Month: January 2018

Shalom.

Our teaching from Torah, The Law of Moses will continue from Deuteronomy 6.20-25.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, WHY DID GOD CHOOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO BE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE FOREVER?

And with that said, Let’s read Deuteronomy 6.20-25.

Let’s start from the Beginning and see why GOD Chose The Jewish People to be His Chosen People forever.

The opening words of The Bible, and The Beginning of Torah, The Law of Moses in Genesis 1.1 read, IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.

SINCE GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING IN IT, THE BIBLE, THEREFORE IS WRITTEN TO EVERYONE IN THE HEAVENS AND ON THE EARTH.  TO THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN, TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON EARTH, AND YES, TO GOD HIMSELF.  BECAUSE GOD MUST LIVE HIS LIFE ACCORDING TO EVERY WORD HE HAS SPOKEN IN THE BIBLE.  

WHY MUST GOD LIVE HIS LIFE ACCORDING TO EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE?  BECAUSE GOD IS PURE, WITHOUT SIN.  AND TO BE PURE AND WITHOUT SIN, GOD MUST LIVE BY EVERY WORD, TEACHING AND LAW HE SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  AS YOU AND I SHOULD LIVE OUR LIFE.  GENESIS 1 AND 2, PSALM 119.1

In Genesis Chapter 2, GOD Spoke into Law His weekly Sabbath on the seventh day of the week, our Saturday.  GENESIS 2.1-3

The Hebrew for Sabbath is SHABBAT.  AND SHABBAT comes from SHAVAHT, the Hebrew word for RESTED.

After Creating the earth full of good things, GOD formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.  And man became a living soul.

And GOD named the first human being, Adam, which in Hebrew, AH’DAHM means Human Being.  And GOD created Adam to live forever.  GENESIS 2.7, GENESIS 3.22

Also in Genesis Chapter 2, early in The Creation when Adam was the only human being on earth, GOD made a Public Declaration of what He requires of every human being.  And what GOD requires of every human being is Obedience.  Obedience to GOD.  Obedience to Every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD.

Yesterday, today, and forever, GOD Commands Everyone to Obey Every Word He Speaks in The Bible from Genesis through Revelation.

There is a story in The Bible that is one of the most popular stories ever written.  But one of the most important Teachings ever Taught.  You all know it.

After GOD created Adam, The LORD planted a Garden in Eden and put the man Adam there to dress it and keep it.

And The LORD grew every pleasant tree that was good for food.  And GOD also planted The Tree of Life in the center of the Garden.  And also The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil.

HERE IS THE TEACHING. A VERY IMPORTANT TEACHING. 

GOD Commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of The Garden you may freely eat.  But The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil you shall not eat of it.  For in the day that you eat of that tree, you will surely die.

SIMPLE TEACHING.  OBEY WHAT GOD SAYS, OR ELSE.

Following that, GOD created the woman Eve from one of Adam’s ribs.  And GOD brought Eve to Adam.

Eve in Hebrew is KHAH’VAH meaning Life Giver.  And GOD married them and they became one flesh.

And I’m sure that Adam told his wife what GOD Commanded him.  Of every tree of the Garden you may freely eat, But of The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil you shall not eat of it, for in the day that you eat of that tree, you will surely die.

Then we meet the snake in the Garden of Eden.  That snake was the devil and satan who deceives the whole world.  REVELATION 12.9

As everyone knows, the snake lied to Eve so she would disobey GOD.  YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE IF YOU DISOBEY GOD, THE SNAKE SAID TO EVE.  Giving her a false reason to disobey GOD so she would eat what GOD told her husband Adam not to eat.

YOU SEE, THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD IS FOR EVERYONE.  THEN AND TODAY.

Satan’s lie to Eve should sink into your ears forever.

So Eve listened to satan, and disobeyed GOD, and took the fruit of The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil because it was good for food, and pleasant to the eyes.  And a tree to be desired to make one wise.  And she ate that fruit, and also gave it to her husband Adam, and he also ate.

And because they disobeyed GOD, (that is sin) GOD caused their lives, as well as ours to be filled with troubles.  And they both eventually died, as GOD said, rather than live forever in The Garden of Eden that was pure, perfect, beautiful, and without sin.

So GOD drove them out from the Garden to keep them away from The Tree of Life.  GENESIS 2.15-17, 23-24, GENESIS 3.1-6, GENESIS 5.5

REVIEW GENESIS 3.4-5 BECAUSE TODAY, NUMEROUS BIBLE TEACHERS TEACH THEIR CONGREGATIONS NOT TO OBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES, GOD’S SPOKEN WORD WRITTEN IN THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.  AND THEY TOO GIVE FALSE REASONS TO DISOBEY GOD.

GOD TELLS THIS SIMPLE LITTLE STORY THAT DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD BRINGS DEATH, WHILE OBEDIENCE TO GOD IS LIFE, EVEN ETERNAL LIFE. 

Yes, GOD in His Mercy gave Atonement through the animal sacrifice during Tabernacle and Temple times, and gives Atonement to all in Messiah Yeshua today when there is no Temple in Jerusalem.

BUT GOD ALWAYS REQUIRES OBEDIENCE TO HIS EVERY WRITTEN WORD IN THE BIBLE.  THAT NEVER CHANGES.  ISAIAH 40.8, 1 PETER 1.23

That is why James teaches the Gentiles who have turned to GOD, saying, “For Moses of old times has in every city them that Preach him, being read in The Synagogues every Sabbath Day.”  ACTS 15.18-21

VERSE 21  That is, The Torah, The Law of Moses is Preached every Sabbath Day on Friday Evening and Saturday in The Synagogues.  And James is saying, Let the Gentiles who have turned to GOD Hear the Teachings of Torah, The Law of Moses.  Let them Learn It, and Do It.  DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4

Genesis Chapters 4-5 teach of Cain and Abel, and the Descendants of Adam.

Genesis Chapters 6-9 teach of Noah and the great flood that destroyed the earth and killed everyone on earth except Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives because Noah was a Just man and Perfect, and Noah Walked with GOD.  Noah Obeyed GOD.  He obeyed Every Word GOD Spoke.  GENESIS 6.8-9

Genesis Chapters 10-11 teach of the descendants of Noah.  Everyone on earth today descends from Noah and his wife’s three sons and their wives.

And Genesis Chapter 12 Records when GOD took Abraham out from the Gentiles to Create a People for Himself, The Jewish People.  GENESIS 12.1-3

And GOD gave The Jewish People His Torah, His Law of Moses that Jewish People have Recorded in The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy for them and all the world to obey, and do for their good always.

