READINGS FOR OMER COUNT – DAY 25
Behold, I am about to fulfill the affirmative precept of the counting of the Omer, as it is written in the Torah:
“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Shabbath, from the day that ye brought the Omer of the wave-offering, seven complete weeks they shall be; until the morrow of the seventh Shabbath shall ye number fifty days.”
Blessed art Thou YHWH, our Elohym, King of the universe, who hast set us apart by Thy commandments and hast given us command concerning the counting of the Omer.
This is the twenty-fifth day, making three weeks and four days of the Omer.
May the All Merciful restore the service of the Temple to its place. May it be Thy will, YHWH our Elohym and Elohym of our fathers, that the Temple be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant our portion in Thy Torah. And there we will serve Thee with awe, as in the days of old and as in ancient years.
May Elohym be favorable unto us and bless us. That Thy way may be known upon the earth, Thy salvation among all nations. Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, Elohym; let all the peoples give thanks unto Thee. Let the nations rejoice and exult: for Thou wilt judge the peoples with equity and lead the nations upon the earth. Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, Elohym; let all the peoples give thanks unto Thee. The earth hath yielded her increase: Elohym, even our Elohym, shall bless us. Elohym shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
READINGS: TEHILLAH 69
Save me, O Elohim! For waters have come up to my neck.
I have sunk in deep mud, And there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, And the floods overflow me.
I am worn out from my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes grow dim As I wait for my Elohim.
Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, My lying enemies; What I did not steal, I restored.
O Elohim, You Yourself know my foolishness; And my guilt has not been hidden from You.
Let not those who wait for You, O Master YHWH of hosts, Be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You Be humbled because of me, O Elohim of Yisra’ěl.
Because I have borne reproach for Your sake; Shame has covered my face.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, And a foreigner to my mother’s children; Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
And I wept in my being with fasting, And it became my reproach.
And when I put on sackcloth, I became a proverb to them.
They who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
But as for me, my prayer is to You, O YHWH, At an acceptable time, O Elohim. In the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me in the truth of Your deliverance.
Rescue me out of the mire, And let me not sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Answer me, O YHWH, for Your mercy is excellent. According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.
And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; Answer me speedily.
Draw near to my being, redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies.
You Yourself know my reproach, And my shame and my confusion; My adversaries are all before You.
Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick; I looked for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
And they gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Let their table before them become a snare, And a trap to those at ease.
Let their eyes be darkened, so as not to see; And make their loins shake continually.
Pour out Your wrath upon them, And let Your burning displeasure overtake them.
Let their encampments be deserted; Let no one dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom You have stricken, And talk about the pain of those You have wounded.
Add crookedness to their crookedness, And let them not enter into Your righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.
But I am poor and in pain; Let Your deliverance, O Elohim, set me up on high.
I praise the Name of Elohim with a song, And I make Him great with thanksgiving.
And this pleases YHWH more than an ox, A bull with horns and hooves.
The humble shall see, they rejoice, You who seek Elohim, and your hearts live.
For YHWH hears the poor, And He shall not despise His captives.
Let the heavens and earth praise Him, The seas and all that moves in them.
For Elohim shall save Tsiyon And build the cities of Yehuḏah. And they shall dwell there and possess it, And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those who love His Name dwell in it.
READINGS: TEHILLAH 70
O Elohim, deliver me! Hasten to my help, O YHWH!
Let those who seek my life Be ashamed and abashed, Let those who are desiring my evil Be turned back and humiliated.
Let those who say, “Aha, aha!” Be turned back because of their shame.
Let all those who seek You Rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your deliverance always say, “Let Elohim be made great!”
But I am poor and needy; Hasten to me, O Elohim! You are my help and my deliverer; O YHWH, do not delay.
READINGS: TEHILLAH 71
In You, O YHWH, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed.
In Your righteousness deliver and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
Be to me a rock to dwell in, To go into continually. You have given the command to save me, For You are my rock and my stronghold.
Rescue me, O my Elohim, Out of the hand of the wrong, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.
For You are my expectation, Master YHWH, my Trust from my youth.
Upon You I have leaned from my birth; You took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of You.
I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with Your praise, Your splendor, all the day.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age, When my strength fails, do not forsake me.
For my enemies have spoken against me. And those who watch for my life Have taken counsel together, Saying, “Elohim has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is no one to deliver.”
O Elohim, do not be far from me; My Elohim, hasten to my help!
Let those who are adversaries of my life Be ashamed, consumed, Let those who seek my evil, Be covered with reproach and confusion.
But I continually wait, And shall praise You more and more.
My mouth recounts Your righteousness Your deliverance all the day, Though I do not know their numbers.
I come in the might of the Master YHWH; I make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
Elohim, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wonders.
And also when I am old and grey, O Elohim, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to a generation, Your might to all those who are to come.
For Your righteousness, O Elohim, is very high, You who have done great deeds. O Elohim, who is like You?
You who have shown me great and evil distresses, Revive me again and bring me up again From the depths of the earth.
You increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.
