mountain for 40 days and nights was to give Moses instructions to build the Tabernacle.

The second time Moses went up was to ask The LORD to forgive the People for making the golden calf of which they said, This is your god O Israel.  And The LORD answered Moses, Whosoever has sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My Book of Life.  Sin is breaking The Law of Moses.  1John 3.4.

This is now the third time Moses has gone up to Mt. Sinai to be with The LORD.  GOD told Moses to carve two tables of stone like the first that he broke in great anger when he saw the golden calf and the great sin of the people.  And GOD said, He would again write on the two tables of stone the Ten Commandments.

Let’s start our study by quickly reviewing Verses 6 and 7.

EXODUS 34.6-7
This is the way of The LORD, the character and attributes of The LORD GOD Almighty.  Merciful, gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Keeping mercy to thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.  And that will by no means clear the guilty, GOD said, for GOD will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the  children’s children unto the third and fourth generation.

How do we prevent GOD from punishing us for the sins of our fathers, and our own sins?  Sin is breaking GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  1 John 3.4.

First, we must believe in Messiah Yeshua for atonement, for deliverance and forgiveness of our sins.  It is written in Acts 2.21, “Whosoever shall call on The Name of The LORD, Yeshua The Messiah, shall be delivered”.  Believing in the Messiah Yeshua delivers us of  all our sins.

Second, you must Repent.  Turn from all your sins that you have committed by breaking GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  And turn to GOD and live by His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses, doing that which is lawful and right.  This is the Biblical way for Salvation and blessings.  And that is Biblical Repentance.

GOD only keeps mercy for thousands of people (verse 7) because so few obey His Commandments. GOD”S Commandments are HIS Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.
Acts 2.21, Ezekiel 18.21-22, Jonah 2.8 (Hebrew Bible, Jonah 2.9)

EXODUS 34.8
The Hebrew word for worship is SHAH’KHAH meaning to honor GOD with deep respect and awe.  Having an inner feeling of great admiration and fear.  Even bowing our head or kneeling, or lying flat.  And serving GOD with all our heart, honoring Him by living according to every word He speaks.  That is worshipping and honoring GOD.  Deuteronomy 8.3, Luke 4.4.

I thought it would be a good thing to briefly examine what it means to fear The LORD.  Because The Bible teaches that the fear of The LORD is the beginning of wisdom, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.  PSALM 111.10, PROVERBS 1.7

The fear of The LORD will cause you to obey GOD by keeping His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  Rather than disobeying GOD by doing what most Bible teachers teach, who disrespect GOD by teaching disobedience to His Laws written in The Law of Moses.  And disobedience to GOD is contempt of GOD, even hatred of GOD.

Fear in Hebrew is YEE’RAH meaning fear, being afraid of GOD, having dreadful awe of GOD, and reverence or deep respect for GOD.

And by fearing GOD, you will obey every word He speaks.
MATTHEW 10.28, EXODUS 20.20, DEUTERONOMY 6.1-2,
PSALM 25.12-14, PHILIPPIANS 2.12

(Philippians 2.12)
Do what GOD requires of you.  Have faith in Messiah Yeshua.  That delivers you of your sins.  Then obey GOD’s Law of Moses with fear and trembling.  That will cause you to continue to obey GOD’s Laws forever. That is required, and pleasing to GOD.  That is Biblical Salvation.

EXODUS 34.9
Moses said to The LORD, “If now I have found grace in Your sight O LORD”.

Grace in Hebrew is KHAYNE meaning love, and kindness and being accepted by GOD.

And Moses said to The LORD, “Please let My LORD go among us, for it is a stiffnecked people, and pardon our iniquity, and our sin (for making the golden calf), and take us for Your inheritance”.

Take us, the children of Israel, for Your inheritance, Moses said to GOD.  What does that mean?

Inheritance in Hebrew is NAH’KHAL meaning to inherit, or take as a heritage, a possession.

According to Webster’s Dictionary, an inheritance is a heritage, something that belongs to someone by reason of birth, to be his or her very own.

GOD brought forth the birth of the Jewish people, the Children of Israel, by taking Abraham out from the Gentiles to make of him the great nation Israel through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Genesis 12.1-3.

