Thought for Today: Friday June 16:

Peace with YHVH bring the peace of YHVH. That is a peace that settles our nerves, fills our minds, floods our spirits and in the midst of the uproar around us, gives us the assurance that everything is all right.

BIBLE STUDY LESSON 01

SERIES S --- THE SON OF YHVH

GOOD MAN OR DECEIVER?

AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

From John 7:11-8:1

While Yeshua was at the Feast of Tabernacles, the Jewish leader kept looking for Him, asking, [Where is He?] The people in the crowds were also talking much about Yeshua. Some said that He was a good man while others argued that He was misleading the people. But whatever they said was spoken privately, for people did not talk openly about Him in a favourable way, for they were afraid the Jewish leaders would punish them. When the feast was about half over, Yeshua went into the temple and gave a public sermon. Even the Jewish leader were amazed when they heard it. [How does He know so much when He never attended our schools?] they asked. [What I teach did not come from your schools or from Me,] Yeshua replied to them. [These teachings are from the YHVH Who sent Me. If any of you truly wants to do YHVH’s will, you will recognize that My teachings are His and not My own. Whoever presents his own teachings seeks honour for himself. But whoever seeks to bring honour to the One who sent him is honest and true. Not one person among you keeps the Law of Moses, yet you want to kill Me because you false claim that I do not keep it.] [A demon has driven You crazy!] the people shouted [Who wants to kill You?] [I healed a man on the Shabbat and you claimed that worked,] Yeshua answered. [But you circumcise on the Shabbat when the Law requires it, and that is just as much work as healing. Actually, this Law about circumcision did not come from Moses but is much older. Why are you angry at Me for healing on the Shabbat when you circumcise on the Shabbat? Judge fairly, not according to some whim!] Some people who lived in Jerusalem began to whisper among themselves. [The authorities want to kill Him, but here He is, speaking publicly and they do not even ask Him questions,] they said. [Perhaps they have finally recognized that He is the Moshiach. But can He possibly be the Moshiach we know where Yeshua was born, but we will not know where the Moshiach came from.] [That’s true,] Yeshua responded in a sermon in the temple [you do know where I was born, but before that I came from Someone you don’t know, Who is Truth. I lived with Him before He sent Me here.] The leaders were angry when they heard Yeshua say that and tried to arrest Him. But since YHVH’s appointed time had not yet come for His arrest, no one could do it. Many in the crowd believed that He was the Moshiach. [What other miracles do you expect from the Moshiach?] they argued with others. The Pharisees overheard what they were saying and tried even more earnestly to have Yeshua arrested. Then Yeshua told them, [I will be here with you a short time now, and then I shall return to the One Who sent Me. Even though you look for Me, you will not find Me, for you cannot go where I go.] [Where will He go?] the leaders wondered. [Will He go among the Jews in other lands and also teach the Greeks? What does He mean that we cannot go where He is going and will not find Him?] On the last day of the feast, which was the most important, Yeshua called to the crowd. [Whoever is thirsty should come to Me to drink,] He said. [And when he does, rivers of living water will come forth from him.] Yeshua was speaking of, Ruach HaKodesh, Who had not yet come, but would when Yeshua returned to His home in heaven. [This is the prophet who will announce the Moshiach!] some of the people exclaimed. [No, He is the Moshiach!] others insisted. [He can’t be,] still others said. [The Moshiach will not come from Galilee. Don’t the Scriptures clearly teach that the Moshiach will be from David’s royal family and will be born in Bethlehem, David’s hometown?] The people were divided, with some wanting to arrest Him and some accepting Him as Moshiach. But still no one seized Him. The temple officers who had been sent to arrest Yeshua returned to the chief priests and Pharisees without Him. [Why didn’t you arrest Him?] the leaders demanded. [No man ever spoke such marvellous things,] they answered. [We couldn’t.] [Has He led you astray also?] the Pharisees scoffed. [Not one of us leaders or Pharisees believe that He is the Moshiach. The ignorant crowd does, of course, but they don’t know the law. A curse on them anyway!] Nicodemus, the one who came to Yeshua by night, spoke. [Does our Law condemn a man without a fair trial?] he asked. [Are you also an ignorant Galilean?] the others said. [Look in the Scriptures and you will find that no prophet will come from Galilee.] With that, the meeting ended and the leaders went home. But Yeshua returned to the Mount of Olives for the night.

COMMENTARY

YESHUA’ VISITS TO JERUSALEM

Although Yeshua’ home was in Galilee, He was not a stranger to the sights and sounds of Jerusalem. He was especially familiar with the temple, which He visited many times to observe the Jewish feasts. Yeshua was only a baby when He made His first trip to Jerusalem. His parents dedicated Him in the temple when He was only eight days old. Twelve years later He was teaching the elders in the temple while His parents searched the city for Him. As an adult, Yeshua made many trips to Jerusalem. He was in the city three times during the last year of His life. At the autumn Feast of Tabernacles Yeshua taught in the temple. When He returned in December, the Jews tried to stone Him. Yeshua did not visit Jerusalem again until the following spring, when He was crucified during the week of Passover.

"So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourished and cherisheth it, even as the Lord doth the Church."

Eph 5

Too often, couples have a self-centered perspective on marriage, focused only on what they should be receiving from their spouse. But marriage cannot flourish in a self-centered environment. Having a blessed marriage that glorifies God means being attentive to your spouse's needs before your own. And as a general principle, when you focus on loving and serving your spouse, you'll often find that they will be willing to reciprocate. "Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered" (Proverbs 11:25).