THE LAW OF MOSES IS THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD.  IT IS CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT.  

AND THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD IS FOR GENTILES ALSO.

The Prophets in The Bible are all Jewish.  The Prophets of GOD received GOD’S Words and His Prophesies directly from The Lips of GOD.

AND LIKE THE LAW OF MOSES, THE TEACHINGS OF THE JEWISH PROPHETS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE ARE FOR ALL HUMANITY.

And The New Testament is written by Jewish People about THE JEWISH MESSIAH YESHUA WHO IS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE FATHER, HA SHEM ELOHIM Whose Death, Burial, and Resurrection was for the purpose of Atonement for The Jewish People and all mankind.  All Prophesied in Tnakh The Old Testament Scriptures, and fulfilled in The New Testament.  ISAIAH 53, HEBREW BIBLE ISAIAH 9.5, CHRISTIAN BIBLE ISAIAH 9.6, JOHN 14.9

THOUGH GOD HAS CHOSEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO BE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE, WE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE FAR FROM BEING PERFECT.  IN FACT IT IS WRITTEN, THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED AT THE LORD’S HAND DOUBLE FOR HER SINS.

BUT GOD HAS EQUIPPED HIS PEOPLE AND ALL PEOPLE WITH HIS SPOKEN WORD IN THE BIBLE TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE UNTO HIM.  TO WALK WITH GOD AS NOAH, ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, MOSES AND MANY OTHERS WALKED WITH GOD.  LEVITICUS 19.2 ISAIAH 40.2, JEREMIAH 16.18 

LEVITICUS 19.2  BEING HOLY IS WALKING WITH GOD AND DOING ALL THAT GOD COMMANDS YOU TO DO.  EVEN HIS LAW OF MOSES

SO WHY DID GOD CHOOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO BE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE FOREVER?

GOD CHOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE BECAUSE HE LOVES THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

AND GOD CHOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM A HOLY PEOPLE UNTO THE LORD THEIR GOD, AND SPECIAL TO HIMSELF.  TO BE HIS WITNESSES AND SERVANT TO KNOW AND BELIEVE GOD.  AND UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS GOD AND BEFORE GOD THERE WAS NO GOD FORMED.  NEITHER WILL THERE BE AFTER HIM.

AND GOD CHOSE THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT GOD IS THE LORD, AND BESIDE HIM THERE IS NO SAVIOR.  AND TO WRITE THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS THROUGH REVELATION.  AND CAUSED THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO GIVE THE BIBLE TO THE WORLD TO KNOW GOD AND KNOW WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF YOU.  DEUTERONOMY 7.6-11, ISAIAH 43.10-11

A Witness is one who sees, or hears, or knows by personal presence, and testifies what he or she has seen, or heard, or knows by personal presence.

Moses, The Prophets and The Writers of The New Testament are true Witnesses of GOD, who are Jewish and have Seen GOD, or Heard GOD, or Know GOD from Personal Presence.

AS GOD’S WITNESSES, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE WRITERS OF THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS THROUGH REVELATION HAVE GIVEN THE BIBLE TO THE WORLD THAT BRINGS TO LIGHT ALL THAT GOD HAS REVEALED.

TO OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS.  TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.  TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, AND MESSIAH YESHUA IS THAT ONE GOD, GOD ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.  AND HE IS YOUR ATONEMENT.

DEUTERONOMY 6.20-21  You can say to your children whether you are Jewish or not Jewish, GOD brought The Jewish People out of 400 years of Egyptian slavery after GOD made His People a great nation in Egypt.  And GOD brought them into the Land that He swore to The Jewish fathers that GOD named Israel.

You can tell your children, The Jewish People wrote The entire Bible so everyone can learn about GOD, and know what GOD requires of you to live your lives correctly.  And when you live your life correctly according to GOD’S Word, His Laws and Teachings, GOD promises that you will have a Good Life.  And you will Prosper and have Good Success, and you will have Eternal Life in Heaven.  JOSHUA 1.6-9

DEUTERONOMY 6.22-23  You can tell your children that GOD showed great and terrible wonders upon the Egyptians and their King, the Pharaoh, to let The Children of Israel go and leave Egypt for their own Land.

You can tell your children that GOD caused the rod that Moses put before Pharaoh to become a snake.  And GOD made the waters in Egypt turn to blood.  And GOD brought a plague of lice upon the land of Egypt.  And swarms of flies covered Egypt.  And GOD caused the Egyptian cattle to die in Egypt.

All to get Pharaoh the king of Egypt to let The Children of Israel go so they could live in their own homeland.  But still, Pharaoh would not let GOD’S People go.

Then GOD brought boils and blains upon all the Egyptians.  And hail and fire ran on the ground throughout Egypt.  And locusts covered the entire land of Egypt.  And then darkness, so dark it could be felt, covered Egypt for three days.  But none of these plagues came upon The Children of Israel.

And still Pharaoh would not let The Children of Israel go.

And finally GOD brought the worst and final plague upon the Egyptians so the Pharaoh would let GOD’S People go.  GOD killed the firstborn Egyptians in Egypt including the firstborn of Pharaoh and the firstborn of the animals of the Egyptians.

And Pharaoh finally let The Children of Israel go.  Some three million Jewish People.  And others who were not Jewish joined them.

And GOD appointed Moses, the servant of GOD to bring The Children of Israel out of Egypt.  And GOD led them through the wilderness to The Promised Land, The Land of Canaan that GOD had the Children of Israel conquer and possess for their own country because the Canaanite people were a people who disobeyed GOD.

DEUTERONOMY 6.24  And you can tell your children, GOD Commands you to live by all His Laws that are Written in The Bible.  And you should Fear The LORD your GOD for your good always.  And GOD will give you a long and good life for obeying Him.

DEUTERONOMY 6.25  And when you live as GOD requires you to live your life according to His Word that is Written in The Bible, GOD says, That will be your Righteousness.  Meaning, You are pleasing GOD and living your life according to all The Commandments that GOD Commands you in The Bible.

So why did GOD choose The Jewish People to be His Chosen People forever?

Because GOD loves The Jewish People.  And GOD made His Jewish People a Holy People unto Himself.  To be His Servant and His Witnesses.  To write The Entire Bible that teaches you about GOD.  And to learn that GOD Commands you to Obey every Word GOD Speaks in The Bible for your good.  And to know that GOD Blesses those who Bless His Jewish People and Israel.  And GOD curses those who curse His Jewish People and Israel.