Thus Moses was saying to The LORD, take us to be Your very own people.  And Israel and the Jewish people are GOD’s very own people.  DEUTERONOMY 4.20, DEUTERONOMY 9.26, 29

ACTS 20.32
An inheritance among them that are sanctified are those who are Holy by faith in Messiah Yeshua, and who Obey The LORD their GOD and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  Thus you have an inheritance WITH GOD’s Chosen People, His very own People.  And that is eternal life.

GOD’s very own inheritance, the Children of Israel had just committed a great sin, making the golden calf, and calling it, your god O Israel.  Idols are sin, violating GOD’s Law that is written in The Law of Moses.  Exodus 20.4.  But Moses knowing GOD’s generosity and forgiving nature, agreed with GOD that the Children of Israel were a stiffnecked people.  But yet, Moses knowing GOD’s lovingkindness, asked The LORD to pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance, Your very own people.  Reestablish Israel as Your very own.

And The LORD revealed His loving way and forgiveness by leading the people to the promised land, defeating her enemies, never casting away His people whom He foreknew.
PSALM 86.15, JONAH 3.10; 4.1-2

NEHEMIAH 9.11-31
Even though GOD loves the Jewish people with an everlasting love, Jeremiah 31.3, His very own inheritance, He still punishes us for not obeying Him by not obeying His Laws written in The Law of Moses.  And GOD punishes Nations, and Gentiles, and Religious People who do not, and will not obey  HIS Laws written in The Law of Moses.  But those who Turn to GOD with a new heart, and a new spirit that GOD gives them when they have faith in Messiah Yeshua, Jeremiah 31.31-34, and walk in His statutes and laws, and do them, GOD will be gracious and forgiving to them also.  And they will be His people, and He will be their GOD.  EZEKIEL 36.26-28.

EXODUS 34.10
A Covenant made by GOD is a promise, or a commitment, even a contract with Israel, and often with all mankind.

And this Covenant of Verse 10 speaks of marvels that GOD will do before the Children of Israel that have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation.

Here are just some of those marvels that GOD did before His people.
DEUTERONOMY 4.32-40, JOSHUA 6.20, JOSHUA 10.12-14,
PSALM 147.19-20, JEREMIAH 31.31-34

EXODUS 34.11
There are Covenants that GOD makes with Israel that apply to all mankind.  The LORD commits to do something, and the people are required on their behalf to do something.  Usually obey GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

GOD’s Covenant or commitment to Israel here is to drive out the peoples who inhabited the land of Canaan.  And GOD did drive them out, and Canaan became the land of Israel 3,400 years ago.  And GOD required the Children of Israel to obey that which GOD commanded them to do.  Every Commandment and Law GOD has given to Israel Apply to all mankind.  That is why The Bible is written to the world, and for the world, and not just to the Jewish People.

And the following verses of Scripture are GOD’s Commandments to Israel and all mankind.  Yet  very few people obey GOD, and that is why GOD only keeps mercy to thousands.  Verse 7.

EXODUS 34.12
GOD warned His People against aligning themselves in any way with the Canaanite people because it will become a snare or a trap for them in The Land.  They will be tricked unawares if they align themselves with the Canaanite people.  And that, GOD warned them, will lead them away from The LORD their GOD, The GOD of Israel.  And we are faced with the same snares today.

GOD chose Israel to be a holy people, to be a special people unto Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.  That is an unbreakable Covenant that GOD made with Israel and the Jewish people 3,400 years ago.  And the Jewish people are required to love The LORD their GOD, and keep His Commandments, GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses forever.

Even when Israel and the Jewish people fail on our part of the Covenant and do not obey GOD, GOD never abandons His part of the Covenant.  GOD will never cast away His people.  Yes, GOD does punish us from time to time for our disobedience, but He never ceases from being our GOD.  And we are His people forever.

And for non-Jewish Gentiles who greatly desire to be fully part of GOD’s Covenant People, grafted in with the Jewish People, to be a holy people unto The LORD, chosen by GOD to be a special people unto Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth, you also must love The LORD your GOD, and keep and obey all His Commandments and Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  That includes your faith in Messiah Yeshua.  That delivers you from all your sins.  And GOD will be your GOD, and you will be His people.  DEUTERONOMY 7.6-9

Paul teaches in parable form about non-Jewish people being grafted into GOD’s Covenant People Israel, the Jewish people.  Becoming fully part of GOD’s Chosen People, holy and special to The LORD, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.  ROMANS 1.7, ROMANS 11.16-17

(ROMANS 1.7)  The Romans are not Jewish.

