Month: July 2017

Shalom.

Our teaching will continue in Torah, The Law of Moses, from Deuteronomy 1.9-18.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING.

And with that said, let’s read Deuteronomy 1.9-18.

In The Book of Deuteronomy, Moses reviewed GOD’S Torah, His Laws, Teachings, and Instructions, and the importance of obeying Them.

Israel at the time was in the wilderness not far from entering and conquering the land of Canaan that GOD promised Abraham some eight hundred years earlier.  GENESIS 17.8.

The Bible says that The Children of Israel were on the other side of the Jordan River.  The other side of the Jordan River did not pertain to Canaan.  And Israel was in the wilderness near the Red Sea.

Today, that part of the Red Sea is called the Gulf of Aqaba that is at the Border of the Sinai and the southern-most tip of Israel at Elat.

The time of the writing of The Book of Deuteronomy was the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month from the day that Israel left Egypt in the Exodus to The Promised Land Canaan.

And Moses was one hundred and twenty years old. DEUTERONOMY 34.7

Israel had killed Sihon, the King of the Amorites, and Og, the King of Bashan, Moses told The People.

And Moses began to explain The Law of Moses that in fact contain all GOD’S Laws.

And Moses said, The LORD OUR GOD spoke to us in Horeb, (which is Mount Sinai) and said, You have dwelt long enough in this mountain.  Turn and take your journey and go to the mountain of the Amorites and to all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the low country, and in the south, and by the seaside to Lebanon, to the great River, the River Euphrates.  (Those are the GOD-Given Borders of Israel.  All the land of Canaan to Lebanon and the Euphrates River.)

And behold, The LORD said through the lips of Moses, I have set The Land before you.  Go in and possess The Land which The LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and their descendants after them. DEUTERONOMY 1.1-8

And Moses said, I spoke to you at that time saying, I am not able to bear you by myself alone.  The LORD YOUR GOD has multiplied you abundantly as the stars of heaven.  The LORD GOD of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as you are, and bless you, as He has promised you.

And Moses said to The People, How can I alone bear your troubles, and your burden, and your strife by myself?  Take for yourselves wise men, and understanding, and known among your Tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. And you answered me, and said, the thing that you have spoken is good for us to do. So I took the chief of your Tribes, wise men and known, and made them heads over you.  DEUTERONOMY 1.9-18

Earlier, quite a few years earlier, when Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, The Priest of Midian who was not an Israelite, had heard all that GOD had done for Moses and His People Israel, and that The LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.  Jethro took Moses’ wife Zipporah and their two sons Gershom and Eliezer, and they came to Moses into the wilderness where Moses and The People of Israel were camped at the Mount of GOD.  Also called Mount Sinai.

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and his family and bowed to Jethro and kissed him and his family.  And Moses told his father-in-law all that The LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake.  And all the trouble that had come upon them by the way, and how The LORD delivered Them.

And the following day, Moses sat to judge The People. Remember, there were some three million People of Israel including a Mixed Multitude.  And the numbers of people to be judged by Moses were massive.  And they stood by Moses from morning to evening.

And when Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses did for The People, Jethro said, what is thing you are doing?  Why are you sitting alone to judge The People and all The People stand by you from morning to evening?

And Moses said, because The People come to me to inquire of GOD.  When they have a matter they come to me, and I judge between one and another.  And I make them know the Statutes of GOD and His Laws.

And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, said to him, the thing that you do is not good.  You will surely wear away, both you and This People that are with you.  For this thing is too heavy for you.  You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

Listen to what I say, Jethro said, and I will give you counsel, and GOD will be with you.  You are for The People before GOD that you bring their words to GOD.  And you teach them GOD’S Ordinances and Laws.  And you show them the way they must walk, and the actions and deeds they must do.

This is what you must do, Jethro said to his son-in-law Moses. Provide out of all The People, able men who Fear GOD.  Men of Truth, Who Hate Covetousness.  And place these men over The People to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

And let them judge The People at all times.  And it shall be that every great matter they will bring to you.  But every small matter they will judge.  So it will be easier for yourself, and they will help you carry the burden.

If you will do this thing, Jethro said, and GOD so Commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this People will be able to go home in peace.

So Moses listened to his father-in-law Jethro, and did all that he had said.  And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over The People.  Rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.  And they judged The People at all times.

The hard cases they brought to Moses.  But every small matter they judged themselves.  And from that time forward, Moses delegated authority to men who Feared GOD, men of Truth, who Hated Covetousness.

And Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.  EXODUS 18.1-27

And Moses gladly received his father-in-law’s good counsel. He called these men of authority that he chose to judge The People, Judges.  And he told them to judge Righteously. DEUTERONOMY 1.15-16

So in reviewing The Law, it is important to know that the Hebrew Word for RIGHTEOUS is STEH’DEHK meaning Right and Lawful according to Torah, GOD’S Laws that are Written in The Law of Moses. DEUTERONOMY 1.16

To live your life consistently in Righteousness, that is living by Torah, GOD’S Laws, Jethro was correct when he said to his son-in-law Moses, you should choose able men such as those who Fear GOD, men of Truth, Hating Covetousness. EXODUS 18.19-21

WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND AND FEAR THE LORD, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING WILL GROW IN YOUR LIFE.  AND IT WILL BECOME NATURAL FOR YOU TO LEAD A LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD YOUR GOD.  PROVERBS 1.7

Proverbs 1.7  Thus The Bible says, fools despise Wisdom and Instruction.  Wisdom and Instruction come from The Spoken Word of GOD Written in The Bible.  PROVERBS 9.10

Proverbs 9.10  The Fear of The LORD is The Beginning of Wisdom that results in Knowledge and Understanding for The Holy One, The Holy Person of GOD.