And GOD Chose The Jewish People to be His Chosen People forever to Know GOD, and Believe and Understand there is ONLY ONE GOD.  And Messiah Yeshua is that ONE GOD.  And He is your Atonement for all your sins that leads to Eternal Life in Heaven with GOD ALMIGHTY, YESHUA THE MESSIAH, if you Obey Him.

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

 

Shalom.

Our teaching will continue from The Law of Moses in Deuteronomy 6.16-19.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, WHY ARE WE TAUGHT TO REJECT THE LAW OF MOSES WHEN GOD SAYS, OBEYING HIS LAW WILL BRING BLESSINGS UPON YOU?  BUT DISOBEYING THE LAW OF MOSES, GOD SAYS, WILL BRING CURSES UPON YOU.

And with that said, let’s read Deuteronomy 6.16-19.

DEUTERONOMY 6.16  GOD SPEAKING THROUGH MOSES, SAYS, YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD AS YOU TEMPTED HIM IN MASSAH.

The word TEMPT in Hebrew is NAH’SAH meaning, Test, Tempt, or Try.

YOU TEMPT OR TEST THE LORD YOUR GOD BY PROVOKING HIM TO ANGER BY DOUBTING HIM.  BY DOUBTING GOD’S POWER.  DOUBTING GOD THAT HE WILL HELP YOU, OR ASSIST YOU IN TIME OF TROUBLE.  AND DOUBTING GOD IS NOT TRUSTING GOD.

Case in point.  On their way to The Promised Land, The Children of Israel Tested GOD when they argued with Moses to give them water to drink.  And The People Tested GOD by saying, Is The LORD among us, or not?  EXODUS 17.1-7

Moses certainly was not able to give The People water to drink.  So The People complained and argued with Moses, and asked, Is The LORD among us, or not?  Yes, The LORD was among them, but it would have been better for them had they Trusted The LORD, and Prayed to The LORD their GOD to give them water to drink.

GOD SAYS, YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD.

SATAN TESTED MESSIAH YESHUA, WHEN HE SAID TO MESSIAH, IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, DO SUCH AND SUCH.  MATTHEW 4.1-7

VERSE 4  MESSIAH WAS MAKING THE POINT TO SATAN AND ALL MANKIND THAT IT IS WRITTEN (DEUTERONOMY 8.3) THAT MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.

THINK ON THOSE WORDS VERY CAREFULLY.

THEN THE DEVIL TOOK MESSIAH TO JERUSALEM AND SET HIM ON A PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, THE HIGHEST PART OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID TO HIM, IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, THROW YOURSELF DOWN, FOR IT IS WRITTEN (PSALM 91.11-12) HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING YOU.  AND IN THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR YOU UP LEST AT ANY TIME YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.

VERSE 7  AND MESSIAH SAID TO SATAN, IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN (DEUTERONOMY 6.16) YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD.

MESSIAH YESHUA IS TEACHING THE WORLD IN THESE SCRIPTURES THAT HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY, HA SHEM ELOHIM WHEN HE SAID TO SATAN, YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD. 

SATAN TESTING MESSIAH WAS TESTING GOD ALMIGHTY. BECAUSE MESSIAH YESHUA IS GOD ALMIGHTY. 

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

SO AGAIN, DO NOT TEST THE LORD YOUR GOD.  DO NOT DOUBT HIM.

DEUTERONOMY 6.17-19  WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE TAUGHT BY JUST ABOUT EVERY BIBLE TEACHER OUTSIDE OF JUDAISM TO REJECT TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES?

BECAUSE GOD SAYS, AND IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, WHEN YOU OBEY HIS LAW OF MOSES, THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL SET YOU ON HIGH ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, AND WONDERFUL BLESSINGS WILL COME UPON YOU, AND OVERTAKE YOU, IF YOU OBEY HIS LAW OF MOSES.

BUT GOD ALSO SAYS, AND IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, IT WILL COME TO PASS, IF YOU WILL NOT OBEY THE LAW OF MOSES, CURSES WILL COME UPON YOU AND OVERTAKE YOU?

The entire Bible from Genesis through Revelation teaches all human beings to Obey GOD’S Law of Moses.  And
Blessings will come upon you and overtake you when you obey Torah, GOD’S Law of Moses.

And the same Bible teaches that rejecting The Law of Moses will bring curses upon the disobedient, those who reject and disobey The Law of Moses.

GOD SAYS THROUGH HIS SERVANT MOSES IN DEUTERONOMY 6.17-19, YOU SHALL DILIGENTLY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIS TESTIMONIES, AND HIS STATUTES.

THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD ARE ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE THAT INCLUDE HIS LAW OF MOSES.  GOD’S TESTIMONIES ARE HIS WORDS THAT HE SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  AND GOD’S STATUTES ARE HIS COMMANDMENTS AND LAWS THAT GOD COMMANDS ALL HUMANITY TO LIVE BY FOR OUR GOOD.

AND GOD SAYS, YOU SHALL DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, THAT IT WILL BE WELL WITH YOU.

DOING THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND THE WORDS THAT GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE, AND HIS LAWS THAT GOD HAS COMMANDED US TO LIVE BY.

THEY ARE NOT DIFFICULT.  IN FACT IT IS EASY TO KEEP GOD’S COMMANDMENTS AND LAWS.  1 JOHN 5.3

THEN GOD SAYS, IT WILL BE WELL WITH YOU.

LISTEN TO WHAT THE HEBREW WORD FOR “WELL” MEANS, AS IN, IT WILL BE WELL WITH YOU WHEN YOU OBEY GOD.

THE HEBREW WORD FOR WELL IS YAH’TAHV.  AND IT HAS SOME WONDERFUL MEANINGS.