(ROMANS 11.16) The firstfruit is the firstfruit of the bread offering offered to The LORD.
Leviticus 23.10, Numbers 15.17-21.

Thus, if the firstfruit of the bread offering to The LORD is holy, the lump of dough is also holy.  And if the root is holy, so are the branches.  The root is GOD, Messiah Yeshua.  The tree is Israel, and the branches are the Jewish people.  All are holy.  Deuteronomy 7.6, Numbers 15.14-16

(ROMANS 11.17)  There are some Jewish people who might not enter the Kingdom of GOD because of unbelief in their Messiah Yeshua, Who is The Holy One of Israel.  Or because of their refusal to obey Torah, GOD’s written Law of Moses.  They are cut off from Israel, perhaps permanently or temporarily.

And certain Gentiles, being a wild olive tree, having faith in Messiah Yeshua, who love GOD, and keep His Commandments and Laws written in The Law of Moses, are grafted in to GOD’s Covenant People, the Jewish People.  Faith in Messiah Yeshua, and obedience to Torah, GOD’S Laws that are written in the Law of Moses are GOD’s requirements to be grafted in to HIS Chosen People..

And you partake in the root, Who is Messiah Yeshua, The GOD of Israel.  And you partake in the fatness of the olive tree.  The olive tree being Israel and the Jewish people.  And you participate in all the blessings of GOD, Salvation, eternal life, all GOD’s promises, all GOD’s covenants, and all GOD’s goodness.

That is New Testament teaching for non-Jewish people to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.  By doing the will of GOD in Heaven.  Having faith in Messiah Yeshua.  That delivers you from all your sins.  And obeying GOD’s Commandments and Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  That is the Word that comes forth from The LORD.  That is Biblical Salvation taught by The LORD YOUR GOD.

Shalom, Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader
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       Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033

Shalom.  Our teaching this morning is from Exodus 34.6-7, and we have a title for this morning’s message; GOD keeps mercy for thousands.

READ EXODUS 34.6-7

When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai the first time after his visit with The LORD GOD of Creation for 40 days, and 40 nights, carrying the two tables of stone with the Ten Commandments written on them by the Finger of GOD, and seeing the great sin of the Children of Israel offering burnt offerings and peace offerings to the golden calf, and eating and drinking and playing before it, Moses smashed the two tables of stone in furious anger.  And he burned the calf in the fire, and ground it into powder, and tossed it on the water, and made the people drink it.

And Moses returned to The LORD in Mt. Sinai, and asked The LORD to forgive His people.  And if not, he said, blot me out of Your Book of Life that you have written.

And GOD said to Moses, “Whosoever has sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My Book.  Therefore, go and lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you.”  That place was the Land of Canaan that GOD renamed the Land of Israel after the Children of Israel conquered it.

And GOD sent His Angel to lead the people.  And that Angel was GOD Himself, Yeshua The Messiah.  And Moses returned to the people.  Exodus 33.14

And again GOD called Moses up to Mt. Sinai.  Carve two tables of stone like the first, GOD said to Moses, and I will write upon these stones the words that were in the first tables that you broke.  GOD wrote the Ten Commandments a second time.

And Moses went up to Mt. Sinai the third time to the top of the mountain 7,500 feet high to meet with GOD.  And The LORD descended in a Cloud, and stood with Moses there, and proclaimed The Name of The LORD.

EXODUS 34.5-7  Now Moses had asked GOD earlier, Show me now your Way that I may know You, that I may find grace in Your sight and consider and see that this nation (Israel) is Your people.  Exodus 33.13

And The LORD passed before Moses and proclaimed His Name, Yehovah.  And The LORD told Moses the Way of GOD.

And this is the Way of The LORD.  The LORD GOD is merciful, meaning compassionate, caring, He is concerned about us.  Warm, tender loving, merciful and kind.