FEARING GOD MEANS TO REVERENCE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH AN ATTITUDE OF DEEP RESPECT AND AWE MINGLED WITH YOUR LOVE FOR THE LORD.

BUT FEARING GOD ALSO MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD REGARD THE LORD WITH FEAR.    

Understanding what Messiah means when He says, Do not fear them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul.  BUT RATHER FEAR HIM, FEAR GOD WHO IS ABLE TO DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY IN HELL.  MATTHEW 10.28

When you grasp GOD’S Commandment to Fear GOD, you will begin to be consistent in living a Righteous Life for THE LORD YOUR GOD, submitting to every Word that GOD Speaks in The Bible.  That is Knowledge, and Wisdom and Understanding.  And add to that, Holiness. MATTHEW 4.4

You see, when you diligently Obey The Voice of The LORD YOUR GOD as Written in The Bible, and observe to do all His Commandments that GOD Commands you in The Law of Moses, The LORD YOUR GOD will set you on high above all the nations of the earth. And all His Blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, IF you Obey The Voice of THE LORD YOUR GOD.

I can tell you from experience and joy that GOD is Speaking Truth when He Speaks those Words, That His Blessings will come upon you, and overtake you IF you Obey the Voice of THE LORD YOUR GOD.  DEUTERONOMY 28.1-3, 15

With that said, I implore you not listen to Bible teachers who teach you that The Law of Moses is abolished and no longer in effect.  That is the teaching of satan from The Garden of Eden that will destroy your Salvation.  GENESIS 2.16-17, GENESIS 3.1-4, 9-12, 23-24

But when you Fear GOD, and do what GOD says, for The Word of GOD Stands Forever, you become a man or a woman of Truth and Righteousness.  You become fully part of The Chosen Family of GOD.  ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23-25

GOD HAD A REASON TO CHOOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO BE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE. ISAIAH 43.10-11

GOD Chose The Jewish People to be A Holy People to THE LORD THEIR GOD.  To be A Special People to Himself.  And to Love The Jewish People though we are the fewest of all people.

And GOD Chose The Jewish People to be His Witnesses and His Servant to Know and Believe GOD.  And Understand that GOD IS GOD.  That before GOD there was no GOD formed.  Neither will there be another GOD after HIM.

That GOD IS THE LORD, AND BESIDE HIM THERE IS NO SAVIOR.

As GOD’S Witnesses to the world, THE LORD requires The Jewish People to Know The Truth about GOD. To know that The LORD GOD IS GOD.  THE FAITHFUL GOD that Keeps Covenant and Mercy with all that love Him and Keep His Commandments to a thousand generations.

Meaning, THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH IS THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO IS TRUE TO ALL PEOPLES, WHOM WE CAN TRUST AND BELIEVE.  WHO KEEPS COVENANT AND MERCY WITH JEWISH PEOPLE AND NON-JEWISH PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS. 

GOD KEEPS HIS COVENANTS FOREVER, AND HE KEEPS HIS WORD AND HIS LAW FOREVER.   

AND GOD KEEPS MERCY FOREVER WITH ALL PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, HIS LAWS TEACHINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES FOREVER.

THE SAME IS WRITTEN IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN EXODUS 20.6 AND DEUTERONOMY 5.10

FOR THE LORD GOD WHO IS YESHUA THE MESSIAH SAYS, IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.  AND I WILL PRAY TO THE FATHER, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER (THE HOLY SPIRIT) THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER.  DEUTERONOMY 7.6-13, JOHN 14.15-16, 23-24, 1 CHRONICLES 16.15-17

GOD GIVES THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO OBEY GOD’S TORAH, HIS LAW OF MOSES, ALONG WITH YOUR FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA.  ACTS 5.32

Therefore The LORD made Israel a great Nation in Egypt during four hundred years under Egyptian slavery.  And GOD brought The Children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage and led them to their Jewish Homeland, Israel.

Not only because GOD loves The Jewish People, but because GOD loves the world.

For GOD so loved the world that He Chose The Jewish People to be His Witnesses to all the earth through The Bible that Jewish People wrote from Genesis through Revelation, to know GOD, and believe GOD, and understand Who GOD is.

For the world to know that GOD requires all Peoples, Languages and Nations to observe and obey every Word GOD speaks in The Bible that includes His Laws, Teachings and Instructions that are written in the Law of Moses in the first five Books of The Bible.  DEUTERONOMY 32.1-2, LUKE 8.21, MATTHEW 7.21-23  

And it is The Jewish People, through The Bible, who testify to the world that THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA IS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, WHO AS A HUMAN BEING GAVE HIS LIFE, AND SHED HIS BLOOD TO BECOME THE ATONEMENT FOR ALL MANKIND.  TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND OBEY ACCORDING TO THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD IN THE BIBLE.  PSALM 22.1   

GOD’S Chosen Jewish People received GOD’S Spoken Word directly from THE LORD GOD OF CREATION HIMSELF, AND FROM THE PROPHETS OF GOD for all the earth to know GOD and Believe GOD, and obey His Every Word written in the Bible for their good. JOHN 17.14

GOD Chose The Jewish People to be His Witnesses to explain The Truth, The Whole Truth, and nothing but The Truth of GOD from The Bible to all mankind.  

AND GOD CHOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO TESTIFY FROM THE BIBLE THAT YESHUA THE MESSIAH IS THE ONE GOD OF CREATION.  HE IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM, THE ATONEMENT FOR ALL THE WORLD.  

HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, JEWISH BIBLE MICAH 5.1, CHRISTIAN BIBLE MICAH 5.2, JOHN 12.45,49. JOHN 14.9

Today it is so difficult for the masses to believe correctly according to the Written Word of GOD in The Bible because of the many Bible teachers who teach the opposite of GOD’S Word.  Preaching and teaching that you don’t have to obey GOD’S Laws that are written in The Law of Moses because Jesus Christ abolished it on the Cross.  

