Parashas Yitro
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23
Please Pray this
Prayer
First before reading.
In the name of Yahushua
Our Messiyah,
I pray for the Spirit of
Understanding
The Spirit of Knowledge and
The Spirit of Wisdom
As I read through this Parashas
The title of this Torah portion is Yitro “Jethro” refers
to Moses father-in-law. It is the 17TH portion of the Torah Cycle, in
which ABBA YAHVEH gave Moses the Torah, ABBA YAHVEH offers the Yisraelites the
greatest spiritual revelation of Light ever, and a visit by Yitro to their
camp.
If Moses was the conduit for the Torah, why is this
portion not called the giving of the Torah, or even Moses, why was it called
Yitro? What is so significant about Yitro that it warrant having this Torah
portion called after him?
What Yitro brought to the camp spiritually was a
prerequisite to them as it is for us to receiving immortality, so lets take a
closer look at this idea. As we learn from Moses encounter with the burning
bush, when we are truly ready to connect to the Light of the CREATOR, we attain
a state of elevated consciousness where everything that happens is significant.
If a relative or even a friend like Yitro should come to
you, the head of a mega
Church
As believers we cannot receive correction if we are not
willing to listen, even to a donkey as blind Balaam, who had to be correct by
an ass. When we become fully aware that we should consider everything, and
everyone, as if it were coming from ABBA YAHVEH, even when its source is a
person who is less that favorable, then we are ready to receive the greater
spiritual revelation.
The Torah did not say Moses listened to the words of
Yitro, but to the voice of the spirit of the voice of Yitro, and Moses did
everything Yitro said. Moses understood the spirit behind everything Yitro
said, even if he might not have said it in the right way. There was an enormous
spiritual divide between Moses and Yitro, yet Moses was humble and spiritual
enough to understand that he had something to gain even from Yitro. Our
spiritual growth comes from everything we hear.
The visit of Yitro to Moses was two fold. One Moses
showed Yitro the Blessing of ABBA YAHVEH, and as we learn in Exodus 18:11 Yitro
said that “Now I know that יהוה is greater than all the mighty ones, indeed in
the matter in which they acted proudly, above them.” Now it
was Moses turn to be blessed by Yitro.
In a river
that flow we will find many smooth stones in that river. Those stone did not
get that way by the way flowing over it. They got that way when each rock rub
against each other, when the influence of the water forces them together. This
incident was the Work of the Holy Spirit the Water, bringing Moses and Yitro
together, and each person perform a smoothing action that leave the other
person more refined. Moses was made the better from Yitro visit and Yitro was
made the better by Moses.
Without the
interaction between believers, the refining process cannot be complete. We can
study all day and all night, but we will not elevate unless we merit assistance
from the interaction of other believers.
When a
believer is will to listen, even to the smallest child, he or she will be opening
themselves to receive more revelation. If a person wisdom is greater than his
or her spiritual actions, it cannot last because there is no vessel to contain
the light he or she is revealing. When we reveal more Light than our Vessel can
hold, the excess will floats away.
We can only
hold on to the amount of Light that our vessel is capable of. The purpose of
our spiritual growth is to create a large enough Vessel, so that all the Light
that has been revealed to us, may find a home. He who has an ear the hear let
him hear.
Exo 18:1 And Yithro, the priest of
Midyan, Mosheh’s father-in-law, heard of all that Elohim had done for Mosheh
and for Yisra’ĕl His people, that יהוה had brought Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim. – Jethro heard about the
miracles: of the ten Plague, what happened at the Red Sea ,
and even the War with Amalek. The combination of Jethro and Amalek shows the
contract between good and evil. Both parties had heard about the Exodus, but
Jethro reacted by casting his lot with the nation of Yisrael, while Amalek
became the symbol of treachery and evil by defying the True and Living Elohim,
by attacking a weak and weary people.
Miracles alone do not influence the
belief of the Amaleks of this world system; those who refused to recognize the
Mighty Hand of Elיהוה YAHVEH, will always
interpret events to suit their own purposes.
Exo 18:2
And Yithro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, took Tsipporah, the wife of Mosheh –
after he had sent her back, - Moses had some-how send his wife and entire family back to her fathers. After
hearing of the success of Moses, Jethro came personally to see this great
wonders that EL YAHVEH had done for Yisrael and Moses and to return his wife
Tsipporah.
Exo 18:3
and her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gĕreshom, for he said, “I
have been a sojourner in a foreign land,” – Moses had been saved from the sword by sojourning in a strange land. By
choosing the Name Gershom, Moses indicates that he was always a sojourner on
this world, even before his flight from Egypt
When Moses was a homeless wander, he decided to married
the daughter of A Midianite priest, now the role were reversed. Yitro brought
Moses family to rejoin him and introduced himself as Moses’ father-in-law, The
Torah referred to Yithro that way throughout the chapter. He was received
royally, not only by Moses, but by the entire Children of Yisrael, and he was
later justified with the honor to give counsel to Moses on how to organize the
nations of Yisrael judicial system.
Exo 18:4 and the
name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “The Elohim of my father was my
help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.” – The name of his other son
was Eliezer, meaning that EL YAHVEH is my helper. Any possible escape from this
world system as Egypt, was to be done by a Divine purpose.
Exo 18:5
Yithro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Mosheh
in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of Elohim mountain of EL YAHVEH
Exo 18:6 And he had
said to Mosheh, “I, your father-in-law Yithro, am coming to you with your wife
and her two sons with her.” – It is clear from
scripture that Moses showed the highest respect to Jethro, his father-in-law.
Exo 18:7 And Mosheh
went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down, and kissed him. And they
asked each other about their welfare, and they went into the tent. – A description of Torah hospitality at its best.
Exo 18:8 And Mosheh
told his father-in-law all that יהוה had done to Pharaoh and to the Mitsrites for
Yisra’ĕl’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how יהוה had delivered them. – Here is a sure way of
greeting a visitor to your home or country, by taking about what EL YAHVEH had
done for us, and the journey He has brought us through and were we will be
going spiritually. They did not talk
about the super bowl last week of the latest basketball score, not even the
weather. But ABBA YAHVEH and HIS great work.
Exo 18:9 And Yithro
rejoiced for all the good which יהוה had done for Yisra’ĕl, whom He had delivered
out of the hand of the Mitsrites. – It is not certain if Jethro was a believer
yet, but there is a strong indicator that maybe he was after. But I do belive that the whole senereo was
to increase the spiritual advantage of both Moses and Yithro.
Exo 18:10 And Yithro
said, “Blessed be יהוה , who has delivered you out of the
hand of the Mitsrites and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the
people from under the hand of the Mitsrites. – When the People of EL YAHVEH truly follow
Torah, people will call HIM and us blessed.
Exo 18:11 “Now I know
that יהוה is greater than all the
mighty ones, indeed in the matter in which they acted proudly, above them.” - Jethro exclaimed that the
proof of EL YAHVEH’S omnipotence was that not only had He thwarted and punished
the Egyptians, He had done to them what they had conspired to do to the Hebrew
people, measure for measure. Pharaoh and his minions had tries to drown the
male child and the final downfall of the Egyptians was the drowning of the best
of the male population in the Red Sea . Even
Jethro who only heard of the miracle understand it clearly enough to declare
the Supremacy of EL YAHVEH.
Exo 18:12 Then
Yithro, the father-in-law of Mosheh, brought a burnt offering and other
slaughtering unto Elohim. And Aharon came with all the elders of Yisra’ĕl to
eat bread with the father-in-law of Mosheh before Elohim. - The dignity of the leadership of Yisrael joining Jethro in a festive meal
to celebrate the event speaks volume for him. An Elevation offering which is
burnt in its entirety on the Altar, is offered by all believer, and the festive
offering were an expressions of gratitude to EL YAHVEH for having allowed him
to enter under the wings of the Divine Presence.
Jethro saw a scene that he found
inexplicable. Moses sat and the people stood before him with their problems.
Jethro in the Spirit of Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding He counsel Moses
pertaining to his actions. EL YAHVEH sometime used not-so-righteous people to
speak on His behalf, particular if they hold the Spirit of Counsel as Jethro
certainly did.
Exo 18:13 And it came
to be, on the next day, that Mosheh sat to rightly rule the people. And the
people stood before Mosheh from morning until evening. – The next day after the feast, Moses sat to judge between the people. Some
says that it was the Day after Yom Kippur the day when the people come to
forgave each other. The people came to Moses for judgment as a continuation of
the spirit of Yom Kippur, out of a desire to continue the day’s spirit of
unity. This might well be true; however Moses was the judge over the whole
camp. It was an all day activity, even Moses who is a mature individual, needed
to have someone mentor him in the fine detail of delegation of responsibility. EL
YAHVEH must have known that Jethro had developed this trait in himself and was
about to use him to mentor Moses.
Exo 18:14 And when
the father-in-law of Mosheh saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What
is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit by yourself, and all
the people stand before you from morning until evening?” – The Spirit of
Discernment is a result of the infilling of the Ruach, he saw first in the
Spirit what was happening, then he spoke to Moses in the Spirit of Wisdom. But
notice the tactic he uses when he approach Moses. He asked question. What is
this you are doing for the people? Why do you sit by yourself, and all the
people stand before you all day long. This was a none treating approached to
any possible leader.
Exo 18:15 And Mosheh
said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek Elohim. – The humbleness of Moses
made him an easy target for overworkitis. He did not know how to say no. The
evil one will try to use our strength and weakness against us. That is why we
must be well balance individual, one who knows when to say no and when to say
yes and when to refer.
Exo 18:16 “When they
have a matter, they come to me, and I rightly rule between one and another, and
make known the laws of Elohim and His Torah.” – The credential of Moses was not the issue, nor was it his character. The
issue here was his work schedule. Delegate, Delegate, Delegate should be the
matter of all good leaders.
Exo 18:17 And the father-in-law
of Mosheh said to him, “What you are doing is not good. - By identifying Jethro as Moses’ Father-in-law, the Torah pays him tribute,
as he is about to offer the wise counsel that would become the norm for all the
years in the wilderness.
Exo 18:18 “Both you
and these people with you shall certainly wear yourselves out. For the matter
is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it by yourself. – The compound verb usage
of the Hebrew is generally understood as an indication of emphasis, therefore it
is translation as burn out. Spiritual fatigue comes in two stages: first the
feeling of been weak; second one can no longer perform his our her duties.
Alternatively, fatigue can strike not only a righteous man like Moses, who
bears the primarily burden, but also the other leaders.
Exo 18:19 “Now listen
to my voice. Let me counsel you and Elohim be with you: Stand before Elohim for
the people, and you shall bring the matters to Elohim. – This is the defining
character of a mature leader, one who is full with the Spirit of Wisdom,
Knowledge, and Understanding. Now listen to me and let me counsel you and take
it back to EL YAHVEH for verification.
The light that Yithro brought to Moses is the same principle that works in the
dark kingdom. Our electrical system works on an ossilation between positive and
negative 60 time per-second, the same formular for the negative cycle is the
same for the positive cycle. There are principes that work both ways regardless
of which kingdom we are in.
Exo 18:20 “And you
shall enlighten them concerning the laws and the Torah, and show them the way
in which they should walk and the work which they do. – Jethro prefaced his
advice by acknowledging that his plan required EL YAHVEH’s approval. Jethro
conceded that some of Moses’ function could be carried out only by himself,
which is the greater matters of the law. Therefore, Moses would continue to be
intermediary between YAHVEH and Yisrael, bringing His requests to Him. Also
Moses would teach them the Torah. However, for the adjudication of dispute,
which would require the application of the law and the evaluation of evidence,
Jethro suggested a system of delegated authority.
Exo 18:21 “But you
yourself, seek out from all the people able men, who fear Elohim, men of truth,
hating unfair gain. And place these over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. – Jethro did not say to choose, he wanted Moses to select the leaders by
means of his Divine insight. The qualification of these men, they should be
spiritually able both physically and spiritually; Men who have the Spirit of
the Fear of EL YAHVEH in their lives. Meaning a mature believer. Men of truth
are those who know Torah, those who are honest. Meaning they cannot be bought.