The LORD OUR GOD is gracious.  He is merciful, compassionate, kind, forgiving and generous.  He is benevolent, and good, and He helps us in time of need.

And our GOD is longsuffering.  He is patient with us, and slow to anger.  He is abundant in goodness and truth.  Mighty in kindness and beauty, and truth.

GOD is truth.  Every word GOD speaks is truth.  And His truth and His word of truth never change.  Isaiah 40.8.  And we can always rely on Him, always.

And He forgives iniquity, transgression and sin. And that will by no means clear the guilty because GOD will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and upon the children’s children to the third and fourth generation.

That is the Way of GOD, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin.

And here are more wonderful characteristics of GOD.
ISAIAH 25.4, 7-9

(Isaiah 25.7)  The covering cast over the people is the curse of which GOD has cursed the ground.  And GOD will destroy that curse.  Genesis 3.17.

The veil that is spread over all the nations prevents them from understanding GOD’s Word and Law.  And GOD will remove that veil in the Millennium, and they will have understanding.  ISAIAH 2.3

(Isaiah 25.8)  There will be no more death or sorrow, and GOD will not find fault with His people Israel anymore.

ISAIAH 26.2-4, 7, 12, 19-21  More characteristics of GOD.

(Isaiah 26.2)  The Righteous Nation is a Gentile who is Righteous because he or she obeys all GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

(Isaiah 26.7)  Just and Righteous are words that refer to those who obey GOD, and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

(Isaiah 26.19)  The Resurrection.

(Isaiah 26.20)  GOD will protect us during the great tribulation.

(Isaiah 26.21)  GOD will destroy the world, and punish the people on earth because of iniquity.  Iniquity is sin.  And sin is breaking The Law of Moses.  1 JOHN 3.4

EXODUS 34.7  But GOD only keeps mercy to thousands.  He keeps His mercy and goodness to thousands only.

I know that some Bibles read, Keeping mercy for thousands of generations, or keeping mercy to the thousandth generation.  That is not correct.  The Hebrew reads
NO’STAYR KHEH’SEHD LAH’AH’LAH’FEEM.
KEEPING MERCY FOR THOUSANDS.

So Why does GOD keep mercy Only for thousands of people when there are billions of people living in the world?

The Bible is written by Jewish people for all the world, for all the Nations.  And The Bible from Genesis to Revelation explains to the world how to have a correct relationship with GOD, and how to have a bad relationship with GOD.

And when GOD wrote the Ten Commandments on the two tables of stone, He told the world Why He only keeps mercy to thousands.  GOD keeps mercy to thousands of people who love Him, and keep His Commandments.  That is how you have a correct relationship with GOD.  Loving HIM and keeping His Commandments.  And GOD’s mercy will remain with you.
DEUTERONOMY 5.10, EXODUS 20.6, JOHN 14.15, MATTHEW 22.14

Now millions and billions, and over the generations perhaps trillions of people claim to love GOD.  But how many keep His Commandments?  Not many.  Thousands as The LORD says.

Commandments in Hebrew is MEETS’VOTE meaning laws.  Collectively GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.   And few obey them.  GOD has only One Law.  It’s called The Law of Moses because GOD gave His Laws to Moses to give to Israel, to give to all the world via The Bible.  EXODUS 25.21-22

GOD does not have one law for Jewish people, and another law for Christians, and another law for Moslems, and so on.  GOD has One Law for His entire creation.  And GOD’s One Law is The Law of Moses.  And only thousands obey it.

It’s sad.  It’s very sad.  Not obeying GOD was first taught in the garden of Eden when the serpent told Eve, You will not surely die if you eat the fruit that GOD commanded you NOT to eat.  In fact, by disobeying GOD, satan told Eve, you will be like GOD knowing good and evil.  And the lie taught to disobey GOD’s Laws continue to this day with a myriad of false Bible teachers teaching their people not to obey GOD.

