Month: October 2017

Shalom.

Our teaching from Torah, The Law of Moses will continue from Deuteronomy 4.14-20.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, THE PROHIBITION OF WORSHIPING IDOLS, AND GOD’S PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE.

And with that said, let’s read Deuteronomy 4.14-20

DEUTERONOMY 4.14  Moses told The Children of Israel who today are The Jewish People, that The LORD Commanded him to Teach them Statutes and Judgments.  That is to say, GOD Commanded Moses to Teach His People Laws, and Laws of Judging that are Just and Lawful according to GOD’S Law, The Law of Moses written in the first five Books of The Bible.

In a number of Bibles, this Verse is written, And The LORD Commanded me at that time to teach you Statutes and Judgments “that you MIGHT do them.”

But the Hebrew translation does not read like that.  It reads like this; And The LORD Commanded me at that time to teach you Statutes and Judgments “FOR YOU TO DO THEM.”

The word MIGHT, as in, The LORD Commanded me at that time to teach you Statutes and Judgments that you MIGHT do them, never appears in the original Hebrew.

Why?  Because the words “THAT YOU MIGHT DO THEM” mean that GOD is SUGGESTING that you do His Law.

GOD is not suggesting that you do His Law, GOD is Commanding you to do His Law of Moses whether you are Jewish or not Jewish.  LUKE 4.4, ROMANS 3.31, ROMANS 2.8

After the death, burial and resurrection of The Messiah Yeshua, when His eleven Disciples went into Galilee to a mountain where Yeshua told them to go, MESSIAH SAID TO THEM, GO THEREFORE AND TEACH ALL NATIONS.

These eleven Jewish Disciples of Messiah Yeshua were instructed by The LORD to TEACH ALL NATIONS.

Nations in Greek is ETHNOS meaning nations and Gentiles.

THUS MESSIAH INSTRUCTED HIS JEWISH DISCIPLES TO TEACH ALL NATIONS AND GENTILES.

And just as Moses was Commanded by THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY TO TEACH The People Statutes and Judgments, GOD’S Laws written in The Law of Moses, The Messiah Yeshua Who Himself is The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, Commanded His Disciples to TEACH ALL NATIONS GOD’S STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS THAT ARE GOD’S LAWS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES.   

AT THE TIME MESSIAH SPOKE THOSE WORDS TO HIS DISCIPLES, THERE WAS NO WRITTEN NEW TESTAMENT.

BUT THERE WAS, AND STILL IS THE WRITTEN OLD TESTAMENT THAT CONTAINS THE LAW OF MOSES FOR ALL MANKIND TO LIVE BY THAT NEVER CHANGES OR ENDS.

MATTHEW 28.16-20, DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, ROMANS 2.13, ROMANS 3.31, ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23-25, JOHN 4.22

JOHN 4.22 SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS BECAUSE GOD GIVES SALVATION TO THOSE WHO LIVE BY EVERY WORD OF GOD THAT JEWISH PEOPLE RECORDED IN THE BIBLE.

 JEWISH PEOPLE WROTE GOD’S LAW OF MOSES, THE PROPHETS, THE WRITINGS, THAT IS THE PSALMS, ETC., AND THEY WROTE THE JEWISH NEW TESTAMENT ABOUT RECEIVING ATONEMENT THROUGH FAITH IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA.  LEVITICUS 17.11, ISAIAH 53.10

FOR SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS, MESSIAH SAYS.

AND THAT IS WHAT MESSIAH’S DISCIPLES TAUGHT THE NATIONS.  THE WORD OF GOD WITHOUT CHANGES.

DEUTERONOMY 4.15-20  The LORD told His People through Moses, You must greatly guard your souls, for you did not see any shape or likeness on the Day The LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire in Mount Sinai when He gave you The Ten Commandments, lest you corrupt yourselves and make carved images, the form of any idol, the shape of male or female.

The likeness of any animal that is on the earth, or the likeness of any bird that flies in the heavens, or the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, or the likeness of any fish that is under the waters.

And lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the host of the heavens, and you are drawn away and bow down to them, and serve them which The LORD YOUR GOD has given to all the nations under the heavens.

And you, has The LORD taken and brought you out from the furnace of iron, out of Egypt to become to Him a People of Inheritance as it is this day.

GOD is repeating His second Commandment to His People.

You shall not make for yourselves any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.

You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them, For I THE LORD YOUR GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me.

And showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me and keep My Commandments.

Keeping GOD’S Commandments is keeping all His Laws written in The Law of Moses.  For COMMANDMENTS in Hebrew is MEETS’VOTE, meaning, collectively The Law of Moses.  EXODUS 20.4-6

In 722 B.C.E./B.C. The LORD exiled His Jewish People out of their Homeland in northern Israel to Assyria.

Assyria was a region in parts of current-day northern Iraq, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and northeast Syria.

And The GOD of Israel exiled His People living in northern Israel to Assyria because Israel sinned against The LORD Their GOD.

Sin is violating The Law of Moses.

Israel feared other gods by bowing down to those gods.

And Israel lived according to the laws of the heathen.

And The Jewish People set up high places in all their cities for their idols which The LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

And The LORD sent all His Prophets to His People testifying to them, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep My Commandments and My Statutes according to all The Law which I Commanded your fathers.

But they would not hear nor obey GOD’S Statutes and His Covenant (GOD’s Word that is Law) that He made with their fathers.  Therefore The LORD was angry with Israel and removed them out of His sight.

Let’s read 2 KINGS 17.6-23

136 years later, in 586 B.C.E./B.C., The LORD GOD sent  The Babylonians, current-day northern Syria and northern Iraq up to Jerusalem to destroy Jerusalem and The Temple for the same reasons He cast The Jewish People out of northern Israel.  Sin, idolatry, rejecting GOD’S Laws, and not believing GOD.