Also with the lyre I praise You For Your trustworthiness, O my Elohim! I sing to You with the lyre, O Set-apart One of Yisra’ěl.
My lips shout for joy when I sing to You, Even my being, which You have redeemed.
My tongue, too, utters Your righteousness all day long; For those who have been seeking my evil Have been put to shame, Have become abashed.
READINGS: MISHLE 17:1-14
Better is a dry piece of bread and rest with it, Than a house filled with slaughters of strife.
A wise servant rules over a son who causes shame, And shares an inheritance among the brothers.
A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, But YHWH tries the hearts.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips; A liar gives ear to a tongue of desire.
He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity does not go unpunished.
Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the adornment of children is their fathers.
Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less lying lips for a noble.
A bribe is a stone of favor in the eyes of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
Reproof enters deeper into a wise man Than a hundred strikes on a fool.
An evil one seeks only rebellion, So a cruel messenger is sent against him.
Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoever rewards evil for excellence, Evil does not leave his house.
The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop fighting before it breaks out.
READINGS: AVOTH 3:21-22
Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said, where there is no Torah, there are no manners; where there are no manners, there is no Torah; where there is no fear of YHWH, there is no wisdom; where there is no knowledge, there is no understanding; where there is no meal, there is no Torah; where there is no Torah, there is no meal.
He used to say, he whose wisdom exceeds his deeds, to what is he like? To a tree whose branches are many, but whose roots are few, and the wind comes and plucks it up and overturns it upon its face; as it is said, and he shall be like a lonely juniper tree in the desert, and shall not see when excellence cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. But he whose deeds exceed his wisdom, to what is he like? To a tree whose branches are few, but whose roots are many, so that even if all the winds in the world come and blow upon it, it cannot be stirred from its place; as it is said, and he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the river and shall not perceive when heat cometh; but his leaf shall be green, and shall not be troubled in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Pesach Sheiny (Second Pesach)
And YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, “Speak to the children of Yisra’el, saying, ‘When any male of you or your generations is unclean for a being, or is far away on a journey, he shall still perform the Pesach of YHWH. On the fourteenth day of the second new moon, between the evenings, they perform it – with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they eat it. They do not leave of it until morning, and they do not break a bone of it. According to all the laws of the Pesach they perform it. But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and has failed to perform the Pesach, that same being shall be cut off from among his people, because he did not bring the offering of YHWH at its appointed time – that man bears his sin. And when a stranger sojourns among you, then he shall perform the Pesach of YHWH. He shall do so according to the law of the Pesach and according to its judgment. You have one law, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’”
...and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Leviticus 24:11
Blasphemy means cursing or insulting, but there are a few words translated "blasphemy" in the Old Testament, so the meaning can be cloudy. Speaking or misappropriating God's name isn't necessarily blasphemy, but cursing it always is. The man in Leviticus 24:11 both misused the name of YHVH and cursed it. He covered all the bases.
It was a crime against the entire community because the sanctity of God's name is vital for community health, so the whole congregation participated in the blasphemer's stoning. They laid hands on his head like he was a sacrificial animal. They were about to take a man's life and so they passed the bloodguilt of their actions and the atoning effect of the blood about to be shed onto the head of the convicted man.
Would you tell your kids to go on an archaeological dig in an area that Messiah cursed? https://thekingdomnetwork.us/2....025/05/09/chorazin-c
Now those eating were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Matthew 14:21 TLV
Women and children were often not numbered in Biblical accounts, not because they weren't important, but because they were actually numbering families and not individuals. Since polyandry was not an option, each adult male effectively represented a single family (or household), whether married or not.
Single women were always a member of a family and were never the head of a family unless she had young childre and were both widowed and without surviving family. Young widows didn't remain single for very long, and older widows without brothers or grown children of their own were unusual.
All government, civil and religious, centered on and extended from the family. Hence, all men were the heads of a unit of government.
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The Egyptian's mother's name in Leviticus 24:11 was Peaceful, the daughter of My Word, of the tribe of the Judge. With a name like that, her children must have all grown up to be well-adjusted, God-fearing citizens.
Eh, not so fast. 🫤 The best mother can never make up for a missing father. Fatherlessness is a primary precursor of crime and poverty. #patriarchy #marriage
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Day 24 of counting the omer. The number 24 is associated with the priesthood. Since it is composed of a multiple of 12, it takes on some of 12's meaning which is God's power and authority, as well as symbolizing a perfect foundation, except in a higher form. 24 is also connected with the worship of God especially at Jerusalem's temple.
WORD FOR TODAY “do you really mean what you say?”: Jos 24:16 The people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 24:3 By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;
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Psalm 10:1 — 2, “Lord, why are you so far away? Why do you hide when there is trouble? Proudly the wicked chase down those who suffer.The wicked set traps to catch them.” Many people today feel just like David felt, that our Creator seems to have removed Himself from His creation. We wonder why He allows evil to rule, we ask where are you? That feeling connects us to the Hebrew slaves in Egypt who cried out to the God of Abraham, Where are you? He heard their cries and He hears ours also.
HOPE
PART 2
SO WHERE DOES HOPE COME FROM?