Many teach and preach pagan teaching that there is a trinity of three different gods.  Both doctrines are Blasphemous, anti GOD, and anti MESSIAH.  

THE JESUS CHRIST OF THE BIBLE IS GOD ALMIGHTY, AND GOD ALMIGHTY NEVER ABOLISHED HIS OWN LAW.  GOD FORBID.

DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29, LUKE 4.4, ROMANS 2.13, ROMANS 3.31, ETC., ETC., ETC.  

For GOD so loved the world that He gave Himself as a Jewish Human Being in The Person of Messiah Yeshua that whosoever believes in Him according to The Written Word of GOD in The Bible, Obeying every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD, who Knows and Believes there is only ONE GOD and no others, and Yeshua The Messiah is that ONE GOD, they will never perish, but have Everlasting Life.  JOHN 3.16.

For The Bible says, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.  Fear GOD, and Keep His Commandments.  For this is the whole duty of man. The whole duty of mankind. ECCLESIASTES 12.13

So yes, it is The Children of GOD who have The Word of GOD in our hearts.  We Fear The LORD, and we intend to obey Him forever, even throughout eternity in Heaven.

Shalom. 

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

 

Shalom.

Today, we continue our studies in Torah, The Law of Moses, from The Book of Deuteronomy, The Fifth Book of The Torah, and The Fifth Book of The Bible.

And our teaching will come from Deuteronomy 1.1-8.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, THE SEPTUAGINT, AND THE INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY.

And with that said, let’s read Deuteronomy 1.1-8.

The English name, Deuteronomy comes from the Septuagint, the oldest Greek version of The Bible which in those days, some 200 to 250 years before Messiah, The Bible was only The Tnakh, The Old Testament Scriptures.  The New Testament had not yet been written.  The Messiah Yeshua had yet to come.

Deuteronomy means Review of The Torah, or Review of The Law of Moses.

DEUTERONOMY 1.3, 5

How important to The LORD is His Torah, The Law of Moses? After forty years of being taught His Law in the wilderness, and even before His Jewish People entered their permanent Homeland, The Land of Israel, GOD emphasized the need to establish His Law in their lives by having Moses Review The Torah, GOD’S Law of Moses.

I think of the words of Paul.  Very important Words.  He writes, Is He The GOD of The Jews only?  Is He not also The GOD of The Gentiles?  Yes, of The Gentiles also.  Do we then make void The Law through faith?  GOD FORBID.  Indeed, we establish The Law.  ROMANS 3.29-31

That is a Commandment of GOD.  GOD Commands The Jewish People and The Gentile People to establish His Torah, His Law of Moses in your life.  It is written.  That never changes.  The Law of Moses never ends.  ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23-25

Let’s talk about the Septuagint.

When the Septuagint was written, Messiah Yeshua had not yet come as Messiah.  Earlier He appeared to the ancients of Judaism in Canaan and in Israel as YEHOVAH, EL SHADDAI, I AM THAT I AM, I AM, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, MELCHIZEDEK, ELOHIM, AND CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF THE LORD.

GENESIS 12.7, GENESIS 14.18-20, HEBREWS 7.1-3, GENESIS 17.1, JOHN 8.39-40, 56-58, GENESIS 26.1-2, GENESIS 28.12-13, HEBREW BIBLE GENESIS 32.25-31, CHRISTIAN BIBLE GENESIS 32.24-30, EXODUS 3.1-4, EXODUS 33.11, JOSHUA 5.13-15, 1 SAMUEL 3.10-12, ISAIAH 6.1, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, ETC.

WHEREVER YOU SEE THE LORD OR GOD, OR ANYWHERE HIS NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, THAT IS THE MESSIAH YESHUA, THE ONE GOD OF CREATION.

The name Septuaginta in Latin means seventy.  And the Septuagint is steep in legend for its beginnings.

Around 250 B.C.E./ B.C., Eleazar The High Priest in Jerusalem, at the command of the Egyptian Ruler Ptolemy Philadelphus, sent seventy-two Jewish Scholars from Jerusalem to Alexandria, Egypt to translate The Torah from Hebrew to Greek for the Royal Library.

And legend has it that the seventy-two Jewish Scholars, six from each of The Twelve Tribes of Israel, worked independently.  And being guided by Divine Inspiration, they finished simultaneously, and all the translations were identical.

According to the Church fathers, the seventy-two Jewish sages not only translated The Torah from Hebrew to Greek, but the whole Tnakh, the entire Old Testament Bible.

The Septuagint owes its existence to the fact that the growing Jewish population in Egypt had become Hellenized.  That is to say, The Jewish population of Egypt became Greek in character, as most American Jewish People become American in Character.  But for the most part, retain their Jewishness. So the Jewish population in Egypt needed a Greek translation of their Bible; The Torah, The Prophets and The Writings.

Legends of the Septuagint’s beginnings appear to contain some fact.  The Torah was probably translated into Greek by the seventy-two Jewish Scholars around 250 B.C.E./B.C.  While the Prophets and Writings were translated by other Jewish Scholars around 200 B.C.E.

In addition, the Septuagint contains translations of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, books written by Jewish writers from The Second Temple period and the years following.

There is much varying thought from the Jewish Community about the Septuagint.  From inadequate, to the Septuagint being of utmost importance.

At first the Septuagint was viewed with favor by the Palestinian Rabbis.  Remember, the Romans changed Israel’s name that GOD ALMIGHTY named the Jewish Homeland to Palestine in 135 C.E./A.D. some 102 years after Messiah’s death.