That same attitude exists today in the nations.  The nations reject The Word of GOD.  They do not believe GOD.

And in time, The Bible says, Because the nations transgress the Laws of GOD, and have changed His Ordinance and broken His Everlasting Covenant, The LORD will destroy this world.

And that will bring on The Return of THE MESSIAH YESHUA WHO IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM.

And that will be the beginning of the 1,000 year Messianic Kingdom on earth in Israel with The Messiah Yeshua.

2 CHRONICLES 36.11-21, ISAIAH 24.4-6, ZECHARIAH 14, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6

Idolatry in Judaism came to an end in 516 B.C.E./B.C. when The Jewish exiles returned to Israel from their seventy year captivity in Babylon.

The universal teaching that GOD’S Law of Moses is no longer valid rejects GOD’S great Salvation, resulting in the loss of Eternal Life.

Because whosoever receives The Messiah Yeshua for their Atonement, GOD puts His Law of Moses in your heart to obey it.  JEREMIAH 31.31-34, HEBREWS 8.8-12, HEBREWS 10.16-17

But when the individual continues to lead a life of sin by breaking GOD’S Law of Moses, GOD removes His Salvation from them.

And the loss of Salvation is taught in the parable of the sower.  THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD OF GOD.  MATTHEW 13.1-23, MARK 4.1-20, AND HEBREWS 6.4-6

NUMBERS 15.29-3, MATTHEW 7.21-23, 1 JOHN 3.4

WHAT MUST YOU DO TO NEVER LOSE YOUR SALVATION?

Live your life according to every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD in The Bible.  That includes GOD’S Torah, His Law of Moses.  And that includes having Atonement for your sins through Faith in The Messiah Yeshua.  It’s that simple.  MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, DEUTERONOMY 8.3, LEVITICUS 17.11, ISAIAH 53.10

LET’S TALK ABOUT GOD’S PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE.  DEUTERONOMY 4.20

AND LET’S USE TWO SCRIPTURES FOR OUR TEACHING.  FIRST, ROMANS 11.17

Paul teaches about Gentiles being grafted into The Olive Tree.

The Olive Tree is symbolic of The Jewish People.

The Jewish People are also The Branches of The Olive Tree.

The Root is THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, The Father of The Jewish People. Whom The LORD, because He is Jewish, has made His Children, The Jewish People Jewish.  EXODUS 4.22, ROMANS 9.4

However, for Gentiles to be grafted into The Jewish People who are GOD’S People of Inheritance, whose Root is GOD ALMIGHTY, The Jewish Source of Life, their Foundation, from Whom The Jewish People Live and receive their Promises, Blessings, Protection, and Salvation, THE GENTILES MUST LIVE THEIR LIVES AS GOD COMMANDS HIS JEWISH PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE.  

AND THAT INCLUDES OBEYING ALL GOD’S LAWS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES.  AND HAVING ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SINS IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA, WHO IS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6

Then you become grafted into The Jewish People, and a People of Inheritance with The Jewish People, inheriting Eternal Life in Heaven.

The second Scripture is JOHN 4.22 where Messiah says, FOR SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS.

GOD SPOKE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING GOD REQUIRES OF ALL MANKIND TO LEAD A GODLY LIFE, AND RECEIVE SALVATION.

IT’S ALL WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS THROUGH REVELATION THAT JEWISH PEOPLE WROTE.

YOU MUST BELIEVE GOD, AND OBEY EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.

KNOW AND BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND NO OTHERS.

THAT GOD IS THE LORD AND BESIDE HIM THERE IS NO SAVIOR.

THEN YOU BECOME A PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

YOU INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN AND EVERYTHING THAT BELONGS TO GOD.  MATTHEW 25.34, REVELATION 21.7

THAT IS SALVATION.  FOR SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS.

AND THAT IS HOW YOU BECOME GOD’S PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE.

Shalom,

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

Shalom.

Our teaching from Torah, The Law of Moses will continue from Deuteronomy 4.9-13.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, GOD’S COVENANT, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,

REMEMBER, GOD’S COVENANT IS HIS WORD THAT IS LAW.  AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE HIS WORD AND THEY ARE LAW.  GOD’S LAW, THE LAW OF MOSES.  1 CHRONICLES 16.15-17

So with that said, Let’s read Deuteronomy 4.9-13.

DEUTERONOMY 4.9  A clearer translation from The Hebrew reads, Be on guard for yourself, and guard your life very much lest you forget The Words, Commandments, Decrees, and Things which your eyes have seen.  Lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life.  And you shall make them known to your sons and to your son’s sons.

Moses urged The Children of Israel, some three million, to remember The Great Revelation they witnessed at Mount Sinai when The LORD descended upon the Mountain in fire.  And the smoke rose up as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

And there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and The Shofar was loud and all the People in the camp trembled.

And The LORD spoke to The People out of the midst of the fire.  And they heard His Voice, but saw no Shape or Likeness of The LORD.  Only they heard His Voice.

And Moses told the Jewish Nation to testify to their families all that they witnessed, and teach their sons and their son’s sons all that they saw and heard from The LORD.

And as GOD’S Servant and Witnesses, GOD Commanded Those Jewish People to testify of what they had witnessed, and share what they saw and heard with their families.

And The Bible that Jewish People wrote testifies of that great and supernatural event to the world.  ISAIAH 43.10-12

DEUTERONOMY 4.10-12  Moses reminded The People of the day they stood before The LORD Their GOD in Horeb which is Mount Sinai, when The LORD said to Moses, Gather The People together to Me and I will make them hear My Words that they will learn to Fear Me all the days that they will live upon the earth.  And for them to teach their children.