The arrangement is that there would be
groups of 10. Each leader would be in charge of a group of 10, and each of
those interns would rule over 10.
The leaders of the lowest 10 would be
able to decide the simpler cases and the more difficult ones would work their
way up to the most distinguished leaders, until, if necessary Moses would be
the last resort.
Exo 18:22 “And they
shall rightly rule the people at all times. And it shall be that they bring
every great matter to you, but they themselves rightly rule every small matter.
So, make it lighter for yourself, for they shall bear with you. – Jethro contend that by
following this advise, the people would have judges ready at all to serve the
people whenever they need. This would also free Moses from the exhausting
burden that was consuming his time and sapping his strength.
Exo 18:23 “If you do
this word “principles”, and Elohim shall command you, then you shall be able to
stand and all this people also go to their place in peace.” – when people are confident
that they are ruled justly, they are at peace, free from resentment and
frustration, for people can more easily cope with problems and poverty than
with the feeling that more powerful or better connection individual are taking
advantage of them. With justice comes contentment.
Exo 18:24 And Mosheh
listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said. – Mature men and women,
should not be afraid to take advice. Listen is first of all a spiritual thing.
The Spirit of Wisdom will give us the ability to see Counsel, and the spirit of
decrement to know the difference. There are a lot of people who listen, but
they do not hear. It goes through one ear and through the next. Listening is a
spiritual thing, just like stubbornness is also a spirit.
Exo 18:25 And Mosheh
chose able men out of all Yisra’ĕl, and made them heads over the people: rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. – Notice Moses did not
choose one woman. He chooses able men, spiritually mature men and made them
over rulers. Moses would be over thousands, those under him would be over
hundreds, and those under them would be over tens.
Exo 18:26
And they rightly ruled the people at all times – the hard matters they brought to Mosheh, but they rightly
ruled every small matter themselves. – How much judges
did Moses choose, 11,000.
Exo 18:27
And Mosheh sent off his father-in-law, and he went away to his own land. – Every good leader or messenger, when he or she has completed their task,
they do not linger, they return home as soon as possible. Do not over stay your
welcome.
The climax of the Exodus is now at
hand. EL YAHVEH had answered Moses’ early doubts about the worthiness of
Yisrael to be redeemed by telling him that they would prove themselves thought
their ability to obey and serve EL YAHVEH at this Mountain.
Chapter 19
Exo 19:1 In the third month after the
children of Yisra’ĕl had come out of the land of Mitsrayim Red Sea , 47 days from Passover. The Children of Yisrael
reach Mount Sinai . A momentous occasion to say
the least. This took place on the 1st of Sivan, the third Hebrew month. The
first month was Nissan, then Iyar, now it is Sivan. They leave Egypt on the 16
of Nissan, 29 day in Iyar, now it is Sivan, 13 + 29 = 42. The Torah tells us
immediately which month it was, how much time had past since the exodus.
This is not to suggest that the ensuing days and weeks had
been filled with impatient anticipation of the day they would finally reach
Sinai.
Exo 19:2 For they set out from Rephidim,
and had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So
Yisra’ĕl camped there before the mountain. - The Children of Yisrael encamped not only in a literal
sense, but also in a figurative wilderness. They humble themselves in
submission to the Word of EL YAHVEH, for the Words of Torah remain only with
those who humble themselves.
The Children of Yisrael showed themselves worthy to receive
the Torah by coming to Mt Sinai as a single Unit, like a single person with a
single goal; like a single virgin coming to receive the covenant from the
Bridegroom.
Clearly when all the redeemed community, become united
under a single goal, to come to maturity. Each one becomes even more precious.
This should help us to realize that every Hebrew person (A believer) should
feel the responsible to alleviate the distress of all the other believers. As EL
YAHVEH does not accept the loss of a single person, so must we be concerned
with the spiritual and material needs of all our brethren.
The Talmud suggested that when the
children of Yisrael left the town of Refidim and arrive at Mt. Sinai, the place
in the desert where they were to receive the Torah, they suffered from what
they called as “weakness from the travel.” It is the power of Amalek, the
source of the voice inside our head that says we do not deserve to be here.
It seem to imply that when the
children of Yisrael arrived at Mt. Sinai, they gave up. But why now? They had
seen the miracle of the Red sea, the plagues, now that they were at the
mountain, their first spiritual destination. They were about to to receive the
Light of the Tree of Life, why would they give up?
Exo 19:3 And Mosheh went up to Elohim,
and יהוה called to him from the
mountain, saying, “This is what you are to say to the house of Yaaqoḇ, and
declare to the children of Yisra’ĕl: - This verse begins a series of communications from EL YAHVEH to His bride
to-be and their response. These communications concern the willingness of the
bride to receive the Torah, the terms of the Covenant. It must be done
voluntary, the rules governing their preparation for the revelation of the
Torah, and how they were to conduct themselves while it is been given.
When Moses spoke to the House of
Jacob, it refers to women; this is how you should speak to them as if a man was
speaking to a bride to be. When Moses spoke to the Children of Yisrael the men,
He Moses should used a firm voice yet gentle voice.
Exo 19:4 ‘You have
seen what I did to the Mitsrites, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and
brought you to Myself.
– Although the purpose of Yisrael’s coming to Mount Sinai
was to receive the terms of the Covenant, EL YAHVEH as the Bridegroom Father,
the One Who had delivers them from the hand of their former master; He had the
right to demand that they accept it, such was not the Divine Plan.
EL YAHVEH offered the Torah, the
Covenant to all people, but they all refused it because the commandment of the
Torah were in conflict with their Character. Esau’s offspring would not
tolerate a law that prohibited murder; Ishmael’s could not live with a law that
banned thievery; Lot ’s would not accept a ban
on adultery. Now it is Jacob’s Yisrael turn.
The significance of the above
dialogues is that humans beings have a nature that is roots deeply in their
innermost spiritual being. Every nation have their own unique characteristic
developed and practice over centuries.
The Torah can become the constitution
of a people that is suited to its demands. Nations nurtured in impurity and
wickedness, such as bloodshed, dishonest, immorality, and distaste for Torah,
as Esau, Ishmael, and Lot did, they could not
accept the restriction of Torah. However The Children of Yisrael was willing to
accept Torah without even inquiring as to its contents, because they had
inherited the spiritual nature of their father Jacob, who did whatever he could
to get the Torah.
The Term on Eagles wings is an
indication of EL YAHVEH’s great love for Yisrael; as an Eagle carries its young
on its back, so that its own body will act as a shield against arrows. So, too,
EL YAHVEH protects Yisrael from Egyptians aggression, until they cross the Red Sea .
Exo 19:5 ‘And now, if
you diligently obey My voice, and shall guard My covenant, then you shall be My
treasured possession above all the peoples – For all the earth is Mine – Here is the whole
purpose of Torah given in this one verse. “If you will careful obey the voice
of the Bridegroom Father and obey the terms of the Covenant” You will become a
segular (a prize possession). You will become the Bride; the one invited to the
wedding feast of the Lamb, the Son.
Exo 19:6 ‘and you
shall be to Me a reign of priests and a set-apart nation.’ Those are the words
which you are to speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl.” – This verse enlighten us
as to the global nature of the Children of Yisrael. As a bride produces
children for the Bridegroom, so the Children of Yisrael should be a nation of
priest to the entire world. The entire nation of Yisrael was to be dedicated to
lead the world toward a better understanding and acceptance of EL YAHVEH’s
mission. This is the Great Commission, not Mathew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spiitt: 20 Teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world. Amen.
Exo 19:7 And Mosheh
came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these
words which יהוה commanded him. – Moses summoned the
elders to prepare them to prepare the people, for the engagement ceremony. They
would be the one who would help Moses prepare the bride to accept the Covenant.
Exo 19:8 And all the
people answered together and said, “All that יהוה has spoken we shall do.”
So Mosheh brought back the words of the people toיהוה . - All the people
were present, and as soon as they heard the Voice of the Bridegroom Father
Called, they unanimous acceptance of everything the Father of the Bridegroom
said.
Exo 19:9 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “See, I
am coming to you in the thick cloud, so that the people hear when I speak with
you, and believe you forever.” And Mosheh reported the words of the people to יהוה . – The Father of the bridegroom came to Moses who was now acting as a
matchmaker. The father of the Groom said I will talk to the matchmaker from
amid a thick cloud. That the people might hear when He speaks to Moses. What an
exalted position for a servant to be in? The Master Himself is speaking, an
affirmation of Moses credential.
Exo 19:10 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go to
the people and set them apart today and tomorrow. And they shall wash their
garments, - This was now 47 days since Passover. Three more days before Pentecost.
These people were eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they
had a dual nature in them. They understood that if they were going to be
connect to the tree of life, they would have to be very pure, very holy, and
very connected.
They saw that they had to do this in
three days, but when they looked inside themselves, they realized that they
were not ready.
They did not give up because they were
daunted by physical hardship, they gave up because they were still eating of
the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Spiritually they were not ready to
receive this great revelation.
We fall prey to this logic all the
time. Instead of thinking, “is this what
is supposed to happen, I will go along with it,” we alet rational thinking,
the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil get in the way.
If the President of the United State
should call and ask you to come to the White House and tell him about Passover
next week, would you say wait a second, let me think about this! Am I ready?
Instead of being so rational, I would hope we would be excited and be able to
tell ourselves, you know, this does not make any sense, but how often do I get
a chance to go to the White house?
At Mt Sinai after the sin of the
Golden calf, the Children of Yisrael said, “we
do not deserve the light of bila hamavet; we are not ready.” What they
should have said was “forget logic, forget the Tree of the Knowledge of good
and evil.” Forget what we do and do not deserve. The CREATOR says we are going to
receive this gift, so I need to accept it.
Like the Children of Yisrael we too
dimish our chances for redemption, for miracles, for blessing, because we think
we are not ready. We must not allow ourselves to fall into the logic to the
Amalek, the negative side, the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Throw
out that call for doubt and delay. Ignore that voice that we hear all too often
that say, have I done enough to stop pain and suffering in my area of
influence?
Exo 19:11 and shall
be prepared by the third day. For on the third day יהוה shall come down upon Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people. – The implication here was to prepare
themselves, not even sexual contact, or a dead animal. I believe that from
Passover until this day no one died among the Children of Yisrael. The reason I
say this, the objective was for the whole Nation of Yisrael to receive the
Torah. He who starts a good work in us is faithful to complete it.
Exo 19:12 “And you
shall make a border for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves
that you do not go up to the mountain or touch the border of it. Whoever
touches the mountain shall certainly be put to death. – Moses and the other
leaders were to set designate boundaries around the mountain, a limit no humans
or animals must past, for if they were to enter this Holy place they would die.
The symbolic representation of this mountain could be the right places in our
lives, where our gods lived, and the things we hold sacred in our lives.
Here is
another scenario, once the children attempt to clime this mountain, it would
surely means death to the flesh, death to the old man, death to the selfish
ego.
Exo 19:13
‘Not a hand is to touch it, but he shall certainly be stoned or shot with an
arrow, whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long,
let them come near the mountain.” – At this certain time of the year on this day, no hand must touch it.
Whosoever attempt to deal with this should be stoned or shot with an arrow.
Exo 19:14 And Mosheh
came down from the mountain to the people and set the people apart, and they
washed their garments. – The command is that on this day, the day before Passover, we must set our
self apart, meaning make our selves Holy. Wash our cloth, repent for our sins,
wash our hand our work, our feet our walk; in preparation to receive the
Covenant from the Bridegrooms Father.
Exo 19:15 And he said
to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not come near a wife.” - Enough time was given to
prepare the people to receive the Wedding Covenant. We will see that El
Yahushua (Jesus Christ) spends these three days in the Grave to sanctify us.
Moses took the People on a 7 + 40 + 3 = 50 day journey to Mount
Sinai . Yahushua (Jesus Christ) 3 + 40 + 7 = 50 day before
Pentecost. Do not even draw near to a woman that means no sex.
