Question 269: What Is The Parable Of Labourers Intended To Teach? Matthew 20:1-6

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There has probably, been more difference in explaining this parable than any other. To us it appears that the incidents of it are not intended as laying down a business principle, but as a commentary of the events in the preceding chapter. Peter had asked, "What shall we have, therefore?" showing a bargaining spirit. Moshiach shows him by this parable that, not they who stipulate for reward, but they who trust in YHVH, leaving their reward for Him to fix are treated best. That was a prominent characteristic of Moshiach. He craved personal trust and personal faith in Himself. Where does the injustice of the householder come in? He kept his agreement with the early labourers, who had stipulated for a penny a day. They had the amount they had demanded and had no grievance. The householder chose to deal more liberally with the others, who had left their remuneration to him, but that was in no sense a wrong to the early labourers. If an employer knows something about one of his employees - perhaps that he has been sick or that he has a large family - and chooses to give him a double wage, is he bound to go all round his factory and double the wages of every man in his employ? It is the hireling spirit, the spirit of the man who bargains, who resents the kindness done to another as a wrong to himself, that Moshiach reproves here. He condemns it, as he condemned the elder brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son, who resented the feast to the prodigal and reminded the father of his own claims. Many of the first (not all) shall be last because of the spirit in which they have performed their work.

Question 268: What Is Meant By: “A Rich Man Shall Hardly Entre The Kingdom Of YHVH”?

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To rightly understand the full significance of the passage in Matthew 19:23 read Luke 18:24-27. It may be liberally interpreted: "How hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter! Unless this idolatrous trust and confidence in mere wealth is overcome, they cannot enter" except by a miracle of divine grace, which changes the heart. Yeshua found no fault with the young man because of his riches, since wealth and the power and influence it brings, may be made a means of great blessing if used in the right spirit as a trust committed to our stewardship. He found however, that the young man's wealth was to him of greater moment than his eternal welfare, since he could not grasp the great opportunity offered him by the Master. Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:10 also has a bearing upon the love of wealth and the hard and merciless means that are sometimes adopted to acquire it Where extortion begins may be defined by statute, but it must really be determined by the conscience, since what is a fair return in one case may be a cruel extortion in another. We must carry the Moshiach idea into our business relations and deal not only justly but generously and humanely, never making gain of another's necessity and if with all we pile up riches, we are apt to rely on them to put us into heaven. This was the case of the young man who came to Moshiach. The sincerity of the young man was obvious; yet he himself felt that although he had lived a clean, moral life, keeping the letter of the law in absolute strictness, there was yet something wanting. He was not satisfied with his own blameless life. It was to find out what this hidden need was that he came to the Master and asked, "What lack I yet?" Yeshua, reading his heart, knew that his wealth stood as a barrier between him and the spiritual life he craved; that the influence and social position it gave were so dear to him that he could not bear to part with them, even to attain his ideal of a perfect life. His riches were his idol and this, the Master knew. So, when Yeshua in his wisdom put the test, forcing the young man to choose between riches and heaven - that he must himself cast aside the stumbling-block in his spiritual path - he failed at the crisis, turned his back upon the Master and went away sorrowful. Yeshua demanded an absolute surrender of the heart and the whole life, the placing of all in the scale as a heart offering. Good works could not save, but sacrifice of our works and our wealth brings us into a new and divine relationship as true heirs to the Kingdom. See Matthew 19:29, in which the spiritual compensation for such sacrifice is promised. The rich young ruler came very near to the Kingdom, but without entering in. His own estimate of his obedience was not justified, for if he had indeed kept the first Commandment he would have placed YHVH first, above even his much-prized earthly treasures and he would never have gone away from Moshiach.

Question 267: What Was The “Needle’s Eye”?

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The "needle's eye" (Matthew 19:24) was the small gate or wicket at the side of the big gate at the entrance to the city wall. When the big gate closed for the day, all entrance had to be gained through the small gate and to a loaded camel or indeed to anybody of considerable size, passage was impossible.

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Question 266: Who Are The People To Whom Moshiach Referred As Being “Joined Together Of YHVH”?

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We may understand the remark better by reading the whole passage (Matthew 19:1-12). The Pharisees were trying to draw Moshiach into a controversy which at the time, was raging between the schools of different Jewish teachers. One school contended that a man was justified in divorcing his wife for any cause as for instance, if she burnt the food she was cooking for his dinner. Another school held that physical defects alone justified divorce. There were other schools holding other opinions. Moshiach refused to identify Himself with any and lifted the question into the higher plane by showing the origin of marriage in divine institution.

Question 265: What Is Meant In Yeshua’ Advice “Turn To Him The Other Also”?

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Moshiach's teaching in this and other passages was intended to inculcate principles, rather than blind, literal, servile obedience. He would have His followers patient, gentle, non-resistant, forbearing, submitting to be wronged rather than resisting. His own example in yielding Himself to death, when by the exercise of His miraculous powers He could have delivered Himself, is an illustration of His meaning. Yet He scourged the traders in the Temple and in denouncing the Scribes and Pharisees He showed that He was not deficient in vigour. There have however, been many instances of men literally obeying the Command to turn the other cheek and in some, the effect on the striker was to produce shame and humiliation greater than could have resulted from a fight. There have been many too, who after painful experience have wished they had submitted to a wrong instead of going to the courts. (See Matthew 18:15, 16, 17.)