The Hebrew Word for FEAR, when GOD said, I will make them hear My Words that they will learn to FEAR ME all the days that they will live upon the earth, is YAH’RAY meaning To Fear GOD, Revere GOD, be Fearful of GOD, and Afraid of GOD.

When you begin to Fear GOD, You begin to Obey GOD.

Messiah Yeshua said, Do not Fear them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather Fear Him (GOD ALMIGHTY) Who is able to destroy both body and soul into hell.  MATTHEW 10.28

David writes, O Fear The LORD you His Holy Ones, for there is no want to those who Fear Him.  HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 34.10, CHRISTIAN BIBLE PSALM 34.9

And David writes of the Blessings for Fearing GOD.  HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 34.12-14, CHRISTIAN BIBLE PSALM 34.11-13

(HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 34.13, CHRISTIAN BIBLE PSALM 34.12)  The Hebrew Word for Life in this verse is KHA’YEEM meaning LIFES, (PLURAL).  Life on earth, and Eternal Life in Heaven.

People speak and write Laws.  Then change them, even end them.  GOD Speaks, and His Word becomes Law.  They never change or end.  Yet there are people who try to change or end GOD’S Word and His Laws.  And that is impossible.

Therefore, GOD’S Word and His laws Written in The Old Testament remain the same in The New Testament.  ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.25, DEUTERONOMY 4.2

The Ten Commandments in Hebrew are AH’SEH’REHT HA’D’VAH’REEM meaning The Ten Words.

The Ten Commandments, or The Ten Words are GOD’S Everlasting Covenant that never end or change.

And GOD requires all mankind to live by His Ten Commandments.

Every Spoken Word of GOD Written in The Bible is GOD’S Everlasting Covenant.  GOD’S Word is Law for all mankind that never changes or ends.  MATTHEW 4.4, MATTHEW 5.18, LUKE 4.4, LUKE 16.17

The Ten Commandments are also called The Decalogue in Greek, meaning, Ten Words.

The Ten Commandments are not a separate Law unto itself, but fully part of The Law of GOD that is Written in The Law of Moses in the first five Books of The Bible.

Let’s read about that great event when The LORD Gave The Ten Commandments to The Children of Israel and to all the world in EXODUS 19.1-25

Let’s review The Ten Commandments in EXODUS 20

EXODUS 20.1-2  And GOD Spoke all these Words, Saying, I Am The LORD YOUR GOD Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.  I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD

GOD identifies Himself to The Children of Israel and to all the world by Name, THE LORD YOUR GOD Who brought you out of Egypt, the land of slavery.

And GOD proceeds to give His People and the world His Words to live by forever.

EXODUS 20.3-6  THE SECOND COMMANDMENT.  YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.

Canceling out the false doctrine of the trinity that teaches three different gods.

The Jewish People, and all humanity are taught throughout The Bible that there is only One GOD and No Others.  And He is The GOD OF ISRAEL, GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM, MESSIAH YESHUA, THE ONE GOD.

DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29, 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

It is possible that the doctrine of the trinity of one god being three different gods was conceived by people who did not believe that One God could create The Heavens and the earth, and control all the wonders, miracles, and judgments that the world experiences every day.

Nor can they believe that GOD ALMIGHTY can be in different places physically all at the same time.  Even calling Himself by different Names; The Father, The Messiah, The Son of GOD, The Spirit of GOD, The Holy Spirit, and Mechizedek.

But GOD tells us plainly, there is Only One GOD, and you shall have no other gods before Me.

WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND OTHERS SAW THE MESSIAH YESHUA IN ISRAEL FACE TO FACE, THEY WERE LOOKING AT GOD, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE FATHER, THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD.  THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE SPIRIT, THE HOLY SPIRIT, MELCHIZEDEK,  THE ANGEL OF GOD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, THE GLORY, AND SO MUCH MORE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, AND HE IS THE MIGHTY GOD THAT DELIVERED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPTIAN SLAVERY.

THAT IS BIBLICAL TEACHING FROM THE BIBLE.  GENESIS 1.26, GENESIS 19.24, JEREMIAH 23.24, PSALM 110.1, JOHN 17

EXODUS 20.4-6  CONTINUING THE SECOND COMMANDMENT.  IDOLATRY IS FORBIDDEN.

GOD says, You shall not make a graven image.  That is a carved or sculptured idol or image, nor any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.

You shall not bow down to them, The LORD says, nor serve them, for I THE LORD YOUR GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD visiting the iniquity of the fathers, upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me.

And showing mercy to the thousandth generation (forever) to them that love Me and Keep My Commandments.  GOD’S Commandments are His Word and His Law.

FOR ISRAEL, AND ALL WHO OBEY GOD AND KEEP HIS COVENANT, THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL RECIPROCATE YOUR DEVOTION TO GOD AND YOUR OBEDIENCE TO GOD TO THE THOUSANDTH GENERATION.  THAT IS FOREVER.

TO THOSE WHO LOVE ME, GOD SAYS, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, AND KEEPING GOD’S COMMANDMENTS IS LIVING YOUR LIFE BY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  THAT INCLUDES HIS TORAH, GOD’S LAW OF MOSES.   

AND GOD WILL SHOW YOU HIS MERCY.  

DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, PSALM 105.8-10

Images made for worship, that is physical representations of gods is paganism.

Idols and pictures of The LORD are not permitted by GOD.

The worship of other gods is repugnant to THE LORD GOD.

WORSHIPING ANOTHER GOD ALONGSIDE THE GOD OF CREATION IS REJECTING THE GOD OF CREATION.

EXODUS 20.7  THE THIRD COMMANDMENT.  THE PROHIBITION OF TAKING THE LORD’S NAME IN VAIN.  Just as it is forbidden to show contempt for GOD by making or buying a graven idol, or a picture representing GOD, so it is forbidden to disgrace GOD’S HOLY NAME by using His Name for no valid purpose.