To my friends who choose to count th
Omer from Sunday, you will never have a 50 count from Passover to Pentecost.
The exception to the rule is if Passover falls on the fifth day Thursday, the
sixth and the seventhy would be both Shabbat, the Omer must be counted from the
first day, Sunday.
Exo 19:16 And it came
to be, on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and
lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain. And the sound of the ram’s horn
was very loud, and all the people who were in the camp trembled. – Establish by an awesome
display of thunder. Lighting, smoke, shoffar blast, and fire, EL YAHVEH
Presence descended upon Mount Sinai . Therefore,
the stage was set for the most momentous moment in History: EL YAHVEH’s
declaration of the Ten Commandment, a scene heard and seen by millions.
Exo 19:17 And Mosheh
brought the people out of the camp to meet with Elohim, and they stood at the
foot of the mountain. – As all good leaders, we
should always bring the people to where we meet EL YAHVEH for our selves. There
is a old Jamaican saying, you can led a horse to water but you cant make him
drink. Unlike the common practice in which the Monarch comes after the people
have gathered to greet Him, here EL YAHVEH came to Mount
Sinai to wait for the Bride of His Son. Such is the love He has
for His favorite Son.
Exo 19:18 And Mount Sinai was in smoke, all of it, because יהוה descended upon it in
fire. And its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain
trembled exceedingly. – A similar situation will accrue hundred of years later. Act 2:1 The festival of Shavu'ot (Pentecost )arrived, and the believers
all gathered together in one place.2 Suddenly there came a sound from the sky
like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were
sitting. 3 Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire, which separated and
came to rest on each one of them. 4 They were all filled with the Ruach
HaKodesh and began to talk in different languages, as the Spirit enabled them
to speak. The first Pentecost was the left hand of Yahushua, the Torah; the
Pentecost in Act 2:1 was the Menorah (the Holy Spirit) the right Hand of
Yahushua.
Exo 19:19 And when
the blast of the ram’s horn sounded long and became louder and louder, Mosheh
spoke, and Elohim answered him by voice. – The awesome sound of the Shofar, signaling that something important was
about to happen. The presentation of the Covenant to the bride to be. EL YAHVEH
read out aloud the Summary of the Covenant, a summery of the Torah itself.
Even though EL YAHVEH was speaking to
Moses, who wrote it down, all the people also heard it. If Moses were to make a
mistake, then there would be over three million people to say, not so Moses,
not so. In the mouth of two or three million people let everything be
established.
Exo 19:20 And יהוה came down upon Mount Sinai , on the top of the mountain. And יהוה called Mosheh to the top
of the mountain, and Mosheh went up. – EL YAHVEH called Moses up into the Holy of
Holies, the Top of Mount Sinai. Moses is a type of Yahushua the Messiyah, who
was called by ABBA YAHVEH to discuss the taking of His Bride.
Exo 19:21 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go down,
and warn the people, lest they break through unto יהוה to see, and many of them
fall. – Once again EL YAHVEH send Moses to warn the people not to go beyond their
assigned boundaries. In other words do not try to be the Pastor when you are
called to be the janitor. Too many in the redeemed community have fallen
because they wanted to go where they are not supposed to go.
Moses repeat this command to the
people, in their zeal to see Him the people might forget the punishment of
death in their passion to move ahead spiritually.
Exo 19:22 “And let the
priests who come near יהוה set themselves apart too, lest יהוה break out against them.”- The Kohanem, the Priest, is
the ones who were set aside for ABBA YAHVEH, they too must make themselves Holy
unto ABBA YAHVEH. The Priest were not part of the Bridal teem, they were set aside
for service to ABBA YAHVEH.
Exo 19:23 And Mosheh
said to יהוה , “The people are not able to come up to Mount
Sinai , for You warned us, saying, ‘Make a border around the
mountain and set it apart.’ - The people are not ready for the wedding feast,
there garment were not ready, it was not wast in the Blood of the Lamb.
Exo 19:24 And יהוה said to him, “Come, go
down and then come up, you and Aharon with you. But do not let the priests and
the people break through to come up to יהוה , lest He break
out against them.” – It was only Moses and
Aaron who was Mature enough to attend the wedding feast. If the purpose of life
is to elevate oneself to a higher spiritual existence, then one could be ready
to give his life to achieve such a goal. But EL YAHVEH does not want this. He
wants us to remain alive and bring Holiness into their earthly existence.
Exo 19:25 And Mosheh
went down to the people and spoke to them. – I am sorry, but you are not yet ready.
Chapter 20
When EL YAHVEH gave the Torah, the Covenant to His people
at Sinai, it would cause the people to believe in Him and in later prophets as
well, for they would see and hear that EL YAHVEH does speak to men. Every
citizen of the Nation of Yisrael, experience an unprecedented revelation, like
none other; there were never a doubt that the Voice of EL YAHVEH was real after
that.
What exactly did the people hear? The numerical value of
the Torah is 611, meaning that all 611 commandment was revealed to them in a
single utterance. The Ten Commandments was a summery of these 611 specific
commandments. Just like the two Commandments to love thy EL and thy neighbor
are a summery of the ten Category of Commandments.
The giving of all the Commandments in a single utterance
was to signal to Yisrael that the entire Torah is one unified whole.
Consequently, to contend that one can abrogate even a single word of the Torah
is to affect the rest of the Torah, as well, and is a heretical statement.
The division of the Torah into chapters and verses causes
the spirit of division, among the Word. This led to much confusion as to which
part of the Law is nail to the Cross.
Exo 20:1
And Elohim spoke all these Words, saying, - The Mighty
Ones spoke the following Words.
Exo 20:2 “I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought
you out of the land
of Mitsrayim
Exo 20:3 “If you
love Me, You will have no other mighty ones against My face. - You must not recognize
any other mighty one (god) in My Presence.
Exo 20:4 “If you
love Me, You will not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that
which is in the Heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in
the waters under the earth, - You must not make any object to represent Me, in the air, on land or in the
sea. Since EL YAHVEH is Omnipresent, any idol is an unpardonable sin, since He
is everywhere; to defy a human king to His face is the worst form of treason.
Regardless of the good intention, like
our Christian friends do, Sunday worship is a form of idol worship, for it was
created as a substitute to the Sabbath. Idols are substitute of the original;
there must be NO substitute to Him.
Exo 20:5 If you love
Me, you will not bow down to them nor serve them. For I,יהוה your Elohim am a jealous
ĚL, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and
fourth generations of those who hate Me, - We must not
conform to them or support them. Even giving of money to a Sunday church is to
support or acknowledge there legitimacy. EL YAHVEH will visit this sin even to
our third and forth generation. This action by the redeem community is a symbol
of hate to EL YAHVEH.
The Torah used the word jealous only
with reference to idolatry, like a suspicious husband’s who claim that his wife
was unfaithful. The term refers to an abuse of trust and someone’s refusal to
give up something that is rightfully his. When He says this My Sabbath, meaning
that it is His time with us, by going on Sunday instead is an abomination. For
idolatry, He will exact punishment, in the context of the jealous husband who
sees his wife paying homage to another man; she refuses to give to her husband
the faithfulness to which he is entitled.
Exo 20:6
but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My
commands. – He will show kindness
for thousand of generation to those who love Him and who guard this
Commandment.
Exo 20:7
“If you love Me, You will not bring1 the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught,
for יהוה does not leave the one
unpunished who brings His Name to naught. Footnote: 1Or lift up, or
take. – If we say we are a believer and we carry
His Name YAHVEH, we must be careful about what we say. We must never use the name
EL YAHVEH to justify our selfish desire. The name God does not mean EL YAHVEH.
A god is a spiritual being, the devil is a spirit he is also a god. Angels are
also gods. There are thousand or even millions of gods, spiritual being in
Heavens.
The God of all gods is EL YAHVEH; He
is the King of all Elohim. He alone deserves all the glory, and all the praise.
We are admonish not to swear by His name falsely. But call on His name whenever
we want in love.
Exo 20:8 “If you love Me, you will Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart. - Here we see the King of all Elohim setting aside a day, when His chosen
people should come and meet with Him. I will come on this day every week to
fellowship, to have a date with you. Put this day apart for Me only. The word Holy
means Kadosh in Hebrew, meaning to set apart. Man cannot make anything by
himself holy. He can only make holy the day outline in Leviticus 23.
Exo 20:9
“Six days you labour, and shall do all your work. Six days we must do all our personal work. Scripture says that one day is
like a thousand years, and one thousand years like unto a day. The prophetic
implication here is: Six thousand years earth will exist, and on the seventh
thousand years will be the Millennium rule of our Yahushua HaMashiach.
We are also told that one day is like
unto a year In Numbers 14:34 ‘According to the number of the days in which
you spied out the land, forty days – a day for a year, a day for a year . Each day of creation represents one year of our
spiritual growth according to the above scripture.
Exo 20:10
but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not
do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor
your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
gates. Footnote: 1There are other Sabbaths, but this is the weekly
Sabbath. – The seventh day is a day of rest, the day
we come into His fullness. When we walk according to his will, each and every
day of creation, soon we will come to our seventh day spiritually. At that
point in our spiritual development we will not have to labor against our flesh
any more.
Heb 4:1 Therefore, let us be terrified of the possibility that,
even though the promise of entering his Rest remains, any one of you might be
judged to have fallen short of it; 2 for the Good News has also been proclaimed
to us, just as it was to them. But the message they heard didn't do them any
good, because those who heard it did not combine it with trust.
The whole purpose of life is for all human to enter into YAHVEH’s
rest, His fullness. Hebrew 4:1 warns us to be terrified of the possibility of
not making it. That is why Revelation 7:15 For
the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them, will lead them to
springs of living water, and YAHVEH will wipe every tear from their eyes. Why were these people
crying? They were crying for they finally realize what they could have
achieved, when they were in the flesh, and they wasted all that time chasing
after religion.
Exo 20:11 “For in six
days יהוה made the Heavens and the
earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day
and set it apart. – As EL YAHVEH made the
Earth in sixth day, He is still trying to make more mature sons, for His Kingdom.
When we believe and keep the Sabbath in faith we will receive our rewards.
The Ten Words or principles are inscribe
on two stone tablets, four on one and six on the other. The first tablets
contain the laws regarding to Man’s relationship to the CREATOR, while the
second refers to the relationship between men.
Exo 20:12 “if you
love Me you will Respect your father and your mother, so that your days are
prolonged upon the soil which יהוה your Elohim is giving you. – This Principle cast a revealing light on
the significant EL YAHVEH attached to the honor and reverence that are due to
Himself. When we honor our parent it is an exercise of the same Spirit and
attitude we will show to Him.
The term honor refers to deeds that
raise the status of parents or provide them with comfort, such as giving them
food and drink, dressing them, and escorting them. The honor due to parents is
similar to that which the first three commandments render to EL YAHVEH. They
must acknowledge who their parents are, not do anything that might cause them
to be disgrace, or degraded.
Exo 20:13 “If you
love Me You will do not murder. – Someone who truly believes and have a love for the Creator would realize
the true purpose of life. Every life has the possibility to be a mature son. By
taking that life before the Creator says it should end, is to deny His Grace to
that person. It is EL YAHVEH who give Grace through our Messiyah Yahushua, even
if that person commit the most grievous crime against us, they are created in
His image. We have no right to cut short that person life unless the Creator
deemed it necessary.
Exo 20:14 “If you
love Me You will not commit adultery. – This commandment refers to cohabitation with a married woman. In plain
English having sex with another man wife. The first man a virgin has sex with,
he becomes her husband, because he has taken her virginity, and has establish a
blood covenant with him.
Marriage is not going to a church and
saying I DO, it is the sexual relationship between a man and a woman. The man
must pay to the father of the virgin he just sleep with the bride price. After
the blood covenant is establish, there should be no divorce. Divorce is a
product of sin. EL YAHVEH establishes the reason for Divorce, unfaithfulness on
the part of the woman. When we are saved, and we accept the Blood of Jesus
Christ, El Yahushua, we are in essence engaged to Him. Engagement holds the
same importance as the act of marriage. If we should go and follow another god,
we are in essence committing adultery. That is why we are told that if a woman
goes and have sex outside of her marriage, the first husband cannot go back to
her. When we turn against Yahushua and go after another Messiyah, we cannot
return to the first love.