The Hellenistic Jewish People revered the Septuagint. They even celebrated it in an annual celebration in honor of their Bible.

But after The Jewish Messiah’s death, many Jewish Believers in The Messiah Yeshua witnessed to The Jewish People from the Septuagint that The Messiah Yeshua was both THE JEWISH MESSIAH AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL, GOD ALMIGHTY.

Thus the Septuagint was rejected by many Jewish People. And even compared the Septuagint to the day the golden calf was made.  How sad.

Perhaps Jewish People rejected Scriptures such as Isaiah 9.5-6.  In the Christian Bible, Isaiah 9.6-7 that read, For unto us, (The Jewish People) a child is Born.  Unto us, (The Jewish People), a Son is given.  And the Government shall be upon His Shoulder.  And His Name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty GOD, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of The Greatness of His Government and Peace, there shall be no end upon The Throne of David, and upon His Kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from this time even forever.  The zeal of The LORD of Hosts will perform this.

Jewish People, not all, rejected these Prophetic Scriptures written in the Septuagint as Prophesy of The Messiah Yeshua being The Jewish Messiah and The Mighty GOD, The Everlasting Father.

But the same Scriptures of Truth are written in all Hebrew Tnakhs.  Because they are The Word of GOD, Written from the Original Bible Manuscript.  But unfortunately, with improper commentaries, and the occasional loose translation, many Jewish People reject those Prophesies even today.  They reject their Jewish Messiah.  And by rejecting their own Messiah, they reject their GOD, The Holy One of Israel.

Then there is Isaiah 52.13-15 through Isaiah 53.1-12 that speak of The Messiah Yeshua.  Those Scriptures in all likelihood were also rejected in the Septuagint.  But they are written in every Hebrew Tnakh Manuscript over the past thousands of years.  And again, many Jewish People say, Those Prophesies are not about The Messiah.  They concern Israel.

Those Prophetic Scriptures are about Messiah Yeshua and His death, burial and resurrection.  Not Israel.

And yes, Messiah Yeshua and Israel have much in common.

Both Messiah and Israel are Jewish.  Both Messiah and Israel are despised and rejected of men.  But both Messiah and Israel are also loved. Messiah was wounded and killed for our sins.  Israel was wounded and killed for her own sins.  Both were resurrected. Both Messiah and Israel live forever. Messiah was a Prophet. Israel had many Prophets.

Messiah and Israel live by Torah, and teach Torah.  Messiah teaches Torah through the Bible.  Israel teaches Torah through Law.  Messiah is King of Israel.  Many Jewish Kings were born in Israel as was Messiah.  Messiah is The Lawgiver. Israel is The Lawgiver to The Jewish People and to all mankind through The Bible.

But the difference is this. Messiah has no violence in Him. Israel must have violence to survive.  ISAIAH 53.9, ISAIAH 66.22  

The Prophetic Scriptures of Isaiah 52.13-15 through Isaiah 53.1-12 are about The Jewish Messiah Yeshua.  Not Israel.  

Another Scripture in the Septuagint that applies to Messiah Yeshua, but no doubt rejected by many Jewish People, even today, is Isaiah 7.14 that reads, Therefore The LORD Himself shall give you a sign.  Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel.

The virgin in Hebrew is Ha Almah.  A simple Bible study of this Almah will prove that Messiah was born of a virgin, a Jewish virgin by the name of Miriam.

Then there is the Prophesy of the exact time The Jewish Messiah Yeshua would come the first time.  That Prophesy is written in Daniel 9.20-27 and requires a little bit of Bible study.

Messiah came exactly at the time Prophesied by the Prophet Daniel.  And His Prophesy also points to the fact that The Messiah would be killed before the second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E./A.D.  That too is rejected by many.

Add to that the Prophesy of The Prophet Micah that The Jewish Messiah Yeshua will be born in Bethlehem among the thousands of Judah, Who will be Ruler in Israel, Whose Origin is From Old, From Everlasting.

Meaning, Messiah Yeshua is GOD ALMIGHTY having no beginning or end.  And He was born in Beit L’khem.  That is written in Prophesy in Micah 5.1. In the Christian Bible, Micah 5.2.  Also rejected by many Jewish People in Septuagint times, and today.

Genesis 1.26, Let Us make man in Our Image, after Our Likeness, is understood by very few because of The Hebrew Word ELOHIM.  The Hebrew Word ELOHIM is written over 3,000 times in Tnakh, The Old Testament Scriptures about The GOD OF ISRAEL.

ELOHIM means GODS, GODS plural for the ONE GOD OF CREATION, THE GOD OF ISRAEL.  GOD refers to Himself often in the plural because HE IS GOD.  HE IS GOD THE FATHER, HE IS GOD THE MESSIAH YESHUA, HE IS GOD THE SON OF GOD, HE IS GOD THE SPIRIT, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, often THE ANGEL OF GOD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, MELCHIZEDEK, CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF THE LORD, AND SO MANY MORE REVELATIONS OF HIMSELF.

ALL ARE ONE AND THE SAME GOD.   

GOD IS THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA.  AND THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA IS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.  

WHEREVER IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, GOD, OR MESSIAH YESHUA, THE LORD, OR THE SPIRIT, OR THE HOLY SPIRIT, OR MELCHIZEDEK, OR THE SON OF GOD, THAT IS THE ONE GOD OF CREATION. THERE ARE NO OTHERS.  PROVERBS 30.4

As it turns out, the Septuagint is a wonderful Bible in Greek that was translated by the seventy or seventy-two Jewish Scholars from Jerusalem.