EXODUS 20.8-11  THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.  THE SABBATH.

Keeping The Sabbath on the seventh day of the week from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday shows your love and devotion to The LORD YOUR GOD.

The seventh day of the week is The Sabbath of The LORD OUR GOD, To Keep It Holy.

In that day, GOD says, You shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servants, that would include employees of the Company you may own, nor the non-Jewish Person staying with you, or working for you on your property, or business.

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is The Sabbath of The LORD YOUR GOD.  For in six days The LORD made The Heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day, and Hallowed it.

The Sabbath is forever.  ISAIAH 40.8

EXODUS 20.12  THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT.  HONORING YOUR PARENTS.

Honor your father and your mother that your days may be long upon the land which THE LORD YOUR GOD gives you.

The Hebrew Word for HONOR is KAH’BADE.  So I looked up the meaning of HONOR in Webster’s Dictionary.  And Honor means Honesty, Fairness, Integrity, High Respect, High Public Esteem, Sincerity, Look Up To, Appreciate, Value, Cherish, Adore, Reverence, Revere, and Honor.

That is how you Honor your father and your mother that your days may be long upon the land which THE LORD YOUR GOD gives you.

EXODUS 20.13  THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT.  YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.

The Hebrew Word for KILL,  as some Bibles write, You Shall Not Kill, is RAH’STAKH meaning MURDER.  YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.

IN THE HEBREW BIBLE, THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTH COMMANDMENTS ARE ALSO WRITTEN IN VERSE 13.  YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, AND YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.

IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE, EXODUS 20.14 HAS THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.  THE PROHIBITION AGAINST ADULTERY.

Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful husband or wife.

The person who betrays the marital relationship, betrays GOD.

And the person who commits adultery sins against GOD.  GENESIS 20.1-6

IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE, EXODUS 20.15 HAS THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.  YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.

IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE, EXODUS 20.16 HAS THE NINTH COMMANDMENT.  PROHIBITION AGAINST BEARING FALSE WITNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR.

This Commandment might be read, You shall not testify a lie to your neighbor, who is anyone you are speaking to.

Messiah explains who your neighbor is in LUKE 10.29-37

THUS THE NINTH COMMANDMENT IS, DO NOT LIE.

IN THE HEBREW BIBLE, EXODUS 20.14 HAS THE TENTH COMMANDMENT, PROHIBITION AGAINST COVETING.

AND IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE, EXODUS 20.17 HAS THE TENTH COMMANDMENT.  PROHIBITION AGAINST COVETING.

COVET means, to desire wrongfully, to desire that which is another’s, and without due regard for the rights of others.

So The Tenth Commandment of GOD is, You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male or female servants, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.

Thus everyone should Sanctify their thoughts and attitudes to the point where you purge yourself of such natural tendencies as jealousy and covetousness.

DEUTERONOMY 4.13  GOD’S Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tables of stone are His Covenant that GOD Commands everyone to Perform.

And I think of the encouraging Words in the Book of Job.  IF THEY OBEY GOD AND SERVE HIM, THEY SHALL SPEND THEIR DAYS IN PROSPERITY, AND THEIR YEARS IN PLEASURES.  JOB 36.11

The Hebrew word for prosperity is TOV, meaning Good.  You will spend your days in good, in everything that is good, when you Obey and Serve The LORD your GOD.

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

Shalom.

Today is Sukkot, The Feast of Tabernacles.  And our teaching for this great Festival of GOD will come from Leviticus 23.33-44.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, SUKKOT, THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.  A TIME TO REJOICE, AND A TIME TO CELEBRATE.  AND A TIME TO MAKE ATONEMENT.

So with that said, let’s read Leviticus 23.33-44

LEVITICUS 23. 33  Like all the Festivals of The LORD, GOD spoke to Moses Face to face in The Tabernacle, in The Holy of Holies, from above The Cover of The Ark of The Covenant, from between the two cherubim which were upon The Ark.

That is where GOD Spoke to Moses everything that GOD Commanded The Children of Israel.  EXODUS 25.21-22, EXODUS 26.33-34, LEVITICUS 23.1-5, 15, 16, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 39

GOD Chose The Jewish People to be His Witnesses to reveal to all mankind everything that GOD Commands and Requires of man.

The way to come home to GOD.

The way to come home to GOD is Written in The Spoken Word of GOD in The Bible from Genesis through Revelation that Jewish People wrote.  ISAIAH 43.10-11

LEVITICUS 23.34 Today is The Feast of Tabernacles for Seven Days To The LORD.

Since The Feast of Tabernacles for seven days is TO THE LORD, this Feast and all GOD’S Feasts are for GOD’S Purpose, and for His Honor.

LEVITICUS 23.35  The First Day of The Feast of Tabernacles is a Holy Convocation, or a Holy gathering.

No work of any kind is to be done on This Day.

A Holy Convocation in Hebrew is MEEK’RAH KODESH, meaning, The Feast of Tabernacles is a Sabbath, a Time Set Apart for The LORD for a Gathering of His People for a Service to Observe His Holy Day.

And A Holy Convocation is also a Rehearsal for the future when we Celebrate this Festival With The LORD in The Messianic Kingdom in Israel for 1,000 years, and then throughout Eternity in Heaven.

LEVITICUS 23.36  During Tabernacle and Temple times, The LORD Commanded The Children of Israel, today, The Jewish People, to Offer an Offering made by fire to The LORD for seven days during The Festival of Tabernacles.

Also on the eighth Day, The LORD Commanded His People to Offer an Offering made by fire to The LORD.