Question 264: What Was The Power Conferred On Peter By Moshiach’s Commission Of The Keys?

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The keys and the power of binding and loosing referred to a common Jewish custom. When a man had passed his examinations for the high position of a doctor of the law, he received as his diploma, a key which was handed to him with the words, "Receive authority to bind and to loose," that is to permit or forbid. Having mastered the law, he could say whether some act was lawful or unlawful. Peter's declaration that Yeshua was the Son of YHVH was the evidence of his having reached a state of spiritual faith and perception which Moshiach recognized (Matthew 16:18, 19). The keys may also have had reference to Peter's opening the doors of Moshiach's Kingdom to the multitude on the day of Shavuot and to the Gentiles by preaching to Cornelius. It is clear that the Apostles did not recognize Peter as superior to themselves. It was James who passed sentence in the council (Acts 15:13, 19) although Peter was present; and Paul "withstood Peter to the face." (Galatians 2:11.)

Question 263: What Are The Tares Mentioned In Matthew 13:25?

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The tares in the parable refer to the seed called "darnel," a rank and widely distributed grass and the only species that has deleterious properties. It is poisonous and its grains, if eaten, produce vomiting, purging, convulsions and sometimes even death. Before it comes into the ear it resembles the wheat so closely that it can hardly be distinguished from the latter, hence the command to leave it to the harvest. Grain-growers in Palestine believe the tares or suwan, to be diseased or degenerate wheat. The seed resembles wheat in form, but is smaller and nearly black.

Question 262: What Are We To Understand By Moshiach’s Parable Of The Returning Of The Unclean Spirit?

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Its first application, as the closing words show, is to the Jews of that time. (See Matthew 12:43, 45) They were rid of the evil of idolatry, but were worse than their fathers, who worshiped idols, in that they rejected Yeshua and finally crucified Him. In modern times, the same evil is seen when a nation abandons its superstitions, but instead of turning to Moshiach and becoming believers, becomes atheistic. Its application to individuals is of the same character. Christianity is positive as well as negative in its effects. It forbids and condemns sin (that is negative); it also enjoins love, kindness, service (that is positive). If for example, a man who has been a drunkard overcomes his propensity, that is, gets rid of his unclean spirit, but does not go forward to faith in Moshiach, he is liable to become Pharisaic and intolerant and perhaps sceptical. In that condition he is liable to fall into worse sin. The throne of the soul is never empty. If Moshiach does not rule, some evil spirit takes possession.

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Question 261: What Are The “Idle Words” That Men Shall Give Account Of?

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The passage in Matthew 12:36 means unseemly or improper conversation, levity, slander, scoffing, boasting, swearing, mocking at sacred things. The Saviour had been speaking of blasphemy and of the scoffing attitude of the Pharisees, who imputed His miracles to Beelzebub. The "idle words" presumably referred more particularly to their sceptical way of accounting for the miracles, of which they had spoken lightly.

Two years ago an opportunity was available for some to be part of a upstart in the territory we are in to help establish foundation ministry based on Faith in Yeshua & Torah Commandment guarding & scriptural Shabbath and Feasts. Two people were given opp to relocate with a job position. They declined.

Another was given opp to come to one outreach to minister and play her guitar as she is a minstrel who is scripturally founded. She declined.

Another local guy was given opp to be a part and was for a very short time but discovered he was bad mouthing it behind the scenes the whole time which was creating an undercurrent and was about to take us under that tow leaving a wake of a mess behind.

Another ministry that we had participated in on and off for a few seasons that is quite a distance from us was truly supposed to be part of a network with us eventually but after observing their lack of wanting to truly connect we decided to just stay away. They missed an opportunity to not only be a blessing but to be blessed. Does that negate their blessings? No, but there is a blessing of some kind they won’t receive. Plus another woman redirected their path from connecting back in 2024. This same woman was also in the same town we are establishing this ministry and they were harassed out of the town.

Does this mean that it was not Yahuah’s plan to have these be a part of this. No! What it means is the enemy of the The Kingdom has attacked and hindered what Yahuah truly wants to do.

We have discovered that there was another Torah Faith based ministry in the area before. He ended up moving to N Colorado because of the satanic harrassment and lack of networking from the other Torah Faith based groups.

I lived in S Florida where there are tremendous networks of high level satanic powers. I was trained for spiritual warfare down there from 1994 until 1999. These small minded devils in this wyobraska territory is like dealing with kindergarten agers but it is full of the other evil realm of devils; the underground catacomb reptiles and neolythic thieves and bandits.

During those two years of some not truly heeding to the mandate to establish the Kingdom on Earth in this area? Guess who took great advantage of the vacuum created by the disobedient to heed the call?
The NICOLIATIAN RENAISSANCE!

So what truth emerges from this? Something that has been overlooked and that is “until you HATE the deeds of the Nicoliatians in this territory you will not understand why Yahuah keeps bringing His to it & those who decide to not network into it with them are in fact leaving those forerunners Yahuah has sent to be harassed by the Nicolaitian wolves and the heathens.

But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Niyqolaciym, which I also hate. He that has an ear, let him hear את what the Ruach says unto the called out assemblies; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of Elohiym. CHIZAYON 2:6-7 את CEPHER

So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Niyqolaciym, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He that has an ear, let him hear את what the Ruach says unto the called out assemblies; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it. CHIZAYON 2:15-17 את CEPHER