WHEN YOU OBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES, IT WILL BE WELL WITH YOU, IT WILL BE SOUND WITH YOU.  THAT IS YOU WILL BE HEALTHY WITH A SOUND BODY.  AND BEAUTIFUL.  YOU WILL BE HAPPY, RIGHT, AND SUCCESSFUL.  AND YOU WILL BE ACCEPTED BY GOD.  YOU WILL BENEFIT, BE BETTER, AND BE THE BEST.  IT WILL MAKE YOU CHEERFUL, COMELY AND CONTENT.  YOU WILL FIND FAVOR, NO DOUBT WITH GOD, AND WITH MAN.  YOU WILL DO GOOD, MAKE GOOD, BE GOOD, AND BE GLAD.  YOU WILL MAKE MERRY, AND PLEASE GOD.  YOU WILL SHOW MORE KINDNESS.  YOU WILL BE SKILLFUL, MAKE SWEET, BE WELL, AND IT WILL BE WELL WITH YOU WHEN YOU DILIGENTLY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIS WORD AND HIS STATUTES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES IN THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

ADD TO THAT, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS, WHEN YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO GOD’S LAW OF MOSES, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL BE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.  JOSHUA 1.6-9

YES, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN IN THE MESSIAH YESHUA.  YOU HAVE BECOME A NEW PERSON LIVING A NEW LIFE IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO IS MESSIAH YESHUA, GOD ALMIGHTY, THE FATHER, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

NOW THAT YOU BELIEVE IN MESSIAH YESHUA, GOD REQUIRES YOU TO LIVE BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE.  THE LAW OF MOSES IS THE WORD OF GOD.  AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU A NEW PERSON IN MESSIAH.  ROMANS 6.4-6, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY NOT TO SERVE SIN.  AND THAT IS TO LIVE YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO GOD’S LAW OF MOSES.  FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.  1 JOHN 3.4, NUMBERS 15.29-31

THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT OBEYING THE LAW OF MOSES BRINGS BLESSINGS UPON YOU, MIGHTY BLESSINGS FROM GOD.

BUT THE BIBLE ALSO TEACHES THAT NOT OBEYING THE LAW OF MOSES BRINGS CURSES UPON THE DISOBEDIENT.

LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF GOD’S BLESSINGS FOR ALL WHO OBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES, WHETHER A PERSON IS JEWISH OR NOT JEWISH.  OR WHETHER THE PERSON IS FROM LAS VEGAS OR JERUSALEM.  DEUTERONOMY 28.1-14

GOD SAYS, IF YOU ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED, AND DILIGENTLY OBEY HIS LAWS, TEACHINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES IN THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, HE WILL SET YOU ON HIGH ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH.  AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS WILL COME UPON YOU, AND OVERTAKE YOU IF YOU OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.

YOU WILL BE BLESSED IN THE CITY AND IN THE FIELD.  THAT IS, YOU WILL BE BLESSED IN YOUR WORK, AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED WHEREVER YOU GO.

YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE BLESSED, AND YOUR WORK WILL BE BLESSED.

AND GOD WILL BLESS YOUR FOOD.  AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY.

GOD WILL BLESS YOU WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR HOUSE AND HE WILL BLESS YOU WHEREVER YOU GO WHEN YOU GO OUT OF YOUR HOUSE.  AND GOD WILL PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YOU WILL DEFEAT YOUR ENEMIES THAT COME AGAINST YOU.  AND GOD WILL DO THE DEFEATING FOR YOU.

AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU IN ALL THAT YOU SET YOUR HAND TO DO.  BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD.

AND GOD WILL ESTABLISH YOU A HOLY PEOPLE TO HIMSELF IF YOU OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND YOU WALK IN HIS WAYS.

AND PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF THE LORD.  THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD.

AND THE LORD WILL MAKE YOU PLENTEOUS IN GOODS.  THAT IS, GOD WILL MAKE YOU EXCEED AND EXCEL IN ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND GOD WILL OPEN HIS GOOD TREASURE, THE HEAVEN TO GIVE YOU RAIN TO YOUR LAND.  AND HE WILL BLESS ALL THE WORK OF YOUR HAND.

AND GOD WILL MAKE YOU THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, AND YOU WILL BE ABOVE ONLY, AND YOU WILL NOT BE BENEATH.  IF YOU OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD WHICH HE COMMANDS YOU TO OBSERVE AND TO DO THEM.

AND YOU SHALL NOT GO ASIDE FROM ANY OF THE WORDS THAT GOD COMMANDS YOU, TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT.  AND YOU SHALL ONLY SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE MESSIAH YESHUA.

BUT GOD BRINGS CURSES UPON THOSE WHO DISOBEY HIS LAW OF MOSES.

THE CURSES ARE WRITTEN IN DEUTERONOMY 28.15-68, SOME 53 VERSES OF CURSES FOR DISOBEYING GOD’S LAW OF MOSES.

LET’S READ DEUTERONOMY 28.15, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE NOTE OF SOME OF THOSE CURSES.

THOSE WHO REJECT AND DISOBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES WILL BE CURSED IN THE CITY AND CURSED IN THEIR WORK.  THEIR FOOD WILL BE CURSED.  AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE CURSED.

THEY WILL BE CURSED WHEN THEY COME IN AND CURSED WHEN THEY GO OUT.  AND THE LORD WILL CURSE EVERYTHING THEY DO.  AND GOD WILL BRING EXTREME SICKNESS UPON THEM WHO DISOBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES. 

THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF GOD’S CURSES FOR DISOBEYING HIS LAW OF MOSES.

GOD LISTS A WHOLE BUNCH OF SHOCKING CURSES IN 53 VERSES THAT WILL COME UPON, AND OVERTAKE THE DISOBEDIENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT OBSERVE TO DO ALL THE WORDS OF GOD’S LAW THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, THAT THEY WOULD FEAR THE GLORIOUS AND FEARFUL NAME OF THE LORD THEIR GOD.

YESHUA TELLS A STORY THAT HAS A CRITICAL TEACHING ABOUT ETERNITY IN HEAVEN, AND ETERNITY IN HELL.

A STORY YOU NO DOUBT HAVE HEARD OFTEN ABOUT A BEGGAR WHO DIED, AND WAS CARRIED BY THE ANGELS INTO HEAVEN.  AND A RICH MAN WHO DIED AND WENT TO HELL.

YESHUA TELLS THIS STORY IN LUKE 16.19-31

MESSIAH SAID THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN, AND A BEGGAR NAMED LAZARUS WHO WAS LAID AT THE GATE OF THE RICH MAN.  AND THE BEGGAR WAS FULL OF SORES JUST HOPING TO BE FED WITH THE CRUMBS THAT FELL FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE.  THE DOGS EVEN  CAME AND LICKED THE BEGGAR’S SORES.

AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE BEGGAR DIED,AND WAS CARRIED BY THE ANGELS INTO ABRAHAM’S BOSOM IN HEAVEN.

AND THE RICH MAN ALSO DIED, AND WAS BURIED, AND IN HELL HE LIFTED UP HIS EYES AND SAW ABRAHAM FAR OFF, AND LAZARUS IN HIS BOSOM.

AND THE RICH MAN CRIED OUT, FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME AND SEND LAZARUS TO DIP HIS FINGER IN WATER AND COOL MY TONGUE FOR I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.

