Just a thought.
Going through the teaching of Yeshua helping the demon possessed man. The demon speaking to Yeshua said the name was legion, because they were many and they BEGGED Yeshua not to send them to back to hell, rather into the pigs. SO, if demons know that hell are so bad and begged not to be send there, why do so many people, and even many many believers, don't care about where they go? There is still time to change because it is sad that reality will strike home only when it is too late.
There is a #chiasm in the #10plagues of Egypt:
a. Blood
.b. Frogs
..c. Lice
...d. Flies
....e. Cattle
....e. Man/beast
...d. Hail
..c. Locust
.b. Darkness
a. Firstborn
Do you see the link between opposing plagues in the 10 Plagues chiasm?
Plagues 1/10: Both attacked the very life of Egypt: the Nile and firstborn sons.
Plagues 2/9: Ever taken a country road at night and seen frogs everywhere? Most frogs are nocturnal.
Plagues 3/8: The lice were the "finger of God" and the locusts came because Pharaoh sinned against God.
Plagues 4/7: Goshen was spared in both plagues.
Plagues 5/6: Both were directed against higher lifeforms, aka nephesh.
#biblepatterns
The plagues of Egypt and Revelation both begin with two anointed witnesses.
The first three plagues of #exodus affected everyone alike, and the Hebrews blamed Moses. Who will blame the two witnesses of #revelation? History tells us that those who think of themselves as most righteous are quickest to blame the victims of persecution.
#eschatology #endtimes #vaeira
I love President #trump , but he is so wrong about the #vaccines . His voters are trying to warn him, screaming and shouting, not because they hate him or think that he means them harm, but because they want him to see the truth before it's too late. If you pray for the #president , then this should be one of your top priorities.
You can forgive people without having to have them back in your life (Apologies accepted access denied) and we never truly alone with our Abba Yahuah anyways~ Baruk shalom~
Here is a short list of apostolic passages to read and study with parsha Va'eira (#exodus 6:2-9:35), plus links to related commentary.
#biblestudy #vaeira #torah #yeshua
http://www.americantorah.com/2....021/02/18/parsha-vae
REPENTANCE -- PART 2
WHAT IS REPENTANCE?
Matthew 3:1-3: -- Turn from your sins and turn to Elohim. -- Repentance means being sorry for sin and being committed to a new way of life serving YHVH. Luke 19:8: -- Zacchaeus... said to Elohim; if I have overcharged people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much! -- Repentance is made complete by changed behaviour. Exodus 9:27-34: -- When Pharaoh saw this, he and his officials sinned yet again by stubbornly refusing to do as they had promised. -- Repentance that produces no lasting change is insincere.
WHY DOES YHVH WANT US TO REPENT?
Leviticus 26:40-42: At last My people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying Me and being hostile toward Me. -- All of us need to repent because we have betrayed Elohim with our sins.
2 Chronicles 30:9: YHVH Elohim is gracious and merciful. If you return to Him, He will not continue to turn His face from you. -- Repentance is necessary for an ongoing relationship with Elohim.
1 Samuel 7:3: Samuel said to all the people of Israel: If you are really serious about wanting to return to Elohim, get rid of your foreign gods... . Determine to obey only YHVH; then He will rescue you. -- We must turn away from all other gods in order to worship the one true Elohim.
Proverbs 28:13: People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy. Isaiah 55:7: Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to Elohim that He may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our Elohim, for He will abundantly pardon. Jeremiah 3:12: Therefore, go and say these words to Israel: This is what YHVH says: O Israel, My faithless people, come home to Me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever. -- Repentance is necessary to receive YHVH’s mercy.
Ezekiel 18:30-32: Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign Adonai. Turn from your sins! Don’t let them destroy you! Put all your rebellion behind you and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel? I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign Adonai. Turn back and live! Ezekiel 33:11: As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Elohim, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die? -- Repentance is the key to having new life from YHVH.
Matthew 3:2: Turn from your sins and turn to YHVH, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Luke 24:47: There is forgiveness of sins for all who turn to me. Acts 2:37-38: Peter’s words convicted them deeply and they said to him and to the other apostles: Brothers, what should we do? Peter replied: Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to YHVH and be baptized in the Name of Yeshua Moshiach for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of Ruach HaKodesh. -- Forgiveness of sins and entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven is only for those who have turned away from their sins and turned to Elohim.
Acts 3:19: Turn from your sins and turn to YHVH, so you can be cleansed of your sins. -- Forgiveness of sins and the Kingdom of Heaven are only for those who have turned away from their sins and turned to Elohim.
Matthew 11:20-24: Then Yeshua began to denounce the cities where He had done most of His miracles, because they hadn’t turned from their sins and turned to Elohim... . You people of Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to the place of the dead. -- Refusal to turn away from our sins will bring YHVH’s judgment.
WHY IS REPENTANCE NECESSARY?
Ezekiel 33:10-16: The good works of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the sins of evil people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins. -- Repentance leads to forgiveness of sin.
Jeremiah 5:3: They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent. -- The unrepentant heart rejects Elohim and remains in sin’s grasp.
Luke 13:1-8: You will also perish unless you turn from your evil ways and turn to YHVH. -- Yeshua taught that without repentance we face judgment.
Luke 15:10: There is joy in the presence of YHVH’s angels when even one sinner repents. -- All heaven rejoices when one sinner repents.