When a person does not obey GOD by not obeying His Laws written in The Law of Moses, that person is lawless, a violater of GOD’s Laws, The Law of Moses.  And that is illegality, wickedness and unrighteousness.  The Greek word for Transgressing The Law of Moses is Anomia.  Look it up in your Strong’s Concordance, number 458 in the Greek.  And that’s what sin is.  Breaking The Law of Moses.  And GOD hates sin.  1 John 3.4

And here are some examples that express how much GOD hates sin, not listening to Him, and not doing what He says, or hearing His Words and not doing them.
GENESIS 2.15-17; GENESIS 3.1-19

GOD destroyed th
e world in the days of Noah by a flood.  Why?  Because of sin.  Just like today, the world disobeyed GOD.  They disobeyed His Laws.
GENESIS 6.5-7

(Genesis 6.5)  Wickedness and evil in Hebrew are RAH meaning wrong, not according to GOD’s Laws.  The world disobeyed GOD just as they do today.

And GOD will destroy the world in the future just before The LORD returns.  Why?  For the very same reason, sin.  Disobeying GOD.  Disobeying GOD and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  ISAIAH 24.1-6, 19-23

(Isaiah 24.5)  Because they transgressed The Laws.  Meaning the majority of mankind disobeyed GOD’s Laws written in The Law of Moses.

Changed the ordinance.  They changed GOD’s Laws.  Saturday Sabbath to Sunday. They eliminated
ALL GOD’s Laws.

Broken the Everlasting Covenant.  They have broken and violated GOD’s Word.

And finally, after the 1,000 year Millennium, satan who is locked up during the 1,000 year period will be released.  And he will again deceive the nations.

Deceive in Greek is PLANAO – Meaning to roam or go astray from the truth and safety.  They wander out of the way from GOD and His Law of Moses.  And that is what’s happening today.  The  majority of mankind is deceived, going astray from GOD.  The world is deceived by satan and his messengers with all their false teachings for not obeying GOD and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.  The false teachers and false prophets have eliminated GOD’s Laws, they have changed His Laws, and they have broken GOD’s Word.  They teach daily disobedience to GOD. And the world takes it to heart. They are deceived.  REVELATION 20.7-10

EXODUS 34.7  How do you prevent GOD’s punishment from coming upon you?  That is, GOD visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children unto the third and fourth generation, since all have sinned by violating GOD’s Law of Moses, and come short of the glory of GOD.  How do you prevent GOD’s punishment from coming upon you?
ROMANS 3.23, PSALM 51.5, ECCLESIASTES 7.20, 1 JOHN 3.4

The first part of the answer is known by most Christians, but few Jewish people.  GOD requires atonement for our sins.  And atonement for our sins comes only from belief and faith in Messiah Yeshua.  BUT IT DOESN’T END THERE.  IT DOES NOT END THERE.

When you come to faith in Messiah Yeshua, GOD puts His Law in your mind, and writes them in your heart. Why? To obey Him.  Yes.  Obeying GOD is obeying HIS Law of Moses. Whether you are Jewish, Christian, Moslem or another Religion, or no Religion.  GOD puts His Law in your mind when you come to faith in Messiah Yeshua, and  He writes it on your heart, TO OBEY HIM. AND THAT IS CRUCIAL.
JEREMIAH 31.31-34, HEBREWS 8.8-12, HEBREWS 10.16-17

You must get in line with GOD and do what He requires of you.  REPENT.  And so few know what REPENT means, and what GOD requires of you when you do REPENT.

Listen.  Repent means TURNING FROM YOUR SINS OF DISOBEYING GOD AND HIS LAWS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND TURNING TO GOD, AND OBEYING HIM BY OBEYING ALL HIS LAWS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES.  And GOD’s Laws are not difficult.

And by faith in Messiah Yeshua, and obeying GOD and His Law of Moses, not only will you have a relationship with GOD The Messiah, No GODly punishment will ever come upon you, and you become part of the thousands with whom GOD keeps mercy.
EZEKIEL 18.20-22, 27-28, 30-32, EZEKIEL 36.25-28,  MATTHEW 4.17,
REVELATION 2.5, 16, 21-22, REVELATION 3.3,19

So Repent means turning from your sins of violating GOD’s Law of Moses, and turning to GOD and obeying Him by obeying His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

And there are great blessings from GOD when you repent and turn to Him.  But not turning to GOD and His Law of Moses brings on big time troubles.  DEUTERONOMY 28.1-68.

So here are five steps for GOD to passover you and not punish you for your sins and the sins of your fathers.