BUT ABRAHAM SAID, SON, REMEMBER, YOU HAD GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT LAZARUS HAD EVIL THINGS.  BUT NOW HE IS COMFORTED AND YOU ARE TORMENTED.

AND BESIDE, THERE IS A GREAT FIXED GULF BETWEEN US SO THAT YOU CAN’T COME HERE AND WE CAN’T COME TO YOU.

AND THE RICH MAN SAID, PLEASE, I PLEAD WITH YOU FATHER THAT YOU WOULD SEND LAZARUS TO MY FATHER’S HOUSE FOR I HAVE FIVE BROTHERS THAT LAZARUS CAN TESTIFY TO THEM LEST THEY ALSO COME TO THIS PLACE OF TORMENT.

AND HERE IS THE REASON MESSIAH IS TELLING THIS VERY IMPORTANT STORY, EVEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

LISTEN TO MESSIAH’S WORDS.

AND ABRAHAM SAID TO THE RICH MAN, YOUR FAMILY HAS MOSES AND THE PROPHETS.  LET THEM HEAR THEM.  THAT IS, LET YOUR FAMILY HEAR AND OBEY ALL THAT GOD HAD MOSES WRITE IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND ALL THAT THE PROPHETS SAY IN THEIR WRITINGS. 

BUT THE RICH MAN SAID, NO, FATHER ABRAHAM.  BUT IF ONE WENT TO THEM FROM THE DEAD THEY WILL REPENT.

AND ABRAHAM SAID TO THE RICH MAN, IF THEY WILL NOT HEAR AND OBEY THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED TO DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.

MOST PEOPLE TODAY WILL NOT HEAR AND OBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES AND THE PROPHETS.  AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THOSE SAME PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE PERSUADED TO OBEY THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE PROPHETS EVEN IF ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD TO TESTIFY TO THEM THAT THEY MUST OBEY THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE PROPHETS ALONG WITH THEIR ATONEMENT IN MESSIAH YESHUA TO HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE IN HEAVEN.

THAT IS NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING.  

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

Shalom,

Our Teaching will continue in Torah, The Law of Moses, from Deuteronomy 6.10-15.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, WHY GOD DROVE THE CANAANITES OUT OF THE LAND OF CANAAN.

And with that said, let’s read Deuteronomy 6.10-15.

The Book of Deuteronomy begins as The Children of Israel are camped in the plains of Moab, current-day Jordan, prepared to enter The Promised Land, the land of Canaan that GOD will rename The Land of Israel.

And Moses, at the time, was reviewing GOD’S Laws, Teachings and Instructions, called The Law of Moses that The Jewish People Documented in the first five Books of The Bible for all the families of the earth to follow.

And here is part of Moses’ teaching.

DEUTERONOMY 6.10-12  The teachings of Moses are positive.  Never doubting GOD, but assuring The People that when The LORD YOUR GOD brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and good cities that you did not build.  GENESIS 17.8

And houses that are full of all good things which you did not fill, and wells that are dug that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant.

When you shall have eaten and are full, Moses said, then Beware lest you forget The LORD Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

So my question is, What happens when you forget The LORD your GOD?

When you forget The LORD your GOD, you fall into sin.  You don’t think about The LORD.  You neglect Him and disregard The LORD your GOD.

The Prophet Jeremiah says, Those who forget The LORD pervert their way.  That is, they fall into sin and do wrong.  JEREMIAH 3.21  

Perverted their way means they fell into sin.

GOD brought His People into the land of Canaan that was an established civilization.  The Canaanite houses were filled with all good things.  Food, clothing, furniture, and much more.  And the Canaanite cities had wells and vineyards, and olive trees.

But the problem for the people of Canaan, the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Gergashites, and the Jebusites, peoples who lived in Canaan from a River in Egypt to the Euphrates River was, as GOD says, a Wicked People.  DEUTERONOMY 9.4-5

The LORD said to The Children of Israel through His Servant Moses that they should not think in their heart that The LORD their GOD drove the Canaanite nations out of their land and their houses for you to possess because of your righteousness, but because of the Wickedness of the Canaanites.

WICKEDNESS COMES FROM THE HEBREW WORD REE’SHAH MEANING, MORALLY WRONG. 

MORALLY WRONG MEANS THAT THE WAY THE CANAANITE PEOPLE LIVED THEIR LIVES WAS WRONG.  THEY WERE WRONG BECAUSE THEY WILLFULLY DISOBEYED THE LAWS OF GOD.  THEREFORE THE CANAANITES LIVED THEIR LIVES IN WICKEDNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

TODAY, THE LAWS OF THE LORD GOD ARE WRITTEN IN THE TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES IN THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

So you might ask, How could these Canaanite people know GOD’S Laws 3,400 years ago when there was no Bible to teach them?

They, along with all the ancient peoples should have known because GOD announced certain of His Laws some 2,000 years before He established The Jewish People who wrote The Bible that includes His Laws that are written in the Law of Moses.

I understand that the story of Adam and Eve is taught throughout many religions.  It’s a simple story.  When you obey GOD you live.  When you disobey GOD you die.

Did the Canaanites know the story of Adam and Eve?  I don’t know.  But today, we in America and much of the world know The Biblical story of Adam and Eve that shows what happens to people when they disobey GOD.  GENESIS 2.15-17, GENESIS 3.1-6, 22, GENESIS 5.5

Today we have Atonement for our sins in The Messiah Yeshua.  But still, GOD requires us to obey His Written Word in The Bible that includes His Law of Moses to have our Atonement Accepted.  ISAIAH 56.6-7

Paul shows great insight and understanding of GOD with a statement he wrote in The Book of Romans.

Paul writes, Because that which is known about GOD is made plain to them.  For GOD has shown it to them.  ROMANS 1.19

People who do wrong have no excuse because GOD has revealed to them what is right, and what is wrong.  When people do wrong, whether they know GOD or not, they know they are doing wrong.  Because The Light of the world Who is GOD ALMIGHTY, THE SPIRIT OF GOD is the life in all humanity.

And THE SPIRIT OF GOD living in everyone reveals right from wrong to every person.  JOHN 1.9, GENESIS 2.7

HOWEVER GOD GIVES THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIM.  THOSE WHO OBEY HIS WORD AND HIS LAW OF MOSES.  ACTS 5.32

The Canaanites worshiped idols which is an abomination to GOD.  Add to that abomination, they sacrificed to their idols as did much of the world.  JOSHUA 24.2, EXODUS 20.1-5, ROMANS 1.18-25 

GOD REVEALS RIGHT AND WRONG TO ALL PEOPLE.