Today in this women liberated society,
a young girl is encourage to explore her sexuality, just used a condom. It is
not to be so!
Exo 20:15 “If you
love Me You will not steal. – If you love me do not take what is not yours. Failure to keep an agreement
and to destroy another person reputation is tantamount to stealing. A person
who steel will tend to cover his track by making inaccurate statement.
Exo 20:16 “If you
love Me You will not bear false witness against your neighbour. – The Principle means
false testimony in court, this passage prohibits gossip and slander. The
Sabbath is a testimony that EL YAHVEH created the world in sixth day; one who
lies in court may well come to deny EL YAHVEH as the Creator. Those who keep
Sunday, as their Sabbath is a false witness for the Creator.
Exo 20:17 “If you
love ME You will not covet your neighbor’s house, you will not covet your
neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor
his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbor.” – How can Torah forbid something as normal as
jealousy and being desirous of someone else’s possessions? The point is that
sensible, logical people long to acquire only things that are within their
frame of reference, but not things that are beyond the scope of their
imagination.
Similarly, if someone had complete
faith in EL YAHVEH, he would recognize that property that EL YAHVEH wanted his
neighbor to have is as inaccessible to him as the Queen is to a poor beggar.
If so, it would never dawn on a person
to covets his neighbor belonging. Seeing in this light, one who covets what is
not, his demonstrate a lack of faith in EL YAHVEH to provide all his need.
Exo 20:18 And all the
people saw the thunders, the lightning flashes, the sound of the ram’s horn,
and the mountain smoking. And the people saw it, and they trembled and stood at
a distance, - When all the people saw the level of
prophetic revelation, from the awesome Voice of EL YAHVEH, they recoil in fear,
lest they die because they felt unworthy after such an experience. It was the
Spirit of the Word that was having an affect on them. When anyone gets an
revelation of the Word, the Spirit of the Word come and convict us of our
spiritual condition. The Spirit of the Word compares all our actions in
relation to the Word.
When we see a person or a group of
people doing what is contrary to the Word, we know for sure the Spirit of
Understanding is not with them. The Spirit of Understand reveals to our spirit
what is right and what is wrong; this Spirit is also called the Spirit of
Truth.
Exo 20:19 and said
to Mosheh, “You speak with us and we hear, but let not Elohim speak with us,
lest we die.”
- Standing at a distance they spoke to Moses,
You speak to EL YAHVEH and then come and tell us, and we will do. That was why
the Commandment were written in Thou shall not. The people ask for the command
and they got it. Our Heavenly Father does not want this type of relationship.
He wants a relationship that we will do it because we LOVE Him.
Exo 20:20 And Mosheh
said to the people, “Do not fear, for Elohim has come to prove you, and in
order that His fear be before you, so that you do not sin.” – This Mount Sinai
experience was similar to Moses Burning Bush experience. The Children of
Yisrael lost a tremendous spiritual blessing, when they draw back from EL
YAHVEH Glory. Moses draw near and was bless. Moses who had experiences it all
before, told the people that it was a test, as he also was tested at the
burning bush.
If the people had draw near, EL YAHVEH
would have told them to take of their shoe from off their feet, for the place
where would have being stand would be Holy Ground.
Exo 20:21 so the
people stood at a distance, but Mosheh drew near the thick darkness where
Elohim was. – How disappointed
Moses must have felt, but I believe that there were a few among the people who
stood beside Moses, this is my opinion.
Exo 20:22 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Say this
to the children of Yisra’ĕl: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to
you from the Heavens. – Now that you have seen and have heard that I have spoken to you from
Heavens, now you know how much I Love you, and care about you.
Exo 20:23
‘You do not make besides Me mighty ones”gods” of silver, and you do not make
mighty ones of gold for yourselves. – Do not make silver or gold into your gods. Now that you have seen who I
am, do not slave after silver or gold, but strive to be like Me.
Exo 20:24 ‘Make an
altar of earth for Me, and you shall slaughter on it your burnt offerings and
your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause
My Name to be remembered I shall come to you and bless you. – Therefore make your
earthly body into an Altar for Me, slaughter the desire of the flesh on this
Altar. Make your flesh an Altar for burnt offering, praise, and worship, peace
offering, when we sin make restoration with Me quickly, sacrifice the fleshly
nature every day. In every place that you may go, and I shall come to you and
bless you.
Exo 20:25 ‘And if you
make Me an altar of stone, do not build it of cut stone, for if you use your
chisel on it, you have profaned it. – If you offer your body to Me do not offered it according to the substitute
religion of man that I will not desire.
Exo 20:26 ‘Nor do you
go up by steps to My altar, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’- Do not come up to my Altar
according to the elevation of man, lest I will see your impurity. Come to me
when I say so, and how I say your should. No other way. Do not try to become a
Priest by going to Bible School, but my spiritual maturity.
Haftarah
Yeshayahu Isaiah
6:1-7:14
It should seem, that
Isaiah had prophesied as a candidate, having only a virtual and tacit
commission; but here in this verse we have him (if I may so speak) solemnly
ordained and set apart to the prophetic ministry by a explicit commission, as
his work grew more upon his hands: or perhaps, having seen little success of
his ministry, he began to think of giving it up; and therefore ABBA YAHVEH saw
fit to renew his commission here in this chapter, in such a manner as might
excite and encourage his zeal and industry in the execution of it, though he
seemed to labor in vain.
In this chapter we
have:
I.
A very awful
vision which Isaiah saw of the glory of ABBA YAHVEH verse 1 - 4,
II.
the terror it
put him into verse 5
III. and the relief given him against that terror by an
assurance of the pardon of his sins verse 6, 7.
IV. A very awful commission which Isaiah received to go
as a prophet, in YAH’s name verse 8,
V.
by his
preaching to harden the impenitent in sin and ripen them for ruin verse 9 – 12.
VI. yet with a reservation of mercy for a remnant, verse
13.
VII.
And it was as
to an evangelical prophet that these things were shown him and said to him.
Isaiah
6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw YAHVEH EL_ELYON
sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. - The vision which the prophet Isaiah saw when he was,
as is said of Samuel, established to be a prophet of YAHVEH (1 Sa.
3:20), was intended.
To confirm his
faith, that he might himself be abundantly satisfied of the truth of those
things which should afterwards be made known to him. This YAHVEH EL-ROIE opened
the communications of HIMSELF to him; but such visions needed not to be
afterwards repeated upon every revelation. Therefore YAHVEH EL-ROIE appeared at
first as a EL of glory to Abraham (Acts 7:2), and to Moses, Ex. 3:2. Ezekiel’s
prophecies and St. John’s
To work upon his
affections, that he might be possessed with such a reverence of ABBA YAHVEH as
would both quicken him and fix him to his service. Those who are to teach
others the knowledge of YAHVEH ought to be well acquainted with him themselves.
The vision is dated,
for the greater certainty of it. It was in the year that king Uzziah died,
who had reigned, for the most part, as prosperously and well as any of the
kings of Judah, and reigned very long, above fifty years. About the time that
he died, Isaiah saw this vision of YAHVEH EL- ELYON upon a throne; for when the
breath of princes goes forth, and they return to their earth, this is our
comfort, that YAHVEH shall reign for ever, Ps. 146:3, 4, 10. Yisrael’s
king dies, but Yisrael’s EL lives forever.
From the mortality
of great and good men we should take occasion to look up with an eye of faith
to the King eternal, immortal. King Uzziah died under a cloud, for he was shut
up as a leper till the day of his death. As the lives of princes have their
periods, so their glory is often eclipsed; but, as YAHVEH EL-OLAM is
everlasting, so his glory is everlasting. King Uzziah dies in an hospital, but
the King of kings still sits upon HIS throne.
What the prophet saw
in this verse revealed to us, that we, mixing faith with that revelation, may
in it, as in a glass, behold the glory of ABBA YAHVEH; let us turn aside
therefore, and see this great sight with humble reverence.
See ABBA YAHVEH upon
HIS throne, and that throne high and lifted up, not only above other
thrones, as it transcends them, but over other thrones, as it rules and
commands them. Isaiah saw not Jehovah, the essence of YAHVEH (no man has
seen that, or can see it), but YAHVEH, HIS dominion. He saw the Messiyah
Yahushua; so this vision is explained Jn. 12:41, that Isaiah now saw Messiah’s
glory and spoke of Him, which is an incontestable proof of the divinity of our
Messiyah.
He it is who when,
after His resurrection, He sat down on the Right Hand of ABBA YAHVEH, He did
but sit down where he was before, Jn. 17:5. See the rest of the Eternal Mind:
Isaiah saw the Messiyah sitting, Ps. 29:10. See the sovereignty of the
Eternal Monarch: He sits upon a throne, a throne of glory, before which
we must worship, a throne of Royalty, under which we must be subject, and a
throne of grace, to which we may come boldly. This throne is high, and lifted
up above all competition and contradiction.
See His temple, his
tabernacle here on earth, filled with the manifestations of His glory. His
throne being erected at the door of the temple (as princes sat in judgment at
the gates), his train, the skirts of his robes, filled the temple,
the whole world (for it is all YAH’s temple, and, as the heaven is his throne,
so the earth is his footstool), or rather Yisrael, which is filled enriched,
and beautified with the tokens of YAH’s special presence.
The manifestation of
these to the children of men: The earth is full of his glory, the glory
of his power and purity; for he is holy in all his works, Ps. 145:17. Some of
the Yisraelites thought the glory of YAHVEH should be confined to their land;
but it is here intimated that in the gospel times (which are pointed to in this
chapter) the glory of YAHVEH should fill all the earth, the glory of his
holiness, which is indeed the glory of all HIS other attributes; this then filled
the temple, but, in the last days, when the Kingdom of Heavens is restore,
the earth shall be full of the Glory.
Isaiah
6:2 Above
it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with
two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. – In this verse we see the bright and blessed attendants of the throne in
The Heavens and by whom his glory is celebrated and his government served:
Above the throne, as it were hovering about it, bowing before it,
with an eye to it, the seraphim stood, the holy angels, who are called seraphim-burners;
for he makes his ministers a flaming fire, Ps. 104:4. These are a
description of the Menorah,the Holy Spirit describe in Isaiah 11:2 and
Revelation 5:6, burn in love to ABBA YAHVEH, and zeal for HIS glory and against
sin, and HE makes use of them as instruments of HIS wrath when HE is a
consuming fire to his enemies.
Whether they were
only two or four, or (as I rather think) an innumerable company of angels,
that Isaiah saw, is uncertain; see Dan. 7:10. It is the glory of the angels
that they are seraphim, have heat proportion-able to their light, have
abundance, not only of divine wisdom and understanding, but of divine counsel
and Power, divine Knowledge and the Fear of ABBA YAHVEH in holy love. Special
notice is taken of their wings (and of no other part of their appearance),
because of the use they made of them, which is designed for instruction to us.
They had each of
them six wings, as the Menorah have six branches, not stretched upwards (as
those whom Ezekiel saw, ch. 1:11), but, 1. Four were made use of for a
covering, as the wings of a fowl, sitting, are; with the two upper wings, next
to the head, they covered their faces, and with the two lowest wings they
covered their feet, or lower parts.
This speak of their
great humility and reverence in their attendance upon ABBA YAHVEH, for He is
greatly feared in the assembly of those saints, Ps. 89:7. They not only
cover their feet, those members of the body which are less honorable (1 Co. 12:23), but even their faces.
Though angel’s
faces, doubtless, are much fairer than those of the children of men (Acts
6:15), yet in the presence of YAHVEH, they cover them, because they cannot bear
the dazzling luster of the divine glory, and because, being conscious of an
infinite distance from the divine perfection, they are ashamed to show their
faces before the holy EL, who charges even his angels with folly if they
should offer to vie with him, Job 4:18.