STEP 1  Believe in Messiah Yeshua for atonement, forgiveness of all your sins.

STEP 2  Is GOD’s part of your repentance.  He has put His Law in your minds, and wrote them in your hearts when you came to faith in Messiah Yeshua.  So obey Him; all His Laws in The Law of Moses.

STEP 3  Now you are born again, walking in newness of life.  You no longer continue to live in sin, but you live in righteousness obeying GOD and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

Look, every prophet and prophetess of GOD, and every disciple and apostle of Yeshua obeyed all GOD’s Laws in The Law of Moses.  If they refused, GOD never would have chosen them.

STEP 4  Continue living your life in righteousness according to GOD’s Law of Moses forever.  John writes in 1 John 5.3, GOD’s Commandments are not hard.

STEP 5  If you sin, confess your sins, for GOD is faithful and just to forgive you your sins, and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1.9

And that is how GOD will clear you of all your sins, and not visit the iniquity of your fathers upon you.  And you will be counted with the thousands with whom GOD keeps mercy.

Shalom,  Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader
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Beth Elohenu Messianic Congregation

P.O. Box 335761

                   N. Las Vegas, NV. 89033                      

 

Shalom.  Our teaching this morning will be from Exodus 33.20-23 & Exodus 34.1-5.  And the title of our message is, God has raised up a Prophet, Yeshua the Messiah, like Moses.

SO LET’S READ EXODUS 33.20-23 & EXODUS 34.1-5

EXODUS 33.20  Last week we addressed this verse where The LORD said to Moses, “You cannot see My Face, for there shall no man see Me and live”.

However, The GOD of Creation Who is The GOD of Israel has revealed Himself to man as The Father, Who is Yeshua The Messiah, John 14.9, Isaiah 9.6, (Hebrew Bible Isaiah 9.5).  GOD has appeared to many as The LORD, YEHOVAH OR JEHOVAH, OR YAH, OR HASHEM.  Also as the Son Who is The Messiah Yeshua, The Son of man, Messiah Yeshua, an Angel, an Angel of The LORD, an Angel of GOD. PSALM 2.7, PROVERBS 30.4, THE NEW TESTAMENT

GOD is also The Spirit, The Holy Spirit, The Glory of GOD, The Shikynah, The Presence of GOD, The Fire in the bush that did not consume when Moses first met GOD.  GOD appeared as the Cloudy Pillar that stood at the door of the Tabernacle, the Fire in the wilderness that gave light to the people at night, the Cloud that led the people in the wilderness by day.  And that by no means is a complete record of GOD’s manifestations,  His appearances.

But there is another manifestation of GOD that cannot be seen.  GOD says, “You cannot see My Face, for there shall no man see Me and live”.  That which cannot be seen is GOD’s Spiritual Nature that  Heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and earth cannot contain.  GOD’s Spiritual Essence, the fullness of His Glory cannot be seen lest we die.  GOD is Spirit.  Those are the words of Yeshua The Messiah in John 4.24.

GOD’s Spiritual Presence is everywhere, in everything, in everyone.  GOD fills His entire Creation that has no end.  Psalm 113.4 reads, The LORD is high above all nations, and His Glory, that is His Magnificence and Splendor, above the heavens.

No one can escape The Presence of GOD.  GOD is acquainted with the ways of every living creature.  GOD has no limits.  He is beyond awesome.  Nothing is too hard for GOD.  Nothing is impossible for The Lord.  But GOD’s Spiritual Being cannot be seen lest we die.

However, I believe that at the end of days when The LORD GOD, The Messiah Yeshua returns to set up His Messianic Kingdom in The God-given borders of Israel, Genesis 15.18-21, the enemies of GOD, the enemies of Israel, and the enemies of the Jewish people will see GOD’s Face, and they will see GOD in the fullness of His fiery, blazing Spiritual Nature, and they will die.  They will consume away, and melt.  ZECHARIAH 14.1-5, 12

(Zechariah 14.12) The enemies of Jerusalem will consume away when they see the blazing Glory of GOD in His fiery brilliance of devouring Fire that no man can see and live.  They will melt away.
ISAIAH 66.15-18

EXODUS 33.20-23  So Moses received part of his request from GOD.  He said to The LORD, show me Your Glory.  Verse 18

And GOD said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand upon a rock and it shall come to pass while My Glory passes by that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, an opening in the mountain, and I will cover you with My Hand while I pass by.  And I will take away My Hand and you shall see My back parts.  But My Face shall not be seen.  Moses saw a very small part of GOD’s Glory, His magnificent Spiritual Essence.