The origin of Easter is the false goddess Eastre.  That too is an Abomination to GOD.  Yet many celebrate Easter and roll eggs.

IN GENESIS CHAPTER 2, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CREATION, THE LORD SPOKE THE WEEKLY SABBATH INTO LAW ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK, OUR SATURDAY.  GENESIS 2.1-3

The Canaanites then, as most of the world today outside of Judaism did not, and do not observe GOD’S Commanded Sabbath on Saturday.

Add to that, much of the world is taught by their Religious leaders not to observe The Seventh Day Sabbath on Saturday, but rather observe another day such as Sunday or any day they choose for their sabbath.  But GOD says, Not keeping the Sabbath is polluting the Sabbath.  ISAIAH 56.6

Then there are GOD’S Food Laws that GOD established even before Abraham.  Even before The Flood.

Noah obeyed GOD’S Food Laws.  And the days of Noah were well before GOD chose The Jewish People to be His witnesses and His servant.

But the Canaanites, like most people today, did not, and do not obey The Food Laws of GOD.  GENESIS 7.1-2

GENESIS 12.1 Years later, GOD took Abraham out from the Gentiles to establish His Jewish People.

DEUTERONOMY 14 Explains GOD’S Food Laws.

AND BECAUSE OF MAN’S DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, REJECTING HIS LAWS, THE LORD DESTROYED THE EARTH AND ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING ON EARTH BY HIS FLOOD OF WATERS.  BUT GOD SAVED EIGHT PEOPLE.  NOAH, HIS WIFE, THEIR THREE SONS, SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH, AND THEIR WIVES. GENESIS 6.5-9, 17-18

AND GOD WILL DESTROY THIS WORLD IN THE FUTURE FOR THE VERY SAME REASON.  DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD.  THE PEOPLES HAVE TRANSGRESSED GOD’S LAWS, CHANGED HIS ORDINANCE, AND BROKEN HIS EVERLASTING COVENANT.  THAT IS HIS LAW AND HIS WORD.  ISAIAH 24.4-6, PSALM 105.8-10 

The Canaanites practiced magic.  And GOD calls magic an Abomination.  We have magic shows down on the Strip continually.  DEUTERONOMY 18.9-14

There is Only ONE GOD.  Worshiping idols as the Canaanites did is worshiping false gods.  And GOD hates that because He is GOD alone and there are no other GODS beside Him.

Enoch knew there was ONLY ONE GOD because  GOD said, Enoch walked with GOD and he was not.  For GOD took him.

Noah knew there was ONLY ONE GOD because GOD said, Noah was a Just and Perfect man in his generations.  And Noah walked with GOD.

Abraham obviously knew there was ONLY ONE GOD because GOD took him out from the Gentiles to be The father of The Jewish People.  GENESIS 5.24, GENESIS 6.9, EXODUS 20.3-5, DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29

So GOD drove the Canaanite people out of their houses, and out of their land.  And their houses and land became the possession of The Children of Israel because the Canaanites were wicked in The Sight of GOD.  They disobeyed GOD.

The Canaanites, like most people today, did not, and do not live by The Rules of GOD.

Yeshua The Messiah said, Man should live by Every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD.  And I will add to that. From Genesis through Revelation.  DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4, MATTHEW 7.21-23

DEUTERONOMY 6.13  GOD tells us how to live our lives.  And GOD speaks to all the world in The Bible, not only to The Jewish People.

GOD says, You shall fear THE LORD YOUR GOD.  MATTHEW 10.28

Fearing GOD is being Frightened of GOD, and holding Him in Awe, and Honor, and Great Respect.

When you fear GOD, you begin to obey GOD.  You begin to obey His Written Word in The Bible, and His Written Word in The Law of Moses. 

Obeying GOD prevents you from sinning against GOD.

Then you will reject the false teaching that you are no longer required to obey The Law of Moses because The Law of Moses was valid up to the cross.

THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS THAT, ANYWHERE.  

DEUTERONOMY 6.13 also says, You shall serve The LORD Your GOD.  Serving THE LORD YOUR GOD is Working for GOD.  And Working for GOD is living your life according to every Word GOD Speaks in The Bible that includes His Law of Moses.

Isn’t it interesting that false teachers teach that The Works of The Law of Moses are useless and can only result in GOD’S curse and condemnation.  Wow.

Some false teachers even teach that you will lose your Salvation if you obey The law of Moses.

The Law of Moses only happens to be The Word of GOD and The Laws of GOD.

So I checked to see what The Servant of The LORD is required to do according to a certain Christian Bible Dictionary.  And this is what I read.  The Servant of The LORD is to worship GOD.  And they should be humble, and express an inferior position.  That’s it.

No where in this Christian Bible Dictionary is The Servant of The LORD required to Obey GOD.  No where is it said that The Servant of GOD must live by every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD as Jesus teaches in MATTHEW 4.4, and LUKE 4.4.  And certainly no where does this Christian Bible Dictionary say that The Servant of The LORD must Fear GOD and Keep His Commandments that includes GOD’S Law of Moses.  JOHN 14.15

THE BIBLE TEACHES US HOW THE SERVANT OF GOD IS TO SERVE GOD.  THE SERVANT OF GOD SERVES GOD BY LIVING ACCORDING TO EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.

DEUTERONOMY 8.3, DEUTERONOMY 10.12-13, DEUTERONOMY 13.4, ECCLESIASTES 12.13, JOHN 12.26, 1 PETER 2.21-22

DEUTERONOMY 10.12  GOD DIRECTS THESE WORDS TO ISRAEL BECAUSE AS GOD’S WITNESSES AND SERVANT THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO OBEY GOD, AND  MAKE KNOWN TO THE WORLD THE VERY SAME REQUIREMENTS OF GOD FOR ALL MANKIND.

JOHN 12.26 JESUS/YESHUA IS GOD ALMIGHTY.

1 PETER 2.21-22  THE EXAMPLE MESSIAH LEFT US IS TO OBEY GOD’S LAW OF MOSES.  BECAUSE OBEYING GOD’S LAW OF MOSES PREVENTS YOU FROM SINNING.  FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.  1 JOHN 3.4

GOD also says in DEUTERONOMY 6.13, And you shall swear by My Name.