An Offering made by fire included an animal sacrifice for the Atonement of the sins of The Jewish People and the non-Jewish People who were living among The Jewish People.

GOD Commanded His People to Offer an Offering made by fire on all His Festivals to make Atonement for their souls by sacrificing a clean animal, and shedding its blood.

On The Sabbath Days  NUMBERS 28.1-4, 9-10

On Passover  LEVITICUS 23.5-8

On Shavuot/Pentecost  LEVITICUS 23.15-18

On Yom Teruah/Rosh HaShanah.  LEVITICUS 23.24-25

On The Day of Atonement  LEVITICUS 23.27

On Sukkot, The Seven Day Feast of Tabernacle, and the Eighth Day.  LEVITICUS 23.36

Today, because GOD forbids the animal sacrifice without a Temple in Jerusalem, The LORD provided Atonement through The Jewish Messiah Yeshua, Who is GOD ALMIGHTY, THE FATHER.

THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY made Himself a Human Being for the sole purpose of having His Life sacrificed, and Shed His Blood to make Atonement for the sins of His Jewish People and All Mankind.

Sin is breaking The Law of Moses.

LEVITICUS 17.8-11, ISAIAH 53.10, HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 22.2, CHRISTIAN BIBLE PSALM 22.1, DEUTERONOMY 6.4, NUMBERS 15.31, 1 JOHN 3.4, JOHN 19.33-34

EVERY FESTIVAL OF GOD IS TO REMEMBER THE LORD OUR GOD, TO CARRY OUT HIS COMMANDMENTS FOR HIS HOLY DAY, AND TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SOULS.

GOD teaches in Torah that IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.  LEVITICUS 17.11

Like all GOD’S Laws, this Law never changes or ends.  IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.  ISAIAH 40.8  

However, because GOD forbids the sacrifice without The Temple in Jerusalem, the Rabbis teach that Atonement can be achieved by other methods.  Such as payment of compensation for wrongs committed, or through suffering, or by the performance of certain rituals.  Accompanied with repentance and the rectification of one’s way of life.

BUT GOD SAYS, IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.  LEVITICUS 17.11, JOHN 19.34

The Rabbis also say, With the destruction of The Temple and the automatic abolition of the sacrificial system, a doctrine was formed of alternatives to the sacrificial system to make atonement.

These alternative means of atonement, the Rabbis say, can be effected through suffering, repentance, prayer, and good works.

BUT GOD SAYS, IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.  LEVITICUS 17.11, JOHN 19.34

IT IS THE BLOOD OF THE MESSIAH YESHUA, HA SHEM ELOHIM, THE ALMIGHTY GOD WHOSE SHED BLOOD AS A HUMAN BEING MADE ATONEMENT FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND ALL MANKIND.

BUT WITH A CONDITION.

THAT CONDITION IS DOING WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF US.  THAT IS, OBEDIENCE TO TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES CONTINUALLY AND FOREVER, FOR THE LORD SAYS, HEAR O ISRAEL THE LORD OUR GOD THE LORD IS ONE.

MEANING, ISRAEL, OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  AND THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.

THAT APPLIES TO ALL MANKIND.  DEUTERONOMY 6.4

But, mainstream Judaism rejects their Messiah Yeshua for Atonement.  And that is a huge mistake.  Messiah is Elohim.  The GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Thus rejecting GOD’S Gift for Atonement.

Now Christian doctrine teaches that Christ The Messiah died for our sins.  And that is correct according to Scripture.

But then Christian doctrine destroys that truth when it teaches that The Law of Moses is no longer in effect.  Therefore teaching Christians not to obey GOD because Christ abolished The Law of Moses on the cross.  That is false doctrine.  It is not true, nor is it Biblical.

Christianity, by abolishing The Law of Moses for Christians, GOD does not accept their atoning sacrifice of Messiah Yeshua.

Thus Christianity has no atonement with GOD.

Keep in mind that The Word of GOD in the Bible never changes or ends.  And The Law of Moses is The Word of GOD.

Let’s look at ISAIAH 56.6-7

The Stranger, The non-Jewish Person who joins themselves to The LORD, To Serve Him, and To Love The Name of The LORD, To Be His Servants are Commanded by GOD to observe GOD’S Seventh Day Sabbath from Sundown Friday to Sundown Saturday.

And GOD Commands The Stranger, The Non-Jewish Person to observe The Sabbaths of all GOD’S Festivals written in Leviticus 23.

And GOD also Commands The Stranger, The Non-Jewish Person to live by GOD’S Covenant.

GOD’S Covenant is His Word Written in The Bible from Genesis through Revelation that includes The Law of Moses written in the first five Books of The Bible.

Then GOD will accept your Sacrifice for Atonement.  Your sacrifice for Atonement is Messiah Yeshua.

Psalm 105.8-10, ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23-25

Jesus also spoke the Words of Deuteronomy 6.4 when He was asked, What is the most important Commandment of all?  Messiah answered, The Most Important Commandment is, HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD THE LORD IS ONE. 

MEANING, HEAR AND OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS.  AND THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.  MARK 12.29

The trinity is another doctrine that is not true.  The trinity teaches that Christ, the son, is a distinct and different person from The Father and The Spirit making Christ another god.

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.  NOT THREE.  DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29, ISAIAH 43.10, ETC.

THE TRUTH IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE.

MESSIAH YESHUA IS OUR ATONEMENT.  THEN UPON RECEIVING ATONEMENT IN THE MESSIAH YESHUA, GOD COMMANDS YOU TO LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR GOD ACCORDING TO EVERY WORD OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE.  THAT INCLUDES GOD’S TORAH, HIS LAW OF MOSES.

THAT IS HOW ATONEMENT IS MADE FOR YOUR SOUL.  