EXODUS 34.1  Question.  Was GOD speaking Face to face with Moses, or did Moses hear GOD speaking to Him in his mind?  I don’t know.

GOD said to Moses, Carve two tables of stone like the first, and I will write upon them the words that were in the first tables of stone that you broke in pieces.  That Moses did when he saw the Children of Israel eating, drinking, and playing before the golden calf and calling it the god of Israel.

The Ten Commandments are the first laws that GOD gave to Israel.  But GOD also wrote in the Ten Commandments that He shows mercy unto thousands of them that love Him and keep His Commandments.  GOD’s Commandments are all GOD’s Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.
EXODUS 20.6

Thousands are a very small number of people who keep GOD’s commandments, His Law of Moses.  And they prove their love for GOD and Messiah Yeshua, John 14.15, by living their lives according to the Laws of GOD.

They are blessed for keeping His Law along with their faith in Messiah Yeshua.  They cleanse their way by taking heed according to GOD’s Word.  They keep GOD’s Laws continually forever and ever.  They walk at liberty, free from sin by keeping His Laws.  GOD’s Word is our comfort in affliction.  GOD deals well with those according to His Word.  The Law of GOD’s Mouth is better than thousands of gold and silver.  For GOD’s Law is our delight.  And we hope in GOD’s Word.  Forever, O LORD, Your Word is fixed and established in Heaven.  How sweet are GOD’s Words to our mouth.  Sweeter than honey.

GOD’s Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.  Your Law do I love.  You, O LORD are our hiding place and our shield.  I hope in Your Word.  The entrance of Your Words give light.  It gives understanding to the simple.  Righteous are You O LORD, and upright are Your Laws.  The Laws that
You have commanded are righteous and very faithful.  Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your Law is The Truth.

Concerning Your Laws, I have known that You have founded them forever.  Salvation is far from the ungodly because they do not seek Your Laws.  Great peace have they which love Your Law and nothing will cause them to fall.  My tongue shall speak of Your Word, for all Your Commandments are righteous.  The LORD shall protect you from all evil.  He shall guard your soul.  The LORD shall guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth, even forever.  These wonderful words are from Psalms 119 and 121.

EXODUS 34.1-2  Moses was eighty years old at the time, and he was in pretty good shape to climb that mountain, Mt. Sinai to the top a second time to meet with GOD.  Mt. Sinai is 7,500 feet to its peak.  As a comparison, Mt. Charleston here in Las Vegas is 12,000 feet high.

EXODUS 34.3  This was a private meeting with GOD, and like their first meeting, no one was allowed to accompany Moses.  And again, Moses was in Mt. Sinai with GOD 40 days, and 40 nights.  VERSE 28

But there were no secrets between GOD and Moses.  Every Word GOD spoke to Moses, and everything GOD did has been made public for all the world to know.  It’s all written in The Bible.  LUKE 8.17

EXODUS 34.4  Moses was also pretty strong at 80 years old to climb 7,500 feet up the mountain carrying the two tables of stone on which GOD again would write the Ten Commandments.

And Moses was in good health.  We don’t read of him being sick at any time.  And good health is a gift from GOD for obedience to The LORD by keeping His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.
EXODUS 15.26

EXODUS 34.5  When Moses had climbed to the top of Mt. Sinai, The LORD descended in a Cloud, and stood with Moses there.  And proclaimed His Name, YEHOVAH, LORD.