Be very careful with this.  Because if you do swear by The Name of The LORD, do not break your word but do exactly what you promised.  And do it quickly.  Because if you do not perform your oath, you are lying to GOD.  For The LORD YOUR GOD will surely demand it of you.  And you will be in sin if you don’t perform your promise.  NUMBERS 30.2, HEBREW BIBLE DEUTERONOMY 23.22, CHRISTIAN BIBLE DEUTERONOMY 23.21, MATTHEW 5.33-37

MATTHEW 5.33  The correct translation is, Again you have heard that it has been said to the ancients, You shall not forswear yourself, but you shall perform to The LORD your oaths.

FORSWEAR YOURSELF IS LYING, SWEARING FALSELY.

YESHUA THE MESSIAH WHO IS GOD ALMIGHTY SAYS, DO NOT SWEAR AN OATH AT ALL, BUT LET WHAT YOU SAY BE YES, YES, OR NO, NO.  ANYTHING MORE BRINGS EVIL.

DEUTERONOMY 6.14-15  This Commandment is something you must consider very carefully.

GOD says, You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you.  For The LORD YOUR GOD is a Jealous GOD among you.  Lest the Anger of The LORD YOUR GOD is kindled against you and destroy you from off the face of the earth.

Let me say this.  When you diligently follow The Written Word of GOD in The Bible, you will be following The GOD of Creation.

When you turn away from The WORD of GOD and follow teachings that deceive you, teachings that teach you not to obey The Law of Moses, and there is a trinity of three different GODS, you are going after other gods of the gods of the people round about you.

THE TEACHING OF THE BIBLE MUST LINE UP WITH, AND AGREE WITH ONE SCRIPTURE.  AND THAT SCRIPTURE IS, HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

MEANING, YOU MUST OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  AND KNOW THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.  DEUTERONOMY 6.4, MARK 12.29, DEUTERONOMY 8.3, MATTHEW 4.4, LUKE 4.4

SO IN CONCLUSION, WHY DID GOD DRIVE THE CANAANITES OUT OF THEIR LAND?  BECAUSE THEY SINNED AGAINST GOD.  THEY SINNED AGAINST THE LORD THEIR GOD BY DISOBEYING HIS SPOKEN WORD. 

AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE WE SHOULD NOT FOLLOW.

BUT THE EXAMPLE WE MUST FOLLOW ARE THE STEPS OF THE MESSIAH YESHUA.  

Shalom,

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com

Shalom.

Our teaching will continue in Torah, The Law of Moses from Deuteronomy 6.5-9.

AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.

And with that said, let’s read Deuteronomy 6.5-9.  Words we read every Shabbat.

JUDAISM CALLS THESE WORDS, THE VEE’AH’HAV’TAH.  IN HEBREW MEANING, AND YOU SHALL LOVE.

Earlier, Moses told The Children of Israel, some three million strong, that GOD Commands you to keep His Commandments, His Statutes, and His Judgments that you are to be taught to do them in the Land that you are to possess.

That Land, of course, was the land of Canaan that GOD renamed Israel.

BY THE WAY, ISRAEL MEANS “FOR AS A PRINCE YOU HAVE POWER WITH GOD AND WITH MEN AND HAVE PREVAILED.”

GOD spoke those Words to Jacob after they, GOD and Jacob wrestled at a stream of water called the Jabbok from evening to day break.  The Jabbok River flows into the Jordan River.  HEBREW BIBLE GENESIS 32.25-31, CHRISTIAN BIBLE GENESIS 32.24-30

BACK TO DEUTERONOMY  And Moses also told The People, You are to Fear The LORD YOUR GOD to Keep all His Statutes and Commandments which GOD Commands you, you and your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life, that your days will be Prolonged.

And Moses continued, Hear GOD, and Listen to GOD, and Obey Him and do what GOD says that it will go well with you.  That you will increase mightily as The LORD GOD of your fathers has promised you in The Land that flows with milk and honey.

AND MOSES SAID, HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

MEANING, HEAR WHAT GOD SAYS, AND OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE.  AND THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.  THAT ONE GOD IS THE FATHER, THE MESSIAH YESHUA, THE SPIRIT, THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SON OF GOD, THE ANGEL OF GOD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, MELCHIZEDEK, THE GLORY OF GOD, AND SO MUCH MORE.

DEUTERONOMY 6.5  AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.

How do you prove to GOD, and prove to yourself that you Love GOD?

The Answer; By Obeying GOD.  By Obeying GOD’S Commandments.  By Obeying every Word GOD Speaks in The Bible.  JOHN 14.15, DEUTERONOMY 8.3, LUKE 4.1-4

Remember, GOD’S Commandments are every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD.  And that includes every Word GOD speaks in His Law of Moses that is Written in the first five Books of The Bible.

AND WHEN YOU OBEY GOD, THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER.  THAT COMFORTER, OF COURSE, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.  AND GOD SAYS, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL REMAIN WITH YOU FOREVER.  ASSUMING YOU CONTINUE TO OBEY THE LORD YOUR GOD.

JOHN 14.15-17, 26, LUKE 11.28, 1 JOHN 5.2-3, ACTS 5.27-29, 32

Messiah gives us an example, something to be imitated. To wash one another’s feet.

It was the time of The Passover Seder when Messiah washed His Disciples feet, and said, You ought to wash each other’s feet.  Why?  JOHN 13.4-15

So why did Messiah wash their feet, and why is it an example for us?

JOHN 13.7  YESHUA SAID TO PETER, WHAT I DO, YOU DO NOT KNOW NOW, BUT YOU WILL KNOW IN THE FUTURE.

At the burning bush, GOD told Moses to remove his shoes, For The Place where you stand is Holy Ground.  EXODUS 3.2-5

MESSIAH’S DISCIPLES WERE ON HOLY GROUND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, YESHUA THE MESSIAH, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE ONE WHO APPEARED TO MOSES IN THE BURNING BUSH.

THEREFORE MESSIAH WASHED HIS DISCIPLES FEET MAKING THEM SPIRITUALLY CLEAN IN HIS PRESENCE, IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

So what is the example that Messiah passed on to us when He washed His Disciples feet?

I believe when we are in The Millennium in Israel, we will be required to have a Miqveh Water Immersion, (Baptism) as The Jewish People did in Tabernacle and Temple times, when we come into The Presence of THE LORD GOD, THE MESSIAH YESHUA, WHO IS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE FATHER, and before we enter The Temple of GOD.  EXODUS 40.11-15, 30-32, REVELATION 1.6, REVELATION 20.6, JOHN 14.9

DEUTERONOMY 6.5-6  You shall Love The LORD YOUR GOD with all your Heart, and with all your Soul, and with all your Might.  And these Words which I Command you this day, Moses said, shall be in your Heart.