AND THAT IS HOW YOU COME HOME TO GOD. 

JEREMIAH 31.31-34, HEBREWS 8.8-12, HEBREWS 10.16-17

Sin without GOD’S Atonement prevents people from being Written in GOD’S Book of Life.

It is Written.  Those Written in GOD’S Book of Life have Eternal Life in Heaven.  Those not written in GOD’S Book of Life do not have Eternal Life.  DANIEL 12.1-2

The Bible reads, Whosoever was not found Written in GOD’S Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.  REVELATION 20.15

So it is urgent to have Atonement.  Not from the words of men.  But from The Word of GOD Written in The Bible.  Because the lake of fire is hell.

ISAIAH 53.10, LEVITICUS 17.8-11, EZEKIEL 18.20-22, LUKE 16.17

BACK TO LEVITICUS 23.36  A Solemn Assembly is an Assembly of The People on the Eighth Day of Tabernacles for a Service.  This Solemn Assembly is a Holy Convocation, a Holy Gathering.

And Atonement must be made if you do not have Atonement for your sins according to The Teachings of GOD.

And no work of any kind is to be done on the Eighth Day of Tabernacles.    

Judaism calls the Eighth Day of Sukkot, Shemini Atseret, meaning, The Eighth Day of The Assembly.

LEVITICUS 23.37  GOD told Moses, These are The Feasts of The LORD that you shall proclaim to be Holy Convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to The LORD, a burnt offering (For Atonement) and a grain offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, everything upon His Day.

Besides, or in addition to The Sabbaths of The LORD, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your freewill offerings which you give to The LORD.

Therefore, everything GOD Commands you to do for The Feasts of The LORD Written in Leviticus 23 must be carried out.  And His Commands are not difficult.

GOD’S Commands include having Atonement for your sins.  And Atonement does not come from the words of men, but by The Blood that makes Atonement for your soul shed by The Jewish Messiah Yeshua.  Followed by obedience to Torah, The Law of Moses.

That is to Fear The LORD Your GOD, To Walk in all His Ways, and To Love Him, and To Serve The LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul.

To Keep The Commandments of The LORD, and His Statutes which include GOD’S  Torah, His Law of Moses, which The LORD GOD Commands you this day for your good. 

Think on GOD’S Words, FOR YOUR GOOD.  DEUTERONOMY 10.12-13

ROMANS 11.17  Paul, in writing to the Gentiles who believe in Messiah Yeshua, teaches about an Olive Tree.  The Olive Tree is symbolic of Israel and The Jewish People.  HOSEA 14.5-7

And Paul writes, If some of the branches of that Olive Tree are broken off (The branches that are broken off are The Jewish People who do not believe in their Messiah Yeshua), and you being a wild olive tree (The wild olive tree are Gentiles who are lawless, not obeying Torah, GOD’S Law of Moses)

but are now grafted in among The Jewish People.  And with them take part of The Root (The Root is GOD), and The Richness of the Olive Tree that is Israel and The Jewish People.

The point that Paul is making is this.  For Gentiles who believe in Messiah Yeshua to be grafted in with The Jewish People, and become fully part of GOD’S Chosen People, and share in all The Blessings of GOD, you must be LAW ABIDING.  YOU MUST OBEY TORAH.  YOU MUST LIVE BY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES.

When Jewish People return to The LORD Their GOD, they too are grafted into the Olive tree again.  VERSE 23

So, Atonement Requires Belief in Messiah Yeshua, and Obedience to every Word That proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD.  And that includes His Law of Moses.

And that is how you come home to GOD.

MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, DEUTERONOMY 8.3, DEUTERONOMY 6.4

And we will conclude Leviticus 23 next week at our Service for The Eighth Day of Tabernacles.

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

Shalom.

Today is Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement.  And our teaching will come from GOD’S Word and Commandments for this great Day in Leviticus 23.26-32.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, HOW DO WE RECEIVE ATONEMENT ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT,  OR ANY OTHER DAY?

And with that said, let’s read Leviticus 23.26-32

What does ATONEMENT mean?

Atonement means Forgiveness of sins.

The Word Atonement for The Day of Atonement comes from the Hebrew Word KEE’PUR’IM meaning Atonements.

Atonements, plural, because in the days of The Tabernacle and The Temple, Atonement was made every day, twice a day by an animal sacrifice, even on The Sabbath Days.

A sacrifice was offered in the morning, and another sacrifice was offered in the evening in the Courtyard of The Tabernacle or The Temple.

Thus The Day of Atonements.  Many Atonements.  Every day, twice a day until the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E./A.D.

The destruction of The Temple ended the sacrificial system temporarily because the animal sacrifice is forbidden by The LORD GOD when there is no Temple in Jerusalem.

When the next Temple is built, GOD will reinstate the animal sacrifice for atonement.  LEVITICUS 17.8-11, NUMBERS 28.1-4, EZEKIEL 40-48

ATONEMENT IS A GIFT FROM GOD TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS.

SIN IS BREAKING THE LAW OF MOSES.  ANY LAW THAT IS WRITTEN IN TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES THAT IS WRITTEN IN GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS AND DEUTERONOMY.

THE LAW OF MOSES IS THE LAW OF GOD.

THUS EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS SINNED AGAINST GOD.

THEREFORE EVERY PERSON NEEDS ATONEMENT FROM GOD TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD TO BE WRITTEN IN GOD’S BOOK OF LIFE FOR ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN.  NUMBERS 15.31, 1 JOHN 3.4, EXODUS 32.33

ALL REASONS WHY EVERYONE NEEDS ATONEMENT.

IN GOD’S MERCY, HE HAS GIVEN US HIS GIFT OF ATONEMENT THAT HAS A NUMBER OF MEANINGS.