If angels be
reverent in their attendance on , with what godly fear should we approach HIS
Throne! Else we do not the will of YAHVEH as the angels do it. Yet Moses, when
he went into the mount with ABBA YAHVEH, took the veil from off his face. See 2
Co. 3:18. 2. Two were made use of for flight;
when they are sent on YAH’s errands they fly swiftly (Dan. 9:21), more swiftly
with their own wings than if they flew on the wings of the wind.
This teaches us to
do the work of ABBA YAHVEH with cheerfulness and expedition. Do angels come
upon the wing from heaven to earth, to minister for our good, and shall not we
soar upon the wing from earth to heaven, to share with them in their glory? Lu.
20:36.
Isaiah
6:3 And one cried
to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is
YAHVEH TSEBAOTE; The whole earth is
full of HIS glory!” - in this verse we hear the anthem, or song of
praise, which the angels sing to the honor of him that sits on the throne. How
this song was sung. With zeal and fervency, they cried aloud; and with unanimity, they cried to another, or one with another; they sang
alternately, but in concert, and without the least jarring voice to interrupt
the harmony.
What the song was;
it is the same with that which is sung by the four living creatures, Rev.
4:8. Praising ABBA YAHVEH always was,
and will be to eternity, the work of heaven, and the constant employment of
blessed spirits above, Ps. 84:4. Yisrael
is the same in its praises; there is no change of times or notes there. Two
things the seraphim here attribute to ABBA YAHVEH the praise of: Kadosh,
Kadosh, Kadosh.
His infinite
perfections in himself. Here is one of HIS most glorious titles praised: HE is YAHVEH TSEBAOTE, of all hosts; and
one of HIS most glorious attributes, HIS holiness, without which HIS being the YAHVEH
TSEBAOTE (or, as it is in the parallel place, Rev. 4:8, YAHVEH Almighty) could not be so much as it is the matter of our
joy and praise; for power, without purity to guide it, would be a terror to
mankind.
None of all the
divine attributes is so celebrated in scripture as this is. YAH’s power was
spoken twice (Ps. 62:11), but his holiness thrice, Holy, holy, holy or Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh in hebrew. This
bespeaks,
The zeal and
fervency of the angels in praising ABBA YAHVEH; they even want words to express
themselves, and therefore repeat the same again.
The particular
pleasure they take in contemplating the holiness of YAHVEH; this is a subject
they love to dwell upon, to harp upon, and are loth to leave.
The superlative
Excellency of YAH’s holiness, above that of the purest creatures. He is holy,
thrice holy, infinitely holy, originally, perfectly, and eternally so.
Isaiah
6:4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the
voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. – In this verse we see the marks and tokens of Power
with which the temple was filled, upon this vision of the divine glory.
The house was shaken;
not only the door, but even the posts of the door, which were firmly
fixed, moved at the voice of HIM that cried, at the voice of ABBA YAHVEH,
who called to judgment (Ps. 50:4), at the voice of the angel, who praised HIM.
There are voices in heaven sufficient to drown all the noises of the many waters
in this lower world, Ps. 93:3, 4.
This violent
concussion of the temple was an indication of YAH’s wrath and displeasure
against the people for their sins; it was an earnest of the destruction of it
and the city by the Babylonians first, and afterwards by the Romans; and it was
designed to strike an awe upon us. Shall walls and posts tremble before God,
and shall we not tremble?
The house was darkened;
it was filled with smoke, which was as a cloud spread upon the
face of his throne (Job 26:9); we cannot take a full view of it, nor order
our speech concerning it, by reason of darkness. In the temple above there will
be no smoke, but everything will be seen clearly. There EL dwells in light;
here HE makes darkness his pavilion, 2 Chron, 6:1.
Isaiah
6:5 So I said:“Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, YAHVEH
TSEBAOTE.” - Our curiosity would
lead us to enquire further concerning the Seraphim, their songs and their
services; but here we leave them, and must attend to what passed between ABBA YAHVEH
and HIS prophet. Secret things belong not to us, the secret things of
the world of angels, but things revealed to and by the prophets, which concern
the administration of YAH’s kingdom among men.
Now here we have, the
consternation that the prophet was put into by the vision which he saw of the
glory of ABBA YAHVEH: Then said I, Woe is me! He should have said, "Blessed art thou,
who hast been thus highly favored, highly honored, and dignified, for a time,
with the privilege of those glorious beings that always behold the face of
our Father. Blessed were those eyes which saw ABBA YAHVEH sitting on HIS
throne, and those ears which heard the angels’ praises.’’ And, one would think,
he should have said, "Happy am I, for ever happy; nothing now shall
trouble me, nothing make me blush or tremble;’’ but, on the contrary, he cries
out, "Woe is me! for I am undone. Alas for me! I am a gone man; I
shall surely die (Judges 13:22; 6:22); I am silenced; I am struck dumb,
struck dead.’’ When Daniel, when he heard the words of the angel, became
dumb, and there was no strength, no breath, left in him, Dan. 10:15,
17.
What the prophet
reflected upon in himself which terrified him: "I am undone if YAHVEH
TSEBAOTE deal with me in strict justice, for I have made myself obnoxious to
HIS displeasure, because I am a man of unclean lips.’’ Some think he
refers particularly to some rash word he had spoken, or to his sinful silence
in not reproving sin with the boldness and freedom that were necessary, a sin
which YAH’s ministers have too much cause to charge themselves with, and to
blush at the remembrance of. But it may be taken more generally; I am a
sinner; particularly, I have offended in word; and who is there that
hath not? Jam.
That we are of
unclean lips ourselves; our lips are not consecrated to YAHVEH; he had not had
the first-fruits of our lips (Heb. 13:15), and therefore they are
counted common and unclean, uncircumcised lips, Ex. 6:30. My mouth have been polluted with sin. We have spoken
the language of an unclean heart, that evil communication which corrupts good
manners, and whereby many have been defiled. We are unworthy and unmeet to take
YAH’s name into our lips. With what a pure lip did the angels praise ABBA YAHVEH!
"But,’’ says the prophet, "I cannot praise him so, for I am a man of unclean lips.’’ The
best men in the world have reason to be ashamed of themselves, and the best of
their services, when they come into comparison with the holy angels. The angels
had celebrated the purity and holiness of YAHVEH; and therefore the prophet,
when he reflects upon sin, calls it uncleanness;
for the sinfulness of sin is its contrariety to the holy nature of ABBA YAHVEH,
and upon that account especially it should appear both hateful and frightful to
us. The impurity of our lips ought to be the grief of our souls, for by our
words we shall be justified or condemned.
That we dwell among
those who are so too. We have reason to lament not only that we ourselves are
polluted, but that the nature and race of mankind are so; the disease is
hereditary and epidemic, which is so far from lessening our guilt that it
should rather increase our grief, especially considering that we have not done
what we might have done for the cleansing of the pollution of other people’s
lips; nay, we have rather learned their way and spoken their language, as
Joseph in Egypt learned the courtier’s oath, Gen. 42:16. "I dwell in the midst of a people
who by their impudent sinnings are pulling down desolating judgments upon the
land, which I, who am a sinner too, may justly expect to be involved in.’’
What gave occasion
for these sad reflections at this time: My
eyes have seen the King, YAHVEH TSEBAOTE. He saw YAH’s sovereignty to be
incontestable, HE is the King; and HIS power irresistible, HE is the YAHVEH
TSEBAOTE. These are comfortable truths to YAH’s people, and yet they ought to
strike an awe upon us.
A believing sight of
YAH’s glorious majesty should affect us all with reverence and godly fear. We
have reason to be abased in the sense of that infinite distance that there is
between us and ABBA YAHVEH, and our own sinfulness and vileness before HIM, and
to be afraid of HIS displeasure. We are undone if there be not a Mediator
between us and this holy EL, 1 Sa. 6:20. Isaiah was thus humbled, to prepare
him for the honor he was now to be called to as a prophet. Those are fittest to be employed for ABBA YAHVEH
who are low in their own eyes and are made deeply sensible of their own
weakness and unworthiness.
Isaiah
6:6 Then one of the
seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7And
he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has
touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.” - The silencing of the prophet’s fears by the good
words, and comfortable words, with which the angel answered him, verse 6, 7.
One of the seraphim immediately flew to him, to purify him, and so to pacify
him. ABBA YAHVEH has strong consolations ready for holy mourners. Those that
humble themselves in penitential shame and fear shall soon be encouraged and
exalted; those that are struck down with the visions of YAH glory shall soon be
raised up again with the visits of his grace; he that tears will heal.
Further, Angels are
ministering spirits for the good of the saints, for their spiritual good. Here
was one of the seraphim dismissed, for a time, from attending on the throne of
YAH’s glory, to be a messenger of his grace to a good man; and so well pleased
was he with the office that he came flying to him. To our Messiyah Yahushua
Himself, in His agony, there appeared an angel from heaven, strengthening
him, Lu. 22:43.
Here is, a
comfortable sign given to the prophet of the purging away of his sin. The
seraph brought a live coal from the altar, and touched his lips with it,
not to hurt them, but to heal them, not to cauterize, but to cleanse them; for
there were purifications by fire, as well as by water, and the filth of Jerusalem
An explication of
this sign: "Lo, this has touched thy lips, to assure thee of this,
that thy iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged. The guilt of thy sin
is removed by pardoning mercy, the guilt of thy tongue-sins. Thy corrupt
disposition to sin is removed by renewing grace; and therefore nothing can
hinder thee from being accepted with YAHVEH as a worshipper, in concert with
the holy angels, or from being employed for ABBA YAHVEH as a messenger to the
children of men.’’
Those only who are
thus purged from an evil conscience are prepared to serve the living EL,
Heb. 9:14. The taking away of sin is necessary to our speaking with confidence
and comfort either to EL YAHVEH in prayer or from ABBA YAHVEH in preaching; nor
are any so fit to display to others the riches and power of gospel-grace as
those who have themselves tasted the sweetness and felt the influence of that
grace; and those shall have their sin taken away who complain of it as a burden
and see themselves in danger of being undone by it.
Isaiah
6:8 Also I heard
the voice of ABBA YAHVEH, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send
me.” – In this verse we see the renewing
of the prophet’s mission. Here is a communication between ABBA YAHVEH and
Isaiah about this matter. Those that would assist others in their
correspondence with ABBA YAHVEH must not be strangers to it; for how can we
expect that ABBA YAHVEH should speak through us if we never heard HIM speaking
to us, or that we should be accepted to be the mouth to others if ABBA YAHVEH
have never spoken to our heart? Observe here,
The counsel of ABBA YAHVEH
concerning Isaiah’s mission. ABBA YAHVEH is asking the important question: Whom
shall I send? And who will go for us? ABBA YAHVEH is not asking for
permission? HE is asking if anyone is available to be sent? Is there anyone who
is qualify? Is there anyone who became the Ark of the Covenant, so they can be a
pot of Manna to someone else?
I this verse we
learn that there is a counsel in HIS whole will, and teach us to consider our
ways, and particularly that the sending forth of ministers is a work not to be
done by novices, but by mature belivers.
Who it is that is
consulting. It is ABBA YAHVEH in HIS glory, whom the prophet saw upon the
THRONE high and lifted up. It puts an honor upon the ministry that, when ABBA YAHVEH
send a prophet to speak in HIS name, he appeared in all the glories of the
upper world. Ministers are the ambassadors of the King of kings; Who ever they
are, HE who sends them is great than the messenger. It is ABBA YAHVEH and His
counsel that create the Word, the Heavens and used the Word to create the
Earth;(Who will go for us? as Gen. 1:26, Let us make man).
They all concur, as
in the creating, so in the redeeming and governing of man. Ministers are
ordained in the same name into which all Yisrael are baptized.
What the
consultation is: Whom shall I send? And who will go? Some think this
refers to the particular message of wrath against Israel
It is the
unspeakable favor of ABBA YAHVEH to send us HIS Word by men like ourselves,
whose terror shall not make us afraid, and who are themselves an emissary of
the messages they bring. These who are workers together with ABBA YAHVEH to
bring to sinners to justification and believers to maturity!