Why Jewish People reject their Messiah Yeshua is an amazement to me.  Because I was one of those Jewish People.  Until, while reading The Tnakh, The Old Testament Scriptures, I read in The New Testament that YESHUA IS THE MESSIAH.  And later on that HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.  MATTHEW 1.16, JOHN 12.45, 49, JOHN 14.9

But The Bible gives us answers why so many Jewish People reject their MESSIAH YESHUA WHO IS HA SHEM ELOHIM.

Because Prophesy reads that The Messiah Yeshua will be despised and rejected of men.  ISAIAH 53.3

Men in Hebrew is EESHEEM, also meaning PEOPLE.  Jewish People and non-Jewish people.

I know that Messiah is despised by many Jewish People.  But He is not loved by most Gentile people.  Why?  Because Messiah says, Those who do not love Me do not keep My Sayings.  JOHN 14.24

Sayings in Greek is LOGOS meaning DOCTRINE AND WORDS. MESSIAH’S DOCTRINE AND WORDS.

MESSIAH YESHUA IS GOD ALMIGHTY.  And most people do not obey a Word GOD says because they believe that GOD’S Law of Moses is no longer in effect.  (They are taught that lie) Thus they live by none of The LORD’S Doctrine or any of His Words Spoken in The Bible.

But why do Jewish People reject their own Messiah?  The Bible has answers.

The Bible Prophesies that the Stone the builders rejected has become the Chief Corner Stone.  This is The LORD’s doing.  It is marvelous in our eyes.  PSALM 118.22-23

The Stone the builders rejected is their Messiah Yeshua.  The builders are the Jewish Religious Leaders.  But The Bible says, It is marvelous in our eyes.

And Messiah repeats the same words in MATTHEW 21.42

But why do so many Jewish People reject their Messiah?  The answer?  To bring Gentiles to Salvation.  ROMANS 11.11 

If The Jewish Leadership had not given Messiah over to the Romans for death, There would be no atonement.

Messiah’s primary purpose at His first coming was to give His Life for the Atonement of His Jewish People and all the world. It is written.  ISAIAH 52.14-15, ISAIAH 53. 8-12, JOHN 10.11, JOHN 12.23-24, ETC.

But the time will come when the House of Israel will look upon Him, THEIR MESSIAH YESHUA whom we have pierced, and mourn for Him, and we will love Him.  

That is when THE MESSIAH YESHUA, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM brings His Jewish People into the Land of Israel at the beginning of the Messianic Kingdom on earth that will be like the Garden of Eden.  ISAIAH 51.3

And we will be with the LORD forever and ever. One thousand years in the Messianic Kingdom on earth in Israel that will be like the Garden of Eden, and forever with Him in THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.   ZECHARIAH 12.10

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

 

Shalom.

Our Study from Torah, The Law of Moses will continue from Numbers 36.1-13.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, THE ISRAELI HEIRESS, AND A GODLY MARRIAGE.

And with that said, let’s read Numbers 36.1-13.

FIRST, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ISRAELI HEIRESS.  A WOMAN WHO INHERITED LAND IN THE PROMISED LAND, THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

Prior to entering and possessing the land of Canaan, that became the Land of Israel, The Leaders of the Family of The Children of Gilead, from the Tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came to Moses, and before all the Leaders of The Children of Israel.  And they said, The LORD Commanded my lord Moses to give the Land for an Inheritance by lot to The Children of Israel.

And my lord Moses was Commanded by The LORD to give the Inheritance of Tz’lahf’khad our brother to his daughters.

Earliier, Tz’lahf’khad, who was from the Tribe of Manasseh, died in the wilderness before entering the Land of Canaan.

And his five daughters came to Moses and Eleazar The Priest, and before all The Leadership of The Congregation of Israel at the Door of The Tabernacle of The Congregation.

And the daughters said, Our father died in the wilderness and he was not in the crowd with Korah that rebelled against The LORD.  But our father died for his own sins, and he had no sons.

That rebellion is described in Numbers 16.

And the daughters said, Why should the name of our father be done away with from among his family because he has no son?

This was a problem because of female inheritance of Land in Israel.

Inherited Land in Israel passed through the male line only. Thus the inherited Land of their father would not pass to his daughters but to a male member of their father’s family. Either to a brother or a male cousin or some male member of his family.  But not to his five daughters.

So Moses brought the problem to The LORD.

And The LORD said to Moses, The plea of the daughters of Tz’lahf’khad is just.  You shall give them an inheritance among their father’s relatives.  And you shall cause the Inheritance of their father to pass to them.

And you shall speak to the Children of Israel, and say to them, if a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his Inheritance to his daughter, or daughters.  If he has no daughter, you shall give his Inheritance to his brothers.  If he has no brothers, you shall give his Inheritance to his father’s brothers.  If his father has no brothers, you shall give his Inheritance to his nearest male relative in the Tribe, and he shall inherit it.

And this shall be for The Children of Israel a Statute of Justice as The LORD Commanded Moses.  NUMBERS 27.6-11

But later on, another problem emerged.  The Leaders of the Children of Gilead, who were of the Tribe of Manasseh, the same Tribe as the daughters of Tz’lahf’khad, came to Moses and the Leaders of Israel.  And their concern was this.

They said to Moses, The LORD Commanded you to give the Inheritance of Land that belonged to Tz’lahf’khad, their brother, to his five daughters.  And that was fine.  Numbers 36.2

But the concern of the leadership of the Tribe of Manasseh was the following.  If the daughters of Tz’lahf’khad married any of the men of the other tribes, then their Inheritance of Land will be taken from our fathers of the Tribe of Manasseh and given to another Tribe.

That is, their inheritance would be in the ownership of another Tribe, and not the Tribe of Manasseh.

Here is the problem.  When the daughters of Tz’lahf’khad marry, their ownership would be temporary up to the time they die.  Because the Land would pass on either to their husband, or a male member of their husband’s family.  And it is possible that those male members could be from another Tribe other than the Tribe of Manasseh.  Seeing Israel was and maybe still is based on descent through the male line.

