As language evolves so do concepts and ideas along with history. What actually happened becomes obscured by tradition and legend. The history of the Bible has been contaminated by the scholars who insist on using an Egyptian timeline to define Biblical history instead of using the Bible to define Egypts history. Others choose to use evolutionary dating which has never been consistent or dependable, it only confuses the Biblical timeline. Yet, each time someone uses the original Biblical definitions and maintains Biblical accuracy revelations are discovered. The only part of creation that isn’t pointing to the Creator are those among mankind who have chosen to reject Him.

"If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small."

Pr 24

Shabbat shalom, all! The past two shabbats have been a time of extra gratitude for me. I am still trying to completely trust Yah in all things, to not be a control freak. Yet, i feel like a sluggard if i dont accomplish things. You see, i had a heart attack on the 15th. I was helpless. All i could do was wait for Yahs perfect healing in perfect time. I was originally scheduled for angioplasty friday afternoon. As they wheeled a chair to my door, they were diverted to an er patient in critical condotion. The angioplasty saved his life. Mine was rescheduled to 18 hours later. No blockages were found, but evidence of prolonged hypertension and high pulse was seen. I need to relax, stop being anxious, stop trying to be in control. I believe Yah took that extra 18 hours to heal my heart and to teach me patience in all things. He is in complete control, whether we acknowledge it or not. If our time on earth is over, there is nothing we can do about it. I was just sitting in my living room, talking with my daughter before she left for clinicals and BAM! It felt like someone hit me with a sledgehammer in the chest. Just that quick. No warning. My vitals were all normal, so my daughter thought nothing of it. She went to clinicals, while i tried to get transportation to a hospital out of town. (This hospital has been dismissing my symptoms for a while). An abulance would take me to the local hospital. I tried to get a hold of my daughters friend. She was in the shower. I arranged transportation to an urgent care center, where i thought they would get me transferred to the hospital i wanted. Just then, my daughters friend called back and said shed take me. She stayed with me until the er determined i had a heart attack and needed to be transferred to a cardiac unit in another hospital. I gave her money to give to my daughter for groceries since i hadnt been able to run errands that day. She refused gas money. I had the best doctors and nurses at both hospitals, with the exception of one nurse. They worked so well together, despite being understaffed. I wasnt kept very informed by the one nurse, so all i could do was pray for healing and calm. Once i was resigned to not be in the loop and things didnt happen the way i was told they would originally, Yah rewarded my patience and fast with a large, delicious meal and information that my angioplasty had been rescheduled for the next morning. Everything went smoothly and i was discharged a few hours later. Fortunately, i had filled the car up with fuel, so my daughter didnt need to conduct a transaction on Sabbath when she drove 90 minutes to pick me up. I felt helpless when she called and said she couldnt find parking or where to go in the hospital while she was in tears. One of the student nurses went down to lead her to my room once we helped her find parking. She was so relieved to get to me! We had to wait a while for all the iv sites and angioplasty site to be dismantled, which gave my daughter time to calm down and cool off. She, she is also high anxiety when things dont go smoothly as she is on the autistic spectrum and has adhd. That was her first experience driving in that part of iowa city, and her first time driving there alone. Im usually there to direct her with my ancient knowledge from living there 30 years ago. The hospital i was in is where all of her siblings were born, but it had changed so much, i couldnt direct her which one way streets she needed to take to find the parking ramp. I had to trust Yah to guide her in circles until she found a parking lot. When you are in positions of helplessness, all you can do is trust Yah. Yah took care of my teen when i was in the hospital. Yah took care of any blockages there may have been. Yah took care of the person who needed emergency angioplasty. Yah took care of my daughter navigating. Yah took care of us traveling home without incident and well before dark (no headlights). Yahs timing is not always our timing, but it is perfect timing. It all works out to His good will. If we just relax and enjoy the ride of life, things are a lot easier. I am grateful i listened to Him about not planting a garden this year because i cant tend to it. Next year is the 7th year. Harvest wouldnt have come before the 7th month this year anyway, so it would have been for nothing. Yah saved me a lot of trouble, stress and discouragement when He told me not to plant any annuals of anything. I started strawberries from seed, but even that didnt work out. When we listen to Yahs calm voice and gentle nudging, things go easier. I know we are supposed to toil for our food and store the harvests, but there are times when He will tell us the circumstances arent right, and will provide alternate means. Yah is good. His gifts are good. His love is perfect. We can be perfect if we let Him be in charge instead of causing ourselves grief. I know the dishes wont get done unless i do them, but maybe, just maybe, they dont have to be done by a certain time, or all at once. Baby steps are a lot safer than leaps and long jumps. I must learn to take baby steps once again and let the rest go. Yah will see to it. I need to stop racing Him! Hes already at the finish line. Hes waiting for me to pace myself so i can endure. He is infinitely patient with me. Why cant i be patient with me?

Good 11:28 minute video on differences in beliefs.

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Thought for Today: Shabbat June 24:

YHVH guides us, despite our uncertainties and our vagueness, even through our failings and mistakes... He leads us step by step from event to event. Only afterwards, as we look back over the way we have come and reconsider certain important moments in our lives in the light of all that has followed them... do we experience the feeling of having been led without knowing it, the feeling that Elohiym has mysteriously guided us.