It is sad to say but
it is a rare thing to find one who is mature to go and carry HIS messages to
the children of men: Whom shall I send? Who is sufficient? Who is
qualify? Such a degree of love that ABBA YAHVEH concern for the souls of men as
is necessary to make a man faithful, and withal such an insight into the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven as is necessary to make a man skilful, are
seldom to be met with!
Such an interpreter
of the mind of ABBA YAHVEH is one of a thousand, Job 33:23.
None are allowed to go
for ABBA YAHVEH but those who are qualify and sent by HIM; he will own none but
those whom he appoints, Rom. 10:15. It is Messiyan’s work to put men into the
ministry, 1 Tim. 1:12.
The consent of Isaiah
to it: Then said I, Here am I; send me. He was to go on a melancholy
errand; the office of the prophet seemed to lacking in qualified personnel, no
one was available, and yet Isaiah offered himself to the service. It is an
honor to be singular in attitude towards ABBA YAHVEH ministry and purpose,
Judges 5:7. We must not say, "I would go if I thought I should have
success;’’ but, "I will go, and leave the success of the mission to ABBA YAHVEH.
Here am I; send
me.’’ Isaiah had been himself in a melancholy frame verse 5, full of doubts and
fears; but now that he had the assurance of the pardon of his sin the clouds
were blown over, and he was fit for service and forward to it.
1. His readiness:
"Here am I, a volunteer, not pressed into the service.’’ Behold me;
so the word is. ABBA YAHVEH says to us, Behold me (ch. 65:1), and, Here
I am (ch. 58:9), even before we call; let us say so to him when he does
call.
2. His resolution; "Here
I am, ready to encounter the greatest difficulties. I have set my face as
a flint.’’ Compare this with ch. 50:4-7.
3. His referring
himself to ABBA YAHVEH: "Send me whither thou wilt; make what use thou
desire of me. Send me, that is, ABBA, give me a commission and full
instruction; send me, and then, no doubt, YOU wilt stand by me.’’ It is a great
comfort to those whom ABBA YAHVEH sends that they go for HIM, and may therefore
speak in his name, as having authority, and be assured that he will bear them
out.
Isaiah
6:9And He said, “Go,
and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing,
but do not perceive.’ – In
THIS verse we see ABBA YAHVEH taking Isaiah at his word, and sends him on a
strange errand, to prophesy the ruin of his people and to warn them before
judgment. To preach that because of their abuse of the commandments it would be
to them a curse as outline in Deuteronomy 28:15-68. The curse of the law that
was place on the outside of the Ark
These verses are
quoted in part, or referred to, six times, in the post Messiyah Scripture,
which intimates that in gospel time these spiritual judgments would be most
frequently inflicted; and though they make the least noise, and come not with
observation, yet they are of all judgments the most dreadful. Isaiah is here
given to understand these four things:
That the generality
of the people to whom he was sent would turn a deaf ear to his preaching, and
willfully shut their eyes against all the discoveries of the mind and will of
ABBA YAHVEH which he had to make to them verse 9: "Go, and tell this
people, this foolish wretched people, tell them their own, tell them how
stupid and stiff necked they are.’’ Isaiah must preach to them, and they will hear
him indeed, but that is all. They will not heed him; they will no understand
him; they will not take any pains, nor use that application of mind which is necessary
to the understanding of him; they are prejudiced against that which is the true
intent and meaning of what he says, and therefore they will not understand him,
or pretend they do not.
They see indeed
(for the vision is made plain on tables, so that he who runs may read it); but
they perceive not their own concern in it; it is to them as a tale that is
told. There are many who hear the sound of ABBA YAHVEH’s word, but do not feel
the power of it. They never ask for the Spirit of Understanding, or the Spirit
of Knowledge.
Isaiah
6:10 Make the heart
of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see
with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And
return and be healed.” - In
Revelation 5:6 the Menorah is describe as the seven eyes and the seven horns
which is the seven spirit of ABBA YAHVEH sent into all the world. In this verse
we are told that, forasmuch as they would not be made better by his ministry,
they should be made worse by it; those that were willfully spiritually blinded
by sin should be judicially blinded to the Word:
"They will not understand or perceive the
spiritual things, and therefore there ego shall be the instrumental to make
their heart fat, senseless, and sensual, and so to make their ears
yet more heavy, and to shut their spiritual eyes; so that, their spiritual
recovery and repentance will become utterly impossible; they shall no see
with their spiritual eyes the danger they are in, nor the way of escape
from it; they shall no more hear with their spiritual ears the warnings
and instructions that are given them, nor understand with their spirit
the things that belong to their peace, so as to be converted from the error of
their ways, and be healed.’’
·
The conversion
of sinners is the healing of their soul.
·
The Spirit of
understanding is necessary for such santification.
·
ABBA YAHVEH
sometimes, in a way of righteous judgment, gives men up to spiritual blindness
of the mind and strong delusions, because they would not receive the truth
in the love of it, 2 Th. 2:10–12. He that is filthy let him be filthy
still.
·
Even the word
of ABBA YAHVEH oftent proves a means of hardening sinners. The word of the
prophet Isaiah makes the heart of this people fat, not only as he prophecy,
passing this sentence upon them in YAH’s Name, and seals them under it, but as
his preaching had a tendency to it, rocking some to sleep in the security of
their religion(to whom it was a lovely song), and making others more
outrageous, to whom it was such a reproach that they were not able to bear it.
Some looked upon the word as a privilege, and their convictions were smothered
by it (Jer. 7:4); others looked upon it as a provocation, and their corruptions
were exasperated by it.
Isaiah
6:11 Then I said, ABBA YAHVEH, how long?” And He
answered: “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses
are without a man, The land is utterly desolate, - In this verse we learn the consequence of disobedience to the Word,
this would be their utter ruin, Deut 28:15-68. The prophet had nothing
to object to the justice of this sentence, nor does he refuse to go upon such
an errand, but asks, "YAHVEH, how long?’’ (an abrupt question):
"Shall it always be this way? Must I and other prophets always labor in
vain among them, and will things never be better?’’
Or, (as should seem
by the answer) "ABBA YAHVEH, what will it come to at last? What will it be
in the end?’’ In answer to this he is told that it should be an issue in the
final destruction of the nation of Yisrael. "When the Word of ABBA YAHVEH,
had been rejected by them, they shall be consequence.
Isaiah
6:12 ABBA YAHVEH has
removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. - Their cities shall be uninhabited, and their country houses too; the
land shall be untilled, desolate with desolation (as it is in the
margin), the people who should replenish the houses and cultivate the ground
being all cut off by sword, famine, or pestilence, and those who escape with
their lives being removed far away into captivity, so that there shall be a
great and general forsaking in the midst of the land; that populous country
shall become desert, and that glory of all lands shall be abandoned.’’
Spiritual judgments
often bring temporal judgments along with it upon persons and places. This was
in part fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, when the
land, being left desolate, enjoyed her sabbaths seventy years; but, the
foregoing predictions being so expressly applied in the post Messiyah word to
Yisrael in our Messiyanic’s time, doubtless this points at the final
destruction of that people by the Romans, in which it had a complete
accomplishment, and the effects of it that people and that land remain under to
this day.
Isaiah
6:13 But yet a tenth
will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth
tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains
when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall
be its stump.” - That yet a
remnant should be reserved to be the monuments of mercy. There was a remnant
reserved in the last destruction of the Nation of Yisrael (Rom. 11:5, At
this present time there is a remnant); for so it was written here.
But in it shall
be a tenth, a certain number, but a
very small number in comparison with the multitude that shall perish in their
unbelief. It is that which, under the law, YAH’s proportion was; they shall be
consecrated to HIM as the tithes were, and shall be for HIS service and honor.
Concerning this tithe, this saved remnant, we are told, that they shall return
(ch. 6:13; 10:21), shall return from sin to ABBA YAHVEH and duty, they shall
return out of captivity to their own land. ABBA YAHVEH will turn them, and they
shall be turned.
That they shall be
eaten, that is, shall be accepted by ABBA YAHVEH as the tithe was, which was
meat in YAH’s house, Mal. 3:10. The saving of this remnant shall be meat to the
faith and hope of those that wish well to YAH’s kingdom.
That they shall be
like a timber-tree in winter, which has life, though it has no leaves: As a
teil-tree and as an oak, whose substance is in them even when they cast their
leaves, so this remnant, though they may be stripped of their outward
prosperity and share with others in common calamities, shall yet recover
themselves, as a tree in the spring, and flourish again; though they fall, they
shall not be utterly cast down. There is hope of a tree, though it be cut
down, that it will sprout again, Job 14:7.
That this
distinguished remnant shall be the bedrock and support of the public interests.
The holy seed in the soul is the substance of the man; a principle of
grace reigning in the heart will keep life there; he that is born of
Messiyah has his seed remaining in him, 1 Jn. 3:9. So the holy seed
in the land is the substance of the land, keeps it from being quite dissolved, and
bears up the pillars of it, Ps. 75:3. See ch. 1:9.
Some read the foregoing clause with this,
thus: As the support at Shallecheth is in the elms and the oaks, so the holy
seed is the substance thereof; as the trees that grow on either side of the
causeway (the raised way, or terrace-walk, that leads from the king’s palace to
the temple, 1 Ki. 10:5, at the gate of Shallecheth, 1 Chron, 26:16) support the
causeway by keeping up the earth, which would otherwise be crumbling away, so
the small residue of religious, serious, praying people, are the support of the
state, and help to keep things together and save them from going to decay. Some
make the holy seed to be Messiyah.
The Nation of Yisrael was therefore
saved from utter ruin because out of it, as concerning the flesh, Messiyah was
to come, Rom. 9:5. Destroy it not, for that blessing is in it (ch.
65:8); and when that blessing had come, it was soon destroyed. Now the
consideration of this is designed for the support of the prophet in his work.
Though far the greater part should perish in their unbelief, yet to some his
word should be a savor of life unto life. Ministers do not wholly lose their
labor if they be but instrumental to save one poor soul.
Chapter 7
This chapter we see
a different method of proclaiming the Gospel, it is an occasional sermon, in
which the prophet used singing and dancing to give the message. The prophet her
tells us how he sings both of mercy and judgment to those that did not perceive
or understand either; he played unto them, but they danced not, mourned unto
them, but they wept not. Here is,
I.
The
consternation that Ahaz was in upon an attempt of the confederate forces of Syria and Yisrael against Jerusalem
II. The assurance
which ABBA YAHVEH, by the prophet, sent him for HIS encouragement, that the
attempt should be defeated and Jerusalem
III. The
confirmation of this by a sign which ABBA YAHVEH gave to Ahaz, when he refused
to ask one, referring to Messiyah, and our redemption by him verse 10–16.
IV. A threatening of
the great desolation that EL YAHVEH would bring upon Ahaz and his kingdom by
the Assyrians, notwithstanding their escape from this present storm, because
they went on still in their wickedness verse 17–25. And this is written both
for our comfort and for our admonition.
Isaiah
7:1 Now it came to pass in
the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah
the son of Remaliah, king of Yisrael, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not
prevail against it. - The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the
year that king Uzziah died, ch. 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well,
sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was commanded,
and yet we have not in this book any of his prophecies dated in the reign of
Jotham; but this, which is put first, was in the days of Ahaz the son of
Jotham.
Many excellent useful
sermons was preached which were not published and left upon record; for, if all
that was memorable had been written, the
world could not have contained the books, Jn. 21:25. Perhaps in the
reign of Ahaz, a wicked king, he had not opportunity to preach so much at court
as in Jotham’s time, and therefore then he wrote the more, for a testimony
against them. Here is,
A very formidable
design laid against Jerusalem by Rezin king of Syria and Pekah king of Yisrael, two neighboring
potentates, who had of late made descents upon Judah Judah
Notice that Ahaz,
though he found the sword over his head, began his reign with idolatry, YAHVEH TSEBAOTE delivered him into the hand
of the king of Syria
Flushed with this
victory, they went up towards Jerusalem
The sin of a land
brings foreign invasions upon it and betrays the most advantageous posts and
passes to the enemy; and YAHVEH TSEBAOTE sometimes makes one wicked nation a
scourge to another; but judgment, ordinarily, begins at the house of YAHVEH.