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4And I saw thrones – and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them – and the lives of those who had been beheaded because of the witness they bore to יהושע and because of the Word of Elohim, and who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and did not receive his mark upon their foreheads or upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years

Revelation 20

The unfaithful spies of Numbers 13 were democratic and public, while the faithful spies of Joshua 2 were autocratic and secret. I'm not saying that Joshua was a dictator, nor that dictatorships are better than democracies, but any kind of faithful government is better than any kind of unfaithful one.

People are emboldened by fearless leadership. Tentative leaders make for a cowardly people. Doubt and evil speech are contagious. Fear not. Believe in the power of God and speak out in #faith. Numbers 14:1

BIBLE STUDY LESSON 22

SERIES R --- THE GOOD SHEPHERD

TO FOLLOW YESHUA

WHAT DOES IT COST TO FOLLOW?

From Luke 9:57-62

One day as Yeshua was walking with His disciples, a man told Him, [Wherever You go, I will go, too.] Yeshua answered, [Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but I have no home of My own.] Another man said that he wanted to be Yeshua’ disciple, but not until his father died. Yeshua said to him, [That is the kind of thinking for unbelievers, those who are without everlasting life. If you want to be My disciple, you must go now and preach the Kingdom of YHVH.] Still another man said to Yeshua, [I want to follow You, but first I want to go home and take care of things there.] Yeshua replied, [Whoever puts his hand to the plough, but keeps on looking back at the old life, is unfit for the Kingdom of YHVH.]

BAD BROTHERLY ADVICE

From John 7:1-9

Yeshua went about Galilee at this time, deliberately staying out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting to kill Him. But when it came time for the Feast of Tabernacles, Yeshua’ brothers gave Him some bad advice. [Leave Galilee and go to Judea so that people can see Your miracles,] they told Him. [If You want to become well known, You must go where the people are gathered. Since You are doing great miracles, show them to the world.] It was obvious that His own brothers did not realize who He was. Yeshua answered them, [You can go down to the feast at any time, for people don’t hate you the way they hate Me. But this is the wrong time for Me to go, for I have told the world about its sin. No, you go on to the feast and I will stay here until the right time.] Having told His brothers this, Yeshua stayed behind in the region of Galilee.

TOWARD JERUSALEM

From John 7:10; Luke 9:51-56

After His brothers had left, Yeshua went toward Jerusalem, However, instead of going the usual way, He went secretly by another route. Because the time had drawn near for Yeshua to return to heaven, He knew that it was time to go to Jerusalem. Before entering a village of Samaria, He sent some messengers to prepare the way for Him. But the Samaritans would not welcome Yeshua because He was headed for Jerusalem. When James and John realized this, they said, [Adonai, would You like us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them, the way Elijah did?] Yeshua scolded them for saying this. [You don’t even know what spirit is causing you to say this,] He said. Instead of staying in that village, they went on to another.

COMMENTARY

THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

Each autumn, in late September or early October, when the harvest was completed, there was a joyous festival in Jerusalem. All Israelite men and boys were expected to make their pilgrimage to Jerusalem and to participate in this time of feasting and ceremony. This feast has been known at different times as The Feast of Ingathering, The Feast of Booths, or The Feast of Tabernacles. It was established by the Adonai when He gave the Law to Moses at Mount Sinai. This was an occasion for celebration, a time of great joy, with thanksgiving for the harvest, and something of a great {family reunion} in the Holy City. Tribes and distant family members found this a prime time to talk together and catch up on family news and gossip. All family members came along whenever possible. Families built booths throughout the city, made from the branches of palms, willows, and other leafy trees. In these leafy booths families camped throughout the seven days of the festival. Adonai Commanded that the people make these booths to remind them that their ancestors lived in similar booths in the wilderness on their way from Egypt to Canaan. The festival officially lasted seven days, with an eighth day added as a day of rest. The people lived in the booths during the seven days only. As pilgrims gathered branches for booths, each added enough to make a plume called a lulab {sometimes called lulav or lulbah}, a symbol of rejoicing. This plume was waved during certain ceremonies, especially during the daily singing of the Hallel, -- Psalms 113-118. During each night the temple was illuminated with great menorah, the seven-branched lamp stands. Wicks were made from the worn-out garments of the priests. This temple illumination was a witness against the darkness of heathenism. Each morning at dawn two priests with silver trumpets stepped from among a crowd of Levites who had gathered on the fifteen steps that led from the Court of Women. To signal the dawn, they blew a threefold blast, then another as they reached the tenth step. Still blowing their trumpets, they went through the Beautiful Gate of the temple, faced westward toward the holy place of the temple. There they recited, [Our fathers, who were in this place, they turned their backs on the Sanctuary of YHVH, and their faces eastward, for they worshipped eastward, the sun; but we, our eyes are turned toward YHVH. A second ceremony took place each morning. The people divided into three groups. One stayed in the temple, watching the preparation for the morning offerings of animals. Another group went in a procession with priests to a certain place in the Kidron Valley where they gathered willow branches. They returned to watch the priests put these branches in an arch across the altar. Another procession followed a priest to the Pool of Siloam where he gathered water in a golden pitcher and returned with it to the temple when the first offerings were placed on the altar. This priest, and another priest, with a container of wine, ascended to the altar and poured their water and wine into two silver funnels at the base of the altar. Then the crowds began to chant the Hallel. Levites chanted the first line of each psalm and the crowds repeated it. But as the Levites chanted each following line, the crowd responded {HalleluYah,} {Praise ye Adonai Eloheinu}. On the seventh and final day people and priests shook off the leaves of their willow branches and beat their palm branches to pieces around the altar. That afternoon they dismantled their booths and the festival was officially ended. It was on this seventh and final day of the feast that Yeshua called out, [If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.] Some believe that this happened at the time of the outpouring of the golden pitcher water. To unbelievers, Yeshua’ statement would have been an offense. But to others, who had gathered in Jerusalem, the true meaning of the outpouring of the water came to life before their eyes.

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