Heart in Hebrew is LAYVE.  Also meaning MIND.  Thus Moses Teaches us that These Words of GOD which I Command you this day should be in YOUR MIND.

The Hebrew for “THESE WORDS” are, HAD’VAHREEM HA’AYLEH.  And THESE WORDS OF GOD, in fact EVERY WORD OF GOD that is Written in The Bible is GOD’S Commandment, His Decree, which is His Law.  GOD’S Word is His Judgment.  That is His Decision and Verdict according to Torah, The Law of Moses.  GOD’S Word is His Message, His Promise, His Purpose.  And GOD’S Word is Work.

And Moses continues, And you shall Love The LORD YOUR GOD with all your Heart, and with all your Soul.

Soul in Hebrew is NEH’FESH.

The Soul has a number of meanings.

The Soul is your LIFE.  HEBREW BIBLE GENESIS 32.31, CHRISTIAN BIBLE GENESIS 32.30, GENESIS 44.30

The Soul is also your Mind, your Emotions, Affections, Fear, and Happiness.  And your soul is also your Devotion and Loyalty to GOD.  PSALM 139.14

So when GOD says, You shall love The LORD YOUR GOD with all your Soul, He means, You shall Love The LORD YOUR GOD with your entire Life, with all your Mind, with all your Affection and Devotion shall you Love THE LORD YOUR GOD.

REMEMBER, MESSIAH YESHUA IS GOD ALMIGHTY, THE FATHER.  HE IS ELOHIM. AND MESSIAH’S COMMANDMENTS ARE EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS 1.1 THROUGH REVELATION 22.21.

AND AS PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES SAID IN ACTS 5.29, “WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN.”  CAREFULLY THINK ON THAT. 

AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.

MIGHT in Hebrew is MEE’ODE, meaning MIGHT AND STRENGTH.  YOUR FULL COMMITMENT TO GOD, YOUR ENTIRE BEING DEVOTED TO GOD WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.

AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.  AND THESE WORDS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART.

THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR FAITH IN THE MESSIAH YESHUA, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

DEUTERONOMY 6.7  AND YOU SHALL TEACH THE WORD OF GOD DILIGENTLY TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND SHALL TALK OF THEM WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE, AND WHEN YOU WALK BY THE WAY, AND WHEN YOU LIE DOWN, AND WHEN YOU RISE UP.

I was fortunate to have an Orthodox Jewish mother and father because they lived a GODLY Life and taught me about The Bible and Jewish Law.  But when I grew older and traveled, I slipped away from The Precepts of GOD, causing me to do very little if any teaching to my children about The LORD.  I rarely spoke to them of The LORD GOD when we sat in our house, or walked by the way, or when we were lying down, or rising up.

Now, of course, I speak to them about The LORD.  But not all the time because some of our children, not all, have removed themselves from The LORD and are indifferent, without any interest in The LORD Their GOD.  While some of our children even reject The LORD outright.  However one of our children has received The LORD GOD MESSIAH YESHUA with Love.

Prayer is a powerful tool.  And I believe in time that all our children and grandchildren will be Holy to THE LORD, and GODLY men and women, Fearing THE LORD, Loving THE LORD with all their Heart, and with all their Soul, and with all their Might.

HOWEVER, THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES YOU AND ME TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN DILIGENTLY WHEN WE ARE SITTING IN OUR HOUSE, WHEN WE WALK BY THE WAY, WHEN WE LIE DOWN, AND WHEN WE RISE UP.

Start early when your children or grandchildren are babies or little kids because it might be difficult starting when they are grown adults to Hear The Word of GOD and Live by it as I have experienced.  But always tell your children of The LORD.

And equally important, Live your lives according to every Word that proceeds out of The Mouth of GOD whether you are in the presence of your children or not.  For we are always in The Presence of GOD.  MATTHEW 4.4, JEREMIAH 23.24, ACTS 5.29

DEUTERONOMY 6.8  AND YOU SHALL BIND THEM, (GOD’S WORDS) FOR A SIGN UPON YOUR HAND, AND THEY SHALL BE FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES. 

FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES IS TAKING GOD’S WORD TO HEART, AND OBEYING EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS. 

Many Jewish adult men take these Verses literally and wear certain Scriptures of GOD in little black leather boxes on their hands and between their eyes in what are called Tefillin.  Tefillin outside of Judaism are called Phylacteries.  Tefillin in Hebrew means Prayers.  And Tefillin are worn mostly during Prayer Service.

Tefillin are small black leather boxes that are bound by black leather straps to the left hand, or to the right hand for a person who is left handed, and to the head.  These black leather boxes contain four Scriptural Passages;  EXODUS 13.1-10, EXODUS 13.11-16, DEUTERONOMY 6.4-9, DEUTERONOMY 11.13-21

Other Jewish men like myself take these words of Deuteronomy 6.8, “And you shall bind them upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” to mean that we must take GOD’S word to heart, and live by every Word God Speaks in The Bible.

I do not wear Tefillin.  But both points of view have merit.

As long as we’re on this subject, The Bible Teaches that we are to live by The Word of GOD rather than have The Words of GOD attached to our body.  EXODUS 13.9, PROVERBS 3.3, PROVERBS 6.20-21  

ON THE OTHER HAND, LET’S READ DEUTERONOMY 6.9.

AND YOU SHALL WRITE THEM (THE WORDS OF GOD) UPON THE POSTS OF YOUR HOUSE AND ON YOUR GATES.

Many Jewish People fasten Mezuzahs, or in Hebrew, Mezuzot to the front entrance of our homes and to doorposts inside our house.  Mezuzah in Hebrew means doorpost, and inside the beautiful Mezuzah casing is a small parchment on which are inscribed the first two paragraphs of The Shema;  “HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.”

The Scriptures inside the Mezuzah are DEUTERONOMY 6.4-9, and DEUTERONOMY 11.13-21  

Similar Scriptures to those written inside the Tefillin leather boxes.

So I believe we are to wear GOD’S WORD in our heart, and live by THE WORD OF GOD with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our might.

And for our house, we fasten Mezuzahs to the entrance of our homes and to the doorposts inside our homes to remember always, The Spoken Word of GOD.

HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.  AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.  AND THESE WORDS WHICH GOD COMMANDS YOU THIS DAY SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART.

THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR FAITH IN GOD ALMIGHTY, YESHUA THE MESSIAH, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.  MATTHEW 7.24-27

Shalom.

Ira Weinstein

www.bethelohenu.org

bethelohenu@gmail.com