Isaiah
7:2 And it was told to the house of David,
saying, “Syria Syria
and Ephraim had signed a league against Judah
News being brought
that the two armies of Syria and Yisrael were joined, and had taken the field,
the court, the city, and the country, were thrown into consternation; The heart of Ahaz was moved with fear,
and then no wonder that the heart of
his people was so, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
They were tossed and
shaken, and put into a great disorder and confusion, were wavering and
uncertain in their counsels, hurried hither and thither, and could not fix in
any steady resolution. They yielded to the storm, and gave up all for gone,
concluding it in vain to make any resistance. Now that which caused this fright
was the sense of guilt and the weakness of their faith.
They had made YAHVEH
TSEBAOTE their enemy, and knew not how to make him their friend again, and
therefore their fears tyrannized over them; while those whose consciences are
kept void of offence, and whose hearts
are fixed, trusting in ABBA YAHVEH, need not be afraid of evil tidings; though
the earth be removed, yet will not they fear; but the wicked flee at the
shaking of a leaf, Lev. 26:36.
Isaiah 7:3 Then
ABBA YAHVEH said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub your
son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the
Fuller’s Field, - The orders and
directions given to Isaiah to go and encourage Ahaz in his distress; not for
his own sake (he deserved to hear nothing from ABBA YAHVEH but words of terror,
which might add affliction to his grief), but because he was a son of David and
king of Judah. YAHVEH shown kindness for him for his father’s sake, who must not
be forgotten, and for his people’s sake, who must not be abandoned, but would
be encourage!
ABBA YAHVEH
appointed the prophet to meet Ahaz, though he did not send to the prophet to
speak with him, nor desire him to enquire of YAHVEH for him: Go to meet Ahaz. Note how ABBA YAHVEH
is often found of those who seek him not, much more will he be found of those
who seek him diligently. He speaks comforting words to many who not only are
not worthy of it, but do not so much as enquire after it.
He ordered him to
take his little son with him, because he carried a sermon in his name, A remnant shall return. The prophets
sometimes recorded what they preached in the significant names of their
children (as Hos. 1:4, 6, 9); therefore Isaiah’s children are said to be for signs, ch. 8:18.
This son was so
called for the encouragement of those of YAH’s people who were carried captive,
assuring them that they should return, at least a remnant of them, which was
more than they could pretend to merit; yet at this time ABBA YAHVEH was better
than HIS word; for he took care not only that a remnant should return, but the
whole number of those whom the confederate forces of Syria and Yisrael had
taken prisoners, 2 Chr. 28:15.
ABBA YAHVEH directed
him where he should find Ahaz. He was to meet with him not in the temple, or
the synagogue, or royal chapel, but at
the end of the conduit of the upper pool, where he was, probably with
many of his servants about him, contriving how to order the water-works, so as
to secure them to the city, or deprive the enemy of the benefits of them (ch.
22:9–11; 2 Chr. 32:3, 4), or giving some necessary directions for the
fortifying of the city as well as they could; and perhaps finding every thing
in a bad posture or defence, the conduit out of repair, as well as other things
gone to decay, his fears increased, and he was now in greater perplexity than
ever; therefore, Go, meet him there.
ABBA YAHVEH
sometimes sends comforts to his people very seasonably, and, what time they are
most afraid, encourages them to trust in HIM.
Isaiah
7:4“and say to him: ‘Take heed, and be quiet;
do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for
the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah. – In this verse we see how ABBA YAHVEH put words in
Isaiah’s mouth, else the prophet would not have known how to bring a message of
good to such a bad man, a sinner in Zion
The prophet must
rebuke their fears, and advise them by no means to yield to them, but keep
their temper, and preserve the possession of their own souls: Take heed, and
be quiet. In order to comfort there is need of caution; that we may be
quiet, it is necessary that we take heed and watch against those things that
threaten to disquiet us. "Fear not with this amazement, this fear, that
weakens, and has torment; neither let thy heart be tender, so as to melt
and fail within thee; but pluck up thy spirits, have a good heart on it, and be
courageoust.’’ Those who expect YAHVEH should help them must help themselves,
Ps. 27:14.
He must teach them
to despise their enemies, not in pride, or security, or incognizance (nothing
more dangerous than so to despise an enemy), but in faith and dependence upon
ABBA YAHVEH. Ahaz’s fear create two powerful politic princes, for either of
whom he was an unequal match, but, if united, he would have a powerful allies,
nor cold he alone make head against them.
"No,’’ says the
prophet, "they are two tails of smoking firebrands; they are angry,
they are fierce, they are furious, as firebrands, as fireballs; and they make
one another worse by being in a confederacy, as sticks of fire put together
burn the more violently. But they are only smoking firebrands: and where there
is smoke there is some fire, but it may be not so much as was feared.
Their threatening
will vanish like smoke. Pharaoh king of Egypt
is but a noise (Jer. 46:17), and Rezin king of Syria Syria
The more we have an
eye to ABBA YAHVEH as a consuming fire the less reason we shall have to fear
men, though they are ever so furious, nay, we shall be able to despise them as
smoking firebrands.
Isaiah
7:5 ‘Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of
Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, - He must assure them that the present design of these high allies (so
they thought themselves) against Jerusalem should certainly be defeated and
come to nothing
Isaiah
7:6“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it,
and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the
son of Tabel”— That very thing which Ahaz thought as grounds for
their defeat, and that was the depth of their designs and the height of their
hopes: "Therefore they shall be baffled and sent back with shame, because
they have taken evil counsel against thee, which is an offence to ABBA YAHVEH.
These firebrands are
a smoke in his nose (ch. 65:5), and therefore must be extinguished.’’ First,
They are very spiteful and malicious, and, therefore they shall not prosper. Judah had done them no wrong; they had no
pretence to quarrel with Ahaz; but, without any reason, they said, Let us go
up against Judah
Those that are
vexatious cannot expect to be prosperous, those that love to do mischief cannot
expect to do well.
Secondly, They are very secure, and confident of success.
They will trouble Judah by going up against it; yet that is not all: they do
not doubt wanted to make a breach in the wall of Jerusalem wide enough for them
to march their army in at; or they count upon dissecting or dividing the
kingdom into two parts, one for the king of Yisrael, the other for the king of
Syria, who had agreed in one viceroy—a king to be set in the midst of
it, even the son of Tabeal, some obscure person, it is uncertain whether a
Syrian or an Yisraelite.
Isaiah 7:7‘thus says ABBA YAHVEH: It shall not stand, Nor shall it come
to pass.
- So sure were they of gaining
their victory that they divided the prey before they had caught it. Those that are most scornful are commonly
least successful, for surely ABBA YAHVEH scorns the scorners. ABBA YAHVEH
HIMSELF gives them HIS Word that the attempt against them would not be
effective: "Thus saith YAHVEH EL ELYON, the sovereign Lord of all,
who brings the counsel of the heathen to naught (Ps. 33:10), It shall
not stand, neither shall it come to pass; their measures shall all be
broken, and they shall not be able to bring to pass their enterprise.’’
Whatever stands
against YAHVEH TSEBAOTE, or thinks to stand without HIM, cannot stand long. Man
purposes, but YAHVEH disposes; and who is he that saith and it cometh to
pass if YAHVEH commands it not or countermands it? Lam. 3:37. See Prov.
19:21.
Isaiah
7:8 For
the head of Syria is Damascus ,
And the head of Damascus
They should neither
of them enlarge their dominions, nor push their conquests any further; The
head city of Syria is Damascus, and the head man of Damascus is Rezin; this
he glories in, and this let him be content with. The head city of Ephraim
has long been Samaria , and the head
man in Samaria Judah ,
much less to make Jerusalem
As ABBA YAHVEH has
appointed men the bounds of their habitation (Acts 17:26), so he has appointed
princes the bounds of their dominion, within which they ought to confine
themselves, and not encroach upon their neighbors’ rights.
Ephraim, which
perhaps was the more malicious and forward enemy of the two, should shortly be
quite rooted out, and should be so far from seizing other people’s lands that
they should not be able to hold their own. Interpreters are much at a loss how
to compute the sixty-five years within which Ephraim shall cease to be a
people; for the captivity of the ten tribes was but eleven years after
this: and some make it a mistake of the transcriber, and think it should be
read within six and five years, just eleven.
But it is hard to
allow that. Others make it to be sixty-five years from the time that the
prophet Amos first foretold the ruin of the kingdom of the ten tribes; and some
late interpreters make it to look as far forward as the last desolation of that
country by Esarhaddon, which was about sixty-five years after this; then
Ephraim was so broken that it was no more a people. Now it was the greatest
folly in the world for those to be ruining their neighbors who were themselves
marked for ruin, and so near to it. See what a prophet told them at this time,
when they were triumphing over Judah, 2 Chr. 28:10. Are there not with you,
even with you, sins against ABBA YAHVEH your EL?
Isaiah
7:9 The
head of Ephraim is Samaria , And the head of Samaria
If you will not
believe, Surely you shall not be established.
- He must urge them to mix faith with those assurances which he had given them:
"If you will not believe
what is said to you, surely you shall
not be established; your shaken and disordered state shall not be
established, your unquiet unsettled spirit shall not; though the things told
you are very encouraging, yet they will not be so to you, unless you believe
them, and be willing to take YAH’s word.’’
The grace of faith
is absolutely necessary to the quieting and composing of the mind in the midst
of all the tosses of this present time, 2 Chr. 20:20.
Isaiah
7:10 Moreover ABBA YAHVEH
spoke again to Ahaz, saying, - In
this verse we see ABBA YAHVEH speaking through the prophet, by the prophet,
makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his
faith in them, by such sign or miracle as he should choose:
Isaiah
7:11“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the
depth or in the height above.” – Ask thee a sign of YAHVEH thy EL; See
here the divine faithfulness and veracity. ABBA YAHVEH tells us nothing but
what HE is able and ready to prove. See ABBA’S wonderful condescension to the
children of men, in that HE is more than willing
to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, Heb.
6:17.
He considers our
frame, and that, living in a world of sense, we are apt to require sensible
proofs, which therefore he has favored us with in sacramental signs and seals.
Ahaz was a bad man, yet YAHVEH is called YAHVEH his EL, because he was a child
of Abraham and David, and of the covenants made with them.
See how gracious
ABBA YAHVEH is even to the evil and unthankful; Ahaz is bidden to choose his
sign, as Gideon about the fleece (Jdg. 6:37); let him ask for a sign in the
air, or earth, or water, for YAH’s power is the same in all.
Isaiah
7:12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I
test ABBA YAHVEH!” - Ahaz
rudely refuses this gracious offer, and (which is not mannerly towards any
superior) kicks at the courtesy, and puts a slight upon it: I will not ask.
The true reason why he would not ask for a sign was because, having a
dependence upon the Assyrians, their forces, and their gods, for help, he would
not be obligated to the EL of Yisrael, or lay himself under obligations to HIM.
He would not ask a
sign for the confirming of his faith because he resolved to persist in his
unbelief, and would indulge his doubts and distrusts; yet he pretends a pious
reason: I will not tempt ABBA YAHVEH; as if it would be a tempting of YAHVEH
to do that which ABBA YAHVEH HIMSELF had invited and directed him to do. A
secret disaffection to ABBA YAHVEH is often disguised with the specious colors
of respect to HIM; and those who are resolved that they will not trust ABBA YAHVEH
yet pretend that they will not tempt him.
It is similar to
Christian who in-order to justify breaking the 4th Commandments say it is
because we love Jesus why we worship on Sunday, totally negating the greater purpose
of the Law.
Isaiah
7:13 Then he said, “Hear
now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary
men, but will you weary my EL also? – The
prophet reproves him and his court, him and the house of David, the whole royal
family, for their contempt of prophecy, and the little value they had for
divine revelation. "Is it a small thing for you to weary men by
your oppression and tyranny, with which you make yourselves burdensome and
odious to all mankind? But will you weary my EL also with the affronts
you put upon him?’’ As the unjust judge that neither feared ABBA YAHVEH nor
regarded man, Lu. 18:2.