ATONEMENT MEANS THAT GOD COVERS OUR SINS, PARDONS OUR SINS, FORGIVES OUR SINS.  AND WE HAVE RECONCILIATION WITH GOD BECAUSE HE HAS FORGIVEN OUR SINS.

RECONCILIATION MEANS THAT WE ARE REUNITED WITH GOD.

NEXT QUESTION.  DO WE RECEIVE ATONEMENT FROM GOD, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, BY FASTING AND OTHER MAN-MADE LAWS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT?  OR BY OTHER MEANS?

WE CERTAINLY DO NOT RECEIVE ATONEMENT BY FASTING.  NOR DO WE RECEIVE ATONEMENT BY DOING MAN-MADE LAWS.

WE RECEIVE ATONEMENT BY WHAT GOD HAD MOSES WRITE IN TORAH.

TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES TEACHES US THAT IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.  LEVITICUS 17.11

THAT LAW OF GOD NEVER CHANGES NOR DOES IT EVER END.

Atonement in the days of The Tabernacle and Temple was made by the animal sacrifice and its shed blood.  Followed by living a life of Righteousness.

LEVITICUS 23.27, DEUTERONOMY 28, ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23-25

RIGHTEOUSNESS IS LIVING YOUR LIFE IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD BY OBEYING EVERY WORD THAT GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  AND THAT INCLUDES HIS LAW OF MOSES.

Today, without The Temple in Jerusalem, the sacrificial system has ended until the next Temple is built.

Remember, GOD says in Leviticus 17.11, “It is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.”

And that blood must come from a sacrifice that gave its life for our Atonement.

That Law, like all GOD’S Laws never changes or ends.  Even without a Temple.  It is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

Some 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem, The Sacrifice Who gave His Life was GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM, MESSIAH YESHUA, THE GOD OF CREATION, THE FATHER Who made Himself a Human Being to suffer death, and shed His Blood to make Atonement for the souls of His Jewish People and all mankind.  GENESIS 18.14, HEBREW BIBLE PSALM 22.2, CHRISTIAN BIBLE PSALM 22.1, MATTHEW 27.46

It is Written.  It is Prophesied.  And it has happened.  Messiah Yeshua gave His Life to be our Atonement.  That was His Purpose for His first coming.  To give His Life for our Atonement.

ISAIAH 52.13-15, ISAIAH 53.1-12 (10), THE NEW TESTAMENT, MATTHEW 16.21, MATTHEW 17.22-23, MATTHEW 20.17-19, MATTHEW 26.12, 21-28, 31-32, 62-68, MATTHEW 27.35, 46, 50, MATTHEW 28.1, 6

The Prophesy of Messiah’s Death was fulfilled some four hundred years after The Book of The Prophet Malachi was written.

AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF MESSIAH’S FIRST COMING.  FOR JEWISH PEOPLE AND NON-JEWISH PEOPLE.  TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SINS BY BELIEVING IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA, WHO IS GOD ALMIGHTY.  AND LIVING YOUR LIFE FOR GOD BY BEING OBEDIENT TO THE LAW OF GOD.  THAT IS BEING OBEDIENT TO THE LAW OF MOSES.

AND THAT IS HOW ATONEMENT IS MADE.  THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.  DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4

Paul, whose given Hebrew name is Sha’ul (Saul) teaches that Messiah is The GOAL of The Law for Righteousness to everyone that believes.  ROMANS 10.4-5

Most every Bible translator of The New Testament teaches obnoxious doctrine in this passage by writing that Messiah is the end of The Law.  And that is a terrible lie.  Messiah is not the end of The Law.  Messiah is The Goal of The Law to Righteousness.  He is the Goal of The Law of Moses, The Law of GOD.

The Greek word for GOAL is Telos, Meaning, The Goal set out for a definite point or a definite Goal.  Telos also means end.  But not in this Passage.  LUKE 16.17

Every sport has a goal.  Baseball’s goal is to score runs.  Football’s goal is to score touchdowns.  Basketball’s goal is to score points by tossing the ball through the basket.

AND MESSIAH HAS A GOAL FOR EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM.

MESSIAH’S GOAL FOR US IS TO LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS.  ROMANS 10.4

Righteousness is being Right with GOD.  And the only way to be Right with GOD is by Obeying The Law of GOD.  Every Law, Teaching and Instruction that is Written in The Law of Moses.  And having Atonement for your sins in Messiah Yeshua.

THAT IS MESSIAH’S GOAL FOR US.  TO BE RIGHTEOUS BY OBEYING THE LAW, GOD’S LAW OF MOSES.

AND WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN MESSIAH YESHUA, AND YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS BY FOLLOWING HIS LAW OF MOSES, YOU HAVE GOD’S GIFT OF ATONEMENT FOREVER.  AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE THE WALK.  JEREMIAH 31.31-34, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, DEUTERONOMY 8.3

LEVITICUS 23.26  You know what is so remarkable here?  GOD spoke these Words Face to face with Moses in The Tabernacle.  EXODUS 25.21-22

Every Word, Law, Teaching, and Instruction, GOD Spoke to Moses in The Tabernacle to Write in The Law of Moses.  EXODUS 25.21-22

The Words for Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement are not only GOD’S Spoken Word to The Jewish People, but GOD’S Spoken Word for all mankind.  Because The Word of our GOD, His Laws, Teachings, and Instructions, including His Festivals are for every living human being.  Not just for Jewish People.  Because GOD is The GOD of the Gentiles also.

And GOD’S Word stands forever.  It never changes.

