Happy #musicmonday Torah Tribe!
So we have something new that I hope to have completed within the next few days. Should be a fun one! ?
But in the meantime here’s a clip of us playing “Broken” at Aromem’s last live streamed concert!
BIBLE STUDY LESSON 19
SERIES V --- JOURNEYS FOR YESHUA
MESSAGE FOR A KING
KING AGRIPPA JUDGES PAUL
From Acts 26
After Governor Festus had presented Paul to King Agrippa and the dignitaries in the room, Agrippa spoke to Paul. [You have permission to speak for yourself,] he said. Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defence. [How fortunate I am, O King Agrippa, that I can make my defence before you,] Paul began. [The charges against me are not crimes, but matters of Jewish customs and religious Laws, and I know you are quite familiar with these things. Therefore, I ask you to patiently listen while I tell my story. My life, since my youth, is well known to all the Jewish people, for I spent my time with my own people, much of it in Jerusalem. They realize that I was the strictest of Pharisees, and this is the strictest of all Jewish sects. It is interesting that I am on trial because I believe in the promised Moshiach for which our people have hoped through the generations. Is it a crime to believe that One rose from the dead? Apparently for me it is, but for them it isn’t! Is not YHVH able to raise a man to life again? At one time I did everything possible to oppose Yeshua the Nazarene and His followers. With the authority of the high priests, I imprisoned many of these followers, voted to have them executed, and even tortured them to make them deny Yeshua. I was so infuriated with them that I hunted them in foreign cities. Under the authority of the chief priests I was traveling to Damascus on one of those hunts. One day at noon I saw a light more brilliant than the sun, shining on me and my companions. We fell to the ground and I heard a voice speak to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you hurting Me? You will only hurt yourself, just like oxen which kick against the ox goads.’ When I asked who was speaking, He answered, ‘I am Yeshua, the One Whom you are hurting. Now get up, for I have come to appoint you to My work, so that you will minister and witness for Me, telling others what you have seen and heard here, as well as other things which I shall tell you. I will keep you safe from your own people, the Jews, and also from the Gentiles. I will send you to the Gentiles so they might see clearly their condition and turn from darkness and Satan to YHVH, and so they might receive forgiveness for sins and an inheritance with YHVH, along with all other persons whom YHVH cleanses through faith.’ And so, King Agrippa, I have been faithful to the charge given me in this vision, telling people in Damascus, Jerusalem, and throughout Judea and even the Gentiles, that they should turn from sin to YHVH, and live in harmony with their new faith. It was for this message that the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to murder me, but YHVH has spared me to continue telling this message to people small and great. My message is exactly what Moses and the prophets said would happen, that the Moshiach would come, suffer, and be the first to rise from the dead, and thus would bring light to both Jews and Gentiles.] Festus interrupted, shouting at Paul, [You’re insane, Paul! You’ve been studying too much and it has driven you out of your mind!] [No, I am not insane, most excellent Festus,] Paul answered. [The words I speak are serious truth. King Agrippa knows about these things, and thus I speak to him freely. I am sure that he knows about all these things, for they have not happened in some dark corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the message of the prophets? I know you do.] [Are you with these few words trying to persuade me to become a believer?] Agrippa answered. Then Paul answered, [I wish so much that you and everyone in this room would become like me, except for these chains.] The king, the governor, Bernice, and all the dignitaries left. In a conference later they agreed, [This man has done nothing worthy of execution or prison.] Then Agrippa said to Festus, [If he had not appealed to Caesar, he could be set free.]
COMMENTARY
THE TWO AGRIPPAS
Agrippa I was the grandson of Herod the Great. Like his grandfather, he lived a violent life. He went to school in Rome, but his habits led him deeply into debt and he was forced to return to Palestine. His uncle Antipas gave him a job, but they soon quarrelled. He returned to Rome and made friends with Caligula, the emperor’s nephew. When Agrippa wished aloud that Tiberias would give Caligula his throne, the emperor threw him in prison. But Tiberias soon died and Caligula became the new emperor of Rome. He released his friend from prison and gave him the title of king over a small area. Agrippa’s uncle, Antipas, pressured by his sister, asked Caligula to make him a king as well. But the emperor gave Antipas’ land to Agrippa instead. Several years later, when Claudius became the next emperor of Rome, he also rewarded Agrippa with more land. By the end of his life, King Agrippa I ruled a kingdom as large as his grandfather’s. When Agrippa I suddenly died, his son, Agrippa II, was not old enough to take his place. The emperor appointed a Roman governor instead. But a few years later Claudius gave Agrippa the throne of Chalcis after the death of Herod Chalcis, Agrippa’s uncle. When the young man proved his abilities as a ruler, the emperor put more land under Agrippa’s control. Nero, Claudius’ successor, also added land to the kingdom of Agrippa II. In return for the many favours he had received from the Romans, Agrippa II stood firmly on the side of the Empire when the Jews revolted against their foreign conquerors. He took part in the Roman victory celebration after the destruction of Jerusalem and the defeat of his own people.
This week's #torah reading is called #vaetchanan, which comes from Deuteronomy 3:23 and means "And I pleaded". Here's a list of Apostolic passages to read and study alongside this Parsha (#deuteronomy 3:23-7:11), plus links to commentary and video teachings: https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/03/28/parsha-va
It's a Monday! As you go about your day, may it be productive and fulfill everything that the Creator intended. May everything your hands find to do be offered to Him for His glory. Today's posts have ideas. https://archive.aweber.com/awlist6425868/GEtAk
Mother Culture is an important concept but it's not just for moms. It's important to play, explore, create, dream, and educate ourselves. When we do so, we are imitating our creative Creator!
Now that we have covered all the Holy Days, I want to look at everything overall. All these feasts have some sort of pointing to the Messiah: Yeshua/Jesus. Growing up in church, we all know the first set of fulfillments. Digging into the Word and looking into the other fulfillments is so cool. I pointed out some of the Biblical events that happen on these different Holy Days. Those are just some of the things that happened. There are plenty of other examples. We see over and over, God uses these Holy Days, in Hebrew a better translation would be "appointed times", as times He does things. Does that mean He is limited to just these times? Of course not! But we do see He does seem to prefer doing major things around these major days.
I mentioned on the Feast of Tabernacles part about the Last Great Day is seen as its own feast to some. I forgot to mention on the Passover that some don't see that as a feast day, but a meal that happens on the first day of Unleavened Bread. Why are these things important to point out? Because when we look at numbers in the Bible, we see several numbers that repeat throughout Scripture: three, seven, ten, twelve, and forty. God does a lot of things in sevens, specifically. Some see the Holy Days as something He has done in sevens. So, depending on how you view some of these things, depends on what those seven are. However, I don't feel this is a subject that anyone needs to be staunch one way or another on. I've mentioned on some of these feasts, I've gone back and forth on things about them. I think any honest studier of the Word would have a similar viewpoint on many subjects. You find things that support one view. Then when you go and study again, you find more evidence for a different view.
The Holy Days are fun and cool and have a lot of hidden meaning in them. Keep digging!
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