You have wearied
ABBA YAHVEH with your words, Mal.
2:17. Nothing is more grievous to the EL of heaven than to be distrusted. "Will
you weary my EL? Will you suppose HIM to be tired and unable to help you,
or to be weary of doing you good?
Whereas the
youths may faint and be weary, you may have tired all your friends, the
Creator of the ends of the earth faints not, neither is weary.’’ ch.
40:28–31. Or this: "In affronting the prophets, you think you put a slight
only upon men like yourselves, and consider not that you affront ABBA YAHVEH
HIMSLF, whose messengers they are, and put a slight upon him, who will resent
it accordingly.’’ The prophet in this verse calls ABBA YAHVEH his EL “God” with
a great deal of emphasis on pleasure: Ahaz would not say, YAHVEH is my El,
though the prophet had invited him to say so: YAHVEH thy EL “God”; but
Isaiah will say, "He is mine.’’ Whatever others do, we must proclaimed
ABBA YAHVEH for ours and abide by HIS Words.
Isaiah
7:14 “Therefore ABBA YAHVEH HMSELF will give you
a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His
name Immanuel. - The
prophet, in YAH’s name, gives them a sign: "You will not ask a sign, but
the unbelief of man shall not make the promise of ABBA YAHVEH of no effect: ABBA
YAHVEH HIMSELF shall give you a sign, a double sign.’’
"A sign in
general of HIS good-will to Yisrael and to the house of David. You may conclude
it that he has mercy in store for you, and that you are not forsaken of your
EL, how great your present distress danger or situation maybe; for of your
nation, of your family, the Messiah is to be born, and you cannot be destroyed
while that blessing is in you, which shall be introduced.’’
"In a glorious manner; for, whereas you
have been often told that he should be born among you, I am now further to tell
you that he shall be born of a virgin, which will signify both the divine power
and the divine purity with which he shall be brought into the world, that he
shall be a extraordinary person, for he shall not be born by ordinary
generation, and that he shall be a holy thing, not stained with the common
pollutions of the human nature, therefore incontestably fit to have the throne
of his father David given him.’’ Now this, though it was to be accomplished
above 500 years after, was a most encouraging sign to the house of David (and
to them, under that title, this prophecy is directed, verse 13, and an
assurance that YAHVEH would not cast them off. Ephraim did indeed envy Judah (ch. 11:13) and sought the ruin of that
kingdom, but could not prevail; for the scepter should never depart from Judah till the coming of Shiloh ,
Gen. 49:10. Those whom YAHVEH designs for the great salvation may take that for
a sign to them that they shall not be swallowed up by any trouble they meet
with in the way.
The Messiah shall be
introduced on a glorious errand, wrapped up in his glorious name: They shall
call his name ImmanuEL, EL with us, EL in our nature, EL at peace with us,
in covenant with us. This was fulfilled in their calling him ImmanuEL, a
Saviour (Mt. 1:21–25), for, if He had not been ImmanuEL, EL “God” with
us, He could not have been the Messiyah, a Saviour.
Now this was a
further sign of YAH’s favor to the house of David and the tribe of Judah
The promised seed
shall be ImmanuEL, EL “God” with us; let that word comfort you (ch.
8:10), that YAHVEH is with us, and verse 8 that your land is Immanuel’s
land. Let not the heart of the house of David be moved thus verse 2, nor
let Judah fear the setting up of the son of Tabeal verse 6, for nothing can cut
off the entail on the Son of David that shall be ImmanuEL.
Isaiah
7:15“Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may
know to refuse the evil and choose the good. – Notice in this verse, the strongest consolations, in time of trouble,
are those which are borrowed from Messiyah, our relation to Him, our interest
in Him, and our expectations of Him and from Him. Of this child it is further
foretold, that though he shall not be born like other children, but of a
virgin, yet he shall be really and truly man, and shall be nursed and brought
up like other children: Butter and honey shall he eat, as other children
do, particularly the children of that land which flowed with milk and honey.
Though he be
conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, yet he shall not therefore be fed with
angels’ food, but, as it becomes him, shall be in all things made like unto
his brethren, Heb. 2:17.
Nor shall he, though
born thus by extraordinary generation, be a man immediately, but, as other
children, shall advance gradually through the several states of infancy,
childhood, and youth, to that of manhood, and growing in wisdom and stature,
shall at length wax strong in spirit, and come to maturity, so as to know how to
refuse the evil and choose the good. See Lu. 2:40, 52. Children are fed
when they are little that they may be taught and instructed when they have
grown up; they have their maintenance in order to their education.
Isaiah
7:16 “For before the Child shall know to refuse
the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both
her kings. - Here is another sign in
particular of the speedy destruction of these potent princes that were now a
terror to Judah
This was fully
accomplished; for within two or three years after this, Hoshea conspired
against Pekah, and slew him (2 Ki. 15:30), and, before that, the king of
Assyria took Damascus
Shear-jashub signifies The remnant shall return, which
doubtless points at the wonderful return of those 200,000 captives whom Pekah
and Rezin had carried away, who were brought back, not by might or power, but
by the Spirit of YAHVEH TSEBAOTE. Read the story, 2 Chr. 28:8–15. The
prophetical naming of this child having had its accomplishment, no doubt this,
which was further added concerning him, should have its accomplishment
likewise, that Syria and Yisrael should be deprived of both their kings. One
mercy from YAHVEH encourages us to hope for another, if it engages us to
prepare for another.
Brit Chadashah
Alef Timtheous I Timothy 3:1-14
In this chapter our
Apostle treats of Mighty Hand of YAHVEH, officers. He specifies,
I. The
qualifications of a person to be admitted to the office of a bishop verse1-7.
II.
The
qualifications of deacons verse 8–10,
III.
and of their
wives verse 11,
IV.
again of the
deacons verse 12, 13.
III. The reasons of
his writing to Timothy, whereupon he speaks of the church and the foundation-truth
professed therein verse 14.
I Timothy 3:1 Paul, an apostle of Messiyah Yahushuat, by
the commandment of ABBA YAHVEH our Savior and he Messiyah Yahushua, our hope, - The two epistles to Timothy, and that to Titus,
contain a scripture-plan of Yisrael-government, or a direction to ministers.
Timothy, we suppose, was an evangelist who was left at Ephesus, to take care of
those whom the Holy Spirit had made him bishops, that is, the presbyters, as
appears by Acts 20:28, where the care of the Messiyanic Assembly was committed
to the presbyters, and they were called bishops.
It seems they were
very loth to part with Paul, especially because he told them they should see
his face no more (Acts 20:38); for their Assembly was but newly planted,
they were afraid of undertaking the care of it, and therefore Paul left Timothy
with them to set them in order. And here we have the character of a gospel
minister, whose office it is, as a bishop, to preside in a particular
congregation of Yisrael: If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires
a good work.
I Timothy 3:2 To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from ABBA YAHVEH and
YAHUSHUA HaMessiyah.- This minister is a ministry of good work.
However the office of a bishop should always be seen in this light of good
work.
The office of a
scripture-bishop is an office of divine appointment, and not of human
invention. The ministry is not a creature of the state, and it is a pity that
the minister should be at any time the tool of the state. The office of the
ministry was in the Yisrael before the magistrate countenanced of Messiyah, for
this office is one of the great gifts Messiyah restore to Yisrael, Eph. 4:8–11.
This office of a Messiyanic
bishop is a work, which requires diligence and application: the apostle
represents it under the notion and character of a work; not of great honor and
advantage, for ministers should always look more to their work than to the
honor and advantage of their office.
It is a good work, a
work of the greatest importance, and designed for the greatest good: the
ministry is conversant about no lower concerns than the life and happiness of
immortal souls; it is a good work, because designed to illustrate the divine
perfections in bringing many sons to glory; the ministry is appointed to open
men’s eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan unto ABBA YAHVEH, etc., Acts 26:18.
There ought to be an
earnest desire of the office in those who would be put into it; if a man desire,
he should earnestly desire it for the prospect he has of bringing greater glory
to ABBA YAHVEH, and of doing the greatest good to the souls of men by this
means. This is the question proposed to those who offer themselves to the
ministry of the people of Yisrael. "Do you think you are mature enough to
take upon this office?’’
I Timothy 3:3 As I urged you when I went into
Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other
doctrine, - In this verse we are
admonish to teach no other doctrine. What doctrine were they teaching during
those? It was the doctrine of Torah. The so-called new testament was not even
written. In very age humanity can only be: justify, delivered, and sanctified
by the same principle. Humanity can only be saved “justified” by believing in
Messiyah and sanctify by keep the Commandments.
I Timothy 3:4 nor give heed to fables and endless
genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in
faith. - The religious mindset will always try to tell you
that we a save by the religion of our fathers. We can only be saved by faith in
Messiyah Yahushua and believe that the commandments are for our purification.
I Timothy 3:5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love
from a pure heart, from a good
conscience, and from sincere
faith,
- The purpose of the commandments
must be kept because of the love for the One who went to the Cross for our
sins. If we should keep the law out of religious duties, then the law will be
live bitter water. When we add faith in the One who went to the Cross, then the
bitter water of the law become sweet water to us.
I Timothy 3:6 from which some, having strayed, have turned
aside to idle talk, - Many believers have
foolishly turn away from the law, and strayed after the idle talk of Marcion,
who claim the god of the Old Testament does not forgive sin and the god of the
New testament Jesus do not punish sin, so we do not have to keep the law, just
have faith in Him.
I Timothy 3:7 desiring
to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things
which they affirm. – We
must desire to be teachers of the Law, because we have become the Ark of the
Covenant with the Ten Commandments written on our heart. This verse say that
these false teachers desiring to be teachers of the law, yet they do not
understand neither what the law stand for or the things it teaches.
I Timothy 3:8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, - In this verse we are admonish that the law is good
if it is used in faith in the Messiyah.
I Timothy 3:9 knowing
this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers
of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, - The purpose of the law is to bring the lawless to perfection or
righteousness. The law is the definition of perfection. Keeping the law is to
live in righteousness for those who believe in Messiyah. Holy people live in
holiness, holiness is living according to the law. Not all people who keep the
law are holy, but holy people should keep the law as a love for our Messiyah.
I Timothy 3:10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for
perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, - When anyone practice any: lawless and
insubordinate, for the ungodly
and for sinners, for the unholy
and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and
if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine of Torah, they
are not ABBA YAHVEH people.
I Timothy 3:11 according to the glorious gospel of the
blessed ABBA YAHVEH which was committed to my trust. – The good new of the Gospel, is that the Messiyah, the one who have
kept the law flawlessly is here. For He has fulfilled the purpose of the Law!
The Sovereign will of thee Law is simply to create a perfect Son. The
permissive will of the law is to produce many mature son, who reach maturity
through Grace. The job of the Apostle is to bring many more sons to maturity
through the gospel that was given to Him, as it is entrusted to the mature
believers of today, to accomplish the same task.
I Timothy 3:12 And
I thank Messiyah Yahushua our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me
faithful, putting me into the
ministry, - In this verse Paul
demonstrate that he is grateful to Messiyah, who have given him the opportunity
to achieve perfection through His Blood, and have found him as he would like
Messiyah to find us faithful to the law. Only then can we be consider worthy
for ministry.
I Timothy 3:13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a
persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. – Many believer today does thing out of ignorance to
the law, as ABBA YAHVEH says in the time of our ignorance HE will wink. There
are too many in so-called ministry who are ignorant to the Gospel yet call
themselves minister of the Gospel.
I Timothy 3:14 And the grace of our Messiyah was
exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Messiyah Yahushua. - The Grace of
Messiyah, like the Blood and Living waters that flow from His side, is
exceedingly abundant, for those who believe in Him. That is why most Christian
are not wipe out for breaking the 4th Commandment. The Blood and water is the
same as the Laver in the Tabernacle of Moses, which has no dimension, so is the
Grace of Messiyah.
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