It is thought in Judaism that GOD’s Name YEHOVAH, His Name most frequently used in The Bible, and GOD has many Names; it is believed that GOD’s Name YEHOVAH is connected to the words, I AM that I AM t
hat GOD spoke to Moses when he asked GOD, what is Your Name?  And GOD said, I AM that I AM.  Tell the children of Israel I AM has sent Me unto you.  It is believed YEHOVAH means eternal existence.  Exodus 3.13-14

And The LORD YEHOVAH descended in a Cloud and stood with Moses there, and proclaimed The Name of The LORD.  I believe that the Cloud was GOD Himself, and then GOD in human form spoke to Moses Face to face as a man speaks to his friend.  As GOD said to Abraham, “Is anything too hard for The LORD?”  Genesis 18.14

Moses, like David was a man after GOD’s own heart; both lived their lives according to GOD’s Word and Law.

HOWEVER, MESSIAH YESHUA IS LIKE MOSES.  That is very important to understand for your walk and relationship with the LORD.  Moses, of course, is not GOD.  Yeshua is.  DEUTERONOMY 18.15, 18-19

Here are some key similarities:  Both Moses and Messiah Yeshua are Jewish.  Both are prophets, Matthew 21.11.  Both performed miracles.  Both are deliverers, Moses delivered the children of Israel out of Egypt, Messiah Yeshua delivers us from sin by being our Atonement.  Both obeyed GOD, His Word, His Commandments and His Law of Moses.  Moses is the Lawgiver who gave The Law of Moses to Israel, and the nations through The Bible.  Yeshua is GOD Who gave The Law to Moses.  Both Moses and Yeshua taught The Law.  Matthew 4.4 Luke 4.4, Matthew 12.18, etc.

Both were hated.  Yeshua was hated and killed.  That was GOD’s Plan for Messiah to be our Atonement.  Moses had his troubles with jealous people throughout the forty years in the wilderness. Moses introduced the animal sacrifice for atonement.  Yeshua is our Sacrifice for Atonement.  Both were chosen by GOD for their ministries for GOD’s purpose; Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt, and receive and publish GOD’s Laws.  Yeshua is chosen to be our Atonement for the forgiveness of our sins.

Moses was the King of Israel at his time when he led the children of Israel out of Egypt.  Yeshua will be King of Israel, and King over all the earth when He returns.
Deuteronomy 33.4-5, Zechariah 9.9, Zechariah 14.9, Revelation 19.11-16

Let’s look at Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 11.3-4

This is a very important teaching by Paul of critical importance because much of the world is being taught another Jesus.  How, you might ask?  Because there is NO LIKENESS of Moses with the Jesus that is being taught today.  There are ZERO SIMILARITIES with Moses and the Jesus that is being taught today.  Most of the world is being taught another Jesus, and like Eve, they have been tricked by the serpent.

How, you might ask?  Moses received GOD’s Laws from GOD called The Law of Moses, for Israel and the Nations.  And Moses taught the people how to live a GODly life pleasing to GOD.

The Jesus being taught today is another Jesus, because the Jesus being taught today is a Jesus who has ELIMINATED GOD’s Laws.  He has ELIMINATED The Sabbath, he has ELIMINATED the Festivals of GOD, and he has ELIMINATED GOD’s food laws.  The Jesus being taught today is another Jesus who has ELIMINATED The Word of GOD.

There is absolutely NO LIKENESS between the Jesus being taught today and Moses.  And those receiving that false teaching are being tricked by the serpent as Eve was tricked.

THE JESUS OF THE BIBLE, YESHUA THE MESSIAH IS VERY MUCH LIKE MOSES AS THE PROPHESY OF DEUTERONOMY 18.15,18-19 READS.  YESHUA TAUGHT THE LAW OF MOSES.  HE NEVER ELIMIATED IT.  YESHUA IS GOD.  HE NEVER CHANGES. AND LIKE MOSES, YESHUA TAUGHT THE BLESSINGS FOR OBEYING THE LAW.  AND MESSIAH ALSO TAUGHT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT OBEYING THE LAW.  AND THOSE CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT OBEYING THE LAW, JESUS SAID, IS BEING CALLED LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.  THAT IS HELL. YES, LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND GOD IS KING OVER ALL HIS CREATION, LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS HELL. AND THE BLESSINGS FOR THOSE OBEDIENT TO GOD’S LAW OF MOSES SHALL BE CALLED GREAT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.  AND THAT IS HEAVEN.  MATTHEW 5.17-20,  DEUTERONOMY 28

Shalom,  Ira Weinstein, Congregational Leader
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