IS REPENTANCE A ONE-TIME EVENT OR DO WE NEED TO REPENT EACH TIME WE SIN?
Psalm 51:16-17: The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O Elohim, You will not despise. -- While salvation is a one-time event, Elohim is pleased by broken and contrite hearts willing to confess and repent of sin.
1 John 1:8-9: If we say we have no sin, we are... refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to Him. -- Confession and repentance of sin is a constant mark of the person walking in the Light of Fellowship with YHVH.
REPENTANCE -- PART 1
Repentance is literally a change of mind, not about individual plans, intentions or beliefs, but rather a change in one’s attitude about Elohim. Such repentance accompanies saving faith in Moshiach -- Acts 20:21. It is inconsistent and unintelligible to suppose that anyone could believe in Moshiach yet not repent. Repentance is such an important aspect of conversion that it is often stressed, as when Moshiach said that there is joy in heaven among the angels over one sinner who repents -- Luke 15:7. The apostles described the conversion of the Gentiles to Moshiach as Elohim granting them -- repentance unto life -- Acts 11:18. Evangelical repentance and faith in Moshiach are in fact inseparable, though a convert may be aware of one aspect more than another. Such penitence is not an isolated act but a disposition of the mind, providing a spur for behaviour that accords with YHVH’s declared will. Recognition of daily sins and shortcomings provides the occasion for renewed acts of penitence and for fresh exercises of faith in Moshiach. One of the deepest and most noteworthy expressions of such penitence is David’s account of his adultery with Bathsheba -- Psalm 51. Whole churches are, on occasion called to repent -- Revelation 2:5. 2 Corinthians 7 contains an interesting and full description of such corporate repentance involving the elements of sorrow for sin and a determined resolve to forsake old sinful ways and to behave properly. While repentance is often accompanied by deep feelings, it is not equivalent to such feelings but is rooted in convictions about the sinner’s own need before a Holy Elohim. Both John the Baptist -- Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:4 and Yeshua -- Mark 1:15 -- were preachers of repentance, calling not the righteous but sinners to repent. And in accordance with the Great Commission -- Luke 24:44-49 --, the apostles continued the same kind of preaching-beginning with Peter’s preaching on the Day of Pentecost -- Acts 2. Have you ever had the experience of driving in a strange city and suddenly realizing you were going the wrong way on a one-way street? What you do next is very much like the biblical idea of repentance. You make a U-turn and change your direction as fast as you can. Repentance is motivated by the realization that you have taken the wrong way in life. Repentance is made complete when you admit your sin and make a commitment, with YHVH’s help, to change your life’s direction.
WHY IS REPENTANCE ESSENTIAL TO A SPIRITUAL LIFE?
REPENTANCE OPENS THE WAY FOR RELATIONSHIP WITH YHVH.
Here is a sample of John’s preaching to the crowds that came for baptism: You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee YHVH’s coming Judgment? Prove by the way you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to Elohim. Don’t just say, We’re safe - we’re the descendants of Abraham. That proves nothing. YHVH can change these stones here into children of Abraham. -- Luke 3:7-8. Repentance has two sides --- 1. turning away from sins and 2. turning toward Elohim. To be truly repentant, we must do both. We can’t just say that we believe and then live any way we choose; neither can we simply live a morally correct life without a personal relationship with Elohim, because that cannot bring forgiveness from sin. Determine to rid your life of any sins YHVH points out and put your trust in Him alone to guide you.
REPENTANCE DEMONSTRATES REAL FAITH.
Confession of sins and a changed life are inseparable. Faith without deeds is dead -- James 2:14-26. Yeshua's harshest Words were to the respectable religious leaders who lacked the desire for real change. They wanted to be known as religious authorities, but they didn’t want to change their hearts and minds. Thus their lives were unproductive. Repentance must be tied to action or it isn’t real. Following Yeshua means more than saying the right words; it means acting on what He says.
REPENTANCE MAKES INWARD CHANGE A VISIBLE REALITY.
In those days John the Baptist began preaching in the Judean wilderness. His message was to turn from your sins and turn to YHVH, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. -- Matthew 3:1-2. When you wash dirty hands, the results are immediately visible. But repentance happens inside with a cleansing that isn’t seen right away. So John used a symbolic action that people could see: baptism. The Jews used baptism to initiate converts, so John’s audience was familiar with the rite. Here, baptism was used as a sign of repentance and forgiveness. Repent means -- to turn --, implying a change in behaviour. It is turning from sin toward Elohim. Have you repented of sin in your life? Can others see the difference it makes in you? A changed life with new and different behaviour makes your repentance real and visible.
REPENTANCE BREAKS OUR BONDAGE TO SIN.
The leading priests decided to kill Lazarus too, for it was because of him that many of the people had deserted them and believed in Jesus. -- John 12:10-11. The chief priests’ blindness and hardness of heart caused them to sink ever deeper into sin. They rejected our Moshiach and planned to kill Him and then plotted to murder Lazarus as well. One sin leads to another. From the Jewish leaders’ point of view, they could accuse Yeshua of blasphemy because He claimed equality with Elohim. But Lazarus had done nothing of the kind. They wanted Lazarus dead simply because he was a living witness to Yeshua’ power. This is a warning to us to avoid sin. Sin leads to more sin and this downward spiral can be stopped only by repentance and the power of Ruach HaKodesh to change behaviour.
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