And the Leaders brought up the Jubilee.  They said, even when Israel observes the Jubilee, the daughter’s inheritance will be given to their husband’s Tribe into which they married.  And their Inheritance will be taken away from the ownership of the Tribe of Manasseh.

Because every fiftieth year in the Jubilee, all sold land and perhaps all Inherited Land reverts to its original owner. LEVITICUS 25.10-11, ETC., NUMBERS 36.2-4

So Moses brought the problem to The LORD.  And The LORD said, The Tribe of the Children of Joseph speak correctly.  This is the thing that The LORD Commands concerning the daughters of Tz’lahf’khad.  They may marry anyone they wish, providing they marry into the family of their father’s Tribe.  That is, within the Tribe of Manasseh.

So the Inheritance of The Children of Israel must not make its rounds from Tribe to Tribe.  Rather the Children of Israel must remain bound to their original Inheritance of the Tribe of their fathers.  Thus preserving the holdings of their Tribes.

And every daughter who Inherits Land in any Tribe of The Children of Israel must marry a man from their father’s Tribe.  That every Israelite keeps the original Inheritance of their Tribe.

So as The LORD Commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Tz’lahf’khad.  They married men from their own Tribes.  Thus retaining their Inheritance, and hopefully marrying Godly men.

For the daughters Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the five daughters of Tz’lahf’khad were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.

And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph.  And their Inheritance remained in the Tribe of the family of their father.

These are the Commandments and the Rulings that The LORD Commanded Moses for The Children of Israel in the plains of Moab, current day Jordan, near Jericho.  NUMBERS 36.5-13

LET’S TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE.  A GODLY MARRIAGE.

Early in the Creation, GOD revealed to the man that he needed a wife.  GENESIS 2.18-24

Wife in Hebrew is EESHA, a Woman.

And yes, The LORD tells us in The Bible that there will be difficult times in our lives, and from time to time in our marriage.

And that is why it is so necessary to have The LORD GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL in our marriage.  

And we have The LORD in our marriage when we Serve Him, and Obey Him, Fear Him, and have Atonement for our sins through our faith in THE LORD, THE MESSIAH YESHUA.  

And because Adam and Eve foolishly listened to satan’s lie, and disobeyed The Commandment of The GOD OF CREATION, The LORD clearly tells us that there will be difficult times in life.  GENESIS 2.15-17, GENESIS 3.1-4, GENESIS 3.16-19

Most certainly we need The LORD in our life and in our marriage.

A GODLY marriage is the best of marriages.  A GODLY marriage has The LORD GOD as your Partner, your Counselor, your Teacher, Protector, and Helper.  And so much more.  MALACHI 2.14-16

MALACHI 2.14-16  The LORD has been Witness between you and your wife, or between you and your husband.  The LORD GOD made you one flesh.  He made you both as one person. That you should make GODLY children.  And you retain a remnant of The Spirit.

Your wife, or your husband is your Partner and your Companion.  You Covenanted before GOD.  You committed to certain promises before THE LORD YOUR GOD to keep forever.  In good times and in bad times.  And GOD hates divorce.

PROVERBS 5.15-23  This is the only passage in The Bible that explicitly celebrates the pleasures of marital sex.  Your wife, the father tells his son, is yours, and she is more beautiful than anyone else.

Drink waters out of your own cistern, out of your own fountain, the Proverb says.  That is, remain loyal to your wife, and to GOD.  And remain loyal to His Torah, The Law of Moses.  And The LORD YOUR GOD will bless you with joy and happiness, and success.

Always remain loyal to your wife.  And always remain loyal to your husband.  For the ways of a man and a woman are before the Eyes of The LORD.  And He weighs all their goings.

MARK 10.9  What therefore GOD has joined together, let not man cast asunder.  That is, let no man separate the two of you.  Not your husband, not your wife, not anyone.  For The LORD, THE MESSIAH YESHUA says, GOD has joined the two of you together to stay together.  And that is a blessing of GOD.  1 CORINTHIANS 7.10  

Marriage is a blessing.  PROVERBS 18.22

Whoso finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor of The LORD.

And good Counsel is given in The Bible to the exception. PROVERBS 19.13 and PROVERBS 21.9, 19

The nagging of a wife is like endless dripping water, The Bible says.  And dwelling in the corner of a roof is better than a contentious wife in a spacious house.  Also, it is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.

Good counsel from The Bible.  But I’m sure no wife in this Congregation falls into that category.

I always thought that the marriage of Ruth, a Gentile woman from Moab, current day Jordan, and Boaz, a Jewish man from Bethlehem, was a great marriage.

After Ruth’s husband died, who was Naomi’s son, Ruth told her Jewish mother-in-law Naomi, For where you go, I will go. And where you lodge, I will lodge.  Your People shall be my People, and your GOD, my GOD.  Where you die, I will die. And there will I be buried.  The LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts you and me.  RUTH 1.16-17, 22

And as life with GOD continues, Boaz, a relative of Naomi, married Ruth.  And Boaz and Ruth became the great grandfather and great grandmother of King David.  And both Boaz and Ruth are in the lineage of King David, and in the lineage of The Jewish Messiah Yeshua.  RUTH 4.13-22, MATTHEW 1.1-6, 16

GOD blesses GODLY marriages, and Boaz and Ruth had a GODLY marriage.

And Ruth became Jewish along the way.  Another blessing.

ISAIAH 54.5  Ladies, whether you are married or single, remember this.  The LORD Your GOD is your Husband, The GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH shall He be called.  And that never changes.

And men, tell your wife, I love you.  And tell her a lot.

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

Shalom.