Psalm 39:7: “Adonai, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in You.” Psalm 71:5: “O Adonai, You alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O Adonai, from childhood.” -- Adonai Himself is the source of hope because he determines our future.
WHY SHOULD I TRUST YHVH AS MY HOPE?
Hebrews 6:18-19: “YHVH has given us both His Promise and His Oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for YHVH to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to His Promise with confidence. This confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain of heaven into YHVH’s inner sanctuary.” Hebrews 10:23: “Without wavering, let us hold tightly to the hope we say we have, for YHVH can be trusted to keep His Promise.” 1 Peter 1:21: “Through Moshiach you have come to trust in YHVH. And because YHVH raised Moshiach from the dead and gave Him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in YHVH.” -- YHVH cannot lie because He is truth. YHVH, therefore, cannot break His Promises. His word stands forever. YHVH must be trusted for our hope because He alone conquered death by raising Moshiach from the dead.
WHERE CAN I GO DAILY TO REINFORCE MY HOPE?
Romans 15:4: “Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for YHVH’s Promises.” Psalm 119:43, 74, 81, 114, 147: “Do not snatch Your Word of Truth from me, for my only hope is in Your Laws… May all who fear You find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in Your Word… I faint with longing for Your Salvation; but I have put my hope in Your word… You are my Refuge and my Shield; Your Word is my only source of hope… I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in Your Words.” -- Each day I can visit YHVH’s Word and have my hope renewed and reinforced. His Word never fails or wavers.
HOW DOES HOPE HELP ME LIVE BETTER TODAY?
Philippians 3:13-14: “No, dear friends, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which YHVH, through Moshiach Yeshua, is calling us up to heaven.” -- Hope focuses on our future, especially our eternal future.
1 John 3:3: “All who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Moshiach is pure.” -- Hope helps keep my life more pure before YHVH.
WHAT CAN I DO WHEN THINGS SEEM HOPELESS?
1 Samuel 1:1-28: “Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to Adonai.” -- In the midst of Hannah’s hopelessness, she prayed to YHVH, knowing that if any hope was to be found, it would be found in Him.
Acts 16:16-34: “He took no chances but put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks. Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to YHVH.” -- Paul and Silas were on death row for preaching about Yeshua, yet in this hopeless situation they sang praises to YHVH. Why? Because they had an eternal perspective.
Proverbs 10:28: “The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked are all in vain.” -- No matter how hopeless things seem here on earth, in Moshiach we have ultimate, eternal hope. People who don’t know Moshiach have nothing but their own hopelessness to cling to.
Psalm 27:14: “Wait patiently for Adonai. Be brave and courageous.” -- Hope is trusting YHVH to act in His good timing.
Haggai 1:9: “You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because My House lies in ruins, says Adonai Almighty, while you are all busy building your own fine houses.” -- When we honour YHVH, our hopes can be richly fulfilled.
Psalm 18:4-6: “The ropes of death surrounded me; the floods of destruction swept over me. The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death itself stared me in the face. But in my distress, I cried out to Adonai; yes, I prayed to my YHVH for help. He heard me from His Sanctuary; my cry reached His ears.” -- Hope is trusting YHVH to act in His good timing. Hope also means carrying with us an eternal perspective that realizes sin and evil may sometimes thwart our plans here on earth but never YHVH’s plans in Heaven.
WHAT PLANS DOES YHVH HAVE FOR ME? HOW IS HOPE INVOLVED IN YHVH’S PLAN FOR ME?
Jeremiah 29:11: “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ says Adonai. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’” Philippians 3:13-14: “Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which YHVH, through Moshiach Yeshua, is calling us up to heaven.” -- YHVH never plans evil or hopelessness for His people. And His ultimate plan is to give us eternal life with Him in Heaven, where pain, sorrow, and suffering are gone forever. Hope involves an understanding of the future.
Romans 12:12: “Be glad for all YHVH is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful.” -- Our greatest hope is that we will live in heaven forever with Adonai. In the meantime, He created each of us with a plan for our lives, and we must hope that we are listening to Him and following Him closely so that we might fulfil His plan for our lives.
OUR HOPE IS BUILT ON A TRUST RELATIONSHIP WITH YHVH.
Psalm 71:5: “O Adonai, You alone are my hope.” -- Who but YHVH controls the future? Who but YHVH has a home for us that is eternal? Who but YHVH forgives our sins? Who but YHVH can give us a life that lasts forever? No wonder He is our hope!
Romans 8:24: “Now that we are saved, we eagerly look forward to this freedom. For if you already have something, you don’t need to hope for it.” -- Salvation comes through trust in Moshiach, believing He will do for us that He has promised. Hope is expecting that He will give us everlasting life and that we will live with Him forever. We can’t see these things, but we can hope with assurance, for our hope is built on a trust in the most trustworthy one of all.
Hebrews 11:1: “What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.” -- We have faith in YHVH to do what He has promised, and we can be absolutely sure that he will. So, our hopes are not idle hopes, but built on the solid foundation of His trustworthiness.
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