LEVITICUS 23.1-4, FF, DEUTERONOMY 32.1-2, ROMANS 3.29, ROMANS 8.4-7, ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23-25, LUKE 16.17, DANIEL 12.1-2

Romans 8.4  The flesh is man disobeying GOD.  The Spirit is GOD.  The Righteousness of The Law is carried out and performed by those who walk after The Spirit.  Walking after The Spirit is walking with GOD.  Obeying every Word GOD speaks in The Bible.

LEVITICUS 23.27  Today is the tenth day of the seventh Month.  Today is The Day of Atonement.

In GOD’S great mercy, He made Atonement for us.  He gave His Life to forgive us our sins.  Think on that for a moment.  Think what He did for us.  What He went through as a Human Being.  A Person like you and me at the time.  He took a beating for us.  He was sacrificed, killed, and His blood shed so we could have Atonement.  So we would have all our sins forgiven, and be reconciled to Him.  Only GOD would do such a thing for us.

The Bible says in Prophesy that His appearance was so marred, so disfigured, more than any man, and His body more than the sons of men.  To forgive us our sins.

The Bible continues, Yet It pleased The LORD to bruise Him, to crush Him, and beat Him to pieces, and destroy Him.  To put Him to grief to make His Soul an offering for sin.  To make Him our Atonement.

And we can’t comprehend that because there is only One GOD.  So GOD put Himself through that torture for us, for all the world to make Atonement for all mankind.

And GOD, THE MESSIAH YESHUA says, All you have to do is Believe in Him, and Follow Him by obeying His Law of Moses.  And He will forgive all your sins, and remember them no more.  And GOD will be your GOD, and you will be His People.  JEREMIAH 31.31-34

And in return, GOD wants you to forgive others who wronged you.  To stop holding grudges against those who sinned against you, and forgive them as He forgives you.  Because who are we?  Certainly not one of us is perfect like The One Who sacrificed His Life to make Atonement for our sins.

Then there’s the scary story Messiah tells of a guy who wouldn’t forgive others.

GOD called the one who did not forgive others, wicked.  And his lord delivered the one who would not forgive to torment.

And Messiah said, So likewise shall My Heavenly Father do also to you if you from your hearts do not forgive everyone their trespasses.  That is, Forgive them their errors, their faults, and their sins.

THE HEAVENLY FATHER IS MESSIAH YESHUA.

Messiah also says, For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

THE HEAVENLY FATHER IS MESSIAH YESHUA.

MATTHEW 18.32-35, MATTHEW 6.14-15, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, JOHN 12.45, 49, JOHN 14.9, ISAIAH 53.10, JEREMIAH 31.31-35

LET’S CONTINUE IN LEVITICUS 23.27  The Day of Atonement is a Holy Convocation.  Meaning, today is a Sacred Occasion.  A time set apart for The LORD OUR GOD.

A time for GOD’S People to gather together for a Service dedicated entirely to The LORD to observe His Holy Day.

And this Day is also a Rehearsal.

A Rehearsal for observing GOD’S Festival of Yom Kippur that will be observed in the future in The Messianic Kingdom on earth in Israel for 1,000 years, and throughout Eternity in Heaven.

AND VERSE 27 READS, AND YOU SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS.

The Rabbis have taken this Hebrew Word for AFFLICT, AS IN YOU SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS, to mean Fast.  Don’t eat or drink anything during the twenty-four hours of Yom Kippur.

BUT THE HEBREW WORD FOR AFFLICT, AS IN YOU SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS IS AH’NAH.  AH’NAH MEANS TO HUMBLE YOURSELF, TO SUBMIT YOURSELF AND BE SUBMISSIVE AND OBEDIENT.  TO GOD.

AFFLICT, THE HEBREW WORD AH’NAH, DOES NOT MEAN TO FAST.  THE HEBREW AH’NAH MEANS TO BE HUMBLE.

Being Humble to The LORD is being submissive to The LORD.  Submitting to GOD’S Authority by Obeying every Word He Speaks in The Bible.  That includes obeying every Word in GOD’S Torah, His Law of Moses Written in the first five Books of The Bible.

That is the Bottom Line of what GOD requires of us.  To be Humble, Submissive and Obedient to THE LORD OUR GOD on this Day and every day, and forever.

COMPLETING VERSE 27, GOD Commands us to offer an offering made by fire to The LORD.  That is the animal sacrifice for atonement.

And today, those who believe in Messiah Yeshua, and obey His Torah, His Law of Moses have Atonement.

LEVITICUS 23.28  This Day is a Sabbath.  No work of any kind should be done on The Day of Atonement.

It is a day to make Atonement before The LORD Your GOD through Belief in The Jewish Messiah Yeshua, followed by obedience today and forever to GOD’S Law, The Law of Moses.

LEVITICUS 23.29-32  Again, GOD reminds us to Humble ourselves before The LORD OUR GOD.  And Submit to every Word He speaks in The Bible from Genesis through Revelation.  And that includes His Law of Moses Written in the first five books of The Bible.

And The LORD Commands us not to do any work on this Day of Atonement.  And if you must work in this Country that does not obey The Word of GOD in The Bible, ask for the Day off.  If you cannot get the Day off, I believe GOD will understand and forgive you.  If you can get the Day off, take it and observe every Word GOD speaks for this Day of Atonement.

The Day of Atonement is a Statute forever, even throughout Eternity.  As all GOD’S Festivals will be observed forever.

It is a Day to Humble yourself before The LORD YOUR GOD, and Observe and Do every Word He Speaks.

SO HOW DO YOU RECEIVE ATONEMENT ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, OR ANY OTHER DAY?

BY BELIEVING IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA FOR ATONEMENT, AND LIVING YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES. 

AND GOD SAYS, YOU SHALL CELEBRATE YOUR SABBATH ON THIS DAY OF ATONEMENT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE ATONEMENT IN THE MESSIAH YESHUA, THE GOD OF CREATION.  

Shalom

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com