BIBLE STUDY LESSON 17

SERIES S --- THE SON OF YHVH

YESHUA ENTERS JERUSALEM TRIUMPHANTLY

From Matthew 21:1-11, 14-17; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John 11:55-12:19

The Passover was approaching, and many Jewish people had already arrived in Jerusalem so that they might finish their purification ceremonies before the Passover began. Wherever they went they looked for Yeshua, and whispered as they met in the temple, [Will He come here at all?] The news was whispered also that the Pharisees had ordered anyone who saw Yeshua to report His appearance to them. About six days before the Passover, Yeshua arrived at Lazarus’ home in Bethany. Mary, Martha and Lazarus prepared a supper for Him. Martha served and Lazarus was there eating, alive and well. At one point, Mary poured a jar of expensive perfume, made from pure nard, on His feet and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of this perfume. Judas Iscariot objected to this. [Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor?] Judas wasn’t really interested in the poor, but he kept the disciples’ money and occasionally took some for himself. [Let her alone,] Yeshua replied. [She is preparing Me for burial. You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me.] Before long people in Jerusalem learned that Yeshua was there and hurried to Bethany to see Him. They also were anxious to see Lazarus, whom Yeshua had raised from the dead. The chief priests decided that Lazarus also must be put to death, for because of him many of their own leaders were now accepting Yeshua as the Moshiach. The next day an enormous crowd gathered, for they had learned that Yeshua was coming to Jerusalem. They cut branches from palm trees and rushed out to the Mount of Olives to meet Him. In the meantime, as Yeshua and His disciples approached Bethphage, between Bethany and Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples there for a young donkey. [As you enter the village you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks why you are doing this, tell them that Adonai needs it and he will let you bring it.] The disciples found the young donkey, just as Yeshua had said, tied at the door beside the street. When they untied it, some men asked what they were doing, and when they said what Yeshua had told them to say, the men gave permission for them to take it away. Then some put their garments on the colt and put Yeshua on it. As Yeshua rode down the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem, the crowds rushed toward Him with the palm branches, crying out, [Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel, Who comes in the Name of Adonai.] He fulfilled the prophecy, [Fear not, Israel, for your King comes, sitting meekly on a donkey’s colt.] Then people threw their garments and palm branches in His path as He descended the Mount of Olives. The disciples did not understand these things at the time, but after Yeshua’ resurrection, they remembered the prophecies which they had seen fulfilled. Many in the crowd that day had seen Yeshua raise Lazarus from the dead, so they were there to proclaim Him the Moshiach because of His wonderful miracle. When some Pharisees in the crowd heard what the people said, they cried out to Yeshua, [Teacher, stop Your disciples from saying those things.] But they admitted privately that the whole world had gone after Yeshua and they could not stop it. [If I did, the stones would cry out!] Yeshua replied. But at one point, Yeshua stopped and wept as He looked at Jerusalem. [If only you realized how I could bring you peace, but now it is too late. The time will soon come when enemies will put ramparts around you, besiege you as they encircle you from every direction, and will destroy you so utterly that they will not leave one stone upon another, for you did not know that YHVH’s Son was in your midst.] As Yeshua rode into Jerusalem, the city was excited, with people crying out, [Who is this?] [The Prophet Yeshua, from Nazareth in Galilee,] others responded. In the temple the blind and lame came and were healed. But when the chief priests saw His miracles and the children crying, [Hosanna to the Son of David,] they were indignant. [Do You hear what they are saying?] they demanded. [Yes, but you should know the Scriptures which say, ‘Out of the mouth of children You have prepared praise for Yourself.’] Then Yeshua returned to Bethany where He spent the night with the twelve disciples.

COMMENTARY

THE GOLDEN GATE

When Yeshua travelled to Jerusalem for the last time before His death, He made His triumphal entry into the city through what is now known as the Golden Gate. This large gate with a double arch is on the east side of the walls that surround the city. Coming for the Passover feast, Yeshua probably followed the road that ran from Lazarus’ home in Bethany through the Golden Gate and directly into the temple courtyard. Although it is called the Golden Gate, it is not made of precious metal. The gate is built of the same limestone used in the city walls. It was given that name by accident. The Greek-speaking people of Yeshua’ day called it the Beautiful Gate because of its graceful arches and decorative carvings. Later residents of Jerusalem spoke Latin, and the Greek word for {beautiful} sounded like their word for {golden,} and so it came to be known as the Golden Gate. Today no one can go through the Golden Gate because it has been blocked with stone from the outside. It was sealed centuries ago so that the city could not be attacked through it, but no one knows definitely who closed it. There are some interesting traditions about the Golden Gate. The Moslems believe that it is the gate of judgment. They say that on the last day of time it will separate the doomed from the saved. The Jews believe that the Moshiach will pass through the Golden Gate when He comes. Believers remember that Yeshua rode through it on the way to Jerusalem for the last time.

Shabbat Shalom Y'all!

"Thou hast also given me the necks of my foes; that I might destroy them that hate me."

Ps 18