Our study from Torah, The Law of Moses will continue from Numbers 35.1-8.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, DO NOT DEFILE THE LAND IN WHICH YOU ABIDE, AND IN WHICH I ABIDE, FOR I THE LORD ABIDE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

And with that said, let’s read Numbers 35.1-8.

Just prior to entering into and conquering Canaan, The LORD spoke to Moses in the Plains of Moab.  The Plains of Moab are the flat lands of current-day Jordan by the Jordan River near Jericho.

And The LORD Commanded the twelve Tribes of Israel to give the Levites Cities to live in from the Land they inherited in Canaan that GOD renamed Israel.  And also suburbs or pasture lands with those Cities for their livestock, and for growing crops, and for all their animals.

And The LORD Commanded that the pasture lands of the Levitical Cities should be 1,500 feet from outside the City.  And should measure 3,000 feet on the east side, 3,000 feet on the south side, 3,000 feet on the west side, and 3,000 feet on the north side.  And the city was in the center.  NUMBERS 35.1-5

The Cities and pasture lands that were given to the Levites by each Tribe were proportional to the size of Land each Tribe inherited in the land of Canaan.  That is, from the Tribes that inherited many Cities, they gave many Cities to the Levites. But from the tribes that inherited few Cities, they gave few Cities to the Levites.  Every Tribe gave to the Levites according to their inheritance of Land in Canaan.  NUMBERS 35.8

So The LORD gave the Children of Israel great and good Cities in Canaan that Israel did not build, and houses full of good things that Israel did not fill.  And wells that Israel did not dig. And vineyards and olive trees that Israel did not plant. DEUTERONOMY 6.10-12

And among those Cities which you give to the Levites, The LORD said, there shall be six Cities for refuge which you Moses shall appoint for the person who kills someone unintentionally to flee to.

And to those six Cities of refuge within the Levitical Cities you shall add an additional forty-two Cities.  Thus the Cities you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight Cities along with their pasture lands.  NUMBERS 35.6-7

The Levites did not inherit any Land in Canaan for their inheritance as did the other Tribes.

However, having the Levites live throughout Israel, The Jewish People, and the non-Jewish People living among them were taught by the Levites about The LORD Their GOD, and His Torah that contains all GOD’S Laws, Teachings and Instructions.  The Torah is The Law of Moses.  NUMBERS 18.20-24, DEUTERONOMY 33.8-10, 2 CHRONICLES 17.8-9

Let’s read Numbers 35.9-15

So again, The LORD spoke to Moses about the Levitical Cities of refuge.

When Israel crosses the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, you shall provide Cities of refuge for a man slayer, a killer who has killed a person unintentionally to flee to.  The Cities of refuge will serve as a refuge for the man slayer from the avenger.  The avenger of blood was a close family member of the one killed.  So the killer will not die until he or she stands trial before the Congregation.

And of the Cities you assign to the Levites, The LORD said, six Cities shall be for refuge.

Three Cities of refuge shall be on the other side of the Jordan River, and three Cities shall be in the land of Canaan.  The Land that the Tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half Tribe of Manasseh inherited on the other side of the Jordan River was not in Canaan but in Gilead, in current day Jordan.

The six Cities of refuge were for the Children of Israel and the non-Jewish People who lived among the Jewish People.  For those who killed a person unintentionally to flee there.

And The LORD applies specific Laws and Judgments for the murderer who is guilty of death, and the killer who is innocent because the death was unintentional.

And these are GOD’S Laws and Judgments:

If a person strikes another with an iron object so that death results, he is a murderer.  The murderer must be put to death. NUMBERS 35.16

If the killer hit the person with a stone that caused death, he is a murderer, and the murderer must be put to death. NUMBERS 35.17

Or if the killer struck a person with a wooden object that caused death, he is a murderer and the murderer must be put to death.  NUMBERS 35.18

The blood avenger himself, that is the close family member of the one killed shall put the murderer to death.  NUMBERS 35.19

So too, if a person violently pushes another because of hatred, or hurled something at him or her on purpose and kills that person, or in hatred struck that person with his hand and the person dies, the killer must be put to death.  He is a murderer. The revenger of blood, the close family member shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.  NUMBERS 35.20-21

But if the person pushed another without hatred, or threw an object at the person unintentionally.  Or inadvertently dropped any deadly object of stone upon the person, and death resulted, though the person was not an enemy of his, and did not seek to harm the person, in such cases the Congregation must decide according to Torah, GOD’S Laws Written in The Law of Moses, between the slayer and the avenger of blood, the close family member.

And the Congregation must protect the man slayer.  And the Congregation must restore the slayer to the City of refuge to where he fled.  And he must remain there until the death of the High Priest who was anointed with the sacred oil. NUMBERS 35.22-25

But if the one who killed the person by accident goes outside the City limits of the City of refuge where he or she fled before the High Priest died, and the avenger of blood finds that person outside the limits of the City of refuge, and the avenger kills that person, the avenger is not guilty of blood.

Why is the family member who killed him not guilty? Because the Commandment of GOD says the slayer should have remained in the City of refuge until the death of the High Priest.  That is Law from GOD ALMIGHTY.

But after the death of the High Priest, according to the Commandment of The LORD, the slayer was then allowed to return to his or her home of possession.  NUMBERS 35.25-28

This is Torah, GOD’S Law.  All that is Spoken by THE LORD GOD concerning murder, and the Cities of refuge, and guilt or innocence is Law forever throughout the generations of The Jewish People.

Now, are these Laws of The LORD GOD followed in any Country, even Israel?  I don’t know.  NUMBERS 35.29

Whoever kills a person, the murderer must be put to death by the evidence of witnesses.  But one witness against a person is not sufficient against any person to cause him or her to die. Two or more witnesses are required to sentence a person to death.  NUMBERS 35.30

You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death.  The murderer must surely be put to death.

A ransom is a payoff to free the one guilty of death. NUMBERS 35.31

Nor shall you accept a ransom that would allow the slayer who is innocent who fled to the City of refuge to return to his home before the death of the High Priest.  NUMBERS 35.32

You shall not pollute the Land in which you live in, for the blood of murder pollutes the Land.

And the Land cannot be cleansed, atoned for, or pardoned of the blood that is shed in the Land, but by the blood of him who shed it.  NUMBERS 35.33

Bloodshed and all sin pollute every nation in the world, and threatens the people who live in those nations with the judgments and wrath of GOD.

Murder and all sins of disobedience to GOD’S Word, His Laws and His Commandments written in The Bible bring curses upon the world and all mankind.

Because Adam and Eve did as satan told them, and disobeyed The Commandment of The LORD GOD, The LORD cursed satan and brought upon mankind the sorrows of life. GENESIS 2.15-17, GENESIS 3.4, 9-19, GENESIS 4.1-12, 1 JOHN 3.4

Learn the sins of the Canaanites who defiled every Law of GOD.  And do not do them.  Do not do as the Canaanites did. For GOD killed them and drove them out of their land because of their sins against GOD.  LEVITICUS 18.24-30

Israel defiled their own Land by the way they lived in the sight of GOD, and their sinful acts brought upon them the fury of THE LORD THEIR GOD.  EZEKIEL 36.16-38

The LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL says, My People are destroyed for lack of knowledge.  They have forgotten The Law of their GOD.  HOSEA 4.6

NUMBERS 35.34  You shall not defile the Land in which you abide, and in which I abide, for I THE LORD abide among The Children of Israel.

For a long time I thought, Why will The LORD destroy the world?  And I found the answer from The Word of GOD in The Bible.

The reason GOD will destroy the world is because of sin.

Sin is violating The Word of GOD and breaking His Laws that are written in the Law of Moses.  GOD’S Law is The Word of GOD.

GOD will destroy the world because the earth is defiled by the people who live in it.

Because the people throughout the world sin by turning away from GOD’S Word and His Laws that are written in The Law of Moses.

And GOD will destroy the world because the people throughout the world have changed GOD’S Ordinance.  His Decrees, His Commandments, His Sabbaths, His Festivals, His food laws, and it doesn’t stop there.

And GOD will destroy the world because the peoples of the earth have broken GOD’S Everlasting Covenant.

GOD’S Everlasting Covenant is His Word that is written in The Bible, and His Laws, Teachings, and Instructions that are written in The Law of Moses in the first five Books of The Bible.

And for those reasons GOD will one day in the future destroy the world.  ISAIAH 24.1-6, ISAIAH 26.21, ISAIAH 13.11, DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, PSALM 105.8-10, 1 JOHN 3.4, ETC.

And The Bible says, a time is coming that GOD will cause the earth and the heavens to flee away and vanish.  To be replaced by New Heavens and a New Earth, The Holy City New Jerusalem that is Heaven which will remain forever. REVELATION 20.7-11, REVELATION 21.1-2

And like the New Heavens and the New Earth, Israel and the Jewish People, not all but a remnant will remain before GOD forever.  Along with those non-Jewish People who have joined in with The Jewish People, living their lives as GOD Commands His Jewish People in the Bible and all the world to live; Obeying every Word GOD Speaks in The Bible.  Believing in ONE GOD.  And that ONE GOD is The Jewish Messiah Yeshua Who is The Mighty GOD, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  And having Atonement for all your sins through faith in The Messiah Yeshua.  ISAIAH 66.22, JEREMIAH 31.35-37, ROMANS 11.26

So in conclusion;

If anyone tells you through teaching or conversation, or in reading a book, or reading a website, or by any other form of communication that The Law of Moses is no longer in effect, Do not believe it.  Because that teaching is not of GOD, but of satan.  (Read Genesis 3.4)

And receiving satan’s false doctrine and disobeying GOD will rob you of your Salvation.

If you are told that The Law of Moses is only for the Jewish People, do not believe it.  The Law of Moses is The Word of GOD, and The LORD GOD of Creation requires everyone to observe and Obey His Word.

If anyone tells you that Yeshua The Messiah is a created being. Do not believe it.  It is foolishness.

If anyone tells you that The Messiah Yeshua is not the Father. Do not believe it.

Messiah Yeshua is the Father.  He is THE ONE GOD OF CREATION.  He is The Everlasting Father, The Son, The Messiah, The Spirit, The Holy Spirit, Melchizedek, and so much more. Messiah Yeshua is GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM, THE ONE AND ONLY GOD OF CREATION.

If anyone tells you that Christianity has replaced the Jewish People as GOD’S Chosen People.  Do not believe it.  Like all false doctrine, that too is a lie and nowhere written in The Bible.

Salvation unto Eternal Life in Heaven is easy to understand and do;

1/  Obey Every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD that is Written in The Bible.  That includes GOD’S Laws that are written in the Law of Moses.

2/  Know, Believe and Understand that there is ONLY ONE GOD.  HE IS MESSIAH YESHUA.

3/  Have Atonement for all your sins through faith in The Messiah Yeshua.  Then follow steps 1 and 2.

DEUTERONOMY 28, DEUTERONOMY 32.1-2, ISAIAH 40.8, MATTHEW 4.4, MATTHEW 7.21-23, LUKE 4.4, LUKE 8.21, LUKE 16.17, ACTS 5.32, 1 PETER 1.23-25, 1 JOHN 3.4, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, HEBREW BIBLE MICAH 5.1, CHRISTIAN BIBLE MICAH 5.2, JOHN 12.45, 49, JOHN 14.9

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

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